- 1860 Sam Thompson, American Baseball HOF right fielder (NL batting champion 1887 Detroit Wolverines; NL HR leader 1889, 1895 Philadelphia Quakers), born in Danville, Indiana (d. 1922)
- 1862 Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
- 1873 Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. 1961)
- 1876 Elizabeth Moore, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1896, 1901, 03, 05), born in Brooklyn, NY (d. 1959)
- 1886 Paul Radmilovic, Welsh swimmer (Olympic gold GB 4×200m freestyle 1908; gold GB water polo 1908, 12, 20), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1968)
- 1907 Carroll Rosenbloom, American businessman and NFL team owner Baltimore Colts, LA Rams, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1979)
- 1918 Milt Schmidt, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Stanley Cup 1939, 41; Boston Bruins) and coach/GM (Stanley Cup 1970, 72; Boston Bruins), born in Kitchener, Ontario (d. 2017)
- 1918 Paul Christman, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (University of Missouri; All-Pro 1946, 47; Chicago Cardinals, Green Bay Packers), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1970)
- 1918 Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, top score 29 no, 2 wickets), born in Nimbahera, Rajasthan, India (d. 1993)
- 1918 Red Storey, Canadian football player and ice hockey referee (d. 2006)
- 1921 Elmer Valo, American baseball outfielder (one of only 4, four-decade MLB players 1939-61; Philadelphia, KC Athletics), born in Rybník Czechoslovakia (d. 1998)
- 1922 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 3 dismissals; Gujarat, Mumbai), born in Daman, India (d. 1994)
- 1929 Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver, born in Trollhättan. Sweden (d. 2015)
- 1930 Del Crandall, American baseball catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957; 4 × Gold Glove Award; Boston/Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners), born in Ontario, California (d. 2021)
- 1933 Evgeni Vasiukov, Russian chess grandmaster (World Senior Champion 1995), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2018)
- 1933 İsmail Ogan, Turkish freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 78kg 1964, silver 1960), born in Macun, Turkey (d. 2022)
- 1935 Billy Tubbs, American college basketball coach (Southwestern Uni, Lamar Uni, Uni of Oklahoma, Texas Christian Uni), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2020)
- 1935 Mal Anderson, Australian tennis player (US Open-1957), born in Theodore, Queensland
- 1936 Dale Douglass, American golfer (3 x PGA Tour titles; 11 x Champions Tour titles; US Senior Open 1986), born in Wewoka, Oklahoma (d. 2022)
- 1938 Fred "Hammer" Williamson, NFLer (Chiefs)/actor (Julia), born in Gary, Indiana
- 1940 Graham McRae, New Zealand auto racer (Tasman Formula 5000 Series 1971, 72, 73; L&M Continental 5000 C'ship 1972), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2021)
- 1940 Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league HOF winger (31 Tests; NSW 24 games; North Sydney RLFC, Manly-Warringah RLFC; record first-grade career tries–212), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1990)
- 1942 David Watkins, Welsh rugby union fly-half (21 Tests Wales, 6 British & Irish Lions; Newport RFC), rugby league utility (16 Tests Wales, 6 GB; Salford RLFC) and coach (4 Tests GB, 3 Wales), born in Blaina, Wales (d. 2023)
- 1943 Billy Backus, American boxer
- 1945 Randy Matson, American field athlete (Olympic gold shot putt 1968), born in Pampa, Texas
- 1946 Rocky Bleier, Wisc, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1947 Kent Tekulve, American MLB baseball relief pitcher, 1980 All-Star (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1974-85 and 2 other teams), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1951 Rodney Hogg, cricketer (prolific Australian wicket-taker 1978-84)
- 1961 Zeke Mowatt, NFL tight end (NY Giants)
- 1962 Elise Burgin, tennis star, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1963 Eddo Brandes, Zimbabwe cricket fast bowler (10 Tests, 26 wickets; ODI hat-trick v England 1997), born in Port Shepstone, Natal Province, South Africa
- 1966 Bob Halkidis, Canadian hockey player
- 1966 Michael Irvin, American Pro Football HOF wide receiver (Super Bowl 1992, 93, 95; Dallas Cowboys; 5 × Pro Bowl) and broadcaster (ESPN, NFL Network), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- 1967 Nicole Boegman, Australian long jumper (Olympics 1988, 92, 96)
- 1968 Roman Phifer, linebacker (Los Angeles/St Louis Rams), born in Plattsburgh, New York
- 1968 Shjon Podein, NHL left wing (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Rochester, New York
- 1969 Moussa Saïb, former Algerian footballer
- 1971 Brian Hunter, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1994-2003, AL stolen base leader (99) - 1997 (Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, and 4 other teams), born in Portland, Oregon
- 1971 Chad Fonville, American MLB baseball infielder, 1995-99 (LA Dodgers and 3 other teams), born in Jacksonville, North Carolina
- 1971 Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian mountain bike racer (2000 Olympicsm silver), born in Ghent, Belgium
- 1971 José Mercedes, Dominican MLB baseball pitcher, 1994-2003 (Milwaukee Brewers, and 2 other teams), born in El Seybo, Dominican Republic
- 1972 Brian Grant, NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers, Sacramento Kings)
- 1972 Hernan Gumy, tennis star, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1972 Mikael Tillstrom, Swedish tennis star
- 1972 Tom Hipsz, CFL defensive tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
- 1973 Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis star (1995 Futures Australia), born in Mackay, Queensland
- 1973 Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
- 1974 Brad Schumacher, American 400m/800m freesytyle (Olympic gold 1996)
- 1974 Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- 1975 Chris Silverwood, cricketer (England Test pace bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)
- 1975 Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
- 1976 Adriana Serra-Zanetti, Modena Italy, tennis star (1995 Moscow semi)
- 1976 Paul Konerko, American baseball player
- 1977 Bryan Berard, NHL defenseman (Team USA Olympics 1998, NY Islanders)
- 1977 Mike MacDougal, American baseball player
- 1977 Wally Szczerbiak, American NBA basketball player, 1999-2009 (Minnesota Timberwolves and 3 other teams), and broadcaster (New York Knicks), born in Madrid, Spain
- 1978 Mike Hessman, American baseball player
- 1979 Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter (Olympic gold women's 75kg 2004; World C'ship gold 1998, 99), born in Yantai, China
- 1981 Andreas Wiig, Norwegian snowboarder
- 1981 Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
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1982 New Zealand rugby player (All Blacks, Crusaders) and highest scorer in test match history, born in Southbridge, New Zealand
- 1986 Matty Fryatt, English footballer
- 1987 Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
- 1988 Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1988 Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
- 1993 Kyle Schwarber, MLB baseball outfielder, 2015- (Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and 2 other teams), born in Middletown, Ohio
- 1999 Justin Fields, American NFL football quarterback (Chicago Bears), born in Kennesaw, Georgia
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