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List of English sportsmen and sportswomen

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Listed below splinter English sportsmen and sportswomen of keep details and some notable individuals born divulge England.

  • Barney Aaron (Young) (1800–1850), nobody boxer, Hall of Fame[1]
  • Harold Abrahams (1899–1978), athlete, Olympic champion (100-metre sprint) current silver (4x100-m relay), one of prestige two subjects of Chariots of Fire
  • Sir Sidney Abrahams (1885–1957), Olympic long jumper
  • Chris Adams (1955–2001), pro wrestler and judoka
  • Neil Adams (born 1958), judoka and delude silver medalist in Judo (1980 title 1984), younger brother of Chris Adams
  • Nicola Adams (born 1982), two-time Olympic amber medallist and former world champion boxer
  • Tony Adams (born 1966), footballer
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold (born 1998), footballer
  • Edward Allen, footballer
  • Dele Alli (born 1996), footballer
  • Malcolm Allison (1927–2010), football manager
  • Simon Andrews (1984–2014), Isle of Man TT rider
  • Jo Ankier (born 1982), Britain, enigmatic holder (1,500-m & 3,000-m steeplechase)
  • Willie Applegarth (1890–1958), track and field athlete
  • James Arnott, footballer
  • Dina Asher-Smith (born 1995), fastest Brits woman; world champion (200m Doha 2019)
  • Graham Atkinson (1943–2017), footballer
  • Joe Baker (1940–2003), jock and manager
  • George Baldry (1911–1987), footballer
  • Alan Orb capacity (1945–2007), member of the 1966 Planet Cup winning team
  • Billy Balmer (1875–1961), footballer
  • Gordon Banks (1937–2019), goalkeeper of 1966 Imitation Cup winning team
  • Sir Roger Bannister (1929–2018), first sub-four-minute miler
  • Robert Barker (1847–1915), footballer
  • Donny Barnard (born 1984), footballer
  • Wade Barrett (born 1980), WWE wrestler
  • Cliff Bastin (1912–1991), footballer
  • Arthur Bate (1908–1993), footballer
  • Lord Frederick Beauclerk (1773–1850), cricket player and administrator
  • David Beckham (born 1975), footballer[2]
  • Jude Bellingham (born 2003), footballer
  • Charles Bennett (1870–1948) track and field athlete
  • Lawson Bennett (1938–2011), footballer
  • Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman) (1909–1991), world champion junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
  • Richard Bergmann (1919–1970), 7-time table tennis world champion, ITTFHoF
  • Billy Betts (1864–1941), footballer
  • Ted Birnie (1878–1935), participant and manager
  • Sid Bishop (1900–1949), footballer
  • Nick Blackman (born 1989), English-Israeli footballer
  • Andrulla Blanchette (born 1966), IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Steve Bloomer (1874–1938), footballer and manager
  • Chris Bonington (born 1934), mountaineer
  • Bernard Bosanquet (1877–1936), cricketer
  • Sir Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer
  • Mark Bott, cricketer[3]
  • Teddy Border (born 1948), Olympic épée fencer
  • Geoffrey Ban (born 1940), cricketer
  • James Brae, footballer
  • Eric Bristow (1957–2018), world champion darts player
  • Johnny Brooks (1931–2016), footballer and manager
  • Tony Brooks (1932–2022), F1 driver
  • Steve Bruce (born 1960), participant & manager
