- Jan 4 Jasmine Paolini, Italian tennis player (French Open women's singles & doubles 2024 runner-up), born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy
- Jan 23 Ruben Loftus-Cheek, English footballer (Chelsea), born in London, England
- Jan 31 Sophia Schubert, American golfer (Evian C'ship 2022 runner-up), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Daniil Medvedev (28 years old)
Feb 11 Russian tennis player (US Open 2021), born in Moscow, Russia
- Feb 28 Karsten Warholm, Norwegian athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles WR 45.94 2021; World C'ship gold 2017, 19), born in Ulsteinvik, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
- Mar 1 Ye Shiwen, Chinese swimmer (Olympic gold 400m [WR 4:28.43] & 200m individual medley 2012; World C'ships gold 200m medley 2011, 19), born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Mar 20 Charley Hull, British golfer (ANA Inspiration 2016, British Open & US Open 2023 runner-up), born in Kettering, England
- Mar 23 Alexander Albon, Thai-British Formula One racing driver (Red Bull Racing), born in London
- Apr 10 Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles [Nick Kyrgios] 2022), born in Adelaide, Australia
- Apr 12 Georgia Hall, British golfer (British Open 2018), born in Bournemouth, England
- Apr 12 Matteo Berrettini, Italian tennis player (Wimbledon 2021 runner-up), born in Rome, Italy
- Apr 24 Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player (French Open 2019; Wimbledon 2021; Australian Open 2022; WTA Finals 2019, World #1 2019-22), born in Ipswich, Australia
- May 5 Jai Hindley, Australian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia 2022), born in Perth, Australia
Josh Allen (28 years old)
May 21 American football quarterback (Buffalo Bills), born in Firebaugh, California
Scottie Scheffler (28 years old)
Jun 21 American golfer (US Masters 2022, 24; Players C'ship 2023; world #1 2022, 23, 24), born in Ridgewood, New Jersey
- Jul 1 Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater (Olympic gold individual, 2014), born in Moscow, Russia
- Jul 15 Vivianne Miedema, Dutch football player (Arsenal, Netherlands), born in Hoogeveen, Netherlands
- Jul 20 Ben Simmons, Australian basketball point guard (2016 NBA Draft: #1 pick Philadelphia 76ers), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- Aug 8 A'ja Wilson, American basketball player (Las Vegas Aces), born in Hopkins, South Carolina
- Aug 16 Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer (7 x Olympic gold 2016, 20; 13 x World C'ship gold; WR 100m butterfly 49.45 2020), born in Green Cove Springs, Florida
- Aug 16 Will Zalatoris, American golfer (US Masters 2021, US Open & PGA C'ship 2022 runner-up), born in San Francisco, California
- Aug 21 Karolína Muchová, Czech tennis player (French Open 2023 runner-up), born in Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Aug 30 Mikal Bridges, American NBA player (Phoenix Suns), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 31 Jalen Brunson, American NBA Player (NY Knicks), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Sep 7 Donovan Mitchell, American NBA player (Utah Jazz), born in Elmsford, New York
- Sep 12 Joshua Cheptegei, Ugandan long-distance runner (5,000m WR 12:35.35; World C'ship gold 10,000m 2019; World Cross Country gold 2019), born in Kapsewui, Uganda
- Sep 17 Esteban Ocon [-Khelfane], French racing driver (Formula One), born in Évreux, Normandy, France
- Sep 23 Evgeny Rylov, Russian swimmer (Olympic gold 100/200m backstroke 2021; World C'ship gold 200m 2017, 19), born in Novotroitsk, Russia
- Oct 22 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian cross-country skier (5x Olympic gold 2018, 22; 6 x World C'ship gold), born in Oslo, Norway
- Oct 24 Jaylen Brown, American basketball forward (NBA C'ship MVP 2024 Boston Celtics; NBA All-Star 2021, 23, 24), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Nov 22 Jessica Pilz, Austrian rock climber, born in Haag, Austria
Joe Burrow (27 years old)
Dec 10 American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2019; National C'ship 2020, MVP; LSU), born in Ames, Iowa
- Dec 10 Jonas Vingegaard, Danish road cyclist (Tour de France 2022), born in Hillerslev, Denmark
- Dec 20 Hannah Green, Australian golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 2019), born in Perth, Western Australia
- Dec 31 Alexander Bolshunov, Russian cross-country skier (Olympic gold 30k, 50k, 4 x 10k relay 2022; Tour de Ski 2021, 22), born in Podyvotye, Russia
About 1996
How Old? 27 or 28 years old
Generation: Millennial