- 1853 August Belmont Jr., American financier (construction of New York subway, NY Jockey Club), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1924)
- 1889 George Mogridge, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1924 Washington Senators; no-hitter 1917 NY Yankees), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1962)
- 1895 George "The Gipper" Gipp, American football player (Notre Dame), born in Laurium, Michigan (d. 1920)
Italian racing car driver and founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team and sportscar manufacturer Ferrari, born in Modena, Italy
- 1909 Matti Järvinen, Finnish javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1932), born in Tampere, Finland (d. 1985)
- 1915 Joe Gordon, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (World Series 1938, 39, 41, 43 NY Yankees; 1948 Cleveland Indians; AL MVP 1942; 9 x MLB All Star), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1978)
- 1926 Len Ford, American AAFC and NFL two-way end, 1948-58 (Cleveland Browns, and 2 other teams; 3 x NFL Champion, 4 X Pro Bowl), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1972)
Pakistan cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 139 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- 1927 Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican MLB baseball pitcher, 1955-63 (2 x All-Star; 2 x World Series Champion; St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, and 2 other teams), born in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico (d. 2016)
- 1928 Jim McElreath, American auto racer (California 500, 1970), born in Arlington, Texas (d. 2017)
- 1928 Tom Johnson, Canadian NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1947-65 (5 x Stanley Cups - Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins), and executive (Bruins - 2 x Stanley Cups), born in Baldur, Manitoba (d. 2007)
- 1929 Lou Gorman, American baseball executive (general manager Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2011)
- 1931 Bob St. Clair, American NFL football player, 1953-63 (San Francisco 49ers), known as "The Geek", born in San Francisco, California (d. 2015)
- 1933 Sir Bobby Robson, English soccer forward, coach (20 caps; England manager 1982-90), born in Sacriston, County Durham (d. 2009)
- 1935 Savvas Theodoridis, Greek soccer goalkeeper (12 caps; Olympiacos), born in Athens, Greece (d. 2020)
- 1936 Jozef Vengloš, Slovak soccer manager (Australia, Czechoslovakia, Malaysia, Fenerbahçe, Aston Villa, Celtic, Slovakia), born in Ružomberok, Slovakia (d. 2021)
- 1937 Jeff Farrell, American swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1960)
- 1938 Barry Knight, English cricket all-rounder (29 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 127, 70 wickets, BB 4/38; Essex CCC, Leicestershire CCC), born in Chesterfield, England
- 1938 Manny Mota, Dominican baseball outfielder (LA Dodgers), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1939 Dal Maxvill, American baseball player
- 1941 Homer Jones, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1967, 68; NFL record: career yards per reception: 22.3; NY Giants, Cleveland Browns), born in Pittsburg, Texas (d. 2023)
- 1942 Roy Prosser, Australian rugby union prop (25 caps; Northern Suburbs), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2008)
- 1944 Pat Bowlen, American Pro Football Hall of Fame team owner (Super Bowl 1998, 99, 2015 Denver Broncos), born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (d. 2019)
- 1945 Judy Rankin, American golfer (US Open, Titleholders C'ship 1972 runner-up; 26 LPGA Tour wins), born in St Louis, Missouri
- 1947 Carlos A Lopes, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympic gold 1984)
- 1947 Keith Nelson, New Zealand soccer striker (20 caps; Mount Wellington), born in Renfrew, Scotland (d. 2020)
- 1947 Leroy Keyes, American College Football Hall of Fame running back / safety (Purdue; Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 2021)
- 1948 Bruce Francis, Australian cricketer (Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972), born in Mosman, Australia
- 1950 Bruce Kison, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1971, 79), born in Bradenton, Florida (d. 2018)
- 1955 Tim Hankinson, American soccer coach (Alabama A&M, Syracuse University; Tampa Bay Mutiny, Colorado Rapids), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2022)
- 1957 Marita Koch, German 400m sprinter (Olympic gold 1980), born in Wismar, Germany
- 1958 Peter Koech, Kenyan 3K steeplechaser (Olympic silver 1988), born in Kiliburani, Kenya
