Born on Sunday, 28th September – Famous Birthdays
On this day, 272 notable people were born on 28th September — spanning from -551 to 2004. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.
Sunday, 28th September 2025 marks the birth date of numerous individuals across entertainment, sport and public service. The day has produced athletes, musicians and performers who have gone on to achieve recognition in their respective fields. Among those born on this date is Isack Hadjar, a French-Algerian racing driver who was born in 2004, and Juancho Hernangómez, a Spanish basketball player who was born in 1995. The list encompasses figures from recent decades, with representations from multiple continents and disciplines.
Historical births on 28th September extend far into the past and include notable figures of international significance. Georges Clemenceau, the French journalist and politician who served as the 85th Prime Minister of France, was born on this date in 1841. His political career shaped European affairs during a transformative period. The date also records the birth of Henri Moissan in 1852, a French chemist and academic who received the Nobel Prize for his scientific contributions.
On Sunday, 28th September 2025, the Moon is in its waning gibbous phase, and the zodiac sign is Libra. The weather conditions show moderate temperatures with occasional cloud cover typical for late September in the Northern Hemisphere. This date continues a long historical tradition of notable births spanning centuries and cultures.
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28/09/2004
Isack Hadjar, French-Algerian racing driver
Isack Alexandre Hadjar is a French and Algerian racing driver who competes under the French flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing.
28/09/2000
Frankie Jonas, American actor, singer, and songwriter
Franklin Nathaniel Jonas is an American singer and actor. Jonas voiced Sōsuke in the English dub of the 2008 film Ponyo and was a recurring character in the Disney Channel series Jonas. He also appeared in a minor role in the Disney Channel original film Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. He has also made appearances on Married to Jonas on E! which follows the life of his brother Kevin Jonas. In 2009, Jonas won "Choice Breakout TV Star – Male" at the Teen Choice Awards. In 2023, he launched a music career as a singer and songwriter. He has released two singles and one extended play, Sewer Rat.
28/09/1999
Kayla Day, American tennis player
Kayla Day is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 84 by the WTA reached in April 2024. As a junior, she won the 2016 US Open in singles and was a finalist in doubles, partnering with Caroline Dolehide.
28/09/1998
Panna Udvardy, Hungarian tennis player
Panna Udvardy is a Hungarian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 71, achieved on 6 April 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 65, achieved on 24 October 2022.
28/09/1996
Aiden Moffat, British race car driver
Aiden Robert Moffat is a British racing driver who is set to compete in the British Touring Car Championship for LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing. He became the youngest driver ever to compete in the BTCC when he made his debut at the Knockhill round of the 2013 season.
28/09/1995
Juancho Hernangómez, Spanish basketball player
Juan Alberto "Juancho" Hernangómez Geuer is a Spanish professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 15th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft and spent seven seasons in the NBA before returning to Europe. He is an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection and won the EuroLeague in 2024.
Caleb Martin, American basketball player
Caleb Martin is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack and the Nevada Wolf Pack. He was named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year for the 2017–18 season by the league's coaches. He is the identical twin brother of Cody Martin.
Cody Martin, American basketball player
Cody Lee Martin is an American professional basketball player for the Noblesville Boom of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack and the Nevada Wolf Pack. He is the identical twin brother of Caleb Martin. He was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in the second round of the 2019 NBA draft.
Jason Williams, English footballer
Jason Norrel Williams is an English footballer who plays for Tonbridge Angels.
28/09/1993
Jodie Williams, English sprinter
Jodie Alicia Williams is a retired British sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres, having begun her career concentrating on 100 and 200 metres.
28/09/1992
Khem Birch, Canadian basketball player
Khem Xavier Birch is a Canadian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the UNLV Runnin' Rebels.
Keir Gilchrist, Canadian actor and musician
Keir David Peters Gilchrist is a Canadian actor. On television, he portrayed Marshall Gregson on the Showtime comedy-drama United States of Tara (2009–2011) and headlined the Netflix comedy-drama Atypical (2017–2021). His film roles include the comedy-drama It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) and the supernatural horror It Follows (2014). Outside of his acting career, Gilchrist is the vocalist of grindcore band Whelm and death metal band Phalanx.
Alex Landi, American actor
Alex Landi is an American actor and model of Korean-Italian descent, best known for his role as Dr. Nico Kim on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and Station 19.
Paula Ormaechea, Argentine tennis player
Paula Ormaechea is an Argentine tennis player based in Italy. She has won sixteen singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.
Adam Thompson, English-Northern Irish footballer
Adam Lee Thompson is a professional footballer who plays for Enfield Town as a defender. A graduate of Watford's youth academy, he made his professional debut for Watford in 2010, and his senior international debut for Northern Ireland the following year.
Kōko Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
Kōko Tsurumi is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2009 World all-around bronze medalist, uneven bars silver medalist, and a two-time Olympian.
28/09/1991
Eddie Rosario, Puerto Rican baseball player
Eddie Manuel Rosario, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional baseball left fielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Washington Nationals, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Elvyonn Bailey, American sprinter
Elvyonn Bailey is an American former sprinter specializing in the 400 metres and the 2016 World Athletics Indoor Championships gold medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay by virtue of running in the heats. Before that moment, Bailey was an All American runner for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in the relays and finished 3rd in the 400 m at the 2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
28/09/1990
Phoenix Battye, Australian rugby player
Phoenix Battye is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays in the French Pro D2 competition but started his professional career with the Western Force. His usual position is lock.
28/09/1989
Çağla Büyükakçay, Turkish tennis player
Çağla Büyükakçay is a Turkish professional tennis player. She won her first title at her home tournament in Istanbul becoming the first Turkish woman to lift a WTA Tour title.
Darius Johnson-Odom, American basketball player
Darius "Darjo" Earvin Johnson-Odom is an American professional basketball player for the Astros de Jalisco of the Mexican CIBACOPA. In 2009, he transferred to Marquette University from Hutchinson Community College. As a senior, Johnson-Odom was named first-team All-Big East.
Mark Randall, English footballer
Mark Leonard Randall is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for NIFL Premiership club Larne.
28/09/1988
Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player
Marin Čilić is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the ATP, achieved in January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 2014 US Open. He was also finalist at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Australian Open.
Esmée Denters, Dutch singer-songwriter
Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer and YouTuber. Denters started promoting herself as a musician online in 2006, covering songs by artists including Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield. Denters was signed by Timberlake as the first artist to his label Tennman Records. In May 2009, she released her debut studio album, Outta Here, and toured the United States with Timberlake. After the label dropped her, Denters moved to London, where she competed in BBC One's The Voice UK.
Jason Jordan, American wrestler
Nathan Everhart is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he works as the lead producer for Raw and SmackDown. He is best known for performing with WWE under the ring name Jason Jordan from 2011 to 2018.
Olivia Jordan, American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder
Olivia Jordan Thomas is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2015. Jordan later represented the United States at Miss Universe 2015, where she was finished as the second runner-up. She had been crowned Miss Oklahoma USA 2015, and is the first and only woman from Oklahoma to win Miss USA.
Hana Mae Lee, American actress, model, and fashion designer
Hana Mae Lee is an American actress, model, comedian, and fashion designer. She portrayed Lilly Onakurama in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017) and Sonya in the horror comedy film The Babysitter (2017) and its 2020 sequel. Lee also owns the fashion line Hanamahn.
Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
Aleksandar "Aleks" Vrteski is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Stirling Lions. Born in Australia, he represented Australia internationally before switching to represent Macedonia.
Worakls, French DJ and electronic musician
Kevin Rodrigues, known by his stage name Worakls, is a French electronic musician and composer. He is known for blending orchestral and electronic instrumentation with rock and pop influences. On tour he performs solo, with a small group of solo instrumentalists or with a much larger orchestra.
28/09/1987
Pierre Becken, German footballer
Pierre Dominik Becken is a German footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for VfB Lübeck.
Gary Deegan, Irish footballer
Gary Richard Deegan is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Beginning his career in his native Ireland, he played in the Scottish Premiership for Hibernian and various clubs in all three divisions of the English Football League.
Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter and actress
Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, businesswoman, and author. Her accolades include a World Music Award, seven Kids' Choice Awards, four Teen Choice Awards, and two Young Artist Awards. In 2026, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Chloë Hanslip, English violinist
Chloë Elise Hanslip is a British classical violinist.
