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December 28 birthdays

299 notable historical figures were born on December 28, and 217 died on this day. Everyone born on December 28 is a Capricorn.

17% of December 28 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on December 28

• Denzel Washington (born 1954. American actor (born 1954))
• Stan Lee (1922 to 2018. American comic book writer (1922–2018))
• Woodrow Wilson (1856 to 1924. President of the United States from 1913 to 1921)
• Maggie Smith (1934 to 2024. British actress (1934–2024))
• Linus Torvalds (born 1969. Finnish and American software engineer (born 1969))
• John von Neumann (1903 to 1957. Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957))
• Ratan Tata (1937 to 2024. Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1937–2024))
• Dhirubhai Ambani (1932 to 2002. Indian businessman (1932–2002))
• Milton Obote (1925 to 2005. Ugandan politician (1925–2005))
• Lili Elbe (1882 to 1931. Danish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931))
• Birendra of Nepal (1945 to 2001. King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001)
• Liu Xiaobo (1955 to 2017. Chinese human rights activist (1955–2017))
• Kary Mullis (1944 to 2019. American biochemist (1944–2019))
• Arthur Eddington (1882 to 1944. British astrophysicist (1882–1944))
• Guy Debord (1931 to 1994. French philosopher and Marxist theorist (1931–1994))
• Martha Wash (born 1953. American singer (born 1953))
• Hildegard Knef (1925 to 2002. German actress (1925–2002))
• Grace Tame (born 1994. Australian activist (born 1994))
• Yesugei (1134 to 1171. Father of Genghis Khan (c. 1134–1171))
• Lloyd Fredendall (1883 to 1963. American general during World War II (1883–1963))
• Philippe de Gaulle (1921 to 2024. French admiral and son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024))
• Max Hastings (born 1945. English journalist, editor, historian and author (born 1945))
• Princess Vittoria (born 2003. Member of the House of Savoy (born 2003))
• Mortimer J. Adler (1902 to 2001. American philosopher, author and educator (1902–2001))
• Herbert von Bismarck (1849 to 1904. German politician (1849–1904))
• Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920 to 2011. Monégasque princess (1920–2011))
• Ana Pauker (1893 to 1960. Romanian politician (1893–1960))
• Manuel Puig (1932 to 1990. Argentine writer (1932–1990))
• Elizabeth Stuart (daughter of Charles I) (1635 to 1650. English and Scottish princess (1635–1650))
• Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (1719 to 1787. French statesman and diplomat (1719–1787))
• Jake Holmes (born 1939. American singer-songwriter (b. 1939))
• Frank McLintock (born 1939. Scottish footballer and manager)
• Mokhtar Ould Djay (born 1973. Prime Minister of Mauritania since 2024)
• Moïse Katumbi (born 1964. Democratic Republic of the Congo politician)
• Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852 to 1936. Spanish civil engineer (1852–1936))
• Pío Baroja (1872 to 1956. Spanish writer (1872–1956))
• Emperor Yizong of Tang (833 to 873. Emperor of Tang China from 859 to 873)
• Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924 to 2018. President of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013)
• Emperor Rokujō (1164 to 1176. Emperor of Japan from 1165 to 1168)
• Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (born 1949. American Buddhist monk (born 1949))
• Calixa Lavallée (1842 to 1891. Canadian composer)
• Quim Torra (born 1962. Former president of Catalonia (born 1962))
• John Molson (1763 to 1836. 18th and 19th-century Canadian businessman)
• Han Seung-soo (born 1936. Prime Minister of South Korea from 2008 to 2009)
• Henri de Régnier (1864 to 1936. French poet (1864–1936))
• Ed Thigpen (1930 to 2010. American jazz drummer (1930–2010))
• Sandra Faber (born 1944. American astrophysicist (born 1944))
• Sienna Miller (born 1981. British actress (born 1981))
• Ellis Clarke (1917 to 2010. Last Governor-General and first President of Trinidad and Tobago)
• Anna Kuliscioff (1853 to 1925. Russian feminist revolutionary (1857–1925))
• Victoire de Rohan (1743 to 1807. French noblewoman and court official)
• John Legend (born 1978. American singer and songwriter (born 1978))
• Simon Raven (1927 to 2001. British writer (1927–2001))
• Andreas Osiander (1498 to 1552. German Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer)
• Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence (1871 to 1961. British politician, editor (1871–1961))
• Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857) (1787 to 1857. German prince and a General of Infantry in the Imperial Russian Army)
• Mouloud Mammeri (1917 to 1989. Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist)
• Zane Smith (born 1960. American baseball player (born 1960))
• Louis Lansana Beavogui (1923 to 1984. Guinean politician (1923–1984))
• Archibald Geikie (1835 to 1924. Scottish geologist and writer)

Died on December 28

• Brigitte Bardot (1934 to 2025. French actress and activist (1934–2025))
• Mary II (1662 to 1694. Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694)
• Victor Emmanuel III (1869 to 1947. King of Italy from 1900 to 1946)
• Susan Sontag (1933 to 2004. American writer, critic and public intellectual (1933–2004))
• Maurice Ravel (1875 to 1937. French composer (1875–1937))
• Ante Pavelić (1889 to 1959. Dictator of the Independent State of Croatia from 1941 to 1945)
• Vijayakanth (1952 to 2023. Indian actor and politician (1952–2023))
• Francis de Sales (1567 to 1622. Bishop of Geneva and Catholic saint (1567–1622))
• William L. Shirer (1904 to 1993. American journalist, war correspondent, and author (1904–1993))
• Theodore Dreiser (1871 to 1945. American novelist and journalist (1871–1945))
• Mustafa II (1664 to 1703. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703)
• Piero the Unfortunate (1472 to 1503. Lord of Florence from 1492 to 1494)
• Zosimus (400 to 418. Head of the Catholic Church from 417 to 418)
• Paul Hindemith (1895 to 1963. German composer (1895–1963))
• Shehu Shagari (1925 to 2018. President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983)
• Debbie Reynolds (1932 to 2016. American actress and singer (1932–2016))
• Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879 to 1952. Queen of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland (1918–1944))
• Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (1822 to 1889. Empress of Brazil from 1843 to 1889)
• George Gissing (1857 to 1903. English novelist, short story writer and literary critic (1857–1903))
• Pierre Bayle (1647 to 1706. French philosopher and writer (1647–1706))
• Feng Guozhang (1859 to 1921. Chinese general and politician (1859–1919))
• Euric (440 to 484. King of the Visigoths from 466 to 484)
• Armando Manzanero (1935 to 2020. Mexican singer-songwriter and composer (1934–2020))
• Sumitranandan Pant (1900 to 1977. Indian writer)
• Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713 to 1757. British princess (1713–1757))
• Arata Isozaki (1931 to 2022. Japanese architect (1931–2022))
• Martin Karplus (1930 to 2024. Austrian-American chemist (1930–2024))
• Lemmy (1945 to 2015. English rock musician (1945–2015))
• G. S. Ghurye (1893 to 1983. Founder of Indian sociology (1893–1983))
• Princess Fadia of Egypt (1943 to 2002. Egyptian princess (1943–2002))

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