- 1869 Kid Nichols, American baseball player, born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 1953)
- 1880 Archie Hahn, American sprinter, born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin (d. 1955)
- 1887 Stanley Ketchel [The Michigan Assassin], Polish-American heavyweight boxing champion (1908-10), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1910)
- 1918 Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver, born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1967)
- 1920 Bud Palmer, American basketball player (NY Knicks) and sportscaster, born in Hollywood, California (d. 2013)
- 1924 Jerry Coleman, American MLB 2nd baseman, born in San Jose, California (d. 2014)
- 1932 Harry Sinden, Canadian NHL player and coach (Team Canada), born in Weston, Ontario, Canada
- 1932 Joshua Culbreath, American 400m hurdler (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
- 1936 Stan Williams, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees, LA Dodgers), born in Enfield, New Hampshire
- 1939 DeWitt Weaver, American PGA golfer (1972 Southern Open), born in Danville, Kentucky
- 1940 Larry Brown, American NBA player and coach (NY Knicks), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1945 Martin Tyler, British sports broadcaster, born in Chester, England
- 1947 Wolfgang Schwartz, Austrian figure skater (Olympic gold 1968), born in Vienna, Austria
- 1950 Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver, born in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan
- 1952 Margit Schumann, German luger (Olympic gold 1976), born in Waltershausen, Bezirk Erfurt, East Germany
- 1953 Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer, born in Sydney, Australia
- 1956 Ray Wilkins, English former footballer and captain of the National Soccer Team, born in Hillingdon, England (d. 2018)
- 1957 Jerry Don Gleaton, American baseball player, born in Brownwood, Texas
- 1957 Tim Wallach, American MLB player (Montreal Expos 1980-1992), born in Huntington Park, California
- 1957 Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer who played for both Australia and South Africa, born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Province, South Africa
- 1963 Antonia Real, Spanish 400m freestyle (Olympic-1976), born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 1963 Jaromir Dragan, Slovak ice hockey goalie (Team Slovakia 1998), born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
- 1964 Kurt Gouveia, American NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 1965 Troy Neel, American baseball player, born in Freeport, Texas
- 1968 Ginger Helgeson-Nielson, American tennis star, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota
- 1968 Pete Chilcutt, American NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies), born in Sumter, South Carolina
- 1970 Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
- 1971 Jonathan "Adam" Holland, rower (Olympics 1996), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1971 Mario Henry, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons)
- 1972 David Bell, infielder (St Louis Cardinals), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1972 Donnell Bennett, NFL fullback (KC Chiefs)
- 1973 Terrell Fletcher, NFL running back (San Diego Chargers)
- 1973 Linvoy Primus, English footballer
- 1974 Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete (Olympic gold 1,500m, 5k 2004), born in Berkane, Morocco
- 1976 Agustín Calleri, Argentine tennis player
- 1978 Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer
- 1979 Jesse Marunde, American Strongman/Athlete (d. 2007)
- 1983 Frostee Rucker, National Football League defensive end
- 1985 Delmon Young, American baseball player
- 1986 Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer