People And Biographies

Tiger Woods, born in 1975, American professional golfer, who has staked a claim as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history. Woods has dominated professional golf since the late 1990s, winning each of the game’s four major championships at least twice before the age of 30.
American golfer [...]

Joe Montana, born in 1956, American professional football player, a Hall of Fame quarterback who led the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) to Super Bowl victories in 1982, 1985, 1989, and 1990.
Joseph Clifford Montana, Jr., was born in New Eagle, Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Monongahela. A star athlete [...]

Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956), American athlete, who dominated a number of sports at the highest levels in an era that offered limited athletic opportunities for women. She was a track and field star in the Olympic Games and one of the top professional golfers in history. A 1950 Associated Press (AP) poll named Didrikson the [...]

Carl Lewis, born in 1961, American track-and-field athlete, who won a total of nine gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996, including four straight gold medal performances in the long jump. The feat made Lewis the second competitor in Olympic history to win the same event in four consecutive Olympic [...]

Jesse Owens (1913-1980), one of the greatest track-and-field athletes of all time. He was born James Cleveland Owens on September 12, 1913, in a small town in Alabama, the son of a sharecropper. The young Owens was called J.C. as a child, and later, after the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, a teacher heard his [...]

Billie Jean King, born in 1943, American tennis player, whose intense competitiveness, outspoken support for better treatment of women players, and victory, in 1973, over former men’s star Bobby Riggs in an exhibition match were all instrumental in increasing the popularity of women’s tennis. Billie Jean Moffitt was born in Long Beach, California, and educated [...]

Magic Johnson, born in 1959, American professional basketball player, who helped the Los Angeles Lakers become one of the dominating professional basketball teams of the 1980s. He is considered one of the greatest point guards and playmakers in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Earvin Johnson was born in Lansing, Michigan, and acquired [...]

Pete Sampras, born in 1971, American professional tennis player, who holds the record for most career grand slam singles titles with 14. Born Peter Sampras in Washington, D.C., he was raised in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. In 1988 he left high school to become a professional tennis player. In 1990 he won the United States [...]