He was a talented draughts player.

Ryan is ranked 20th draughts player in the world.

March 10 - Andris Andreiko, Latvian draughts player (b. 1942)

Tamara Tansykkuzhina (born December 11, 1978) is an international draughts player.

Piet Roozenburg, a Rotterdam born draughts player, who was the world champion from 1948 to 1956 and the 8-time Dutch champion.

Alex Moiseyev (born in Moscow in 1959) is a draughts player from Russia.

James Wyllie (born July 8, 1818 in Edinburgh; died April 5, 1899) was a Scottish draughts player who is important to the history of the game.

Gantvarg has a university degree in mathematics, but through all his life remained professional draughts player.

Baba Sy (1935-1978) was a Senegalese draughts player and the first world champion from Africa.

Alexander Baljakin (born 8 April 1961) is a Dutch draughts player born in the Russian city of Arkhangelsk.