Howie Morenz (1902-1937)
Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Montreal Canadiens, 3-time Stanley Cup winner), born in Mitchell, Ontario
- 1902 Ilmari Salminen, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold 10,000m 1936), born in Elimäki, Finland (d. 1986)
- 1905 Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive, born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (d. 1999)
- 1929 Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1979)
- 1931 Ivan Toplak, Serbian soccer striker (1 cap; Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Red Star Belgrade, San Jose Earthquakes, Yugoslavia), born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2021)
- 1935 James "Jimmy" Armfield, British former-footballer, manager and pundit (BBC Radio Five Live), born in Denton, Lancashire, England (d. 2018)
- 1943 Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer (Flashdance; Top Gun; Pirates of the Caribbean; CSI0 and NHL team owner (Seattle Kraken), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1945 Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner
- 1948 Artis Gilmore, American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels), born in Shipley, Florida
- 1948 Michael Finneran, American diver (1st perfect 10 on 10m platform), born in Rockville, Center, New York
- 1949 Peter Cronjé, South African rugby union center (7 caps; Transvaal, Natal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2020)
- 1951 Bruce Arena, American soccer coach (Olympic gold 1996), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1951 Ed Delahoussaye, American Racing Hall of Fame jockey (1982-83 Kentucky Derby), born in New Iberia, Louisiana
- 1956 Jack Givens, American basketball player
- 1957 Lynette Love, US tai kwan do champ 1987/(Olympics 1988)
- 1958 Rick Mahorn, American NBA forward, 1980-99 (Washington Bullets, Detroit Pistons, and 3 other teams), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- 1962 Rune Richardsen, Norwegian soccer midfielder (4 caps; Lillestrøm SK), born in Jessheim, Norway (d. 2023)
- 1963 Cecil Fielder, American baseball infielder (3 x MLB All Star, 2 x AL HR leader, Detroit Tigers; World Series 1996 Atlanta Braves), born in Los Angeles, California
Curtly Ambrose (60 years old)
1963 Antiguan cricket fast bowler (West Indies 98 Tests, 405 wickets @ 20.99; 176 ODIs), born in Swetes, Antigua and Barbuda
- 1964 Danny Villa, NFL guard (KC Chiefs)
- 1965 Richard Brown, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1967 Andrea Thies, American rower (Olympics 1992, 96), born in Irvington, New York
- 1967 Romeo van Aerde, soccer player (RKC)
- 1969 Jason Christiansen, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- 1970 Michael O'Shea, Canadian CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts), born in North Bay, Ontario
- 1971 John Crawley, English cricketer
- 1972 Jon Kitna, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1973 Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican soccer goalkeeper (99 caps; Guadalajara 272 games, Santos Laguna 296 games) and broadcaster (Televisa Deportes), born in Guadalajara, Mexico
- 1973 Virginia Ruano-Pascual, tennis star, born in Madrid, Spain
- 1976 Jana Kandarr, tennis star
- 1976 Poul Hübertz, Danish footballer
- 1977 Brian Tallet, American MLB baseball pitcher, 2002-11 (Toronto Blue Jays, and 2 other teams), born in Midwest City, Oklahoma
- 1978 Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby union footballer, born in Auckland, New Zealand
Chris Gayle (44 years old)
1979 Jamaican West Indies cricketer (1999-) and fastest century maker in history, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1979 Julian Gray, English footballer
- 1979 Richard Dunne, Irish soccer defender (80 caps, Republic of Ireland; Everton, Manchester City, Aston Villa, QPR) and broadcaster (BT Sport), born in Dublin, Ireland
- 1980 Nyree Lewis, British Paralympic swimmer
- 1980 Tomas Scheckter, South African racing driver
- 1982 Danny Kass, American snowboarder
- 1982 Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian racing driver
- 1982 Marat Izmailov, Russian footballer
- 1982 Rowan Vine, English footballer
- 1983 Anna Meares, Australian track cyclist (2 Olympic Golds), born in Blackwater, Queensland
- 1983 Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentinian footballer (Bordeaux), born in O'Brien, Argentina
- 1984 Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, American swimmer
- 1987 Ashley Paris, American basketball player
- 1987 Courtney Paris, American basketball player
- 1987 Jimmy Clausen, American football player
- 1989 Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, American skateboarder
- 1990 Rob Cross, English darts player (PDC World Champion 2018), born in Pembury, England
- 1991 Jordan Hasay, American track and field athlete
- 1993 Park Sung-hyun, South Korean golfer, (US Open 2017; Women's PGA C'ship 2018), born in Seoul, South Korea
- 1998 Tadej Pogačar, Slovenian road cyclist (Tour de France 2020, 21; 2022 runner-up), born in Komenda, Slovenia
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