* 1943 – Ken Norton, American boxer

* 1965 – The infamous first Reyes party between Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and motorcycle gang the Hells Angels takes place at Kesey's estate in La Honda, California introducing psychedelics to the gang world and forever linking the hippie movement to the Hell's Angels.

* 1947 – Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and politician

* 1950 – Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation

* 1989 – Ken Baumann, American actor and author

* 1929 – Ken Gampu, South African actor ( d. 2003 )

* 1940 – Ken Jenkins, American actor

* 1964 – Ken Daneyko, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1963 – Ken Caminiti, American baseball player ( d. 2004 )

* ACM – IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award

His two Stanford teams went 9 – 3 in 1977 with a win in the Sun Bowl, and 8 – 4 in 1978 with a win in the Bluebonnet Bowl ; his notable players at Stanford included quarterbacks Guy Benjamin and Steve Dils, wide receivers James Lofton and Ken Margerum, and running back Darrin Nelson.

* 1943 – Ken Johnson, American professional wrestling manager

* 1917 – Ken Downing, English racing driver ( d. 2004 )

* 2007 – Ken Hendricks, American businessman ( b. 1941 )

* 1965 – Ken Hill, American baseball player

* 1935 – Ken Hall, American football player

* 1948 – Ken Foree, American actor

* 1949 – Ken Anderson, American football player

* 1959 – Ken Nelson, English record producer

* 1964 – Ken Shamrock, American martial artist

* 1944 – Ken Grimwood, American writer ( d. 2003 )

* 1931 – Ken Takakura, Japanese actor

On 16 April 1963, an astonishing game at Filbert Street against Manchester United, which saw both Ken Keyworth and Denis Law score a hat-trick each, ended in a 4 – 3 victory for Leicester, which meant Leicester sat top of the First Division and 11 days later Banks put in one of the performances of his career to keep out Liverpool as Leicester beat them 1 – 0 in the FA Cup semi-final despite being completely outplayed all game.

Notable former Indians broadcasters include Tom Manning, Jack Graney ( the first ex-baseball player to become a play-by-play announcer ), Jack Corrigan ( now with the Colorado Rockies ), Jimmy Dudley who received the Ford Frick Award in 1997, Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione, Van Patrick, Joe Tait, Bruce Drennan, Jim " Mudcat " Grant, Harry Jones, Rocky Colavito and Herb Score, who called Indians ' baseball for 34 seasons.

* 1964 – Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player

On August 15, Thome hit 599th and 600th homerun at Comerica Park to become the eighth player in Major League history to hit 600 homeruns, joining Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez.

* 1967 – Ken Edenfield, American baseball player

* 1915 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire ( d. 2004 )

* 1934 – Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player

* 1945 – Ken Holtzman, American baseball player and manager

* 1964 – Ken Norman, American basketball player

* 1948 – Ken Brett, American baseball player ( d. 2003 )

Linebacker Ken Norton Jr., one of the few holdovers from Landry's last losing seasons, would later claim that he would often go into a player huddle and meet new teammates for the first time.

Ken Norton, Jr. became the first player to win three straight Super Bowls, although as a member of two different teams.

Ken Rosewall, another player noted for his one-handed backhand, used a very accurate slice backhand through the 1950s and 1960s.

* February 15 – Ken Anderson, American NFL player

* May 20 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player ( d. 1982 )

* September 17 – Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player

* November 21 – Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player

* December 19 – Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player

** Ken Caminiti, American baseball player ( d. 2004 )

* December 13 – Ken Hall (" Sugar Land Express "), American football player