1873 Bobby Wallace, Baseball HOF shortstop, pitcher (Temple Cup 1895 Cleveland Spiders) and manager (St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1960)
1899 Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish road cyclist (Tour de France 1927-28), born in Mamer, Capellen, Luxembourg (d. 1985)
1906 Bob Considine, American journalist and author (Babe Ruth Story), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1975)
1909 Bert Patenaude, American soccer forward (4 caps; scorer of first hat-trick in World Cup history, 1930), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
1912 (Henry) Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests @ 42.1, top score 100), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1983)
1924 Howie Meeker, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing, coach, broadcaster (NHL All Star 1947-49; Stanley Cup 1947, 48, 49, 51; Toronto Maple Leafs) and politician (Member of Parliament), born in Kitchener, Ontario (d. 2020)
1930 Dick Groat, American baseball shortstop (NL MVP & NL batting champion 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates; 8 x MLB All-Star; St. Louis Cardinals) and College Basketball HOF guard (Duke Uni; Fort Wayne Pistons), born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2023)
1933 Mildred McDaniel, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1956), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2004)
1933 Tito Francona, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1961), born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
1943 Clark Graebner, American tennis player (US Davis Cup 1968; French Open doubles 1966; US Open runner-up 1967), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1947 Alexei Ulanov, Russian pairs figure skater (Olympic gold [with Irina Rodnina] 1972), born in Moscow, Russia
1947 Rod Marsh, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (96 Tests, 355 dismissals, 3 x 100; coach Australian & England Academies) and broadcaster (9 Network), born in Perth, Australia (d. 2022)
1953 Jacques Villeneuve (elder), Canadian auto racer (North American Formula Atlantic Champion 1980–81; Can-Am Champion 1983), born in Berthierville, Quebec
1954 Aleksandr Aksinin, Russian athlete (Olympic gold, 4×100m relay 1980; bronze 1976), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2020)
1957 Aleksandr Tkachev, Russian gymnast (Olympic gold team, parallel bars 1980), born in Semiluki, Voronezh Oblast
1959 József Fitos, Hungarian soccer midfielder (12 caps; Szombathelyi Haladás 1919, Budapest Honvéd, Panathinaikos FC), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2022)
1961 Nigel Worthington, Irish soccer midfielder and manager (66 caps NI; Sheffield Wednesday; Norwich City), born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland
1963 David Williams, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests; 42 dismissals), born in Penal, Trinidad and Tobago
1963 Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey coach (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Montreal, Quebec
1965 Erik Norgard, American NFL center and guard (Houston/Tennessee Oilers), born in Bellevue, Washington
1967 Alex Rousseau, US water polo 2m Offense (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Paris, France
1967 Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman), born in Karachi, Pakistan
1967 Eric Karros, American infielder (LA Dodgers), born in Hackansack, New Jersey
1967 Mino Raiola, Italian soccer agent (Pavel Nedvěd, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Paul Pogba), born in Nocera Inferiore, Italy (d. 2022)
1968 Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican infielder (Cleveland Indians), born in Puerto Rico
1968 Domingo Cedeno, Dominican infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in La Ramona, Dominican Republic
1968 Osvaldo Fernandez, Cuban MLB pitcher (SF Giants), born in Holguin, Cuba
1969 Jan Apell, Swedish player, born in Gothenburg, Sweden
1969 Katrin Borchert, Australian canoeist (World C'ship gold GDR x 3, FRG x 3, AUS x 3 ), born in Waren an der Müritz, Germany
1969 Tommy Henry, American CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1970 Corey Schwab, Canadian NHL goalie (NJ Devils), born in North Battleford, Canada
1970 Tim DeBoom, American triathlete, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1971 Russell Copeland, American NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills), born in Tupelo, Mississippi
1972 Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer (Real Madrid, Inter Milan), born in Almada, Portugal
1975 Orlando Pace, American tackle (St Louis Rams), born in Sandusky, Ohio
1976 Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian racing driver, born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1976 Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1977 Larry Bigbie, American baseball player, born in Hobart, Indiana
1978 John Grabow, American baseball player, born in Arcadia, California
1980 Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby union flanker, #8 (48 caps; Wellington Hurricanes, Toulon, Ospreys, Narbonne), born in Apia, Samoa (d. 2015)
1981 Vince Wilfork, American football player (New England Patriots), born in Boynton Beach, Florida
1982 Devin Hester, American Pro Football HOF wide receiver (First-team All-Pro 2006, 07, 10; Pro Bowl 2006, 07, 10, 14; Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons), born in Riviera Beach, Florida
1985 Marcell Jansen, German soccer left-back (45 caps; Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV), born in Mönchengladbach, Germany
1986 Adrian Zaugg, South African racing driver, born in Singapore
1988 Dez Bryant, American football wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys), born in Galveston County, Texas
1998 Achraf Hakimi, Spanish-Moroccan footballer (Paris Saint-Germain), born in Madrid, Spain
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