American long-distance runners

Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986) is an American long-distance runner.

Lopez Lomong (born January 5, 1985) is a South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete.

Khalid Khannouchi (Arabic: خالد خنّوشي‎‎) (born September 12, 1971) is a Moroccan American marathoner.

Shalane Flanagan (born July 8, 1981) is an American long-distance runner.

Kathrine Virginia "Kathy" Switzer (born January 5, 1947, in Amberg, Germany) is an American author, television commentator and marathon runner, best known for being the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry, in 1967.

William Mervin "Billy" Mills, also known as Makata Taka Hela (born June 30, 1938), is the second Native American (after Jim Thorpe) to win an Olympic gold medal.

John Joseph "Johnny" Hayes (April 10, 1886 – August 25, 1965) was an American athlete, a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of the marathon race at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Chris Solinsky (born December 5, 1984) is a retired American distance runner.

George Valentine Bonhag (January 31, 1882 – October 30, 1960) was an American athlete and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and the New York City Police Department.

Alberto Salazar (born August 7, 1958) is an American track coach and former world-class long-distance runner.

Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi (/ˈmɛb kəˈflɛzɡi/; Ge'ez: መብራህቶም ክፍልእዝጊ, Mebrāhtōm Kifl'izgī; born May 5, 1975) is an Eritrean-born American long distance runner.

Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the year that the women's marathon was introduced.

Abdihakem "Abdi" Abdirahman (Somali: Cabdihakiim Cabdiraxmaan, Arabic: عبد الحكيم عبد الرحمن‎‎) (born January 1, 1977) is a Somali-American long-distance runner.

Deena Michelle Kastor (born Deena Michelle Drossin on February 14, 1973) is an American long-distance runner.

Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) was an American middle and long-distance runner who competed in the 1972 Olympics.

Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Molly Huddle (born August 31, 1984) is an American long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events.

Louis Tewanima (1888 – January 18, 1969), also spelled Lewis Tewanima, was an American two-time Olympic distance runner and silver medalist in the 10,000 meter run in 1912.