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International footballer, Captain of the 1966 England football team that won the FIFA World Cup (1941–1993)
Olympic 1500 metres gold medal winner Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984
Athlete, first sub-four minute miler 1954
Olympic double gold medal winner 800 metres and 1500 metres Athens 2004
Olympic double gold medal winner 5000 metres and 10,000 metres London 2012
Scottish Fomula One World Racing Driver Champion 1969, 1971, 1973
Scottish Fomula One World Racing Driver Champion 1963 and 1965, crashed and killed 1968
Victorian cricketer (1848–1915)
Knighted rower, winner of five consecutive Olympic gold medals 1984–2000
Northern Irish International footballer, European Cup winner and European Footballer of the Year 1968 (1946–2005)
Knighted international footballer, first European Footballer of The Year 1956 (1915–2000)
Knighted Test cricketer, all–rounder, 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket
Captain of the England Rugby Union team, Rugby World Cup winners Australia 2003
Undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion 1999–2000
Knighted Scottish track cyclist, winner of six Olympic gold medals 2008 and 2012
Cyclist, winner of seven Olympic gold medals and first British winner of the Tour de France 2012
Knighted golfer, winner of six major championships 1989–1992
Scottish tennis player, two–time Grand Slam winner, 2012 US Open and 2013 Wimbledon Champion
Tennis player, three–time Grand Slam champion, women's singles champion Wimbledon 1977
Knighted Welsh rugby union player voted the greatest player of all time 2003
Cyclist, collapsed and died during the Tour de France 1967
Athlete, Olympic silver medal 400 metres Mexico City 1968, two gold medals European Championships Athens 1969, died of cancer 1970
Triple jumper, Olympic gold medalist Sydney 2000, world record holder since 1995
Highest English scoring batsman in a test match, 333 not out and 123 against India, Lords 1990
Northern Irish snooker player, World Champion 1972 and 1982, nicknamed 'Hurricane' (1949–2010)
England international footballer, World Cup winner and European Footballer of The Year 1966, European Cup winner 1968
Tennis player, winner of three consecutive Wimbledon Championships 1934-1936 and World Table Tennis Champion 1929 (1909–1995)
Sprinter, 100 metres Olympic gold medal winner Barcelona 1992, World Champion 1993, three–time European Champion
400 metres hurdler, winner of the Olympic gold medal Mexico City 1968 in world record time
Knighted cricketer, leading run-scorer and century-maker in first-class cricket with 61,760 runs and 199 centuries (1882–1963)
Long jumper, first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field Tokyo 1964, world record distance
Formula One World Drivers' Champion 2008, 2014, 2015
International footballer, highest goalscorer in the history of English top-flight football with 357 goals
Long-distance runner, three-time winner London Marathon, three-time New York Marathon champion and Chicago Marathon winner
Jockey, 4,493 career wins including nine Epsom Derby victories