Viktoria Leks, Estonian high jumper
Viktoria Leks is an Estonian high jumper and National Indoor Champion 2006–2007.
28/09/1986
Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
José Andrés Guardado Hernández is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (died 2013)
Meskerem Legesse was an Ethiopian distance runner. She participated in the 1,500 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Legesse turned professional and participated in a number of U.S. events at various distances.
Daniel Platzman, American musician
Daniel James Platzman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and composer. He is best known as the former drummer for the pop rock band Imagine Dragons.
Dominic Waters, American basketball player
Dominic Wayne Waters is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League. Standing at 1.85 m, he plays at the point guard position. In 2013, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader.
28/09/1985
Shindong, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
Shin Dong-hee, known professionally as Shindong, is a South Korean rapper, singer, dancer, host, radio personality, and video director. He is best known as a member of Super Junior and its subgroups Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H, and Super Junior-L.S.S.
Alina Ibragimova, Russian-English violinist
Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova is a Russian-British violinist.
28/09/1984
Jenny Omnichord, Canadian singer-songwriter
Jenny Mitchell, better known by the stage name Jenny Omnichord, is a Canadian indie rock musician. She has released three solo albums and an EP as a solo artist, and also records and performs with the bands The Barmitzvah Brothers and The Burning Hell.
Luke Pomersbach, Australian cricketer
Luke Anthony Pomersbach is a former Australian cricketer. He played mainly for Western Australia and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Citing mental health issues, he retired from the game in June 2014.
Naim Terbunja, Kosovan-Swedish boxer
Naim Terbunja is a Swedish professional boxer of Kosovar-Albanian descent who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight.
Melody Thornton, American singer-songwriter and dancer
Melody Thornton is an American singer and television personality. After graduating high school, Thornton became one of the main vocalists of the girl group the Pussycat Dolls and released the albums PCD (2005) and Doll Domination (2008) becoming one of the world's best-selling girl groups. As part of the group, she has received a Grammy Award nomination.
Mathieu Valbuena, French footballer
Mathieu Valbuena is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Olympiacos B. He occasionally plays as a winger and is known for his pace, technical ability, and tenacious style of play. He is described by his former coach at Libourne Saint-Seurin, Didier Tholot, as "an explosive player who is capable of quickly taking two opponents out of the game to create space, above all due to his dribbling skills." Due to his small stature, Valbuena is nicknamed le petit vélo, which translates to "the little bike".
Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
Ryan Wallace Zimmerman is an American former professional baseball infielder who spent his entire 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Washington Nationals. Zimmerman graduated from Kellam High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and played college baseball at the University of Virginia. Nicknamed "Mr. National", he was selected in the first round as the fourth overall pick by the Nationals in the 2005 MLB draft and then played for the team from its 2005 inaugural season in Washington, D.C., through 2021. Known for his clutch hitting and walk-off hits, Zimmerman was primarily a third baseman before moving to first base in 2015. He was twice selected as an MLB All-Star, won one Gold Glove and two Silver Slugger awards, and was a World Series champion with the 2019 Nationals.
28/09/1983
Stefan Moore, English footballer
Stefan Leroy Moore is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
John Schwalger, New Zealand rugby player
John Schwalger is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played at the prop position.
28/09/1982
Aleksandr Anyukov, Russian footballer
Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov is a Russian association football coach and a former player, who played as a right-back. He is an assistant coach with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Abhinav Bindra, Indian target shooter
Abhinav Bindra is an Indian former sport shooter and a businessman. He is an Olympic gold medalist as well as the first and one of only two Indians to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Bindra is also the first Indian to have held concurrently the World and Olympic titles for the men's 10-metre air rifle event, having earned those honours at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Championships. Bindra has won seven medals at the Commonwealth Games and three medals at the Asian Games.
Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2018)
Raymond Robert Emery was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) for eleven seasons, between 2003 and 2015. Emery was chosen 99th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2001 NHL entry draft. During the 2006–07 season, he gained the starting job and backstopped his team to the Stanley Cup Finals, the first appearance in the finals for the modern Senators' franchise. However, in the subsequent season, he lost his place as the team's starting goaltender due to an injury. He won a Stanley Cup championship with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013.
Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor and director
Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who works in Hindi-language films. He has received several accolades, including seven Filmfare Awards, and is known for his work across a range of film genres. Kapoor has featured in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list and was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world in 2026
Nolwenn Leroy, French singer-songwriter and actress
Nolwenn Le Magueresse, known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter and actress.
Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi "Emeka" Okafor is an American former professional basketball player. Okafor attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and the University of Connecticut, where in 2004 he won a national championship. In his first season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2004–05, Okafor played for the Charlotte Bobcats and was named Rookie of the Year. He was traded to the New Orleans Hornets in 2009 and was then dealt to the Washington Wizards in 2012. However, a herniated disc in his neck caused Okafor to miss four consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2017 before being medically cleared to play.
Dustin Penner, Canadian ice hockey player
Dustin Penner is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings and Washington Capitals. Undrafted by any NHL team, in 2004, Penner signed with Anaheim after playing college hockey at the University of Maine in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Penner won the Stanley Cup in his first full season with Anaheim in 2007, before adding a second Stanley Cup in his first full season with Los Angeles in 2012.
Aivar Rehemaa, Estonian skier
Aivar Rehemaa is an Estonian cross-country skier. He competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He represented Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. His best finish at the Winter Olympics is 8th in the 4×10 km relay in 2006.
Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
Anderson França Varejão is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who is currently a Player Development Consultant and Global Ambassador for the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he spent 13 of his 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). With a career that spanned four professional leagues, Varejão also played for Franca and the Flamengo of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), Barcelona of the EuroLeague and Liga ACB, and has been a regular member of the Brazilian national team, winning a gold medal in 2003 at the Pan American Games.
St. Vincent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Anne Erin Clark, known professionally as St. Vincent, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Her guitar-playing has been praised for its melodic style and use of distortion, and she has been listed among the best guitarists of the 21st century by publications. Rolling Stone named Clark the 26th-greatest guitarist of all time in 2023.
28/09/1981
Greg Anderson, American pianist and composer
Greg Anderson is an American pianist, composer, video producer, and writer. According to his website, Anderson's mission is to "make classical piano music a relevant and powerful force in society."
Willy Caballero, Argentine footballer
Wilfredo Daniel "Willy" Caballero Lazcano is an Argentine professional football coach and former goalkeeper.
José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
José Manuel Calderón Borrallo is a Spanish basketball executive and former player who is a special advisor for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played professionally for 21 years including 14 seasons in the NBA, primarily with the Toronto Raptors with whom he set an NBA record for the highest free throw percentage in a season. With the Spain national team, he won a FIBA World Cup title in 2006, two Olympic silver medals in 2008 and 2012, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won a EuroBasket title in 2011, two silver medals in 2003 and 2007 as well as a bronze in 2013. Calderón earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2007.
Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
Jorge Daniel Guagua Tamayo is an Ecuadorian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently a sporting director of Club 9 de Octubre.
Jerrika Hinton, American actress
Jerrika Hinton is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Stephanie Edwards in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy.
Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian bass player
Iracema Trevisan Carneiro, also known as Ira, is a Brazilian designer. She was the bassist for Brazilian indie-electro band CSS.
28/09/1980
Marlon Parmer, American basketball player
Marlon Palmer is an American former professional basketball player.
28/09/1979
Bam Margera, American skateboarder, actor, and stuntman
Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera is an American former professional skateboarder, stunt performer, television personality, and filmmaker. He rose to prominence in the early 2000s as one of the stars of the MTV reality stunt show Jackass and subsequent films. He also created the spin-off shows Viva La Bam (2003–2006), Bam's Unholy Union (2007), Bam's World Domination (2010), and Bam's Bad Ass Game Show (2014), and co-wrote and directed the films Haggard (2003), and Minghags (2009).
Taki Tsan, American-Greek rapper and producer
Panagiotis Stravalexis, also known by his stage names Waze-Taki-Tsan Timvorihos, Pedi Thavma, and Taki Tsan; is a Greek music producer, tattoo artist and rapper. He is a founding member of the group Zontanoi Nekroi and a member of the rap duet Tigre Sporakia.
