- 1877 Frank Calder, the first NHL President (d. 1943)
- 1883 Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1913)
- 1901 Joyce Wethered, Surrey England, golfer (4 time British Amateur champ)
- 1905 Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (Aus batsman & leggie 99 on Test debut)
- 1906 Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (d. 2007)
- 1919 Hershy Kay, composer/arranger (Olympic Hymn), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1923 Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great NZ left-handed batsman)
- 1923 Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986)
- 1928 Colin McDonald, cricketer (stalwart Australian opening bat for 1950's)
- 1929 Edgar White, American yachtsman (Olympic gold 1952)
- 1929 Sumner White, US yachtsman (Olympic gold 1952), born in NYC, New York (d. 1988)
- 1929 Norm Zauchin, baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1930 Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, born in Tulare, California (d. 2006)
- 1933 Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player
- 1935 Anton Sailer, Austrian skier (Olympic-3 golds-1956)
- 1944 Tom Seaver, American MLB pitcher (NY Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young '69 '73 '75), born in Fresno, California
Elvin Hayes
1945 Elvin Hayes, American NBA star (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore), born in Rayville, Louisiana
Elvin Hayes
- 1948 Jaime Huelamo, Spanish cyclist (Olympic bronze 1972) drug disqualified
- 1949 Thomas Lionel Hill, American 110m hurdler (Olympic bronze 1972), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1950 Roland Matthes, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic gold 1968, 72)
- 1950 Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver and race team owner
- 1951 Butch Davis, American football coach
- 1952 Roman Codreanu, Romania, wrestler (Olympic-1980)
- 1955 Bill McCreary, Ontario, NHL referee
- 1955 Dennis Maruk, Canadian hockey player
- 1958 Allison Finney, Winnetka IL, LPGA golfer (1989 Standard Register)
- 1959 Terry Fenwick, English footballer
- 1963 Marco T Dawson, Freising Germany, PGA golfer (1995 Greater Milw-2nd)
- 1964 Marina Tcherkasova, American pairs figure skater (Olympic silver 1980)
- 1964 Michelle Knox-Zaloom, rower (Olympics 1996), born in Annapolis, Maryland
- 1965 Grant Connell, Regina Saskatchawan, tennis player (Olympics 1996)
- 1965 Paul Sorrento, Somerville MA, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
- 1965 Raffaella Reggi, Italian tennis star
- 1965 Rob Koll, Bellefonte PA, 163 lbs/74 kg freestyle wrestler (Olymp-96)
- 1965 Winthrop Graham, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1988)
- 1966 Jeff Nelson, pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1967 Howard Griffith, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1968 Cacho Conde, WLAF tight end/running back (Barcelona Dragons)
- 1968 Sean Miller, American basketball coach
- 1969 Takako Inque, Toride Japan, wrestler (Japan)
- 1970 Chris Tamer, Dearborn, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
- 1970 Max Huiberts, soccer player (Roda JC)
- 1971 Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Evansville IN)
- 1972 Ron Lewis, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1973 Scott Rehberg, tackle (New England Patriots)
- 1973 Eli Marrero, American baseball player
- 1973 Bernd Schneider, German footballer
- 1974 Marc Edwards, NFL fullback (SF 49ers)
- 1977 Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
- 1978 Reggie Wayne, American football player
- 1979 Matthew Spring, English footballer
- 1982 Katie Feenstra, American basketball player
- 1982 Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer
- 1983 Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
- 1983 Ryan Braun, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1983 Scott Moore, American baseball player
- 1983 Nick Markakis, American baseball player
- 1986 Nani, Portuguese football player
- 1987 Darren McKillion, Northern Irish sportsman