1857 Lee Richmond, American baseball pitcher (first ever MLB perfect game 1880), born in Sheffield, Ohio (d. 1929)
1883 Charles "Chief" Bender, American Baseball HOF pitcher (only indigenous American in BHOF; World Series 1910, 11, 13; no-hitter 1910; Philadelphia A's), born in Crow Wing County, Minnesota (d. 1954)
1889 Herbie Taylor, South African cricket batsman and captain (42 Tests; 2,936 runs @ 40.77; 7 x 100s), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1973)
1900 Charles Jewtraw, American 500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1924), born in Clinton County, New York (d. 1996)
1904 Gordon Richards, British jockey (26 x British flat racing Champion Jockey; 4,870 race wins), born in Donnington Wood, Telford (d. 1986)
1911 Norman Oldfield, English cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 & 19), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 1996)
1917 Ron Saggers, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (effective NSW & Aussie late 40's), born in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1987)
1919 Tony Canadeo, American NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
1921 Eric Tweedale, Australian rugby union prop (10 caps; NSW RFU, Parramatta RFC), born in Rochdale, England (d. 2023)
1925 Bob Cerv, American baseball player (Yankees), born in Weston, Nebraska (d. 2017)
1926 Doug Cowie, Scottish soccer defender (20 caps; Dundee FC 341 games), born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 2021)
1927 Sid O'Linn, South African cricketer (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960), born in Oudtshoorn, Cape Province (d. 2016)
1933 Collie Smith, West Indian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 168; Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1959)
1934 Campbell Forsyth, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (4 caps; St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Southampton), born in Plean, Scotland (d. 2020)
1938 Adolf Scherer, Slovak soccer striker (36 caps Czechoslovakia; CH Bratislava, Slovnaft Bratislava, VSS Košice, Nîmes, Olympique Avignonais), born in Martin, Slovakia (d. 2023)
1939 Cesare Fiorio, Italian sporting director of various Formula One teams, born in Turin, Italy
1941 Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72), born in Moscow (d. 2004)
1941 Terry Baker, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1962, Oregon State), born in Pine River, Minnesota
1943 Andy Roxburgh, Scottish football player, coach and manager, born in Glasgow, Scotland
1943 Billie Moore, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA National C'ship California State-Fullerton Titans 1970, UCLA Bruins 1978), born in Humansville, Missouri (d. 2022)
1944 Bo Larsson, Swedish football striker (70 caps; Malmö FF 310 games 119 goals, VfB Stuttgart), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2023)
1964 Heike Henkel, German world record indoor high jumper (Olympic gold 1992), born in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
1966 Mike Stapleton, Canadian NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Sarnia, Ontario
1967 Brad Baxter, American NFL fullback (NY Jets), born in Dothan, Alabama
1967 Charles Nagy, American baseball pitcher (Olympic gold 1988; MLB All-Star 1992, 96, 99; Cleveland Indians), born in Fairfield, Connecticut
1968 Craig Hendrickson, CFL tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), born in Tucson, Arizona
1968 Tim Neilsen, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (South Australian 1991), born in Forest Gate, London, England
1969 Bryan Ivie, American volleyball middle blocker (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Torrance, California
1970 Juan Acevedo, Mexican baseball player (Colorado Rockies), born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
1970 LaPhonso Ellis, American NBA forward (Denver Nuggets), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
1971 Harold Miner, American basketball guard (NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion 1993, 95; Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Inglewood, California
1971 Ken Brown, American NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos), born in Wiesbaden, Germany
1972 James Cracknell, British rowing champion (Olympic gold 2000, 04), born in Sutton, London
1972 Mikael Renberg, Swedish NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers, TB Lightning), born in Piteå, Sweden
1972 Ronald Snook, Australian rower (Olympics bronze 1996), born in Dalwallinu, Western Australia
1972 Rushia Brown, American WNBA forward & center (Cleveland Rockers), born in New York
1972 Travis Jervey, American football running back (Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers; Pro Bowl 1997), born in Columbia, South Carolina
1972 Žigmund Pálffy, Slovak NHL right wing (NY Islanders), born in Skalica, Czechoslovakia
1973 Johan Hedberg, Swedish ice hockey coach and goalie (Team Sweden, Olympics 1998), born in Nacka, Sweden
1973 Matt Dubuc, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts), born in Montreal, Quebec
1973 Muhsin Muhammad, American football wide receiver (Carolina Panthers), born in Lansing, Michigan
1974 Seiji Ara, Japanese auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 2004), born in Chiba, Japan
1976 Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer, born in Korydallos, Greece
1976 Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer (Argentine national team FIFA World Cups), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1977 Tiffany Roberts, American soccer defender (112 caps; Olympic gold 1996; FIFA Women's World Cup 1999; Carolina Courage, Washington Freedom), born in Petaluma, California
1977 Zolani Marali, South African boxer (IBO World Super Bantamweight title 2003–04; IBO Super Featherweight title 2009), born in Mdantsane, South Africa (d. 2022)
1978 Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer, born in Suresnes, France
1980 DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player, born in Washington, D.C.
1980 Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer (Israel national team captain), born in Dimona, Israel
1981 Chris Duncan, American baseball player, born in Tucson, Arizona
1982 Jay Bothroyd, English footballer (striker for J1 League club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo), born in London
1982 Randall Gay, American NFL player (New Orleans Saints), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1982 Wouter D'Haene, Belgian flatwater canoer, born in Kortrijk, Belgium
1985 P. J. Tucker, American basketball player (Houston Rockets), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
1985 Terrence Wheatley, American football player (New England Patriots), born in Walnut Creek, California
1996 Jai Hindley, Australian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia 2022), born in Perth, Australia
1998 Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player (Australian Open women's singles 2023, 24; Australian Open doubles 2021; US Open doubles 2019), born in Minsk, Belarus
1999 Nathan Chen, American figure skater (Olympic Gold 2022), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
2003 Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish tennis player (US Open 2022, Wimbledon 2023), born in Villena, Spain
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