- 1960 Andy Moog, Canadian NHL goalie (Oilers, Bruins, Olympics-Canada-1988), born in Penticton, Canada
- 1960 Roger Wijesuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer (bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka), born in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- 1961 Alycia Moulton, American tennis player, born in Sacramento, California
- 1962 Gary Reasons, American NFL linebacker (NY Giants), born in Crowley, Texas
- 1962 Simon Fletcher, American NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos), born in Bay City, Texas
- 1963 John Gesek, American NFL center (Washington Redskins), born in San Francisco, California
- 1963 Rob Andrew, English rugby player, born in Richmond, United Kingdom
- 1964 Kevin Tapani, American baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins), born in Des Moines, Iowa
- 1966 Kris King, Canadian NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets), born in Hornepayne, Canada
- 1966 Phillip De Freitas, English cricket fast bowler (44 Tests, 140 wickets, 4 x 50; 103 ODIs, 115 wickets; Derbyshire, Leicestershire), born in Scotts Head, Dominica
- 1967 Colin Jackson, Welsh 100m hurdler (Olympic silver 1988), born in Cardiff, Wales
- 1967 Harry Van Barneveld, Belgian judoka, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1967 Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer, (FIFA World Player of the Year 1993), born in Caldogno, Italy
- 1969 Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player and 1st soviet to defect to NHL (Sabres), born in Khabarovsk, Russia
- 1970 Tyler Green, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Springfield, Ohio
- 1971 Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player, born in Bucharest, Romania
- 1973 Claude Makélélé, French footballer, born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1974 Leilani Munter, American race car driver, and environmental activist, born in Rochester, Minnesota
- 1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player (French Open 1996, Australian Open 1999), born in Sochi, Russia
- 1975 Gary Neville, English footballer, born in Bury, United Kingdom
- 1975 Scott Tucker, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100 freestyle relay 1996, silver 2000; World C'ship gold 1998), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- 1976 Chanda Rubin, American tennis player (1996 Australian Open doubles), born in Lafayette, Louisiana
- 1976 Jason Podollan, Canadian NHL center (Florida Panthers), born in Vernon, Canada
- 1977 Chrissie Wellington, British triathlete, born in Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom
- 1977 Kátia, Brazilian footballer, born in Goiânia, Brazil
- 1978 Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer, born in Canberra, Australia
- 1980 Dwight Freeney, American College-Pro Football defensive end (Syracuse Uni; Super Bowl LXI Indianapolis Colts; 3 x First-team All-Pro; 7 × Pro Bowl; NFL sacks leader 2004), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- 1980 Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player, born in Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
- 1981 Alex Rios, American baseball player, born in Coffee County, Alabama
- 1981 Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball forward (NBA All-Star 2004, NBA blocks leader 2005 Utah Jazz; EuroBasket MVP 2007; EuroLeague MVP 2012), and executive (president Russian Basketball Federation), born in Izhevsk, Russia
- 1981 Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer, born in Castlederg, United Kingdom
- 1983 Jason Maxiell, American basketball player, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1983 Jermaine Jenas, English soccer midfielder (21 caps; Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur), born in Nottingham, England
- 1983 Roberta Vinci, Italian tennis player (5 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Taranto, Italy
- 1985 Anton Ferdinand, English footballer, born in Peckham, London
- 1986 Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer, born in Barcelona, Spain
- 1995 Caroline Graham Hansen, Norwegian football player (Barcelona, Norway), born in Oslo, Norway
- 1996 Yang Jiayu, Chinese race walker (Olympic gold women's 20k 2024; World C'ship gold 20k 2017), born in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China
- 1998 Alex Yee, British triathlete (2024 Olympic Gold Triathlon), born in London, England
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