- 1835 Joe Coburn, Irish boxer (Heavyweight C'ship of America 1863-65), born in Middletown County, Armagh, Ireland (d. 1890)
- 1870 George Dixon, Canadian boxer (World Bantamweight title, 1892; World Featherweight champion, 1891-97 & 1898-1901; 1st Black athlete to win a World C'ship in any sport), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1908)
- 1887 Tim Mara, American founder and administrator (NFL NY Giants), born in New York (d. 1959)
- 1889 Lajos Asztalos, Hungarian chess player (International Chess Master 1950), born in Pécs, Hungary (d. 1956)
- 1899 Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1919 Vic Lewis, British jazz guitarist, bandleader, composer, and artist manager (NEMS), and cricket club owner, born in London, England (d. 2009)
- 1925 Arnie Ferrin, American College Basketball HOF guard (NCAA C'ship, Final Four MOB 1944 Uni of Utah; NBA C'ship Minneapolis Lakers 1949, 50), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2022)
Ted Lindsay (1925-2019)
Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame left wing (Art Ross Trophy 1950, NHL Players Association pioneer), born in Renfrew, Ontario
- 1926 Don Carter, American pro bowler (6 x Bowler of the Year; first athlete to earn $1m in single endorsement deal [Ebonite International]), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2012)
- 1933 Cammie Smith, West Indian cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50; Barbados), born in Saint Michael, Barbados
- 1937 Vladimer Barkaia, Georgian soccer striker (2 caps USSR; Dinamo Tbilisi 226 games), born in Gagra, Georgia (d. 2022)
- 1938 Don Wert, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania
- 1942 Les Josephson, American football running back (NFL Pro Bowl 1967; Los Angeles Rams), born in Minneota, Minnesota (d. 2020)
- 1943 Ingrid Krämer, German diver (Olympic gold medalist), born in Dresden Germany
- 1944 Terry Jarvis, New Zealand cricket batsman (13 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 187 in 387 partnership with Glenn Turner v WI 1972), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1947 Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington), born in New Rochelle, NY (d. 2006)
- 1950 Maricica Puica, Romanian 2K runner (world record)
- 1950 Radu Voina, Romania, team handball (Olympic silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80)
- 1951 Dan Driessen, American baseball player
- 1952 Joe Johnson, English snooker player (World Champion, 1986: Senior Masters, 2019), born in Bradford, West Yorkshire
- 1953 Ken Burns [Kenneth Lauren], American director and documentary film producer (The Civil War, Baseball), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1956 Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
- 1957 Nellie Kim, Soviet gymnast (Olympic-3 golds-1976), born in Shurab, Tajik SSR
- 1962 Corinne Dibnah, Australian golfer (British Open 1988; LET Order of Merit 1991), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1962 Vincent Rousseau, Belgian athlete
- 1963 Azeem Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer (fingerless lefty quick)
- 1963 Damon Allen, American born CFL quarterback (BC Lions), born in San Diego, California
- 1963 Patty Dodd, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-2nd-1988), born in Bogotá, Colombia
- 1963 Steve Frey, American pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania
- 1965 Doug Burden, American rower (Olympic 5th 1988, 92, 96), born in Rutland, Vermont
- 1965 Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican infielder (St Louis Cardinals), born in Santurce, Puerto Rico
- 1966 Jeff Herrod, American NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- 1966 Sally Gunnell, British 400m hurdler, (Olympic gold 1992), born in Chigwell, England
- 1968 Kristen Babb-Sprague, US synchronized swimmer (Olympic gold 1992), born in California
- 1968 Mike Williams, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2002, 03; only pitcher in All-Star game with ERA over 6.00; Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Radford, Virginia
- 1969 Alison Dunlap, American cyclist (UCI Mountain Bike Cross Country World C'ship gold 2001), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1970 John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer (pace bowler 1993)
- 1970 Steve Wojciechowski, American MLB pitcher (Oakland A's), born in Blue Island, Illinois
- 1975 Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
- 1975 Seth Greisinger, American baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Kansas City, Kansas
- 1977 Greg Burgess, American 200m individual medley (Olympic silver 1992, 96)
- 1979 Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
- 1980 Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
- 1980 Ryan Braun, Canadian baseball player (Los Angeles Angels), born in Kitchener, Ontario
- 1981 Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer and manager (Braga), born in Mar del Plata, Argentina
Fernando Alonso (42 years old)
1981 Spanish auto racer (World Formula 1 Drivers Champion 2005-06; 24 Hours of Le Mans 2018-19; FIA World Endurance C'ship 2018-19), born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
- 1981 Jennie Thompson, American gymnast (Jr Natl-champ-93, Olympics 1996), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
- 1981 Kyle LeDuc, American auto racer (COR Pro 4 2020; LOORRS Pro 4 2012, 14–17, 19), born in Cherry Valley, California (d. 2023)
- 1981 Troy Perkins, American professional soccer goalkeeper, born in Springfield, Ohio
- 1982 Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer, born in Ljubljana
- 1982 Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer, born in Fortaleza, Brazil
- 1983 Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player
- 1984 Chad Billingsley, American MLB player (Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Defiance, Ohio
- 1993 Dak Prescott, American football quarterback (NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year 2016; Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year 2022; Pro Bowl 2016, 18; Dallas Cowboys), born in Sulphur, Louisiana
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