Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth is an American professional contract bridge player. He is a multiple world champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl on USA teams five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad. As of May 16, 2016, he was the fifth-ranking World Grand Master. For decades Meckstroth has been in a regular partnership with Eric Rodwell and together, nicknamed "Meckwell", they are one of the most successful bridge partnerships of all time. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system that derived from Precision Club.
Mir Zia Mahmood is a Pakistani-American professional bridge player. He is a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. As of April 2011 he was the 10th-ranked World Grand Master.
Claudio Nunes is an Italian professional bridge player.
Larry Neil Cohen is an American bridge player, writer and teacher. He is best known as an advocate for the "Law of Total Tricks" as a guide in the bidding. He has won 25 North American Bridge Championships (NABC) events including the Vanderbilt, two Spingolds, two Reisingers, three Life Master Pairs, and four Blue Ribbon Pairs, and he is a two-time winner of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs cash prize tournament.
David L. Berkowitz is an American professional contract bridge player. He is from Old Tappan, New Jersey.
Eric Alan Greco is an American bridge player. He is from Annandale, Virginia.
Charles U. "Chip" Martel is an American computer scientist and bridge player.
Bart Bramley is an American bridge player. Bramley is from Chicago, Illinois.
Sidney Herold Lazard was an American business leader in the oil and gas industries and a champion contract bridge player. He attended Tulane University and was a lifelong New Orleans resident until 2001, when he moved to Dallas, Texas.
Lew Stansby is an American bridge player from Dublin, California. Lew, a former commodities trader lives with wife and fellow national champion JoAnna Stansby. Since his first national win in the Reisinger in 1965, he has won over 35 national championships and seven world championships, accumulating a win in every decade since 1965.
Steve W. Robinson is an American bridge player from Arlington, Virginia. Robinson has won three world championships and 24 North American Bridge Championships. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003.
Sam Lev is an Israeli bridge player.
Bas Drijver is a Dutch professional bridge player, known for his successful partnership with Sjoert Brink.
Sjoert Brink is a Dutch professional bridge player.
Brian Platnick is an American bridge player.
Chris Compton is an American bridge player.
Steve Sion is a former American bridge player.
Robert Lebi is a Canadian contract bridge player.
Ron Smith is an American bridge player.
George Mittelman is a Canadian bridge player.