- 1850 Albert Spalding, American baseball player, founder of Spalding sports company, born in Byron, Illinois (d. 1915)
- 1857 Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
- 1899 Hans Nielsen, Danish lightweight and featherweight boxer (Olympic gold 1924)
- 1901 Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
- 1912 Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
- 1913 Bill Shankly, English Football Manager (d. 1981)
- 1916 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, American tennis player (141 US tennis titles), born in LA, CA, (d. 2014)
- 1927 Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1952)
Peter Ueberroth
1937 Peter Ueberroth, American organizer of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and commissioner of baseball (1984-89), born in Evanston, Illinois

Peter Ueberroth
Jimmy Connors
1952 Jimmy Connors, American tennis champion (US Open-1978, 82, 83 Wimbledon-1974, 82), born in St. Louis, Illinois

Jimmy Connors
- 1956 Mario Tremblay, Canadian hockey player and coach
- 1957 Tony Alva, American skateboarder
- 1960 Eric Dickerson, NFL halfback (LA Rams, Colts/2,105 yds in 1984), born in Sealy, Texas
- 1960 Rex Hudler, Tempe AZ, outfielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)
- 1961 Jeff Russell, Cincinnatti OH, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
- 1961 Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
- 1963 Sam Mitchell, NBA forward (Minn Timberwolves)
- 1965 Doug Linton, pitcher (KC Royals), born in Santa Ana, California
Lennox Lewis
1965 Lennox Lewis, heavyweight boxer (Olympic gold 1988, WBC boxing champ), born in London, England

Lennox Lewis
- 1966 Olivier Panis, French race car driver
- 1967 Andreas Möller, German footballer
- 1968 Ricardo de Jongh, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
- 1969 Russell Freeman, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
- 1969 Shani Waugh, Bunbury Aust, LPGA golfer (Aust sub-jr champ-1986, 87)
- 1969 Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1971 Rich Aurilia, infielder (SF Giants), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1971 Tommy Maddox, NFL quarterback (NY Giants)
- 1971 Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
- 1972 James Willis, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1972 Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star
- 1973 Matthew Dunn, Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics 1996)
- 1973 Jason Blake, American hockey player
- 1974 Jason Lawson, NBA center (Orlando Magic)
- 1974 Karina Wieland, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1977 Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
- 1979 Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
- 1980 Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver
- 1981 Katie Teft, gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
- 1981 Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
- 1982 Joey Barton, English footballer
- 1982 Jason Hammel, American baseball player
- 1983 Mark Foster, English rugby player
- 1988 Ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer
- 1989 Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver