- 1827 James Southerton, English cricket spin bowler (2 Tests; played in first Test match; oldest player to make Test debut at 49; Sussex CCC, Hampshire CCC), born in Petworth, England (d. 1880)
- 1862 Charles Turner, Australian cricket fast bowler (17 Tests; 101 wickets @ 16.53; fastest to 50 Test wickets; NSWCA), born in Bathurst, Australia (d. 1944)
- 1881 Joel H. Hildebrand, American chemist and educator (research led to new treatments for divers with the 'bends' through the use of helium and oxygen breathing mixtures), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 1983)
- 1892 Tazio Nuvolari, Italian auto racer (72 x major race wins; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1933; European Championship 1932), born in Castel d'Ario, Italy (d. 1953)
- 1893 Cristóbal Torriente, Cuban Baseball HOF outfielder (NgL NL batting champion 1920; NgL NL pennant 1920–22; Chicago American Giants; career batting average: .352), born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 1938)
- 1920 Betty Hicks, American golfer, author (US Open runner-up 1948, 54), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2011)
- 1924 Mel Patton, American athlete (Olympic gold 200m, 4x100m relay 1948; WR 100 yards 9.2s 1948), born in Los Angeles, California, (d. 2014)
- 1931 Frank Bolling, American baseball second baseman (MLB All-Star 1961–62²; Gold Glove Award 1958; Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2020)
- 1932 Barbara Romack, American golfer (US Curtis Cup team 1954, 56, 58), born in Sacramento, CA (d. 2016)
- 1933 Mike Giddings, American football coach and scout (HC University of Utah, Denver Broncos director pro scouting; pioneer independent scouting & NFL analytics), born in Newport Beach, California (d. 2023)
- 1936 Isaac Berger, American weightlifter (Olympic gold 60kg 1956, silver 1960, 64; World C'ship gold 1958, 61), born in Jerusalem, Palestine (d. 2022)
- 1940 Chris Balderstone, English cricket batsman (England, belated faced WI in 1976), born in Huddersfield, England (d. 2000)
- 1940 Jorge Roldán, Guatemalan soccer midfielder (43 caps; Aurora FC 380 games) and coach (Aurora FC), born in Guatemala City, Guatemala (d. 2023)
- 1941 Gerry Marshall, British auto racer (625 x overall and class saloon wins), born in London, England (d. 2005)
- 1942 Willie Carson, Scottish jockey (5 x British Champion Jockey; 17 x British Classic Races; 100+ winners in a season x 23 times for total 3,828 wins), born in Stirling, Scotland
- 1944 David O'Sullivan, New Zealand cricket left-arm spinner (in 11 Tests 1973-76), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
- 1946 Jo Jo White, American basketballer (Olympic gold - 1968), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2018)
- 1947 Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter and writer, born in Frankfurt-Sossenheim, Germany
- 1954 Bruce Edwards, American golf caddie (mainly for 5 x British Open champion Tom Watson), born in Wethersfield, Connecticut (d. 2004)
- 1956 Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver
- 1957 Ingemar Erlandsson, Swedish soccer defender (69 caps; Malmö FF 258 games), born in Glimåkra, Sweden (d. 2022)
- 1959 Bert Cameron, Spanish Town Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic silver 1988)
Corey Pavin (64 years old)
1959 American golfer (US Open 1995; 15 PGA Tour titles), born in Oxnard, California
Frank Bruno (62 years old)
1961 English boxer (European champion), born in Hammersmith, England
Zina Garrison (60 years old)
1963 American tennis player (Wimbledon runner-up 1990, Olympic doubles gold 1988), born in Houston, Texas
Dwight Gooden (59 years old)
1964 American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All-Star; NL Cy Young Award, Triple Crown 1985 NY Mets; no-hitter 1996 NY Yankees), born in Tampa, Florida
- 1964 Monica Bandini, Italian racing cyclist (World C'ship gold women's team time trial 1988), born in Faenza, Italy (d. 2021)
- 1966 Tim Scott, American baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Hanford, California
- 1967 Lawrence Dawsey, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
- 1968 Chris Haney, American baseball pitcher (KC Royals), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1968 Ebrahim Essop-Adam, cricketer (one ODI for Zimbabwe 1992)
- 1968 Vlado Šola, Croatian handball goalkeeper
- 1969 Mike Devlin, American NFL guard/center (Buffalo Bills, Cardinals), born in Blacksburg, Virginia
- 1971 Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer (50m & 100m Olympic gold, 1992 & 1996), Lesnoy, Soviet Union
- 1971 Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer
- 1971 Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer, right arm fast/swing bowler, captain and head coach of Pakistan, born in Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan
- 1973 Brendan Laney, New Zealand rugby player, born in Invercargill, New Zealand
- 1973 Christian Horner, British Formula One team owner
- 1973 Howard Smothers, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1973 Joe Hudepohl, American 800m freestyle relay (Olympic gold 1996)
- 1973 Sedrick Shaw, running back (New England Patriots)
- 1974 Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer, born in Milan, Italy
- 1974 Paul Scholes, British footballer, born in Salford, United Kingdom
- 1976 Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer, born in Kemi, Finland
- 1977 Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater (World Champion, 1993; Olympic gold, 1994), born in Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- 1978 Eric Crouch, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2001, U of Nebraska; Green Bay Packers; Toronto Argonauts), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- 1978 Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer, born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- 1978 Kip Bouknight, American baseball player, born in Columbia, South Carolina
- 1979 Bruce Irons, American surfer, born in Lihue, Hawaii
- 1980 Kayte Christensen, American basketball player, born in Lakeview, Oregon
- 1981 Osi Umenyiora, English-born NFL football player, born in London
- 1982 Amar'e Stoudemire, American basketball player, born in Lake Wales, Florida
- 1982 Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player, born in Bethlehem, South Africa
- 1982 Ronald Pognon, French athlete, born in La Lamentin, Martinique
- 1983 Britta Steffen, German swimmer (Olympic gold 50/100m 2008), born in Schwedt, Germany
- 1983 Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey goaltender, born in Helsinki, Finland
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