Viktor Győző Barna (Braun) was a Hungarian and British champion table tennis player as well as a record five times singles World Champion.
Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British international table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total. He is considered to be one of the greatest players in history, only Viktor Barna has won more World Championship gold medals in singles.
Laszlo Bellak was a Hungarian and American table tennis player.
John Alfred Leach MBE was a British table tennis player, coach, and author. He began competing at a relatively old age, 17, before serving in World War II. During the war, he greatly elevated his game and, in 1946, achieved a world ranking. In 1949, Leach became Great Britain's second World Champion singles player. After winning the title, he achieved widespread fame within the United Kingdom, appearing on television and writing for News of the World. Two years later, Leach added a second singles title. In 1953, he was part of the team that won Great Britain's first, and as of 2014 only, team World Championship. He also won 13 bronze and silver World championship medals between 1947 and 1955. As of 2014, Leach is just one of 11 players from any country to win two singles championships.
Ivan Andreadis was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player.
Gertrude "Traute or Trude" Kleinová was a three-time world champion table tennis player, winning the women's team world championship twice, and the world mixed doubles once.
The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Cairo from March 6 to March 11, 1939.
Solomon Joseph Schiff was a Jewish-American table tennis player from New York.
Erwin Klein was a male table tennis player from the United States, who four times US Open Table Tennis Singles Champion. His nickname was Chubby. He won a gold medal in the Mixed Doubles event at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1956.
Thelma Thall “Tybie” Sommer is the only living American woman to have won two World Table Tennis Championships.
Tibor Házi born Tibor Hoffmann,, was a male international table tennis player from Hungary.
The 1931 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the fifth edition of the men's singles championship.
The 1932 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the sixth edition of the men's singles championship.
The 1933 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the seventh edition of the men's singles championship.
The 1934 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the eighth edition of the men's singles championship. The Championships were held in December 1933 but are officially listed as the 1934 Championships.
The 1935 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the ninth edition of the men's singles championship.
The 1937 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 11th edition of the men's singles championship.
Michel Haguenauer (1916-2000), was a male French international table tennis player.
The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 13th edition of the men's doubles championship. Viktor Barna and Richard Bergmann won the title after defeating Miloslav Hamr and Josef Tartakower in the final by three sets to two.
Dal Joon Lee was an American table tennis player. He participated in four world championships in the 1960s and 1970s and won six consecutive U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships.
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Josef Tartakower 
Michel Haguenauer 
Viktor Vladone 
Ken Hyde 
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