- 1854 Billy Murdoch, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests Australia, 1 England; 2 x 100s; NSW, Sussex CCC, London CCC), born in Bendigo, Australia (d. 1911)
- 1875 Len Braund, English cricket all-rounder (23 Tests, 3 x 100, 47 wickets; Surrey CCC, Somerset CCC), born in Clewer, Berkshire, England (d. 1955)
- 1882 Lucien Petit-Breton, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1907-8), born in Plessé, France (d. 1917)
- 1923 Eileen Sheridan, English cyclist (record road cyclist - Land’s End-John O’Groats time stood for 36 years), born in Coventry, England (d. 2023) [1]
- 1927 Ramesh Divecha, cricketer (eleven wickets for India in early 50's)
- 1928 Keith Jackson, American sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Football, college football), born in Roopville, Georgia (d. 2018)
- 1928 R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India)
- 1931 Ed Biles, American football coach (College: Xavier 1962-68; NFL: Houston Oilers 1981-83), born in Reading, Ohio (d. 2020)
- 1933 Forrest Gregg, American Pro Football HOF tackle (9 x Pro Bowl; 7 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers) and coach (Cleveland Browns, Toronto Argonauts, Cincinnati Bengals, GB Packers), born in Birthright, Texas (d. 2019)
Mike Ditka (84 years old)
1939 American NFL coach and tight-end (Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961), born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania
- 1939 Viktor Lisitsky, Russian gymnast (5 x Olympic silver USSR 1964, 68; World C'ship silver team 1962, 70), born in Magnitogorsk, Russia (d. 2023)
- 1940 H.B. "Toby" Halicki, American filmmaker, stunt driver, and actor (Gone In 60 Seconds), born in Dunkirk, New York (d. 1989)
- 1942 Willie Horton, baseball slugger (Detroit Tigers)
- 1944 Slobodan Škrbić, Serbian soccer defender (4 caps Yugoslavia; Red Star Belgrade, Lille), born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2022)
- 1945 Yıldo, Turkish famous showman and football player
- 1947 (John) "JJ" Johnson, American NBA basketball player, 1970-82 (Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, and 2 other teams), born in Carthage, Mississippi (d. 2016)
- 1949 Ed Farmer, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1980; Chicago White Sox) and radio broadcaster (Chicago White Sox, 1991-2005), born in Evergreen Park, Illinois (d. 2020)
- 1949 George Hendrick, baseball outfielder (4 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1972 Oakland A's, 1982 St. Louis Cardinals; Silver Slugger Award 1980, 83), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1952 Jerry Royster, American baseball player
- 1952 Roy Dias, cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman)
- 1955 Denis Watson, South African golfer (US Open 1985 runner-up; Senior PGA C'ship 2007), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
Martina Navratilova (67 years old)
1956 Czech-American tennis player (18 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Prague, Czech Republic
- 1958 Hal Haenel, American sailor (Olympic 8th 1988, 92, 96), born in St Louis, Missouri
- 1958 Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Tyngsryd, Sweden
Thomas Hearns (65 years old)
1958 American boxer and 1st to win world titles in 5 weight divisions, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- 1959 Ernesto Canto, Mexican race walker (Olympic gold 20k 1984; World C'ship gold 20k 1983), born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
- 1960 Doug Lidster, Kamloops, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
- 1961 Eric Jespersen, Port Alberni BC, star sailor (Olympic bronze 1992, 96)
- 1961 Gladstone Small, English cricketer, born in St. George, Barbados
- 1962 Jody Rosenthal, American golfer (du Maurier Classic 1987), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1964 Etsuko Inoue, Japan, tennis star
- 1964 George Ferris, Antigua cricketer (Leewards fast bowler), born in Antigua
- 1966 Alan Mills, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Lakeland, Florida
- 1966 Jerod Swallow, American ice skater (1997 Nationals), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 1967 Gary John Anderson, New Zealand track and road cyclist (Olympics 1996-bronze), born in Wanganui, New Zealand
- 1968 Denisa Szabova, Bratislava Czech, tennis star (1987 Futures-GER)
- 1968 Michael Stich, German tennis star
- 1968 Narendra Hirwani, Indian cricketer (16 wickets v WI on debut 1988), born in Gorakhpur, India
- 1968 Stuart Law, cricketer (prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995)
- 1969 Anthony Avent, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
- 1969 Nelson Vivas, Argentine former footballer
- 1970 Bob Kennedy, American 5K runner, born in Bloomington, Indian
- 1970 Camille Spitaleri, Mountain View Ca, female infielder (Silver Bullets)
- 1970 Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
- 1970 Shane Bonham, NFL defensive linesman (Detroit Lions)
- 1971 Bob Whitfield, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons), born in Carson, California
- 1971 Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean soccer midfielder (124 caps; 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team; Ulsan Hyundai), born in Seoul, South Korea (d. 2021)
- 1972 Alex Tagliani, Quebec racing driver
- 1972 Angie Marzetta, Norfolk Virginia, female outfielder (Silver Bullets)
- 1973 Demetrious Maxie, CFL defensive end (Toronto Argonauts)
- 1973 John Baldwin Jr, figure skater (1996 SW Pacific Sr champ), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1973 Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
- 1974 Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer
- 1975 Alex Cora, Puerto Rican MLB baseball infielder, 1998-2011 (Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and 4 other teams), and manager, 2018-19 & 2021- (Boston Red Sox), born in Caguas, Puerto Rico
- 1977 David Vuillemin, French professional Motocross Rider, born in Berre-l'Étang, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- 1977 Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer
- 1978 Mike Tindall, English rugby union player
Lindsey Vonn (39 years old)
1984 American alpine skier (Olympic gold 2010, 4 World Cup Championships), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
- 1985 Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 2014, 16; Gold Glove Award 2015 Detroit Tigers; Silver Slugger Award 2016; Boston Red Sox, NY Mets), born in Campechuela, Cuba
- 1990 Brittany Griner, American basketball center (Olympic gold 2016, 20; WNBA C'ship 2014 Phoenix Mercury; 8 × WNBA All-Star; WNBA scoring champion 2017, 19; detained in Russia for drug smuggling Feb-Dec 2022), born in Houston, Texas
- 1995 Yui Ohashi, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold women's 200/400m IM 2021), born in Hikone, Japan
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