September 28 - Births

Births

• 551 BC – Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479)
• 1330 – Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist (d. 1418)
• 1493 – Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545)
• 1605 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
• 1667 – Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
• 1681 – Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
• 1705 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774)
• 1746 – Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)
• 1792 – Johann Georg Hiedler, Grandfather of Adolf Hitler (d. 1857)
• 1803 – Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
• 1809 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (d. 1899)
• 1821 – Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
• 1823 – Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
• 1824 – Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)
• 1835 – Sai Baba of Shirdi (d. 1918)
• 1836 – Thomas Crapper, English inventor (d. 1910)
• 1841 – Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)
• 1852 – Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
• 1856 – Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)
• 1860 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist, discovered the Gamma rays (d. 1934)
• 1861 – Amélie of Orléans, queen of Portugal (d. 1951)
• 1867 – Hiranuma Kiichirō, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
• 1881 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
• 1887 – Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)
• 1891 – Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
• 1893 – Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer and dramatist (d. 1984)
• 1898 – Carl Clauberg, Nazi concentration camp doctor (d. 1957)
• 1899 – Alice de Janzé, American heiress (d. 1941)
• 1901 – William S. Paley, American radio and television executive (d. 1990)
• 1901 – Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)
• 1905 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
• 1910 – Diosdado Macapagal, 9^th President of the Philippines (d. 1997)
• 1910 – Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (d. 1942)
• 1913 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Ethel Rosenberg, Soviet spy, (d. 1953)
• 1916 – Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977)
• 1916 – Olga Lepeshinskaya, Soviet ballerina (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Ángel Labruna, Argentinian football player and coach (d. 1983)
• 1918 – Arnold Stang, American comic actor (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Doris Singleton, American actress
• 1923 – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician (d. 2007)
• 1923 – William Windom, American actor
• 1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
• 1925 – Frank Latimore, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1926 – Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)
• 1929 – Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
• 1930 – Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist
• 1932 – Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (d. 1973)
• 1933 – Miguel Berrocal, sculptor (d. 2006)
• 1934 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress
• 1934 – Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972)
• 1935 – Heather Sears, British actress (d. 1994)
• 1937 – Alice Mahon, English politician and labor leader
• 1937 – Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
• 1938 – Ben E. King, American r&b singer
• 1939 – Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
• 1939 – Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-born British actor
• 1941 – Edmund Stoiber, German politician
• 1942 – Marshall Bell, American actor
• 1942 – Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
• 1942 – Tim Maia, Brazilian singer (d. 1998)
• 1943 – Warren Lieberfarb, American media executive
• 1943 – Nick St. Nicholas, Canadian musician (Steppenwolf)
• 1943 – J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1945 – Marielle Goitschel, French alpine skier
• 1945 – Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese Red Army Founder.
• 1946 – Jeffrey Jones, American actor
• 1946 – Helen Shapiro, English singer
• 1947 – Bob Carr, Australian politician
• 1947 – Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician
• 1949 – Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor and writer
• 1950 – Laurie Lewis, American musician
• 1950 – John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
• 1951 – Wei Chen, Canadian journalist
• 1952 – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
• 1954 – Steve Largent, American football player and U.S. Congressman
• 1954 – George Lynch, American musician (Dokken)
• 1955 – Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
• 1957 – C. J. Chenier, Zydeco musician
• 1959 – Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
• 1959 – Steve Hytner, American actor
• 1959 – Dantes Tsitsi, Nauruan politician
• 1960 – Frank Hammerschlag, German footballer
• 1960 – Jennifer Rush, American pop singer
• 1961 – Quentin Kawananakoa, pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• 1962 – Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player
• 1962 – Dietmar Schacht, German footballer
• 1962 – Chuck Taylor, American music journalist
• 1963 – Steve Blackman, American professional wrestler
• 1964 – Claudio Borghi, Argentine football manager (Colo-Colo)
• 1964 – Laura Cerón, American actress
• 1964 – Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian
• 1964 – Paul Jewell, English football manager
• 1966 – Maria Canals Barrera, American actress, singer
• 1966 – Ginger Fish, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
• 1966 – Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director
• 1967 – Mira Sorvino, American actress
• 1967 – Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress
• 1968 – Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
• 1968 – Rob Moroso, American NASCAR driver (d. 1990)
• 1968 – Naomi Watts, English-born Australian actress
• 1969 – Marcel Dost, Dutch decathlete
• 1969 – Mark Everett, American fugitive (d. 2008)
• 1969 – Ben Greenman, American author
• 1969 – Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer
• 1969 – Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
• 1970 – Kimiko Date Krumm, Japanese tennis player
• 1970 – Mike DeJean, American baseball player
• 1970 – Gualter Salles, Brazilian racing driver
• 1971 – Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Alan Wright, English footballer
• 1972 – Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist
• 1973 – Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician
• 1973 – Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
• 1974 – Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer
• 1974 – Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
• 1974 – Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer
• 1974 – Shane Webcke, Australian rugby player
• 1974 – John Light, English actor
• 1975 – Stuart Clark, Australian cricketer
• 1975 – Edward M. Erdelac, American author
• 1975 – Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer
• 1976 – Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
• 1976 – Timo Hampf, German footballer
• 1977 – Young Jeezy, American rapper
• 1977 – Ireneusz Marcinkowski, Polish footballer
• 1977 – Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer
• 1978 – Bushido, German rapper
• 1979 – Bam Margera, American skateboarder
• 1981 – José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
• 1981 – Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1981 – Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress
• 1981 – Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian musician (CSS)
• 1982 – Aleksandr Anyukov, Russian footballer
• 1982 – Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter
• 1982 – Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player
• 1982 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1982 – Nolwenn Leroy, French singer
• 1982 – Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
• 1982 – Dustin Penner, Canadian hockey player
• 1982 – Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
• 1983 – Stefan Moore, English footballer
• 1983 – John Schwalger, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1984 – Melody Thornton, American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1984 – Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
• 1985 – Shindong, Korean Singer (Super Junior)
• 1986 – Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
• 1987 – Hilary Duff, American actress, singer
• 1988 – Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player
• 1988 – Esmée Denters, Dutch singer
• 1988 – Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
• 1989 – Mark Randall, English footballer
• 1990 – Kirsten Prout, American actress
• 1992 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress
• 2000 – Frankie Jonas, American actor