History Births on August 28

Paul Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Canada

#Paul_Martin

Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor and producer

#Luis_Guzmán

Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria (d. 1904)

#Graham_Berry

Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2002)

#Joseph_Luns

Roxie Roker, American actress (d. 1995)

#Roxie_Roker

Jacques Chagnon, Canadian educator and politician

#Jacques_Chagnon

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1832)

#Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe

Maurizio Costanzo, Italian journalist and academic

#Maurizio_Costanzo

Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1997)

#Hélène_Baillargeon

Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and scholar (d. 1653)

#Marcus_Zuerius_van_Boxhorn

Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player

#Bismack_Biyombo

Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer

#Felicio_Brown_Forbes

Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1993)

#Lindsay_Hassett

Surayud Chulanont, Thai general and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand

#Surayud_Chulanont

Lee Janzen, American golfer

#Lee_Janzen

Todd Eldredge, American figure skater and coach

#Todd_Eldredge

Svetislav Peši?, Serbian basketball player and coach

#Svetislav_Peši?

Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982)

#Firaq_Gorakhpuri

David Soul, American actor and singer

#David_Soul

Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier and hostage

#Gilad_Shalit

Lilli Schwarzkopf, German heptathlete

#Lilli_Schwarzkopf

Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (d. 2012)

#Melvin_Charney

Toomas Leius, Estonian tennis player and coach

#Toomas_Leius

Andreja Peji? Bosnian model

#Andreja_Peji?

J. August Richards, American actor

#J._August_Richards

Sonia Kruger, Australian television host and actress

#Sonia_Kruger

Janet Evans, American swimmer

#Janet_Evans

George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)

#George_Whipple

Rita Dove, American poet and essayist

#Rita_Dove

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English courtier and politician (d. 1628)

#George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham

Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)

#Louise_of_Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Heather Reisman, Canadian publisher and businesswoman

#Heather_Reisman

Roger Williams, English hepatologist and academic

#Roger_Williams_(hepatologist)

Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2016)

#Andy_Bathgate

Cristina Deutekom, Dutch soprano and actress (d. 2014)

#Cristina_Deutekom

Ron Guidry, American baseball player and coach

#Ron_Guidry

Joshua Kalu, American football player

#Joshua_Kalu

Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic (d. 1959)

#Vance_Palmer

István Kertész, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)

#István_Kertész_(conductor)

Simon Mannering, New Zealand rugby league player

#Simon_Mannering

John Stark, American general (d. 1822)

#John_Stark

Raphael Matos, Brazilian race car driver

#Raphael_Matos

Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Portuguese poet (d. 1558)

#Francisco_de_Sá_de_Miranda

Jack Vance, American author (d. 2013)

#Jack_Vance

Thiago Motta, Brazilian-Italian footballer

#Thiago_Motta

Kaj Leo Johannesen, Faroese footballer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

#Kaj_Leo_Johannesen

Jay Witasick, American baseball player and coach

#Jay_Witasick

Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic (d. 1948)

#Umberto_Giordano

Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer

#Jo_Kwon

Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player

#Luke_McAlister

István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922)

#István_Kühár

Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (d. 1821)

#Elizabeth_Ann_Seton

Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model

#Max_Collins_(actress)

Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)

#Junior_Malanda

Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (d. 2004)

#Vilayat_Khan

Ai Weiwei, Chinese sculptor and activist

#Ai_Weiwei

Melina Aslanidou, German-Greek singer-songwriter

#Melina_Aslanidou

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and Founder of Leanin.org

#Sheryl_Sandberg

Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess (d. 1894)

#Grand_Duchess_Catherine_Mikhailovna_of_Russia

Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier (d. 1991)

#Nancy_Kulp

Shania Twain, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Shania_Twain

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1750)

#Elisabeth_Christine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Hugh Cornwell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Hugh_Cornwell

Francis von Hohenstein, duke of Teck (d. 1900)

#Francis,_Duke_of_Teck

Kjetil Jansrud, Norwegian skier

#Kjetil_Jansrud

Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer

#Marianne_Heemskerk

Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1983)

