Dennis Weaver04 June 1924, American
Actor
Jim Thorpe28 May 1888, American
Athlete
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark26 May 1968, Danish
Eldest Son of Queen of Denmark Margrethe II
Jay Silverheels26 May 1912, Canadian
Actor
Liz McColgan24 May 1964, British, Scottish
Athlete
Hadi Saei10 June 1976, Iranian
Former Taekwondo Athlete & Olympic Gold Medalist
Cael Sanderson20 June 1979, American
Amateur wrestler, Coach
Kenenisa Bekele13 June 1982, Ethiopian
Long-distance runner, Athletics competitor
Nils Lofgren21 June 1951, American
Musician
Christine Sinclair12 June 1983, Canadian
Association football player
Ekaterina Gordeeva28 May 1971, Russian
Figure skater
Yelena Isinbayeva03 June 1982, Russian
Pole vaulter, Athletics competitor
Rick Nash16 June 1984, Canadian
Ice hockey player
John Wayne Parr25 May 1976, Australian
Boxer, Kickboxer, Thai boxer
Tommie Smith06 June 1944, American
Sprinter, American football player
Zola Budd26 May 1966, South African
Middle-distance runner, Marathon runner
Paavo Nurmi13 June 1897, Finnish
Long-distance runner, Marathon runner, Athletics
John Carlos05 June 1945, American
Sprinter, Athletics competitor, Association
Peter Norman15 June 1942, Australian
Athletics competitor, Sprinter
Eric Heiden14 June 1958, American
Physician
Rory Underwood19 June 1963, Malaysian, British
Rugby union player
Dafne Schippers15 June 1992
Athletics competitor
Deepika Kumari13 June 1993, Indian
archer
Jansher Khan15 June 1969, Pakistani
Squash player
Tirunesh Dibaba01 June 1985, Ethiopian
long-distance runner, athletics competitor
Kurt Browning18 June 1966, Canadian
Sports commentator, Figure skater, Choreographer
Jan Železný16 June 1966, Czech
Javelin thrower, Athletics competitor
Tom Longboat04 June 1887, Canadian
Athletics competitor
Roman Josi01 June 1990, Swiss
Ice hockey player
Ryan McDonagh13 June 1989, American
Ice hockey player
Ralph Metcalfe29 May 1910, American
Athlete
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Lewis Moody12 June 1978, British
Rugby union player
Joe Rokocoko06 June 1983, Fijian, New Zealander
Rugby union player
Artem Anisimov24 May 1988, Russian
Ice hockey player
Victor Espinoza23 May 1972, American
Jockey
Leonid Taranenko13 June 1956
Weightlifter
Daniela Ryf29 May 1987, Swiss
Triathlete
Lionel Conacher24 May 1901, Canadian
Politician
Irena Szewińska24 May 1946, Russian
Athlete
Edith Bosch31 May 1980
Judoka
Sarah Outen26 May 1985, British
Ocean rower
Mamo Wolde12 June 1932, Ethiopian
Athlete
Willie Davenport08 June 1943, American
American olympic athlete
Linda Haglund15 June 1956, Swedish
Sprinter
João Carlos de Oliveira28 May 1954, Brazilian
Athlete
Christine Goitschel09 June 1944, French
Skier
Chūhei Nambu27 May 1904, Japanese
Athletics competitor, Journalist, Sprinter
Dave Schultz06 June 1959, American
Ēriks Rags01 June 1975, Latvian
Javelin thrower
Vladimir Golubnichy02 June 1936, Ukrainian
Olympic athlete
Christophe Lemaître11 June 1990, French
Olympic athlete
Yury Sedykh11 June 1955, Russian
Athlete