- 1853 George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts
- 1866 Robert Poore, Irish cricket batsman (3 Tests for South Africa; Hampshire), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1938)
- 1871 Joe McGinnity, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905; 5 × NL wins leader; NL ERA leader 1904; Baltimore Orioles, NY Giants), born in Rock Island, Illinois (d. 1929)
- 1903 Vincent Richards, American tennis player (US Pro C'ships 1927-28, 30, 33), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1959)
- 1905 Jean Galia, French rugby footballer (d. 1949)
- 1915 Stan Spence, American baseball center fielder (MLB All-Star 1942, 44, 46, 47; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns), born in South Portsmouth, Kentucky (d. 1983)
- 1928 Jerome Cousins Biffle, long jumper (Olympic gold 1952), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1933 George Altman, American MLB player, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina
- 1933 Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league hooker, captain and coach (25 Tests; St. George), born in Bogan Gate, New South Wales (d. 2013)
- 1937 Helmut Recknagel, German 90m ski jump (Olympic gold 1960)
- 1941 Carlos Lopez snr, American jockey
- 1941 Pat Corrales, American baseball player
- 1945 Pat Riley, American NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat), born in Schenectady, New York
- 1951 Madan Lal, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's)
- 1951 Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, Tunisian soccer midfielder (35 caps; CS Sfaxien), born in Sfax, Tunisia (d. 2020)
- 1952 Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay)
- 1952 Geoff Brabham, Australian auto racer (IMSA GT Championship 1988-91), born in Sydney, NSW
- 1954 Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings)
- 1958 Rickey Jackson, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
- 1958 Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist
- 1959 Dale Reid, Scottish golfer (21 Ladies European Tour wins), born in Ladybank Scotland
- 1961 Kathy Baker-Guadagnino, American golfer (US Open 1985), born in Albany, New York
- 1961 Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer
- 1963 Paul Annacone, tennis star, born in Southampton, New York
- 1963 Ramon Andersson, Middle Swan Australia, canoeist (Olympics-br-92, 96)
- 1963 Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (d. 2007)
- 1963 Manabu Suzuki, Japanese racing driver and broadcaster
- 1964 Ruth Davidon, rower (Olympic 6th 1996), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1965 Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green OH, catcher (Baltimore Orioles)
- 1965 Danielle Woodward, Australian canoeist (Olympics 1996), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- 1966 Blas Minor, Merced CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
- 1966 Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback (BC Lions)
- 1967 Mookie Blaylock, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
- 1967 Nikolay Bukhalov, Bulgarian canoeist (2 x Olympic gold 1992), born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 1968 Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star (PSV/AA Gent)
- 1969 Caroline Brunet, Canadian kayaker (Olympic silver 1996), born in Quebec City, Québec
- 1969 Konstantine Starikovitch, Podolsk Russia, 238lbs US weightlift (Olympics 1996)
- 1970 Kristin Klein, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics 1996), born in Santa Monica, California
- 1970 Ron George, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1970 Todd Burger, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
- 1971 Janis Kelly, volleyball player (Olympics 1996), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1971 Manny Alexander, Dominican infielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
- 1972 Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player (Roda JC)
- 1973 Nico Boje, cricketer (South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996)
- 1973 Norman Tome, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics 1996)
- 1974 P J Bogart, American diver (Olympics 1996), born in NYC, New York
- 1976 Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player (Holten, FC Twente)
- 1979 Bernard O'Connor, Gaelic Footballer
- 1979 Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
- 1980 Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
- 1982 Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
- 1982 José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
- 1982 Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1984 Markus Niemelä, Finnish racing driver
- 1984 Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
- 1984 Valtteri Filppula, Finnish professional ice-hockey player
- 1984 Marcus Vick, American football player
- 1987 Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player
- 1987 Patrick Boyle, Scottish footballer
- 1987 Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
- 1987 Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
- 1987 Jô, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1993 Sloane Stephens, American tennis player (US Open 2017), born in Plantation, Florida
- 1996 Charley Hull, British golfer (ANA Inspiration 2016 runner-up), born in Kettering, England
