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W.G. Grace

attributed to Archibald John Stuart Wortley
oil on canvas, 1885-1905
NPG 2112

Sir Malcolm Campbell

by H.A. Stermann
resin and bronze life-mask, circa 1935
NPG 4195

Freddie Trueman

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, 1960
NPG P561

Virginia Wade

by J.S. Lewinski
bromide print, June 1962
NPG P1067

Graham Hill

by Colin Waldeck
bromide print, 1964
NPG P544

George Best

by Neil Libbert
bromide print, 1965
NPG P761

Henry Cooper

by Gerald Scarfe
pen and indian ink, 1967
NPG 6429

Virginia Wade

by David Wynne
bronze cast, 1972
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7009

Lester Piggott

by Bryan Organ
pencil and crayon, 1974
NPG 6309

Sir Geoffrey Boycott

by Arnold Newman
bromide print, 1978
NPG P150(8)

Grand Prix drivers

by Arnold Newman
bromide print, 1979
NPG P150(50)

Sebastian Coe

by Martin Rose
oil on canvas, 1984
NPG 6565

Steve Ovett

by Peter Webster
chalk, 1984
NPG 6564

Ian Botham

by John Bellany
oil on canvas, 1985
NPG 5835

Viv Richards

by William Bowyer
oil on board, 1986
NPG 5999

Daley Thompson

by David Buckland
cibachrome print, October 1986
NPG P323

Sir Roger Bannister

by John Stanton Ward
chalk, 1987
NPG 6086

Bobby Charlton

by Peter Edwards
oil on canvas, 1991
NPG 6140

Lennox Lewis ('Coiled Spring')

by Ray Richardson
oil on canvas, 1993
NPG 6216

David Beckham ('David')

by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Sam Taylor-Wood)
digital video displayed on plasma screen, 2004
On display in Room 30 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6661

Steve Redgrave

by Dryden Goodwin
video animation continuous loop and drawings, 2006
NPG 6767

Billie Jean King (née Moffitt)

by Mary McCartney
chromogenic print, 2008
NPG P1357

Warren Bardsley

by Thomas Henry Bolland
bromide print, published 1909
NPG x197352

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen; Dorothea Lambert Chambers (née Douglass)

by Unknown photographer, for Daily Mirror
bromide print, circa 1919
NPG x197355

Benjamin Howard Baker

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1919
NPG x197356

Earl J. Thomson

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1920
NPG x197353

John William Henry Tyler ('Johnny') Douglas

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1920
NPG x197357

Sir Donald George Bradman

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x85636

Helen Wills Moody

by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print, 1928
NPG x27437

Diana Fishwick

by ACME Newspictures, Inc.
vintage press print, 13 February 1931
NPG x194347

Fred Perry

by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
bromide print, 26 June 1933
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x88279

Alan Key

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 10 October 1933
NPG x157513

Alan Key

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 10 October 1933
NPG x157514

Harold Larwood

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1933
NPG x3591

Helen Hull Jacobs

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x32691

Len Hutton

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 28 June 1937
NPG x21824

Jean Nicoll (Mrs Bostock)

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 April 1939
NPG x156231

Jean Nicoll (Mrs Bostock)

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 April 1939
NPG x156232

Jean Nicoll (Mrs Bostock)

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 April 1939
NPG x156233

Jean Nicoll (Mrs Bostock)

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 April 1939
NPG x156234

Jean Nicoll (Mrs Bostock)

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 April 1939
NPG x156237

Sir Malcolm Campbell

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1940s
NPG x27589

Sir Christopher John Chataway

by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage print, 30 July 1955
NPG x137359

Donald Campbell

by Yevonde
bromide print, 1957
NPG x27574

Henry Cooper

by Daniel Farson
glossy bromide print, 1960
NPG x22189

Bobby Moore

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1962
NPG x199763

Muhammad Ali

by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 23 May 1966
NPG x125764

Nick Faldo

by Sefton Samuels
bromide fibre print, 19 June 1980
NPG x76959

Bryan Robson

by Liam Woon
chromogenic print, 1990
NPG x35294

Linford Christie

by Robert Gallagher
resin coated bromide print, 10 September 1993
NPG x76542

Ryan Giggs

by Tim O'Sullivan
R-type colour print from black and white transparency, 1994
NPG x87318

Paul John Gascoigne

by Steve Pyke
bromide print, 23 July 1995
NPG x87100

Tanni Grey-Thompson

by Richard Bailey
toned bromide print, February 1996
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x126253

Jayne Torvill; Christopher Dean

by Trevor Leighton
bromide print, 13 August 1997
NPG x131623

Frankie Dettori

by Alistair Morrison
bromide print, 1997
NPG x87234

Steve Davis

by Robert Wilson
bromide print, February 1997
NPG x88079

David Beckham

by Lorenzo Agius
bromide print, November 1998
NPG x88370

Ellen MacArthur

by Andy Hall
chromogenic print, 17 September 2001
NPG x125088

Matthew Pinsent

by Eamonn McCabe
bromide print, August 2001
NPG x125681

Paula Radcliffe

by Wolfgang Rattay, for Reuters
digital colour print, 6 August 2002
NPG x126070