- 1857 George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
- 1867 Jack Hearne, cricketer (cousin of George and Alec 12 Tests for England)
- 1876 Bert Hopkins, cricketer (Australian pace bowler of the 1900's)
- 1876 E. B. Dwyer, Australian-born cricketer (Sussex), born in Redfern, Australia (d. 1912)
- 1904 Charles "Red" Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46)
- 1918 Ted Bates, English former footballer (d. 2003)
Sugar Ray Robinson
1921 Sugar Ray Robinson [Walter Smith], American middle/welterweight boxer (1946-52, 55, 58), born in Ailey, Georgia (d. 1989)
Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1922 Len Shackleton, English former footballer (d. 2000)
- 1933 O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith, West Indian cricket all-rounder, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1934 Henry Cooper, English boxer
- 1938 Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
- 1939 Jose Torres, American boxer (Olympics)
- 1940 Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
- 1942 Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (7 Olympic golds), born in Prague (d. 2016)
- 1945 Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81)
- 1946 Greg Gumbel, sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN)
- 1946 Norm Chow, American football coach
- 1952 Allen Wells, Scottish 100m sprinter (Olympic gold-1980), born in Edinburgh
- 1955 David Hookes, cricketer (dashing Australian LHB, S Aussie stalwart)
- 1956 Gillian Rolton, Australian equestrian (Summer Olympics 1992, 1996- gold), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2017)
- 1957 Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens, Wash Caps)
- 1961 Steve McClaren, English football manager
- 1962 Anthony Gilligan, Penrith NSW, Australian golfer
- 1963 Jeff Hornacek, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
Ron Hextall
1964 Ron Hextall, Canadian NHL goalie (Philadelphia Flyers, NY Islanders), born in Brandon, Manitoba
Ron Hextall
- 1965 John Jensen, Danish footballer
- 1966 Paul Stevenson, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics 1996)
- 1966 M-16 [Ernest Mateen], Cruiserweight boxing champion, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
- 1969 Karen Kraft, San Mateo California, rower (Olympic silver 1996)
- 1970 Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle France, tennis star (1992 Aust)
- 1970 Ted Crowley, US hockey defenseman (Olympics 1994), born in Concord, Massachusetts
- 1971 James Roberson, defensive end (Tennessee Oilers)
- 1972 Brett Hayman, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1972 Josh Taves, defensive end (New England Patriots)
- 1972 Vyacheslav Kozlov, Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings)
- 1973 Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star
- 1973 Michel Traveller, soccer player (Ajax)
- 1976 Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
- 1977 Ryan Dempster, American baseball player
- 1978 Lawrence Tynes, American football player
- 1982 Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born American football player
- 1983 Joseph Addai, American football player
- 1983 Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
- 1983 Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer and goalkeeper, born in Budapest (d. 2015)
- 1990 Brooks Koepka, American PGA golfer (US Open 2017), born in West Palm Beach, Florida