Famous Births on 28 Aug

Famous Births on 28 Aug

1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
1582 - Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)
1592 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1628)
1612 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)
1667 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
1691 - Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)
1714 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)
1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832)
1774 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, American-born Catholic saint (d. 1821)
1789 - Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (d. 1860)
1801 - Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877)
1814 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873)
1827 - Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894)
1840 - Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)
1853 - Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor (d. 1939)
1867 - Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948)
1878 - George Whipple, American scientist and Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
1894 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981)
1898 - Charlie Grimm, baseball player (d. 1983)
1899 - Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978)
1903 - Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990)
1904 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer (d. 1980)
1906 - John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984)
1908 - Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist (d. 1996)
1910 - Tjalling Koopmans, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1911 - Joseph Luns, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
1913 - Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer
1913 - Terence Reese, British bridge player (d. 1996)
1913 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (d. 1975)
1913 - Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995)
1915 - Max Robertson, British sports commentator
1915 - Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (d. 2008)
1916 - Jack Vance, American author
1916 - Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (d. 1997)
1917 - Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994)
1919 - Godfrey Hounsfield, Nobel Laureate (d. 2004)
1920 - Frits Bernard, pedophile activist (d. 2006)
1921 - Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (d. 2007)
1921 - Nancy Kulp, American actress (d. 1991)
1924 - Janet Frame, New Zealand author (d. 2004)
1924 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004)
1925 - Donald O'Connor, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003)
1925 - Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist
1928 - F. William Free, American advertising executive (d. 2003)
1929 - Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
1929 - Ken Gampu, South African actor (d. 2003)
1930 - Windsor Davies, British actor
1930 - Ben Gazzara, American actor
1931 - John Shirley-Quirk, English bass-baritone
1931 - Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario
1932 - Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player
1935 - Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (d. 1998)
1936 - Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire
1938 - Paul Martin, Canadian politician
1938 - Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist
1940 - Ken Jenkins, American actor
1940 - Roger Pingeon, French cylist
1940 - Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind)
1941 - Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian aristocrat
1941 - Paul Plishka, American bass
1942 - Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995)
1943 - David Soul, American actor
1943 - Lou Piniella, American baseball manager
1944 - Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer
1944 - Melvin Dummar, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate
1945 - Robert Greenwald, American film director/producer
1945 - Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality
1947 - Shoto Tanemura, Japanese martial artist
1947 - Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress
1948 - Danny Seraphine, American musician (Chicago)
1949 - Hugh Cornwell, British musician (The Stranglers)
1949 - Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach
1951 - Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer
1951 - Wayne Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
1952 - Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician
1952 - Guy Nadon, Canadian actor
1952 - Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
1952 - Rita Dove, American poet
1954 - George Church, American geneticist
1957 - Daniel Stern, American actor
1957 - Rick Rossovich, American actor
1958 - Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
1960 - Emma Samms, English actress
1961 - Cliff Benson, American football player
1961 - Kim Appleby, English singer
1962 - Paul Allen, English footballer
1962 - David Fincher, American music video and film director
1963 - Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
1965 - Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress
1965 - Shania Twain, Canadian singer
1966 - Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
1967 - Frederick Kesner, Philippine-born Australian poet
1968 - Billy Boyd, Scottish actor
1969 - Jason Priestley, Canadian-born actor
1969 - Jack Black, American actor
1969 - Mary McCartney, English photographer
1969 - Pierre Turgeon, French Canadian ice hockey player
1970 - Sherrié Austin, Australian actress/singer
1970 - Rick Recht, Jewish singer
1971 - Shane Andrews, American baseball player
1971 - Raul Marquez, Mexican-born American boxer
1971 - Janet Evans, American swimmer
1971 - Todd Eldredge, American figure skater
1972 - Jay Witasick, American baseball player
1973 - Matthew John Armstrong, American actor
1973 - DJ Assault, American musician
1974 - Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer
1974 - Carsten Jancker, German footballer
1974 - Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer
1975 - Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer
1975 - Jamie Cureton, English footballer
1978 - Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY)
1978 - Shaniqua, American wrestling valet
1979 - Robert Hoyzer, German football referee
1979 - Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer
1979 - Kristen Hughes, Australian netballer
1979 - Markus Pröll, German footballer
1979 - Ruth Riley, American basketball player
1980 - T.J. Beam, American baseball player
1981 - Martin Erat, Czech hockey player
1981 - Vaggelis Moras, Greek footballer
1981 - Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter,
1981 - Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver
1982 - Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer
1982 - LeAnn Rimes, American singer
1982 - Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer
1982 - Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer
1983 - Alfonso Herrera, Actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD
1983 - Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer
1985 - Ralph Woolfolk IV, American actor
1986 - Gilad Shalit, Israeli corporal
1988 - Ray Jones, English footballer (d. 2007)
1990 - Bojan Krkić, Serbian-Spanish footballer
1991 - Kyle Massey, American actor
1991 - Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer
1999 - Prince Nikolai of Denmark