- 1860 John Montgomery Ward, American Baseball HOF pitcher (perfect game 1880; NL ERA leader 1878; NL strikeout leader & NL wins leader 1879; Providence Grays), born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (d. 1925)
- 1871 Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
- 1872 Willie Keeler, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (highest career AB-per-strikeout ratio in MLB history; NL batting champion 1897, 98 Baltimore Orioles), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1923)
Roger Turner (1901-1993)
American figure skater (7x US National Champion), born in Milton, Massachusetts
- 1912 Joe Stydahar, American NFL player and coach (Chicago Bears), born in Kaylor, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
- 1918 Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (d. 2000)
- 1918 Peter O'Sullevan, British horse racing commentator 'the voice of racing', born in Kenmare, Ireland (d. 2015)
- 1920 Julius Boros, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1968, US Open 1952, 63), born in Fairfield, Connecticut (d. 1994)
- 1922 Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
- 1927 Bruton Smith, American motor sports promoter and owner (CEO NASCAR; track owner Speedway Motorsports, Inc.), born in Oakboro, North Carolina (d. 2022)
- 1928 Jack Gordon, Canadian ice hockey coach (Minnesota North Stars 1970-75) and executive (GM Minnesota NS 1974-78, Vancouver Canucks 1985-87), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2022)
- 1935 Gene Bess, American Basketball HOF coach (1,300-416 [.757 win %] all-time winningest college coach; Three Rivers Community College 1971-2020; National Junior C'ship 1979, 92), born in Oak Ridge, Missouri
- 1939 Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (BBC, "the Bearded Wonder"), born in Epsom, England (d. 2009)
- 1939 M L Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties)
- 1945 Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964)
- 1946 John Virgo, British snooker player
- 1947 Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
- 1949 Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player
- 1952 Randy Gradishar, American Pro Football HOF linebacker (Ohio State Uni; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1978; First-team All-Pro 1977, 78; 7 x Pro Bowl, Denver Broncos), born in Warren, Ohio
- 1953 Zico, Brazilian footballer
- 1954 Keith Fergus, American golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Temple, Texas
- 1956 John F Reid, New Zealand cricket batsman (19 Tests, 1296 runs @ 46.28, 6 x 100s), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2020)
- 1956 Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
- 1958 Bob Bradley, soccer coach (Olympic gold 1996), born in Montclair, New Jersey
- 1960 Neal Heaton, American baseball player
- 1961 Perry McCarthy, English racing driver, born in Stepney, London
- 1961 Vyachselav Ivanenko, Russian race walker (Olympic gold 50k 1988), born in Kemerovo, Russia, USSR
- 1962 Herschel Walker, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1982, U of Georgia; Pro Bowl 1987, 88), Dallas Cowboys), born in Wrightsville, Georgia
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (62 years old)
1962 American athlete (Olympic gold heptathlon 1988, 92; long jump 1988; World C'ship gold x 4), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
- 1962 Steve Blackmore, Welsh rugby union prop (4 caps; Cardiff RFC), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 2020)
- 1963 Kelly Miller, NHL left wing (Washington Capitals), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1964 Atif Rauf, cricketer (Pakistani Test batsman v New Zealand 1994)
- 1964 Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist, born in Monterrey, Mexico
- 1965 A J Sager, pitcher (Detroit Tigers), born in Columbus, Ohio
- 1966 Dmitry Volkov, Soviet-Russian swimmer (1992 medley relay silver), born in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
- 1967 Calvin Williams, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1968 Brian Leetch, NHL defenseman (Team USA, NY Rangers), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
- 1968 Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, alpine skier (Olympic gold/silver-92), born in Warsaw, New York
- 1969 Ronald Humphrey, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1969 Simon Whitlock, Australian darts player (European C'ship 2012; PDC World C'ship 2010 runner-up), born in Cessnock, Australia
- 1970 Donovan Bergstrom, US 3K steeplechase runner
- 1970 Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer (dashing Pakistani batsman)
- 1970 Kristine Radford, Australian tennis star (1996 ITF/Lyneham), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1970 Rick Mirer, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1971 Terryl Ulmer, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
- 1972 Darren Anderton, English footballer
- 1972 Martin Prochazka, Slany CZ, NHL forward (Czech Olympic gold 1998), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1973 Cory Raymer, NFL center (Washington Redskins)
- 1973 James Dexter, tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1973 Jim Mills, tackle (San Diego Chargers)
- 1973 Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
- 1973 Tisha Venturini, American soccer midfielder (134 caps; Olympic gold 1996; FIFA Women's World Cup gold 1999; North Carolina Tar Heels), born in Modesto California
- 1973 Winslow Oliver, running back (Carolina Panthers)
- 1978 Matt Diaz, American baseball player
- 1980 Mason Unck, American football player
- 1981 Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
- 1981 Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
- 1982 Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1985 Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
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