- 1863 Ernest Thayer, American poet who wrote the famous baseball poem "Casey", born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1940)
- 1867 Cupid Childs, American baseball player, born in Calvert County, Maryland (d. 1912)
- 1895 Jack Gregory, cricketer (Australian all-rounder of post-WWI years)
- 1909 Len Darling, cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's)
- 1913 Fred Davis, English world champ snooker player (1948-49, 51)
- 1913 Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)
- 1916 Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of the New York Giants (d. 2005)
- 1929 Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
- 1930 Earl Weaver, manager (Balt Orioles 1968-82, 85-86), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2013)
- 1937 Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer and British welterweight champion (1960-1964), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2012)
- 1938 Betsy Cullen, LPGA golfer
- 1940 Galen Hall, WLAF Head Coach (Orlando Thunder, Rhein Fire)
- 1941 Peter Truscott, cricketer (one Test NZ v Pakistan 1965, 3 & 26)
- 1943 Barrie Leadbeater, English cricketer and umpire, born in Harehills, Leeds
- 1944 Robyn Smith Astaire [Melody Dawn Miller], American jockey, wife of Fred Astaire, born in San Francisco, California
- 1949 Bob Backlund, American wrestler
- 1952 Debbie Meyer, 200m/400m/800m swimmer (Olympic 3 gold-68), born in Annapolis, Maryland
- 1954 Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- 1956 Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
- 1957 Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (d. 1986)
Magic Johnson
1959 Earvin "Magic" Johnson, American NBA Forward (LA Lakers/Olympic gold 1992), born in Lansing, Michigan
Magic Johnson
- 1959 Frank Brickowski, NBA forward/center (Seattle Supersonics)
- 1960 Broderick Thompson, NFL tackle/guard (Denver Broncos)
- 1960 Fred Roberts, NBA forward (LA Lakers)
- 1961 "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (d. 1995)
- 1962 Jerry Foltz, American professional golfer and commentator, born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- 1962 Mark Gubicza, pitcher (KC Royals), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1962 Rameez Raja, cricketer (prolific Pakistani batsman)
- 1966 Karl Petter Løken, Norwegian footballer
- 1968 Glenn Leroy McLeay, Invercargill NZ, points race cyclist (Olympics 1996)
- 1968 Praveen Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992)
- 1969 Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
- 1970 Arno Doornernik, soccer player (Roda JC)
- 1970 Slava Dosedel, Czech, tennis star
- 1970 Susan Veasey, LPGA golfer (U of S Fla), born in Wilmington, Delaware
- 1970 Trise Jackson, WNBA guard (LA Sparks)
- 1971 Adam Timmerman, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
- 1971 Christopher R Nelloms, sprinter, born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1971 James Folston, NFL defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
- 1971 Mark Loretta, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Santa Monica, California
- 1971 Pramodaya Wickremasinhghe, cricketer (Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler)
- 1971 Sean Hill, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
- 1971 Stan White, NFL/WLAF quarterback (NY Giants, London Monarchs)
- 1972 Brian Gragert, WLAF punter (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1972 Ed O'Bannon, NBA forward (NJ Nets)
- 1972 Evan Pilgrim, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
- 1972 Katja Maaria Lehtd, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Olympics 1998)
- 1972 Ross Schulte, NFL/WLAF kicker/punter (Buffalo Bills, Frankfurt Galaxy)
- 1973 Kieren Perkins, Australian free-style 1500m swimmer (world record)
- 1973 Mike Mamula, NFL linebacker/defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1973 Nancy Sweetnam, Lindsay Ontario, 400m swimmer (Olympics-7-92, 96)
- 1973 Wayne Chrebet, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets)
- 1973 Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
- 1973 Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
- 1974 Chucky Atkins, American basketball player
- 1975 Mike Vrabel, defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1975 Viaceslav Ivanovski, Israel, Men's Weightlifting 99kg
- 1977 Juan Pierre, American baseball player
- 1978 Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
- 1979 Paul Burgess, Australian athlete
- 1980 Roy Williams, American football player, born in Redwood City, California
- 1981 Matthew Etherington, English footballer
- 1981 Julius Jones, American football player
- 1983 Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian/British tennis player
- 1983 Leo Núñez, Dominican baseball player
- 1984 Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
- 1984 Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 Christian Gentner, German footballer
- 1986 Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
- 1987 Tim Tebow, American football player
- 1989 Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player