July. The first full month of summer.
When I started looking for a list of Athlete’s birthdays imagine my surprise when I came cross an interesting fact. Finding a full, good list of athlete’s birthdays is more difficult than you would think. Especially in the age of Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram it should be an easier task, right? Well, it wasn’t.
Most lists I found were famous actors/actresses; along with “youtubers” and “instagram” famous people. When I googled “athlete birthdays” I usually found a top 10 or 15 list. That’s cool. Except, every list is practically the same. Boring.
We started with the month of June. You can check those lists here:
On to July, here is the list of athletes born during the first week of July.
As for the second week of July, here is the list of athlete’s that were born during that time.
July 8:
- 1909 – Ike Petersen, American football back (d. 1995)
- 1923 – Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler
- 1925 – Bill Mackrides, American football quarterback
- 1935 – John David Crow, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1941 – Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager
- 1951 – Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
- 1952 – Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
- 1956 – Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach
- 1960 – Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1971 – Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
- 1977 – Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
- 1978 – Urmas Rooba, Estonian footballer
- 1979 – Mat McBriar, American football player
- 1981 – Wolfram Müller, German runner
- 1981 – Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
- 1982 – Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
- 1986 – Jaime Garcia, Mexican baseball player
- 1986 – Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
- 1989 – Yarden Gerbi, Israeli world champion and Olympic bronze medalist judoka
- 1991 – Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer
- 1997 – Bryce Love, American football player
July 9:
- 1889 – Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (d. 1964)
- 1905 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1984)
- 1914 – Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer (d. 2017)
- 1926 – Pedro Dellacha, Argentine football defender and coach (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
- 1930 – Roy McLean, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 2007)
- 1944 – John Cunniff, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
- 1947 – O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor
- 1950 – Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player and sailor
- 1955 – Willie Wilson, American baseball player and manager
- 1959 – Kevin Nash, American wrestler
- 1967 – Yordan Letchkov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1970 – Trent Green, American football player and sportscaster
- 1973 – Kelly Holcomb, American football player and sportscaster
- 1978 – Kara Goucher, American runner
- 1978 – Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 – Ashley Young, English footballer
- 1993 – DeAndre Yedlin, American fooballer
July 10:
- 1917 – Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
- 1918 – Chuck Stevens, American baseball player (d. 2018)
- 1918 – Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (d. 1998)
- 1921 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer and actor (d. 2017)
- 1924 – Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1928 – Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (d. 2003)
- 1940 – Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer
- 1945 – Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager
- 1948 – Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1954 – Tommy Bowden, American football player and coach
- 1954 – Andre Dawson, American baseball player
- 1964 – Urban Meyer, American football player and coach
- 1969 – Marty Cordova, American baseball player
- 1971 – Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
- 1988 – Antonio Brown, American football player
- 1990 – Trent Richardson, American footballer
- 1990 – Chiyonokuni Toshiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1991 – Daishōmaru Shōgo, Japanese sumo wrestler
July 11:
- 1912 – Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989)
- 1922 – Fritz Riess, German-Swiss race car driver (d. 1991)
- 1924 – Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 1971)
- 1925 – Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2004)
- 1928 – Bobo Olson, American boxer (d. 2002)
- 1930 – Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer
- 1931 – Dick Gray, American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1933 – Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
- 1951 – Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach
- 1952 – Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1953 – Leon Spinks, American boxer
- 1958 – Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
- 1965 – Tony Cottee, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 1966 – Rod Strickland, American basketball player and coach
- 1967 – Andy Ashby, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1968 – Esera Tuaolo, American football player
- 1973 – Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek runner
- 1975 – Willie Anderson, American football player
- 1975 – Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1976 – Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-American basketball player and coach
- 1981 – Andre Johnson, American football player
- 1982 – Chris Cooley, American football player
- 1984 – Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1984 – Tanith Belbin, Canadian-American ice dancer
- 1984 – Jacoby Jones, American football player
- 1990 – Patrick Peterson, American football player
