Athletes Born on July 21

  • 1881 Johnny Evers, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (World Series 1907, 08 Chicago Orphans/Cubs; WS & NL MVP 1914 Boston Braves) and manager (Chicago Cubs/WS), born in Troy, New York (d. 1947)
  • 1895 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket batsman (17 Tests [12 as captain], 3 x 50; Natal, Transvaal), born in Eshowe, South Africa (d. 1939)
  • 1908 Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American golfer, course designer (17 PGA Tour wins), born in Monticello, Kansas (d. 1996)
  • 1925 Johnny Peirson, Canadian ice hockey right wing (NHL All Star 1950, 51; Boston Bruins) and broadcaster (WBZ and WSBK), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2021)
  • 1928 Sky Low Low [Marcel Gauthier], Canadian professional wrestler, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1998)
  • 1929 Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)
  • 1930 Gene Littler, American golfer (1961 US Open, 29 PGA Tour titles), born in San Diego, California (d. 2019)
  • 1930 Joe Pamensky, South African cricket administrator (president South African Cricket Union 1976-91), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 2023)
  • 1931 Gene Fullmer, American boxer (World Middleweight title 1957; NBA [WBA] World Middleweight title 1959-62), born in West Jordan, Utah (d. 2015)
  • 1932 Ernie Warlick, American football player, born in Hickory, North Carolina (d. 2012)
  • 1934 Chandu Borde, Indian cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), born in Pune, British India
  • 1935 Moe Drabowsky, American baseball player (1966 World Series), born in Ozanna, Poland (d. 2006)
  • 1937 Viktor Mamatov, Russian biathlete (Olympic gold USSR 4 × 7.5k relay 1968, 72; World C'ship gold 20k individual 1967, 4 × 7.5k relay 1969, 70, 71), born in Belovo, Russia (d. 2023)
  • 1939 Alberto Festa, Portuguese soccer right-back (19 caps; FC Tirsense, FC Porto), born in Santo Tirso, Portugal (d. 2024)
  • 1939 Helmut Haller, German soccer forward (33 caps West Germany; FC Augsburg, Bologna FC, Juventus), born in Augsburg, Germany (d. 2012)
  • 1940 Denis Menke, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1969, 70; Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds), born in Bancroft, Iowa (d. 2020)
  • 1942 Fred Hetzel, American NBA star (SF, Cincinnati, Milwaukee Bucks), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1942 Mike Hegan, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1969 NY Yankees; World Series 1972 Oakland A's), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2013)
  • 1943 Jerry McGee, American golfer (US Ryder Cup 1977, 4 PGA Tour titles), born in New Lexingon, Ohio (d. 2021)
  • 1945 Barry Richards, South African cricket batsman (4 Tests, 2 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 140; Natal, Gloucestershire CCC, Hampshire CCC, South Australia), born in Durban, South Africa
  • 1945 Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm fast bowler (21 Tests, 78 wickets; 15 ODIs), born in Maryborough, Queensland
  • 1945 John Lowe, English darts player (BDO world champion 1979, 87, 93), born in New Tupton, Derbyshire
  • 1946 Jüri Tarmak, Estonian athlete (Olympic gold USSR high jump 1972), born in Tallinn, Estonia (d. 2022)
  • 1946 Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Polish lightweight (Olympic gold 1976)
  • 1947 Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket batsman (40 Tests @ 31.57, 16 x 50; Maharashtra, Delhi), born in Meerut, India (d. 2020)
  • 1948 Ed Hinton, American motorsport writer, born in Laurel, Mississippi
  • 1948 John Hart, American Major League Baseball executive (Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves), born in Tampa, Florida
  • 1949 Al Hrabosky, American MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Oakland, California
  • 1949 Ludmila Smirnova, Russian pairs figure skater (Olympic silver USSR 1972; World C'ship silver x 5), born in Moscow, Russia
  • 1950 Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
  • 1953 Brian Talbot, British soccer midfielder (6 caps; Ipswich, Arsenal) and manager (WBA, Hibernian, Rushden & Diamonds, Oldham), born in Ipswich, England
  • 1960 Fritz Walter, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart), born in Mannheim, Germany
