Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Was a Scottish–Canadian chess master.MacLeod won the Canadian Chess Championship in 1886 and 1888,

Was a Scottish–Canadian chess master.MacLeod won the Canadian Chess Championship in 1886 and 1888, and shared 1st but lost a play-off match for the title in 1887. He finished last out of 20 players at New York 1889 (the 6th American Chess Congress, won by Max Weiss and Mikhail Chigorin, losing a world-record 31 games while winning 6 and drawing 1.

Is a former Canadian Soccer League high-scoring soccer striker and Canada men's national soccer team

Is a former Canadian Soccer League high-scoring soccer striker and Canada men's national soccer team member. Gilbert first played for the national team in the 1984 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, in a tournament in which Canada finished runners-up. He earned his first senior cap as a 22 year-old in a February 1988 friendly played in Hamilton, Bermuda that ended scoreless, and his last one in September 1992 in a 0-2 loss to the United States, a friendly played in St. John's, Newfoundland. Gilbert earned a total of 10 caps and scored once for Canada.

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion.Forster, who was born in C

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion.Forster, who was born in Caterham, Surrey, was spotted playing for non-league Horley Town and invited for trials by Gillingham in December 1991.

Is a United States Chess Federation (USCF) National Master (NM). He is the youngest USCF Master in h

Is a United States Chess Federation (USCF) National Master (NM). He is the youngest USCF Master in history, obtaining a rating of 2207 at the age of 9 years 11 months.

Is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster.Pert was the World Under-18 Chess Champio

Is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster.Pert was the World Under-18 Chess Champion in 1998 and British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2004. He has represented England at the highest level, including the Chess Olympiad of 2006 in Turin.

Is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. His first top level horse was Thirty Six Red with which h

Is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. His first top level horse was Thirty Six Red with which he won the 1990 Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes and earned a second place finish in that year's Belmont Stakes. Nick Zito went on to win the Preakness once, an

Is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Minnesota Twins. He has played at second base, thi

Is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Minnesota Twins. He has played at second base, third base, shortstop, and center field. Punto is a switch hitter and throws right-handed.Punto is a 1996 graduate of Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, California. After high school, he attended Saddleback College, also in Mission Viejo. His father, Lou, was drafted by the Boston Red Sox. Nick and his wife, Natalie have one child, Nicole Jayne born on May 30, 2008.

Is a Zimbabwean professional golfer and inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-nineties

Is a Zimbabwean professional golfer and inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-nineties, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Is an American professional baseball player. A right-hander, he currently plays left field and first

Is an American professional baseball player. A right-hander, he currently plays left field and first base for the New York Mets.Evans was called up from Double-A Binghamton on May 24, 2008 to replace Marlon Anderson, who had been placed on the disabled list. He started in left field for the Mets and batted eighth.[1]In Evans' first career at bat, he doubled off Colorado Rockies pitcher Jeff Francis. He finished the game with three doubles, the first Met to hit three extra-base hits in his major league debut since Kazuo Matsui in 2004.[1]

American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is a former WEC and IFC Welterweight champion.

American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is a former WEC and IFC Welterweight champion. He has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and currently fights in Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Cesar Gracie on May 8, 2007.

Is a former professional footballer who played almost his whole career with Maltese Premier League s

Is a former professional footballer who played almost his whole career with Maltese Premier League side Valletta, where he played as a midfielder.

Was an English footballer who played as a defender. He played at both centre back and full back duri

Was an English footballer who played as a defender. He played at both centre back and full back during his career.Nicky played 217 times for Manchester City F.C. and scored twice in two spells at the club between 1977 and 1982 and 1982 and 1987 before transferring to Blackburn Rovers F.C. in July 1987. In 1982, he played on loan to the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Great Britain. Nicholas competed in the 100 metre freestyle at th

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Great Britain. Nicholas competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, finishing 28th fastest overall. He finished 8th as a member of the relay squad in the final of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, bu

Is a first-class cricketer. He made his debut as a strapping right arm fast medium bowler and right-

Is a first-class cricketer. He made his debut as a strapping right arm fast medium bowler and right-handed tail end batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1982. After failing to establish himself in the team he moved first to Surrey County Cricket C

Is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle

Is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Coming from Brisbane, Queensland, Sprenger who is coached by Michael Bohl spent the beginning of his career as the under

Is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE

Is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the name Dolph Ziggler on the SmackDown brand, where he is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion. He is also known for his performances with WW

Was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In the 1912 he was elimi

Was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In the 1912 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 400 metre freestyle event as well as in the quarter-finals of the 100 metre freestyle competition.

Was the lead singer and pianist of German Symphonic metal band Xandria. The band has recently releas

Was the lead singer and pianist of German Symphonic metal band Xandria. The band has recently released their fourth album "SalomT - The Seventh Veil" and the single from the album "Save My Life" in which Lisa sports a darker hair colour than the other three albums ("Kill the Sun", "Ravenheart", and "India") in which she has dark red hair.As of April 30th, 2008, Lisa Middelhauve is no longer Xandria's singer. She has left the band citing personal reasons and discomfort at being the band's leader. The band is currently looking for a singer to replace her

Is a male judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division (– 73 kg)

Is a male judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division (– 73 kg) at the 2007 Pan American Games, alongside Cuba's Ronald Girones. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a former England cricketer. Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler H

Is a former England cricketer. Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II[1] A left-handed opening batsman and a fine fielder, Knight played in 17 Test Matches and 100 One Day Internationals before announcing his retirement from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup.

Is a retired American professional wrestler. He mainly competed in the American Wrestling Associatio

Is a retired American professional wrestler. He mainly competed in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the United States. He is a former multi-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion and co-holder of the AWA World Tag Team Championship.

Is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leicester City.Adams progressed th

Is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leicester City.Adams progressed through the Youth and Centre of Excellence system at Bury and shot to fame with a debut goal against Darlington as he made his first team debut in a 1–0 home win in October 2005.

Is a Greek American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall point guard. He

Is a Greek American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall point guard. He can also play shooting guard if needed. He is currently with Panathinaikos. On May 23, 2009 Calathes announced that he would bypass the NBA to play in the

Is a professional boxer. He has won the IBA Intercontinental Welterweight title. Acevedo became a pr

Is a professional boxer. He has won the IBA Intercontinental Welterweight title. Acevedo became a professional boxer at age 19, and amassed a near-perfect 15-1-0 record in 17 fights (one bout was ruled a No contest due to Acevedo receiving an accidental h

Is an American volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is an American volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.