This is a longer list of 30 people who (God willing) will all celebrate their 50th birthdays in 2024.
Walter Jones, four-time consensus
All-Pro offensive tackle, Jan. 19 in Aliceville, Ala.
Magglio Ordonez,
American League batting champion, Jan. 28 in Caracas, Venezuela.
Steve Nash, two-time NBA Most
Valuable Player, Feb. 7 in Johannesburg.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov,
French Open and Australian Open winner, Feb. 18 in Sochi, U.S.S.R.
Bobby Abreu, two-time N.L. selection
for the All-Star Game, March 11 in Aragua, Venezuela.
Michael Peca, two-time Selke Trophy winner, March 26 in Toronto.
Danny Way, skateboarding record
holder for air and distance, April 15 in Portland, Ore.
Jennifer Rizzotti, AP
women's basketball Player of the Year, May 15 in White Plains, N.Y.
Danny Wuerffel,
Heisman Trophy winner, May 27 in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Hideki Matsui, Central League home
run leader, June 12 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Derek Jeter, New York Yankees career
hits leader, June 26 in Pequannock, N.J.
Jose Roberto da Silva Jr. (Ze Roberto), FIFA World
Cup All-Star, July 6 in Sao Paulo.
Maurice Greene, two-time
Olympic sprinting gold medalist, July 23 in Kansas City, Kan.
Jonathan Ogden, four-time
consensus All-Pro offensive tackle, July 31 in Washington, D.C.
Krisztine Egerszegi, five-time
Olympic swimming gold medalist, Aug. 16 in Budapest, Hungary.
Jason Taylor, three-time consensus
All-Pro linebacker, Sept. 1 in Pittsburgh.
Ben Wallace, two-time NBA
Defensive Player of the Year, Sept. 10 in Whitehall, Ala.
Hicham El Guerrouj, two-time
Olympic running gold medalist, Sept. 14 in Berkane, Morocco.
Rasheed Wallace, four-time
selection for the NBA All-Star Game, Sept. 17 in Philadelphia.
Sol Campbell, FIFA World Cup
All-Star, Sept. 18 in London.
Rich Franklin, UFC middleweight
champion, Oct. 5 in Cincinnati.
Shannon MacMillan,
member of the U.S. women's soccer team, Oct. 7 in Syosset, N.Y.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
third-generation NASCAR driver, Oct. 10 in Concord, N.C.
Chris Pronger, Hart Trophy and Norris
Trophy winner, Oct. 10 in Dryden, Ontario, Canada.
Paul Kariya, three-time all-NHL left
winger, Oct. 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
R.A. Dickey, Cy Young Award winner
in the National League, Oct. 29 in Nashville, Tenn.
Michael Vaughan,
captain of his country's cricket team, Oct. 29 in Eccles, England.
Paul Scholes, scorer of 107 EPL
goals for Manchester United, Nov. 16 in Salford, England.
Saku Koivu, three-time Olympian
for his country's ice hockey team, Nov. 23 in Turku, Finland.
Karrie Webb, winner of seven major
LPGA Tour events, Dec. 21 in Ayr, Australia.
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