Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter N

An Australian professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association who currently pl

An Australian professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association who currently plays for the Toronto Raptors. He is nicknamed the "Aussie Shaq" or "Baby Shaq" due to his resemblance to Shaquille O'Neal[2], although Jawai claims to not like the nicknames or comparisons to O'Neal[3].On the 2007-08 NBL Season, Jawai averaged 17.9 points per game, 9.4 rebounds per game (4th in the league) and 1 block per game in 30 minutes and shot 59.1% from the field making him second in the league. His NBL career high for points is 28, rebounds 18, and blocks is 3. He was drafted 41st overall as the heaviest player in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers; however, his rights were traded to the Toronto Raptors in a deal that also brought Jermaine O'Neal to Toronto for T. J. Ford

Is a former member of the New Zealand cricket team. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play ba

Is a former member of the New Zealand cricket team. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced (total innings: 222 vs England in Jade Stadium, Christchurch 2002. In a remarkable innings of just 168 balls, Astle reached the double-century after only 153 balls).

Is a professional footballer, currently playing for Brentford in League Two.During his early footbal

Is a professional footballer, currently playing for Brentford in League Two.During his early football career, Elder played for his home-town team of Hornchurch, and also played for Aveley, both of whom play in the Isthmian League.

Is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Queensland Bulls in Australian domestic cricket. When n

Is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Queensland Bulls in Australian domestic cricket. When not on representative duties he plays for his club side Sandgate-Redcliffe in the Brisbane Grade Cricket Competition. He is an attacking right-arm fast-medium bowler. Rimmington made his debut for Queensland in 2005–06 as a replacement for Michael Kasprowicz who was on international duty. It was in the Twenty20 tournament where he has impressed, being the leading wicket taker not just for the Bulls but for the competition. A man-of-the-match performance of 4/40 in the 2008–09 Ford Ranger Cup final ensured an eighth one-day title for Queensland.

Is a professional Australian cricketer who currently plays for Queensland. After a handful of season

Is a professional Australian cricketer who currently plays for Queensland. After a handful of seasons as a bits-and-pieces one-day player, Nathan Reardon won his first-class debut at the end of 2007-08, scoring 18 and 1, and delivering an over. More opportunities for Reardon, a stylish left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pacer, came in the Ford Ranger Cup campaign, where he played in seven matches at the top and middle of the order, with a high of 36 off 39 balls against Victoria.

Is a Welsh professional football (soccer) left sided defender, currently playing for Yeovil Town.His

Is a Welsh professional football (soccer) left sided defender, currently playing for Yeovil Town.His first professional club was Spanish club Numancia, where he stayed for a year before returning to the United Kingdom to play for Southend United in 1997. He spent three seasons at Southend, including a season long loan at Scarborough, and left for Brighton & Hove Albion. He made over 100 appearances in the five seasons he spent there before moving to Yeovil in 2005.

Is a Canadian mathematician, chess master, and chess author, who is also known for being the former

Is a Canadian mathematician, chess master, and chess author, who is also known for being the former husband of the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell. Divinsky and Campbell were married from 1972 to 1983.

Is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Halifax Town.Joynes came through the youth ranks

Is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Halifax Town.Joynes came through the youth ranks with his hometown side Barnsley. His first team debut came on 23 April 2005 against Port Vale while still a trainee, Joynes replacing Simon Johnson as a second-half substitute in 5-0 away defeat for Barnsley. Joynes was given his first professional contract in September 2005.

Is a New Zealander soccer player who is currently with Western Suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. K

Is a New Zealander soccer player who is currently with Western Suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. Knox signed his first professional contract in 2006 with Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division. In 2007, he moved to the Seattle Sounders in the same

Is a New Zealand international cricketer. He is also a member of the Otago Volts, competing in the S

Is a New Zealand international cricketer. He is also a member of the Otago Volts, competing in the State Championship, State Shield and State Twenty20 competitions. He has also represented New Zealand in Twenty20 Internationals. He is the son of former Ot

A highly accredited junior player, his only Test match was in Mumbai in 2004 in which he took 3/16 i

A highly accredited junior player, his only Test match was in Mumbai in 2004 in which he took 3/16 in the second innings and 5/103 in the match. Since his return however, he has lost form and has been dropped by the selectors. He was also left out of the Queensland first-class side, playing one of their eleven games during the 2005–06 season, and, following that season, he decided to move from Queensland to New South Wales without having secured a contract with any side in that state.

