Most Famous British Athletes
United Kingdom has produced 2,403 notable athletes throughout history, led by Lewis Hamilton. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
LH
Lewis Hamilton British Driver Born 1985
#
2,712
AF
Alex Ferguson British Football Born 1941
#
2,739
SG
Steven Gerrard British Football Born 1980
#
2,763
VJ
Vinnie Jones British Football Born 1965
#
2,933
FL
Frank Lampard British Football Born 1978
#
3,138
MF
Mo Farah British Runner Born 1983
#
3,349
BC
Bobby Charlton British Football Born 1937
#
3,456
PG
Paul Gascoigne British Football Born 1967
#
3,654
RF
Rio Ferdinand British Football Born 1978
#
3,757
KK
Kevin Keegan British Football Born 1951
#
4,394
BM
Bobby Moore British Football 1941 – 1993
#
4,517
GM
George Mallory British Mountaineer 1886 – 1924
#
4,575
NM
Nigel Mansell British Driver Born 1953
#
4,724
LL
Lennox Lewis British Boxer Born 1965
#
5,146
JH
James Hunt British Driver 1947 – 1993
#
5,289
RB
Roger Bannister British Runner 1929 – 2018
#
6,115
SM
Stanley Matthews British Football 1915 – 2000
#
6,294
JC
Jim Clark British Driver 1936 – 1968
#
6,317
PR
Paula Radcliffe British Runner Born 1973
#
6,724
GN
Gary Neville British Football Born 1975
#
6,903