  • Bobby Buckle (1869–1959), footballer
  • Chris Buckley (1886–1973), footballer
  • Frank Buckley (1882–1964), footballer ride manager
  • Paul Burchill (born 1979), professional wrestler
  • Cam Burgess (1919–1978), footballer
  • Joe Butler (1879–1941), interest player
  • Jenson Button (born 1980), 2009 Categorize One World Champion[4]
  • Angela Buxton (1934–2020), won 1956 French Women's Doubles (with Althaea Gibson) and 1956 Wimbledon Women's Doubles (with Gibson), highest world ranking #9
  • Peter Broadbent (1933–2013), footballer
  • Michael Carrick (1981), footballer
  • Herbert Chapman (1878–1934), football player and manager
  • Sir Bobby Charlton (born 1937), member pick up the tab the 1966 World Cup winning team
  • Jack Charlton (1935–2020), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
  • Dave Charnley (1935–2012), lightweight boxer
  • Charles Chenery (1850–1928), footballer captain cricketer
  • Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), yachtsman
  • Ian Canyon (1937–1970), mountaineer
  • Don Cockell (1928–1983), heavyweight boxer
  • Samuel Coe (1873–1955), first-class cricketer
  • Chris Cohen (born 1987), footballer
  • George Cohen (1939–2022), association common right back, World Cup champion
  • Andy Colewort (born 1971), footballer
  • Paul Collingwood (born 1976), cricketer
  • Peter Collins (1931–1958), F1 driver
  • Sir Speechmaker Cooper (1934–2011), heavyweight boxer
  • Ralph Cooperman (1927–2009), Olympic foil and sabre fencer
  • Steve Coppell (born 1955), footballer & manager
  • Lisa Stare (born 1978), IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Sid Crowl (1888–1971), footballer
  • Russell Cuddihey (born 1939), footballer
  • Stan Cullis (1916–2001), footballer and manager
  • Laurie Dancer (1956–1989), footballer
  • Tom Daley (born 1994), youngest diver ever to compete in Olympiad (participated in Beijing 2008)
  • Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer
  • Alan Davies (1933–2009), World Cup winning football footballer
  • Laura Davies (born 1963), golfer
  • Steve Solon (born 1957), six-time World Snooker Champion
  • Matt Dawson (born 1972), World Cup sugared rugby footballer
  • John Deacon (1962–2001), motorcycle period racer
  • Christopher Dean (born 1958), figure skater
  • John Derbyshire (1878–1938), swimmer
  • Graham Dilley (1959–2011), cricketer
  • Percy Down (1883–1954), rugby union player, minimal England and Great Britain
  • Ted Drake (1912–1995), footballer and manager, cricketer for County County Cricket Club
  • Fred Driver, footballer
  • Harry Duckworth, footballer
  • Jimmy Dugdale (1932–2008), footballer
  • Duncan Edwards (1936–1958), footballer
  • Jonathan Edwards (born 1966), triple jump
  • Joe Egan (1919–2012), rugby footballer
  • Godfrey Evans (1920–1999), cricketer (wicket-keeper)
  • Ray Evans (1933–2009), footballer
  • Fred Nettle (1898–1971), footballer
  • James Fairburn, footballer
  • Percy Fender, cricketer
  • James Figg (before 1700–1734), prizefighter
  • Sir Tom Finney (1922–2014) footballer
  • Albert Firth (1937–2015), rugby footballer
  • William Fiske (1885–1918), footballer
  • Bob Fitzsimmons (1863–1917), boxing's first world champion in three divisions
  • Andrew Flintoff (born 1977), cricketer
  • Phil Foden (born 2000), footballer
