Athletes
- Anderson, James (born 1989), professional basketball player
- Andrews, Shawn (born 1982), professional football player
- Andrews, Stacy (born 1981), professional football player
- Ausbie, Herbert (Geese), professional basketball player with Harlem Globetrotters
- Bearden, Gene (1920–2004), professional baseball player
- Bell, Earl, Olympic pole vaulter
- Brock, Lou (born 1939), professional baseball player
- Brown, Ray, professional football player
- Broyles, Frank (born 1924), football coach, athletic director
- Bryant, Paul 'Bear' (1913–1983), football coach
- Burnett, A. J. (born 1977), professional baseball player
- Burrell, Pat (born 1976), professional baseball player
- Carr, Bill (1909–1966), Olympic runner and 2-time gold medalist
- Carthon, Maurice, professional football player
- Conley, Jr., Mike (born 1987), professional basketball player
- Daly, John (born 1966), professional golfer
- Davis, Willie (1940–2010), professional baseball player
- Dean, Dizzy (1910–1974), professional baseball player
- Dickey, Bill (1907–1993), professional baseball player
- Eudy, Sid (born 1960), professional wrestler
- Evans, Jeremy (born 1987), professional basketball player
- Fisher, Derek, professional basketball player
- Gentry, Craig, professional baseball player
- Goode, Brett, professional football player
- Greene, Charles (born 1944), Olympic sprinter
- Hampton, Dan, professional football player, NFL Hall of Fame member
- Harris, Chris, professional football player
- Harrison, E.J. 'Dutch' (born 1910), professional golfer
- Harrison, Marcus (born 1984), professional football player
- Hickey, Howard "Red" (1917-2006), professional football player and coach
- Hillis, Peyton (born 1986), professional football player
- Hines, Jim (born 1946), Olympic sprinter
- Holmes, Priest (born 1973), professional football player
- Cedric Houston, professional football player
- Hunter, Torii (born 1975), professional baseball player
- Hutson, Don (1913–1997), professional football player
- Johnson, David (born 1987), professional football player
- Johnson, Joe (born 1981), professional basketball player
- Jones, Jerry (born 1942), Dallas Cowboys owner
- Jones, Matt, professional football player
- Joyner, Al, track and field Olympian
- Kavanaugh, Ken (1916–2007), professional football player and coach
- Kell, George (born 1922), professional baseball player
- Lasker, Greg (born 1964), professional football player
- Lee, Cliff (born 1978), professional baseball pitcher
- Liston, Sonny (1932–1970), professional boxer, World Heavyweight Champion
- Mallett, Ryan (born 1988), professional football player
- Martin, Mark (born 1959), championship NASCAR driver
- McFadden, Darren, professional football player
- McReynolds, Kevin (born 1959), professional baseball player
- Mead, Pete (1924–2007), professional boxer
- Moncrief, Sidney (born 1957), professional basketball player
- Monday, Rick (born 1945), professional baseball player, sportscaster
- Moseley, Dustin (born 1981), professional baseball player
- Nixon, Larry (born 1950), professional sport fisherman
- Nutt, Houston (born 1957), Amateur football coach
- Okam, Frank (born 1985), professional football player
- Parnell, Jermey (born 1986), professional football player
- Perry, Joe (born 1927), professional football player
- Petrus, Mitch (born 1987), professional football player
- Pippen, Scottie (born 1965), professional basketball player
- Pitts, Elijah (1938-1998), professional football player and coach
- Randolph, Anthony (born 1989), professional basketball player
- Robinson, Brooks (born 1937), professional baseball player
- Roe, Preacher (1916–2008), professional baseball player
- Sain, Johnny (1917–2006), professional baseball player
- Smith, Rod (born 1970), professional football player
- Smyly, Drew (born 1989), professional baseball player
- Sutton, Drew (born 1983), professional baseball player
- Switzer, Barry (born 1937), football coach
- Taylor, Jermain (born 1978), professional boxer
- Thornton, Charley (1937–2004), sports figure
- Vaughan, Arky (1912–1952), professional baseball player
- Vines, Harry (1938–2006), wheelchair basketball coach
- Warneke, Lon (1909–1976), professional baseball player
- Weems, Sonny (born 1986), professional basketball player
- Williams, Corey (born 1980), professional football player
- Williams, Damian (born 1988), professional football player
- Williams, Deangelo (born 1983), professional football player
- Williamson, Corliss (born 1973), professional basketball player
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Famous quotes containing the word athletes:
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth ... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV and box architecture, brutalizes the senses, making gray neurotics of most of us, and perverse spiritual athletes and strident self-transcenders of the best of us.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)