- 1851 George Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93)
- 1879 Willie Anderson, Scottish golfer (4-time US Open champion), born in North Berwick, Scotland (d. 1910)
- 1898 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wresler and Olympic medalist (d. 1960)
- 1926 Bob Rosburg, American golfer, analyst (PGA Championship 1959), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2009)
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1928 Whitey Ford [Edward Charles Ford], American hall of fame baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), born in NYC
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- 1928 Vern Mikkelsen, Parlier, CA, basketball player (Lakers, HOF), (d. 2013)
- 1931 Jim Parks, cricketer (England batsman-keeper in 46 Tests 1954-68)
- 1940 Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer (stoic England opener 1964-82)
- 1940 Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight (Olympic gold 1964)
- 1942 Allan Grice, Australian racing driver
- 1946 Jim Hill, American sportscaster
- 1947 Younis Ahmed, cricketer (batted for Pakistan in 1969 & again in 1987)
- 1949 Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)
- 1959 George Bell, Dom Rep, outfielder (Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP)
- 1960 Lionel Washington, American NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos), born in Lutcher, Louisiana
- 1962 Don Fardon, Toowoomba QLD, Australian golfer
- 1962 David Campese, Australian rugby union footballer
- 1965 Alison Munt, Cairns Australia, LPGA golfer (1992 Jamie Farr-21st)
- 1965 Chima McLean, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Conestoga), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1965 Chris Duplanty, water polo goalkeeper (Olympics 1996), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1965 Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer
- 1966 Jonas B, Svensson Sweden, tennis star
- 1966 Thomas Louis Tolles Jr, PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope-3rd), born in Ft Myers, Florida
- 1967 Bill Berg, St Catharines, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
- 1967 Gavin Brian Lovegrove, javelin (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1967 John Flaherty, American catcher (San Diego Padres), born in NYC, New York
- 1967 Stanley Richard, NFL safety (Washington Redskins)
- 1967 Paul Ince, English footballer
- 1968 Francois Gravel, hockey goaltender (Team France 1998)
- 1969 John McMullen, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 NCAA-15th), born in Santa Rosa, California
- 1969 Mo Lewis, American NFL linebacker (NY Jets), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1970 Lance Teichelmann, WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
- 1970 Marc Wilkins, Mansfield OH, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
- 1971 Damien Martyn, cricketer (WA & Australian middle-order batsman)
- 1971 René Ponk, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- 1971 Shane Hannah, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1971 Paul Norman Telfer, Scottish footballer
- 1972 Orlando Thomas, NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1973 Dan Neil, NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1973 Derrick Beatty, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
- 1975 Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
- 1975 Toby Hall, American baseball player
- 1976 Lavinia Miloşovici, Romanian gymnast
- 1978 Joey Harrington, American football player
- 1979 Khalil Greene, American baseball player
- 1979 Gabe Gross, American baseball player
- 1981 Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
- 1982 James White, American basketball player
- 1983 Zack Greinke, American baseball player
- 1983 Andy Marté, Dominican baseball player
- 1984 Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, French Canadian short track speed skater
- 1984 Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
- 1984 Marvin Mitchell, American football player
- 1984 Kieran Richardson, English footballer
- 1986 Chibuzor Chilaka, English footballer
- 1990 Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player