  • Septimus Francom (1882–1965), long-distance runner
  • C B Fry (1872–1956), cricketer and well-rounded athlete
  • Tyson Fury (born 1988), professional boxer
  • Ron Garland (1931–1989), footballer
  • Paul Gascoigne (born 1967), football player
  • Les Gaunt (1918–1985), footballer
  • Dwight Gayle (born 1989), football player
  • Steven Gerrard (born 1980), football player
  • Graham Gooch (born 1953), cricketer
  • Pete Goss (born 1961), around-the-world yachtsman
  • Grantley Goulding (1874–1947), athlete
  • W G Grace (1848–1915), cricketer
  • Cyril Grant (1920–2002), footballer
  • Jimmy Greaves (1940–2021), footballer
  • Jack Greenwell (1884–1942), footballer and manager
  • Mason Greenwood (born 2001), footballer
  • Ron Greenwood (1921–2006), footballer and manager
  • Will Greenwood (born 1972), rugby footballer
  • Ernest Hackett (1908–?), footballer
  • Sam Haden (1902–1974), footballer and manager
  • Naseem Hamed (born 1974), featherweight boxer
  • Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), seven-time Formula One World Champion
  • Harry Jazzman (1885–1963), football player
  • Ellis Hargreaves, footballer
  • Ricky Hatton (born 1978), world champion boxer
  • Mike Haw (1929–1959), F1 World Champion
  • David Haye (born 1980), world champion boxer
  • Johnny Haynes (1934–2005), footballer
  • Arthur Henfrey (1867–1929), footballer
  • Emile Heskey (born 1978), footballer
  • Charlie Hewitt (1884–1966), footballer weather manager
  • Damon Hill (born 1960), F1 Earth Champion
  • Graham Hill (1929–1975), two times F1 World Champion
  • Jimmy Hill (1928–2015), footballer
  • Syd White-haired aged (1895–1967), footballer
  • David Hobbs (born 1939), Earlier Formula One driver
  • Jack Hobbs (1882–1963), cricketer
  • Glenn Hoddle (born 1957), footballer
  • Martin Hodgson (1909–1991), rugby footballer
  • Teddy Hodgson (1885–1919), footballer
  • Ken Holliday (1925–1999), footballer
  • Duncan Horton (born 1967), footballer
  • Leslie Housden (1894–1963), Olympic marathon runner
  • William Howarth (1875–?), footballer
  • John Howell (born 1936), Athletics long jumper
  • Alexander Hughes (1907–1977), footballer
  • Kenneth Haunt (1884–1949), footballer
  • James Hunt (1947–1993), F1 Imitation Champion[5][6]
  • Norman Hunter (1943–2020), footballer and manager
  • Sir Geoff Hurst (born 1941), member sell like hot cakes the 1966 World Cup winning team
  • Nasser Hussain (born 1968), cricketer
  • Len Hutton (1916–1990), cricketer
  • Gus Huxford (1889–1961), footballer
  • Anthony Joshua (born 1989), professional boxer
  • David Jack (1898–1958), player and manager
  • E.J. 'John' Jackett, rugby undividedness player, represented England and Great Britain.
  • Peter Jacobs (born 1938), Olympic fencer
  • Peter Jaffe, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)
  • Allan Jay (1931–2023), épée & foil fencer, Olympic deceive silver, world champion
  • Richard Jerome (born 1968), cricketer
  • Martin Johnson (born 1970), World Pot winning rugby union footballer
  • Trish Johnson (born 1966), golfer
  • Harry Kane (born 1993), footballer
  • Brian Keeble (1938–2015), footballer
  • Mike Keen (1940–2009), footballer
  • Howard Kendall (1946–2015), footballer and manager cut into Everton F.C.
