- 1853 Leland Hone, Irish cricket wicketkeeper (1 Test; first Irishman to represent England; MCC), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1896)
- 1859 Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player, born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1944)
- 1913 Dicky Fuller, West Indian cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935, 1, 0-12), born in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica (d. 1987)
- 1917 Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver & motorsport journalist, born in Le Havre, France (d. 2008)
- 1923 Walt Dropo, American MLB baseball first baseman, 1949-61, AL Rookie of the Year (Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and 3 other teams), born in Moosup, Connecticut (d. 2010)
- 1925 Chalmers "Bump" Elliott, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback and coach (U of Michigan) and college athletics administrator (Iowa), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2019)
- 1929 Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1994)
- 1930 Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1992)
- 1932 Vladimír Heger, Czech basketball coach (Czechoslovakia 1965-69, 72-76; Netherlands 1983-85), born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 2021)
- 1937 Boris Spassky, Russian chess player (world champion 1969-72, born in Leningrad, Russia
- 1941 Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer, born in Bussum, Netherlands
- 1942 David J. Brown, English cricketer (Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England), born in Walsall, United Kingdom
- 1943 Davey Johnson, American baseball second baseman (4 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1966, 70 Baltimore Orioles) and manager (World Series 1986 NY Mets), born in Orlando, Florida
- 1944 Frank Burrows, Scottish soccer defender (Swindon Town 297 games) and manager (Portsmouth, Cardiff, Swansea), born in Larkhall, Scotland (d. 2021)
- 1950 Jack Newton, Australian golfer (British Open runner-up 1975; US Masters runner-up 1980), born in Cessnock, Australia (d. 2022)
- 1950 Silvia Bertolaccini, Argentine golfer (4-time LPGA Tour titles), born in Rafaela, Argentina
Curtis Strange (69 years old)
1955 American golfer (US Open 1988-89), born in Norfolk, Virginia
- 1956 Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese racing driver, born in Tomi, Japan
Payne Stewart (1957-1999)
American golfer (US Open 1991, 99; PGA 1989), born in Springfield, Missouri
- 1961 Ranjit Madurasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer (3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92), born in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
- 1966 Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player (Canada, Olympics 1998)
- 1968 Bob Nardella, Italian-American ice hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998, Chicago Wolves), born in Melrose Park, Illinois
- 1971 Chris Slade, American football player (New England Patriots), born in Newport News, Virginia
- 1971 Kimo Von Oelhoffen, American football defensive tackle (Cin Bengals), born in Kaunakakai, Hawaii
- 1971 Milko Pieren, Dutch football player (Sparta), born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 1971 Quentin Neujahr, American ice hockey player (Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns), born in Seward, Nebraska
- 1971 Takeshi Yamanaka, Japanese ice hockey coach and player (Team Japan 1998), born in Hokkaido, Japan
- 1971 Trent Klatt, American ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota
- 1972 Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player (Colorado Avalanche), born in Wawa, Ontario
- 1973 Jalen Rose, American basketball player (Indiana Pacers), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1973 Jimmy Oliver, Canadian football wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
- 1973 Sharone Wright, American basketball player (Toronto Raptors), born in Macon, Georgia
- 1974 Robert Rollins, English cricketer (big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman), born in London, England
- 1975 Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer, born in Pernambuco, Brazil
- 1977 Deltha O'Neal, American football player, born in Palo Alto, California
- 1978 John Patterson, American baseball player, born in Orange, Texas
- 1979 Karen Smith, Australian field hockey midfielder (World Cup gold 1998; Champions Trophy gold 1997, 99, 2003; Commonwealth Games gold 2006), born in Toowoomba, Australia
- 1980 Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer, born in Sergipe, Brazil
- 1981 Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer, born in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
- 1981 Mathias Lauda, Austrian racing driver, born in Salzburg, Austria
- 1981 Peter Crouch, English footballer, born in Macclesfield, United Kingdom
- 1984 Jeremy Hermida, American baseball player, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1985 Trae Williams, American football player, born in South Brisbane, Australia
- 1987 Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Australian AFL forward (AFL Premiership 2008, 13 Hawthorne FC; Sydney FC; 8 x All Australian; 4 x Coleman Medal), born in Perth, Australia
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