Athletes Born in 1989

  • Jan 1 Jason Pierre-Paul, American NFL linebacker (Pro Bowl 2011-12; Super Bowl 2011, New York Giants), born in Deerfield Beach, Florida
  • Jan 3 Ben Matulino, New Zealand rugby league forward (23 caps; NZ Warriors, Wests Tigers), born in Wellington, New Zealand
  • Jan 3 Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese gymnast (Olympic gold all-round 2012; team, all-round 2016; World C'ships 10 x gold), born in Kitakyushu, Japan
  • Jan 4 Graham Rahal, American race car driver, born in Columbus, Ohio
  • Jan 5 Krisztián Németh, Hungarian soccer striker (37 caps; MTK Budapest, Roda JC, Sporting Kansas City), born in Győr, Hungary
  • Jan 7 Emiliano Insúa, Argentine footballer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Jan 9 Michaella Krajicek, Dutch tennis player, born in Delft, Netherlands

Nick Foles (35 years old)

Jan 20 American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl LII MVP), born in Austin, Texas

Yani Tseng (35 years old)

Jan 23 Taiwanese golfer (5 major titles; British Open 2010-11), born in Guishan, Republic of China

  • Feb 2 Ivan Perišić, Croatian football player (Inter Milan), born in Split, Yugoslavia
  • Feb 3 Slobodan Rajković, Serbian soccer centre-back (19 caps; OFK Beograd, Hamburger SV, Palermo FC), born in Belgrade, Serbia
  • Feb 6 Craig Cathcart, Irish soccer defender (45 caps; Watford), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Feb 8 Bronte Barratt, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 4x200m freestyle relay 2008 WR; World C'ship gold 4x100m freestyle relay 2015), born in Brisbane, Australia
  • Feb 8 Julio Jones, American football receiver (First-team All-Pro 2015, 16; 7 × Pro Bowl; Atlanta Falcons), born in Foley, Alabama
  • Feb 13 Rhys Palmer, Australian footballer, born in Western Australia, Australia
  • Feb 13 Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian footballer, born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Feb 21 Josh Walker, English footballer, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
  • Feb 23 Evan Bates, American ice dancer (World C'ship gold 2023 [Madison Chock]; Olympic silver team 2022), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Feb 24 Kosta Koufos, American-Greek basketball player
  • Mar 1 Carlos Vela, Mexican soccer winger (72 caps; Real Sociedad, Los Angeles FC), born in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  • Mar 2 Chris Woakes, English cricket all-rounder (HS 137, BB 6/17; Warwickshire CCC), born in Birmingham, England

Agnieszka Radwańska (35 years old)

Mar 6 Polish tennis player (WTA Finals champion 2015), born in Kraków, Poland

  • Mar 13 P. K. Subban, Canadian ice hockey player (New Jersey Devils), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • Mar 16 Blake Griffin, American basketball forward (6 x NBA All-Star; 5 x All-NBA: NBA Rookie of the Year 2011; LA Clippers, Detroit Pistons, Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Mar 16 Theo Walcott, English football player (Arsenal, English national team), born in Stanmore, England
  • Mar 17 Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer (Borussia Dortmund), born in Kobe, Japan
  • Mar 20 Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer

J. J. Watt (35 years old)

Mar 22 American NFL player (Houston Texans), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin

  • Mar 25 Scott Sinclair, English footballer
  • Mar 26 Simon Kjær, Danish soccer centre-back and captain national team; AC Milan, Lille, Palermo, VfL Wolfsburg, born in Horsens, Denmark
  • Mar 26 Von Miller, American football linebacker who won Super Bowl 50 (MVP) Denver Broncos, LVI LA Rams; First-team All-Pro 2012, 15, 16; 8 x Pro Bowl, born in Dallas, Texas
  • Mar 28 Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
  • Mar 28 Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
  • Mar 28 Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
  • Apr 1 Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch long-track speed skater (Olympic gold team pursuit 2014; World Single Distance C'ship gold 2012, 13, 16, 17), born in Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands
  • Apr 3 Israel Folau, Australian Rugby League, Rugby Union, AFL player (dual international), born in Minto, New South Wales, Australia
  • Apr 7 Franco Di Santo, Argentine Footballer
  • Apr 11 Scott Boland, Australian cricket fast bowler (only second male Aboriginal player to play Test Cricket for Australia; BB 6/7), born in Melbourne, Australia
  • Apr 23 Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player, born in Nuremberg, West Germany
  • Apr 25 Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player (PDC World Champion 2014, 17, 19), born in Boxtel, Netherlands