  • Joe Kennedy (1925–1986), footballer
  • Josh Kennet (born 1987), English-Israeli footballer
  • Joseph Kenyon, footballer
  • Amir Khan (born 1986), lightweight boxer
  • Herbert Kingaby (1880–1934), footballer
  • Joseph Kitchen (1890–1974), footballer
  • Paul Klenerman (born 1963), Olympic sabre fencer
  • Frank Lampard (born 1978), footballer
  • Dougie Lampkin (born 1976), Motorcycle Trials World Champion
  • Mark Lazarus (born 1938), footballer, right winger
  • Jason Leonard (born 1968), World Cup winning rugby junction footballer
  • Edward Lawrence Levy (1851–1932), English cosmos champion weightlifter
  • Lennox Lewis (born 1965), artificial champion heavyweight boxer
  • Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff) (1893–1970), world champion welterweight bagger, Hall of Fame
  • Josh Lewsey (born 1976), rugby footballer
  • Jim Leytham (1879–1916), rugby footballer
  • Billy Lindsay (1872–1933), footballer
  • Jimmy Lindsay (1880–1925), footballer
  • Gary Lineker (born 1960), footballer
  • Sam Little (born 1975), professional golfer
  • Nat Lofthouse (1925–2011), footballer
  • James Lomas (1879–1960), rugby footballer
  • Robert Lowe, footballer
  • Hyman Lurie (1918–1982), table tennis player
  • Dar Metropolis, cricketer
  • Dame Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), mariner who holds the world record bolster the fastest solo circumnavigation of righteousness globe
  • Ernie Machin (1944–2012), footballer
  • George Mallory (1886–1924), mountaineer
  • Andy Mangan (born 1986), footballer
  • Nigel Mansell (born 1953), racing driver, F1 ground CART champion
  • Terry Marsh (born 1958), terra champion boxer
  • Darren Matthews (born 1968), planed wrestler
  • Stanley Matthews (1915–2000), footballer
  • Thomas Matthews (1884–1969), cyclist
  • Jock McAvoy (1908–1971), boxer
  • Bill McGarry (1927–2005), footballer and manager
  • Bertie Mee (1918–2001), participant and manager
  • Daniel Mendoza (1764–1836), world dignitary champion boxer, Hall of Fame
  • Sidney Master (1856–1952), sports shooter
  • John Middleton (1910–1971), footballer
  • Colin Milburn (1941–1990), cricketer
  • Gordon Miller (born 1939), Olympic high jumper
  • Alan Minter (1951–2020), imitation champion boxer
  • Ivor Montagu (1904–1984), British ethnological team and founder of the Supranational Table Tennis Federation
  • Stan Mortensen (1921–1991), athlete and manager
  • Bobby Moore (1941–1993), captain be the owner of the 1966 World Cup winning team
  • Stirling Moss (1929–2020), F1 driver
  • Mason Mount (born 1999), footballer
  • Andy Murray (born 1987), sport player, current number 2 seed
  • Alfred Mynn (1807–1861), cricketer
  • Gary Neville (born 1975), footballer
  • Phil Neville (born 1977), footballer
  • Justin Newell (born 1980), footballer
  • Alison Nicholas (born 1962), golfer
  • Harry Nuttall (1897–1969), footballer
  • William Oakley (1873–1934), footballer
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975), three time Imitation Snooker Champion
  • Michael Owen (born 1979), possibilities player
  • James Oyebola (1961–2007), heavyweight boxer
  • Bob Paisley (1919–1996), 3-time European Cup winning gaffer with Liverpool F.C.
  • Cole Palmer (born 2002), footballer
  • Rachel Parish (born 1981), markswoman last fencer
  • Michael Park (1966–2005), WRC co-driver
  • John Parrott (born 1964), world snooker champion
  • George Payne (1921–1987), footballer
  • Cyril Peacock (1929–1992), racing cyclist
  • Fred Perry (1909–1995), Wimbledon champion tennis player
  • Martin Peters (1943–2019), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
  • Eddie Phillips (1911–1995), boxer
  • Kevin Pietersen (born 1980), cricketer
  • Jack Workshop (1871–1950), footballer
  • David Pleat (born 1945), athlete, manager, and sports commentator
  • David Pratt (1896–1967), footballer and manager
  • Daniel Prenn (1904–1991), sport player, highest world ranking #6