  • 1961 Don Wilson, American CFL football linebacker, 1987-98 (Edmonton Eskimos; Toronto Argonauts, British Columbia Lions), born in Washington, DC
  • 1961 Henry Ellard, American NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins), born in Fresno, California
  • 1965 Gudni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer
  • 1965 Mike Bordick, American MLB player (Oakland A's), born in Marquette, Missouri
  • 1966 Larisa Neiland, Ukrainian tennis player (1996 Essen winner), born in Lvov, Ukraine
  • 1967 Lance Painter, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1993-2003 (Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, and 3 other teams), born in Bedford, England
  • 1967 Tore Meinecke, German tennis player, born in Hamburg, West Germany
  • 1968 Brandi Chastain, American soccer forward (192 caps; FIFA Women's World Cup gold 1991, 99; Olympic gold 1996, 2004; San Jose CyberRays), born in San Jose, California
  • 1968 Johnnie Barnes, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers, Amsterdam Admirals)
  • 1968 Lyle Odelein, Canadian NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Montreal), born in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan
  • 1970 Bryce Florie, American pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1970 Steven "Scrappy" Segaloff, American rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in New Haven, Connecticut
  • 1972 Dennis Krijgsman, Dutch soccer player and manager (Sparta/Vitesse), born in Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands
  • 1972 Kimera Bartee, American MLB outfielder.1996-2001 (Detroit Tigers, and 2 other teams), and coach, 2017-21 (Pittsburgh Pirates, and 2 other teams), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2021)
  • 1973 Stephen Clarke, Canadian swimmer (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Sutton Coldfield, England
  • 1974 Geoff Jenkins, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 2003; World Series 2008; Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Olympia, Washington
  • 1975 Mike Sellers, American CFL and NFL player (Edmonton Eskimos), born in Frankfurt, West Germany
  • 1975 Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer (Test pace bowler), born in Panadura, Sri Lanka
  • 1977 Allison Wagner, American swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Gainesville, Florida
  • 1977 Paul Casey, English golfer (Ryder Cup wins 2004, 06, 18; 3 PGA Tour titles, 13 European Tour titles; PGA C'ship 2020 runner-up), born in Cheltenham, England
  • 1978 Gary Teale, Scottish football player and coach, born in Glasgow, Scotland
  • 1978 Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1992), born in Numazu, Japan
  • 1979 David Carr, American football quarterback (2002 NFL Draft: #1 pick Houston Texans), born in Bakersfield, California
  • 1979 Luis Ernesto Michel, Mexican soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; CD Guadalajara 252 games), born in El Grullo, Jalisco, Mexico
  • 1979 Tamika Catchings, American basketball player (Indiana Fever), born in Stratford, New Jersey
  • 1980 CC Sabathia, American baseball player, born in Vallejo, California
  • 1981 Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish soccer winger (51 caps; Real Betis 445 games; Valencia, Málaga, Fiorentina), born in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
  • 1981 Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist, born in Ostfildern, West Germany
  • 1981 Titus Bramble, English footballer, born in Ipswich, Engalnd
  • 1983 Kellen Winslow II, American football player, convicted of rape, born in San Diego, California
  • 1984 Liam Ridgewell, English footballer, born in Bexleyheath, England
  • 1985 Von Wafer, American basketball player, born in Homer, Louisiana
  • 1988 Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer, born in Stirling, Scotland (d. 2016)
  • 1988 DeAndre Jordan, American NBA player (Denver Nuggets), born in Houston, Texas
  • 1989 Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer, most capped for Wales (2018), born in Newport, Wales
  • 1992 Rachael Flatt, American figure skater (2010 US Champion), born in Del Mar, California

Erling Haaland (23 years old)

2000 Norwegian soccer striker (EPL season scoring record Manchester City [35] 2023; Molde FK, Red Bull Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund), born in Leeds, England