On this day: December 28
Born on this day
Andreas OsianderDecember 28, 1498 – October 1552 · Science
Ludolf BakhuizenDecember 28, 1630 – November 7, 1708 · Art
Thomas James HendersonDecember 28, 1798 – November 23, 1844 · Science
Carl Remigius FreseniusDecember 28, 1818 – June 11, 1897 · Science
Calixa LavalléeDecember 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891 · Music
Leonardo Torres QuevedoDecember 28, 1852 – December 18, 1936 · Technology
Woodrow WilsonDecember 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924 · Politics
Richard BerghDecember 28, 1858 – January 29, 1919 · Art
Vladimir SteklovDecember 28, 1863 – May 30, 1926 · Technology
Félix VallottonDecember 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925 · Art
Arthur EddingtonDecember 28, 1882 – November 22, 1944 · Culture
Lili ElbeDecember 28, 1882 – September 1931 · Art
Walter RuttmannDecember 28, 1887 – July 15, 1941 · Art
F. W. MurnauDecember 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931 · Film
Gösta EkmanDecember 28, 1890 – January 12, 1938 · Film
Carl-Gustaf RossbyDecember 28, 1898 – August 19, 1957 · Science
Eugeniusz BodoDecember 28, 1899 – October 7, 1943 · Film
Mortimer J. AdlerDecember 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001 · Culture
John von NeumannDecember 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957 · Science
Earl HinesDecember 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983 · Music
Lew AyresDecember 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996 · Film- Johnny OtisDecember 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012 · Music
Maarten SchmidtDecember 28, 1929 – September 17, 2022 · Science
Guy DebordDecember 28, 1931 – November 30, 1994 · Culture
Maggie SmithDecember 28, 1934 – September 27, 2024 · Film
Alasdair GrayDecember 28, 1934 – December 29, 2019 · Art
Kary MullisDecember 28, 1944 – August 7, 2019 · Science
Sandra FaberDecember 28, 1944 – present · Science
Mustafa AkıncıDecember 28, 1947 – present · Culture
Richard ClaydermanDecember 28, 1953 – present · Music- James FoleyDecember 28, 1953 – May 6, 2025 · Film
Martha WashDecember 28, 1953 – present · Music
Denzel WashingtonDecember 28, 1954 – present · Film
Liu XiaoboDecember 28, 1955 – July 13, 2017 · Politics
Nigel KennedyDecember 28, 1956 – present · Music- Michel PetruccianiDecember 28, 1962 – January 6, 1999 · Music
KaliopiDecember 28, 1966 – present · Music
Akihiko HoshideDecember 28, 1968 – present · Space
Mike Hopkins (astronaut)December 28, 1968 – present · Space
Linus TorvaldsDecember 28, 1969 – present · Technology
Oleg ArtemyevDecember 28, 1970 – present · Space
John LegendDecember 28, 1978 – present · Music
Thomas DekkerDecember 28, 1987 – present · Film
Jessie BuckleyDecember 28, 1989 – present · Film
David ArchuletaDecember 28, 1990 – present · Music- Madison De La GarzaDecember 28, 2001 – present · Film
Glorious RevolutionDecember 28, 1688 – 1689 · Wars & Conflicts
1908 Messina earthquakeDecember 28, 1908 · Geography
Founding of Heckler & KochDecember 28, 1949 · Companies