- 1868 Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter, born in Corfu Island, Greece (d. 1942)
- 1898 Arthur Wood, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals), born in Bradford, England (d. 1973)
- 1903 Arpad Elo, American chess writer and creator of the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess, born in Egyházaskesző, Hungary (d. 1992)
Althea Gibson (1927-2003)
American tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Clarendon Country, South Carolina
- 1928 Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, born in Horace, Nebraska (d. 2004)
- 1934 Eddie Ilarde, Filipino disk jockey, television host and Senator, born in Iriga, Philippines
- 1935 Lones Wigger, American competitive rifle shooter (Olympic gold/silver-1964, 72), born in Great Falls, Montana (d. 2017)
- 1941 Mario Corso, Italian soccer winger (23 caps; Inter Milan 413 games) and coach (Lecce, Inter), born in Verona, Italy (d. 2020)
- 1942 Margaret L. Thompson Murdock, American army and first woman to win medal for small bore rifle (Olympic silver 1976), born in Topeka, Kansas
- 1946 Charlie Sanders, American football player (Detroit Lions), born in Richlands, North Carolina (d. 2015)
- 1946 Rollie Fingers, American Baseball HOF relief pitcher (7 x MLB All Star; World Series 1972, 73, 74 [MVP]; AL MVP & Cy Young Award 1981; Oakland A's, SD Padres, Milwaukee Brewers), born in Steubenville, Ohio
- 1952 Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer (big-hitting Sri Lankan batsman of 80's), born in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- 1954 Gilbert "Gibus" Duclos-Lassalle, French cyclist, born in Lembeye, France
- 1956 Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally driver (3 x World Rally C'ship round wins for Talbot, Opel, Porsche, Lancia), born in Jyväskylä, Finland (d. 1986)
- 1957 Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 67 wickets, BB 8/69; PIA; United Bank Ltd; Sindh CA), born in Karachi, Pakistan
- 1962 Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer (batted in one Test for Pakistan 1989), born in Karachi, Pakistan
- 1962 Yuri Korolyov, Russian artistic gymnast (World All-Around Champion 1981, 85; World Cup All-Around Co-Champion 1986), born in Vladimir, Russia (d. 2023)
- 1964 Vassilios Kotronias, Greek chess grandmaster, born in Athens, Greece
- 1965 Cornelius Bennett, American NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- 1965 Kathy Horvath, American tennis player (World #10 1984, 6 WTA titles), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1965 Nate Odomes, NFL cornerback, 1987-96, 2X Pro Bowl (Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks), born in Columbus, Georgia
- 1965 Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricket medium pace bowler (2 Tests, 6 wickets; 23 ODIs, 22 wickets), born in Delhi, India
- 1966 Albert Belle, American baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians; 5-time MLB All-Star), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- 1967 Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter (Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot), born in Belleville, Illinois
- 1968 Dave Thomas, NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Catriona Matthew (54 years old)
1969 Scottish golfer (British Open 2009), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1969 Elly Hakami, tennis star, born in San Francisco, California
- 1969 Mike Gisler, corner (New England Patriots)
- 1969 Mike Jones, NFL defensive end (NE Patriots)
- 1969 Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler (Indian Test 1989-90)
- 1970 Debbie Graham, tennis star (1993 Taranto doubles), born in Walnut Creek, California
- 1970 Doug Glanville, outfielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Hackensack, New York
- 1970 Robert Horry, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Houston Rockets)
- 1972 Bryan Stoltenberg, corner (NY Giants)
- 1972 Marlo Perry, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
- 1972 Marvin Harrison, American Pro Football HOF wide receiver (Super Bowl XLI Indianapolis Colts; First-team All-Pro 1999, 2002, 06; 8 x Pro Bowl), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1972 Tony Dumas, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks)
- 1974 Darren Benson, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1975 Molly Tuter, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury)
- 1975 Petria Thomas, Lismore NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympic silver 1996)
- 1977 Diego Corrales, American boxer (IBF super featherweight title 1999-2000, WBO super featherweight 2004; WBO lightweight 2004-06, WBC, Ring mag & lineal lightweight titles 2005-06), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 2007)
- 1979 Marlon Harewood, English footballer
- 1980 Neal Musser, American baseball player
- 1983 James Rossiter, British racing driver (Formula One), born in Oxford, England
- 1987 James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
- 1987 Justin Upton, American baseball player
- 1988 Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer (US Open 2007 runner-up; Rookie of the Year 2007), born in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
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