Peter Mark Roget
1779 Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (Roget's Thesaurus) and inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), born in London (d. 1869)
Peter Mark Roget
- 1912 Wilhelm Herz, German motorcycle racer (first to 200mph), born in Lampertheim, Germany (d. 1998)
- 1916 Alec Coxon, cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 & 1-82)
- 1921 Bruce Woodcock, English boxer (European Heavyweight Champion), born in Doncaster (d. 1997)
- 1925 Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player (Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52)
- 1938 Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997)
- 1940 Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1971)
- 1944 Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
- 1947 Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseman nicknamed Tetsujin, meaning "Iron Man", born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 2018)
- 1950 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer
- 1951 Bob Latchford, English footballer
- 1955 Mable Fergerson, 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1972), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1958 Larry Smith, NBA player
Mark Messier
1961 Mark Messier, NHL Center (Edmonton, NY Rangers), born in Edmonton, Alberta
Mark Messier
- 1961 Peter Beardsley, English footballer
- 1962 David O'Connor, equestrian 3-day (Olympic silver 1996)
- 1963 Yury Zakharevich, Soviet weightlifter
- 1964 Brady Anderson, American MLB outfielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- 1964 Jenny Holliday, Australian softball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996)
- 1965 Richard Dunwoody, British(?) jockey)
- 1966 Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
- 1967 Kim Perrot, WNBA guard (Houston Comets)
- 1967 Peter Cox Jr, fencer-sabre (Olympics 1996), born in Bronxville, New York
- 1967 Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
- 1969 Larry Webster, defensive tackle (Baltimore Ravens), born in Elkton, Maryland
- 1969 Marvin Pope, CFL defensive end (Calgary Stampeders), born in Gainesville, Florida
- 1970 Leo Araguz, NLF/WLAF punter (Oakland Raiders, Rhein Fire)
- 1970 Peter van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
- 1971 Andre Coleman, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (San Diego Chargers)
- 1971 Greg Engel, NFL center (San Diego Chargers)
- 1971 Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
- 1971 Pep Guardiola, Spanish soccer midfielder/manager (Spain 47 caps, manager Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City), born in Santpedor, Spain
- 1972 Dwayne Carswell, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1972 Mike Lieberthal, catcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Glendale, California
- 1972 Ryan Kuehl, defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
- 1972 Steven Conley, linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1972 Vinod Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-)
- 1973 Edward Jasper, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1973 Junior Burrough, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
- 1973 Regilio Vreede, soccer player (Blue White, RKC)
- 1974 Shane Burton, defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
- 1975 Derek Smith, linebacker (Washington Redskins)
- 1976 Laurence Courtois, Kortrijk Belg, tennis star (1995 finalist Jakarta)
- 1976 Vincent Polvliet, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- 1977 Alina Jidkova, Russian tennis player
- 1977 Richard Archer, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi)
- 1978 Thor Hushovd, Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer widely considered the greatest Norwegian cyclist of all time, born in Grimstad, Norway
- 1978 Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
- 1979 Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
- 1979 Kenyatta Jones, American football player, born in Gainesville, Florida
- 1980 Robert Green, English footballer
- 1980 Julius Peppers, American football player (Carolina Panthers), born in Wilson, North Carolina
- 1981 Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
- 1981 Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
- 1985 Riccardo Montolivo, Italian soccer player
- 1990 Gift Ngoepe, South African-born baseball player, 1st black African to play in Major League Baseball, born in Pietersburg, South Africa