- 1876 Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century, born in Väike-Maarja, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (d. 1920)
- 1903 Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles 1925, 26, 28, 29, 30), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1933)
- 1918 Mickey Vernon, American baseball first baseman (7 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1960; AL batting champion 1946, 53), born in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
- 1935 Dick Conway, New Zealand rugby union flanker/#8 (10 Tests; Otago RFU, Bay of Plenty RU), born in Whakatāne, New Zealand (d. 2022)
- 1936 Takeshi Koba, Japanese Baseball HOF infielder (Hiroshima Carp) and manager (Japan Series Champion 1979, 80, 84 Hiroshima Carp), born in Kumamoto, Japan (d. 2021)
- 1937 Ken Palmer, English cricket umpire (22 Tests, 23 ODIs 1977-2001) and fast bowler (1 Test), born in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- 1938 Alan Bond, Australian businessman and yachting syndicate owner (America's Cup 1983), born in London, England (d. 2015)
- 1938 Deane Beman, American golfer, administrator, writer, course designer (US Open 1969 runner-up; PGA Tour Commissioner 1974-94), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1938 Henk Groot, Dutch soccer attacking midfielder/forward (39 caps; Ajax, Feyenoord), born in Zaandijk, Netherlands (d. 2022)
- 1939 Yury Sharov, Russian fencer (Olympic gold Soviet Union, team foil 1964, silver 1968), born in Saratov, Russia (d. 2021)
- 1943 Steve Dunne, New Zealand cricket umpire (39 Tests; 100 ODIs), born in Dunedin. Otago
- 1949 Spencer Haywood, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (Olympic gold 1968; NBA C'ship 1980 LA Lakers; NBA All-Star 1972–75; ABA All-Star Game MVP 1970), born in Silver City, Mississippi
- 1958 Ashraf Ali, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (8 Tests, 22 dismissals; 16 ODIs), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- 1959 Ranjan Madugalle, Sri Lankan cricket batsman and captain (21 Tests, 1 x 100, 7 x 50; 63 ODIs) and ICC match referee (77 Tests, 169 ODIs), born in Kandy, Sri Lanka
- 1960 Lloyd Honeyghan, British boxer (undisputed world welterweight champion 1986-87; W 43, L 5), born in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
- 1961 Jeff Hostetler, NFL quarterback (NY Giants, Raiders, Redskins/1990 Super Bowl)
- 1961 Jimmy Key, Huntsville Alabama, pitcher (Blue Jays, NY Yanks, Orioles)
- 1965 Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 Harvey Williams, American NFL running back, 1991-98 (Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs), born in Hempstead, Texas
- 1967 Mike Buck, American NFL quarterback, 1990-96 (Arizona Cardinals, and 2 other teams), born in Long Island, New York
- 1968 (Vernell) "Bimbo" Coles, American NBA basketball guard, 1990-2004 (Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors, and 3 other teams; Olympic bronze, 1988), born in Covington, Virginia
- 1968 Carlos Costa, Spanish tennis star, born in Barcelona, Spain
- 1968 Jo Angel, cricketer (big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-)
- 1968 Zarley Zalapski, Canadian NHL defenseman, 1987-2000 (Pittsburgh Penguins; Calgary Flames, and 3 other teams), born in Edmonton, Alberta (d. 2017)
- 1969 Bobby Olive, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1969 Dion Dublin, English footballer
- 1969 Roger Jones, NFL center (Cincinnati Bengals)
- 1970 Wang Tao, Chinese soccer striker (2 caps; Dalian Wanda FC) and executive (founder BSU FC), born in Dalian, China (d. 2022)
- 1971 Milos Holan, Bilovec Cze, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
- 1971 Nicklas Kulti, Swedish tennis star
- 1972 Owen Finegan, Australian rugby union flanker (56 caps; ACT Brumbies, Leinster), born in Sydney, Australia
- 1972 Sabine Appelmans, Aalst Belg, tennis star (Strasbourg doubles final)
- 1973 Adem Poric, Australian former footballer
- 1973 Christopher Sanders, tight end (Washington Redskins)
- 1973 Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
- 1973 Scott Fields, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1975 Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
- 1975 Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
- 1976 Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
- 1977 Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
- 1978 Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
- 1978 Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan long-distance and marathon runner, born in Marakwet, Kenya
- 1979 Zoltan Gera, Hungarian footballer
- 1980 Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1980 Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
- 1981 Ken Dorsey, American football player
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1982 Brazilian footballer (Orlando City, Brazil national team), born in Gama, Brazil
Marshawn Lynch (37 years old)
1986 American football player (Seattle Seahawks), born in Oakland, California
- 1987 David Luiz Moreira Marinho, Brazilian football player (Chelsea, Brazil national team), born in Diadema, Brazil
- 1997 Jill Roord, Dutch football player (Manchester City, Netherlands), born in Oldenzaal, Netherlands