Rory McIlroy (34 years old)

May 4 Irish golfer (US Open 2011, British Open 2014, PGA C'ship 2012, 14; FedEx Cup 2016, 19, 22), born in Holywood, Northern Ireland

  • May 6 Dominika Cibulková, Slovakian tennis player (WTA Finals champion 2016), born in Bratislava, Slovakia
  • May 11 Ashleigh Buhai, South African golfer (British Women's Open 2022), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • May 11 Cam Newton, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2010, Auburn; NFL MVP 2015; Pro Bowl 2011, 13, 15; Carolina Panthers), born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • May 11 Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
  • May 29 Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian NFL defensive end (Pro Bowl 2015, Seattle Seahawks), born in Accra, Ghana
  • May 31 Marco Reus, German football player (Borussia Dortmund, German national team), born in Dortmund, West Germany
  • Jun 2 Steve Smith, Australian cricket batsman and captain (HS 239; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia
  • Jun 3 Katie Hoff, American swimmer, born in Palo Alto, California
  • Jun 11 Maya Moore, American basketball small forward (WNBA C'ship 2011, 13 [MVP], 15, 17; WNBA MVP 2014; 6×WNBA All-Star; 5×All-WNBA First Team; Olympic gold 2012, 16; Minnesota Lynx), born in Jefferson City, Missouri
  • Jun 15 Alex Puccio, American rock climber and boulderer, born in McKinney, Texas
  • Jun 16 Odion Ighalo, Nigerian soccer striker (Udinese, Watford, Al-Hilal), born in Lagos, Nigeria
  • Jun 23 Lisa Carrington, New Zealand canoeist (Olympic gold K-1 200m 2012, 16, 20; K-2 500m 2020; 10 x World C'ship gold), born in Tauranga, New Zealand
  • Jul 1 Daniel Ricciardo, Australian auto racer (8 x F1 GP wins, 32 x podiums; British Formula 3 C'ship 2009), born in Perth, Australia

Alex Morgan (34 years old)

Jul 2 American soccer player (Orlando Pride) and co-captain of the US women's national soccer team, born in San Dimas, California

  • Jul 5 Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer (Liverpool), born in Zenica, Yugoslavia
  • Jul 8 Mélissa Le Nevé, French professional rock climber, born in Cestas, France
  • Jul 9 Giannoulis Fakinos, Greek footballer, born in Naxos, Greece
  • Jul 10 Pauline Jani, Zimbabwean netball goal keeper-shooter (113 caps), born in Hippo Valley Estate, Zimbabwe (d. 2023)

Gareth Bale (34 years old)

Jul 16 Welsh soccer winger (Tottenham, Real Madrid, Wales), born in Cardiff, Wales

  • Jul 17 Marko Todorović, Swiss swimmer and water polo player, born in Zurich, Switzerland
  • Jul 21 Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer, most capped for Wales (2018), born in Newport, Wales
  • Jul 24 Carley Ann McCord, American sports reporter (Cox Sports TV; in-game host New Orleans Pelicans, New Orleans Saints), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (d. 2019)
  • Jul 28 Adrien Broner, American professional boxer (world champion across four weight classes), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Jul 28 Amy Yang, South Korean golfer (US Open 2012, 15 runner-up), born in Seoul, South Korea

Victoria Azarenka (34 years old)

Jul 31 Belarusian tennis player (Australian Open 2012-13), born in Minsk, Belarus

