- 1871 Amos Rusie, American Baseball HOF pitcher (Triple Crown & NL wins leader 1894; 5 × NL strikeout leader; pitched no-hitter 1891; NY Giants), born in Mooresville, Indiana (d. 1942)
- 1878 Mike Donlin, American baseball player (NY Giants), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1933)
- 1879 Colin Blythe, English cricketer (outstanding slow lefty pre-WWI), born in Deptford (d. 1917)
George Headley (1909-1983)
West Indies cricket batsman (22 Tests; 2,190 runs @ 60.83; 10 x 100; Jamaica), born in Colón, Panama
- 1915 Larry Kelley, American College Football Hall of Fame tight end (Heisman Trophy 1936; Unanimous All-American 1936; Yale), born in Hightstown, New Jersey (d. 2000)
- 1924 Norbert Schemansky, American weightlifter (Olympic gold heavyweight 1952, silver 1948, bronze 1960, 64), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2016)
- 1928 Glyn Moses, Welsh rugby league fullback (2 caps Wales. 9 Great Britain; Salford, St. Helens), born in Nant-y-Moel, Wales (d. 2021)
- 1929 Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (Scott Hamilton, Patrick Chan, Tiffany Chin), born in Washington, D.C.. (d. 2014)
- 1934 Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach (d. 2012)
- 1935 Bill Mallory, College Football coach (Miami, Colorado, Northern Illinois, Indiana), born in Sandusky, Ohio (d. 2018)
- 1936 Roy Harford, New Zealand cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests, 11 dismissals; Auckland), born in London, England
- 1939 Dieter Quester, Austrian racing driver, born in Vienna, Austria
- 1943 Francesco Rizzo, Italian soccer midfielder (2 caps; Cagliari, ACF Fiorentina, Bologna FC, Genoa CFC), born in Rovito, Italy (d. 2022)
Gale Sayers (1943-2020)
American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback, 4X Pro Bowl, 2X NFL rushing leader (Chicago Bears), and source for the TV movie "Brian's Song", born in Wichita, Kansas [1]
- 1943 Leon Burtnett, American college football coach (Purdue University 1982-86; Big Ten Coach of the Year 1984), born in Fresno, California (d. 2021)
- 1947 Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (LPGA Rookie of the Year 1972; Canadian Open 1973), born in Shawinigan, Quebec (d. 2021)
- 1949 Bob Willis, English cricket fast bowler and captain (90 Tests, 325 wickets; 64 ODIs; Surrey CCC, MCC, Warwickshire CCC, Northern Transvaal), born in Sunderland, County Durham, England (d. 2019)
- 1949 P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
- 1953 Peter Townend, Australian surfer (first IPS/ASP World Champion 1976; International Surfing HOF), born in Coolangatta, Australia
- 1955 Jake "The Snake" Roberts, American pro wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame), born in Gainesville, Texas
- 1956 Allison Roe, New Zealand athlete (NYC Marathon, Boston 1981; Seoul 1982), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1962 John Alt, American NFL tackle (KC Chiefs), born in Stuttgart, West Germany
- 1964 Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver
- 1965 Billy Donovan Jr., American basketball head coach (Oklahoma City Thunder 2015-19; University of Florida, NCAA Cship 2006-07), born in Rockville Centre, New York
- 1965 Tyronne Stowe, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1966 Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler (Zimbabwe ODI)
- 1967 Rechelle Hawkes, Australian field hockey midfielder & captain (Olympic gold 1988, 1996, 2000; World Cup gold 1994, 98; Champions Trophy gold 1991, 93, 95, 97, 99), born in Albany, Australia
- 1968 Amy Fuller, American rower (World C'ship gold W 8+, 6 x silver; Olympic silver Coxless four 1992), born in Inglewood, California (d. 2023)
- 1970 Sam Rogers, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
- 1971 Drahomir Kadlec, Pribham CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Czech Rep)
- 1971 Jiri Slegr, Jihlava Cze, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers, Olympic gold 1998)
- 1972 Anthony Cook, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle (Tenn Oilers)
- 1972 Jeff Jones, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
- 1972 Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball outfielder (12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 2004 [MVP], 07; 9 × Silver Slugger Award; Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1972 Renita Farrell, Australian field hockey midfielder (Olympic Gold 1996, 2000), born in Townsville, Queensland
- 1973 Je'Rod Cherry, safety (New Orleans Saints)
- 1973 Steve Charbonneau, CFL defensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
- 1974 David Wilkie, American NHL hockey defenseman, 1994-2002 (Montreal Canadiens and 2 other teams), born in Ellensbrg, Washigton
- 1974 Konstantinos Chalkias, Greek footballer
- 1975 Andrew Farrell, English rugby league and union footballer
- 1976 Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player
- 1977 Akwá, Angolan footballer
- 1979 Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 Steven Gerrard, English footballer
- 1981 Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer (Parramatta FC, Australia national team), born in Sydney, Australia
- 1981 Andrey Arshavin, Russian footballer (Arsenal, Zenit Saint Petersburg), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- 1981 Gianmaria Bruni, Italian racing driver (Le Mans 24 Hours 2008, 2012, 2014), born in Rome, Italy
- 1984 Jordan Palmer, American football player
- 1985 Sam Baker, American NFL football tackle, 2008-14 (Atlanta Falcons), born in Tustin, California
- 1999 Guanyu Zhou, Chinese racing driver (first Chinese F1 driver), born in Shanghai, China
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