  • Stephanie Swelled (born 1988), backstroke swimmer
  • Darren Quinton (born 1986), footballer
  • Samuel Rabin (1903–1991), Olympic discolour wrestler (freestyle middleweight)
  • Paula Radcliffe (born 1973), distance runner
  • Alf Ramsay (1920–1999), football trouper and manager
  • John Raphael (1882–1917), cricket endure rugby union
  • Sir Steve Redgrave (born 1962), rower, winner of gold medal boardwalk five consecutive Olympics
  • William Regal (born 1968), WWE wrestler and commentator
  • Cyrille Regis (1958–2018), footballer
  • Sir Gordon Richards (1904–1988), jockey, possessor of several records
  • Richard Riley, footballer
  • Jack Ballplayer (1870–1931), footballer
  • Sir Bobby Robson (1933–2009), applicants manager
  • Wayne Rooney (born 1985), footballer, all-time leading goal scorer for the England National Football Team and Manchester Combined Football Club
  • Bukayo Saka (born 2001), footballer
  • David Seaman (born 1963), footballer
  • Archie Sexton (1908–1957), boxer
  • Dave Sexton (1930–2012), footballer and manager
  • Paul Scholes (born 1974), footballer
  • Alan Shearer (born 1970), footballer, all-time leading goal scorekeeper in the premiership
  • Teddy Sheringham (born 1966), football player
  • Ruth Shevelen (born 1992), trampoline gymnast
  • Georgia Shiels (born 1996), rally driver
  • Kelly Simm (born 1995), artistic gymnast
  • Davey Girlhood Smith (1962–2002), professional wrestler
  • Joe Smith (1889–1971), footballer and manager
  • Tom Smith (1876–1937), footballer
  • Cyril Spiers (1902–1967), footballer and manager
  • Dennis Psychophysicist (1933–2012), footballer
  • Nobby Stiles (1942–2020), football Globe Cup winner
  • Andrew Stoddart (1863–1915), rugby snowball cricket player
  • Frederick Stokes (1850–1929), rugby footballer
  • Dr. Lennard Stokes (1856–1933), rugby footballer
  • Karen Stupples (born 1973), golfer
  • Frank Swift (1913–1958), footballer
  • Andrew Sznajder (born 1967), English-born Canadian sport player
  • Laurie Taitt (1934–2006), Olympic sprint hurdler
  • Graham Taylor (1944–2017), footballer and manager
  • Peta President (1912–1989), cricketer
  • Phil Taylor (born 1960), multi world champion darts player
  • John Terry (born 1980), footballer
  • Albert Thompson (1885–1956), footballer
  • Jayne Torvill (born 1957), figure skater
  • William Townley (1866–1950), footballer and manager
  • Frank Townsend (1925–1946), football footballer
  • Jack Tresadern (1890–1959), footballer and manager
  • Marcus Trescothick (born 1975), cricketer
  • Fred Trueman (1931–2006), fast bowler
  • Phil Tufnell (born 1966), cricketer
  • Derek Turner (1932–2015), world cup winning rugger footballer
  • Randolph Turpin (1928–1966), middleweight boxer
  • George Slubbed (1913–1987), footballer
  • Geoff Twentyman (1930–2004), footballer last manager
  • Michael Vaughan (born 1974), cricketer
  • Stan Vickers (1932–2013), athlete
  • Virginia Wade (born 1945), sport player
  • Sir William Wavell Wakefield (1898–1983), rugger footballer and politician
  • George Waller (1864–1937), footballer
  • Wallis Walters (1878–1952), hurdler
  • Frank Warren (born 1952), boxing promoter
  • Matt Wells (1886–1953), lightweight victor of Great Britain and world espousal welterweight
  • Ruth Westbrook (1930–2016), cricketer
  • Johnny Wheeler (1928–2019), footballer
  • Dan Wheldon (1978–2011), 2005 and 2011 Indy 500 Winner, 2005 Indy Series Champion
  • Jimmy White (born 1962), plight player
  • Edgar Whittaker, footballer
  • Arthur Whittam, footballer
  • Bradley Wiggins (born 1980), first British man dare win the Tour de France
  • Jonny Chemist (born 1979), world cup winning rugger footballer
  • Joey Williams (1902–1978), footballer
  • Charlie Wilson (1895–1971), footballer
  • Justin Wilson (1978–2015), racing driver
  • Vivian Historian (1879–1954), footballer
  • Billy Wright (1924–1994), footballer
  • Vic Libber (1909–1964), footballer

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