28/09/1978
Peter Cambor, American actor
Peter Cambor is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Barry on Grace and Frankie and operational psychologist Nate Getz on the CBS show NCIS: Los Angeles.
Ben Edmondson, Australian cricketer
Ben Matthew Edmondson is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Western Warriors, Southern Redbacks and Gloucestershire. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler born at Southport, Queensland.
28/09/1977
Pak Se-ri, South Korean golfer
Pak Se-ri or Se-ri Pak is a South Korean former professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007.
Young Jeezy, American rapper
Jay Wayne Jenkins, known by his stage name Jeezy, is an American rapper. He is credited, alongside fellow Georgia-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music for mainstream audiences. Jenkins began his career in 2001, releasing two independent albums until signing with Def Jam Recordings to release his major label debut, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005). The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, sold 172,000 copies in its first week, and received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); its lead single, "Soul Survivor", peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains his highest-charting song.
28/09/1976
Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and politician
Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist (MMA), sambist, judoka and politician. Emelianenko was the PRIDE Heavyweight Champion from 2003 to the organisation's closure in 2007, a four-time combat sambo world champion, a seven-time combat sambo national champion, and two-time Russian national judo bronze medalist, among other championships and accolades. He also competed in RINGS, Strikeforce, M-1 Global, Rizin, and Bellator MMA, and is regarded as the most prominent fighter never to compete in the UFC. Emelianenko is widely considered to be one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, consistently ranked as the top heavyweight fighter from 2003 until 2010, and the best fighter of the 2000s. Emelianenko's career helped popularize the sport of MMA in his home country of Russia after gaining attention in Japan, South Korea, the United States, and worldwide.
Bonzi Wells, American basketball player
Gawen DeAngelo "Bonzi" Wells is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is currently an assistant coach at Georgia Tech and previously was head coach at LeMoyne-Owen. He played college basketball at Ball State University and was drafted in the 1998 NBA draft. In the NBA, Wells played for five teams from 1998 to 2008: the Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, and New Orleans Hornets.
28/09/1975
Stuart Clark, Australian cricketer and manager
Stuart Rupert Clark is an Australian former cricketer who played for New South Wales and the Australian team. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His nickname "Sarfraz" originates from the similarities of his bowling style to Sarfraz Nawaz. Clark was also a member of the Australian team that won the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (died 2013)
Isamu Jordan was an American journalist, musician, and professor. When he was 15 years old, he joined the staff of The Spokesman-Review, where he wrote articles for Our Generation, the teen section of the newspaper. After earning a Bachelor's degree in English and Journalism, he returned to the paper, where he wrote articles about music and pop culture. He also wrote and edited articles for the weekly news magazine Spokane7, which provided coverage on local entertainment, art and culture, dining, and sporting events. As a musician, he was a member of the band The Dead Casuals and was known for establishing the hip hop orchestra, Flying Spiders, in which he was the lead vocalist. As the creator, producer, and director of The Som Show, Jordan provided booking support and concert promotions for local bands and music artists, while his multimedia music website featured artist profiles, events, and venues, along with videos and concert reviews. Spokane's Online Music Awards, known as The Sommy Awards, honored local bands and musicians through nominations made through his website. In addition to his background in journalism and music, Jordan was an adjunct professor and Program Director of Intercultural Student Services at Whitworth University.
Lenny Krayzelburg, Russian-American swimmer
Lenny Krayzelburg is an American former backstroke swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record holder. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, winning a total of four Olympic gold medals.
28/09/1974
Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer and manager
Marco Di Loreto is an Italian former footballer turned manager. He has played over 200 matches at Italian Serie A since his debut at age 26.
Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
Mariya Aleksandrovna Kiselyova is a female synchronised swimmer from Russia. She competes in synchronised swimming and has won three Olympic golds and three golds in the world championships. In Russia, she is currently known as a TV show presenter and a politician for the ruling United Russia party. She is currently a member of the Moscow City Duma.
Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer and coach
Joonas Einari Kolkka is a Finnish retired professional footballer who played as a left winger most of his career, but could also play on the right wing. Having started his career in his native Finland, he went on to play for several clubs in the Netherlands, Greece, Germany, England, and the USA.
Shane Webcke, Australian rugby league player and coach
Shane Webcke is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, who spent his entire club career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. Webcke represented Queensland in the State of Origin 21 times and also captained the side. He made 26 test appearances for Australia. His position was prop forward and at his peak he was renowned as the best front rower in the world. Alongside Glenn Lazarus and Arthur Beetson, Webcke is considered by many to have been one of the finest post-war front-rowers to play the game.
28/09/1973
Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
Brian Christopher Rafalski is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings, in the SM-liiga for HPK and HIFK, in the Elitserien for Brynäs IF, and in the ECHL for the Florida Everblades.
28/09/1972
Leila McKinnon, Iranian-Australian journalist and television host
Leila McKinnon is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Dita Von Teese, American model and dancer
Heather Renée Sweet, known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, actress, and businesswoman. She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performance, earning the moniker "Queen of Burlesque".
28/09/1971
Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Joseph Lyburn Arthur is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years through critically acclaimed releases and constant touring; his unique solo live performances often incorporate the use of a number of distortion and loop pedals, and his shows are recorded live at the soundboard and made available to concertgoers immediately following the show on recordable media.
George Eustice, English lawyer and politician
Charles George Eustice is a British politician and former public relations executive who held office as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 2020 and 2022. A former UKIP member, he later joined the Conservative Party, where he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Camborne and Redruth from 2010 to 2024.
Braam van Straaten, South African rugby player
Abraham Johannes Jacobus van Straaten is a South African former professional rugby union footballer. He was capable of playing either at fly-half or centre, and played for the South Africa national team in 21 tests between 1999 and 2001, scoring 221 points.
Alan Wright, English footballer and manager
Alan Geoffrey Wright is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently interim assistant coach at Premier League club Manchester United. He also serves as the assistant head coach of the Manchester United Under-21s.
28/09/1970
Kimiko Date, Japanese tennis player
Kimiko Date is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in 1995, and first retired from professional tennis in November 1996.
Mike DeJean, American baseball player
Michael Dwain DeJean is an American former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Gualter Salles, Brazilian race car driver
Gualter Salles, is an open wheel race car driver. He raced in the 1997-2000 and 2003 CART seasons, as well as one Indy Racing League event, totalling 49 IndyCar starts overall. He also competed in Stock Car Brasil between 2001 and 2007.
28/09/1969
Kerri Chandler, electronic music producer and DJ
Kerri Camar Chandler is an American DJ and record producer. He has been dubbed a pioneer within house music, a genre in which he has an "eclectic brand".
Marcel Dost, Dutch decathlete
Henk Marcel Dost is a retired decathlete from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There he finished in 18th place in the men's decathlon competition, earning a total number of 8.111 points. The other competitor from the Netherlands, Jack Rosendaal, ended up in 21st place.
Ben Greenman, American journalist and author
Ben Greenman is an American novelist, magazine journalist, and publisher who has written nearly thirty fiction and non-fiction books, including collaborations with pop-music artists like Questlove, George Clinton, Brian Wilson, Gene Simmons, Steven Van Zandt, Sly Stone, and others. His books have been translated into many other languages, including Italian, Japanese, Dutch, and Spanish. From 2000 to 2014, he was an editor at The New Yorker. He now serves as executive editor of Auwa Books, an imprint founded by Questlove in collaboration with Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Piper Kerman, American author and memoirist
Piper Eressea Kerman is an American author. She was indicted in 1998 on charges of felonious money-laundering activities, and sentenced to 15 months' detention in a federal correctional facility, of which she served 13 months. Her memoir of her prison experiences, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), was adapted into the critically acclaimed Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013). Since leaving prison, Kerman has spoken widely about women in prison and problems with the federal prison system. She now works as a communication strategist for non-profit organizations.
Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Éric Lapointe is a Francophone lead singer and guitarist for his eponymous band. His band is characterized by a heavy metal style containing elements of punk, grunge, pop, and hard rock. Lapointe has released eight studio albums, three compilation albums, and two live albums.
Sascha Maassen, German race car driver
Sascha Maassen is a veteran sports car driver.
