Famous footballers
Legends of the beautiful game. Ranked by how widely they are referenced across Wikidata.
Thomas Bodström
Swedish politician (born 1962)
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Paul Mitchell (footballer, born 1981)
English footballer and Sporting Director
Usain Bolt
Jamaican sprinter (born 1986)
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
Albert Camus
French philosopher and writer (1913–1960)
Anthony LaPaglia
Australian actor (born 1959)
Brian Lenihan Snr
Irish politician (1930–1995)
King Baggot
American actor and director (1879–1948)
Julio Iglesias
Spanish singer-songwriter (born 1943)
Peter Gagelmann
German football referee
Thorsten Kinhöfer
German football referee
Sean Connery
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
Lionel Messi
Argentine footballer (born 1987)
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
Edvard Beneš
Czechoslovak politician (1884–1948)
Zinedine Zidane
French football player and manager (born 1972)
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Aron Schmidhuber
German football referee (born 1947)
Remco Evenepoel
Belgian cyclist (born 2000)
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Gerd Hennig
German football referee (1935–2017)
Lilian Thuram
French footballer (born 1972)
Xavi (footballer, born 1980)
Spanish footballer and manager (born 1980)
Friedrich Fröbel
German educator (1782–1852)
Hugo Lloris
French footballer (born 1986)
Olivier Giroud
French footballer (born 1986)
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Antoine Griezmann
French footballer (born 1991)
Brandon Routh
American actor (born 1979)
Sergio Ramos
Spanish footballer (born 1986)
Thierry Henry
French footballer (born 1977)
Gianluigi Buffon
Italian footballer (born 1978)
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Swedish footballer (born 1981)
Patrick Vieira
French football player and manager (born 1976)
Karim Benzema
French footballer (born 1987)
Jan Vertonghen
Belgian footballer (born 1987)
Iker Casillas
Spanish footballer (born 1981)
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Claus Lamm
Austrian social neuroscientist
Manuel Neuer
German footballer (born 1986)
Marcel Desailly
French footballer (born 1968)
Andrea Pirlo
Italian football player and manager (born 1979)
Didier Deschamps
French footballer and manager (born 1968)
Bixente Lizarazu
French footballer (born 1969)
Sergio Busquets
Spanish footballer (born 1988)
Pelé
Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)
David Beckham
English footballer (born 1975)
Paul Pogba
French footballer (born 1993)
Florent Malouda
French footballer (born 1980)
Diego Maradona
Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)