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John L. Sullivan – last bare-knuckle boxing heavyweight champion of the world; first gloved heavyweight champion of the world; first American athlete to become a national celebrity and to earn over $1 million; Andrew Anglin – Neo-Nazi, founder, and proprietor of The Daily Stormer; a white supremacist, anti-Semitic news and commentary website.
Martin John Sheridan (March 28, 1881 – March 27, 1918) was an Irish-American athlete and three time Olympic Games gold medallist in discus throw. [1] Born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland, he was a participant of both the 1904 and the 1908 Olympic Games, and was part of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the "Irish Whales".
American football player and coach [59] John Dellert: 1884–1985: 100: American gymnast [60] Shan Deniston: 1919–2020: 101: American athlete and sports coach [61] D. B. Deodhar: 1892–1993: 101: Indian cricket player and Sanskritist [62] Dorothy Dermody: 1909–2012: 102: Irish fencer [63] Fred I. Dickerson: 1911–2017: 106: American ...
Athlete Date Meet Place Ref. 60 m: 6.61 Paul Hession: 3 March 2007 European Championships: Birmingham, United Kingdom 6.57 Israel Olatunde: 19 February 2023 Irish Championships: Abbotstown, Ireland [58] 100 m: 10.36 Paul Hession: 27 February 2008 Tampere, Finland 200 m: 20.64 Mark Smyth: 11 March 2023 Leinster Championship Abbotstown, Ireland ...
Classification: People: By occupation: Sportspeople by sport: Athletes: By nationality: Irish Also: Ireland : People : By occupation : Sportspeople by sport : Athletes This category is for competitors within the sport of athletics , comprising track and field , road running , cross country running and racewalking .
At the Beijing Games, Phelps broke fellow American Mark Spitz's record by winning eight gold medals at one Olympics. Phelps was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Other greats from the state : Kevin ...
Brady, the most famous NFL player out of eight on the list, came in at No. 21, proving that American football still has a ways to go. The NBA's growing global popularity is apparent, with 13 ...
Actors, athletes and murderers: These 72 people are the most 'famous' from each county in Wisconsin Gannett Alex Groth, Claire Reid, JR Radcliffe and Andrew Hahn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel