ARNOLD PALMER (golf) – American seven-time major winner, born 1929.

JIM HINES (athletics) – American former sprinter. He was the first athlete officially to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres in 1968 and held the world record of 9.95 seconds for 15 years, born 1946.

TIM STIMPSON (rugby union) – former England and British and Irish Lions full-back, born 1973.

GUSTAVO KUERTEN (tennis) – retired Brazilian player who won three French Open titles between 1997 and 2001, born 1976.

LAURENT KOSCIELNY (soccer) – Arsenal’s France defender, born 1985.

JAMES GRAHAM (rugby league) – England and former St Helens prop, born 1985.

EOIN MORGAN (cricket) – Middlesex’s Ireland -born batsman, the current England one-day international and Twenty20 captain, born 1986.

MATT RITCHIE (soccer) – Newcastle’s Scotland winger, born 1989.