- 1852 Charley Jones, American MLB Baseball outfielder, and one of the first sluggers, 1875-88 (Cincinnati Reds; Boston Red Caps, and 3 other teams), born in Alamance County, North Carolina (d. 1911)
- 1862 Jack Sheridan, American Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (World Series 1905, 07-08, 10), born in Decatur, Illinois (d. 1914)
- 1889 Rudolph Simonsen, Danish composer (Olympic Arts bronze, 1928 - Symphony No. 2 (Hellas)), and educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1916-47), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1947)
- 1891 Pat O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1920, 23), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1961)
- 1918 Don McNeill, American tennis player (French C'ship 1939, US Nat C'ship 1940), born in Chickasha, Oklahoma (d. 1996)
- 1920 Duncan Hamilton, Irish racing driver, born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1994)
- 1921 (Dorothy) "Dottie" Green, American AAGPBL baseball player, 1943-47 (Rockford Peaches), born in Natick, Massachusetts (d. 1992)
- 1922 Anton Murray, South African cricket all-rounder (10 Tests; 1 x 100; 18 wickets), born in Grahamstown, South Africa (d. 1995)
- 1923 Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13), born in Heywood, Lancashire, England (d. 1993)
- 1927 Lars Hall, Swedish pentathlete (Olympic gold 1952), born in Karlskrona, Sweden (d. 1991)
- 1930 Jackie McLeod, Canadian ice hockey right wing (World C'ship gold 1961; New York Rangers) and coach (Canada 1966-69, Olympic bronze 1968), born in Regina, Saskatchewan (d. 2022)
- 1934 Gary Colson, American college basketball coach (Valdosta State Uni, Pepperdine Uni, Uni of New Mexico, Fresno State University), born in Logansport, Indiana (d. 2023)
- 1944 Peter Dixon, English rugby union flanker (22 Tests England, 3 British & Irish Lions; Oxford University RFC, Harlequins RFC), born in Keighley, England (d. 2023)
- 1945 Ray Miller, American baseball manager (Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles), born in Takoma Park, Maryland (d. 2021)
- 1946 Donald Schollander, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-64), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- 1949 Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager (Astros), born in Jefferson City, Tennessee
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1961 American NBA point guard (Detroit Pistons; 1990 NBA playoff MVP), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1962 Egil Johansen, Norwegian soccer midfielder (12 caps; Vålerenga IF), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2023)
- 1963 Michael Waltrip, American auto racer (Daytona 500 2001, 2003), born in Owensboro, Kentucky
- 1963 Steve Smith, Scottish-Canadian ice hockey defenseman (NHL All-Star 1991; Canada Cup gold [Canada] 1991; Chicago Blackhawks, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1964 Ian Healy, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (119 Tests, 366 catches, 29 stumpings), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1964 Jeff Reboulet, infielder (Minnesota Twins), born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1966 Aundray Bruce, defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
- 1966 David Meggett, NFL running back (NY Giants, NE Patriots)
- 1968 Richard Pilon, Canadian NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- 1971 B J Tyler, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
- 1971 Matt Martin, Hamden, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs, Olympic US-94)
- 1971 Ryan Hawblitzel, pitcher (Colorado Rockies), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
- 1971 Ty Hallock, fullback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1972 Kendricke Bullard, NFL wide receiver, 1996 (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in San Diego, California
- 1974 Cedric Jones, defensive end (NY Giants)
- 1974 Chris Darkins, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
- 1975 Elliott Sadler, American race car driver and 1 of 31 drivers to have a victory in NASCAR's three top racing series, born in Emporia, Virginia
- 1979 Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
- 1981 John O'Shea, Irish footballer
- 1983 Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
- 1983 Troy Williamson, American football player
- 1987 Rohit Sharma, Indian cricket batsman (38 Tests, 7 x 100s, TS 212; 227 ODIs; Deccan Chargers, Mumbai Indians), born in Nagpur, India
- 1990 Jonathan Brownlee, British triathlete (Olympic bronze 2012, silver 16), born in Dewsbury, England
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