John L. Sullivan (1858-1918)
American boxer (first heavyweight gloved champion, de facto 1882-92; last heavyweight bare-knuckle champion), born in Roxbury, Massachusetts
- 1882 Charley O'Leary, American baseball shortstop (Detroit Tigers; oldest MLB player to collect a hit and score a run [58] St. Louis Browns 1934), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1941)
- 1898 Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (Olympic gold marathon 1928), born in Ouled Djellal, Algeria (d. 1959)
- 1910 Xenophon Balaskas, South African cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 22 wickets, BB 5/49, 1 x 100, HS 122no; North Cape, Western Province, Transvaal), born in Kimberley, Cape Province (d. 1994)
- 1921 Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World C'ship gold x 17; singles 1950-55), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2006)
- 1921 Gul Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (9 Tests [8 India, 1 Pakistan], HS 34, 2 wickets; Baroda), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 1992)
- 1935 Bobby Morrow, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay 1956), born in Brownsville, Texas (d. 2020)
- 1935 Willie O'Ree, Canadian Hockey HOF wing (first black player in NHL Boston Bruins), born in Fredericton, New Brunswick
- 1939 Carmelo Bossi, Italian boxer (Olympic silver 1960; Lineal, WBC, WBA super welterweight title 1970-71), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2014)
- 1939 Willibert Kremer, German soccer coach (MSV Duisburg, Bayer Leverkusen, 1860 Munich, Fortuna Düsseldorf), born in Hochneukirch, Germany (d. 2021)
Jim Palmer (78 years old)
1945 American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1966, 70, 83; AL Cy Young Award 1973, 75, 76; no-hitter 1969; Baltimore Orioles), born in New York City
- 1945 Steve Camacho, West Indian cricket batsman (11 Tests, 4 x 50; British Guiana) and executive (CEO WI Cricket Board), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2015)
Roscoe Tanner (72 years old)
1951 American tennis player (Australian Open 1977; Wimbledon 1979 runner-up; World #4 1979), born in Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Victor Pecci (68 years old)
1955 Paraguayan tennis star, born in Asuncion, Paraguay
- 1957 Marco Cornez, Chilean soccer goalkeeper, (20 caps; FC Deportivo Palestino, Universidad Católica, Everton de Viña del Mar), born in Valparaíso, Chile (d. 2022)
- 1962 Susan DeMattei, American cyclist (Olympic bronze 1996), born in San Francisco, California
- 1963 Stanley Menzo, Surinamese-Dutch soccer goalkeeper (Ajax/PSV), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
- 1965 Daniel Held, American 10k runner, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1966 Jorge Campos, Mexican football goalkeeper (130 caps; UNAM, LA Galaxy), born in Acapulco, Guerrero
- 1967 Carlos García, Venezuelan baseball infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Táchira State, Venezuela
Didier Deschamps (55 years old)
1968 French footballer and manager who won the World Cup for France both as captain (1988) and as manager (2018), born in Bayonne, France
- 1968 Meredith Rainey, American 800m runner, born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1969 Vítor Baía, Portuguese football goalkeeper, born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
- 1970 Lonnie Palelei, American football offensive lineman (NY Jets), born in Nu'uuli, American Samoa
- 1971 Andy Cole, English soccer striker (15 caps; Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham), born in Nottingham, England
- 1971 Roland McGhee, American long jumper, born in Flint, Michigan
- 1972 Fred Hoiberg, American NBA guard (Indiana Pacers), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
- 1975 Glen Little, English footballer, born in London, England
- 1977 David Trezeguet, French football player (AS Monaco, Juventus), born in Rouen, France
- 1977 Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver, born in Osaka, Japan
- 1977 Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Ventanas, Ecuador
- 1979 Blue Adams, American Football Player, born in Miami, Florida
- 1979 Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian football player, born in Liepāja, Latvia
- 1979 Paul Robinson, English football player (Tottenham), born in Beverley, England
- 1980 Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist (2005 World Road Race Champion), born in Mol, Belgium
- 1981 Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player (2008 Olympic Gold), born in Moscow, Russia
- 1981 Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver (3 Olympic Gold medals), born in Baoding, China
- 1981 Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder (Olympics silver 2006; first Slovak to win Winter Olympics medal), born in Žilina, Slovakia
- 1982 Charline Labonté, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender (Canadian team), born in Greenfield Park, Quebec
- 1985 Marcos Martinez Ucha, Spanish racing driver, born in Madrid, Spain
- 1985 Walter López, Uruguayan footballer (West Ham), born in Montevideo, Uruguay
- 1987 Jesse Levine, American Canadian tennis player, born in Boca Raton, Florida
- 1988 Mesut Özil, Turkish-German football player (Arsenal, German national team), born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
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