#Charlie_Grimm

Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver

#Valtteri_Bottas

Elizabeth Wilmshurst, English academic and jurist

#Elizabeth_Wilmshurst

Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player

#Manon_Arcangioli

Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer

#Lasith_Malinga

Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)

#Tjalling_Koopmans

Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and director

#Deepak_Tijori

Taichang, emperor of China (d. 1620)

#Taichang_Emperor

James Wong Howe, Chinese American cinematographer (d. 1976)

#James_Wong_Howe

Jack Black, American actor and comedian

#Jack_Black

Antony Hämäläinen, Finnish singer-songwriter

#Antony_Hämäläinen

Ben Gazzara, American actor (d. 2012)

#Ben_Gazzara

Billy Boyd, Scottish actor and singer

#Billy_Boyd_(actor)

Ruth Riley, American basketball player

#Ruth_Riley

Jonathan Reynolds, English lawyer and politician

#Jonathan_Reynolds

Kan? Motonobu, Japanese painter (d. 1559)

#Kan?_Motonobu

Jess Margera, American drummer

#Jess_Margera

Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1978)

#Charles_Boyer

Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

#Godfrey_Hounsfield

Carsten Jancker, German footballer and manager

#Carsten_Jancker

Hamish McLachlan, Australian television personality

#Hamish_McLachlan

Jennifer Coolidge, American actress

#Jennifer_Coolidge

Warren M. Washington, American atmospheric scientist

#Warren_M._Washington

Daniel Stern, American actor and director

#Daniel_Stern_(actor)

Lidia Gueiler Tejada, the first female President of Bolivia (d. 2011)

#Lidia_Gueiler_Tejada

Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer

#Kevin_McNaughton

Terence Reese, English bridge player and author (d. 1996)

#Terence_Reese

Ivo Josipovi?, Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rd President of Croatia

#Ivo_Josipovi?

John Betjeman, English poet and academic (d. 1984)

#John_Betjeman

Jeff Green, American basketball player

#Jeff_Green_(basketball)

Florence Welch, English singer-songwriter

#Florence_Welch

John Christian of Brieg, duke of Brzeg (d. 1639)

#John_Christian_of_Brieg

Kezia Dugdale, Scottish politician

#Kezia_Dugdale

Bobby Andonov, Australian singer

#Bobby_Andonov

Carly Pope, Canadian actress and producer

#Carly_Pope

Robert Greenwald, American director and producer

#Robert_Greenwald

Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1877)

#Antoine_Augustin_Cournot

Armie Hammer, American actor

#Armie_Hammer

Tito Capobianco, Argentinian director and producer (d. 2018)

#Tito_Capobianco

Andrei Platonov, Russian author and poet (d. 1951)

#Andrei_Platonov

Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (d. 2015)

#Tommy_Hanson

Greg Clark, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

#Greg_Clark

Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)

#Donald_O'Connor

Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian conductor and journalist

#Tõnu_Kaljuste

Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer

#Daniel_Gygax

Cassadee Pope, American singer-songwriter

#Cassadee_Pope

LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter and actress

#LeAnn_Rimes

Katharine Abraham, American feminist economist

#Katharine_Abraham

Yakir Aharonov, Israeli academic and educator

#Yakir_Aharonov

William Cohen, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Defense

#William_Cohen

Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)

#Ola_L._Mize

Cyril Walters, Welsh-English cricketer (d. 1992)

#Cyril_Walters

Martin Erat, Czech ice hockey player

#Martin_Erat

Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)

#Sterling_Morrison

Scott Hamilton, American figure skater

#Scott_Hamilton_(figure_skater)

Bojan Krki?, Spanish footballer

#Bojan_Krki?

