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September 28 birthdays

313 notable historical figures were born on September 28, and 191 died on this day. Everyone born on September 28 is a Libra.

17% of September 28 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (69) than any other country.

Born on September 28

• Brigitte Bardot (1934 to 2025. French actress and activist (1934–2025))
• Naomi Watts (born 1968. British actress (born 1968))
• Hilary Duff (born 1987. American actress and singer (born 1987))
• Sheikh Hasina (born 1947. Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001; 2009–2024))
• Bhagat Singh (1907 to 1931. Indian revolutionary (1907–1931))
• Mira Sorvino (born 1967. American actress (born 1967))
• Lata Mangeshkar (1929 to 2022. Indian singer (1929–2022))
• Janeane Garofalo (born 1964. American comedian and actress (born 1964))
• Peter Finch (1916 to 1977. English and Australian actor (1916–1977))
• Georges Clemenceau (1841 to 1929. President of the Council of France (1906–1909, 1917–1920))
• Luis Arce (born 1963. President of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025)
• Mawra Hocane (born 1992. Pakistani actress (born 1992))
• Pietro Badoglio (1871 to 1956. Italian military officer (1871–1956))
• Moon Zappa (born 1967. American actress and author)
• Ana Brnabić (born 1975. Serbian politician (born 1975))
• Diosdado Macapagal (1910 to 1997. President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965)
• Carlos I (1863 to 1908. King of Portugal from 1889 to 1908)
• Miloš Zeman (born 1944. President of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023)
• Piper Kerman (born 1969. American author (born 1969))
• Gru (born 1960. Despicable Me character)
• Janet Munro (1934 to 1972. British actress (1934–1972))
• William Jones (philologist) (1746 to 1794. British scholar and judge (1746–1794))
• Immanuel Wallerstein (1930 to 2019. American sociologist and economic historian (1930–2019))
• Fusako Shigenobu (born 1945. Japanese communist activist)
• Roman Jakobson (1896 to 1982. Russian linguist (1896–1982))
• David Lewis (philosopher) (1941 to 2001. American philosopher (1941–2001))
• Amélie of Orléans (1865 to 1951. Queen of Portugal from 1889 to 1908)
• Augustus FitzRoy (1735 to 1811. Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1768 to 1770)
• The Anime Man (born 1994. Australian YouTuber)
• Gerardo Machado (1871 to 1939. President of Cuba from 1925 to 1933 (1871–1939))
• Éric Ciotti (born 1965. French politician (born 1965))
• Godwin Friday (born 1959. Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines since 2025)
• Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663 to 1690. English royal bastard (1663–1690))
• Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789 to 1867. Princess of Hesse-Kassel)
• Frances Willard (1839 to 1898. American temperance activist and suffragist (1839–1898))
• Henri Moissan (1852 to 1907. French chemist and pharmacist (1852–1907))
• Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868 to 1956. English biographical writer (1868–1956))
• Asano Naganori (1667 to 1701. Daimyō of the Akō Domain (1667–1701))
• Edmund Stoiber (born 1941. German politician (born 1941))
• Heather Sears (1935 to 1994. British actress (1935–1994))
• Jean II Le Maingre (1366 to 1421. French knight, marshal and crusader (1366–1421))
• Simon Clarke (politician) (born 1984. British politician (born 1984))
• Luis Enrique (singer) (born 1962. Nicaraguan-American salsa singer-songwriter and musician)
• Jeremy Isaacs (born 1932. Scottish television producer and executive, and opera manager)
• Gurram Jashuva (1895 to 1971. Indian poet (1895–1971))
• Melissa Febos (born 1980. American writer)
• Michael Scott (Irish author) (born 1959. Irish author, scriptwriter, folklore collector)
• Mordechai Hod (1926 to 2003. Israeli Air Force general)
• Tuli Kupferberg (1923 to 2010. American poet, author, cartoonist and publisher (1923–2010))
• Sergio Peña (born 1995. Peruvian footballer (born 1995))
• Florent Schmitt (1870 to 1958. French composer (1870–1958))
• Lucius Mendel Rivers (1905 to 1970. American politician)
• Martin David Kruskal (1925 to 2006. American mathematician (1925-2006))
• Haywood S. Hansell (1903 to 1988. US Air Force major general, born 1903)
• Mika Häkkinen (born 1968. Finnish racing driver (born 1968))
• Josiah Conder (architect) (1852 to 1920. British architect (1852–1920))
• Mihr-un-Nissa Begum (1661 to 1706. Mughal princess (1661–1706))
• Rafael Núñez (1825 to 1894. President of Colombia (1887–1888, 1892–1894))
• Fedor Emelianenko (born 1976. Russian mixed martial artist (born 1976))
• Radhanath Ray (1848 to 1908. Indian poet)

Died on September 28

• John Paul I (1912 to 1978. Head of the Catholic Church in 1978)
• Jo Gelbard (1926 to 1991. American jazz musician (1926–1991))
• Ferdinand Marcos (1917 to 1989. President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986)
• Pierre Trudeau (1919 to 2000. Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979; 1980–1984))
• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 to 1970. President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970)
• Louis Pasteur (1822 to 1895. French chemist, pharmacist and microbiologist (1822–1895))
• Shimon Peres (1923 to 2016. Israeli politician (1923–2016))
• Herman Melville (1819 to 1891. American writer and poet (1819–1891))
• Livia (59 BC to 29 BC. Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14)
• Edwin Hubble (1889 to 1953. American astronomer (1889–1953))
• Elia Kazan (1909 to 2003. American director (1909–2003))
• André Breton (1896 to 1966. French co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966))
• M. S. Swaminathan (1925 to 2023. Indian agronomist (1925–2023))
• Henry VI (1165 to 1197. Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197)
• Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907 to 935. Duke of Bohemia from 921 to 935)
• Akbar Shah II (1760 to 1837. Mughal emperor from 1806 to 1837)
• John Dos Passos (1896 to 1970. American novelist (1896–1970))
• Rabbi Akiva (50 to 135. Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c. 135 CE))
• Rómulo Betancourt (1908 to 1981. President of Venezuela, 1945–48 and 1959–64)
• Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846 to 1930. German military officer (1846–1930))
• Barbara Rose Johns (1935 to 1991. American civil rights activist (1935–1991))
• Terry Farrell (architect) (1938 to 2025. British architect (1938–2025))
• Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826 to 1907. Grand Duke of Baden from 1858 to 1907)
• Willem Einthoven (1860 to 1927. Dutch physiologist (1860–1927))
• Carl Ritter (1779 to 1859. German geographer (1779–1859))
• Kimon Georgiev (1882 to 1969. Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1934–35, 1944–46))
• Ismail Petra of Kelantan (1949 to 2019. Sultan of Kelantan (r. 1979–2010))
• George Buchanan (1506 to 1582. Scottish historian and humanist scholar (1506–1582))
• Agnes Nixon (1922 to 2016. American soap opera screenwriter (1922–2016))
• Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783 to 1851. Son of Frederick William II of Prussia (1783–1851))

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