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Nationality groups athletes by the country each one represented. Wikipedia describes Pele as "a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward," a nationality he represented on the pitch to win three World Cups. This dimension shows which countries produced the athletes behind a given sport's history.

United States

637 entries

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A. C. Green

A.J. Foyt

Aaron Gray

Aaron Judge

Aaron Rodgers

Abby Wambach

Abel Kiviat

Abner Mares

Ace Parker

Adam Logan

A'ja Wilson

Akebono Tarō

Al Oerter

Alana Beard

Alex Acker

Alex Foxen

Alex Groza

Alex Morgan

Alice Coachman

Alice Marble

Alison Bales

Allen Cunningham

Allen Iverson

Allyson Felix

Althea Gibson

Alvin Kraenzlein

Aly Raisman

Amarillo Slim

Amy Van Dyken

Andre Agassi

Andre Dawson

Andre Iguodala

Andrew Cohen (poker player)

Andrew Robl

Angel McCoughtry

Angelo Taylor

Ann Curtis

Anna Tunnicliffe

Anne Donovan

Annie Duke

Antoinette Williams

Antonio Esfandiari

Apolo Ohno

Archie Karas

Aries Merritt

Arnett Moultrie

Arnold Palmer

Ashton Eaton

Ashton Griffin

Avery Brundage

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Babe Ruth

Barbara Enright

Barry Bonds

Barry Greenstein

Barry Sanders

Beezie Madden

Ben Hogan

Ben Lamb (poker player)

Ben Sulsky

Ben Yu

Benito Garozzo

Bernie Casey

Berry Johnston

Bershawn Jackson

Beth Daniel

Bethany Hamilton

Betty Hicks

Betty Robinson

Big Show

Bill Edler

Bill Gazes

Bill Robertie

Bill Russell

Bill Shoemaker

Billie Jean King

Billy Baxter (poker player)

Billy Cundiff

Billy Eisenberg

Blake Griffin

Bob Beamon

Bob Bondurant

Bob Gross

Bob Hamman

Bob Mathias

Bobby Baldwin

Bobby Brown (basketball)

Bobby Fischer

Bobby Hoff

Bode Miller

Bonnie Blair

Brad Daugherty (poker player)

Brad Johnson (American football)

Branch Rickey

Braun Strowman

Brett Hull

Brian Cappelletto

Bruce Bowen

Buddy Jeannette

Butch van Breda Kolff

Byron Kaverman

Byron Nelson

Caitlin Clark

Caitlyn Jenner

Cal Ripken Jr.

Cammi Granato

Candace Parker

Candice Wiggins

Carl Hubbell

Carl Lewis

Carl Yastrzemski

Carmelita Jeter

Carmelo Anthony

Carol Crawford

Carol Heiss

Carter Phillips

Chance Kornuth

Charles Barkley

Charles Goren

Charley Paddock

Charlie Waters

Chase Budinger

Cheryl Miller

Chip Reese

Chloe Kim

Chris Bosh

Chris Evert

Chris Ferguson

Chris Kaman

Chris Moneymaker

Chris Mullin

Chris Paul

Christian Taylor (athlete)

Clyde Drexler

Cole South

Conrad Bassett-Bouchard

Corey Dillon

Crandell Addington

Crystal Langhorne

Curtis Granderson

Cy Young

Cyndy Violette

Dale Earnhardt

Dan Colman

Dan Dickau

Dan Feyer

Dan Gurney

Dan Heimiller

Dan Jansen

Dan Kelly (poker player)

Dan O'Brien

Dan Smith (poker player)

Danica Patrick

Danielle Andersen

Darren Elias

Dave Bautista

Dave Cowens

Dave Mirra

David Chiu (poker player)

David Gibson

David Goggins

David O'Connor

David Price (baseball)

David Robinson

David Wells

Dean Karnazes

DeAndre Jordan

Deanna Nolan

Debbie Meyer

DeeDee Trotter

DeJuan Blair

DeLisha Milton-Jones

Dennis Conner

Dennis Rodman

Dennis Tinerino

Denny McLain

Deon Thomas

Deron Williams

Derrick Rose

Dewey Tomko

Diana Nyad

Dick Button

Dick Fosbury

Dick Kazmaier

Dikembe Mutombo

Dizzy Dean

Don Budge

Don Schollander

Donnie Boyce

Doron Lamb

Doug Polk

Doyle Brunson

Drew Brees

Dudley Bradley

Duke Kahanamoku

Dutch Boyd

Dwight Buycks

Dwight Gooden

Eddie Eagan

Edwin Moses

Elston Howard

Elton Brand

Eric Heiden

Eric LeMarque

Eric Mobley

Eric Rodwell

Erick Lindgren

Erik Agard

Erik Kynard

Erik Seidel

Essence Carson

Ethan Carter III

Evan Mathis

Evander Holyfield

Fabiano Caruana

Félix Sánchez (hurdler)

Festus Ezeli

Florence Griffith Joyner

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Frank Robinson

Frank Sinkwich

Fred Lynn

Gabby Douglas

Garrett Adelstein

Gary Payton

Gene Sarazen

George Blanda

George Foreman

George Foster (baseball)

Gilbert Arenas

Glenn Davis

Gloria Callen

Graham Zusi

Greg Kelser

Greg LeMond

Greg Louganis

Greg Merson

Greg Raymer

Gussie Moran

Hakeem Olajuwon

Hal Fowler

Hamid Dastmalchi

Hank Aaron

Hans Berliner

Hans Lund

Harrison Barnes

Hasan Habib

Helen Jacobs

Helen Stephens

Helen Wills

Helene Madison

Henry Orenstein

Hikaru Nakamura

Home Run Baker

Hot Rod Hundley

Howard Barkin

Howard Cassady

Howard Lederer

Ibtihaj Muhammad

Isaac Berger

Isaac Haxton

Ish Smith

Isiah Thomas

J. C. Tran

Jack Dempsey

Jack Keller (poker player)

Jack Nicklaus

Jack Trice

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jackie Robinson

Jae Crowder

Jake LaMotta

Jake Schindler

Jake Scott

James Augustine

James Harden

Jamie Gold

Janel McCarville

Jason Koon

Jason Mercier

Jason Richardson

Jawad Williams

Jaycee Carroll

Jeff Baker

Jeff Galloway

Jeff Gordon

Jeff Meckstroth

Jeff Shulman

Jeff Turner

Jeffery Taylor

Jenn Suhr

Jennie Finch

Jennifer Capriati

Jennifer Harman

Jennifer Shahade

Jennifer Tilly

Jeremy Bonderman

Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Wariner

Jerome Lane

Jerry Rice

Jerry West

Jerry Yang

Jesse Owens

Jessica Davenport

Jim Brown

Jim Hines

Jim Jackson (basketball)

Jim Konstanty

Jim Thorpe

Jimmie Johnson

Joe Cada

Joe DiMaggio

Joe Johnson (basketball)

Joe Louis

Joe McKeehen

Joe Montana

Joe Niekro

Joe Russell

Joel Sherman

John Carlos

John Cernuto

John Cynn

John Hennigan (poker player)

John Henry Johnson

John Mackey (American football)

John McEnroe

John Phan

John Racener

John Rudometkin

John Salmons

John Spadavecchia

John Stockton

John Taylor (relay runner)

Johnny Chan

Johnny Lujack

Johnny Moss

Johnny Perry

Jon Jones

Jonathan Little

Jonathan Tamayo

Jordan Stolz

Josh Arieh

Josh Powell

Julius Erving

Justin Bonomo

Justin Gatlin

K. C. Rivers

Kara Wolters

Karch Kiraly

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Karl Malone

Katherine Rawls

Kathy Liebert

Kathy Whitworth

Katie Douglas (basketball)

Katie Ledecky

Kawhi Leonard

Kayla Harrison

Kellie Wells

Kelly Slater

Kelvin Ransey

Kendrick Perkins

Kenna James

Kenny Tran

Kerri Strug

Kerri Walsh Jennings

Kerron Clement

Kevin Durant

Kevin Garnett

Kevin Johnson (basketball player)

Kevin Love

Kevin MacPhee

Kevin McHale (basketball)

Kevin Willis

Keyon Dooling

Kim Rhode

Kirk Morrison (poker player)

Kit Woolsey

Klay Thompson

Kobe Bryant

Kristi Yamaguchi

Kyle O'Quinn

Lamar Odom

Lance Armstrong

Larry Bird

Larry Smith (basketball, born 1958)

Larry Steele

LaShawn Merritt

Lashinda Demus

Lawrence Moten

LeBron James

Lee Genud

Lee Trevino

Leon Hart

Leonel Manzano

Lincoln McIlravy

Lindsey Vonn

Lisa Leslie

Lisa Raymond

Loren Murchison

Lou Boudreau

Lou Gehrig

Luke Ridnour

Lyle Berman

Madison Bumgarner

Maggie Steffens

Magic Johnson

Malcolm Delaney

Malik Sealy

Marcus Thames

Maria Ho

Mario Andretti

Mario Lemieux

Marion Jones

Mark McGwire

Mark Price

Mark Seif

Mark Spitz

Marlene Bauer

Marreese Speights

Marsha Waggoner

Martina Navratilova

Mary Decker

Mary Lou Retton

Matt Graham (poker player)

Maureen Connolly

Maurice Harkless

Maury Wills

Max Venable

Maxie Rosenbloom

Megan Rapinoe

Mel Daniels

Metta Sandiford-Artest

Michael Binger

Michael Johnson

Michael Jordan

Michael Mizrachi

Michael Phelps

Michael Redmond

Michelle Kwan

Michelle Wie West

Mickey Mantle

Mickey Wright

Mikaela Shiffrin

Mike Barrett (basketball)

Mike Coolbaugh

Mike Henry (American football)

Mike Matusow

Mike Scott (basketball, born 1988)

Mike Sexton

Mike Tyson

Misty May-Treanor

Mo'ne Davis

Monica Seles

Morris Peterson

Muggsy Bogues

Muhammad Ali

Nam Le (poker player)

Nancy Lieberman

Nancy Lopez

Nancy Schuster

Naomi (wrestler)

Naomi Osaka

Natalya Neidhart

Nathan Chen

Nayel Nassar

Nick Petrangelo

Nile Kinnick

Noah Schwartz

Norman Taber

O.J. Simpson

Olga Fikotová

Olga Korbut

Orel Hershiser

Oscar Robertson

Oswald Jacoby

Ozzie Smith

Paolo Pasco

Pat McCormick

Pat Poels

Patty Berg

Paul Clark (poker player)

Paul Costello

Paul Davis (basketball)

Paul Magriel

Paul Pierce

Paul Volpe (poker player)

Paul Wasicka

Peggy Fleming

Pepper Martin

Pete Rose

Pete Sampras

Peter Morris

Peyton Manning

Phil Galfond

Phil Gordon (poker player)

Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hill

Phil Ivey

Phil Laak

Phil Mickelson

Prahlad Friedman

Puggy Pearson

Qui Nguyen

Rafer Johnson

Rajon Rondo

Ralph Rose

Randy Couture

Randy Johnson

Rashard Lewis

Ray Allen

Rebecca Lobo

Red Grange

Reggie Miller

Renee Montgomery

Richard Petty

Richard Seymour

Rickie Winslow

Rigan Machado

Robert Mizrachi

Robert Varkonyi

Robert Watson

Rocky Marciano

Rodney Buford

Roger Clemens

Roger Maris

Rolando Blackman

Roman Gabriel

Ron Guidry

Ron Rose

Ronda Rousey

Roy Jones Jr.

Russ Hamilton (poker player)

Russell Westbrook

Ryan Lochte

Ryan Riess

Saif Ahmad

Sailor Roberts

Sam Snead

Sammy Baugh

Samuel Reshevsky

Sandy Koufax

Sanya Richards-Ross

Sarah Hughes

Scott Blumstein

Scott Clements

Scott Feldman

Scott Fischman

Scott Hamilton

Scott Jurek

Scottie Pippen

Scotty Nguyen

Serena Williams

Shani Davis

Shaquille O'Neal

Shaun Deeb

Shaun White

Shawn Crawford

Shawn Kemp

Sheryl Swoopes

Sidney Moncrief

Simone Biles

Solomon Jones (basketball)

Sonny Weems

Stacey King

Stan Coveleski

Stanley Newman

Steffi Jones

Stephen Bardo

Stephen Curry

Steve Cauthen

Steve Zolotow

Steven Lopez

Stu Ungar

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Robinson

Sunisa Lee

Susan Polgar

Tamera Young

Tamika Catchings

Tara Lipinski

Ted Forrest

Ted Williams

Temeka Johnson

Tenley Albright

Terrence Jones

Thaddeus Young

The Iron Sheik

Thomas Cannuli

Tiger Woods

Tim Duncan

Tim Holland

Tim Lincecum

Tina Charles (basketball)

Titanic Thompson

Todd Brunson

Tom Brady

Tom Harmon

Tom McEvoy

Tom Seaver

Tommie Smith

Tony Azevedo

Tony Dunst

Tony Ma

Tony Wroten

Tracy Austin

Tracy McGrady

Trevor Brazile

Trey Hardee

Trip Payne

Trischa Zorn

Tyler Hinman

Tyson Chandler

Vanessa Rousso

Vanessa Selbst

Venus Williams

Vern Gardner

Virginia Van Wie

Walt Szczerbiak

Walter Browne

Walter Dix

Walter Payton

Walter Ray Williams Jr.

Wayne Gretzky

Wendy Palmer

Wilbert Robinson

Wilhelm Steinitz

Will Claye

Willie Mays

Willie Stargell

Wilma Rudolph

Wilt Chamberlain

Wyomia Tyus

Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia

Zach Randolph

Zia Mahmood

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