Angus Robertson, Scottish politician
Angus Struan Carolus Robertson is a Scottish politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture since 2021. Formerly Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2016 to 2018, he has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Central since 2021. Robertson previously served as a Westminster MP for Moray from 2001 to 2017, where he served from 2007 to 2017 as the Leader of the SNP in the House of Commons.
Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
Nico-Jos Theodoor Vaesen is a Belgian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He retired from football shortly after joining Lierse, but returned to the game in 2008 with K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel for one season where his contract wasn't renewed.
28/09/1968
Francois Botha, South African boxer and mixed martial artist
Francois "Frans" Botha is a South African former professional boxer and kickboxer. He competed in boxing from 1990 to 2014, and is perhaps best known for winning the IBF heavyweight title against Axel Schulz in 1995, but was later stripped after failing a drug test. He later challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 2000 and 2002. Botha has competed against former Heavyweight Champions Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Michael Moorer and Evander Holyfield late in their respective careers. Botha competed once in mixed martial arts in 2004.
Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
Mika Pauli Häkkinen is a Finnish former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2001. Nicknamed "the Flying Finn", Häkkinen won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1998 and 1999 with McLaren, and won 20 Grands Prix across 11 seasons.
Trish Keenan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Patricia Anne Keenan was an English musician and singer. She was the lead vocalist and founding member of the electronic band Broadcast, which she formed in 1995. The band released a total of five studio albums, including The Noise Made by People (2000), Haha Sound (2003) and Tender Buttons (2005), and earned a cult following.
Sean Levert, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor (died 2008)
Sean Edward Levert was an American singer-songwriter and actor. Levert was best known as a member of the R&B vocal group LeVert. Levert was the son of O'Jays lead singer Eddie Levert and younger brother of singer Gerald Levert.
Rob Moroso, American race car driver (died 1990)
Robert James Moroso was an American NASCAR racing driver who was champion of the NASCAR Busch Series in 1989, and was posthumously awarded the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award. A promising young driver, he and another driver were killed when Moroso was driving under the influence at excessive speeds on roads near his hometown of Terrell, North Carolina.
Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer
Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Known for her work predominantly in independent films, she has received various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
28/09/1967
Mira Sorvino, American actress
Mira Katherine Sorvino is an American actress. She rose to stardom with her performance as a prostitute in the comedy film Mighty Aphrodite (1995), which won her both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
Moon Zappa, American actress and author
Moon Unit Zappa is an American actress, singer, and author. She is a daughter of musician Frank Zappa.
28/09/1966
Scott Adams, American football player (died 2013)
Scott Alexander Adams was an American professional football player who played guard for a six-season career, in-which he played for the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Atlanta Falcons.
Maria Canals-Barrera, Cuban-American actress
Maria Pilar Canals-Barrera is an American actress. She is known for starring as Theresa Russo in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012), Connie Torres in Camp Rock (2008) and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010), and Daniela in the ABC comedy series Cristela (2014–2015).
Puri Jagannadh, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
Petla "Puri" Jagannadh is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with the Telugu film Badri starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu Desai and Ameesha Patel. In 2006, he directed the Telugu film Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Film Festival held in Dubai. The film was later re-made into several Indian languages, and brought Puri widespread Indian recognition. He made his Hindi film debut in 2004, with the film Shart: The Challenge. In 2011, he directed the Hindi film Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap starring Amitabh Bachchan, which was archived in the Oscar library.
28/09/1965
B.G., the Prince of Rap, American rapper (died 2023)
Bernard Greene, also known as B.G. the Prince of Rap, was an American rapper and singer. He experienced modest success in Germany, where he lived after being posted by the U.S. Army.
28/09/1964
Claudio Borghi, Argentinian footballer and manager
Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.
Gregor Fisken, Scottish race car driver
Gregor Fisken is a British racing driver and businessman who currently races historic and modern-day sportscars. He is one of only a handful of racing drivers to have driven in all four classes at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours motor race.
Janeane Garofalo, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
Janeane Garofalo is an American comedian and actress. The accolades she has received include nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Paul Jewell, English footballer and manager
Paul Jewell is an English football manager and former player, who was most recently director of football at Swindon Town.
Mārtiņš Roze, Latvian lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Mārtiņš Roze was a Latvian politician. From 2002 till 2009 he was Minister for Agriculture of Latvia. He was member of Latvian Farmers' Union. He graduated from the University of Latvia.
28/09/1963
Steve Blackman, American wrestler and martial artist
Steve Blackman is an American martial arts instructor and former professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1997 to 2002, where he was a frequent challenger for the promotion's mid-card titles. He held the WWF Hardcore Championship six times and holds the record for most combined days as champion, a total of 172 days.
Érik Comas, French race car driver
Érik Gilbert Comas is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 1994. In Japanese motorsport, Comas won the All-Japan GT Championship in 1998 and 1999 with Nismo.
Johnny Dawkins, American basketball player and coach
Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr. is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the UCF men's basketball team. From 2008 to 2016, he was the head coach of Stanford. He was a two-time All-American and national player of the year as a senior in 1986 while at Duke from 1982 to 1986. Dawkins subsequently played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the San Antonio Spurs (1986–1989), Philadelphia 76ers (1989–1994), and Detroit Pistons (1994–1995). From 1998 to 2008, he served as an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, Duke.
Greg Weisman, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
Greg Weisman is an American writer, producer and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the animated series Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Young Justice and as a producer for the second season of W.I.T.C.H.
28/09/1962
Grant Fuhr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Grant Scott Fuhr is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) and former goaltending coach for the Arizona Coyotes, who played for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s during which he won the Stanley Cup five times.
Laurie Rinker, American golfer
Laurie Anne Rinker is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.
Dietmar Schacht, German footballer and manager
Dietmar "Didi" Schacht is a German football coach and former player who most recently was in charge of SV Straelen.
Chuck Taylor, American journalist
Chuck Taylor is an American music journalist. He served as a reporter, senior writer, columnist and senior editor at Billboard magazine from 1995 to 2009. There, he held the titles of Senior Editor/Talent, Senior Writer, Radio Editor, host of the Billboard Radio Countdown (online), columnist of AirWaves and, Single Reviews Editor since 1998; as well as Managing Editor of Top 40/AC for affiliated publication Billboard Radio Monitor, and senior editor/features and AC format editor for Billboard sister Radio & Records.
28/09/1961
Helen Grant, English lawyer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
Helen Grant is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and The Weald from 2010 until 2024 when the constituency was abolished, and subsequently Maidstone and Malling since July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she succeeded Ann Widdecombe, who was first elected in 1987. She has served as Shadow Solicitor General since November 2024.
Gregory Jbara, American actor and singer
Gregory Jbara is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Deputy Commissioner Garrett Moore in the CBS police procedural Blue Bloods (2010–2023), Dan O'Keefe in the Fox sitcom Grounded for Life, and for his performance as Jackie Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical (2009), for which he earned a Tony Award.
Quentin Kawānanakoa, American lawyer and politician
Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa is an American politician and member of the House of Kawānanakoa. Kawānanakoa is an organizer of the Republican Party of Hawaii. He is also an heir to the James Campbell estate.
Anne White, American tennis player
Anne White is an American former professional tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985.
28/09/1960
Gary Ayres, Australian footballer and coach
Gary James Ayres is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently the senior coach for the Warragul Football Club in the Gippsland Football Netball League (GFNL). Ayres' playing career is honoured by the existence of the Gary Ayres Award, an annual award given to the player judged best-afield by the AFL Coaches Association throughout each AFL finals series.
Tom Byrum, American golfer
Thomas Elliott Byrum is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
Frank Hammerschlag, German footballer and manager
Frank Hammerschlag is a German football manager and former player.
Gus Logie, Trinidadian cricketer
Augustine Lawrence Logie, commonly known as Gus Logie, is a former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and is currently an international cricket coach. He coached the West Indies to win the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, the first major world cricket title the team won since winning the 1979 Cricket World Cup. As a player, he was a part of the West Indian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, English politician
Kamlesh Kumar Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, is a member of the House of Lords. Having been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours, he was created a life peer as Baron Patel of Bradford, of Bradford in the County of West Yorkshire on 8 June 2006. He currently sits as a non-affiliated peer, as of 20 March 2018, but has previously sat as a crossbench (2006–2008), Labour (2008–2012) and Labour and Co-operative (2012–2018) peer.
