Asia Pacific Sports People

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008,...

Hiroyuki Fujita (born 16 June 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.

David Smail (born 20 May 1970) is a professional golfer from New Zealand.

Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December 1974) is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and also turns out...

Charlie Wi is (born 3 January 1972) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Pope John Paul II (Polish: Jan Paweł II, Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II), born Karol Józef Wojtyła (pronounced [ˈkaɾɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔi̯ˈtɨwa]  ( listen); 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic...

Yannick Noah (born May 18, 1960, Sedan, Ardennes, France) is a pop-soul singer and former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful...

John Geoffrey Wright (born July 5, 1954 in Darfield, New Zealand) is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He...

Misty Hyman (born March 23, 1979 in Mesa, Arizona) is a former American swimmer who won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Ryan Orlando Thompson (born November 4, 1967 in Chestertown, Maryland) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of nine seasons in the majors between 1992 and 2002 for the New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, Houston...