List of English sportsmen and sportswomen

Listed below are English sportsmen and sportswomen of note and some notable individuals born in England.

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* Barney Aaron (Young) (1800–1850), lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame[1]
* Harold Abrahams (1899–1978), athlete, Olympic champion (100-metre sprint) and silver (4x100-m relay), one of the 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 two-time silver medalist in Judo (1980 and 1984), younger brother of Chris Adams
* Nicola Adams (born 1982), two-time Olympic gold 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, record 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 British woman; world champion (200m Doha 2019)
* Graham Atkinson (1943–2017), footballer
* Joe Baker (1940–2003), footballer and manager
* George Baldry (1911–1987), footballer
* Alan Ball (1945–2007), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
* Billy Balmer (1875–1961), footballer
* Gordon Banks (1937–2019), goalkeeper of 1966 World 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), footballer 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 Bourne (born 1948), Olympic épée fencer
* Geoffrey Boycott (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), footballer & manager
* Bobby Buckle (1869–1959), footballer
* Chris Buckley (1886–1973), footballer
* Frank Buckley (1882–1964), footballer and manager
* Paul Burchill (born 1979), professional wrestler
* Cam Burgess (1919–1978), footballer
* Joe Butler (1879–1941), football player
* Jenson Button (born 1980), 2009 Formula One World Champion[4]
* Angela Buxton (1934–2020), won 1956 French Women's Doubles (with Althea 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 of 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 and cricketer
* Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), yachtsman
* Ian Clough (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 football right back, World Cup champion
* Andy Cole (born 1971), footballer
* Paul Collingwood (born 1976), cricketer
* Peter Collins (1931–1958), F1 driver
* Sir Henry Cooper (1934–2011), heavyweight boxer
* Ralph Cooperman (1927–2009), Olympic foil and sabre fencer
* Steve Coppell (born 1955), footballer & manager
* Lisa Cross (born 1978), IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Sid Crowl (1888–1971), footballer
* Russell Cuddihey (born 1939), footballer
* Stan Cullis (1916–2001), footballer and manager
* Laurie Cunningham (1956–1989), footballer
* Tom Daley (born 1994), youngest diver ever to compete in Olympics (participated in Beijing 2008)
* Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer
* Alan Davies (1933–2009), World Cup winning rugby footballer
* Laura Davies (born 1963), golfer
* Steve Davis (born 1957), six-time World Snooker Champion
* Matt Dawson (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer
* John Deacon (1962–2001), motorcycle endurance racer
* Christopher Dean (born 1958), figure skater
* John Derbyshire (1878–1938), swimmer
* Graham Dilley (1959–2011), cricketer
* Percy Down (1883–1954), rugby union player, represented England and Great Britain
* Ted Drake (1912–1995), footballer and manager, cricketer for Hampshire 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 Ewer (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 all-round 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 Hampton (1885–1963), football player
* Ellis Hargreaves, footballer
* Ricky Hatton (born 1978), world champion boxer
* Mike Hawthorn (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 and manager
* Damon Hill (born 1960), F1 World Champion
* Graham Hill (1929–1975), two times F1 World Champion
* Jimmy Hill (1928–2015), footballer
* Syd Hoar (1895–1967), footballer
* David Hobbs (born 1939), Former 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), Olympic long jumper
* Alexander Hughes (1907–1977), footballer
* Kenneth Hunt (1884–1949), footballer
* James Hunt (1947–1993), F1 World Champion[5][6]
* Norman Hunter (1943–2020), footballer and manager
* Sir Geoff Hurst (born 1941), member of 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), footballer and manager
* John Jackett, rugby union 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 two-time silver, world champion
* Richard Jerome (born 1968), cricketer
* Martin Johnson (born 1970), World Cup 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 of 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 union footballer
* Edward Lawrence Levy (1851–1932), English world champion weightlifter
* Lennox Lewis (born 1965), world champion heavyweight boxer
* Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff) (1893–1970), world champion welterweight boxer, 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 Lyon, cricketer
* Dame Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), sailor who holds the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe
* Ernie Machin (1944–2012), footballer
* George Mallory (1886–1924), mountaineer
