- 1824 Henry Chadwick, English-American Baseball HOF pioneer (1st rule book; created game stats eg. BA, ERA; box scores), born in Exeter, England (d. 1908)
- 1867 Victor Barton, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 23; Kent CCC, Hampshire CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (Southampton), born in Netley, England (d. 1906)
- 1884 Lloyd Spooner, American sports shooter (4 x Olympic gold, 1 x silver, 2 x bronze 1920), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1966)
Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998)
American tennis player (19 Grand Slam titles), born in Centerville California
- 1919 Tommy Lawton, English soccer centre-forward (23 caps; Burnley, Everton, Chelsea, Notts County, Brentford, Arsenal), born in Farnworth, England (d. 1996)
- 1922 Joe Frazier, American baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles) and manager (NY Mets 1976–77), born in Liberty, North Carolina (d. 2011)
- 1927 Alice Bauer, American golfer (co-founder LPGA), born in Eureka, South Dakota (d. 2002)
- 1927 Phil Maloney, Canadian ice hockey center (NHL: Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (Vancouver Canucks), born in Ottawa, Ontario (d. 2020)
- 1929 Les Favell, cricketer (stoic Australian batsman late 50's)
- 1929 Phil Krueger, American football quarterback (Southeast Missouri State), college coach (Fresno State, Utah State) and NFL executive (GM TB Buccaneers), born in LaSalle, Illinois (d. 2020)
Richie Benaud (1930-2015)
Australian cricket all-rounder and captain (62 Tests, 3 x 100s, 248 wickets; NSW CA) and broadcaster (9 Network, BBC), born in Penrith, Australia
- 1935 Vicente Cantatore, Argentine soccer manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Colo Colo, Real Betis, Sevilla, Sporting de Gijón), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2021)
- 1942 Jerry Grote, American MLB baseball catcher, 1964-81 (2 x All-Star, World Series Champion; New York Mets, and 3 other teams), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2024) [1]
- 1944 José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1946 Aleksandr Dronov, Russian Chess Grandmaster (3 x World Correspondence Champion), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2023)
- 1946 Gary Gentry, baseball player (NY Mets)
- 1946 György Kottán, Hungarian soccer manager (Bangladesh 2000-03; Pakistan 2009-10), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2023)
Tony Greig (1946-2012)
English cricket captain, all-rounder (1972-77) and commentator, born in Queenstown, South Africa
- 1947 Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver (Olympic gold 10m platform 1968, 72, 76), born in Hall in Tirol, Austria
- 1948 Tim Pickup, Australian rugby league five eighth (11 Tests; North Sydney, Canterbury), RL executive (Adelaide Rams) and boxing manager (Jeff Harding), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2021)
- 1950 David Brin, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman)
- 1955 Tony Dungy, American football coach
- 1959 Robyn Maher, Australian basketball guard (Olympic bronze 1996)
- 1959 [Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, American baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox), born in Meridian, Mississippi
- 1960 Albert Lewis, American NFL cornerback (Pro Bowl 1987-90; KC Chiefs, Oakland Raiders), born in Mansfield, Louisiana
- 1961 Kathrin Dörre, East German marathoner (Olympic bronze 1988)
- 1962 Rich Yett, baseball player
- 1964 Tom Jager, American swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1984, 88, 92; 50m freestyle world record x 6), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
- 1965 Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder (NY Yankees)
- 1966 Archi Cianfrocco, infielder (San Diego Padres), born in Rome, New York
- 1966 Jimmie Johnson, NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1966 Niall Quinn, Irish soccer striker (92 caps, Rep of Ireland; Manchester City, Sunderland), born in Dublin, Ireland
- 1966 Oscar Caballos, jockey
- 1967 Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
- 1969 Byron Black, Zimbabwe, tennis star
- 1969 Robert Person, pitcher (NY Mets), born in St Louis, Missouri
- 1969 Troy Shaw, English snooker player
- 1970 Darren Oliver, American pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- 1971 Alan Stubbs, English soccer manager with Hibernian, Rotherham, St. Mirren; centre-back Bolton Wanderers 202 games, Celtic, Everton, born in Kirkby, England
- 1971 Chris Hudson, NFL strong safety (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1971 Phil Bennett, British racing driver
- 1973 Rebecca Lobo, American WNBA basketball center (Olympic gold, 1996; NY Liberty), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- 1973 Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
- 1974 Brian Kelly, American soccer midfielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Mission Viejo, California
- 1974 Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen SC Cambuur), born in Scharnegoutum, Friesland, Netherlands
- 1974 Kenny Jönsson, Swedish NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, NY Islanders, Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Angelholm Sweden
- 1974 Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer, born in Palmar Sur, Costa Rica
- 1975 Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Veendam)
- 1975 Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
- 1977 Daniel Brière, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, 1997- 2015 (Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, and 2 other teams), and team executive, 2017-present(Philadelphia), born in Gatineau, Quebec,
- 1977 Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer (1995-2010), born in Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1977 Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1978 Ricky Hatton, English boxer, born in Stockport, England
- 1979 David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
- 1979 Richard Seymour, American football player
- 1980 Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
- 1980 Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer (Woking), born in Accra, Ghana
- 1981 José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1981 Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
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