28 August Births

Published : 28 Aug 2018, 10:58

Jagoroniya Desk

August 28 is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

932 – Richard I, duke of Normandy (d. 996)
1023 – Go-Reizei, emperor of Japan (d. 1068)
1366 – Jean Le Maingre, marshal of France (d. 1421)
1476 – Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter (d. 1559)
1481 – Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Portuguese poet (d. 1558)
1582 – Taichang, emperor of China (d. 1620)
1591 – John Christian of Brieg, duke of Brzeg (d. 1639)
1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English courtier and politician (d. 1628)
1612 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and scholar (d. 1653)
1667 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
1691 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1750)
1714 – Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)
1728 – John Stark, American general (d. 1822)
1739 – Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer (d. 1818)
1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1832)
1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (d. 1821)
1801 – Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1877)
1814 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (d. 1873)
1816 – Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
1822 – Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria (d. 1904)
1827 – Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess (d. 1894)
1833 – Edward Burne-Jones, English artist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement (d. 1898)
1837 – Francis von Hohenstein, duke of Teck (d. 1900)
1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club (d. 1900)
1853 – Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse (d. 1939)
1859 – Matilda Howell, American archer (d. 1938)
1859 – Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943)
1867 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic (d. 1948)
1878 – George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1884 – Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1950)
1885 – Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic (d. 1959)
1887 – August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (d. 1973)
1887 – István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922)
1888 – Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985)
1891 – Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)
1894 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1981)
1896 – Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982)
1898 – Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1983)
1899 – Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1978)
1899 – Andrei Platonov, Russian author and poet (d. 1951)
1899 – James Wong Howe, Chinese American cinematographer (d. 1976)
1903 – Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (d. 1990)
1904 – Secondo Campini, Italian-American engineer (d. 1980)
1904 – Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998)
1905 – Cyril Walters, Welsh-English cricketer (d. 1992)
1906 – John Betjeman, English poet and academic (d. 1984)
1908 – Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author (d. 1996)
1910 – Morris Graves, American painter and academic (d. 2001)
1910 – Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1911 – Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2002)
1913 – Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1995)
1913 – Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (d. 2009)
1913 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1993)
1913 – Robert Irving, English conductor and director (d. 1991)
1913 – Terence Reese, English bridge player and author (d. 1996)
1913 – Richard Tucker, American tenor and actor (d. 1975)
1915 – Max Robertson, Bengal-born English sportscaster and author (d. 2009)
1915 – Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (d. 2008)
1916 – Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1997)
1916 – C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962)
1916 – Jack Vance, American author (d. 2013)
1917 – Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (d. 1994)
1918 – L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995)
1919 – Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1921 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
1921 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007)
1921 – Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier (d. 1991)
1921 – Lidia Gueiler Tejada, the first female President of Bolivia (d. 2011)
1924 – Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2004)
1924 – Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010)
1924 – Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (d. 2004)
1924 – Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014)
1925 – Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1925 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)
1925 – Philip Purser, English author and critic
1928 – F. William Free, American businessman (d. 2003)
1928 – Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (d. 2004)
1929 – István Kertész, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
1929 – Roxie Roker, American actress (d. 1995)
1930 – Ben Gazzara, American actor (d. 2012)
1930 – Windsor Davies, British actor.
1931 – Tito Capobianco, Argentinian director and producer
1931 – Cristina Deutekom, Dutch soprano and actress (d. 2014)
1931 – Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)
1931 – John Shirley-Quirk, English actor, singer, and educator (d. 2014)
1931 – Roger Williams, English hepatologist and academic
1932 – Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2016)
1932 – Yakir Aharonov, Israeli academic and educator
1933 – Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (d. 2015)
1933 – Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop and theologian (d. 2012)
1935 – Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (d. 2012)
1935 – Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
1936 – Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire
1935 – Warren M. Washington, American atmospheric scientist
1938 – Maurizio Costanzo, Italian journalist and academic
1938 – Paul Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Canada
1938 – Bengt Fahlström, Swedish journalist
1939 – John Kingman, English mathematician and academic
1940 – William Cohen, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Defense
1940 – Roger Pingeon, French cyclist
1941 – Michael Craig-Martin, Irish painter and illustrator
1941 – Toomas Leius, Estonian tennis player and coach
1941 – John Stanley Marshall, English drummer
1941 – Paul Plishka, American opera singer
1942 – Wendy Davies, Welsh historian and academic
1942 – Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)
1942 – Jorge Urosa, Venezuelan cardinal
1943 – Surayud Chulanont, Thai general and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand
1943 – Robert Greenwald, American director and producer
1943 – Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (d. 2015)
1943 – Lou Piniella, American baseball player and manager
1943 – David Soul, American actor and singer
1943 – Jihad Al-Atrash, Lebanese actor and voice actor
1944 – Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer
1945 – Bob Segarini, American-Canadian singer-songwriter
1947 – Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (d. 2004)
1947 – Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress and singer
1948 – Vonda N. McIntyre, American author
1948 – Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator
1948 – Heather Reisman, Canadian publisher and businesswoman
1948 – Danny Seraphine, American drummer and producer
1948 – Elizabeth Wilmshurst, English academic and jurist
1949 – Hugh Cornwell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach
1950 – Ron Guidry, American baseball player and coach
1950 – Tony Husband, English cartoonist
1951 – Colin McAdam, Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
1951 – Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor
1951 – Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1952 – Jacques Chagnon, Canadian educator and politician
1952 – Rita Dove, American poet and essayist
1952 – Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
1953 – Ditmar Jakobs, German footballer
1953 – Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian conductor and journalist
1954 – Katharine Abraham, American feminist economist
1954 – George M. Church, American geneticist, chemist, and engineer
1954 – John Dorahy, Australian rugby player and coach
1954 – Ravi Kanbur, Indian-English economist and academic
1956 – Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor and producer
1956 – Steve Whiteman, American singer-songwriter
1957 – Greg Clark, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1957 – Ivo Josipović, Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rd President of Croatia
1957 – Daniel Stern, American actor and director
1957 – Ai Weiwei, Chinese sculptor and activist
1958 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
1959 – Brian Thompson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Kim Appleby, English singer-songwriter and actress
1961 – Cliff Benson, American football player
1961 – Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
1961 – Ian Pont, English cricketer and coach
1962 – Paul Allen, English footballer
1962 – Craig Anton, American actor and screenwriter
1962 – David Fincher, American director and producer
1963 – Regina Jacobs, American runner
1963 – Maria Gheorghiu, Romanian folk singer-songwriter
1964 – Lee Janzen, American golfer
1964 – Kaj Leo Johannesen, Faroese footballer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1965 – Dan Crowley, Australian rugby player
1965 – Sonia Kruger, Australian television host and actress
1965 – Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game developer; created Pokémon
1965 – Shania Twain, Canadian singer-songwriter
1966 – Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
1967 – Jamie Osborne, English jockey and trainer
1968 – Billy Boyd, Scottish actor and singer
1969 – Jack Black, American actor and comedian
1969 – Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and Founder of Leanin.org
1969 – Mary McCartney, English photographer and activist
1969 – Jason Priestley, Canadian actor, director, and producer
1969 – Pierre Turgeon, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1970 – Melina Aslanidou, German-Greek singer-songwriter
1970 – Rick Recht, American singer-songwriter
1971 – Shane Andrews, American baseball player
1971 – Todd Eldredge, American figure skater and coach
1971 – Janet Evans, American swimmer
1971 – Raúl Márquez, Mexican-American boxer and sportscaster
1972 – Ravindu Shah, Kenyan cricketer
1972 – Jay Witasick, American baseball player and coach
1973 – J. August Richards, American actor
1974 – Johan Andersson, Swedish game designer and programmer
1974 – Takahito Eguchi, Japanese pianist and composer
1974 – Carsten Jancker, German footballer and manager
1975 – Jamie Cureton, English footballer
1975 – Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer and manager
1975 – Hamish McLachlan, Australian television personality
1975 – Royce Willis, New Zealand rugby player
1976 – Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer
1978 – Jess Margera, American drummer
1979 – Shaila Dúrcal, Spanish singer-songwriter
1979 – Robert Hoyzer, German footballer and referee
1979 – Kristen Hughes, Australian netball player
1979 – Markus Pröll, German footballer
1979 – Ruth Riley, American basketball player
1980 – Antony Hämäläinen, Finnish singer-songwriter
1980 – Jaakko Ojaniemi, Finnish decathlete
1980 – Carly Pope, Canadian actress and producer
1980 – Jonathan Reynolds, English lawyer and politician
1981 – Matt Alrich, American lacrosse player
1981 – Kezia Dugdale, Scottish politician
1981 – Martin Erat, Czech ice hockey player
1981 – Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer
1981 – Raphael Matos, Brazilian race car driver
1981 – Jake Owen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Ahmed Talbi, Moroccan footballer
1981 – Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter
1982 – Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer
1982 – Thiago Motta, Brazilian-Italian footballer
1982 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter and actress
1983 – Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer
1983 – Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Lilli Schwarzkopf, German heptathlete
1985 – Kjetil Jansrud, Norwegian skier
1986 – Jeff Green, American basketball player
1986 – Armie Hammer, American actor
1986 – Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (d. 2015)
1986 – Simon Mannering, New Zealand rugby league player
1986 – Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier and hostage
1986 – Florence Welch, English singer-songwriter
1987 – Caleb Moore, American snowmobile racer (d. 2013)
1989 – César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer
1989 – Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver
1989 – Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer
1989 – Cassadee Pope, American singer-songwriter
1990 – Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
1991 – Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer
1992 – Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast
1992 – Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player
1992 – Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model
1993 – Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer
1994 – Bobby Andonov, Australian singer
1994 – Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player
1994 – Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
2003 – Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress

Source: wikipedia

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