- 1878 Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955)
- 1881 Karl Frederick, American pistol shooter (Olympic gold 1920), born in Chateaugay, New York (d. 1963)
- 1888 Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
- 1891 Frank Foyston, Canadian NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle), born in Minesing, Ontario (d. 1966)
George Halas (1895-1983)
American NFL coach and pioneering owner of the Chicago Bears, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1900 Asa Smith Bushnell III, American sports executive (Secretary US Olympic Committee 1945-65), born in Springfield, Ohio (d. 1975)
- 1900 Willie Kamm, MLB third baseman (d. 1988)
Wes Ferrell (1908-1976)
American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1933, 37; no-hitter 1931; record 37 career HRs hit by a pitcher), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- 1915 Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Vancouver, BC (d. 2005)
- 1923 Red Schoendienst, American Baseball HOF second baseman, manager, coach (10 x MLB All Star; 5 x World Series St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Braves), born in Germantown, Illinois (d. 2018)
- 1935 Pete Brown, American golfer (first African-American to win on PGA Tour, Waco 1964), born in Port Gibson, Mississippi (d. 2015)
- 1937 Don Buford, American MLB and NPB outfielder/infielder, 1963-76, All-Star (Baltimore Orioles, and 3 other teams), born in Linden, Texas
- 1937 Martina Arroyo, American opera soprano (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1965-78), born in New York City
- 1940 Wayne Fontes, American football coach
- 1942 Ron Franklin, American sportscaster (ESPN 1987-2011; ESPN College Football Primetime), born in Jackson, Mississippi (d. 2022)
- 1944 Sandy Carmichael, Scottish rugby union prop (50 caps; British and Irish Lions 1971, 74; West of Scotland, Glasgow District), born Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2021)
- 1946 Gerrie Mühren, Dutch soccer midfielder (10 caps; Ajax, Volendam), born in Volendam, Netherlands (d. 2013)
- 1949 Francisco Maturana, Colombian football manager
- 1953 Penny Pulz, Australian golfer (Dinah Shore runner-up 1978), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- 1954 Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka v NZ 1983)
- 1954 Johann "Hansi" Hinterseer, Austrian pop and schlager singer ("Hände Zum Himmel"), actor, and competitive alpine skier (World Championship silver, 1974), born in Kitzbühel, Austria
- 1958 Dexter Manley, NFLer (Wash Redskins)
- 1961 Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994)
- 1962 Andy Fordham, English darts player (BDO World Champion 2004), born in Bristol, England (d. 2021)
- 1962 Ben Testerman, tennis star, born in Knoxville, Tennessee
- 1962 Paul Kilgus, baseball player
- 1963 Philip Laats, Belgian judoka
- 1965 Carl Airey, English footballer
- 1965 Harry Swayne, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1966 Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis star
- 1966 Bob Estes, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles), born in Graham, Texas
- 1966 Tony Plourde, Chibougamau Quebec, sabre (Olympics 1996)
- 1967 Arturs Irbe, Latvian hockey player
- 1968 Sari Krooks, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Olympics 1998)
- 1968 Scott Erickson, pitcher (Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles), born in Long Beach, California
- 1968 Sean Elliott, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
- 1968 Ventson Donelson, CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
- 1969 Ijaz Ahmed Jr, cricketer (one Test Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1995)
- 1969 Jody Hull, Cambridge, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
- 1969 Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer
- 1970 Erik ten Hag, soccer player (FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht)
- 1970 Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1970 Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
- 1971 Ken Dilger, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1971 Tony Miller, American 400m runner, born in Mount Pleasant, Texas
- 1972 Charlie Williams, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1972 Ivan Droppa, Liptovsky Mikulas CZE, NHL defenseman (Chicago)
- 1972 Lance Brown, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1973 Dan Brandenburg, linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
- 1973 Patrick Jeffers, NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1973 Radka Bobkova, tennis star (quarter Bournemouth), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- 1973 Tim Denton, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1974 J R Conrad, offensive tackle/guard (NY Jets)
- 1974 Jeff Cassar, soccer goalkeeper (Olympic gold 1996)
- 1975 Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
- 1975 Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer
- 1976 James Hickman, British swimmer (5 x World C'ship [SC] gold 200m butterfly), born in Stockport, England
- 1976 Steven Dewick, Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1977 Libor Sionko, Czech football player
- 1978 Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures NC)
- 1978 Barry Ferguson, Scottish football player
- 1979 Fani Halkia, Greek hurdler
- 1979 Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
- 1979 Petra Cada, Canadian table tennis player (Olympics 1996), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- 1980 Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player
- 1981 Jason Kapono, American basketball player
- 1982 Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
- 1983 Carolina Klüft, Swedish track and field athlete, noted for excellence in heptathlon (Olympic gold, 2004; World Champion, 2003, 2005, 2007), born in Sandhult, Sweden
- 1983 Jordin Tootoo, Canadian-Inuk NHL hockey player, 2003-17 (Nashville Predators and 3 other teams), born in Churchill, Manitoba
- 1987 Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player
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