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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Amy Alcott
Golf
22-Feb-1956   Winner of 5 Majors
Tommy Armour
Golf
24-Sep-1894 12-Sep-1968 Winner of 3 Majors
Seve Ballesteros
Golf
9-Apr-1957 7-May-2011 Winner of 5 Majors
Jim Barnes
Golf
8-Apr-1886 24-May-1966 Winner of 4 Majors
Patty Berg
Golf
13-Feb-1918 10-Sep-2006 Winner of 15 major titles
Tommy Bolt
Golf
31-Mar-1916 30-Aug-2008 Winner, 1958 US Open
Julius Boros
Golf
3-Mar-1920 28-May-1994 Winner of 3 major titles
Pat Bradley
Golf
24-Mar-1951   Winner of 6 Majors
Jack Burke, Jr.
Golf
29-Jan-1923   Winner, 1956 Masters and PGA Championship
George H.W. Bush
Head of State
12-Jun-1924   41st US President, 1989-93
JoAnne Carner
Golf
4-Apr-1939   Winner, 1971 and 1976 US Women's Open
Billy Casper
Golf
24-Jun-1931   Won 3 majors, plus 51 PGA Tour wins
Bob Charles
Golf
14-Mar-1936   Winner, 1963 British Open
Henry Cotton
Golf
26-Jan-1907 22-Dec-1987 Won the British Open three times
Bing Crosby
Singer
3-May-1903 14-Oct-1977 White Christmas
Beth Daniel
Golf
14-Oct-1956   Winner, 1990 LPGA Championship
Roberto De Vicenzo
Golf
14-Apr-1923   Winner, 1967 British Open
Jimmy Demaret
Golf
24-May-1910 28-Dec-1983 Winner of three Masters Tournaments
Leo Diegel
Golf
27-Apr-1899 8-May-1951 Winner, 1928 and 1929 PGA Championships
Ernie Els
Golf
17-Oct-1969   Winner of 3 majors
Nick Faldo
Golf
18-Jul-1957   Winner of 6 Major tournaments
Ray Floyd
Golf
4-Sep-1942   Won 4 Majors
Doug Ford
Golf
8-Jun-1922   Winner of 2 Majors
Hubert Green
Golf
28-Dec-1946   Winner of 2 Majors
Ralph Guldahl
Golf
22-Nov-1911 11-Jun-1987 Winner of 3 Majors
Walter Hagen
Golf
21-Dec-1892 5-Oct-1969 Won 11 major championships
Sandra Haynie
Golf
4-Jun-1943   Winner of 4 Majors
Bob Hope
Comic
29-May-1903 27-Jul-2003 Centenarian comic
Jock Hutchison
Golf
6-Jun-1884 27-Sep-1977 Winner of 2 Majors
Hale Irwin
Golf
3-Jun-1945   Three-time US Open winner
Tony Jacklin
Golf
7-Jul-1944   Winner of 2 Majors
Tom Kite
Golf
9-Dec-1949   Winner, 1992 US Open
Bernhard Langer
Golf
27-Aug-1957   Winner, 1985 and 1993 Masters
Gene Littler
Golf
21-Jul-1930   Winner, 1961 US Open
Bobby Locke
Golf
20-Nov-1917 9-Mar-1987 Won the British Open four times
Nancy Lopez
Golf
6-Jan-1957   Pro golfer
Cary Middlecoff
Golf
6-Jan-1921 1-Sep-1998 Winner of 3 Majors
Johnny Miller
Golf
29-Apr-1947   Golf commentator
Kel Nagle
Golf
21-Dec-1920   Winner, 1960 British Open
Byron Nelson
Golf
4-Feb-1912 26-Sep-2006 Winner of 5 Majors
Larry Nelson
Golf
10-Sep-1947   Winner of 3 Majors
Se Ri Pak
Golf
28-Sep-1977   Winner of 5 Majors
Arnold Palmer
Golf
10-Sep-1929   Won 61 PGA tournaments
Henry Picard
Golf
28-Nov-1906 30-Apr-1997 Winner of 2 Majors
Gary Player
Golf
1-Nov-1935   Winner of 9 Major tournaments
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Golf
13-Oct-1935   Won 8 regular PGA tours
Paul Runyan
Golf
12-Jul-1908 17-Mar-2002 Winner, 1934 and 1938 PGA Championships
Gene Sarazen
Golf
27-Feb-1902 13-May-1999 First winner of the Grand Slam
Patty Sheehan
Golf
27-Oct-1956   Winner of 6 majors
Dinah Shore
Singer
29-Feb-1916 24-Feb-1994 See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let
Denny Shute
Golf
25-Oct-1904 13-May-1974 Winner of 3 Majors
Vijay Singh
Golf
22-Feb-1963   Winner of 2004 PGA Championship
Horton Smith
Golf
22-May-1908 15-Oct-1963 Winner, 1934 and 1936 Masters Tournaments
Sam Snead
Golf
27-May-1912 23-May-2002 Winner of 82 PGA tournaments
Annika Sörenstam
Golf
9-Oct-1970   Winner of 10 majors
Payne Stewart
Golf
30-Jan-1957 25-Oct-1999 Winner of the US Open, 1982 and 1999
Curtis Strange
Golf
30-Jan-1955   Winner of the US Open, 1988 and 1989
Peter Thomson
Golf
23-Aug-1929   Five-time British Open winner
Lee Trevino
Golf
1-Dec-1939   Pro golfer hosted Golf for Swingers
Harry Vardon
Golf
9-May-1870 20-Mar-1937 Early golf superstar
Tom Watson
Golf
4-Sep-1949   Three-time Vardon Trophy winner
Karrie Webb
Golf
21-Dec-1974   Winner of 7 majors
Kathy Whitworth
Golf
27-Sep-1939   Winner of 6 major titles
Craig Wood
Golf
18-Nov-1901 7-May-1968 Winner, 1941 Masters and US Open
Mickey Wright
Golf
14-Feb-1935   Winner of 13 Majors
Babe Zaharias
Golf
26-Jun-1914 27-Sep-1956 Best female athlete of all time


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