December 28 - Births

Births

• 1164 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)
• 1522 – Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)
• 1619 – Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)
• 1635 – Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)
• 1655 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)
• 1665 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)
• 1763 – John Molson, English-born Canadian brewer (d. 1836)
• 1778 – Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846)
• 1842 – Calixa Lavallée, French-Canadian composer (O Canada) (d. 1891)
• 1856 – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate, and 34th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1924)
• 1866 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)
• 1879 – Billy Mitchell, American military aviation pioneer (d. 1936)
• 1882 – Arthur Stanley Eddington, British astronomer (d. 1944)
• 1888 – Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, German film director (d. 1931)
• 1898 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (d. 1957)
• 1898 – Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
• 1899 – Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (d. 1943)
• 1902 – Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (d. 2001)
• 1902 – Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (d. 1988)
• 1903 – Earl Hines, American musician (d. 1983)
• 1903 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1957)
• 1905 – Cliff Arquette, American actor (d. 1974)
• 1908 – Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1910 – Billy Williams, American singer (d. 1972)
• 1913 – Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Bernard Youens, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1914 – Bidia Dandaron, Buddhist author and teacher in the USSR (d. 1974)
• 1915 – Pops Staples, American musician (The Staple Singers) (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Stan Lee, American comic book writer
• 1924 – Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Hildegard Knef, German actress (d. 2002)
• 1928 – Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Brian Redhead, British journalist (d. 1994)
• 1929 – Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player (d. 1970)
• 1931 – Guy Debord, French writer (d. 1994)
• 1932 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (d. 2002)
• 1932 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer (d. 1979)
• 1932 – Roy Hattersley, British politician
• 1932 – Harry Howell, Canadian hockey player
• 1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer
• 1932 – Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (d. 1990)
• 1933 – John Y. Brown, Jr., American politician and 55th Governor of Kentucky
• 1934 – Dame Maggie Smith, British actress
• 1934 – Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987)
• 1936 – Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
• 1936 – Lawrence Schiller, American journalist
• 1937 – Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist
• 1938 – Dick Sudhalter, American jazz musician (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician and former President (d. 1999)
• 1939 – Philip Anschutz, American businessman
• 1940 – Don Francisco, Chilean television host
• 1942 – Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
• 1943 – Keith Floyd, British chef (d. 2009)
• 1943 – David Peterson, Canadian politician
• 1943 – Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal
• 1944 – Johnny Isakson, American politician
• 1944 – Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1945 – Birendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
• 1946 – Edgar Winter, American musician
• 1946 – Mike Beebe, American politician and 45th Governor of Arkansas
• 1946 – Pierre Falardeau, Quebec film director
• 1946 – Tim Johnson, American politician, senior senator from South Dakota
• 1947 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player (d. 2000)
• 1950 – Hugh McDonald, American musician (Bon Jovi)
• 1950 – Rainer Maria Latzke, German mural artist
• 1950 – Øivind Blunck, Norwegian comedian and actor
• 1950 – Alex Chilton, American musician (The Box Tops, Big Star) (d. 2010)
• 1951 – Ian Buruma, Anglo-Dutch scholar and writer on Japan and the Far East
• 1952 – Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician
• 1953 – Richard Clayderman, French pianist
• 1953 – Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1953 – Charlie Pierce, American writer
• 1954 – Gayle King, American magazine editor
• 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor
• 1954 – Lanny Poffo, American professional wrestler
• 1955 – Liu Xiaobo, Chinese human rights activist, Nobel laureate
• 1956 – Nigel Kennedy, British violinist
• 1957 – Anne Sargeant, Australian netballer
• 1958 – Twila Paris, American singer
• 1959 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano)
• 1960 – Raymond Bourque, Canadian hockey player
• 1960 – James Caan, British-Pakistani entrepreneur
• 1960 – Melvin Turpin, American basketball player (d. 2010)
• 1961 – Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and football coach
• 1962 – Rachel Z, American pianist
• 1962 – Michel Petrucciani, French pianist (d. 1999)
• 1962 – Melissa R. Kelly, former Maryland politician
• 1962 – Choi Soo Jong, South Korean actor
• 1962 – Niel van der Watt, South African composer
• 1964 – Maite Zúñiga, Spanish athlete
• 1965 – Allar Levandi, Estonian Nordic combined skier
• 1967 – Chris Ware, American cartoonist
• 1969 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer
• 1970 – Elaine Hendrix, American actress
• 1970 – Francesca Le, American porn star
• 1971 – Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder
• 1971 – Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
• 1971 – William Gates, American basketball player
• 1972 – Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
• 1972 – Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
• 1972 – Adam Vinatieri, American football player
• 1973 – Alex Dimitriades, Australian actor
• 1973 – Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress
• 1973 – Seth Meyers, American actor
• 1974 – Jason Ridge, American porn actor
• 1974 – Rob Niedermayer, Canadian-born ice-hockey player
• 1975 – B.J. Ryan, American baseball player
• 1976 – Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer
• 1977 – Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 – Chris Coyne, Australian footballer
• 1978 – John Legend, American musician
• 1979 – James Blake, American tennis player
• 1979 – Bill Hall, American baseball player
• 1979 – Senna Guemmour, German Singer (Monrose)
• 1980 – Lomana LuaLua, Congo footballer
• 1980 – Vanessa Ferlito, American actress
• 1981 – Elizabeth Jordan Carr, first American test-tube baby
• 1981 – Sienna Miller, British actress
• 1981 – Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
• 1981 – Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
• 1981 – Frank Turner, English Singer-Songwriter
• 1981 – Narsha, Korean pop singer (Brown Eyed Girls)
• 1982 – Cedric Benson, American football player
• 1982 – François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete
• 1982 – Kevin Pereira, American television host
• 1983 – Mike He, Taiwanese actor
• 1984 – Leroy Lita, English footballer
• 1984 – Alex Lloyd, British racing driver
• 1985 – Kamani Hill, American footballer
• 1985 – Taryn Terrell, American wrestler/model
• 1986 – Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
• 1987 – Thomas Dekker, American actor
• 1989 – Mackenzie Rosman, American actress
• 1990 – David Archuleta, American Idol runner-up, American singer
• 2001 – Madison De La Garza, American child actress
• 2002 – Kelsey Smith-Briggs, American murder victim (d. 2005)