- 1854 Hugh Massie, Australian cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests; NSW), born in Port Fairy, Australia (d. 1938)
- 1856 Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricket batsman (23 Tests [7 captain]; 1277 runs @ 35 47; Nottinghamshire), born in New Lenton, England (d. 1903)
- 1915 Pat Hanlon, British cyclist, born in Newport, Cardiganshire (d. 1997)
- 1916 Dan Fortmann, American football guard (Chicago Bears), born in Pearl River, New York (d. 1995)
- 1917 Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster, born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 1993)
- 1921 Jeff Stollmeyer, Trinidad and Tobago cricketer (WI batsman pre/post-war), born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad (d. 1989)
- 1921 Jim Hearn, American baseball player, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1998)
- 1948 Georgi Yartsev, Russian soccer forward (5 caps USSR; FC Spartak Moscow) and manager (Russia; Spartak, Dynamo, Torpedo Moscow), born in Nikolskoye, Russia (d. 2022)
- 1949 Jean-Pierre Bastiat, French rugby union lock (32 Tests; US Dax), born in Pouillon, France (d. 2021)
- 1951 Glyn Shaw, Welsh rugby union prop (12 caps; Neath RFC), and rugby league prop (7 caps Wales, 1 GB; Widnes RLFC, Wigan RLFC), born in Rhigos, Wales (d. 2022)
- 1951 Jim Holton, Scottish soccer defender (15 caps; Manchester United, Coventry City), born in Lesmahagow, Scotland (d. 1993)
- 1952 Peter Windsor, English motor racing journalist and reporter, born in Reigate, Surrey, England
- 1957 Everton Mattis, West Indian cricketer (WI batsman early 80's), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1958 Sally Clark, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event (Olympic silver 1996), born in Feilding, New Zealand
- 1960 Marko Elsner, Slovenian soccer defender (14 caps Yugoslavia, 2 Slovenia; Red Star Belgrade), born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 2020)
- 1962 Terry Hoage, American NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals), born in Ames, Iowa
- 1963 Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricket umpire (84 Tests, 200 ODIs, 24 T20Is), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1963 Elizabeth Smylie, tennis star (1987 Oklahoma City), born in Perth, Australia
- 1964 Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois
- 1966 David Richards, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons), born in Staten Island, New York
- 1966 Kara McGaw, Canadian softball rightfielder (Olympics 1996), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1966 Mark Higgs, American football running back (Arizona Cardinals), born in Owensboro, Kentucky
- 1966 Steve Scarsone, American baseball infielder (SF Giants), born in Anaheim, California
- 1967 Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympic silver 1992, 96), born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1967 Mark Seay, American football wide receiver (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1967 Wendel Suckow, American luger (World C'ship gold men's singles 1993), born in Marquette, Michigan
- 1968 Eric Moten, NFL guard and tackle (San Diego Chargers), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1969 Gavin Briant, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
- 1969 J Nick Adamson, Freeport Bahamas, US laser sailor (Olymp-21st-1996)
- 1969 Janeth Arcain, Brazilian basketball forward (Houston Comets), born in São Paulo, Brazil
- 1969 Jesse Campbell, American football safety (NY Giants, Washington Redskins), born in Washington, North Carolina
- 1970 Joe Vitiello, infielder (KC Royals), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1970 Sean Bergman, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Joliet, Illinois
- 1970 Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Canucks, NY Islanders), born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
- 1972 Dietrich Jells, American wide receiver (New England Patriots), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1972 Nicole Levesque, American baseball guard (Charlotte Sting), born in Shaftsbury, Vermont
- 1973 Blake Brockermeyer, American football tackle, 1995-2003 (Carolina Panthers, and 2 other teams), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- 1973 Reggie Tongue, American football safety, 1996-2005 (Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, and 2 other teams), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1974 Alex Corretja, tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16), born in Barcelona, Spain
- 1974 Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter, born in Yerevan, Armenia
- 1974 Sascha van Wissen, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
- 1974 Trot Nixon, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1996-2008 (Boston Red Sox, and 2 other teams), born in Durham, North Carolina
- 1975 Terry Cousin, American football cornerback (Chicago Bears), born in Miami, Florida
- 1978 Josh Hancock, American baseball player, born in Cleveland, Mississippi (d. 2007)
- 1978 Victor Sikora, Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles), born in Deventer, Netherlands
- 1979 Malcolm Christie, English footballer, born in Stamford, England
- 1979 Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player, born in Oberbalm, Switzerland
- 1980 Keiji Tamada, Japanese football player, born in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- 1980 Mark Teixeira, American baseball first baseman, born in Annapolis, Maryland
- 1981 Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Pincourt, Quebec, Canada
- 1982 Ian Bell, English cricketer, born in Walsgrave, Coventry, Warwickshire
- 1983 Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch racing driver (Euro Formula 3000), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- 1989 Scott Boland, Australian cricket fast bowler (only second male Aboriginal player to play Test Cricket for Australia; BB 6/7), born in Melbourne, Australia
- 2013 Arrogate, American thoroughbred racehorse (Breeders' Cup Classic, World's Best Racehorse 2016; Pegasus World Cup, Dubai World Cup 2017), born in Clearsky Farms, Kentucky (d. 2020)
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