January January 7 - John Johnson, American basketball player January 11 - Monte Irvin, American baseball player January 23 - Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach January 27 - Augusto Giomo, Italian basketball player
February February 4 - Dave Mirra, American BMX rider and racecar driver February 24 - Eddie Einhorn, American basketball television and radio executive February 26 - Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player
March March 3 - Sarah Tait, Australian rower March 7 - Bobby Johns, American racecar driver March 9 - Clyde Lovellette, basketball player March 23 - Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and announcer March 24 - Johan Cruyff, Dutch football player and coach March 27 - Antoine Demoitié, Belgian cyclist March 28 - Daan Myngheer, Belgian cyclist
April April 7 - Carlo Monti, Italian athlete April 13 - Nera White, American basketball player April 19 - Estelle Balet, Swiss snowboarder April 23 - Attila Ferjáncz, Hungarian racecar driver April 29 - Don White, American racecar driver
May May 6 - Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian football player May 14 - Christy O'Connor Snr, Irish golfer
June June 3 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer June 3 - Sten Lundin, Swedish motorcycle rider June 3 - Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle rider June 10 - Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player June 11 - Rudi Altig, German cyclist June 15 - Hiroshi Minatoya, Japanese judoka June 22 - Roberto Lovera, Uruguayan basketball player June 28 - Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach June 28 - Buddy Ryan, NFL coach June 29 - Jan Hettema, South African cyclist and racecar driver
July July 9 - Fritzi Schwingl, Austrian canoeist July 9 - Bill Guilfoile, American baseball executive July 16 - Nate Thurmond, American basketball player
August August 3 - Chris Amon, New Zealand racecar driver August 6 - Midget Farrelly, Australian surfer August 7 - Bryan Clauson, American racecar driver August 9 - Bill Alsup, American racecar driver August 14 - Yasumitsu Toyoda, Japanese baseball player August 15 - Stefan Henze, German canoeist and coach August 16 - João Havelange, Brazilian football executive August 24 – Nina Yeryomina, Russian basketball player August 26 - Anton Pronk, Dutch football player August 28 - Lennart Häggroth, Swedish ice hockey player
September September 7 - Bobby Chacon, American boxer September 8 - Hannes Arch, Austrian air racer September 17 - Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian para-cyclist September 23 - Frances Dafoe, Canadian figure skater September 24 - Mel Charles, Welsh football player September 25 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer September 25 - José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player September 30 - Mike Towell, Scottish boxer November November 1 - Sverre Andersen, Norwegian footballer November 28 - Chapecoense tragedy (over 60 players, executives and journalists)
December December 2 - Sammy Lee, American diver December 5 - Marcel Renaud, French kayaker December 7 - Paul Bert Elvstrøm, Danish yachter December 23 - Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian runner December 29 - Néstor Gonçalves, Uruguayan football player and coach
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