- 1848 Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, American yacht designer (6 x undefeated America's Cup campaigns 1893-1920) and naval architect (built first torpedo boat for US Navy), born in Bristol, Rhode Island (d. 1938)
- 1874 Jimmy 'Nixey' Callahan, American baseball pitcher, outfielder and manager (Chicago White Sox; first AL no-hitter 1902), born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (d. 1934)
- 1877 Clem Hill, Australian cricket batsman and captain (49 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 191; South Australia CA), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 1945)
- 1881 Oliver Seibert, Canadian hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963), born in Berlin, Ontario (d. 1944)
- 1887 Frank Moran, American heavyweight boxer and film actor, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1967)
- 1890 Philip Hands, South African cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50, HS 83; Western Province), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1951)
- 1893 Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist, born in Novi Ligure, Italy (d. 1978)
- 1918 Bob Broeg, American sportswriter (St. Louis Cardinals for St. Louis Post-Dispatch; National Sportscasters and Sportswriters HOF), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2005)
- 1919 Laila Schou Nilsen, Norwegian alpine skier (Olympic bronze combined; won the non-medal downhill 1936) and speed skater (unofficial World C'ship gold 1935, 37, 38; 5 x WR), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1998)
- 1919 Len Johnson, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 6 wickets, BB 3/8; Queensland), born in Ipswich, Australia (d. 1977)
- 1923 Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur (CEO STP automotive products; innovative Lotus four-wheel drive car 1969 Indy 500 winner), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2013)
- 1924 Madhusudan Rege, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Maharashtra), born in Panvel, India (d. 2013)
- 1925 Don Paul, American football player (LA Rams), (d. 2015)
- 1926 Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)
- 1927 George Plimpton, American sports writer (Paper Lion), and participatory journalist, born in New York City (d. 2003)
- 1928 Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist, 1944-62, born in Montcada i Reixac, Spain (d. 2013)
- 1931 Ian McMillan, Scottish soccer inside forward (6 caps; Airdrieonians 301 games, Rangers 127 games) and manager (Airdrieonians 1970-76, 1985–86), born in Airdrie Scotland (d. 2024)
- 1934 Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager, born in Birmingham, United Kingdom (d. 1983)
- 1936 Tony Nash, English bobsledder (Olympic gold two-man 1964), born in Amersham, England
- 1937 Mark Donohue, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1972), born in Haddon Township, New Jersey (d. 1975)
- 1937 Rudi Altig, German cyclist
- 1938 Bob Nevin, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1962, 63; Toronto Maple Leafs; NY Rangers; 1,128 career NHL games), born in Timmins, Ontario (d. 2020)
- 1939 Ron Atkinson, English soccer wing half, manager (Oxford United, Manchester United, Sheffield Wed, Aston Villa), born in Liverpool, England
- 1942 Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (d. 1991)
- 1945 Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic gold 1964)
- 1945 John Jacobs, American golfer (PGA Senior C’ship 2003), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1946 Michel Leclère, French racing driver
- 1947 David Lloyd, English cricket batsman (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 214no; Lancashire CCC), coach (England 1996-99) and broadcaster (Sky Sports), born in Accrington, England
- 1948 Brian Lloyd, Welsh soccer goalkeeper who played 3 internationals; Wrexham 266 games, born in St Asaph, Wales
- 1948 Eknath Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder)
- 1949 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player (2x world-champ), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2010)
- 1949 Hannu Siitonen, Finnish athlete
- 1949 Jacques Secrétin, French table tennis player (World C'ship gold mixed doubles 1977), born in Carvin, France (d. 2020)
- 1950 Larry Perkins, Australian racing driver
- 1952 Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
- 1952 Pat Eddery, Irish jockey (11 x British flat racing Champion Jockey; 3 x Epsom Derby), born in Newbridge, Republic of Ireland (d. 2015)
- 1953 Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer (son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974)
- 1956 Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish alpine skier (2 Olympic gold 1980), born in Joesjö, Sweden
- 1956 Juan Meza, Mexican boxer (WBC Super Bantamweight champion 1984-85), born in Mexicali, Mexico (d. 2023)
- 1958 Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic silver 1980)
- 1960 Guy Carbonneau, Sept-iles, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
- 1961 Kevan James, English cricket all-rounder (4 wickets/4 balls + 103 Hampshire v India 1996), born in Lambeth, England
- 1962 Trevor Franklin, New Zealand cricket batsman (21 Tests, 1 x 100; Auckland CA), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1964 Alex Caffi, Italian racecar driver
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1964 American speed skater (Olympic 5 gold/bronze 1988, 92, 94), born in Champaign, Illinois
- 1964 Paul Elliott, English footballer
- 1965 Birgit Clarius, German heptathlete
- 1965 Geronimo Berroa, outfielder (Oakland A's), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1967 Andre Rison, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, KC Chiefs)
- 1967 Stefan Lindqvist, Swedish soccer midfielder (5 caps; IFK Göteborg), born in Halmstad, Sweden (d. 2020)
- 1969 Michael Dumas, NFL free safety (San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1969 Sheila Taormina, 4X200m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1996)
- 1969 Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
- 1970 Sarah Thorsett, Winona Minn, 1.5k runner
- 1973 Marlon Kerner, NFL cornerback (Buffalo Bills)
- 1973 Rob Johnson, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1974 Torrian Gray, American NFL football safety, 1997-99 (Minnesota Vikings), and collegiate coach, born in Bartow, Florida
- 1975 Brian Griese, American football player
- 1975 Claude N'Goran, Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro
- 1975 Kimmo Timonen, hockey defenseman (Team Finland Olympic bronze 1998)
- 1975 Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1976 Jovan Kirovski, American soccer player
- 1976 Michael Spillane, American wrestler, better known as Mike Quackenbush
- 1976 Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
- 1976 Tomokazu Ohka, Japanese baseball player
- 1977 Danny Murphy, English footballer
- 1977 Fernando Rodney, Dominican baseball player
- 1977 Terrmel Sledge, American MLB and NPB baseball outfileder, 2004-12 (Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Yokohama BayStars), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
- 1977 Willy Sagnol, French footballer
- 1977 Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1978 Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer
- 1978 Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player
- 1979 Anthony Maher, American soccer player
- 1979 Dramane Coulibaly, Malian footballer
- 1980 Sébastien Frey, French soccer goalkeeper (2 caps; Parma, Fiorentina), born in Thonon-les-Bains, France
- 1981 Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist (Olympic Gold 2008, 2016), born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland
- 1981 Kasib Powell, American basketball player
- 1981 Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete
- 1982 Chad Cordero, American baseball player, born in Upland, California
- 1982 Pedro Mantorras, Angolan footballer
- 1982 Timo Glock German Formula 1 driver
- 1983 Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
- 1983 Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
- 1985 Gennaro Esposito, Italian footballer
- 1985 Vince Lia, Australian Footballer
- 1986 Abdennour Cherif El Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
- 1986 Bia Figueiredo, Brazilian racing driver
- 1986 Kaloyan Ivanov, Bulgarian basketball player
- 1987 Cesare Rickler, Italian footballer
- 1987 Gabriel Mercado, Argentinian Footballer
- 1987 Mauro Zárate, Argentinian Footballer
- 1991 J.T. Realmuto, American MLB baseball catcher, 2014-present, 3X All-Star (Florida Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Del City, Oklahoma
- 1998 Miltiadis Tentoglou, Greek athlete (Olympic gold long jump 2020), born in Grevena, Greece
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