Lou Gehrig (1903-1941)
American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (6 x World Series, 2 x AL MVP; 7 x MLB All Star; NY Yankees), born in New York City
- 1903 Wally Hammond, England cricket batsman (7,249 Test runs @ 58.45), born in Dover, England (d. 1965)
- 1912 Don Gutteridge, American MLB baseball infielder,1938-48 (St. Louis Cardinals; St. Louis Browns, and 2 other teams), and manager, 1969-70 (Chicago White Sox), born in Pittsburg, Kansas (d. 2008)
- 1924 Leo Nomellini, American College/Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (Uni of Minnesota; 6×First-team All-Pro; 10×Pro Bowl; NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; SF 49ers), born in Lucca, Italy (d. 2000)
- 1933 Otto Barić, Croatian soccer manager (Croatia, Austria, Wacker Innsbruck, SK Rapid, SV Salzburg), born in Eisenkappel, Austria (d. 2020)
- 1934 Hammond Furlonge, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests 1955-56)
- 1940 Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, American drag racer (NHRA Top Fuel C'ship in 1977, 80, 82; International Motorsports Hall of Fame), born in Burlington, Vermont
- 1942 Willie Frazier, American football tight end (AFL All-Star 1965, 67, 69; All-Pro 1965; Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers), born in El Dorado, Arkansas (d. 2013)
- 1950 Duane Kuiper, American baseball infielder (Cleveland Indians, SF Giants) and broadcaster (KNBR [with Mike Krukow] SF Giants), born in Racine, Wisconsin
- 1951 Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
- 1960 Johnny Lee Gray, Jr, American 800m runner (Olympic 7th 1996), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1960 Patti Rizzo, American golfer (4 LPGA Tour wins), born in Hollywood, Florida
- 1962 Jeremy Bates, English tennis player (Wimbledon mixed doubles 1987, Australian Open mixed doubles 1991 [Jo Durie]), born in London, England
- 1962 Ken Tohill, American jockey, born in Pleasanton, California
- 1963 Rory Underwood, English rugby union wing (85 Tests England, 6 British & Irish Lions; Leicester Tigers 236 games), born in Middlesbrough, England
- 1964 David Freedman, cricketer (NSW left-arm Chinese bowler since 1990)
- 1968 Alastair Lynch, Australian rules football full forward-fullback (AFL Premiership 2001, 02, 03 Brisbane Lions; All-Australian Team 1993) and broadcaster (Fox Footy), born in Burnie, Australia
- 1968 Jud Buechler, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls)
- 1970 Claire Mitchell-Taverner, Australian field hockey midfielder (Olympic gold 2000), born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1970 Leonard Humphries, CFL cornerback (BC Lions)
- 1970 Quincy Dushawn Watts, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 4x400m relay 1992), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1973 Jahine Arnold, wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1973 Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player
- 1974 Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player
- 1975 Anthony Parker, American basketball guard (EuroLeague Final 4 MVP 2004, EuroLeague MVP 2005, 06; Maccabi Tel Aviv; Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Naperville, Illinois
- 1976 Bryan Hughes, English footballer
- 1977 Peter Warrick, American NFL running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1978 Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player
- 1978 Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball power forward (NBA Finals MVP 2011; NBA MVP 2007; 14 × NBA All-Star; Dallas Mavericks), born in Würzburg, Germany
- 1978 Tyson Dux, Canadian wrestler, born in Miramichi, New Brunswick
- 1979 John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer
- 1979 Quentin Jammer, American football player
- 1980 Adel Abdulaziz, Emiratie football player
- 1980 Dante Robinson, American football player
- 1980 Jason White, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2003; unanimous All-American 2003, U of Oklahoma), born in Tuttle, Oklahoma
- 1982 Alexander Frolov, Russian hockey player
- 1982 David Pollack, American football player
- 1983 Mark Selby, British snooker player (world champion 2014, 16-17, 21), born in Leicester, England
- 1984 Mateus Galiano da Costa, Angolan footballer, born in Luanda, Angola
- 1987 Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
- 1991 Pontus Ekhem, Swedish hockey player
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