- 1875 Evelyn Sears, American tennis player (US National 1907), born in Waltham, Massachusetts (d. 1966)
- 1887 Phil Mead, English cricket batsman (17 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 182no; Hampshire CCC, MCC, Suffolk CCC), born in Battersea, England (d. 1958)
- 1893 Billy Southworth, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1942, 44 St. Louis Cardinals; Boston Braves) and outfielder (World Series 1926 NY Giants), born in Harvard, Nebraska (d. 1969)
- 1912 (Joseph) "Arky" Vaughan, American Baseball HOF shortstop (9 × MLB All-Star; NL batting champion 1935; NL stolen base leader 1943; Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Clifty, Arkansas (d. 1952)
- 1924 George Haines, American swimming coach (7 x US Olympic teams), born in Huntington, Indiana (d. 2006)
- 1927 Jackie Jensen, American baseball player (AL MVP 1958), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1982)
- 1934 Jim Landis, American MLB outfielder, 1957-67, 5X Gold Glove, 2X All-Star (Chicago White Sox, and 5 other teams), born in Fresno, California (d. 2017)
- 1937 Brian Redman, English racing driver, born in Colne, Lancashire
- 1937 Grahame Chevalier, South African cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 & 0*, 5-100), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2017)
- 1941 Jim Colbert, American golfer (8 PGA Tour titles; Senior Players Championship 1993), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Bert Campaneris (82 years old)
1942 Cuban-American baseball player (Oakland A's), born in Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba
Bobby Fischer (1943-2008)
American chess player (world champion 1972-75), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1944 Geoff Arnold, English cricketer (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75), born in Earlsfield, Surrey, England
- 1944 Lee Irvine, South African cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 102; Essex CCC, Natal, Transvaal), born in Durban, South Africa
- 1947 Dougie Morgan, Scottish rugby union halfback (21 caps Scotland, 2 British & Irish Lions; Stewart's Melville FP), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2020)
- 1950 Andy North, American golfer, broadcaster (US Open 1978, 85; ESPN), born in Thorp, Wisconsin
- 1950 Danny Sullivan, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1985, CART C'ship 1988), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1952 Ekkehard Fasser, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold, four-man 1988; World C'ship gold 1983; World Cup champion 1985-86), born in Glarus, Switzerland (d. 2021)
- 1952 Uljana Semjonova, Soviet-Latvian basketball player (Olympic gold 1976), born in Zarasai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
- 1955 Teo Fabi, Italian Formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983), born in Milan, Italy
- 1956 Mark Dantonio, American football coach for Michigan State University, born in El Paso, Texas
- 1957 Jon Engen, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in Oslo, Norway
- 1961 Mike Leach, American college football coach (Texas Tech 2000-09, Washington State University 2012-19, Mississippi State 2020-22), born in Susanville, California (d. 2022)
- 1962 Jan Furtok, Polish footballer, born in Katowice, Poland
- 1963 Kent Ferguson, American diver (Olympics 1992, 96), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- 1963 Terry Mulholland, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania
- 1964 Phil Housley, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team USA Olympics 1998), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- 1965 Benito Santiago, Puerto Rican baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 1965 Brian Bosworth, American College Football Hall of Fame linebacker (National C'ship 1985 Uni of Oklahoma; NFL: Seattle Seahawks), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1967 Curt Schreiner, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in Albany, New York
- 1967 Eric Flaim, American short track skater (Olympics silver 1988, 94), born in Pembroke, Massachusetts
- 1967 Michael Kiselak, American football player, CFL corner (Toronto Argonauts), born in North Tarrytown, New York
- 1968 Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer, born in Lyon, France
- 1969 George Nimako, CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts), born in Napean, Ontario
- 1969 Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets), born in Gulfport, Mississippi
- 1971 Lou Benfatti, American football player, NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets), born in Green Pond, New Jersey
- 1973 David Prinosil, German tennis star (1995 ATP Newport), born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
- 1974 Mark Harrity, Australian cricketer (promising South Aust left-arm fast bowler), born in Semaphore, South Australia
- 1975 Adonal Foyle, Vincentian-American NBA center (SF Warriors), born in Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- 1975 Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer, born in La Plata, Argentina
- 1975 Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse), born in Wijchen, Netherlands
- 1977 Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey left wing (World C'ship gold 1999, 2001, 05; Florida Panthers, NY Rangers), born in Tábor, Czech Republic
- 1978 Lucas Neill, Australian footballer, born in Sydney
- 1981 Anders Nøhr, Danish footballer, born in Ikast, Denmark
- 1981 Antonio Bryant, American football player, born in Miami, Florida
- 1981 Clay Rapada, American baseball player, born in Chesapeake, Virginia
- 1983 Wayne Simien, American basketball player (Miami Heat), born in Leavenworth, Kansas
- 1984 Julia Mancuso, American Alpine skier (4 Olympic gold medals), born in Reno, Nevada
- 1985 Parthiv Patel, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (25 Tests, 6 x 50s, 72 dismissals), born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
- 2003 Sunisa Lee, American gymnast (All-round Olympic Gold 2021), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
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