- 1821 Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (British Open 1861-62, 64, 67), born in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland (d. 1908)
- 1882 Josef Christiaens, Belgian auto racer (first foreigner to enter Indianapolis Motor Speedway "Harvest Classic"), born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium (d. 1919)
- 1896 Cota Ramaswami, Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, 1 x 50; Madras) and tennis player (Davis Cup 1922), born in Chennai, India (d. presumed 1990)
- 1906 Alan Fairfax, Australian cricket all-rounder (10 Tests, 4 x 50, 21 wickets, BB 4/31; NSWCA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1955)
- 1914 Billy Griffith, English cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 140, 5 dismissals; Cambridge Uni CC, Surrey CCC, MCC, Sussex CCC) and administrator (Secretary MCC), born in London (d. 1993)
- 1916 Angelo "Hank" Luisetti, American collegiate basketball forward (Stanford, 1935-38), 1st to use a one-handed shot, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2002)
- 1920 Bob Ryland, American tennis player (first African-American to play tennis professionally) and coach (Harold Solomon, Arthur Ashe, Venus & Serena Williams), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
- 1923 Ron Flockhart, Scottish auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1956, 57), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1962)
- 1925 Richard Jacobs, American real estate developer, philanthropist, and sports team owner (Cleveland Indians, 1986-99), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2009)
- 1927 Tom Graveney, England cricket batsman (79 Tests; top score 258; 732 first class games), born in Riding Mill, Northumberland (d. 2015)
- 1928 Dagmar Rom, Austrian alpine ski racer (World C'ship gold slalom & giant slalom 1950; Olympic silver giant slalom 1952), born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 2022)
- 1928 John Cuneo, Australian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1972), born in Bulimba, Queensland, Australia (d. 2020)
- 1933 Ken Johnson, American baseball pitcher (only pitcher to lose a complete game 9-inning no-hitter 1964), born in West Palm Beach, Florida (d. 2015)
- 1944 Gary F. Jones, American thoroughbred racehorse trainer ($52.6m in purses; 1,465 race wins; US Racing HOF), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2020)
- 1944 Takamiyama Daigorō [Jesse Kuhaulua], American wrestler (1972 1st non-Japanese sumo champion), born in Maui, Hawaii
- 1945 Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player
Roberto Durán (72 years old)
1951 Panamanian boxer (4-weight world champion), born in El Chorrillo, Panama
- 1952 Alexander Zaitsev, Russian figure skater (Olympic gold USSR pairs [Irina Rodnina] 1976, 80; 6 x World C'ship gold), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1955 Tree Rollins, American NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Winter Haven, Florida
- 1957 Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star (Sparta/PSV)
- 1958 Ulrike Tauber, East German swimmer, born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
- 1961 Robbie Kerr, Australian cricketer (Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985)
- 1963 Mohsin Kamal, Pakistani cricketer (fast bowler for Pakistan), born in Faisalabad, Pakistan
- 1965 J. J. Birden, American NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons), born in Portland, Oregon
- 1966 Jan Zelezny, Czech, javelin thrower (Olympics 2 gold-92, 96)
- 1966 Randy Barnes, American athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1996; WR 23.12m), born in Charleston, West Virginia
- 1967 Jürgen Klopp, German football manager (Liverpool), born in Stuttgart, West Germany
- 1968 Matt Turk, American NFL punter (Washington Redskins), born in Greenfield, Wisconsin
- 1968 Nehemiah Perry, Jamaican cricketer (fine Jamaican off-spinner for the West Indies), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1969 Mark Crossley, Welsh footballer (Manchester United, Wales), born in Barnsley, England
- 1970 Cobi Jones, American soccer player and commentator (Los Angeles Galaxy.), born in Detroit, Michigan
Phil Mickelson (53 years old)
1970 American golfer (6-time PGA Tour major winner, US Masters 2004, 06, 10), born in San Diego, California
- 1971 Chris Gomez, American baseball infielder (San Diego Padres), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1973 Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer, born in Heraklion, Greece
- 1974 David Fizdale, American basketball head coach (New York Knicks 2018-19; Memphis Grizzlies 2016-17), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1975 Asa Carlsson, Swedish tennis player (1995 Futures-Stockholm), born in Vasteras, Sweden
- 1977 Kerry Wood, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), born in Irving, Texas
- 1977 Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster, former USC football player
- 1978 Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player
- 1980 Brad Gushue, Canadian curler (2006 Olympic Gold), born in St Johns, Newfoundland
- 1980 Daré Nibombé, Togolese footballer
- 1980 Martin Stranzl, Austrian soccer defender (56 caps; 1860 Munich, VfB Stuttgart, Spartak Moscow, Borussia Mönchengladbach), born in Güssing, Austria
- 1981 Miguel Villalta, Peruvian soccer defender (28 caps; Sporting Cristal CS 233 games, CS Cienciano), born in Cusco, Peru
- 1982 Chris Wingert, American soccer defender (1 cap; MLS Cup C'ship 2009 Real Salt Lake 247 games; Columbus Crew, NYC FC), born in Babylon, New York
- 1983 Armend Dallku, Albanian soccer defender (64 caps; FC Prishtina, KF Elbasani, FC Vorskla Poltava 292 games, FC Prishtina), born in Vučitrn, Kosovo
- 1984 Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey left wing (#1 pick NHL Draft 2002; 6 x NHL All Star; Olympic gold 2010, 14; World C'ship gold 2007; Columbus BJs, NY Rangers), born in Brampton, Ontario
- 1984 Steven Whittaker, Scottish soccer defender (31 caps; Hibernian, Rangers, Norwich City), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1986 Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi cricket all-rounder (34 ODIs, 1 x 50, 22 wickets; Dhaka Warriors), born in Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- 1986 Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan soccer goalkeeper (133 caps; Montevideo Wanderers, Lazio, Galatasaray), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1986 Urby Emanuelson, Dutch soccer utility (16 caps; AFC Ajax, AC Milan, FC Utrecht), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1987 Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian soccer midfielder (43 caps; Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC, Rosenborg), born in Trondheim, Norway
- 1989 Odion Ighalo, Nigerian soccer striker (Udinese, Watford, Al-Hilal), born in Lagos, Nigeria
- 1995 Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer (Olympic 100m butterfly gold 2016), born in Singapore
- 1999 Justin Jefferson, American NFL player (Minnesota Vikings), born in St. Rose, Louisiana
- 2000 Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player (US Open 2019), born in Mississauga, Ontario
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