The Wizard (nickname)

The Wizard or Wizard is a nickname for:

People nicknamed The Wizard

• Dhyan Chand (1905–1979), Indian field hockey player
• Gary Crowton (born 1957), American football coach
• Jeff Farmer (footballer) (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
• Bobby Hoff (1939–2013), American poker player
• Marine Johannès (born 1995), French basketball player
• Jeff Mills (born 1963), American techno DJ and producer
• Japhet N'Doram (born 1966), Chadian retired footballer
• Erik Rasmussen (footballer) (born 1960), Danish former footballer and manager
• Jacob Schaefer Sr. (1855–1910), American billiards player
• Ozzie Smith (born 1954), American Major League Baseball player
• Vassilis Stravopodis (born 1948), Greek former footballer
• Simon Whitlock (born 1969), Australian darts player
• Ray Whitney (ice hockey) (born 1972), Canadian former National Hockey League player
• Gus Williams (basketball) (born 1953), National Basketball Association player
• Bogdan Wołkowski (born 1957), Polish billiards trick-shot artist and entertainer
• Hakim Ziyech (born 1993), Dutch-Moroccan Premier League footballer
• Alperen Şengün (born 2002), Turkish professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association

People nicknamed Wizard

• Lars Bo (1924–1999), Danish artist and writer
• Murray Wier (1926–2016), American former basketball player

See also

• Warren Buffett (born 1930), American business magnate nicknamed the "Wizard of Omaha"
• Frankie Carle (1903–2001), American pianist and bandleader nicknamed the "Wizard of the Keyboard"
• Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park"
• Ron Fraser (1933–2013), American baseball coach, the "Wizard of College Baseball"
• Momosuke Fukuzawa (1868–1938), Japanese businessman, the "Wizard of the Money Markets"
• Jørgen Kristensen (born 1946), Danish former footballer, "Troldmanden" ("the Wizard")
• Stanley Matthews (1915–2000), English football player, the "Wizard of the Dribble"
• Ernie Roth, professional wrestling manager known as the "Grand Wizard"
• Roy Smeck (1900–1994), American musician, the "Wizard of the Strings"
• Bert le Vack (1887–1931), British motorcycle racer, the "Wizard of Brooklands"
• Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist, the "Wizard of Tuorla"
• John Wooden (1910–2010), American member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a college basketball head coach and player, the "Wizard of Westwood"
• Welsh Wizard (disambiguation)
• The Magician (nickname), a list of people
• El Mago (Spanish for "the Magician"), a list of people
• El Brujo (disambiguation) (Spanish for "the Wizard"), includes a list of people
• Darío Verón (born 1979), Paraguayan footballer nicknamed "Hechicero" ("The Wizard")
• Raymond Goethals (1921–2004), Belgian football coach nicknamed "le sorcier" ("the Wizard")
• All pages with titles beginning with The Wizard
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