- 1886 Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
- 1892 Paul Smart, American yachtsman (Olympic gold 1948)
- 1919 Army Archerd, Hollywood columnist/TV host (Movie Game)
- 1933 Tom B Gola, NBA Hall-of-Famer, (d. 2014)
- 1938 Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
- 1939 Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
- 1941 Meinhard Nehmer, German DR, 2 man bobsledder (Olympic gold 1976)
- 1947 Peter Sundelin, Swedish yachtsmen (Olympic gold 1968)
- 1947 Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
- 1948 Kenia Jayantilal, cricketer (5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India)
- 1950 Bob Forsch, American baseball player
- 1957 Christina Seufert, Sacraento California, diver (Olympic bronze 1984)
- 1957 Mark Francis O'Meara, Goldsboro NC, PGA golfer (1984 Greater Milw)
- 1958 Ricardo Acuna, Chile, tennis star
- 1960 Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
- 1961 Kelly Hrudey, Edmonton, NHL goalie (LA Kings)
- 1961 Kent Hull, NFL center (Buffalo Bills)
- 1962 Brett Maxie, NFL safety (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
- 1962 Kevin Mitchell, American baseball outfielder (NY Met, SF Giants, Cincinnati Reds)
- 1963 Dirk Tazelaar, cricketer (Queensland & Surrey left-arm pace bowler)
- 1963 Felita Carr, dance skater (& Komarov-1995 Pac Champ), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- 1964 Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer
- 1966 Joseph Harper, Ventura California, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996)
- 1966 Marcus Turner, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
- 1968 Kelly Boucher, Canadian basketball forward (1996 & 2000 Olympics), born in Calgary, Alberta
- 1968 Mike Whitlow, English footballer
- 1969 Andre Cason, US runner (world record 50 indoor), born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
- 1969 Dan Footman, NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts)
- 1969 John Flannery, guard/corner (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1969 Katarzyna Nowak, tennis star (1994 Futures France), born in Łódź, Poland
- 1969 Kevin Foster, American baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
- 1969 Orlando Miller, Changionola Panama, infielder (Houston Astros)
- 1969 Robert Wilson, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins)
- 1969 Stephen Hendry, Edinburgh, Scottish professional snooker player
- 1970 Frank Kooiman, soccer player (Sparta)
- 1970 Nachi Abe, WLAF tight end (Scotland Claymores)
- 1970 Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (Tour de France 1998), born in Cesena, Italy (d. 2004)
- 1971 Elmer Dessens, Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
- 1972 Byron "Bam" Morris, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1972 Richard Woodley, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
- 1972 Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast (6 Olympic gold medals Barcelona 1992), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1973 Nikolai Khabibulin, Sverdlovsk Russia, NHL goalie (Winnipeg Jets)
- 1974 Matt Lepsis, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1974 Sergei Brylin, NHL center (NJ Devils), born in Moscow, Russia
- 1975 Angela Holbeck, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1976 Gary Brent, cricketer (Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler 1996)
- 1976 Vaclav Batlik, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996), born in Costa Mesa, California
- 1977 James Posey, American basketball player
- 1980 Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
- 1980 Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
- 1980 Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
- 1981 Reggie Brown, American football player
- 1981 Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
- 1982 Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
- 1983 Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
- 1986 Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
- 1989 Bryan Arguez, American soccer player
- 1997 Connor McDavid, Canadian NHL centre (1st pick 2015 Draft by Edmonton Oilers), born in Richmond Hill, Ontario