George Lohmann (1865-1901)
England cricket medium pace bowler (18 Tests, 112 wickets @ 10.75), born in Kensington, England
- 1866 Jack O'Connor, American baseball catcher (Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Browns) and manager (St. Louis Browns), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1937)
Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984)
Romanian-American actor (Tarzan) and swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1924, 28), born in Freidorf, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)
Charlie Sifford (1922-2015)
American golfer (first African-American to join PGA Tour, 2 titles), born in Charlotte North Carolina
- 1929 Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship 1952), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2007)
- 1930 Bob Lillis, baseball player
- 1931 Larry Jackson, American baseball pitcher (5x MLB All-Star; MLB wins leader 1964; St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Nampa, Idaho (d. 1990)
- 1933 Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player, born in Lincoln, Missouri, (d. 2014)
- 1936 Vladimir Golubnichy, Soviet walker (Olympic gold 20k 1960, 68), born in Sumy, Ukraine
- 1938 Gene Michael, American baseball shortstop, and general manger (NY Yankees), born in Kent, Ohio (d. 2017)
- 1940 Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
- 1940 Jim Maloney, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1965; pitched 2 x no-hitters 1965, 1 in 1969; Cincinnati Reds), born in Fresno, California
- 1940 Yuri Pshenichnikov, Soviet soccer goalkeeper and coach (19 caps; FC Pakhtakor Tashkent, CSKA Moscow), born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (d. 2019)
- 1941 Lou Nanne, Canadian-born American hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), born in Sault Ste. Maria, Ontario
- 1944 Garo Yepremian, American NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins), born in Larnaca, Cyprus (d. 2015)
- 1944 Poul Jensen, Danish sailor (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
- 1946 Roger Freed, baseball player
- 1949 Stewart Ginn, Australian golfer (Senior Players C'ship 2002), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- 1950 Momčilo Vukotić, Serbian soccer midfielder (14 caps, Yugoslavia; FC Partizan, FC Bordeaux) and manager (Cyprus, PAOK, Partizan), born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2021)
- 1951 Larry Robinson, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Stanley Cup x 6 Montreal Canadiens; James Norris Memorial Trophy 1977, 80; Conn Smythe Trophy 1978) and coach (Stanley Cup 2000 NJ Devils; LA Kings), born in Winchester, Ontario
- 1953 Craig Stadler, American golfer (US Masters 1982), born in San Diego, California
- 1959 Charlie Huddy, Oshawa, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
- 1960 Kyle Petty, American racing car driver
- 1961 Kerry Junna-Saxby, Australian 10k walker (Olympics-15th-1992, 96)
- 1963 Bryan Harvey, American MLB baseball relief pitcher, 1987-95 (2X All-Star; California Angels, Florida Marlins), born in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee
- 1965 Mark Waugh, Australian cricket all-rounder (128 Tests, 20 x 100, HS 153no, 59 wickets; NSWCA, Essex CCC) and broadcaster (Network 10, Fox), born in Sydney, Australia
- 1965 Russ Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey right wing (1,029 NHL games; Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, LA Kings), born in Duncan, British Columbia
- 1965 Steve Waugh, Australian cricket all-rounder, captain (168 Tests, 10,927 runs @ 51.06, 32 x 100, HS 200, 92 wickets; NSWCA, Somerset CCC, Kent CCC), born in Sydney, Australia
- 1967 Kenny Atkinson, American basketball head coach (Brooklyn Nets 2016-19; Director Player Development, Houston Rockets 2007–08), born in Huntington, New York
- 1967 Mike Stanton, American pitcher (MLB All Star 2001; World Series 1998-2000; NY Yankees), born in Houston, Texas
- 1969 David Wheaton, tennis star (1987 US junior boys), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1969 Kurt Abbott, infielder (Florida Marlins), born in Zanesville, Ohio
- 1970 Andy McCollum, NFL center/guard (New Orleans Saints), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1970 Eric Riley, American NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1970 Marty Mcinnis, American NHL left wing (NY Islanders), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts
- 1970 Mike Kelly, American baseball player, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1972 Brad Ottis, tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1972 Dwayne Joseph, NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears)
- 1973 Jayantha Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995)
- 1974 Gata Kamsky, American chess player
- 1974 Tammy Holmes, female outfielder (Colo Silver Bullets), born in Berkeley, California
- 1975 Dontae' Jones, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
- 1976 Earl Boykins, American basketball player
- 1976 Josef Marha, Czech ice hockey center (NHL All Star 1998, 2001; Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Chicago Blackhawks), born in Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
Abby Wambach (43 years old)
1980 American Soccer player (world record for international goals), born in Rochester, New York
- 1981 Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
- 1981 Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis player, born in Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR
- 1983 Christopher Higgins, American ice hockey player
- 1988 Patrik Berglund, Swedish hockey player
- 1988 Sergio Agüero, Argentine soccer striker (96 caps; Manchester City; leading overseas goal scorer in EPL history), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1989 Steve Smith, Australian cricket batsman and captain (HS 239; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia
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