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John Clawson
John Richard Clawson (1944-2018), American basketball player, University of Michigan, 1968 Olympic gold medalist, Oakland Oaks ABA champion 1969; distinct from Jack Smyth and other namesakes.
John Cobb (racing driver)
John Rhodes Cobb (1899-1952), English racing driver and fur broker, three-time world land speed record holder at Bonneville (350.2, 369.74, 394.19 mph), Brooklands lap record holder, killed 1952 on Loch Ness in the jet boat Crusader.
John Collins (basketball)
John Collins (born 1997) is an NBA forward-center from Wake Forest, drafted 19th in 2017 by Atlanta; Hawks, Jazz, Clippers, and since July 2026 the Detroit Pistons on a three-year, $51 million deal.
John Crimber
John Crimber (born 2005, Decatur, Texas) is an American PBR bull rider for the Florida Freedom; 2026 PBR World Champion, second-youngest ever, two-time Teams MVP, son of Paulo Crimber.
John Cuneo
John Cuneo (John Bruce Cuneo, 1928–2020), Australian sailor and 1972 Munich Olympic gold medallist in the Dragon class with Tom Anderson and John Shaw; also 1968 Olympian, 1974 America's Cup tactician, and OAM recipient.
John Currie
John Currie (John Fletcher Currie), Canadian cross-country skier of the Ottawa Ski Club who finished 40th in the men's 18 km at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics; later a gold-mine engineer and Beechwood Cemetery manager; distinct from figure skater John Curry.
John Curry
John Curry (1949–1994), English figure skater; 1976 Innsbruck Olympic, European, and World champion; first British man to win Olympic skating gold; founded the John Curry Theatre of Skating, fusing skating with ballet.
John Daly (golfer)
John Patrick Daly (born 1966), American golfer, two-time major champion: 1991 PGA Championship won as ninth alternate at Crooked Stick and 1995 Open at St Andrews; famed for leading PGA Tour driving distance 11 of 12 years.
John Danaher (martial artist)
John Danaher (born 1967) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie and influential grappling coach who moved from the Renzo Gracie Academy to Austin, Texas.
John Davis
John Davis was an American heavyweight weightlifter who won Olympic gold medals at London 1948 and Helsinki 1952 and was undefeated internationally from 1938 to 1953.
John Devitt
John Thomas Devitt (1937-2023), Australian freestyle sprint swimmer; two Olympic golds (1956 relay, 1960 100m), 14 world records; his controversial 1960 win over Lance Larson spurred electronic timing.
John Dietz
John Dietz (John A. Dietz, 1870-1939), German-born American pistol shooter with the Manhattan Revolver Club; won Olympic team free pistol gold at London 1908 and Stockholm 1912; distinct from rower Jim Dietz.
John Dodson (fighter)
John Dodson (born 1984), "The Magician", American MMA and bare-knuckle fighter from Albuquerque; TUF 14 winner, two-time UFC flyweight title challenger vs Demetrious Johnson, first BKFC flyweight champion.
John Dorsey (American football)
John Dorsey (born 1961, Leonardtown, MD), NFL executive; former Packers linebacker; GM of Kansas City Chiefs 2013-17 (drafted Patrick Mahomes) and Cleveland Browns 2018-19; Detroit Lions senior personnel executive since 2021.
John Douglas
John Douglas (John William Henry Tyler Douglas, 1882-1930), English boxer and cricketer; won 1908 Olympic middleweight boxing gold, captained England cricket 18 times, drowned in the Kattegat aboard the SS Oberon; distinct from the Guyanese boxer and NZ sailor of the same name.
John Egan (footballer, born 1992)
John Egan (born 1992, Cork), Irish centre-back; Sunderland academy, Gillingham, Brentford, Sheffield United (£4m record signing, 2019 and 2023 promotions, captain), Burnley, Hull City; Ireland debut 2017, about 40 caps, 3 goals.
John Eke
John Wicktor Eke (1886-1964), Swedish cross-country runner; 1912 Stockholm Olympics bronze in individual cross-country and team gold with Sweden. Emigrated to the USA in 1909, ran for Irish-American AC, later a Philadelphia sheet metal worker.
John Elway
John Elway (born 1960), Hall of Fame quarterback for the Denver Broncos 1983-98, first overall pick in 1983, won Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII, later Broncos executive.
John Emery
John Emery (1932–2022), Canadian bobsledder and plastic surgeon; with brother Vic, Peter Kirby, and Doug Anakin won four-man bobsleigh gold at Innsbruck 1964, Canada's only gold there.
John Eustace
John Mark Eustace (born 1979) is an English football manager and former midfielder, Derby County head coach since February 2025, previously managing Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, and Kidderminster Harriers.
John Exley, Jr.
John Onins Exley, Jr. (1867-1938), American rower for Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; stroke of the eights that won Olympic gold at Paris 1900 and St. Louis 1904, nicknamed the Iron Man.
John F. Bassett
John F. Bassett (1939–1986), Canadian tennis player and sports entrepreneur; owner of the WFL Memphis Southmen, WHA Toronto Toros, and USFL Tampa Bay Bandits; father of Carling Bassett.
John F. Kennedy Stadium
John F. Kennedy Stadium, also called Sesquicentennial Stadium and Philadelphia Municipal Stadium, was a 1926 horseshoe stadium in South Philadelphia; it hosted Tunney-Dempsey, Army-Navy, and Live Aid 1985 before 1992 demolition.
John Fanta
John Fanta, American sportscaster, NBC Sports play-by-play broadcaster and reporter since August 2025; formerly FOX Sports national college basketball broadcaster 2018-2025 and BIG EAST Digital Network host; Seton Hall graduate, Cleveland native.
John Fashanu
John Fashanu, born 1962 in London, is a British TV presenter and former centre-forward; Wimbledon FA Cup winner 1988, two England caps 1989, Gladiators co-host 1992-96 and 1999.
John Fenning
John Reginald Keith Fenning (1885–1955), British rower of Leander Club; won 1908 Olympic gold in coxless pairs with Gordon Thomson and silver in coxless fours, later a London Hospital doctor.
John Ferris
John Edward Ferris (1949-2020), American swimmer, 1968 Mexico City Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly and 200 m individual medley, and 1967 world record-holder in the 200 m butterfly (2:06.0).
John Field Richards
John Field-Richards was a British motorboat racer, born in 1878, who won two Olympic gold medals at the 1908 London Games, one of only three athletes to hold two motorboating golds.
John Flanagan
John Flanagan (1868–1938), Irish-born hammer thrower for the USA, won Olympic gold in 1900, 1904, and 1908, set 16+ hammer world records, and finished at 56.18 m in 1909.
John Fleck (footballer)
John Alexander Fleck is a Scottish central midfielder born in Glasgow in 1991 who played for Rangers, Coventry City, and Sheffield United, winning the 2016/17 League One title.