Athletes and Sports Stars Born in May 1977

May 11 Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
May 11 Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
May 11 Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
May 12 Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player (World C'ship 2006; world #2 2007-08), born in Larkhall, Scotland
May 13 Diane Halber, American figure skater (1996 National Collegiate champ), born in Torrance, California
May 13 Robby Hammock, American baseball player (Arizona Diamondbacks), born in Macon, Georgia
May 13 Sara DeCosta, American ice hockey goalie (USA, Olympics 1998), born in Warwick, Rhode Island
May 14 Anca Barna, Cluj Romania, tennis star (semifinals 1995 ITF Poland)
May 14 Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998)
May 14 Roy Halladay, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star, Cy Young Award 2003, 10; perfect game 2010; postseason no-hitter 2010; Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Denver Colorado (d. 2017)
May 16 Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
May 17 Jere Michael, American figure skater (1994 National Jr champ), born in Aspen, Colorado
May 18 Danny Mills, English footballer (Leeds United), born in Norwich, England
May 18 Lee Hendrie, English footballer, born in Solihull, England
May 19 Manuel Almúnia, Spanish footballer

May 20 Chad Muska, American Skateboarder for Element Skateboards, born in Lorain, Ohio
May 20 Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine football goalkeeper and manager, born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
May 21 Quinton Fortune, South African footballer, born in Cape Town, South Africa
May 21 Ricky Williams, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1998, U of Texas; Pro Bowl 2002, Miami Dolphins), born in San Diego, California
May 22 Dre Bly, American Football Player
May 25 Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ (a Guinness World Record for the longest radio DJ marathon ever, lasting 198 hours of non-stop broadcasting), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
May 26 Luca Toni, Italian soccer striker (47 caps; Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich), born in Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy
May 27 Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper (Olympic Bronze in 2000) and politician, born in Dellys, Algeria
May 27 Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
May 29 António Lebo-Lebo, Angolan soccer defender (Angola 15 caps), born in Malanje, Angola
May 29 Marco Cassetti, Italian soccer defender (Italy 5 caps, Roma, Watford), born in Brescia, Italy
May 29 Massimo Ambrosini, Italian soccer midfielder (Italy 35 caps, AC Milan), born in Pesaro, Italy
May 30 Akwá, Angolan footballer
May 31 Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
May 31 Greg Leeb, Canadian ice hockey player
May 31 Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer, born in Mufulira, Zambia
May 31 Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player
May 31 Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-born Greek volleyball player