- 1861 Pete Browning, American baseball outfielder (AA batting champion 1882, 85 Louisville Eclipse/Colonels; Player's League batting champion 1890 Cleveland Infants), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1905)
Tommy Burns (1881-1955)
Canadian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1906–08), born in Hanover, Ontario
- 1902 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 11 wickets, BB 4/22; Queensland), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 1982)
- 1916 Ted Atkinson, American jockey (US Champion 1944, 46), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
- 1923 Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, American NFL halfback and end (LA Rams), born in Wausau, Wisconsin (d. 2004)
- 1929 Tigran Petrosian, Soviet Armenian World Chess Champion (1963-69), born in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (d. 1984)
- 1930 Brian Statham, English cricket fast bowler (70 Tests, 252 wickets @ 24.84), born in Gorton, Manchester, England (d. 2000)
- 1932 Derek Ibbotson, English 5K runner (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire (d. 2017)
- 1933 Maurice Stokes, American Basketball HOF power forward (NBA All-Star 1956, 57, 58; NBA Rookie of the Year 1956; Rochester/Cincinnati Royals), born in Rankin, Pennsylvania (d. 1970)
- 1938 Judy Kimball, American golfer (US Women's PGA C'ship 1962), born in Sioux City, Iowa
- 1938 Wayne Hawkins, American football guard (5 × AFL All-Star 1963–1967; Oakland Raiders), born in Fort Peck, Montana (d. 2022)
- 1940 Bobby Bell, American College/Pro Football HOF linebacker (Uni of Minnesota; Super Bowl 1970 KC Chiefs; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1969; First-team All-Pro 1970; Pro Bowl 1970, 71, 72), born in Shelby, North Carolina
- 1944 (Jesús) "Chucho" Castillo, Mexican bantamweight boxer (WBA, WBC, 1970), born in Nuevo Valle de Moreno, Mexico (d. 2013)
Eddy Merckx (78 years old)
1945 Belgian road cyclist (Tour de France 1969-72, 74; Giro d'Italia 1968, 70, 72-74), born in Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium
Tony Roche (78 years old)
1945 Australian tennis player and coach (French Open 1966; 15 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Australian Davis Cup captain), born in Wagga Wagga, NSW
- 1948 Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball all star shortstop (Cincinnati Reds), born in Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela
- 1950 Cathy Sherk, Canadian golfer (Canadian Women's PGA C'ship 1988, 90-91), born in Bancroft, Ontario
- 1952 Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive, born in Brighton, Massachusetts
- 1956 Nick Cook, English cricketer (left arm slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89), born in Leicester
- 1958 Des Drummond, Jamaican rugby league winner (24 Tests Great Britain, 4 England; Leigh RLFC, Warrington RLFC), born in Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica (d. 2022)
- 1962 Ed Brady, American NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Morris, Illinois
- 1963 Kevin Glover, American NFL center (Detroit Lions), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1964 Michael Gross, German swimmer (3 Olympic gold 1984, 88), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- 1964 Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver, born in Asti, Italy
- 1964 Steve Rhodes, English cricketer (England wicket-keeper 1994-95), born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Dan Jansen (58 years old)
1965 American speed skater (Olympic gold 1984, 88, 92), born in West Allis, Wisconsin
- 1965 Danny McManus, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
- 1965 Dermontti Dawson, American NFL center (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Lexington, Kentucky
- 1965 Mike Magnante, American baseball pitcher (KC Royals), born in Glendale, California
- 1965 Ray Seals, American NFL defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1966 Clare Look-Jaeger, high jumper, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1966 Fred Barnett, American NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Gunnison, Mississippi
- 1967 Keith Sims, American football offensive guard (Pro Bowl 1993–95; Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1967 Terry Norris, American boxer and three-time light middleweight world champion, born in Lubbock, Texas
- 1969 Karen Nystrom, Canadian ice hockey forward (Olympic silver 1998), born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
- 1969 Patric Kjellberg, hockey forward (Team Sweden Olympics 1998)
- 1969 Paul Tergat, Kenyan long distance runner, born in Riwo, Baringo District, Kenya
- 1970 Jason Hanson, American College Football HOF kicker (Washington State University; Pro Bowl 1997, 99; Detroit Lions), born in Spokane, Washington
- 1970 Ron "Popeye" Jones, American NBA forward, 1992-2004 (Dallas Mavericks, Toronto Raptors, and 4 other teams), and assistant coach, 2013-present (4 teams), born in Dresden, Tennessee
- 1970 Stéphane Fiset, Canadian NHL goalie, 1998-2002 (Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1971 Tripp Schwenk, American 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic silver 1996), born in Sarasota, Florida
- 1972 James McKnight, American NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks), born in Orlando, Florida
- 1973 Leander Paes, Indian tennis player, born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- 1975 Petra Vaarakallio, Finnish ice hockey center (Olympics bronze 1998), born in Helsinki, Finland
- 1976 Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker & cyclo-crosser, born in Bonheiden, Belgium
- 1977 Mark Tauscher, American NFL player, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin
- 1978 Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer (World Champion 2008), born in Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 1979 Nick Rimando, American soccer player, born in Montclair, California
- 1980 Brittney McConn, American figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr champ), born in Largo, Florida
Venus Williams (43 years old)
1980 American tennis star considered one of the all-time greats of women's tennis, born in Lynwood, California
- 1981 Kyle Boller, American football quarterback
- 1981 Shane Watson, Australian Test cricket all-rounder (2005-2015), born in Ipswich, Queensland
- 1982 Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player
- 1985 Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot professional tennis player
- 1985 Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer, born in Erechim, Brazil
- 1988 Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
- 1988 Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 2008), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1999 Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstani tennis player (Wimbledon women's singles 2022), born in Moscow, Russia
- 2001 Jurrien Timber, Dutch football player (Arsenal, Netherlands), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
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