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Charles Gondouin
Charles Gondouin (1875–1947) was a French rugby union player and tug-of-war competitor who won gold and silver medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, and later became a leading French rugby referee.
Charles Mehan
Charles Thomas Mehan (1896-1972), nicknamed Red, was an American rugby union player from Nogales, Arizona, who played for UC Berkeley and won gold with the United States rugby team at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
Charles Tilden
Charles Tilden (Charles Lee Tilden Jr., 1894-1968), American rugby union player; captain of the US team that won the 1920 Antwerp Olympic rugby gold, beating France 8-0; University of California, Berkeley player.
Charlie Doe
Charlie Doe (Charles Webster Doe, Jr., 1898-1995), American rugby union scrum-half; won Olympic gold with the USA at both Antwerp 1920 and Paris 1924; Stanford and Olympic Club of San Francisco.
Charlotte Caslick
Charlotte Caslick is an Australian rugby union player who won gold in women's sevens at the 2016 Rio Olympics, played three Olympics, and became sevens' most capped player.
Cheslin Kolbe
Cheslin Kolbe, South African rugby wing (born 1993, Kraaifontein), two-time Rugby World Cup winner 2019 and 2023 with the Springboks, 2024 SA Rugby Player of the Year, known for sidestepping and goalkicking despite his 171 cm height.
Chris Robshaw
Chris Robshaw (born 1986, Redhill, Surrey) is an English former rugby union flanker who won 66 England caps, captained England 43 times, led Harlequins to the 2012 Premiership title, and finished with San Diego Legion before retiring in 2022.
Constantin Henriquez
Constantin Henriquez, Franco-Haitian rugby player (born Port-de-Paix, Haiti, c. 1876-1880; died 1942), won gold with France in rugby union at the 1900 Paris Olympics, the first Black Olympic champion; later a doctor and Haitian sports pioneer.
Cornelius Righter
Cornelius Erwin "Swede" Righter was an American athlete and coach who won a rugby union gold medal for the United States at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and coached at the College of the Pacific.
Courtney Lawes
Courtney Lawes, English rugby union lock and blindside flanker (born 1989, Hackney). 105 England caps, fifth-most capped, four World Cups, 2016 Grand Slam; Northampton Saints 2007-24, Lions 2017 and 2021; retired 2023, joined Sale 2026 and unretired.
Damian McKenzie
Damian McKenzie, born 1995 in Invercargill, is a New Zealand first five-eighth/fullback for the Chiefs, Waikato and All Blacks (debut 2016, No. 1154); Chiefs' all-time top point scorer, 2024 leading Test points scorer.
Dan Biggar
Dan Biggar (born 1989, Morriston, Swansea) is a retired Welsh rugby union fly-half: 112 Wales caps, three Lions Tests, Ospreys record 2,203 points, Six Nations titles 2013, 2019, 2021, retired 2025 at Toulon.
Dan Carroll
Dan Carroll (Daniel Brendon Carroll, 1887-1956), Australian-born rugby union wing and coach; Olympic rugby gold for Australasia in 1908 and for the United States as player-coach in 1920; distinct from the 1970s American speed skater of the same name.
Dan Carter
Dan Carter (Daniel William Carter, born 1982), New Zealand All Blacks fly-half, All Black #1034; test rugby's record point scorer with 1,598 points in 112 caps, 2003-2015; two World Cups, three-time World Rugby Player of the Year.
Dan Cole (rugby union)
Dan Cole (Daniel Richard Cole, born 1987, Leicester) is a former English rugby union tighthead prop; 118 England caps (second most), 340 Leicester Tigers games, four Premiership titles, Lions tours 2013 and 2017, retired 2025.
Danie Craven
Danie Craven (Daniel Hartman Craven, 1910-1993), South Africa's 'Mr Rugby': Springbok scrum-half with 16 caps 1931-38, national coach 1949-52 (17 of 23 tests, 4-0 over the All Blacks), and South African Rugby Board president 1956-92.
Danny Cipriani
Danny Cipriani, English rugby union fly-half (born 1987), won 16 England caps 2008-2018 and played for Wasps, Melbourne Rebels, Sale, Gloucester, and Bath; RPA and Premiership player of the season 2018/19, retired January 2024.
David Pocock
David Pocock (born 1988, Messina, South Africa), Zimbabwe-born Australian former Wallabies openside flanker and captain, 83 tests, three World Cups, two John Eales Medals; now independent ACT senator elected 2022, re-elected 2025.
Dick Hyland
Dick Hyland (Frank William Hyland, Jr., 1900-1981), American rugby player who won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics, later a Stanford football halfback, Hollywood technical director, and Los Angeles sportswriter.
Doddie Weir
Doddie Weir (George Wilson Weir, 1970–2022), Scottish rugby union lock, 61 Scotland caps 1990–2000, 1997 British & Irish Lion, Newcastle Falcons Premiership winner, and MND research campaigner via the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation.
Doug Howlett
Doug Howlett (Douglas Charles Howlett), born 1978, New Zealand All Blacks winger 2000-2007 whose 49 test tries stood as the All Blacks record until Will Jordan passed it; later Munster captain and commercial head.
Duhan van der Merwe
Duhan van der Merwe (born 1995, George, South Africa) is a rugby union winger for Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland, the nation's record men's try scorer (35 tries in 52 games), and a two-time British & Irish Lions tourist (2021, 2025).
Dylan Hartley
Dylan Hartley, born Rotorua 1986, New Zealand-born England rugby union hooker and captain; 97 caps, most capped England hooker; led 2016 Grand Slam and Australia series win; retired 2019.
Eben Etzebeth
Eben Etzebeth, South African rugby union lock (No 4) for the Springboks and Sharks, most-capped Springbok ever after passing Victor Matfield's record in 2024; 2019 World Cup winner, 2023 champion, enforcer role, 12-week eye-gouge ban in 2025-26.
Ed Graff
Ed Graff (Edward Graff, "Mush"), 1897-1954, American rugby union hooker from San Francisco; won Olympic gold with the United States at Paris 1924 and later coached revived rugby at Cal/Berkeley.
Ed Turkington
Ed Turkington (Edward Laurence Turkington, 1899-1996), American rugby union player and San Francisco official; won gold with the USA in the 1924 Paris Olympics rugby final, beating France 17-3, his only international cap.
Eddie Jones (rugby union)
Eddie Jones (born 1960, Burnie, Tasmania) is an Australian rugby union coach: Wallabies 2001-05, Japan 2012-15, England 2015-22 (73% win rate), Australia 2023, and Japan head coach again since December 2023.
Edward Sigauke
Edward Makomborero Sigauke, Zimbabwe winger nicknamed the Transporter; debuted 2024, won back-to-back Africa Cups, qualified Zimbabwe for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, and signed for Harlequins in 2026.
Ellis Genge
Ellis Genge (born 1995) is an English rugby union loosehead prop for Bristol Bears with 71 England caps, a 2025 British & Irish Lions tourist, former Leicester Tigers captain, and England co-captain.
Emile Sarrade
Émile Pierre Sarrade (1877–1953), French athlete of Racing Club de France; won rugby gold and tug-of-war silver for France at the 1900 Paris Olympics, also competing in golf, race walking, and rowing.