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