| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1582 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Taichang Emperor |
of the Ming Dynasty of China (d. 1620) |
| 1592 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
George Villiers‚ 1st Duke of Buckingham |
English statesman (d. 1628) |
| 1612 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn |
Dutch scholar (d. 1653) |
| 1667 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Louise of Mecklenburg-Gstrow |
queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) |
| 1691 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel |
Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) |
| 1749 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
German writer and scientist (d. 1832) |
| 1774 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Elizabeth Ann Seton |
American-born Catholic saint (d. 1821) |
| 1789 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Stephanie de Beauharnais |
Grand Duchess of Baden (d. 1860) |
| 1801 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Antoine Augustin Cournot |
French mathematician (d. 1877) |
| 1814 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Sheridan le Fanu |
Irish writer (d. 1873) |
| 1828 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Leo Tolstoy |
Russian author (birthdate according to O.S.) (d. 1910) |
| 1840 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Alexander Cameron Sim |
Scottish merchant (d. 1900) |
| 1853 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Vladimir Shukhov |
Russian engineer and inventor (d. 1939) |
| 1859 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Vittorio Sella |
Italian photographer (d. 1943) |
| 1867 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Umberto Giordano |
Italian composer (d. 1948) |
| 1878 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
George Whipple |
American doctor and Nobel laureate (d. 1976) |
| 1884 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Peter Fraser |
former Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1950) |
| 1885 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Vance Palmer |
Australian author (d. 1959) |
| 1894 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Karl Bohm |
Austrian conductor (d. 1981) |
| 1898 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Charlie Grimm |
American baseball player (d. 1983) |
| 1899 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Charles Boyer |
French actor (d. 1978) |
| 1903 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Bruno Bettelheim |
American psychologist (d. 1990) |
| 1904 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Secondo Campini |
Italian jet engine pioneer (d. 1980) |
| 1905 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Cyril Walters |
England cricketer (d. 1992) |
| 1906 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
John Betjeman |
English poet (d. 1984) |
| 1908 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Roger Tory Peterson |
American ornithologist (d. 1996) |
| 1910 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Tjalling Koopmans |
Dutch-born economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| 1911 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Joseph Luns |
Dutch politician (d. 2002) |
| 1913 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Robertson Davies |
Canadian writer (d. 1995) |
| 1913 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Jack Dreyfus |
American entrepreneur (d. 2009) |
| 1913 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Lindsay Hassett |
Australian cricketer (d. 1993) |
| 1913 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Boris Pahor |
Slovenian writer |
| 1913 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Terence Reese |
British bridge player (d. 1996) |
| 1913 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Richard Tucker |
American tenor (d. 1975) |
| 1915 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Max Robertson |
British sports commentator |
| 1915 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Tasha Tudor |
American illustrator (d. 2008) |
| 1916 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Jack Vance |
American author |
| 1916 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Hel?ne Baillargeon |
Quebec singer and folklorist (d. 1997) |
| 1917 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Jack Kirby |
American comic book artist (d. 1994) |
| 1919 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Godfrey Hounsfield |
English electrical engineer Nobel Laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1921 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Fernando Fernan Gmez |
Spanish actor‚ director‚ academic and playwright (d. 2007) |
| 1921 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Nancy Kulp |
American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1924 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Janet Frame |
New Zealand author (d. 2004) |
| 1924 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Peggy Ryan |
American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1924 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Tony MacGibbon |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1925 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Donald O'Connor |
American singer‚ dancer‚ and actor (d. 2003) |
| 1925 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Billy Grammer |
American country music singer and guitarist |
| 1928 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
F. William Free |
American advertising executive (d. 2003) |
| 1929 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Istvan Kertesz |
Hungarian conductor (d. 1973) |
| 1929 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Ken Gampu |
South African actor (d. 2003) |
| 1930 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Windsor Davies |
British actor |
| 1930 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Ben Gazzara |
American actor |
| 1931 |
August 28 |
Friday |
John Shirley-Quirk |
English bass-baritone |
| 1931 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Tito Capobianco |
Argentinian stage impresario and director |
| 1932 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Andy Bathgate |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1935 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Gilles Rocheleau |
French Canadian politician (d. 1998) |
| 1936 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Don Denkinger |
American baseball umpire |
| 1938 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Paul Martin |
Canadian politician |
| 1938 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Maurizio Costanzo |
Italian television journalist |
| 1940 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Ken Jenkins |
American actor |
| 1940 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Roger Pingeon |
French cylist |
| 1940 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Nik Turner |
English musician (Hawkwind) |
| 1941 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Sybille de Selys Longchamps |
Belgian aristocrat |
| 1941 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Paul Plishka |
American opera singer |
| 1942 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Sterling Morrison |
American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995) |
| 1943 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
David Soul |
American actor |
| 1943 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Lou Piniella |
American baseball manager |
| 1943 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Surayud Chulanont |
Thai 24th Prime Minister (former) |
| 1944 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Marianne Heemskerk |
Dutch swimmer |
