Virginia Wade (tennis) – 1977 Wimbledon singles champion, born 1945.

Sunil Gavaskar (cricket) – Prolific former Indian opener, the first man to score 10,000 Test runs, born 1949.

Richard Guest (horse racing) – Rode Red Marauder to victory in the 2001 Grand National, born 1965.

Ludovic Giuly (football) – Paris St Germain and former France midfielder, born 1976

Jake La Motta (boxing) – Former world middleweight champion nicknamed 'Raging Bull' – later the title of a film starring Robert De Niro about the New Yorker's life, born 1921.

Mario Gomez (football) – Germany and Bayern Munich striker, born 1985.