Famous Births on 28 Dec

Famous Births on 28 Dec

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 (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 - Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
1898 - Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (d. 1957)
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
1914 - Bernard Youens, English actor (d. 1984)
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 - Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (d. 1990)
1932 - Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer
1932 - Harry Howell, Canadian hockey player
1932 - Roy Hattersley, British politician
1932 - Dorsey Burnette, American singer (d. 1979)
1932 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (d. 2002)
1933 - John Y. Brown, Jr., American politician
1934 - Dame Maggie Smith, British actress
1934 - Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987)
1936 - Lawrence Schiller, American journalist
1936 - Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
1937 - Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist
1938 - Dick Sudhalter, American jazz musician
1939 - Philip Anschutz, American businessman
1940 - Don Francisco, Chilean television host
1942 - Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
1943 - David Peterson, Canadian politician
1943 - Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (d. 2005)
1944 - Johnny Isakson, American politician
1944 - Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1946 - Edgar Winter, American musician
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 - Alex Chilton, American musician (Box Tops)
1950 - Øivind Blunck, Norwegian comedian and actor
1951 - Ian Buruma, Anglo-Dutch scholar and writer on Japan and the Far East.
1952 - Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician
1953 - Richard Clayderman, French pianist
1954 - Denzel Washington, American actor
1956 - Nigel Kennedy, British violinist
1957 - Anne Sargeant, Australian netballer
1959 - Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano)
1959 - Phil Abrams, American actor
1960 - Raymond Bourque, Canadian hockey player
1961 - Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and football coach
1962 - Melissa R. Kelly, former Maryland politician
1962 - Michel Petrucciani, French pianist (d. 1999)
1962 - Rachel Z, American pianist
1964 - Maite Zúñiga, Spanish athlete
1967 - Chris Ware, American cartoonist
1969 - Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer
1970 - Francesca Le, American porn star
1971 - Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder
1971 - Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
1972 - Kevin Walker, American soccer player
1972 - Adam Vinatieri, American football player
1972 - Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
1972 - Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
1973 - Alex Dimitriades, Australian actor
1973 - Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress
1973 - Seth Meyers, American actor
1974 - Rob Niedermayer, Canadian-born icehockey player.
1974 - Jason Ridge, American porn actor
1975 - B.J. Ryan, American baseball player
1977 - Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
1978 - Chris Coyne, Australian footballer
1978 - John Legend, American musician
1979 - Senna Guemmour, German Singer (Monrose)
1979 - Bill Hall, American baseball player
1979 - James Blake, American tennis player
1980 - Lomana LuaLua, Congo footballer
1980 - Vanessa Ferlito, American actress
1981 - Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
1981 - Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
1981 - Sienna Miller, British actress
1981 - Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American Test-Tube Baby
1982 - Cedric Benson, American footballer
1982 - François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete
1982 - Kevin Pereira, American television host
1982 - Quinton Porter, American footballer
1983 - Mike He, Taiwanese actor
1984 - Beverly Mullins, American Wrestler/Model
1984 - Alex Lloyd, British racing driver
1984 - Leroy Lita, English footballer
1985 - Kamani Hill, American footballer
1986 - Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
1987 - Thomas Dekker, American actor
1989 - Mackenzie Rosman, American actress
1990 - David Archuleta, runner-up of season 7 American Idol