- 1990 – Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
- 1994 – Anthony Milford, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 – Lucas Ocampos, Argentinian footballer
- 1995 – Joey Bosa, American football player
July 12:
- 1908 – Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
- 1911 – Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (d. 1993)
- 1918 – Mary Glen-Haig, English fencer (d. 2014)
- 1920 – Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2015)
- 1927 – Jack Harshman, American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Rene Goulet, Canadian retired professional wrestler
- 1938 – Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1938 – Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
- 1941 – Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2007)
- 1942 – Billy Smith, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1943 – Paul Silas, American basketball player and coach
- 1947 – Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
- 1948 – Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor
- 1956 – Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player
- 1957 – Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
- 1962 – Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer
- 1965 – Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1966 – Annabel Croft, English tennis player and sportscaster
- 1971 – Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater
- 1972 – Travis Best, American basketball player
- 1977 – Neil Harris, English footballer and manager
- 1977 – Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
- 1982 – Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Sami Zayn, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1986 – Simone Laudehr, German footballer
- 1988 – LeSean McCoy, American football player
- 1988 – Inbee Park, South Korean golfer
- 1991 – James Rodríguez, Colombian football
- 1995 – Luke Shaw, English footballer
- 1995 – Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast
- 1996 – Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
- 1996 – Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
July 13:
- 1884 – Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach (d. 1951)
- 1889 – Stan Coveleski, American baseball player (d. 1984)
- 1908 – Dorothy Round, English tennis player (d. 1982)
- 1918 – Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
- 1931 – Frank Ramsey, American basketball player and coach
- 1935 – Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (d. 2009)
- 1940 – Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1944 – Cyril Knowles, English footballer and manager (d. 1991)
- 1945 – Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer and author
- 1957 – Thierry Boutsen, Belgian race car driver and businessman
- 1960 – Robert Abraham, American football player
- 1976 – Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 – Chris Horn, American football player
- 1978 – Ryan Ludwick, American baseball player
- 1982 – Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player
- 1982 – Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1983 – Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler
- 1985 – Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
- 1985 – Charlotte Dujardin, English equestrian
- 1995 – Cody Bellinger, American baseball player
July 14:
- 1913 – Gerald Ford, American football player, commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (d. 2006)
- 1924 – Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
- 1932 – Rosey Grier, American football player and actor
- 1942 – Ken Hutcherson, American football player (d. 2013)
- 1948 – Earl Williams, American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1966 – Matt Hume, American mixed martial artist and trainer
- 1967 – Jeff Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter, co-founder of Impact Wrestling
- 1967 – Robin Ventura, American baseball player and manager
- 1974 – Erick Dampier, American basketball player
- 1975 – Tim Hudson, American baseball player
- 1978 – Mattias Ekström, Swedish race car driver
- 1979 – Bernie Castro, Dominican baseball player
- 1979 – Axel Teichmann, German skier
- 1980 – George Smith, Australian rugby player
- 1981 – Matti Hautamäki, Finnish ski jumper
- 1981 – Robbie Maddison, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1985 – Darrelle Revis, American football player
- 1987 – Margus Hunt, Estonian-American football player, discus thrower, and shot putter
- 1987 – Adam Johnson, English footballer
- 1988 – Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist
- 1989 – Rolando McClain, American football player
- 1991 – Shabazz Napier, American basketball player
- 1995 – Serge Gnabry, German footballer
July 15:
- 1893 – Dick Rauch, American football player and coach (d. 1970)
- 1932 – Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
- 1935 – Donn Clendenon, American baseball player and lawyer (d. 2005)
- 1935 – Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012)
- 1938 – Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009)
- 1951 – Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota
- 1975 – Cherry, American wrestler and manager
- 1975 – Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player
- 1976 – Steve Cunningham, American boxer
- 1978 – Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player
- 1983 – Heath Slater, American wrestler
- 1989 – Anthony Randolph, American basketball player
- 1990 – Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player
- 1990 – Damian Lillard, American basketball player
- 1991 – Danilo, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 – Derrick Favors, American basketball player
- 1991 – Evgeny Tishchenko, Russian boxer
- 1992 – Tobias Harris, American basketball player
- 1992 – Hokutōfuji Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1992 – Wayde van Niekerk, South African sprinter