  • Aug 2 Nacer Chadli, Belgian football player, born in Liège, Belgium
  • Aug 3 Jules Bianchi, French auto racer (Marussia Formula 1 Racing Team), born in Nice, France (d. 2015)
  • Aug 5 Shanshan Feng, Chinese golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 2012), born in Guangzhou, China
  • Aug 8 Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player
  • Aug 9 Stefano Okaka Chuka, Italian footballer, born in Castiglione del Lago, Italy
  • Aug 10 Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer
  • Aug 10 Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Aug 14 Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player, born in New Westminster, Canada
  • Aug 14 Thorsten Margis, German bobsledder (4 x Olympic gold 2018, 22; 8 x World C'ship gold 2015-21), born in Bad Honnef, Germany
  • Aug 20 Judd Trump, British snooker player (World C'ship 2019; UK C'ship 2011; Masters 2019), born in Bristol, England
  • Aug 26 James Harden, American basketball guard (NBA MVP 2018; NBA All-Star 2013–19; Houston Rockets), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Aug 28 César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer (Atlético Madrid, Spain), born in Zizur Mayor, Spain
  • Aug 28 Valtteri Bottas, Finnish racing driver (Formula One), born in Nastola, Finland
  • Sep 2 Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
  • Sep 5 Elena Delle Donne, American basketball player (Washington Mystics), born in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Sep 6 Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer, born in Polygyros, Greece
  • Sep 8 Gylfi Sigurdsson, Icelandic footballer (Everton, Iceland), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
  • Sep 12 Andrew Luck, American NFL player (Indianapolis Colts), born in Washington D.C.

Thomas Müller (34 years old)

Sep 13 German soccer forward (winner FIFA World Cup 2014; Bayern Munich), born in Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany

  • Sep 14 Jimmy Butler, American basketball small forward (Olympic gold 2016; NBA All-Star 2015–18, 20, 22; Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat), born in Houston, Texas
  • Sep 14 Tony Finau, American golfer (Ryder Cup 2018; British Open 2019 3rd), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Sep 21 Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, American skateboarder
  • Sep 26 Jonny Bairstow, English cricket wicket-keeper (only English wicket-keeper to twice claim 9 dismissals in a Test match; Yorkshire CCC), born in Bradford, England
  • Sep 27 Park Tae-Hwan, South Korean swimmer
  • Sep 28 Mark Randall, English footballer, born in Milton Keynes
  • Oct 4 Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater (World Championship gold, 2006 (singles)), born in Bel Air, Maryland
  • Oct 5 Travis Kelce, American football tight end (Super Bowl LIV, LVII; 4 × First-team All-Pro; 8 × Pro Bowl; Kansas City Chiefs), born in Westlake, Ohio

Michelle Wie (34 years old)

Oct 11 American golfer (US Open 2014), born in Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Oct 29 Primož Roglič, Slovenian road cyclist (winner Vuelta a España), born in Trbovlje, Yugoslavia
  • Oct 30 Nastia Liukin, Russian born American gymnast (2008 Olympic Champion), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
  • Nov 2 Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin soccer striker (51 caps; Fiorentina, Monaco), born in Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Nov 8 Giancarlo Stanton, American MLB player (New York Yankees), born in Panorama City, California
  • Nov 11 Adam Rippon, American figure skater (US National Champion, 2016; Winter Olympics- bronze 2018), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
  • Nov 14 Jake Livermore, English footballer
  • Nov 24 Johnny Exantus, Haitian soccer player
  • Dec 2 Matteo Darmian, Italian soccer full-back (36 caps; Torino, Manchester United), born in Legnano, Milan, Italy
  • Dec 4 Pornanong Phatlum, Thai golfer (British Open 2018 runner-up), born in Khon Kaen, Thailand
  • Dec 7 Kyle Hendricks, American MLB pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Newport Beach, California
  • Dec 8 Drew Doughty, Canadian hockey player, born in London, Canada
  • Dec 11 Kellie Harrington, Irish boxer (lightweight Gold Medal 2021 Tokyo Olympics), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • Dec 21 Mark Ingram Jr., American football running back (Heisman Trophy 2009, U of Alabama; NFL Pro Bowl 2014, 17, 19; New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
  • Dec 29 Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player (11 singles titles, only Japanese player ranked in top 10), born in Matsue, Japan
  • Dec 30 Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder

About 1989

How Old? 34 or 35 years old
Generation: Millennial

Chinese Zodiac: Dragon (Feb 17, 1988 - Feb 5, 1989),
Snake (Feb 6, 1989 - Jan 26, 1990)