Jennifer Rush, American singer-songwriter
Jennifer Rush is an American pop and rock singer. She achieved initial success during the mid-1980s with several singles and studio albums, including the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and released in 1984. Her initial greatest success came in Europe, especially the United Kingdom. Her other successful singles from that period include "Ring of Ice", "Destiny", "I Come Undone", "You're My One and Only", "Higher Ground", "25 Lovers", "If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love", "Heart over Mind", and "Flames of Paradise", a duet with Elton John. In the 1990s she had several charting singles, including "Tears in the Rain".
Socrates Villegas, Filipino archbishop
Sócrates Buenaventura Villegas, O.P. is a Filipino prelate, and a professed member of the Dominican Order. He is the fifth and current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan since November 4, 2009, and is the former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines from December 1, 2013 to November 30, 2017, previously serving as the vice president of the episcopal conference from 2011 to 2013.
28/09/1959
Laura Bruce, American artist
Laura Bruce is an American contemporary artist living in Berlin.
Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
Ronald Charles Fellows CM is a Canadian former auto racing driver. Fellows won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2001, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in class twice in 2001 and 2002, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring twice in 2002 and 2004. He won the 2003 American Le Mans Series in the GTS class.
28/09/1957
Bill Cassidy, American politician and physician
William Morgan Cassidy is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Louisiana State Senate from 2006 to 2009 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015. Cassidy has chaired the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee since 2025.
28/09/1955
Stéphane Dion, Canadian sociologist and politician, 15th Canadian Minister of the Environment
Stéphane Maurice Dion is a Canadian diplomat, academic and former politician who served as the Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco from 2022 to 2025 and special envoy to the European Union from 2017 to 2025. He previously was leader of the Opposition and leader of the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2008. He served in cabinets as intergovernmental affairs minister (1996–2003), environment minister (2003–2006), and foreign affairs minister (2015–2017).
Mercy Manci, Xhosa sangoma and HIV activist from South Africa
Mercy Manci is a Xhosa sangoma and HIV activist from South Africa. She has participated and presented at conferences in a.o. Cameroon, Nigeria, and Italy.
Kenny Kirkland, American pianist (died 1998)
Kenneth David Kirkland was an American pianist and keyboardist.
28/09/1954
Steve Largent, American football player and politician
Stephen Michael Largent is an American former professional football wide receiver and politician who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district from 1994 to 2002. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2002 Oklahoma gubernatorial election. Largent is regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time.
George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter
George Lynch is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the hard rock/heavy metal band Dokken and his post-Dokken solo band Lynch Mob. He is regarded as one of the most renowned and influential metal guitarists of the 1980s, noted for his distinctive playing style and sound.
John Scott, English rugby player
John Scott is a former rugby union international who represented England from 1978 to 1984.
Margot Wallström, Swedish politician and diplomat, 42nd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs
Margot Elisabeth Wallström is a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2019 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2016 to 2019.
28/09/1953
Otmar Hasler, Liechtensteiner educator and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
Otmar Hasler is a former politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2001 to 2009. He was previously the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 1995 and served in the Landtag from 1989 to 2001.
28/09/1952
Christopher Buckley, American satirical novelist
Christopher Taylor Buckley is an American author and political satirist. He also served as chief speechwriter to Vice President George H. W. Bush. He is known for writing God Is My Broker, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, The White House Mess, No Way to Treat a First Lady, Wet Work, Florence of Arabia, Boomsday, Supreme Courtship, Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir, and The Judge Hunter.
Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou, Greek basketball player and coach
Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou is a Greek former professional basketball coach.
Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (died 2012)
Sylvia Maria Kristel was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with Emmanuelle (1974).
Andy Ward, English drummer
Andrew John Ward is an English progressive rock drummer.
28/09/1951
Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (died 2015)
James Aaron Diamond was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three top 5 hits: "I Won't Let You Down" (1982), as the lead singer of PhD; and his solo performances "I Should Have Known Better", a United Kingdom No. 1 in 1984, and "Hi Ho Silver", the theme song from Boon, which reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in 1986.
28/09/1950
Paul Burgess, English drummer
Paul Burgess is an English rock drummer, notable for his association with a wide range of British rock bands. In addition to extensive session work, he has been a member of 10cc, Jethro Tull, Camel, Magna Carta, and The Icicle Works.
Christina Hoff Sommers, American author and philosopher
Christina Marie Hoff Sommers is an American author and philosopher. Specializing in ethics, she is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Sommers is known for her critique of contemporary feminism. Her work includes the books Who Stole Feminism? (1994) and The War Against Boys (2000). She also hosts a video blog called The Factual Feminist.
John Sayles, American novelist, director, and screenwriter
John Thomas Sayles is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He is known for writing and directing the films The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), Passion Fish (1992), The Secret of Roan Inish (1994), Lone Star (1996), Men with Guns (1997), Sunshine State (2002), and Silver City (2004).
28/09/1949
Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
Jim Henshaw is a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film and television producer.
Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
Vernee Christell Watson is an American actress, author, and acting coach. Watson-Johnson is known for her recurring roles as Vernajean Williams on Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), as Viola "Vy" Smith on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996), playing the mother of Will Smith's character and head nurse Gloria Tyler on Bob Hearts Abishola (2019–2024). She is often featured in guest or recurring roles as a nurse. Since 2017 she has played Stella Henry on General Hospital.
28/09/1947
Bob Carr, Australian journalist and politician, 37th Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Robert John Carr is an Australian retired politician and journalist who served as the 39th premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, as the leader of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. He later entered federal politics as a New South Wales senator, and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2013. Following his departure from politics, he served as the director of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) from 2014 to 2019 at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. A daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh, she is Bangladesh's longest-serving prime minister and one of the longest-serving female heads of government globally. She has also served as president of the Awami League since 1981.
Jon Snow, English journalist and academic
Jonathan George Snow is an English journalist and television presenter. He is best known as the longest-running presenter of Channel 4 News, which he presented from 1989 to 2021. On 29 April 2021, Snow announced his retirement from the role; his final programme aired on 23 December 2021. Although Channel 4's news programming is produced by ITN, Snow was employed directly by the broadcaster.
Rhonda Hughes, American mathematician and academic
Rhonda Jo Hughes is an American mathematician, the Helen Herrmann Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College.
28/09/1946
Tom Bower, English journalist and author
Thomas Michael Bower is a British writer and former BBC journalist and television producer. He is known for his investigative journalism and for his unauthorised biographies, often of business tycoons and newspaper proprietors.
Jeffrey Jones, American actor
Jeffrey Duncan Jones is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus (1984), Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Eddie Barzoon in The Devil's Advocate (1997), and A. W. Merrick in both Deadwood (2004–2006) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019).
Majid Khan, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
Majid Jahangir Khan, nicknamed "Majestic Khan" by the British press, is a former cricketer, batsman and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. In his prime, he was considered to be one of the best batsmen in the world. Khan has been claimed as the best ever opening batsman against express pace, averaging over 50 each in test matches and World Cups when opening against the fearsome pace attacks of the 1970s West Indies and Australia, with all but 2 of these matches played away from home. In his first class cricket career spanning 18 years, from 1961 to 1985, Majid Khan played in 63 Test matches for Pakistan, scoring 3,931 runs with 8 centuries, scored over 27,000 first-class runs and made 73 first-class centuries, with 128 fifties. Majid played his last Test for Pakistan in January 1983 against India at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore and his last One Day International (ODI) was in July 1982 against England at Old Trafford, Manchester.
28/09/1945
Marielle Goitschel, French skier
Micheline Françoise Marielle Goitschel is a French former alpine skier. Marielle is the younger sister of Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of speed skier Philippe Goitschel.
Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist (died 2011)
Manolis Rasoulis, best known as the lyricist of famous songs, was a Greek music composer, singer, writer, and journalist. He is often regarded as one of the Greek lyricists of exceptional talent.
Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
Fusako Shigenobu is a Japanese communist activist, writer, and the founder and leader of the now-disbanded militant group Japanese Red Army (JRA).
28/09/1944
Richie Karl, American golfer
Richard Karl is an American professional golfer who is best known as the last golf club professional to win an official PGA Tour event.
