- male, deceased (1973)
- Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973) was a martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most...
- male, deceased (1957)
- Gichin Funakoshi was one of Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate to the Japanese mainland in 1921. His student, Hironori Ohtsuka and his...
- male, deceased (1994)
- Masutatsu Oyama, also known as Mas Oyama was a karate master who founded Kyokushinkai, a major style of full contact karate. He was born Choi...
- male, 54 years old
- Billy Blanks (b. September 1, 1955) is a fitness guru, martial artist, actor, and the inventor of Tae Bo. Blanks was born in Erie, Pennsylvania,...
- male, 63 years old
- Bill Wallace (December 1, 1945) is an American martial artist, best known as Bill "Superfoot" Wallace or simply "Superfoot", the dominant kickboxer...
- male
- Joe Lewis is an American kickboxer and point Karate fighter whose success in the ring in the 1960s and 1970s is still legendary. He has twice been...
- male, 50 years old
- Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren, November 3, 1959) is a Swedish actor, director and karateka. His breakthrough came when he starred in "Rocky...
- male, deceased (1987)
- Nakayama Masatoshi was a high-ranking master of Shotokan karate-dō the first who achieved the rank of 10th dan. Nakayama was born in the Yamaguchi p...
- male, deceased (1952)
- was one of the first karateka to teach karate on mainland Japan and is creditied as developing the style known as Shito-ryu
- male, deceased (2000)
- Andy Hug (September 7, 1964 - August 24, 2000) was a renowned Kyokushin Karate and kickboxing fighter from Wohlen, Switzerland. He died at the age...
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