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Connor O'Toole (American football)

Connor O'Toole (born 2002) is an NFL linebacker, #57 for the Seattle Seahawks; undrafted Utah defensive end signed May 2, 2025, special-teams contributor and Super Bowl LX champion.

Connor Stalions

Connor Stalions, former Michigan Wolverines player personnel analyst, ran a 2021-2023 in-person scouting and sign-stealing scheme (56 scouting instances, 13 opponents); NCAA Level I-Aggravated case brought an eight-year show-cause and $20M+ penalties.

Connor Thomas

Connor Thomas (Sidney Connor Thomas, born 1998) is a left-handed MLB pitcher from Tifton, Georgia; Georgia Tech draftee, 2022 AFL Pitcher of the Year, debuted with Milwaukee in 2025, now with Kansas City.

Connor Wickham

Connor Wickham, born 1993 in Hereford, English striker; Ipswich Town's youngest-ever player at 16 years 11 days, £8.1m move to Sunderland 2011, Crystal Palace FA Cup finalist, later Charlton Athletic.

Conny Hamann

Conny Hamann (Conny Hamann-Boeriths), Danish handball playmaker born 1969 in Sønderborg; 70 caps, 158 goals; Olympic gold Atlanta 1996, European gold 1994, world silver 1993 and bronze 1995.

Conny Waßmuth

Conny Waßmuth (born 1983, Halle/Saale) is a German sprint canoeist, 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medalist in the women's K4 500 m, and seven-time world and five-time European champion in team boats.

Conor Benn

Conor Benn, 'The Destroyer', British welterweight boxer, son of Nigel Benn; 25-2-0 (14 KOs) after a second-round KO loss to Ryan Garcia in the September 2026 WBC title fight; 2022 clomifene case dismissed in 2024.

Conor Bradley

Conor Bradley, Northern Irish right-back for Liverpool and Northern Ireland, born Castlederg; joined Liverpool's academy in 2019, Bolton loan 2022-23, breakout 4-0 win over Chelsea January 2024, Premier League champion 2024-25.

Conor Coady

Conor Coady (born 1993, St Helens) is an English centre-back, ex-Liverpool academy, Wolves captain with 317 appearances and the 2017/18 Championship title, 10 England caps, later Leicester, Wrexham, Charlton, now England MU21 coach.

Conor Dunne

Conor Dunne (born 1992) is a retired Irish road cyclist, 6'8" and nicknamed El Alto, who rode for An Post-Chainreaction, Aqua Blue Sport, and Israel Cycling Academy, won the 2018 Irish road title, and finished last at the 2017 Vuelta.

Conor Dwyer

Conor Dwyer (Conor James Dwyer), American swimmer born 1989, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200m freestyle relay (London 2012, Rio 2016) and 200m freestyle bronze medalist; retired 2019 after a 20-month doping ban.

Conor Gallagher

Conor Gallagher (born 2000, Epsom) is an English box-to-box midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and England (22 caps). Chelsea academy graduate, loans at Charlton, Swansea, West Brom, Crystal Palace; Atletico Madrid 2024-2026; joined Spurs January 2026 for about 40 million euros.

Conor Hourihane

Conor Hourihane, Irish football coach and retired midfielder born 1991 in Cork; 583 club appearances for Sunderland, Plymouth, Barnsley, Aston Villa, Derby; 36 Ireland caps; later Barnsley head coach, now Leicester City first-team coach.

Conor Leahy

Conor Leahy (born 1999, Stirling, Western Australia) is an Australian track and road cyclist, Olympic team pursuit gold medallist at Paris 2024 with a 3:40.730 world record; distinct from the Irish high jumper Con Leahy (1876–1921).

Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor, "The Notorious," Irish MMA fighter and first UFC fighter to hold featherweight and lightweight belts simultaneously; 13-second Aldo KO, Mayweather boxing loss, 22-7 record, UFC 329 knee injury.

Conquian

Conquian is a Mexican card game for two or three players, first mentioned in Mexico City in 1857 and the ancestor of all western Rummy games.

Conrad Anker

Conrad Anker, American mountaineer based in Bozeman, Montana; found George Mallory's body on Everest in 1999, made the 2011 first ascent of Meru's Shark's Fin, and co-founded the Khumbu Climbing Center.

Conrad Böcker

Conrad Böcker (Conrad Helmut Fritz Böcker, 1870–1936), German gymnast from Leipzig; won two team gold medals (parallel bars, horizontal bar) for Germany at the 1896 Athens Olympics, unplaced individually, later excluded by the German Gymnastics Association.

Conrad Harder

Conrad Harder (Conrad Harder Weibel Schandorf), Danish centre-forward born 2005 in Holte; FC Nordsjælland academy product signed by Sporting CP for €19M in 2024, then RB Leipzig in 2025, on loan at RC Strasbourg.

Conrad Homfeld

Conrad Homfeld (born 1951, Pinehurst, North Carolina), American show jumper; 1984 Olympic team gold and individual silver on Abdullah; first rider to win the FEI World Cup Final twice (1980, 1985); later trainer and USEF-honored course designer.

Conrad Karl Roderer

Conrad Karl Roderer (1868–1928) was a Swiss sport shooter who won gold in both the individual and team 50 meter free pistol events at the 1900 Paris Olympics.

Conrad Magnusson

Conrad Emanuel Magnusson (1874–1924), Norwegian-born Chicago athlete; won 1904 Olympic tug-of-war gold for the Milwaukee Athletic Club, a team of Chicago pullers; immigration date unknown.

Conscript (video game)

Conscript (CONSCRIPT) is a 2024 top-down pixel-art survival horror game by solo developer Jordan Mochi (Catchweight Studio), published by Team17, set at the Battle of Verdun, 1916; a French soldier searches for his missing brother.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), founded as EMLL by Salvador Lutteroth on 21 September 1933, is the oldest active professional wrestling promotion, based at Arena México, with annual Aniversario shows and a New Japan Pro-Wrestling alliance.

Conseslus Kipruto

Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan 3000m steeplechase runner born 1994 in Eldoret; 2016 Olympic champion in Olympic record 8:03.28, world champion 2017 and 2019, Commonwealth champion 2018, PB 8:00.12.

Console clone

Console clone: an unauthorized or unlicensed reproduction of a video game console, from Famiclones (Dendy, Pegasus, Micro Genius, Subor) to modern FPGA re-creations by Analogue, MiSTer, and ModRetro.

Console war

Console war: rivalry among console makers, first Sega vs Nintendo (Genesis/SNES), later Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo. Marked by exclusives, pricing, and marketing; by 2026 shifted to services, with Xbox units down 33%.

Conspirateurs

Conspirateurs (Les Conspirateurs) is a traditional French 2-4 player traversal board game, probably from the late 18th century, played on a 17x17 board with a 9x5 central meeting place and 39 sanctuaries, known via R.C. Bell.

Constant van Langhendonck

Constant van Langhendonck (1870-1944), Belgian cavalry lieutenant who won the only Olympic equestrian long jump, Paris 1900, riding Extra-Dry 6.10 metres for Belgium's gold.

Constanta Pipota Burcica

Constanța Pipotă-Burcică, Romanian rower born 1971 in Sohatu; three Olympic golds in lightweight double sculls (1996, 2000, 2004), silver 1992, bronze 2008, five world titles.