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)
1651 – Johann Krieger, German composer and organist (d. 1735)
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)
1798 – Thomas James Henderson, Scottish astronomer(d. 1844)
1818 – Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist(d. 1897)
1842 – Calixa Lavallée, French-Canadian composer (O Canada) (d. 1891)
1856 – Woodrow Wilson, American politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1866 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)
1870 – Charles Bennett, British athlete (d. 1949)
1879 – Billy Mitchell, American military aviation pioneer (d. 1936)
1882 – Arthur Stanley Eddington, British astronomer (d. 1944)
1887 – Werner Kolhörster, German physics (d. 1946)
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)
1920 – Steve Van Buren, American football player (d. 2012)
1921 – Johnny Otis, American musician (d. 2012)
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 – Rudi Faßnacht, German football manager (d. 2000)
1934 – Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987)
1934 – Dame Maggie Smith, British actress
1936 – Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
1936 – Lawrence Schiller, American journalist
1937 – Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese Football manager
1937 – Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist
1938 – Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician and former President (d. 1999)
1938 – Dick Sudhalter, American jazz musician (d. 2008)
1939 – Philip Anschutz, American businessman
1939 – Michelle Urry, American editor of Playboy
1940 – Don Francisco, Chilean television host
1940 – A. K. Antony, Defence Minister of Government of India
1942 – Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
1943 – Keith Floyd, British chef (d. 2009)
1943 – David Peterson, Canadian politician
1943 – Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal
1943 – Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (d. 2005)
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)
1948 – Mary Weiss, American Singer (The Shangri-Las)
1950 – Øivind Blunck, Norwegian comedian and actor
1950 – Alex Chilton, American musician (The Box Tops, Big Star) (d. 2010)
1950 – Rainer Maria Latzke, German mural artist
1950 – Hugh McDonald, American musician (Bon Jovi)
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 – Lanny Poffo, American professional wrestler
1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor
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 – Ray Bourque, Canadian ice 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 – Melissa R. Kelly, former Maryland politician
1962 – Michel Petrucciani, French pianist (d. 1999)
1962 – Choi Soo Jong, South Korean actor
1962 – Niel van der Watt, South African composer
1962 – Rachel Z, American pianist
1964 – Maite Zúñiga, Spanish athlete
1965 – Allar Levandi, Estonian Nordic combined skier
1967 – Chris Ware, American cartoonist
1968 – Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut
1969 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer
1970 – Elaine Hendrix, American actress
1970 – Francesca Le, American porn star
1971 – Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
1971 – William Gates, American basketball player
1971 – Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder
1972 – Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
1972 – Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
1972 – Adam Vinatieri, American football player
1973 – Holger Blume, German athlete
1973 – Marc Blume, German athlete
1973 – Alex Dimitriades, Australian actor
1973 – Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress
1973 – Seth Meyers, American actor
1974 – Rob Niedermayer, Canadian-born ice-hockey player
1974 – Jason Ridge, American porn actor
1974 – Markus Weinzierl, German footballer
1975 – B.J. Ryan, American baseball player
1976 – Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer
1977 – Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
1978 – Min-Hyeok Jang, South Korean voice actor
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)
1979 – Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
1979 – Bree Williamson, Canadian actress
1980 – Vanessa Ferlito, American actress
1980 – Lomana LuaLua, Congo footballer
1981 – Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
1981 – Elizabeth Jordan Carr, first American test-tube baby
1981 – Sienna Miller, British actress
1981 – Orlando Smeekes, Curaçaoan footballer
1981 – Frank Turner, English Singer-Songwriter
1981 – Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
1981 – Narsha, Korean pop singer
1982 – Cedric Benson, American football player
1982 – François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete
1982 – Desiree Ortíz, Venezuelan model and television host
1982 – Kevin Pereira, American television host
1982 – Ferry Rotinsulu, Indonesian footballer
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
1986 – Victoria Atkin, English actress
1987 – Thomas Dekker, American actor
1987 – Matthias Schwarz, German footballer
1988 – Kateřina Kramperová, Czech tennis player
1988 – Martina Pretelli, Sammarinese sprinter
1989 – Mackenzie Rosman, American actress
1990 – David Archuleta, American singer and actor
1990 – Zlatko Hebib, Swiss footballer
2001 – Madison De La Garza, American child actress
2002 – Kelsey Smith-Briggs, American murder victim (d. 2005)