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): Demetrio Albertini • Eugene Lanceray • Hamilton O. Smith • Jaime Lee Kirchner • Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse • Kobe Bryant • Lonny Frey • Luigi Delneri • Mark Hudson (musician) • Nelson DeMille • Rodney Alcala • Sigismund von Herberstein • Tasos Mitropoulos • Vera Miles • Édgar Sosa (boxer)

Born in the same month (August 1966): Derek Sherinian • Eric Esch • Grainne Leahy • Hossam Hassan • Jimmy Wales • John Hudek • Lee Ann Womack • Liu Chunyan • Miguel Albaladejo • Peter Cunnah • René Higuita • Rodney Mullen • Shirley Manson • Vinny Del Negro