Is an Australian professional road racing cyclist.O'Neill was born in Sydney in 1974. He began cycli

Is an Australian professional road racing cyclist.O'Neill was born in Sydney in 1974. He began cycling in 1989, when he attended a 16 kilometre handicap race before school, following the suggestion by a friend. The race started at 6am and O'Neill won it.

Is an Australian rugby union footballer who used to play at centre for the New South Wales Waratahs

Is an Australian rugby union footballer who used to play at centre for the New South Wales Waratahs and Australia. Since 2005 he has been playing for Kyushu Electric Power Company (Kyuden Voltex) in Fukuoka, Japan and helped them gain promotion to the Top

Is a South African football (soccer) striker for Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF and South Africa.He pl

Is a South African football (soccer) striker for Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF and South Africa.He played his first game for Hammarby the same day that he signed for them, when Hammarby faced Malmö FF and won with 4-2. He scored his first goal for the club in the Swedish Cup quarterfinal against Valsta Syrianska IK. After a good start in the club, he failed to impress during the two uppcoming seasons and when Hammarby got regelated after the 2009 season, he moved on loan to his former team Ajax Cape Town FC from 1 Januari 2010 to 30 June 2010 with a buy out clause[2].

Is a professional basketball player. He is the son of former NBA player Terry Peavy and former Puert

Is a professional basketball player. He is the son of former NBA player Terry Peavy and former Puerto Rico National Team swimmer Nila. Peavy played in the NCAA for the Miami (OH) Redhawk team from 2003-06. He also played in Germany from 2007-09. Peavy was

Is an English professional football player. He is a striker.Lowndes began his career with Leeds Unit

Is an English professional football player. He is a striker.Lowndes began his career with Leeds United in 1994 but didn't make any first-team appearances in his fourteen months at Elland Road. In 1995 he was signed by Watford for a fee of £40,000.

Is an English footballer who plays for Middlesbrough. Considered a bright prospect, he was a member

Is an English footballer who plays for Middlesbrough. Considered a bright prospect, he was a member of the England squad at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Is an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 2001 to 2004. He began playing for the Derbys

Is an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 2001 to 2004. He began playing for the Derbyshire Cricket Board in 1999 and made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 2001 season. Since 2005 Dumelow has played for Cheshire in the Minor Counti

Is an English professional footballer. He is a striker and currently plays for Championship side Der

Is an English professional footballer. He is a striker and currently plays for Championship side Derby County, where he is on a season-long loan from Watford.

Is an Australian baseball player who played for the Laredo Broncos in the United League. He was orig

Is an Australian baseball player who played for the Laredo Broncos in the United League. He was originally signed as a pitcher to the Minnesota Twins organisation in 2005 for the Gulf Coast Twins until 2006.Back in Australia, Crawford plays for the Runcor

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Sparta Rotterdam.Rutjes is a forward who was born in Rott

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for Sparta Rotterdam.Rutjes is a forward who was born in Rotterdam and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Sparta Rotterdam squad in the 2005-06 season.

Is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Rochdale. He signed on a free transfer

Is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Rochdale. He signed on a free transfer from Scunthorpe United in the summer of 2006 on a year long contract.

Is a former English cricketer and rugby union player. Bressington played as a left-handed batsman an

Is a former English cricketer and rugby union player. Bressington played as a left-handed batsman and was a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Bressington played two List-A matches for the Gloucestershire Cricket Board against the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. Outside of cricket, Bressington played for rugby union for Stourbridge RFC, where he broke the club's record for most tries in a season, with seventeen.

Is a male freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 1998 World Aquatics C

Is a male freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, competing in one individual events (25km). He maintains a 4.0 grade point average in spite of having dyslexia, wh

Is a Scottish professional football player currently for Stirling Albion in the Scottish Second Divi

Is a Scottish professional football player currently for Stirling Albion in the Scottish Second Division. Taggart signed for Stirling Albion in April 2005 from the Stirling Albion Youth System. Taggart made his professional debut for Stirling Albion on April 30, 2005 against Brechin City.