1984Jon Cornish, Canadian football player[†]
Jonathan Michael Cornish is a Canadian former professional football running back who played nine seasons with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted 13th overall in the 2006 CFL Draft after playing college football at the University of Kansas. Cornish was inducted as a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2019 on his first ballot.
1984Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player[†]
Ulf Tobias Enström is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League with the Atlanta Thrashers and Winnipeg Jets. He left the NHL after 11 seasons to return and captain original Swedish club, Modo Hockey of HockeyAllsvenskan.
1984Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler[†]
Kaido Höövelson is an Estonian politician and former professional sumo wrestler. Making his debut in May 2004, he reached the top division after just two years in sumo in May 2006. After suffering a number of injury problems in 2007 which delayed his progress, he reached the third-highest rank of sekiwake in November 2008, and was promoted to ōzeki rank after finishing the March 2010 tournament with a score of 14–1. He was a tournament runner-up four times before recording a top division championship in the 2012 January tournament. During his career Baruto also earned five special prizes for Fighting Spirit, one for Outstanding Performance and one for Technique. He lost his ōzeki rank after more injury problems at the end of 2012, and having fallen greatly in rank after withdrawing from the May 2013 tournament, he announced his retirement in September of that year at the age of 28.
1984Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner[†]
Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Kipchoge is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world record holder in the marathon from 2018 to 2023, until that record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Kipchoge has run 4 of the 10 fastest marathons in history.
1984John Sutton, Australian rugby league player[†]
John Sutton is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a five-eighth and second-rower for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
1984Nick Tandy, English racing driver[†]
Nicholas Tandy is a professional British racing driver currently racing for Porsche Motorsport as a factory driver in the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
1984Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player[†]
Mykola Olehovych "Nikolai" Zherdev is a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for the Alleghe Hockey of the Italian Hockey League.