Marcia Muller, American journalist and author
Marcia Muller is an American author of mystery and thriller novels.
28/09/1943
Warren Lieberfarb, American businessman
Warren N. Lieberfarb is Chairman of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, LLC (WNLA), a boutique consulting and investment firm based in Los Angeles focused on digital media technology and distribution.
George W. S. Trow, American novelist, playwright, and critic (died 2006)
George William Swift Trow Jr. was an American essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic. He worked for The New Yorker for almost 30 years, and wrote numerous essays and several books. He is best known for his long essay on television and its effect on American culture, "Within the Context of No Context," first published in The New Yorker on November 17, 1980, one of the few times the magazine devoted its central section to a single piece of writing.
Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player
Nick St. Nicholas is a German-born Canadian musician who was the bassist of the rock band Steppenwolf in the late 1960s.
28/09/1942
Pierre Clémenti, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
Pierre André Clémenti was a French actor.
Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
Little Buster was an American soul and blues musician. He was born sighted, but developed glaucoma at the age of three. By the time his vision was completely gone, he was fluent on six instruments, including the guitar.
28/09/1941
David Lewis, American philosopher and academic (died 2001)
David Kellogg Lewis was an American philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton University from 1970 until his death. He is closely associated with Australia, whose philosophical community he visited almost annually for more than 30 years.
Edmund Stoiber, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Bavaria
Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber is a German politician who served as the 16th minister-president of the state of Bavaria between 1993 and 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) between 1999 and 2007. In 2002, he ran for the office of Chancellor of Germany in the federal election, and in one of the narrowest elections in German history lost against Gerhard Schröder. On 18 January 2007, he announced that he would step down as minister-president and as party chairman by 30 September, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks.
Charley Taylor, American football player (died 2022)
Charles Robert Taylor was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils, he was selected by Washington in the first round of the 1964 NFL draft. With Taylor, the Redskins made the playoffs five times and reached the Super Bowl once (VII), after the 1972 season. A six-time All-Pro and eight-time Pro Bowl selection, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984.
28/09/1939
Stuart Kauffman, American biologist and academic
Stuart Alan Kauffman is an American medical doctor, theoretical biologist, and complex systems researcher who studies the origin of life on Earth. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Calgary. He is currently emeritus professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and affiliate faculty at the Institute for Systems Biology. He has a number of awards including a MacArthur Fellowship and a Wiener Medal.
28/09/1938
Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
Benjamin Earl King was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest hit singles: "There Goes My Baby", "This Magic Moment", and "Save the Last Dance for Me".
28/09/1937
Alice Mahon, English trade union leader and politician (died 2022)
Alice Mahon was a British trade unionist and Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax from 1987 until 2005.
Glenn Sutton, American country music songwriter and record producer (died 2007)
Royce Glenn Sutton was an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, and one of the architects of the countrypolitan sound.
28/09/1936
Emmett Chapman, American guitarist, invented the Chapman Stick (died 2021)
Emmett Chapman was an American jazz musician best known as the inventor of the Chapman Stick and maker of the Chapman Stick family of instruments.
Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (died 2019)
Edmund Lumsden was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He was a wing with the St. George Dragons during their eleven-year premiership winning run from 1956 to 1966, playing in and winning nine grand finals. Lumsden is one of four brothers who all played for Country. Jack Lumsden played for Manly and Australia. Eddie Lumsden's twin, Richie, and his other brother, Ray, were both "bush footballers".
Robert Wolders, Dutch television actor (died 2018)
Robert Wolders was a Dutch television actor known for his role in the US television series Laredo and appearing in series such as The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Bewitched and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He was married to Merle Oberon, and was the longtime partner of Audrey Hepburn.
28/09/1935
Bruce Crampton, Australian golfer
Bruce Crampton is an Australian professional golfer.
David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, English diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations
David Hugh Alexander Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick is a British diplomat.
Ronald Lacey, English actor (died 1991)
Ronald William Lacey was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included Harris in Porridge (1977), Frankie in the Bud Spencer comedy Charleston (1978), SD agent Sturmbannführer Arnold Ernst Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and the Bishop of Bath and Wells in Blackadder II (1986).
28/09/1934
Brigitte Bardot, French actress and animal rights activist (died 2025)
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B., was a French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. She became one of the best-known symbols of the sexual revolution and gained international fame for portraying characters associated with hedonistic lifestyles. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remained a major pop culture icon. She appeared in 47 films, performed in several musicals, and recorded more than 60 songs. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985.
28/09/1933
Joe Benton, English soldier and politician
Joseph Edward Benton is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle from 1990 to 2015.
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor and educator (died 2006)
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal was a Spanish figurative and abstract sculptor. He is best known for his puzzle sculptures, which can be disassembled into many abstract pieces. These works are also known for the miniature artworks and jewelry incorporated into or concealed within them, and the fact that some of the sculptures can be reassembled or reconfigured into different arrangements. Berrocal's sculptures span a wide range of physical sizes from monumental outdoor public works, to intricate puzzle sculptures small enough to be worn as pendants, bracelets, or other body ornamentation.
Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (died 2011)
"Country" Johnny Mathis was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was a successful solo performer and one half of the duo Jimmy & Johnny. Mathis is credited with penning more than 500 tunes over the course of his long career.
28/09/1932
Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish screenwriter and producer
Sir Jeremy Israel Isaacs is a Scottish television producer and executive, and an opera manager.
Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (died 1973)
Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, ranging from locally produced plays to world classics, as well as the experimental work of playwrights such as Ann Jellicoe. He also played a pivotal role among neo-folkloric musicians who established the Nueva canción chilena movement. This led to an uprising of new sounds in popular music during the administration of President Salvador Allende.
28/09/1930
Tommy Collins, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2000)
Leonard Raymond Sipes, better known as Tommy Collins, was an American country music singer and songwriter.
Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist, author, and academic (died 2019)
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein was an American sociologist and economic historian. He is perhaps best known for his development in sociology of world-systems approach. He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2019, and published bimonthly syndicated commentaries through Agence Global on world affairs from October 1998 to July 2019.
28/09/1929
Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (died 2022)
Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".
28/09/1928
Koko Taylor, American singer (died 2009)
Koko Taylor was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues, and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known for her rough, powerful vocals. Over the course of her career, she was nominated for 11 Grammy Awards, winning 1985's Best Traditional Blues Album for her appearance on Blues Explosion.
28/09/1926
Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (died 1998)
Howard Gerald Clower was an American stand-up comedian. Born and raised in the state of Mississippi, Clower was best known for his stories of the rural South and was given the nickname "The Mouth of Mississippi".
Bonnie Leman, American art historian, writer, and publisher of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (died 2010)
Bonnie Lee Hale Leman was the founder of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, the first quilting-focused magazine in the United States. She was one of the first women magazine publishers in the country and was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame in 1982.
28/09/1925
Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (died 1996)
Seymour Roger Cray was an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, mathematician, and supercomputer architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded Cray Research, which built many of these machines. Called "the father of supercomputing", Cray has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry. Joel S. Birnbaum, then chief technology officer of Hewlett-Packard, said of him: "It seems impossible to exaggerate the effect he had on the industry; many of the things that high performance computers now do routinely were at the farthest edge of credibility when Seymour envisioned them." Larry Smarr, then director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois said that Cray is "the Thomas Edison of the supercomputing industry."
Cromwell Everson, South African composer (died 1991)
Cromwell Everson was primarily known as a composer during his lifetime. He was brought up as an Afrikaner by his mother, Maria De Wit and father, Robert Everson. He continued this tradition and all his children were brought up as Afrikaners.
Martin David Kruskal, American physicist and mathematician (died 2006)
Martin David Kruskal was an American mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, ranging from plasma physics to general relativity and from nonlinear analysis to asymptotic analysis. His most celebrated contribution was in the theory of solitons.
28/09/1924
Rudolf Barshai, Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (died 2010)
Rudolf Borisovich Barshai was a Soviet and Russian conductor and violist.
Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (died 1996)
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of the country's top directors, in a career spanning 147 films between 1939 and 1996, garnering many international honours including two BAFTA Awards, two Best Actor awards at the Venice and Cannes film festivals, two Golden Globes, and three Academy Award nominations.
