- 1893 George Geary, English cricket fast bowler (14 Tests, 46 wickets), born in Barwell, Leicestershire, England (d. 1981)
Clarence Campbell (1905-1984)
Canadian ice hockey executive (President NHL 1946-77), born in Fleming, Saskatchewan
- 1918 Nile Kinnick Jr., American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1939; University of Iowa), born in Adel, Iowa (d. 1943)
- 1925 Borislav Stanković, Serbian Basketball Hall of Fame administrator (International Basketball Federation secretary general 1976-2002), born in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2020)
- 1927 Red Kelly, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center, coach; politician (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Simcoe, Ontario (d. 2019)
- 1928 Federico Bahamontes, Spanish road cyclist (Tour de France 1959; first to win mountain classification in all 3 Grand Tours), born in Santo Domingo-Caudilla, Spain (d. 2023)
- 1928 Raúl Coloma, Chilean soccer goalkeeper (13 caps; Ferrobádminton, Municipal Santiago, Ferroviaros), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2021)
- 1930 Roy McLean, South African cricketer (prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests), born in Pietermaritzberg, Natal, South Africa (d. 2007)
- 1937 Clemon Daniels, American football halfback and AFL player of year 1963 (Oak, Dallas, San Francisco), born in McKinney, Texas
- 1937 Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire supervisor, born in Nyack, New York
- 1940 Jair da Costa, Brazilian soccer winger (1 cap; Internazionale), born in Santo André, Brazil
- 1941 Takehide Nakatani, Japanese lightweight judoka (Olympic gold 1964), born in Hiroshima, Japan
- 1942 Robert J. Frankel, American thoroughbred race horse trainer (5 x Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer; US Champion Trainer by earnings 1993, 2002, 03), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
- 1943 Sergey Diomidov, Uzbek gymnast (World C'ship gold USSR Parallel bars 1966; Olympic silver team 1964, 68; bronze vault 1968), born in Turtkul, Uzbekistan (d. 2024)
O.J. Simpson (1947-2024)
American College/Pro Football HOF running back (Heisman Trophy 1968 USC; NFL MVP 1973; 5 × First-team All-Pro & Pro Bowl; Buffalo Bills), broadcaster, and actor; found responsible Brown/Goldman deaths 1994, born in San Francisco, California [1]
- 1950 Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player (French 1976, Italian 1976), born in Rome, Italy
- 1955 Willie Wilson, American baseball player, born in Montgomery, Alabama
- 1958 Bob Crudgington, Australian softball head coach (Olympic bronze 1996)
- 1964 Gianluca Vialli, Italian soccer striker (59 caps; Cremonese, Sampdoria, Juventus, Chelsea), manager (Chelsea, Watford) and broadcaster (Sky Italia), born in Cremona, Italy (d. 2023)
- 1964 Ronnie Grandison, American NBA forward (NY Knicks), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1964 Scott Verplank, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 2002, 06), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1968 Paolo Di Canio, Italian football player
- 1969 Jerry Drake, NFL defensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1969 Robert Gordon, American CFL and Arena football receiver, 1991-2005 (Edmonton Eskimos, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and 7 other teams), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1969 Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer)
- 1970 Steve Dubinsky, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1970 Trent Green, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins)
- 1971 Chadrick Brown, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1972 Derek Mills, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1996; World C'ship gold 4x400m relay 1995), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1973 Katasha Artis, WNBA forward (Charlotte Sting) ans collegiate coach, born in New York City
- 1973 Kelly Holcomb, American football quarterback (Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns), born in Fayetteville, Tennessee
- 1977 Ben McAdoo, American football coach (New York Giants, 2016-7), born in Homer City, Pennsylvania
- 1981 Kimveer Gill, Canadian spree shooter (Dawson College shooting) (d. 2006)
- 1982 Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver
- 1983 Shaun Marsh, Australian cricket batsman (38 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 182; 73 ODIs, 7 x 100, HS 151; WACA, Glamorgan CCC), born in Narrogin, Australia
- 1985 Ashley Young, English footballer
- 1985 BJ Watling, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper (79 Tests, 8 x 100s, 275 dismissals, TS 205; Northern Districts, Durham CCC, Lancashire CCC), born in Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
- 1985 Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
- 1989 Giannoulis Fakinos, Greek footballer, born in Naxos, Greece
- 1990 Fábio and Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballers
- 1997 Tatjana Schoenmaker, South African swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 2020), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
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