User:Kingsif/List of sportspeople depicted in The American Library (2018)
People notable for sport whose names are depicted on books of, and lives are profiled as part of, Yinka Shonibare's The American Library installation art.[1] The artwork features 3,200 people who are immigrants, or descendants of recent immigrants, to the United States, or migrants of the Great Migration, and who have significantly contributed to American culture. Many of these people have overcome discrimination, and/or have worked with a focus on the topic of immigration. Some have anti-immigration views.
| Name | Image | Country of birth | Country/ies of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senda Berenson Abbott | 
|
Lithuania | |
| Abdihakem Abdirahman | .jpg)
|
Somalia | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 
|
United States | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Sid Abel | 
|
Canada | |
| José Abreu | 
|
Cuba | |
| Emmanuel Acho | United States | Nigeria | |
| Sam Acho | 
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Kenny Adeleke | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Nigeria | |
| Freddy Adu | 
|
Ghana | |
| Victor Aiyewa | 
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Morolake Akinosun | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Nigeria | |
| Josh Akognon | 
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Ozzie Albies | _(51101671212)_(cropped).png)
|
Netherlands (Curaçao) | |
| Lev Alburt | 
|
Russia | |
| José Altuve | 
|
Venezuela | |
| Alexi Amarista | 
|
Venezuela | |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | .jpg)
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Alade Aminu | 
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Morten Andersen | 
|
Denmark | |
| Gary Anderson | South Africa | ||
| Mario Andretti | .jpg)
|
present-day Croatia | |
| Obed Ariri | .png)
|
Nigeria | |
| Maurice Ashley | 
|
Jamaica | |
| Nnamdi Asomugha | 
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Charles Atlas | 
|
Italy | |
| Red Auerbach | 
|
United States | present-day Belarus |
| Remi Ayodele | 
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Tony Azevedo | Brazil | ||
| Shirley Babashoff | .jpg)
|
United States | Russia |
| Carlos Balderas | United States | Mexico | |
| Chris Banjo | 
|
United States | Nigeria |
| Benny Bass | present-day Ukraine | ||
| Scout Bassett | China | ||
| Tanith Belbin White | Canada | ||
| Laszlo Bellak | Hungary | ||
| Yogi Berra | United States | Italy | |
| Vladine Biosse | Cabo Verde | ||
| George Blanda | United States | present-day Czech Republic | |
| Bert Blyleven | Netherlands | ||
| Xander Bogaerts | Netherlands (Aruba) | ||
| Manute Bol | present-day South Sudan | ||
| Hillary Bor | Kenya | ||
| Elizabeth Bourland | Costa Rica | ||
| Martin Brodeur | Canada | ||
| Pavel Bure | Russia | ||
| Bob Burnquist | Brazil | ||
| Foluke Gunderson[a] | .jpg)
|
Canada |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Listed with maiden name Akinradewo
References
[edit]- ^ "The American Library: Names". The American Library. Retrieved 2021-08-21.