- 1909 Bruce Mitchell, South African cricket opening batsman (42 Tests), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1995)
- 1913 Dennis Smith, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; lone wicket off first ball; Otago, Canterbury), born in Toowoomba, Australia (d. 1986)
- 1915 Walker Cooper, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1942–44, 46–50; World Series 1942, 44; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Atherton, Missouri (d. 1991)
- 1923 Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (Yorkshire & England left-arm bowler of 50's), born in Ardsley, South Yorkshire (d. 1985)
- 1930 Doreen Wilber, American archer (Olympic gold individual 1972), born in Rutland, Iowa (d. 2008)
- 1934 Gene Freese, American baseball player, born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 2013)
Jacques Anquetil (1934-1987)
French road cyclist (Tour de France 1957, 61-64; first 5-time winner), born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- 1939 Bob Talamini, American football guard (Super Bowl 1968 NY Jets; 3 × First-team All-AFL; 6 × AFL All-Star; Houston Oilers), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2022)
- 1940 Gianni Di Marzio, Italian soccer manager (Napoli, Catania, Genoa, Lecce, Palermo FC), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2022)
- 1946 Fritz Künzli, Swiss soccer striker (44 caps; FC Zürich, FC Winterthur, FC Lausanne-Sport), born in Glarus, Switzerland (d. 2019)
- 1947 Igor Ivanov, Russian-born Canadian chess champion (1981-84, 1985- ), born in Leningrad, USSR
- 1947 Ted MacDougall, Scottish soccer striker (7 caps; AFC Bournemouth, Manchester United, West Ham United, Norwich City, Southampton), born in Inverness, Scotland
- 1949 Lawrence Rowe, West Indian cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 302 v Eng 1974), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1953 Bruce Sutter, American Baseball HOF relief pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1979; 6 x MLB All-Star; 5 x NL saves leader; Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals; Atlanta Braves), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
- 1955 Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer, born in Patras, Greece
- 1957 Dwight Clark, American football wide receiver ("The Catch" 1981 Super Bowl SF 49ers; First team All-Pro 1982; 2 × Pro Bowl) and executive (SF 49ers, Cleveland Browns), born in Kingston, North Carolina (d. 2018)
- 1958 Rey Misterio Sr., Mexican wrestler, born in Tijuana, Mexico
- 1959 Mike Harwood, Australian golfer (British Open 1991 runner-up), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1961 Calvin Smith, American athlete, born in Bolton, Mississippi
- 1961 Shoaib Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (45 Tests @ 44.34; 7 x 100; 63 ODIs; son of Hanif Mohammad), born in Karachi, Pakistan
- 1963 Hiromi Kobayashi, Japanese golfer (3 LPGA Tour titles), born in Iwaki, Fukushima
- 1965 Champaka Ramanayake, Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lankan opening bowler), born in Galle, Sri Lanka
- 1967 Hollis Conway, American athlete (Olympic high jump silver 1988, bronze 1992; World Indoor C'ship gold 1991), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1967 Willie Anderson, American NBA guard (NY Knicks, Olympic bronze 1988), born in Greenville, California
- 1968 Alexander Alexeyev, American NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1968 Brian Johnson, American catcher (San Diego Padres), born in Oakland, California
- 1968 Keith Mullings, American boxer (WBC and lineal light middleweight titles 1998), born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica (d. 2021)
- 1968 Mark Duane Croghan, American 3k steeplechase athlete (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Akron, Ohio
- 1968 Paul Carey, American baseball infielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1969 Brian Boehringer, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), born in St Louis, Missouri
- 1970 Darryl Williams, American NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks, Cin Bengals), born in Miami, Florida
- 1970 Jon Klemm, Canadian NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche), born in Calgary, Alberta
- 1971 Billy Joe Hobert, American NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders), born in Puyallup, Washington
- 1971 Darren Langdon, Canadian NHL left wing (NY Rangers), born in Deer Lake, Canada
- 1971 Jason Giambi, American MLB baseball infielder, 1995-2014, 5X All-Star (Oakland A's, New York Yankees, and 2 other teams), born in West Covina, California
- 1971 Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer, born in Frauenfeld, Switzerland
- 1971 Roosevelt Potts, American NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts), born in Rayville, Louisiana
- 1972 Brandie Burton, American golfer (du Maurier Classic 1993, 98), born in San Bernardino, California
- 1974 Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen), born in Stadskanaal, Netherlands
- 1975 Vitali Yachmenev, American NHL right wing (LA Kings), born in Chelyabinsk, Russia
- 1976 Carl Pavano, American baseball player, born in New Britain, Connecticut
- 1978 Boris Avrukh, Israeli chess grandmaster, born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan
- 1979 Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer, born in Călinești, Romania
- 1979 Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer, born in Jeongseon County, South Korea
- 1979 Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer, born in Split, Croatia
- 1981 Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1981 Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player, born in Guangzhou, China
- 1982 Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer, born in Palermo, Italy
- 1982 John Utaka, Nigerian footballer, born in Enugu, Nigeria
- 1983 Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler, born in Santa Monica, California
- 1984 Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1986 David Silva, Spanish footballer, born in Arguineguín, Spain
- 1986 Peng Shuai, Chinese tennis player (1st Chinese player to reach No.1 ranking - doubles with Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan, 2014), born in Xiangtan, China
- 1992 Shahdon Winchester, Trinidadian soccer winger (27 caps; Murciélagos), born in Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2019)
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