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- Maureen Baynton won the Women's World Amateur Billiards Championships
- August 27 to September 7 – Pan American Games held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Flyweight (– 51 kg): Floreal LaRosa (Uruguay)
- Bantamweight (– 54 kg): Abel Almariz (Argentina)
- Featherweight (– 57 kg): Rosemiro Santos (Brazil)
- Lightweight (– 60 kg): Roberto Caminero (Cuba)
- Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg): Adolfo Moreira (Argentina)
- Welterweight (– 67 kg): Miguel Villugron (Chile)
- Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Elecio Neves (Brazil)
- Middleweight (– 75 kg): Luis César (Brazil)
- Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Fred Lewis (United States)
- Heavyweight (+ 81 kg): Lee Carr (United States)
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- For an extensive coverage see 1963 in football (soccer)
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- New Zealand All Blacks Tour Great Britain:
- Defeated only once - October 30th 1963 Newport RFC 3 - New Zealand All Blacks 0
Awards
Births
January
- January 1 — Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
- January 2 — Patty Shea, American field hockey goalkeeper
- January 3 — Lisa Opie, English squash player
- January 4 — Elena Valova, Russian world pairs figure skating champion
- January 5 — Natalya Artyomova, Russian middle-distance runner
- January 5 — Vanessa Browne-Ward, Australian high jumper
- January 6 — Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan long-distance runner (d. 1995)
- January 9 — Karen Brown, British field hockey international
- January 10 — Francesco Panetta, Italian long-distance runner
- January 11 — Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer
- January 11 — Petra Schneider, East German swimmer
- January 12 — Ken Fitzpatrick, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
- January 19 — Silvio Martinello, Italian road bicycle and track cyclist
- January 20 — Ann Osgerby, British butterfly swimmer
- January 21 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player
- January 24 — Martyn Grimley, English field hockey player
- January 24 — Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
- January 26 — José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager
- January 30 — Agapito Gómez, Spanish boxer
February
- February 3 — Stefano Mei, Italian long-distance runner
- February 4 — Tracie Ruiz, American synchronized swimmer
- February 7 — Asko Peltoniemi, Finnish pole vaulter
- February 11 — Todd Benzinger, American baseball player
- February 16 — Ines Geißler, East German butterfly swimmer
- February 16 — Dano Halsall, Swiss freestyle swimmer
- February 17 — Michael Jordan, American basketball player
- February 20 — Charles Barkley, American basketball player
- February 20 — Joakim Nyström, Swedish tennis player
- February 22 — Vijay Singh, Fiji-born, ethnic Indian golf player
- February 27 — Francesco Cancellotti, Italian tennis player
- February 27 — Susan Furmage, London-born field hockey player from New Zealand
- February 27 — Ljubiša Simič, Yugoslav boxer
March
- March 1 — Barbara Marois, US field hockey defender
- March 2 — Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
- March 6 — Gary Stevens, American jockey
- March 8 — Miguel Nido, Puerto Rican tennis player
- March 9 — Maurizio Stecca, Italian boxer
- March 12 — Sharon Buchanan, Australian field hockey player
- March 13 — Rick Carey, American backstroke swimmer
- March 14 — Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer
- March 22 — Frank Drost, Dutch freestyle and butterfly swimmer
- March 30 — Wayne Gordon, Canadian boxer
April
May
- May 2 — Andrea Mannai, Italian boxer
- May 5 — Robert Ihly, German race walker
- May 10 — Patrice Kuchna, French tennis player
- May 11 — Mark Breland, American world champion boxer
- May 14 — Paul Easter, Scottish freestyle swimmer
- May 17 — Michelle Conn, Canadian field hockey player
- May 19 — Reema Abdo, Aden-born backstroke swimmer from Canada
- May 24 — Joe Dumars, American basketball player and executive
- May 24 — Rich Rodriguez, American football coach
- May 25 — Erik de Bruin, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
- May 28 — Zemfira Meftakhetdinova, Azerbaijani sport shooter
- May 30 — Jill Atkins, English field hockey player