* Andy Mangan (born 1986), footballer
* Nigel Mansell (born 1953), racing driver, F1 and CART champion
* Terry Marsh (born 1958), world champion boxer
* Darren Matthews (born 1968), professional 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), footballer and manager
* Daniel Mendoza (1764–1836), world heavyweight champion boxer, Hall of Fame
* Sidney Merlin (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), world champion boxer
* Ivor Montagu (1904–1984), British national team and founder of the International Table Tennis Federation
* Stan Mortensen (1921–1991), footballer and manager
* Bobby Moore (1941–1993), captain of the 1966 World Cup winning team
* Stirling Moss (1929–2020), F1 driver
* Mason Mount (born 1999), footballer
* Andy Murray (born 1987), tennis 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 World Snooker Champion
* Michael Owen (born 1979), football player
* James Oyebola (1961–2007), heavyweight boxer
* Bob Paisley (1919–1996), 3-time European Cup winning manager with Liverpool F.C.
* Cole Palmer (born 2002), footballer
* Rachel Parish (born 1981), markswoman and 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 Plant (1871–1950), footballer
* David Pleat (born 1945), footballer, manager, and sports commentator
* David Pratt (1896–1967), footballer and manager
* Daniel Prenn (1904–1991), tennis player, highest world ranking #6
* Stephanie Proud (born 1988), backstroke swimmer
* Darren Quinton (born 1986), footballer
* Samuel Rabin (1903–1991), Olympic bronze wrestler (freestyle middleweight)
* Paula Radcliffe (born 1973), distance runner
* Alf Ramsay (1920–1999), football player and manager
* John Raphael (1882–1917), cricket and rugby union
* Sir Steve Redgrave (born 1962), rower, winner of gold medal in five consecutive Olympics
* William Regal (born 1968), WWE wrestler and commentator
* Cyrille Regis (1958–2018), footballer
* Sir Gordon Richards (1904–1988), jockey, holder of several records
* Richard Riley, footballer
* Jack Robinson (1870–1931), footballer
* Sir Bobby Robson (1933–2009), football manager
* Wayne Rooney (born 1985), footballer, all-time leading goal scorer for the England National Football Team and Manchester United Football Club
* Bukayo Saka (born 2001), footballer
* Marcus Rashford (born 1997), 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 scorer 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 Boy 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 Stevens (1933–2012), footballer
* Nobby Stiles (1942–2020), football World Cup winner
* Andrew Stoddart (1863–1915), rugby and 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 tennis player
* Laurie Taitt (1934–2006), Olympic sprint hurdler
* Graham Taylor (1944–2017), footballer and manager
* Peta Taylor (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), rugby 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 rugby footballer
* Randolph Turpin (1928–1966), middleweight boxer
* George Tweedy (1913–1987), footballer
* Geoff Twentyman (1930–2004), footballer and manager
* Michael Vaughan (born 1974), cricketer
* Stan Vickers (1932–2013), athlete
* Virginia Wade (born 1945), tennis player
* Sir William Wavell Wakefield (1898–1983), rugby footballer and politician
* George Waller (1864–1937), footballer
* Wallis Walters (1878–1952), hurdler
* Frank Warren (born 1952), boxing promoter
* Matt Wells (1886–1953), lightweight champion of Great Britain and world champion welterweight
* Ruth Westbrook (1930–2016), cricketer
* Johnny Wheeler (1928–2019), footballer
* Dan Wheldon (1978–2011), 2005 and 2011 Indy 500 Winner, 2005 Indy Car Series Champion
* Jimmy White (born 1962), snooker player
* Edgar Whittaker, footballer
* Arthur Whittam, footballer
* Bradley Wiggins (born 1980), first British man to win the Tour de France
* Jonny Wilkinson (born 1979), world cup winning rugby footballer
* Joey Williams (1902–1978), footballer
* Charlie Wilson (1895–1971), footballer
* Justin Wilson (1978–2015), racing driver
* Vivian Woodward (1879–1954), footballer
* Billy Wright (1924–1994), footballer
* Vic Wright (1909–1964), footballer

## References

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1. ^ Jackson, Ron (17 January 2010). "Barney Aaron–Star of the East Shone in London". Richmark Sentinel. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
2. ^ "David Beckham". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
3. ^ Caro, Danny (14 July 2009). "Team GB cricket fail to see the job through". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
4. ^ "Jenson Button". formula1.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
5. ^ "James Hunt". formula.com. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
6. ^ "5 Reasons James Hunt remains an F1 icon". formula1.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

## See also

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* List of Cornish sportsmen and sportswomen
* List of England women Test cricketers
* List of England women Twenty20 International cricketers