Rod Laver

Rodney George Laver is an Australian former tennis player. Laver was ranked the world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969 and by some sources also in 1964 and 1970. He was also ranked as the number 1 amateur in 1961 and 1962. Laver won 198 singles titles which is the most won by a player in history.

9 August 1938

Born on the same birth date (9 August 1938): Leonid Kuchma • Otto Rehhagel

Born on the same birth day (9 August): Bob Cousy • Brad Gilbert • Brito (footballer, born 1939) • Calie Pistorius • Chuck Essegian • David Steinberg • Eli Apple • Erich Hückel • Gillian Anderson • Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia • Jessica Capshaw • Joe Mercer • John Varley (author) • Joop den Uyl • Li Jiawei • McG • Tony Stewart (American football) • Yekaterina Samutsevich

Born in the same month (August 1938): Bennie Muller • Christian Müller (footballer, born 1938) • Connie Stevens • Dave "Baby" Cortez • David Freiberg • Janusz Zajdel • Jean-Paul L'Allier • Leonid Kuchma • Marla Adams • Mike Weston • Otto Rehhagel • Paul Bartel • Peter Bonerz • Pran Kumar Sharma • Roger Greenaway • Terry Wogan