- 1881 William Clothier, American tennis player (US Nat C'ships 1906; 1st President International Hall of Fame 1954), born in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania (d. 1962)
- 1895 Woolf Barnato, British financier and racing driver, born in Spencer House, London (d. 1948)
- 1905 Ernst Baier, German figure skater (Olympic gold 1936), born in Zittau, Saxony, Germany (d. 2001)
- 1926 Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports executive (owner Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors) and thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder (Knob Hill Stable, Newmarket Ontario), born in Gavros, Greece (d. 2006)
- 1929 Ken McCaffery, Australian rugby league centre (12 Tests; North Sydney; Queensland), broadcaster (9 Network) and administrator (North Sydney DRLFC), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2021)
- 1932 Geoff Bent, English soccer fullback (Manchester United 12 games; died Munich air disaster), born in Salford, Lancashire (d. 1958)
- 1934 Dick Schaap, American Emmy Award-winning sportscaster, journalist, and author (Bo Knows Bo: Instant Replay), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2001)
- 1935 Al MacNeil, Canadian NHL defenceman, coach (Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup 1970-71), born in Sydney, Nova Scotia
- 1935 Jerry Shipp, American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1964; 3× AAU All-American 1962–64 SE Oklahoma State), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2021)
- 1935 John Stanford, American college baseball coach/administrator (Middle Tennessee), born in Opelousas, Louisiana (d. 2013)
- 1935 Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, American baseball pitcher (1st female pitcher to play in the Negro Leagues), born in Ridgeway, South Carolina (d. 2017)
Kathy Whitworth (1939-2022)
American golfer (7 x LPGA Player of Year, 6 x major titles, record 88 LPGA Tour wins), born in Monahans, Texas
Mike Schmidt (74 years old)
1949 American Baseball HOF 3rd baseman (World Series MVP 1980; NL MVP 1980-81, 86; 12 x MLB All Star; 10 x Gold Glove; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1952 André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (3 Paralympics gold medals), born in Windsor, Ontario (d. 2006)
- 1953 Benjamin Gene Brown, 4X400 runner (Olympic gold 1976), born in San Francisco, California
- 1953 Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer
- 1957 Bill Athey, English cricketer (England batsman in 23 Tests 1980-88), born in Middlesbrough, England
- 1959 Beth Heiden, American 3000m speed skater (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- 1962 Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricket fast/medium bowler (8 Tests, 24 wickets; 121 ODIs, 113 wickets; chairman selectors), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- 1963 Caren Metschuck, German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic gold 1980)
- 1965 Steve Kerr, American basketball guard, head coach (5 NBA titles as player Chicago Bulls, SA Spurs - 3 as coach GS Warriors), born in Beirut, Lebanon
- 1967 Jason Dungjen, American pairs skater (with partner Kyoko Ina), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1967 Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian international soccer player
- 1968 Mark Bradtke, Australian basketball center (Olympics 1988, 92, 96), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- 1968 Rob Moore, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets, Arizona Cardinals)
- 1969 Laura Wilson, cross country skier (Olympics 1994), born in Utica, New York
- 1969 Lester Holmes, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1969 Robert Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1971 Alonzo Spellman, NFL defensive end (Chicago Bears)
- 1971 Erik Smit, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- 1972 Bibian Mentel-Spee, Dutch para-snowboarding athlete (Winter Paralympics gold snowboard cross 2014, 18; banked slalom 2018; 5 x gold World C'ship), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2021)
- 1972 Clara Hughes, cyclist (Olympics 2 bronze-96), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1972 Laurie Shepard, Cordele, GA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
- 1972 Malachy Loye, cricketer (Northamptonshire & England "A" batsman)
- 1972 Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
- 1973 Tina Nicholson, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
- 1975 Ed Gray, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
- 1975 Tajama Abraham, WNBA center (Sacramento Monarchs)
- 1976 Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
- 1977 Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1978 Jon Rauch, American baseball player (tied equal tallest MLB player at 6ft 11in), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1979 Christian Jones, Australian racing driver
- 1979 Jon Garland, American baseball player
- 1979 Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league back rower (7 Tests; 13 NSW; Newcastle Knights RLFC), born in Maitland, Australia
- 1981 Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
- 1981 Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
- 1984 John Lannan, American baseball player
- 1986 Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver
- 1989 Park Tae-Hwan, South Korean swimmer
- 1991 Adam Chicksen, English Football Player
- 1991 Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player (French Open 2018, Wimbledon 2019), born in Constanța, Romania
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