1976 in sports

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Births

• January 7 - Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers closer, 2003 National League Cy Young Award
• March 5 - Sarunas Jasikevicius, Lithuanian basketball player
• March 24 - Peyton Manning, NFL star, league co-MVP in 2003
• April 20 - Big Ben, world champion show-jumping horse
• April 25 - Tim Duncan, basketball player, two-time NBA MVP
• April 25 - Rainer Schuettler, German tennis player
• May 27 - Bianca Netzler, Australian field hockey international
• June 8 - Lindsay Davenport,US tennis star
• June 28 - Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
• July 1 - Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football player
• July 1 - Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch football player
• July 6 - Nikki Hudson, Australian field hockey international
• September 7 - Carmel Bakurski, Australian field hockey international
• September 10 - Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis star
• September 20 - Michael Ballack, German football player
• September 22 - Ronaldo, Brazilian football player
• September 29 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player
• October 10 - Bob Burnquist, Brazilian skateboarder
• October 12 - Julie Towers, Australian field hockey international