Lou Piniella, American baseball player and manager

#Lou_Piniella

Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician

#Priya_Dutt

Michael Craig-Martin, Irish painter and illustrator

#Michael_Craig-Martin

Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943)

#Vittorio_Sella

Roger Pingeon, French cyclist (d. 2017)

#Roger_Pingeon

Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse (d. 1939)

#Vladimir_Shukhov

Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1950)

#Peter_Fraser

Jamie Cureton, English footballer

#Jamie_Cureton

Steve Whiteman, American singer-songwriter

#Steve_Whiteman

Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (d. 1873)

#Sheridan_Le_Fanu

Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)

#Duke_Anthony_Ulrich_of_Brunswick

Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)

#Charles_Sladen

César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer

#César_Azpilicueta

Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club (d. 1900)

#Alexander_Cameron_Sim

Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress and singer

#Liza_Wang

Pierre Turgeon, Canadian-American ice hockey player

#Pierre_Turgeon

Jake Owen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jake_Owen

Edward Burne-Jones, English artist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement (d. 1898)

#Edward_Burne-Jones

Brian Thompson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Brian_Thompson

Danny Seraphine, American drummer and producer

#Danny_Seraphine

Shaila Dúrcal, Spanish singer-songwriter

#Shaila_Dúrcal

Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)

#Benno_Schotz

Jason Priestley, Canadian actor, director, and producer

#Jason_Priestley

David Fincher, American director and producer

#David_Fincher

Windsor Davies, British actor.

#Windsor_Davies

Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (d. 1994)

#Jack_Kirby

Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress

Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer

Gabriela Dr?goi, Romanian gymnast

Caleb Moore, American snowmobile racer (d. 2013)

Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer

Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter

Ahmed Talbi, Moroccan footballer

Matt Alrich, American lacrosse player

Jaakko Ojaniemi, Finnish decathlete

Markus Pröll, German footballer

Kristen Hughes, Australian netball player

Robert Hoyzer, German footballer and referee

Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer

Royce Willis, New Zealand rugby player

Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer and manager

Takahito Eguchi, Japanese pianist and composer

Johan Andersson, Swedish game designer and programmer

Ravindu Shah, Kenyan cricketer

Raúl Márquez, Mexican-American boxer and sportscaster

Shane Andrews, American baseball player

Rick Recht, American singer-songwriter

Mary McCartney, English photographer and activist

Jamie Osborne, English jockey and trainer

Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game developer; created Pokémon

Dan Crowley, Australian rugby player

Maria Gheorghiu, Romanian folk singer-songwriter

Regina Jacobs, American runner

Craig Anton, American actor and screenwriter

Paul Allen, English footballer

Ian Pont, English cricketer and coach

Cliff Benson, American football player

Kim Appleby, English singer-songwriter and actress

Ravi Kanbur, Indian-English economist and academic

John Dorahy, Australian rugby player and coach

George M. Church, American geneticist, chemist, and engineer

Ditmar Jakobs, German footballer

Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman

Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter

Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor

Colin McAdam, Scottish footballer (d. 2013)

Tony Husband, English cartoonist

Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator

Vonda N. McIntyre, American author

Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (d. 2004)

Bob Segarini, American-Canadian singer-songwriter

Jihad Al-Atrash, Lebanese actor and voice actor

Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (d. 2015)

Jorge Urosa, Venezuelan cardinal

Wendy Davies, Welsh historian and academic

Paul Plishka, American opera singer

John Stanley Marshall, English drummer

John Kingman, English mathematician and academic

Bengt Fahlström, Swedish journalist (d. 2017)

Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire

Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)

Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop and theologian (d. 2012)

Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (d. 2015)

John Shirley-Quirk, English actor, singer, and educator (d. 2014)

F. William Free, American businessman (d. 2003)

Philip Purser, English author and critic

Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014)

Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (d. 2004)

Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010)

Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2004)

Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007)

John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979)

L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995)

C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962)

Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (d. 2008)

Max Robertson, Bengal-born English sportscaster and author (d. 2009)

Richard Tucker, American tenor and actor (d. 1975)

Robert Irving, English conductor and director (d. 1991)

Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (d. 2009)

Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1995)

Morris Graves, American painter and academic (d. 2001)

Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author (d. 1996)

Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998)

Secondo Campini, Italian-American engineer (d. 1980)

Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (d. 1990)

Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1981)

Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985)

August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (d. 1973)

Matilda Howell, American archer (d. 1938)

Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer (d. 1818)

Jean Le Maingre, marshal of France (d. 1421)

Go-Reizei, emperor of Japan (d. 1068)

Richard I, duke of Normandy (d. 996)