- 1876 John Gunn, English cricket medium pace bowler (6 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 5/76; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Hucknall, England (d. 1963)
- 1877 Arthur Fielder, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), born in Plaxtol, Tonbridge, Kent (d. 1949)
- 1892 Dick Irvin, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (Stanley Cup 1932 Toronto Maple Leafs; 1944, 46, 53 Montreal Canadiens), born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (d. 1957)
- 1896 Juano Hernandez, Puerto Rican stage and film actor (St Louis Blues; Stars In My Crown), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico (d. 1970)
- 1914 Marius Russo, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1941; World Series 1941, 43; New York Yankees), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2005)
- 1916 Phil Cavarretta, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1944, 45, 46, 47; NL MVP 1945; Chicago Cubs), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
- 1920 Robert Christiani, West Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 107; British Guiana), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2005)
- 1923 Alex Hannum, American Basketball HOF coach (1st ABA, NBA winning coach; ABA C'ship 1969 Oakland Oaks; NBA C'ship 1958 St. Louis Hawks, 1967 Philadelphia 76ers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2002)
- 1927 Billy Gardner, American baseball manager (Minnesota Twins 1981–85, KC Royals 1987) and second baseman (World Series 1954 NY Giants, 1961 Minnesota Twins), born in Waterford, Connecticut (d. 2024)
Ilie Năstase (77 years old)
1946 Romanian tennis player (US Open 1972, French Open 1973; 5 x Grand Slam doubles titles; World #1 1973; Tour Finals x 4), born in Bucharest, Romania
- 1947 Hans-Jürgen Kreische, East German footballer, born in Dresden, Germany
- 1951 Jayson Stark, American sportswriter (The Athletic), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1955 Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder (early 80's), born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- 1961 Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast (Olympic 1976, 80 Gold), born in Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
- 1962 Craig Muni, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1963 Mark Carreon, American baseball outfielder (SF Giants), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1963 Sandor Wladar, Hungarian 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1980), born in Budapest, Hungary
- 1964 Gina Procaccio, American long and middle distance runner, born in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
- 1964 Teresa Edwards, American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1984, 88,92,96), born in Cairo, Georgia
- 1965 Stuart Scott, American sportscaster (ESPN), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
- 1966 David Segui, infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Kansas City, Kansas
- 1967 Christian Bergstrom, Swedish tennis player, born in Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1968 Leroy Butler, American Pro Football HOF safety (4 × First-team All-Pro; 4× Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 1996 Green Bay Packers), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Vitali Klitschko (52 years old)
1971 Ukrainian boxer (3-time world heavyweight champion; only heavyweight to reign as world champion in 3 different decades) and Mayor of Kyiv (2014-), born in Belovodskoye, Kyrgyzstan, Soviet Union
- 1972 Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer (FC Schalke 04 ), born in Aalborg, Denmark
- 1972 Tamarie Ivie, American female professional baseball infielder (Colorado Silver Bullets), born in Anaheim, California
- 1974 Preston Wilson, American MLB player (Colorado Rookies), born in Bamberg, South Carolina
- 1974 Vincent Spadea, American tennis player, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1976 Gonzalo de los Santos, Uruguayan footballer
- 1976 Oleksandr Radchenko, Ukrainian soccer left-back (17 caps; FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), born in Mariupol, Ukraine (d. 2023)
- 1977 Ed Smith, English cricketer and sports commentator, born in Pembury, England
- 1977 Haitham Mustafa, Sudanese footballer (captain of Sudanese team), born in Khartoum Bahri, Sudan
- 1977 Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian NHL hockey goaltender, 1997-2015 (Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1979 Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer, born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 1979 Luke Young, English footballer (Charlton Athletic), born in Harlow, England
- 1979 Rick Ankiel, American MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Fort Pierce, Florida
- 1980 Giorgio Mondini, Italian racing driver
- 1980 Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
- 1981 David Bernard, West Indian cricketer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1981 Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals), born in Bristol, Tennessee
- 1981 Naomi Grabow, American pairs skater (with partner Benjamin Oberman), born in lLke Arrowhead California
- 1981 Nené [Anderson Luiz de Carvalho], Brazilian footballer (La Liga), born in Jundiaí, Brazil
- 1982 Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer, born in Gosford, Australia
- 1982 Stuart Parnaby, English footballer and coach (Middlesbrough), born in Durham, England
- 1984 Lewis Price, Welsh soccer goalkeeper (11 caps; Ipswich Town), born in Bournemouth, England
- 1987 Brian Harman, American golfer (British Open 2023; US Open 2017 runner-up), born in Savannah, Georgia
- 1987 Yan Gomes, Brazilian-American MLB player (1st Brazilian-born player in MLB), Chicago Cubs), born in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
- 1988 Kevin Großkreutz, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund), born in Dortmund, West Germany
- 1988 Trent Williams, American AFL player (San Francisco 49ers), born in Longview, Texas
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