- 1835 Harry Wright, English Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder and manager (established baseball's first fully professional team, Cincinnati Red Stockings 1869), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1895)
- 1886 May Sutton, American tennis player (first American woman to win Wimbledon singles title 1905), born in Plymouth, England (d. 1975)
- 1901 Bud Houser, American field athlete (Olympic gold discus & shot put 1924, discus 1928), born in Winigan, Missouri (d. 1994)
- 1905 Red Smith, American sportscaster and columnist (Pulitzer 1976, Fight Talk), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin (d. 1982)
- 1916 Jim Benton, American football end (All Pro 1945, 46; NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; Cleveland/LA Rams, Chicago Bears; first to rush 300+ yards 1945), born in Carthage, Arkansas (d. 2001)
- 1917 Johnny Sain, American baseball player, born in Havana, Arkansas (d. 2006)
Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007)
American Baseball HOF shortstop (5 x MLB All-Star; 7 x World Series; AL MVP 1950; NY Yankees) and broadcaster (WCBS radio, WPIX-TV), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1926 Sergei Filatov, Soviet equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1960), born in Lysyye Gory, Tambov Governorate (d. 1997)
- 1927 Carl Braun, American basketball player (NY Knicks), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2010)
- 1927 LeRoy Pearce, American collegiate athlete and college football coach, 1950-70 (University of Miami, University of Tennessee, University of Arkansas, and 3 others), born in Casper, Wyoming (d. 2014)
- 1929 Jack Rutherford, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 1 wicket; WA CA), born in Bruce Rock, Australia (d. 2022)
- 1932 Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer (Tottenham Hotspur), born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
- 1933 Hubie Brown, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach, broadcaster (2-time NBA Coach of the Year), born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
- 1935 Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 2020)
- 1938 Ron Hill, British athlete (Boston Marathon 1970; C'wealth Games marathon gold 1970), born in Accrington, England (d. 2021)
- 1942 Peter Petherick, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 16 wickets, hat-trick on debut; Otago, Wellington), born in Ranfurly, New Zealand (d. 2015)
- 1944 Aleksandr Lenyov, Russian soccer midfielder / defender (10 caps Soviet Union; Torpedo Moscow), born in Novomoskovsk, Russia (d. 2021)
- 1944 Grayson Shillingford, West Indian cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 3/63; Windward Islands), born in Macoucherie, Dominica (d. 2009)
- 1945 Frans Janssens, Belgian soccer forward (2 caps; Belgian Man of the Season 1973–74 Lierse SK), born in Turnhout, Belgium (d. 2024)
- 1946 Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricket spin bowler (67 Tests, 22 as captain, 266 wickets, BB 7/98, 1 x 50; Northern Punjab, Delhi, Northamptonshire CCC), born in Amritsar, India (d. 2023) [1]
- 1946 Gil Morgan, American golfer (7 PGA Tour titles, 3 Champions Tour majors), born in Wewoka, Oklahoma
- 1947 Cheryl Tiegs, American model (Sports Illustrated) and fashion designer, born in Breckenridge, Minnesota
- 1949 Inshan Ali, West Indian cricketer (big-spinning WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), born in Preysal, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1995)
- 1949 Jean Petit, French soccer midfielder (12 caps; AC Monaco 428 games), born in Toulouse, France (d. 2024)
- 1951 Robert "Bob" McAdoo, American former NBA player (Buffalo Braves) and assistant coach (Miami Heat), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- 1954 Juande Ramos, Spanish football manager (Sevilla), born in Pedro Muñoz, Spain
- 1954 Sylvester Croom, American college football coach, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- 1955 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German football player (Bayern Munich), born in Lippstadt, West Germany
- 1955 Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht), born in Berchem, Belgium (d. 1985)
- 1959 Andy Waller, Zimbabwean cricket batsman and coach (2 Tests, 39 ODIs), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
- 1960 Igor Belanov, Soviet-Ukrainian footballer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine
- 1960 John Hills, British racehorse trainer (d. 2014)
- 1961 Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer (Aussie keeper, & occasional WA leggie), born in Armadale, Australia
- 1962 Rajiv Kulkarni, Indian cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 5 wickets, BB 3/85; Mumbai), born in Mumbai, India
- 1964 Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman and sports executive, born in Montreal, Quebec
Scottie Pippen (58 years old)
1965 American Basketball HOF forward (6 x NBA C'ships Chicago Bulls; 7 x NBA All Star; NBA All-Star Game MVP 1994; Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Hamburg, Arkansas
Hansie Cronje (1969-2002)
South African cricket batsman and captain (68 Tests, 3,714 runs, 43 wickets; 188 ODIs; life ban for match-fixing 2000), born in Bloemfontein, South Africa
- 1970 Damon Pieri, American NFL safety (Carolina Panthers), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- 1970 Doug Pelfrey, American NFL kicker (Cin Bengals), born in Fort Thomas, Kentucky
- 1971 John Lynch, American Pro Football HOF safety (Super Bowl 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers; 9 x Pro Bowl; Denver Broncos) and executive (GM SF 49ers), born in Hinsdale, Illinois
- 1973 Tijani Babangida, Nigerian soccer player (Nigeria, Ajax), born in Kaduna, Nigeria
- 1975 Matt Hasselbeck, American football player, born in Boulder, Colorado
- 1976 Chauncey Billups, American NBA guard, played for 17 seasons for 7 teams (5x All-Star; Finals MVP, 2004 - Detroit), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1977 Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican baseball player, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 1978 Joel Pineiro, Puerto Rican baseball player, born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
- 1978 Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican soccer winger (111 caps; Bolton Wanderers 342 games), born in St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica
- 1978 Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer, born in Douala, Cameroon
- 1979 Jason Koumas, Welsh former professional footballer, born in Wrexham, Wales
- 1981 Jason Bergmann, American baseball player, born in Neptune City, New Jersey
- 1981 Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
- 1984 Matt Carle, American ice hockey player, born in Anchorage, Alaska
- 1990 Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater, born in Nagoya, Japan
- 1997 Suzanne Schulting, Dutch speed skater (Olympic gold 1,000m 2018, 22; 3,000m relay 2022; 7 x World C'ship gold; WR 1000m: 1:26:514 2022), born in Groningen, Netherlands
- 2001 Cade Cunningham, American basketball point guard who was NBA draft 2021 #1 overall pick Detroit Pistons; NBA All-Rookie First Team 2022, born in Arlington, Texas
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