June
- June 3 — Hugo Antonio Corti, Argentine boxer
- June 4 — Carey Nelson, Canadian long-distance runner
- June 8 — Héctor Moreno, Colombian race walker
- June 8 — Antoaneta Todorova, Bulgarian javelin thrower
- June 11 — Jan Posthuma, Dutch volleyball player
- June 13 — Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish tennis player
- June 17 — June Croft, British freestyle swimmer
- June 19 — Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer
- June 20 — Matt Anger, American tennis player
- June 23 — Rob Woodhouse, Australian swimmer
- June 24 — Predrag Radosavljević, Serbia-born American soccer player
- June 24 — Barbara Underhill, Canadian pairs figure skater
- June 25 — Si-an Deng, Chinese-Canadian badminton player
- June 30 — Olga Bryzgina, Soviet athlete
- June 30 — Pat Caruso, Italian-born Canadian field hockey player
July
- July 1 — Igor Zhelezovski, Soviet speed skater
- July 5 — Mark Stockwell, Australian freestyle swimmer
- July 7 — Geir Karlstad, Norwegian speed skater
- July 10 — Jorge Payá, Spanish water polo player
- July 12 — Thierry Tulasne, French tennis player
- July 16 — Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player
- July 17 — Ian James, Canadian long jumper
- July 20 — Mike Davidson, New Zealand freestyle swimmer
- July 23 — Slobodan Zivojinovic, Serbian tennis player
- July 24 — Julie Krone, American jockey
- July 24 — Karl Malone, American basketball player
- July 25 — Shane Collins, New Zealand field hockey player
- July 26 — Raymond Stevens, English judoka
- July 28 — Lisanne Lejeune, Dutch field hockey defender
August
- August 1 — Wendell Young, Canadian ice hockey player
- August 2 — Mogens Guldberg, Danish middle distance runner
- August 2 — Olga Appell, Mexican-American long-distance runner
- August 8 — Leo Gamez, Venezuelan boxer
- August 8 — Igor Lapshin, Soviet triple jumper
- August 14 — Pablo Squella, Chilean middle-distance runner
- August 16 — Kalusha Bwalya, Zambian soccer player and coach
- August 16 — Ana Isabel Alonso, Spanish long-distance runner
- August 18 — Luiz Mattar, Brazilian tennis player
- August 20 — Robert Warzycha, Polish soccer midfielder
- August 20 — Ian Woodley, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
- August 23 — Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
- August 26 — Christine Arthur, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 26 — Fred Barber, English football player
- August 26 — John Jansen, Dutch water polo player
- August 29 — Irene de Kok, Dutch judoka
September
October
- October 1 — Mark McGwire, American baseball player
- October 2 — José Ortega, Spanish boxer
- October 3 — Dan Goldie, American tennis player
- October 5 — Laura Davies, English golfer
- October 6 — Dag Wennlund, Swedish javelin thrower
- October 10 — Jolanda de Rover, Dutch backstroke swimmer
- October 11 — LaTanya Sheffield, American hurdler
- October 16 — Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen, Dutch field hockey defender
- October 20 — Stan Valckx, Dutch football (soccer) defender
- October 22 — Brian Boitano, American figure skater
- October 23 — John Scherrenburg, Dutch water polo player
- October 31 — Sue Duggan, New Zealand field hockey player
November
December
- December 6 — Debbie Armstrong, American alpine skier
- December 6 — Gert Jan Schlatmann, Dutch field hockey player
- December 11 — Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player
- December 12 — Kieren O'Grady, New Zealand field hockey player
- December 13 — Philippe Collet, French pole vaulter
- December 13 — Uwe-Jens Mey, East German speedskater
- December 13 — Jake White, South African rugby union coach
- December 19 — Kathy Bald, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- December 20 — Pam Casale, American tennis player
- December 21 — Donovan Ruddock, Canadian heavyweight boxer
- December 24 — David Grundy, New Zealand field hockey player
- December 29 — Francisco Bustamante, Filipino pool player
- December 29 — Teresa Motos, Spanish field hockey player
- December 29 — Sean Payton, American football coach
- December 30 — Ronald Jansen, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- December 30 — Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
Deaths
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Pan American Games Marathon, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
