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1. Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods, born Eldrick Tont Woods, is recognized as one of the all-time golf greats. Tiger's father, Earl Woods, served in the United States Army during the Vietnam war where he befriended a South Vietnamese soldier named Vuong Dang Phong, nicknamed Tiger. When Earl came back from the war and had a son, he assigned his newborn the very same nickname. Eldrick Tont Woods has been known as Tiger ever since, Liveabout.com explains.