28/09/1923
Tuli Kupferberg, American singer, poet, and writer (died 2010)
Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg was an American counterculture poet, author, singer, editorial cartoonist, comic artist, columnist, publisher, and co-founder of the rock band The Fugs.
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire (died 2007)
Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry,, known as Lord Eskdaill from birth to 1935 and then as the Earl of Dalkeith from 1935 to 1973, was a Scottish peer, politician and landowner. He served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the Second World War, and represented Edinburgh North in the House of Commons for 13 years.
William Windom, American actor (died 2012)
William Windom was an American actor. He was known as a character actor of the stage and screen. He is well known for his recurring role as Dr. Seth Hazlitt alongside Angela Lansbury in the CBS mystery series Murder, She Wrote and his intense guest role as Commodore Matt Decker in Star Trek.
28/09/1922
Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (died 2014)
Liv Dommersnes was a Norwegian actress and reciter of poetry. She was a member of group that founded Studioteatret in 1945.
Larry Munson, American sportscaster (died 2011)
Lawrence Harry Munson was an American sports announcer and talk show host. He was best known for handling radio play-by-play of the Georgia Bulldogs football games from 1966 to 2008. He also handled the play-by-play for UGA basketball and Atlanta Falcons radio broadcasts and hosted sports-related talk shows.
Jules Sedney, Prime Minister of Suriname (died 2020)
Jules Sedney was a Surinamese politician, and Prime Minister of Suriname from 20 November 1969 to 24 December 1973. In 1980, he became governor of the Central Bank of Suriname, but had to flee the country in 1983 after a dispute with Dési Bouterse. Sedney returned to Suriname in 1989.
28/09/1919
Doris Singleton, American actress (died 2012)
Dorthea "Doris" Singleton was an American actress, perhaps best remembered as Lucy Ricardo's frenemy, Carolyn Appleby, in I Love Lucy.
28/09/1918
Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1983)
Ángel Amadeo Labruna was an Argentine footballer and coach who played as a forward. With 323 goals scored in official matches, which include 294 league goals, Labruna is the 2nd all-time top scorer of Primera División after Paraguayan Arsenio Erico. Labruna was also part of the celebrated River Plate offense, nicknamed La Máquina, and he was considered one of the best South-American footballers of his generation. In his career, Labruna scored 564 goals.
Arnold Stang, American actor (died 2009)
Arnold Sidney Stang was an American actor and comedian. Recognized by his small stature and squawky, Brooklyn-accented speaking voice, he steadily worked on the stage, radio, and television and provided animation voice-over for 70 years. He was the voice of Top Cat in the cartoon series, Frank Sinatra's best friend in The Man with the Golden Arm, and one of the hapless gas station owners in the all-star comedy film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
28/09/1917
Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (died 2005)
Wee Chong Jin was a Malayan-born Singaporean jurist who served as a chief justice of Singapore for 27 years, from 1963 to 1990, where he was the first Asian lawyer appointed as a judge to head the Supreme Court of Singapore, and the longest-serving chief justice in the Commonwealth.
28/09/1916
Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (died 1977)
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch was an English and Australian actor.
Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (died 2008)
Olga Vasilyevna Lepeshinskaya was a Soviet ballerina. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1951.
28/09/1915
Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (died 1953)
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and nuclear weapon designs. They were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 using New York's state execution chamber in Sing Sing in Ossining, New York, becoming the first American civilians to be executed for such charges and the first to be executed during peacetime.
28/09/1914
Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American refugee and singer (died 2014)
Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina 'Mitzi' von Trapp was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives inspired the musical and film The Sound of Music. She was portrayed by Heather Menzies as the character "Louisa". She died at age 99, and was the last surviving sibling portrayed in the film.
28/09/1913
Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (died 2007)
Warja Lavater was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. She was a Swiss artist and illustrator noted primarily for working in the artist's books genre by creating accordion fold books that re-tell classic fairy tales with symbols rather than words.
Alice Marble, American tennis player (died 1990)
Alice Irene Marble was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships between 1936 and 1940: five in singles, six in women's doubles, and seven in mixed doubles. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1939.
28/09/1910
Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino lawyer and politician, 9th President of the Philippines (died 1997)
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Sr. was the ninth president of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965. He served as the 5th vice president from 1957 to 1961 under Carlos P. Garcia. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970. He was the father of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who followed his path as President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. Diosdado Macapagal Sr is one of the few presidents with doctoral degrees, earning a Doctors of Civil Law degree and a PHD in Economics degree from University of Santo Tomas.
Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1942)
Wenceslao "Bintao" Quinito Vinzons Sr. was a Filipino patriot and leader of the Philippine armed resistance against the Japanese invasion in World War II. He was the youngest delegate to the 1935 Philippine Constitutional Convention. For leading demonstrations as a student leader, he was dubbed the "Father of Student Activism in the Philippines" when he, along with Narciso J. Alegre and future Senator and Vice President Arturo Tolentino, founded the Young Philippines Party.
28/09/1909
Al Capp, American author and illustrator (died 1979)
Alfred Gerald Caplin, better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and drawing until 1977. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie an' Slats and Long Sam (1954). He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, posthumously for his "unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning".
28/09/1907
Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician (died 1997)
Heikki Ilmari Savolainen was a Finnish artistic gymnast. He competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1928 to 1952 and won at least one medal in each of them. In 1928, he won a bronze on pommel horse, which was the first-ever medal in gymnastics for Finland. Winning his last medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he became the oldest gymnastics medalist, at 44 years old; he delivered the Olympic Oath in the opening ceremony of the 1952 games. In 1932, Savolainen and his teammate Einari Teräsvirta had the same score on horizontal bar, but the Finnish team voted to give the silver medal to Savolainen. In 1948, he again had the same score as teammates Veikko Huhtanen and Paavo Aaltonen on pommel horse, and the gold medal was shared among the three.
Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (died 1931)
Bhagat Singh was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 in what was intended to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist. He later took part in a largely symbolic bombing of the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi and a hunger strike in jail, which—on the back of sympathetic coverage in Indian-owned newspapers—turned him into a household name in the Punjab region, and, after his execution at age 23, a martyr and folk hero in Northern India. Borrowing ideas from Bolshevism and anarchism, the charismatic Bhagat Singh electrified a growing militancy in India in the 1930s and prompted urgent introspection within the Indian National Congress's nonviolent, and eventually successful, campaign for India's independence.
28/09/1905
Max Schmeling, German boxer (died 2005)
Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural events because of their national associations. Schmeling is the only boxer to win the world heavyweight championship on a foul.
28/09/1903
Haywood S. Hansell, American general (died 1988)
Haywood Shepherd Hansell Jr. was an American general officer in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II, and later the United States Air Force. He became an advocate of the doctrine of strategic bombardment, and was one of the chief architects of the concept of daylight precision bombing that governed the use of airpower by the USAAF in the war.
28/09/1901
William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (died 1990)
William Samuel Paley was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and television network operations in the United States.
Ed Sullivan, American television host (died 1974)
Edward Vincent Sullivan was an American television host, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. He was the creator and host of the television variety program Toast of the Town, which in 1955 was renamed The Ed Sullivan Show. Broadcast from 1948 to 1971, it set a record as the longest-running variety show in U.S. broadcast history. "It was, by almost any measure, the last great American TV show", said television critic David Hinckley. "It's one of our fondest, dearest pop culture memories."
28/09/1900
Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII (died 1951)
Isabel Townsend Pell was an American socialite and member of the French Resistance during World War II. She was subsequently decorated with the Legion of Honour.
28/09/1898
Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (died 1957)
Carl Clauberg was a German gynecologist who conducted medical experiments on Jewish and Romani women at Auschwitz concentration camp. He worked with Horst Schumann in X-ray sterilization experiments at Auschwitz concentration camp.
Mijo Mirković, Croatian economist and author (died 1963)
Mijo (Miho) Mirković, also known by his pen name Mate Balota, was a prominent Croatian poet, novelist and economist. Considered one of the most prominent Croatian poets of the 20th century and often credited as the greatest Istrian poet, he was called "the greatest Istrian after Labin's Matija Vlačić" by Tone Peruško.
28/09/1893
Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician (died 1973)
Hilda Geiringer, also known as Hilda von Mises and Hilda Pollaczek-Geiringer, was an Austrian mathematician.
Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright (died 1984)
Giannis Skarimpas, Giannis Skarimbas, or Yiannis Skarimbas, was a Greek writer, dramatist, and poet.
28/09/1892
Elmer Rice, American playwright (died 1967)
Elmer Rice was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays The Adding Machine (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, Street Scene (1929).
28/09/1890
Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian electrical engineer (died 1982)
Florence Violet McKenzie, affectionately known as "Mrs Mac", was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) and lifelong promoter of technical education for women. She campaigned successfully to have some of her female trainees accepted into the all-male Navy, thereby originating the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS). Some 12,000 servicemen passed through her signal instruction school in Sydney, acquiring skill in Morse code and visual signalling.
28/09/1889
Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (died 1973)
John Frank Fournier was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Robins, and Boston Braves from 1912 to 1927. Fournier was known for having outstanding batting abilities but subpar fielding abilities.
28/09/1887
Avery Brundage, American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 1975)
Avery Brundage was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and first non-European to attain that position. Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of amateurism and for his involvement with the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, both held in Germany.
28/09/1885
Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee (died 1974)
Emil Ernst Väre was a Finnish wrestler who won the gold medals in the lightweight class at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.
28/09/1883
Albert Peyriguère, French priest, hermit and ethnologist (died 1959)
Albert Peyriguère was a Catholic priest, hermit and ethnologist from Southern France. Following the example of Charles de Foucauld, he lived as a hermit in the Atlas mountains in Morocco. While the care for the local Berber population earned him their admiration, he became an expert on Berber languages and their culture.
28/09/1882
Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (died 1963)
Mart Saar was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs.
28/09/1881
Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (died 1950)
Pedro de Cordoba was an American actor.
28/09/1878
Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1962)
Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr. was an American competition swimmer and water polo player who competed for the New York Athletic Club and represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.
28/09/1877
Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (died 1940)
Albert Young was an American welterweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a gold medal in boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
28/09/1870
Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic (died 1958)
Florent Schmitt was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are La tragédie de Salome and Psaume XLVII. He has been described as "one of the most fascinating of France's lesser-known classical composers".
28/09/1867
Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1952)
Baron Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.
James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (died 1896)
James Edwin Campbell was an American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist. Campbell was the first principal of the West Virginia Colored Institute from 1892 until 1894, and is considered by the university as its first president.
28/09/1861
Amélie of Orléans, queen consort of Portugal (died 1951)
Amélie of Orléans was the last Queen of Portugal as the wife of Carlos I of Portugal. She was regent of Portugal during the absence of her husband in 1895.
28/09/1860
Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist (died 1934)
Paul Ulrich Villard was a French chemist and physicist. He discovered gamma rays in 1900 while studying the radiation emanating from radium.
28/09/1856
Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (died 1923)
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American educator, author and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and composed collections of children's songs. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878. With her sister Nora during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor.
28/09/1852
Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Among his other contributions, Moissan discovered moissanite and contributed to the development of the electric arc furnace. Moissan was one of the original members of the International Atomic Weights Committee.
Isis Pogson, British astronomer and meteorologist (died 1945)
Elizabeth Isis Pogson, was a British astronomer and meteorologist who was one of the first women to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, British Army officer (died 1925)
Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres,, known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer.
28/09/1844
Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1930)
Sir Robert Stout was a New Zealand politician who was the 13th premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices. He was noted for his support of liberal causes such as women's suffrage, and for his strong belief that philosophy and theory should always triumph over political expediency.
28/09/1841
Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician, 85th Prime Minister of France (died 1929)
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who was prime minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, particularly amid the end of the First World War. He was a key figure of the Independent Radicals, advocating for the separation of church and state, as well as the amnesty of the Communards exiled to New Caledonia.
28/09/1836
Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (died 1910)
Thomas Crapper was an English plumber and businessman. He founded Thomas Crapper & Co in London, a plumbing equipment company. His notability with regard to toilets has often been overstated, mostly due to the publication in 1969 of a tongue-in-cheek biography by New Zealand satirist Wallace Reyburn.
28/09/1824
Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic (died 1897)
Francis Turner Palgrave was a British critic, anthologist and poet.
28/09/1823
Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator (died 1889)
Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was Napoleon III's preferred painter and, with Gérôme and Meissonier, was one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire."
28/09/1821
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (died 1874)
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, II was an American Presbyterian minister who served as Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida, and, along with U.S. Congressman Josiah Thomas Walls, was among the most powerful black officeholders in the state during Reconstruction. An African American who served during the Reconstruction era, he was the first black Florida Secretary of State, holding the office over a century prior to the state's second black Secretary of State, Jesse McCrary, who served for five months in 1979.
28/09/1819
Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher (died 1885)
Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol was a Spanish lawyer, artist, journalist, newspaper publisher and engineer born in Figueres, Catalonia. He was the inventor of the first air-independent and combustion-engine-driven submarine.
28/09/1809
Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (died 1899)
Alvan Wentworth Chapman was an American physician and pioneering botanist in the study of flora of the American Southeast. He wrote Flora of the Southern United States, the first comprehensive description of U.S. plants in any region beyond the northeastern states.
28/09/1803
Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author (died 1870)
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, before translating the work of several notable Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical monuments, responsible for the protection of many historic sites, including the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and the restoration of the façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with the writer George Sand, he discovered the series of tapestries called The Lady and the Unicorn, arranging for their preservation. He was instrumental in the creation of Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris, where the tapestries now are displayed. The official database of French monuments, the Base Mérimée, bears his name.
28/09/1765
Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1814)
Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was a Danish prince and feudal magnate. He held the island of Als and some other castles in Schleswig.
28/09/1746
William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar (died 1794)
Sir William Jones was a Welsh philologist, scholar and judge. Born in Westminster, London to Welsh mathematician William Jones, he moved to the Bengal Presidency where Jones served as a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William and also became a scholar of ancient Indian history. He is known for being one of the earliest scholars to assert the kinship of the Indo-European languages, albeit not the first. Jones also founded the Asiatic Society in Calcutta in 1784.
28/09/1735
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1811)
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. He is one of a handful of dukes who have served as prime minister.
28/09/1705
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1774)
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, PC was an English peer and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War from 1746 to 1755. He also held the offices of Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1755 to 1756 and Paymaster of the Forces from 1757 to 1765, enriching himself while holding the latter office. While Fox was widely tipped as a potential candidate for the office of Prime Minister, he never held the office. His third son was the Whig statesman Charles James Fox.
Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (died 1772)
Johann Peter Kellner was a German organist and composer. He was the father of Johann Christoph Kellner.
28/09/1681
Johann Mattheson, German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (died 1764)
Johann Mattheson was a German composer, critic, lexicographer and music theorist. His writings on the late Baroque and early Classical period were highly influential, specifically, "his biographical and theoretical works were widely disseminated and served as the source for all subsequent lexicographers and historians".
28/09/1605
Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (died 1694)
Ismaël Boulliau was a 17th-century French astronomer, mathematician, and Catholic priest, who was also interested in history, theology, classical studies, and philology. He was an active member of the Republic of Letters, an intellectual community that exchanged ideas. An early defender of the ideas of Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei, Ismael Bullialdus has been called "the most noted astronomer of his generation". One of his books is Astronomia Philolaica (1645).
28/09/1573
Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss physician (died 1654)
Sir Théodore Turquet de Mayerne was a Genevan-born physician who treated kings of France and England and advanced the theories of Paracelsus.
28/09/1555
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France (died 1623)
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon, was a member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the Prince of Sedan and a marshal of France. He was a prominent Huguenot figure.
28/09/1494
Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and playwright (died 1545)
Agnolo Firenzuola was an Italian writer and poet, of mainly secular works, despite having been a Vallombrosan monk.
28/09/0616
Javanshir, King of Caucasian Albania (died 680)
Juansher was the Mihranid prince of Caucasian Albania, ruling the principality from 637 to 669. He was the son and successor of Varaz Grigor.
01/01/1970
Confucius, Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. (died 479 BC)
Confucius, born Kong Qiu, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the Sinosphere originates in the philosophy and teachings of Confucius. His philosophical teachings, called Confucianism, emphasized personal and governmental morality, harmonious social relationships, righteousness, kindness, sincerity, and a ruler's responsibilities to lead by virtue.