Ethan Zohn was the rare nice guy who actually won. A professional soccer player, he anchored the Boran tribe in Africa with steady loyalty rather than scheming, won a key immunity late, and took the title 5-2 over Kim Johnson.
His story got bigger after the show: Ethan was diagnosed with a rare cancer, beat it, relapsed, and beat it again, becoming an outspoken advocate through all of it. He returned for All-Stars and, years later, Winners at War — where the all-champion field came for him early, but his standing in the fandom never wavered.
