Athletes and Sports Stars Born on April 8

1865 Ted Wainwright, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Yorkshire CCC), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1919)

Jim Barnes (1886-1966)

English golfer (PGA C'ship 1916, 19; US Open 1921, British Open 1925; World Golf HOF), born in Lelant, Cornwall, England

1902 Arthur Wellard, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/81; Somerset CCC), born in Southfleet, England (d. 1980)
1910 George Musso, American NFL guard (Chicago Bears), born in Collinsville, Illinois (d. 2000)
1912 Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi, assistant to Adolf Eichmann (convicted in absentia for crimes against humanity), born in Nádkút, Austria-Hungary (d. c. 2010)

Sonja Henie (1912-1969)

Norwegian figure skater (Olympic gold 1928, 32, 36), and actress (My Lucky Star), born in Oslo, Norway

1914 John Cameron, Jamaican cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2000)
1920 Erik Pausin, Austrian figure skater (Olympic silver pairs 1936; World C'ship silver x 5 [with sister Ilse Pausin]), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1997)
1938 Mohammad Farooq, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 21 wickets; Karachi), born in Junagadh, India

John Havlicek (1940-2019)

American College/Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (8 x NBA C'ship Boston Celtics; 13 x NBA All Star; 4 x All-NBA First Team), born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio

1943 Carol Lavell, American equestrian dressage (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Newport, Rhode Island
1946 Jim "Catfish" Hunter, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (MLB All-Star 1966, 67, 70, 72–1976; World Series 1972–74, 77, 78; AL Cy Young Award 1974; Oakland A's, NY Yankees), born in Hertford, North Carolina (d. 1999)
1949 Jim Lampley, American broadcaster (Monday Night Baseball), born in Hendersonville, North Carolina
1950 Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer and manager, born in Malbork, Poland

Gary Carter (1954-2012)

American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1986; Gold Glove Award 1980–82; Montreal Expos, NY Mets), born in Culver City, California

1955 Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer (WBA heavyweight title 1983-84), born in Boksburg, South Africa (d. 2023)
1955 John Campbell, Canadian harness racing driver (6 x Hambletonian Stakes; 3 x Yonkers Trot; 8 x Kentucky Futurity), born in Ailsa Craig, Ontario
1955 Ricky Bell, American College Football HOF running back (USC; #1 Overall Selection 1977 NFL Draft TB Buccaneers; San Diego Chargers), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1984)
1957 Fred Smerlas, American football player, born in Waltham, Massachusetts
1959 Franklyn Stephenson, Barbados born cricketer (great all-rounder), born in Saint James, Barbados
1963 Alec Stewart, English cricketer (son of Micky, opening batter, occasional wicket keeper), born in Merton Park, England
1963 Terry Porter, American basketball point guard and coach (Portland Trail Blazers; Minnesota Timberwolves; NBA All-Star 1991, 93), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1964 John McGinlay, Scottish footballer (Bolton Wanderers), born in Inverness, Scotland
1964 Lisa Guerrero, American sports broadcaster, journalist and model, born in Chicago, Illinois
1966 Mark Blundell, British auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1992), born in London, England
1966 Mazinho, Brazilian footballer (1994 FIFA World Cup) and manager, born in Santa Rita, Brazil
1967 Kenneth Benjamin, West Indian cricketer, born in St John's, Antigua
1968 Patricia Girard-Léno, French athlete (100m hurdles)
1969 Steve Jackson, American NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers), born in Houston, Texas
1970 Harold Bishop, NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns), born in Booneville, Mississippi
1971 Christophe "Titou" Lamaison, French rugby footballer fly-half, 1996-2004, all-time leading points scorer for France, with 380 points, born in Dax, France
1972 Katrina Powell, Australian field hockey striker (252 caps; Olympic gold 1996, 2000; World Cup gold 1998; Champions Trophy gold 1997, 99, 2003) and coach (Australia women), born in Canberra Australia
1973 Alex Gonzalez, American infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Miami, Florida
1973 Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer, born in Kairouan, Tunisia
1978 Bernt Haas, Swiss footballer, born in Vienna, Austria
1979 Jeremy Guthrie, American MLB baseball pitcher, 2004-17 (Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, and 3 other teams), born in Roseburg, Oregon
1981 Brian Burres, American baseball player, born in Oregon City, Oregon
1982 Gennady Golovkin, Kazakh boxer (undisputed world middleweight champion), born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan
1986 Félix Hernández, Venezuelan MLB baseball player (Seattle Mariners), born in Valencia
1986 Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer (CSKA Moscow.), born in Vidnoye, Russian SFSR
1987 Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
1997 Kiera Walsh, English football player (Barcelona, England), born in Rochdale, England