Rik Smits

Rik Smits, nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft. An NBA All-Star in 1998, Smits reached the NBA Finals in 2000.

23 August 1966

Born on the same birth day (23 August): Alexander Grin • Andreas Floer • Benjamin Limo • Douglas Sequeira • Eleftherios Venizelos • Frances Adaskin • J. V. Cunningham • Jeremy Lin • Josh Morris (rugby league) • Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada • Moritz Cantor • Nancy Richey • Pat Garrity • Rex Grossman • Robert Mulligan • Rudy Lewis • Sarah Frances Whiting • Stephan Loboué • Valgerd Svarstad Haugland • Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin

Born in the same month (August 1966): August 14 • Colin Cunningham • David Cairns (politician) • Eddie Olczyk • Enrico Letta • Eric Esch • Gustavo Charif • Hossam Hassan • Jennifer Finch • Jeroen Duyster • John Hudek • Michael Michele • Peter Cunnah • René Higuita • Rodney Mullen • Scott Brosius • Terminator X • Tobias Ellwood • Vinny Del Negro