| 1945 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Robert Greenwald |
American film director/producer |
| 1945 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Bob Segarini |
American musician |
| 1944 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Melvin Dummar |
American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate |
| 1947 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Liza Wang |
Hong Kong actress |
| 1947 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Shoto Tanemura |
Japanese martial artist |
| 1948 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Danny Seraphine |
American musician (Chicago) |
| 1948 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Murray Parker |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1948 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Heather Reisman |
Canadian businesswoman |
| 1949 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Hugh Cornwell |
British musician (The Stranglers) |
| 1949 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Svetislav Pesi? |
Serbian basketball player and coach |
| 1951 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Keiichi Suzuki |
Japanese composer |
| 1951 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Wayne Osmond |
American singer (The Osmonds) |
| 1952 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Rita Dove |
American poet |
| 1952 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Wendelin Wiedeking |
German businessman |
| 1952 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Guy Nadon |
Canadian actor |
| 1952 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Jacques Chagnon |
Canadian politician |
| 1954 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
George Church |
American geneticist |
| 1956 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Luis Guzman |
Puerto Rican actor |
| 1956 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Mark Lutz |
Puerto Rican actor |
| 1957 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Daniel Stern |
American actor |
| 1957 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Rick Rossovich |
Croatian/American actor |
| 1958 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Scott Hamilton |
American figure skater |
| 1960 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Emma Samms |
English actress |
| 1961 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Kim Appleby |
English singer |
| 1961 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Cliff Benson |
American football player |
| 1962 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Paul Allen |
English footballer |
| 1962 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
David Fincher |
American music video and film director |
| 1963 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Jennifer Coolidge |
American actress |
| 1963 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Regina Jacobs |
American athlete |
| 1965 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Satoshi Tajiri |
founder of Game Freak |
| 1965 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Amanda Tapping |
Canadian actress |
| 1965 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Shania Twain |
Canadian singer |
| 1966 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Priya Dutt |
Indian social worker and politician |
| 1967 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Frederick Kesner |
Philippine-born Australian poet |
| 1968 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Billy Boyd |
Scottish actor |
| 1969 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Jason Priestley |
Canadian-born actor |
| 1969 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Jack Black |
American actor |
| 1969 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Mary McCartney |
English photographer |
| 1969 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Pierre Turgeon |
French Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1970 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Sherrie Austin |
Australian actress/singer |
| 1970 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Rick Recht |
Jewish singer |
| 1971 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Todd Eldredge |
American figure skater |
| 1971 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Janet Evans |
American swimmer |
| 1971 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Raul Marquez |
Mexican-born American boxer |
| 1971 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Shane Andrews |
American baseball player |
| 1972 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Jay Witasick |
American baseball player |
| 1972 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Ravindu Shah |
Kenyan cricketer |
| 1973 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Matthew John Armstrong |
American actor |
| 1973 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
DJ Assault |
American musician |
| 1973 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Kirby Morrow |
Canadian voice actor |
| 1974 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Johan Andersson |
Swedish game programmer |
| 1974 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Carsten Jancker |
German footballer |
| 1974 |
August 28 |
Wednesday |
Takahito Eguchi |
Japanese composer |
| 1975 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Jamie Cureton |
English footballer |
| 1975 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Gareth Farrelly |
Irish footballer |
| 1975 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Vera Jordanova |
Finnish actress and model |
| 1976 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Federico Magallanes |
Uruguayan footballer |
| 1978 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Jess Margera |
American drummer (CKY) |
| 1979 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Robert Hoyzer |
German football referee |
| 1979 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Shaila Durcal |
Spanish singer |
| 1979 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Kristen Hughes |
Australian netballer |
| 1979 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Markus Proll |
German footballer |
| 1979 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Ruth Riley |
American basketball player |
| 1980 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Carly Pope |
Canadian actress |
| 1981 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Martin Erat |
Czech hockey player |
| 1981 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Daniel Gygax |
Swiss footballer |
| 1981 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Vaggelis Moras |
Greek footballer |
| 1981 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Agata Wrbel |
Polish weightlifter |
| 1981 |
August 28 |
Friday |
Raphael Matos |
Brazilian racing driver |
| 1982 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Anderson Silva de Franca |
Brazilian footballer |
| 1982 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
LeAnn Rimes |
American singer |
| 1982 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Kevin McNaughton |
Scottish footballer |
| 1982 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Thiago Motta |
Brazilian footballer |
| 1983 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Lasith Malinga |
Sri Lankan cricketer |
| 1983 |
August 28 |
Sunday |
Alfonso Herrera |
Mexican actor and singer (RBD) |
| 1986 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Gilad Shalit |
Israeli soldier |
| 1986 |
August 28 |
Thursday |
Florence Welch |
musician (Florence and the Machine) |
| 1989 |
August 28 |
Monday |
Cassadee Pope |
American Pop Musician (Hey Monday) |
| 1990 |
August 28 |
Tuesday |
Bojan Krki? |
Spanish footballer |
| 1999 |
August 28 |
Saturday |
Prince Nikolai of Denmark |
Danish royalty |
