Diego Maradona

Image: PPStports

Lends name to a species of Fairyfly called Anaphes maradonae

Sachin Tendulkar

Image: SportsKeeda

Lends name to a Jumping spider species called Marengo sachintendulkar

Boris Becker

Image: NYPost

Lends name to a sea snail called Bufonaria borisbeckeri

Ronnie Coleman

Image: Men's Health

Lends name to a wasp species called Colemanu

Kelly Slater

Image: Reuters

Lends name to a Polychaete worm called Lanice kellyslateri

Ronaldinho

Image: Bleacher Report

Lends name to a bee species called Eulaema quadragintanovem

Novak Djokovic

Image: Reuters

Lends name to a Beetle species called Duvalius djokovici

Yelena Isinbayeva

Image: BK Kent Week

Lends name to a sea snail species called Gibberula isinbayevae

Steffi Graf

Image: Rodonit 2008

Lends name to a sea snail species called Gibberula grafae

Yuvraj Singh

Image: Twitter

Lends name to a wasp species called Cystomastacoides yuvrajir

Andrés Iniesta

Image: Britannica

Lends name to a Dinosaur called Iniestapodus

Martina Navratilova

Image: La Republica

Lends name to a sea snail species called Gibberula navratilovae

Mick Fanning

Image: Surfer Magazine

Lends name to a species of fishing spider called Ornodolomedes mickfanningi

Roger Federer

Image: Rolex

Lends name to a fly species called Strongylophthalmyia federeri

Lionel Messi

Image: Instagram

Lends name to a Lizard genus called Liolaemus messii