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John Lloyd (tennis)
John Lloyd is a British former professional tennis player, a former British No. 1 who reached the 1977 Australian Open final and won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Wendy Turnbull.
John Lowe (darts player)
John Lowe, 'Old Stoneface' (born 1945), English darts player; only world champion in three decades (1979, 1987, 1993) and thrower of the first televised nine-dart finish (1984, £102,000).
John Lucas II
John Lucas II (born 1953, Durham, NC) is a retired NBA point guard and coach; first pure point guard taken No. 1 overall (1976, Houston), 14 seasons, 6,454 assists, later coached the Spurs, 76ers, and Cavaliers.
John Lundstram
John Lundstram (John David Lundstram, born 1994, Liverpool), English defensive midfielder; Everton academy product who starred for Sheffield United and Rangers, reached the 2022 Europa League final, played for Trabzonspor, and joined Leicester City on a free transfer in September 2026.
John Lyman
John Lyman (born 19 March 1912) is an American shot putter who set the shot put world record of 16.48 m on 21 April 1934 at Stanford, held it six days, and was AAU runner-up to Jack Torrance in 1934.
John Lynch (American football)
John Lynch, Hall of Fame safety (Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1993-2003, Denver Broncos 2004-07), nine Pro Bowls, Super Bowl XXXVII champion, now San Francisco 49ers general manager since 2017.
John Mackenzie
John Mackenzie (1876–1949), Scottish yachtsman of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club; won 1908 Olympic gold in the 12-metre class aboard Hera; also the name of a 1908 Olympic wrestler, a 1956 Canadian hockey bronze medalist, a South African missionary, and a Canadian bacteriologist.
John Magnier
John Magnier (born 1948), Irish bloodstock breeder known as 'The Boss', head of Coolmore Stud in Tipperary; with Vincent O'Brien and Robert Sangster he industrialized stallion marketing, standing Sadler's Wells and Galileo.
John Mara
John K. Mara (born 1954) is president and CEO of the NFL's New York Giants, grandson of founder Tim Mara, chairman of the NFL Management Council Executive Committee, and a 24-year Competition Committee member.
John Mateer
John Mateer, Oklahoma Sooners quarterback (No. 10), transferred from Washington State; led the nation with 44 total touchdowns in 2024, threw 14 TDs with 11 INTs in an injury-shortened 2025, and is a 2026 NFL Draft prospect.
John Matuszak
John Matuszak (1950-1989), nicknamed "The Tooz," was an NFL defensive lineman, first overall pick of the 1973 draft, two-time Super Bowl winner with the Oakland Raiders, and the actor who played Sloth in The Goonies.
John Mayasich
John Mayasich (born 22 May 1933, Eveleth, Minnesota), American amateur ice hockey player; silver 1956 and gold 1960 Olympics; Minnesota career records of 144 goals and 298 points; U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame 1976.
John McCarthy (referee)
John "Big" McCarthy (born 1962) is an American retired MMA referee, former LAPD officer, and co-author of the Unified Rules of MMA; first UFC head referee from UFC 2 (1994), founder of COMMAND, later Bellator commentator.
John McCririck
John McCririck (1940–2019), known as 'Big Mac', was an English horse racing journalist and broadcaster, the deerstalker-hatted betting-ring reporter for ITV and Channel 4 Racing, who won journalism awards at the Sporting Life, appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, and lost a 2013 age discrimination case against Channel 4.
John McEnroe
John McEnroe (born 1959, Wiesbaden, Germany) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion (Wimbledon 1981, 1983, 1984; US Open 1979-81, 1984), record 1984 season of 82-3, Hall of Fame 1999, later a broadcaster.
John McGinn
John McGinn (born 1994) is a Scottish midfielder and Aston Villa captain; 93 Scotland caps, 22 goals; won 2025/26 Europa League and scored Scotland's first World Cup goal since 1998.
John McGraw
John McGraw (1873-1934), nicknamed Little Napoleon and Mugsy, Hall of Fame manager of the New York Giants 1902-1932; won 10 NL pennants, 3 World Series, and 2,763 games, second to Connie Mack.
John Metchie III
John Metchie III, born 2000 in Taiwan, raised in Brampton, Canada, is an NFL wide receiver (Alabama, Texans 2nd-round 2022 pick) who overcame APL leukemia and an ACL tear and now plays for the Carolina Panthers.
John Mikaelsson
John Mikaelsson (1913–1987) was a Swedish race walker who won the Olympic 10 km walk at both the 1948 London and 1952 Helsinki Games and set 14 world records.
John Miller
John Miller: name shared by several athletes, chiefly John Lester Miller (1903-1965), American Yale rower, 1924 Paris Olympic gold in men's eights; also an Olympic weightlifter, champion wrestler, and Australian jockey.
John Millman
John Millman (born 1989, Brisbane) is a retired Australian tennis player, career-high No. 33, one ATP title (2020 Astana), famous for upsetting Roger Federer at the 2018 US Open; retired at Australian Open 2024.
John Moffet
John Clifford Moffet (born 1964) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 1980 and 1984 Olympian, 100 m breaststroke world record holder (1:02.13), and later a three-time Emmy-winning TV producer for The Amazing Race.
John Monckton
John James Monckton (1938-2017), Australian backstroke swimmer; silver in 100 m backstroke at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, seventh at Rome 1960, beaten both times by David Theile; set 100 m and 200 m backstroke world records in 1958.
John Morris (curler)
John Morris (Johnny Mo), Canadian curler born 1978 in Winnipeg; first man with two Olympic curling golds, Vancouver 2010 with Kevin Martin and PyeongChang 2018 mixed doubles with Kaitlyn Lawes; also world junior and Brier champion.
John Morrison (wrestler)
John Morrison (John Randall Hennigan; also Johnny Nitro, Johnny Mundo, Johnny Impact, Johnny TV), American pro wrestler and actor; Tough Enough 2002 winner, three-time Intercontinental and four-time tag team champion in WWE, ECW Champion, parkour-based style.
John Muir Trail
John Muir Trail (JMT), a roughly 211-mile Sierra Nevada hiking trail from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney's summit, built with 1915 California funding won by the Sierra Club, completed 1938, sharing about 160 miles with the Pacific Crest Trail.
John Mulcahy
John Mulcahy (John Joseph Francis Mulcahy, 1876-1942), American Olympic rower; with Bill Varley won 1904 St. Louis gold in double sculls and silver in coxless pairs; founder of Fordham rowing.
John Naber
John Phillips Naber, American backstroke swimmer, won four golds in world-record time plus a silver at Montreal 1976, set six world records, won 10 NCAA titles for USC, and took the 1977 Sullivan Award.
John Nelson
John Nelson (John Maurer Nelson, born 1948, Chicago) is an American freestyle swimmer, Yale class of 1970, with three Olympic medals: 1964 silver 1500 m freestyle, 1968 bronze 200 m freestyle, and 1968 gold 4x200 m relay; he held the 400 m freestyle world record (4:11.8) for one day in 1966.
John Newcombe
John Newcombe, 'Newk,' is an Australian former tennis player who captured 26 Grand Slam titles across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. He was the last Wimbledon champion of the amateur era.