Births on 28 December
2000s
Tom Cannon (footballer)
2002
Irish footballer
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
2001
Canadian actress (born 2001)
1900s
Iqbaal Ramadhan
1999
Indonesian actor and singer (born 1999)
Tanguy Ndombele
1996
French footballer (born 1996)
Dylan Cease
1995
American baseball player (born 1995)
Mauricio Lemos
1995
Uruguayan footballer (born 1995)
Nahitan Nández
1995
Uruguayan footballer (born 1995)
Adam Peaty
1994
British swimmer (born 1994)
Tomáš Jurčo
1992
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1992)
Ayele Abshero
1990
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Marcos Alonso (footballer, born 1990)
1990
Spanish footballer (born 1990)
David Archuleta
1990
American singer-songwriter (born 1990)
John Henson (basketball)
1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Bastiaan Lijesen
1990
Dutch swimmer (born 1990)
Austin Barnes
1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Mackenzie Rosman
1989
American actress (born 1989)
Thomas Dekker (actor)
1987
American actor
Tom Huddlestone
1986
English association football player (born 1986)
Martin Kaymer
1984
German professional golfer (born 1984)
Duane Solomon
1984
American middle-distance runner
Cedric Benson
1982
American football player (1982–2019)
Beau Garrett
1982
American actress, model (born 1982)
François Gourmet
1982
Belgian decathlete (born 1982)
Curtis Glencross
1982
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1982)
Khalid Boulahrouz
1981
Dutch footballer (born 1981)
Elizabeth Jordan Carr
1981
First American born by IVF (born 1981)
Sienna Miller
1981
American-British actress (born 1981)
David Moss (ice hockey)
1981
American ice hockey player
Narsha
1981
South Korean singer and actress (born 1981)
Frank Turner
1981
English singer-songwriter
Mika Väyrynen
1981
Finnish footballer (born 1981)
Lomana LuaLua
1980
Congolese footballer
Ryta Turava
1980
Belarusian racewalker
James Blake (tennis)
1979
American tennis player (born 1979)
Senna Gammour
1979
German pop singer (born 1979)
Bill Hall (utility player)
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Zach Hill
1979
American musician
André Holland
1979
American actor (born 1979)
Noomi Rapace
1979
Swedish actress (born 1979)
Chris Coyne
1978
Australian soccer player and coach
John Legend
1978
American singer (born 1978)
Derrick Brew
1977
American sprinter
Shane Elford
1977
Australian rugby league footballer
Vanessa Ferlito
1977
American actress
Seun Ogunkoya
1977
Nigerian sprinter
Brendan Hines
1976
American actor (born 1976)
Joe Manganiello
1976
American actor (born 1976)
Trond Nymark
1976
Norwegian race walker (born 1976)
Ben Tune
1976
Rugby player
Igor Žiković
1976
Croatian footballer (born 1976)
Deddy Corbuzier
1976
Indonesian TV presenter, actor, YouTuber and mentalist (born 1976)
B. J. Ryan
1975
American baseball player and coach (born 1975)
Jocelyn Enriquez
1974
Philippine-American dance-pop singer (born 1974)
Rob Niedermayer
1974
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1974)
Markus Weinzierl
1974
German football coach and former player (born 1974)
Holger Blume
1973
German sprinter
Marc Blume
1973
German sprinter
Seth Meyers
1973
American comedian and TV host (born 1973)
Ids Postma
1973
Dutch speed skater
Roberto Palacios
1972
Peruvian footballer (born 1972)
Pat Rafter
1972
Australian tennis player
Adam Vinatieri
1972
American football player (born 1972)
Benny Agbayani
1971
American baseball player (born 1971)
Sergi Barjuán
1971
Spanish association football manager (born 1971)
Anita Doth
1971
Dutch singer and songwriter (born 1971)
William Gates (basketball)
1971
American basketball player
Elaine Hendrix
1970
American actress (born 1970)
James Jett
1970
American football player (born 1970)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
1970
Dutch tennis player (born 1970)
Linus Torvalds
1969
Finnish and American software engineer (born 1969)
Akihiko Hoshide
1968
Japanese astronaut and engineer (born 1968)
Chris Ware
1967
American artist (born 1967)
Allar Levandi
1965
Estonian nordic combined skier (born 1965)
Tex Perkins
1964
Australian musician (born 1964)
Maite Zúñiga
1964
Spanish middle-distance runner
Michel Petrucciani
1962
French jazz pianist
Kent Nielsen
1961
Danish footballer and manager (born 1961)
Ray Bourque
1960
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960)
John Fitzgerald (tennis)
1960
Australian tennis player
Chad McQueen
1960
American actor and race car driver (1960–2024)
Melvin Turpin
1960
American basketball player (1960–2010)
Hansjörg Kunze
1959
German track and field athlete (born 1959)
Daniel Léo Simpson
1959
American composer (born 1959)
Ana Torroja
1959
Spanish pop singer (born 1959)
Terry Butcher
1958
English football player and manager
Curt Byrum
1958
American professional golfer (born 1958)
Zoran Gajić
1958
Serbian volleyball coach and politician
Nigel Kennedy
1956
English musician (born 1956)
Stephen Frost
1955
British comedian (born 1955)
Liu Xiaobo
1955
Chinese human rights activist (1955–2017)
Tony Ables
1954
American serial killer
Gayle King
1954
American television personality and journalist (born 1954)
Denzel Washington
1954
American actor (born 1954)
Richard Clayderman
1953
French pianist (born 1953)
Tatsumi Fujinami
1953
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1953)
Charlie Pierce
1953
American sportswriter, blogger and pundit
Martha Wash
1953
American singer (born 1953)
Arun Jaitley
1952
Indian politician and attorney (1952–2019)
Bridget Prentice
1952
British politician
Alex Chilton
1950
American musician (1950–2010)
Clifford Cocks
1950
British cryptographer
Rainer Maria Latzke
1950
German painter
Zigaboo Modeliste
1948
American funk drummer
Dick Diamonde
1947
Australian musician (1947–2024)
Aurelio Rodríguez
1947
Mexican baseball player (1947–2000)
Mike Beebe
1946
Governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015
Pierre Falardeau
1946
Québécois director, pamphleteer and activist for Quebec independence
Hubert Green
1946
American professional golfer (1946–2018)
Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)
1946
American politician (1946–2024)
Barbara Judge
1946
American-British lawyer and businesswoman (1946–2020)
Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher)
1946
American baseball player (born 1946)
Laffit Pincay Jr.
1946
Panamanian jockey (1946-)
Edgar Winter
1946
American musician (born 1946)
Birendra of Nepal
1945
King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001
Max Hastings
1945
English journalist, editor, historian and author (born 1945)
Sandra Faber
1944
American astrophysicist (born 1944)
Johnny Isakson
1944
American politician (1944–2021)
Kary Mullis
1944
American biochemist (1944–2019)
Gordon Taylor (footballer)
1944
English footballer, trade union leader (born 1944)
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne
1943
Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church
David Peterson
1943
20th premier of Ontario
Joan Ruddock
1943
British Labour Party politician (born 1943)
Roger Swerts
1942
Belgian cyclist (born 1942)
Intikhab Alam
1941
Former Pakistani cricketer and coach
A. K. Antony
1940
23rd Defence Minister Of India And Former Chief Minister of Kerala
Don Francisco (television host)
1940
Chilean television personality (born 1940)
Philip Anschutz
1939
American billionaire businessman
Frank McLintock
1939
Scottish footballer and manager
Michelle Urry
1939
American cartoonist
Dick Sudhalter
1938
American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008)
Ratan Tata
1937
Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1937–2024)
Alan Coleman
1936
Lawrence Schiller
1936
American producer, director, and screenwriter (born 1936)
Rudi Faßnacht
1934
German footballer and manager
Maggie Smith
1934
British actress (1934–2024)
John Y. Brown Jr.
1933
American politician and entrepreneur (1933–2022)
Dhirubhai Ambani
1932
Indian businessman (1932–2002)
Dorsey Burnette
1932
American musician (1932–1979)
Roy Hattersley
1932
British Labour Party politician, author and journalist (born 1932)
Harry Howell (ice hockey)
1932
Canadian ice hockey player (1932–2019)
Nichelle Nichols
1932
American actress (1932–2022)
Manuel Puig
1932
Argentine writer (1932–1990)
Guy Debord
1931
French philosopher and Marxist theorist (1931–1994)
Martin Milner
1931
American actor (1931–2015)
Mariam A. Aleem
1930
Egyptian artist (1930–2010)
Brian Redhead
1929
British journalist and broadcaster
Terry Sawchuk
1929
Canadian ice hockey player (1929–1970)
Maarten Schmidt
1929
Dutch-American astronomer (1929–2022)
Moe Koffman
1928
Canadian jazz musician (1928–2001)
John William Thomson
1928
Canadian politician (1928–2025)
Donald Carr
1926
English cricketer (1926–2016)
Hildegard Knef
1925
German actress (1925–2002)
Milton Obote
1925
Ugandan politician (1925–2005)
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
1924
President of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013
Lionel Bowen
1922
Australian politician (1922–2012)
Stan Lee
1922
American comic book writer (1922–2018)
Johnny Otis
1921
Greek-American musical entertainer (1921–2012)
Tufty Mann
1920
South African cricketer (1920–1952)
Bruce McCarty
1920
American architect (1920–2013)
Steve Van Buren
1920
Honduran-born American football player (1920–2012)
Al Wistert
1920
American football player (1920–2016)
Emily Cheney Neville
1919
American writer
Ellis Clarke
1917
Last Governor-General and first President of Trinidad and Tobago
Bidia Dandaron
1914
Soviet Buryat Buddhist teacher, author, and dissident (1914–1974)
Pops Staples
1914
American musician (1914–2000)
Lou Jacobi
1913
Canadian character actor (1913–2009)
Wil van Beveren
1911
Dutch sprinter (1911–2003)
Billy Williams (singer)
1910
American singer (1910–1972)
Lew Ayres
1908
American actor (1908–1996)
Ze'ev Ben-Haim
1907
Israeli linguist (1907–2013)
Earl Hines
1903
American jazz pianist (1903–1983)
John von Neumann
1903
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
Mortimer J. Adler
1902
American philosopher, author and educator (1902–2001)
Shen Congwen
1902
Chinese writer (1902–1988)
Ted Lyons
1900
American baseball player and manager (1900–1986)
1800s
Carl-Gustaf Rossby
1898
Swedish-born American meteorologist
Shigematsu Sakaibara
1898
Japanese officer, war criminal 1898–1947
Carol Ryrie Brink
1895
American novelist (1895-1981)
Burnita Shelton Matthews
1894
American judge
Quincy Wright
1890
American political scientist (1890–1970)
F. W. Murnau
1888
German film director (1888–1931)
Werner Kolhörster
1887
German physicist
Arthur Eddington
1882
British astrophysicist (1882–1944)
Lili Elbe
1882
Danish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931)
Charles Bennett (athlete)
1870
British athlete (1871–1948)
Kathleen O'Melia
1869
Canadian religious sister (1869–1939)
Félix Vallotton
1865
Swiss painter and printmaker (1865–1925)
Woodrow Wilson
1856
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
Calixa Lavallée
1842
Canadian composer
Carl Remigius Fresenius
1818
German chemist (1818–1897)
Before 1800
Thomas Henderson (astronomer)
1798
Scottish astronomer and mathematician
Catharine Sedgwick
1789
American novelist
Jean-Gabriel Eynard
1775
Swiss banker and philhellene (1775–1863)
John Molson
1763
18th and 19th-century Canadian businessman
Christoph Franz von Buseck
1724
German bishop and monarch
Eliza Lucas
1722
American planter and agriculturalist (1722–1793)
George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland
1665
British Army general
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis
1655
British politician
Johann Krieger
1651
German composer and organist (1651–1735)
Elizabeth Stuart (daughter of Charles I)
1635
English and Scottish princess (1635–1650)
Antoine Furetière
1619
French writer and scholar (1619–1688)
Martin Eisengrein
1535
German Catholic theologian, university professor and polemical writer
Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper)
1510
English politician (1510–1579)
Louise of Savoy (nun)
1461
French nun