- 1860 Henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)
- 1873 Spyridon Louis, Greek athlete who won the 1st modern Olympics marathon in 1896, born in Marousi, Greece (d. 1940)
- 1879 Ray Harroun, American auto racer (inaugural Indianapolis 500 1911; Motorsports Hall of Fame of America 2000), born in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
- 1894 Georges Carpentier, French boxer (world light heavyweight champion; 1920-22; 1st $1m gate v J Dempsey), born in Lievin, France (d. 1975)
- 1910 Tony Morabito, American football executive who founded and co-owned the San Francisco 49ers, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1957)
- 1920 Mac Speedie, American Pro Football HOF end (AAFC C'ship 1946-1949; NFL C'ship 1950; 6 × First-Team All-Pro; Pro Bowl 1950, 52; Cleveland Browns), born in Odell, Illinois (d. 1993)
- 1921 John Davis, American weightlifter (Olympic gold bantamweight 1948, heavyweight 1952), born in Smithtown, New York (d. 1984)
- 1924 Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer (24 hours of Le Mans 1958, 60-62), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1998)
- 1925 Ralph Legall, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests), born in St Michael, Barbados (d. 2003)
- 1928 Vic Toweel, South African boxer (undisputed world bantamweight champion), born in Benoni, South Africa (d. 2008)
Tim Horton (1930-1974)
Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain, born in Cochrane, Ontario
Joe Frazier (1944-2011)
American boxer (Olympic gold heavyweight 1964; undisputed world heavyweight champion 1970-73), born in Beaufort, South Carolina
- 1944 Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovak-born German chess player, born in Kladno, Czech Republic
- 1947 Henning Munk Jensen, Danish soccer defender (62 caps; PSV Eindhoven, Aalborg BK 392 games; Danish Player of the Year 1968, 75), born in Tønder, Denmark (d. 2023)
- 1947 Tom Dempsey, American NFL kicker (Pro Bowl, First-team All-Pro 1969; New Orleans Saints; longest winning field goal, 63 yards), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2020)
- 1948 Kenny Allen, English footballer, born in Fenton, Michigan
- 1949 Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager, born in Lörrach, Germany
- 1951 Bill Madlock, American MLB baseball third baseman, 3X All-Star, 4X NL Batting Title (Chicago Cubs; Pittsburgh Pirates and 4 other teams), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- 1951 Drew Pearson, American Pro Football HOF wide receiver (Super Bowl 1977; Pro Bowl, First-team All-Pro 1974, 76, 77; Dallas Cowboys), born in South River, New Jersey
- 1958 Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1960 Dominique Wilkins, American Basketball HOF forward (9 × NBA All-Star 1986–94; NBA scoring champion 1986; NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion 1985, 90; Atlanta Hawks), born in Paris, France
- 1961 Andrea Carnevale, Italian soccer player (Napoli), born in Monte San Biagio, Italy
- 1962 Gunde Svan, Swedish cross country skier (4 Olympic gold 1984, 88), born in Järna, Sweden
- 1962 Richie Richardson, West Indies cricket batsman and captain (86 Tests, 16 x 100, HS 194, 90 catches; Leeward Islands, Yorkshire CCC, Northern Transvaal, Windward Islands), born in Five Islands Village, Antigua and Barbuda
- 1965 Henry Thomas, American defensive tackle (Detroit Lions, New England Patriots), born in Houston, Texas
- 1966 Craig Parry, Australian golfer (US Open 1993 3rd; PGA Tour titles), born in Sunshine, Victoria
- 1966 Linda Ferrando, Italian tennis star, born in Genoa, Italy
- 1967 Marco Boogers, Dutch soccer player (RKC, Sparta, West Ham United), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands
- 1967 Ulf Dahlén, Swedish SEL and NHL forward, 1985-2003 (Team Sweden, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, and 5 other teams), born in Östersund, Sweden
- 1967 Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish model (Sports Illustrated 1993), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1968 Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer, born in São Paulo, Brazil
- 1968 Vince Buck, American NFL safety (New Orleans Saints), born in Owensboro, Kentucky
- 1969 Cam Russell, Canadian NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1969 Olga Domuladzhanova, Russian boxer (World amateur heavyweight gold 2001), born in Tashkent, Russia (d. 2021)
- 1969 Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer, born in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
- 1971 Andy Fox, American baseball infielder (NY Yankees), born in Sacramento, California
- 1971 Oscar Sturgis, American NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys), born in Hamlet, North Carolina
- 1971 Shane Dronett, American NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos), born in Orange, Texas (d. 2009)
- 1972 Dominique Ross, American NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1974 Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier, born in Stavanger, Norway
- 1975 Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1977 Cade McNown, American College Football HOF quarterback who won Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 1998 UCLA; Chicago Bears, born in Portland, Oregon
- 1977 Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player, born in Jovellanos, Cuba
- 1978 Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer, born in Oumé, Côte d’Ivoire
- 1979 Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer, born in Szczecin, Poland
- 1979 Jenny Schmidgall, American ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics 1998), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- 1980 Bobby Crosby, American baseball player, born in Lakewood, California
- 1982 Chris Ray, American baseball player, born in Tampa, Florida
- 1982 Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper, born in Karditsa, Greece
- 1982 Dontrelle Willis, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2003, 05; World Series & NL Rookie of the Year 2003; NL wins leader 2005; Florida Marlins), born in Oakland, California
- 1982 Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete, born in Turnhout, Belgium
- 1982 Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player, born in Strasbourg, France
- 1982 Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer
- 1984 Scott Olsen, American baseball player, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan
- 1985 Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer, born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1987 Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer, born in Nuoro, Italy
- 1988 Chris Casement, Irish footballer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 1990 Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player, born in Simferopol
- 1995 Motjeka Madisha, South African soccer defender (13 caps; Mamelodi Sundowns), born in Tembisa, South Africa (d. 2020)
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