Sports
Athletes and sporting legends from every discipline.
26 profiles
Film & TV
Vijay Amritraj
Tennis player, commentator and actor; Hall of Fame inductee
Born 1953
Sports
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi
Captain of the India men’s basketball team
Born 1991
Sports
Satnam Singh Bhamara
First Indian drafted into the NBA; now a professional wrestler
Born 1995
Sports
Rohan Bopanna
Doubles specialist and oldest first-time world No. 1 in tennis history
Born 1980
Sports
Princepal Singh
Basketball player; first Indian to sign with the NBA G League Ignite
Born 2001
Sports
Prashanti Singh
Former India women’s basketball captain; first basketball player to receive the Padma Shri
Born 1984
Sports
MS Dhoni
Former India captain and wicketkeeper-batsman; winner of three ICC trophies
Born 1981
Sports
Milkha Singh
Sprinter; India’s first Commonwealth Games gold medallist in athletics
1929 – 2021
Sports
Kapil Dev
All-rounder who captained India to its first Cricket World Cup in 1983
Born 1959
Sports
Hima Das
Sprinter; first Indian to win a track gold at a world-level championship
Born 2000
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Amjyot Singh
Former India forward and one of the first Indians in the NBA G League
Born 1992
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Virat Kohli
Cricketer and former India captain; record holder for most ODI centuries
Born 1988
Sports
Sunil Chhetri
India’s record goalscorer and most-capped footballer
Born 1984
Sports
Sania Mirza
Former doubles world No. 1 and six-time Grand Slam champion
Born 1986
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Sandesh Jhingan
Centre-back for FC Goa and the India national team
Born 1993
Sports
Sachin Tendulkar
Cricketer; the leading run-scorer in the history of Test and ODI cricket
Born 1973
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P. T. Usha
Sprinter and hurdler; president of the Indian Olympic Association
Born 1964
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Neeraj Chopra
Javelin thrower; Olympic and world champion
Born 1997
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Mithali Raj
Former India women’s captain; leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket
Born 1982
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Mahesh Bhupathi
Former doubles world No. 1; first Indian to win a Grand Slam title
Born 1974
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Leander Paes
Tennis player; 18-time Grand Slam doubles champion and Olympic medallist
Born 1973
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I. M. Vijayan
Former India captain and striker from Kerala
Born 1969
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Chuni Goswami
Footballer who captained India to Asian Games gold in 1962; also a first-class cricketer
1938 – 2020
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Bhaichung Bhutia
Former India captain and torchbearer of Indian football
Born 1976