World Sports People

Vera Igorevna Zvonarёva (Russian: Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, pronounced [ˈvʲɛra zvɔnarˈjɔva]  ( listen); born September 7, 1984, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional...

Mardy Fish (born December 9, 1981, in Edina, Minnesota) is an American professional tennis player. He is a hardcourt specialist. He is one of several young American tennis players who rose to prominence at the beginning of the 21st century....

Michael "The Kommunist" Komisarek (born January 19, 1982, in West Islip, New York) is a Polish-American professional ice hockey defenseman and an alternate captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Benjamin Todd "Ben" Roethlisberger (born March 2, 1982), nicknamed Big Ben, is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Steelers 11th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. He played...

Miikka Sakari Kiprusoff (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmiːkːɑ ˈsɑkɑri ˈkiprusofː]; born October 26, 1976) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played with the San Jose Sharks before...

David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for American Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy and the England national team. He will begin his second stint on loan...

Tatiana Golovin (born January 25, 1988) is a French professional tennis player of Russian descent (born in Moscow as Татьяна Головина, Tatiana Golovina). She is best known for winning the 2004 French Open mixed doubles event with her countryman Richard...

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (Russian: Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Кузнецо́ва (help·info); born June 27, 1985 in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) is a Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3. She won the 2004 US Open and...

Jelena Janković (Serbian: Јелена Јанковић, Serbian pronunciation: [ˈjɛlɛna ˈjaːnkɔvitɕ]; born February 28, 1985) is a former World No. 1 Serbian professional tennis player.

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...