Chess
Jon Speelman
2 October 1956 -
chess player, mathematician, writer
John Nunn
25 April 1955 -
Chess grandmaster and problemist
Peter Leko
September 8, 1979 -
Hungarian chess player
Reuben Fine
October 11, 1914 - March 26, 1993
American chess player
Viswanathan Anand
1969 -
Indian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion
Emanuel Lasker
December 24, 1868 - January 11, 1941
German World Chess Champion and grandmaster, contract bridge player, mathematician, and philosopher
Tony Miles
23 April 1955 - 12 November 2001
British chess player
David Bronstein
February 19, 1924 - December 5, 2006
Soviet chess grandmaster
Xie Jun
1970 -
Chinese chess player
Nigel Short
1 June 1965 -
British chess player and writer
Mikhail Tal
November 9, 1936 - June 28, 1992
Latvian chess player
Max Euwe
May 20, 1901 - November 26, 1981
Dutch chess grandmaster
Paul Morphy
June 22, 1837 - July 10, 1884
American chess player
Sam Loyd
1841 - 1911
Chess player, puzzlist
Garry Kasparov
13 April 1963 -
Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion