Athletes and Sports Stars Born on August 8

1889 Jack Ryder, Australian cricket all-rounder (20 Tests, 1,394 runs @ 51.62), born in Collingwood, Victoria (d. 1977)

Clarence Kummer (1899-1930)

American Racing HOF jockey (Preakness Stakes 1920, 25; Belmont Stakes 1920, 28; US Champion Jockey by earnings 1920), born in New York City

1904 Achille Varzi, Italian auto racer (14 Grand Prix wins), born in Galliate, Italy (d. 1948)
1909 Bill Voce, English cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 98 wickets, BB 7/70; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Annesley Woodhouse, England (d. 1984)
1921 Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (Dangerous When Wet), born in Inglewood California (d. 2013)
1927 Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
1927 Melvin F. Stute, American thoroughbred racehorse trainer (Preakness Stakes 1986, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies 1986, Breeders' Cup Sprint 1987), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 2020)
1928 François Remetter, French soccer goalkeeper (26 caps; RC Strasbourg, FC Metz, FC Sochaux), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 2022)
1930 Jerry Tarkanian, American collegiate basketball coach (California State, UNLV, Fresno State; career record: 784–202), born in Euclid, Ohio (d. 2015)
1932 Gaudenzio Bernasconi, Italian soccer midfielder (6 caps; Sampdoria 334 games), born in Ponte San Pietro, Italy (d. 2023)
1936 Don Bowden, American middle distance runner (1st American to run sub 4 minute mile 1957, 3:58.7), born in San José, California
1936 Frank Howard, American baseball utility (4 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1963 LA Dodgers; NL Rookie of the Year 1960) and manager (SD Padres, NY Mets), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2023)
1938 Connie Stevens [Concetta Ingoglia], American actress (Hawaiian Eye - "Cricket"; Back to the Beach), and singer ("Sixteen Reasons"), born in Brooklyn, New York
1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian athlete (Olympic gold, long jump 1968), born in Storozhynets, Romania
1940 Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of 60's)
1940 Fred Miller, American football defensive tackle (Super Bowl 1970 Baltimore Colts; Pro Bowl 1967, 68, 69), born in Homer, Louisiana (d. 2023)
1943 Jean-Claude Marty, French rugby league winger (13 Tests; FC Lézignan XIII, Racing Club Albi XIII), born in Carcassonne, France (d. 2023)
1947 José Cruz, Puerto Rican-American baseball left fielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros), born in Arroyo, Puerto Rico

Ken Dryden (76 years old)

1947 Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (6 x Stanley Cup; 5 x Vezina Trophy; Conn Smythe Trophy 1971; Montreal Canadiens) and executive, politician, born in Hamilton, Ontario

1948 Floyd Reese, American football administrator (GM Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans 1994-2006) and analyst (ESPN's NFL Live, ESPN.com), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2021)
1949 Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
1951 Phil Carlson, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1979)
1952 Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
1953 Louis Dunbar, American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters), born in Minden, Louisiana

Nigel Mansell (70 years old)

1953 British auto racer (World F1 champion 1992, Indy Car 1993), born in Upton-upon-Severn, England

1955 Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
1959 Ronald Weigel, German race walker (Olympic silver 20k, 50k 1988; bronze 50k 1992; World C'ship gold 50k 1983), born in Hildburghausen, Germany
1960 Cheyne Horan, Australian surfer (World C'ship runner-up 1978, 79, 81, 82), born in Sydney, Australia
1961 Bruce Matthews, American NFL guard/center (Houston/Tennessee Oilers/Titans), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
1962 Charmaine Crooks, Canadian 800m runner (Olympics 1984, 88, 92, 96), born in Mandeville, Jamaica
1963 Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou, American rock climber, born in Atlanta, Georgia
1963 Ron Karkovice, American NLB catcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Union, New Jersey
1963 Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
1964 Paul Taylor, English cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in one Test 1993)
1965 Angus Fraser, English cricketer (England right-arm pace bowler)
1966 Chris Eubank, English boxer (WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles), born in London, England
1966 John Hudek, American baseball player
1967 Howard Cross, American NFL tight end, 1989-2001 (NY Giants), and broadcaster, born in Huntsville, Alabama
1967 Margo Malowney, Canadian beach volleyball player (Olympics, 1996), born in Saint John, New Brunswick
1968 Abey Kuruvila, Indian cricketer (Bombay fast bowler), born in Mannar, Kerala, India
1968 Suzy Hamilton, US olympic 1500m runner
1969 Jerome Henderson, American NFL cornerback (NY Jets) and coach/executive (NY Jets), born in Statesville, North Carolina
1970 Catriona Fallon, American rower (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Burlingame, California
1970 José Francisco Molina, Spanish soccer goalkeeper (9 caps; Atlético Madrid, Deportivo La Coruña) and manager (Villarreal CF), born in Valencia, Spain
1970 Trev Alberts, American NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts), born in Cedar Fall, Iowa
1971 Marcello Simmons, American CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts), born in Tomball, Texas
1973 Shane Lee, Australian cricketer (NSW, Somerset and Australian), born in Wollongong, Australia
1974 Andrei Mezin, Belarusian NHL goaltender (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
1974 Andy Priaulx, British race car driver
1976 Jeff Simmons, American race car driver
1976 Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player
1977 Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
1977 Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
1977 Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 Szilárd Németh, Slovak soccer striker (58 caps; Slovan Bratislava, Middlesborough, Alemannia Aachen), born in Komárno, Slovakia
1978 Alan Maybury, Irish footballer
1978 Louis Saha, French footballer
1979 Rashard Lewis, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 2005, 09; NBA C'ship 2013; Miami Heat), born in Pineville, Louisiana
1980 Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
1981 Candie Kung, American golfer (US Open 2009 runner-up), born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Roger Federer (42 years old)

1981 Swiss tennis player (20 x Grand Slam singles titles; Olympic gold doubles 2008; Davis Cup 2014; 6 x Tour Finals), born in Bottmingen, Switzerland

1984 Martrez Milner, American football player
1985 Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican football player
1988 Danilo Gallinari, Italian NBA basketball player (NY Knicks, Denver Nuggets), born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy
1989 Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player
1990 Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricketer (batsman and captain of NZ), born in Tauranga, New Zealand
1996 A'ja Wilson, American basketball player (Las Vegas Aces), born in Hopkins, South Carolina
2000 Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player, born in Monte Carlo, Monaco