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John Anderson (olympedia 61171)
John Edward Anderson (born 24 July 1939, Sydney), Olympedia athlete 61171, Australian sailor, twin of Tom Anderson; won Star class gold with David Forbes at Munich 1972 and placed 11th in Solings at Montreal 1976.
John Anderson (olympedia 78038)
John Franklin Anderson (1907-1948), American discus thrower, Olympedia athlete 78038: fifth at Amsterdam 1928, discus gold with Olympic record at Los Angeles 1932; Cornell athlete, film star, died in Alaska aged 41.
John Andretti
John Andretti (John Andrew Andretti) was an American racing driver from the Andretti family who won in Indy cars and NASCAR and died of colon cancer in 2020.
John Arlott
John Arlott (Leslie Thomas John Arlott, 1914-1991), English BBC cricket commentator 1946-1980, Guardian correspondent, poet, and OBE, famed for the Bradman 1948 call and Hampshire burr.
John Arne Riise
John Arne Riise, Norwegian left-back born 1980 in Molde; Liverpool 2001-2008 (348 apps, 31 goals), 2005 Champions League winner; Norway's record international with 110 caps; later Roma, Fulham, APOEL; retired 2016.
John Bachar
John Bachar (1957–2009), American rock climber and Stonemasters legend, famous for free soloing Yosemite routes up to 5.13, the Bachar-Yerian, the $10,000 challenge, and the Bachar Ladder.
John Barnes
John Barnes is a Jamaica-born former footballer, a celebrated left winger for Watford and Liverpool (1987-97, 407 games, 108 goals) and an England player with 79 caps; later manager of Celtic, Jamaica, and Tranmere Rovers.
John Barnett
John Thomas Barnett (1880-1918), Australian rugby union and rugby league forward, Wallaby number 73, won Olympic gold for Australasia at London 1908 and became a dual-code international in 1910.
John Beam
John Edward Beam (1959-2025), American football coach and Laney College athletic director in Oakland; head coach 2012-2024, 2018 CCCAA state champion, featured in Last Chance U season 5; fatally shot on campus November 13, 2025.
John Beilein
John Beilein (born 1953, Burt, New York) is a basketball coach, Michigan head coach 2007-19 (278-150, 2013 and 2018 title games), later Cleveland Cavaliers coach (14-40, resigned 2020), National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Famer.
John Bennett
John Dale Bennett (born 1930, Grand Forks, North Dakota) is an American long jumper, 1956 Melbourne Olympic silver medalist (7.68 m behind Greg Bell), two-time NCAA champion for Marquette, and 1955 Pan American Games relay gold medalist.
John Bennett (racing driver)
John Bennett (born 2003) is a British racing driver in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident in 2026; first driver to graduate directly from GB3 to F2, with a maiden F2 sprint win at Spielberg in 2026. Not the American endurance racer Jon Bennett.
John Beradino
John Beradino (born John Berardino, 1917-1996), American MLB infielder for the Browns, Indians, and Pirates (1939-1952, 1948 World Series) who became Dr. Steve Hardy on General Hospital for 33 years.
John Beresford
John Beresford (1866-1944), 5th Baron Decies, British army officer and polo player who won 1900 Olympic polo gold with Foxhunters Hurlingham; also the name of a 1966-born English footballer and rower Jack Beresford.
John Biby
John Edward Biby Jr. (1912–2002), American sailor and Douglas Aircraft executive; won 1932 Los Angeles Olympics 8-metre class gold aboard Owen Churchill's Angelita; also known as John Biby.
John Boles
John Keith Boles (1888–1952), American Army colonel and sport shooter; won 1924 Paris Olympic gold in 100m running deer single shot and team bronze, plus nine World Shooting Championship medals (5 gold). Not the actor or baseball manager of the same name.
John Bostock
John Bostock, born 1992 in Camberwell, is an English left-footed central midfielder, youngest-ever player for Crystal Palace and Tottenham, formerly of Lens, OH Leuven, and 13 clubs; not the NRL players Jack or Indie Bostock.
John Bowden
John Bowden (born 1956, Lower Hutt) is a New Zealand distance runner and coach: 1986 Commonwealth Games 10,000 m ninth-placer, 4 x mile relay world-best team member, later Athletics NZ selector, Paralympics NZ coach performance manager, and Tauranga-based coach.
John Brooks (soccer, born 1993)
John Anthony Brooks (born 1993, Berlin) is a German-American center back, Hertha BSC academy product, who scored the 86th-minute winner vs Ghana at the 2014 World Cup, moved to Wolfsburg for a record $20.4M, and earned 45 USMNT caps.
John Brown (wide receiver)
John "Smokey" Brown, born 1990, NFL wide receiver from Pittsburg State drafted 91st overall in 2014 by Arizona; 103 games, 321 catches, 4,790 yards, 32 TDs; 1,000-yard seasons in 2015 and 2019 with the Bills.
John Brzenk
John Brzenk (born 1964) is an American arm wrestler from Utah, widely called the greatest of all time by Guinness World Records, with 500+ titles, mastery of hook, top roll, and press, and the 1986 Over the Top truck win.
John Buchanan
John Buchanan is the name of several British and Australian sports figures, including an Olympic judoka, a 1908 Olympic gold-medal sailor, and Australia's record-setting cricket coach.
John Calipari
John Calipari (born 1959) is a Hall of Fame college basketball coach, Arkansas head coach since 2024, formerly Kentucky (2012 NCAA title), Memphis, and UMass; six Final Fours, 900-plus wins, 65 NBA draftees.
John Carew
John Alieu Carew (born 1979, Lørenskog) is a Norwegian former striker, 1.95 m, who played for Valencia, Lyon, and Aston Villa, won 91 Norway caps with 24 goals, and was the first black player to represent Norway.
John Carlos
John Wesley Carlos (born 1945, Harlem, New York) is an American sprinter who won 200 m bronze at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and raised a black-gloved fist on the podium with Tommie Smith, co-founding the Olympic Project for Human Rights.
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is a co-op FPS zombie horde shooter by Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment, released March 12, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, using the Swarm Engine and vehicles inspired by Mudrunner.
John Cena
John Cena (born 1977, West Newbury, Massachusetts) is a retired WWE wrestler and actor, record 17-time world champion, Make-A-Wish granter of 600+ wishes, and star of Peacemaker and F9.
John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)
John Chaney (1932-2021), Hall of Fame college basketball coach. Won the 1978 NCAA Division II title at Cheyney State (225-59), then won a Temple-record 516 games over 24 seasons with 17 NCAA bids and his famed match-up zone defense.
John Charles
John Charles (William John Charles, 1931–2004), Welsh footballer, the Gentle Giant; Leeds United and Juventus centre-half and centre-forward, 93 goals in 155 Serie A games, three Scudetti, 38 Wales caps, 1958 World Cup.
John Christensen
John Christensen: name of several Olympians, chiefly a New Zealand field hockey inside right (born 1948, Christchurch) who won gold at Montreal 1976 after three Games; also a Danish 1936 swimmer and a Swedish 1980 modern pentathlete.