28 December

27 December - 28 December - 29 December

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 1164 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)
 1522 – Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)
 1619 – Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)
 1635 – Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)
 1655 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)
 1665 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)
 1763 – John Molson, English-born Canadian brewer (d. 1836)
 1778 – Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846)
 1842 – Calixa Lavallée, French-Canadian composer (O Canada) (d. 1891)
 1856 – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
 1866 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)
 1879 – Billy Mitchell, American military aviation pioneer (d. 1936)
 1882 – Arthur Stanley Eddington, British astronomer (d. 1944)
 1888 – Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, German film director (d. 1931)
 1898 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (d. 1957)
 1898 – Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (d. 1947) 
 1899 – Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (d. 1943)
 1902 – Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (d. 2001)
 1902 – Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (d. 1988)
 1903 – Earl Hines, American musician (d. 1983)
 1903 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1957) 
 1905 – Cliff Arquette, American actor (d. 1974)
 1908 – Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996)
 1910 – Billy Williams, American singer (d. 1972)
 1913 – Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor (d. 2009)
 1914 – Bernard Youens, English actor (d. 1984)
 1915 – Pops Staples, American musician (The Staple Singers) (d. 2000)
 1922 – Stan Lee, American comic book writer
 1924 – Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005)
 1925 – Hildegard Knef, German actress (d. 2002)
 1928 – Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (d. 2001)
 1929 – Brian Redhead, British journalist (d. 1994)
 1929 – Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player (d. 1970)
 1931 – Guy Debord, French writer (d. 1994)
 1932 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (d. 2002)
 1932 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer (d. 1979)
 1932 – Roy Hattersley, British politician
 1932 – Harry Howell, Canadian hockey player
 1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer
 1932 – Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (d. 1990)
 1933 – John Y. Brown, Jr., American politician 
 1934 – Dame Maggie Smith, British actress
 1934 – Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987)
 1936 – Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
 1936 – Lawrence Schiller, American journalist
 1937 – Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist
 1938 – Dick Sudhalter, American jazz musician (d. 2008)
 1938 – Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician and former President (d. 1999)
 1939 – Philip Anschutz, American businessman
 1940 – Don Francisco, Chilean television host
 1942 – Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
 1943 – Keith Floyd, British chef (d. 2009)
 1943 – David Peterson, Canadian politician
 1943 – Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (d. 2005)
 1944 – Johnny Isakson, American politician
 1944 – Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate
 1946 – Edgar Winter, American musician
 1946 – Mike Beebe, American politician, governor of Arkansas
 1946 – Pierre Falardeau, Quebec film director
 1946 – Tim Johnson, American politician, senior senator from South Dakota
 1947 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player (d. 2000)
 1950 – Alex Chilton, American musician (The Box Tops, Big Star)
 1950 – Øivind Blunck, Norwegian comedian and actor
 1951 – Ian Buruma, Anglo-Dutch scholar and writer on Japan and the Far East.
 1952 – Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician
 1953 – Richard Clayderman, French pianist
 1953 – Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese professional wrestler
 1954 – Gayle King, American magazine editor
 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor
 1954 – Lanny Poffo, American professional wrestler
 1956 – Nigel Kennedy, British violinist
 1957 – Anne Sargeant, Australian netballer
 1959 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano)
 1959 – Phil Abrams, American actor
 1960 – Raymond Bourque, Canadian hockey player
 1960 – Melvin Turpin, American basketball player
 1961 – Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and football coach
 1962 – Rachel Z, American pianist
 1962 – Michel Petrucciani, French pianist (d. 1999)
 1962 – Melissa R. Kelly, former Maryland politician
 1962 – Choi Soo Jong, South Korean actor
 1962 – Niel van der Watt, South African composer
 1964 – Maite Zúñiga, Spanish athlete
 1967 – Chris Ware, American cartoonist
 1969 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer
 1970 – Elaine Hendrix, American Actress
 1970 – Francesca Le, American porn star
 1971 – Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder
 1971 – Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
 1971 – William Gates, American basketball player
 1972 – Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
 1972 – Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
 1972 – Adam Vinatieri, American football player
 1973 – Alex Dimitriades, Australian actor
 1973 – Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress
 1973 – Seth Meyers, American actor
 1974 – Jason Ridge, American porn actor
 1974 – Rob Niedermayer, Canadian-born ice-hockey player.
 1975 – B.J. Ryan, American baseball player
 1977 – Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
 1978 – Chris Coyne, Australian footballer
 1978 – John Legend, American musician
 1979 – James Blake, American tennis player
 1979 – Bill Hall, American baseball player
 1979 – Senna Guemmour, German Singer (Monrose)
 1980 – Lomana LuaLua, Congo footballer
 1980 – Vanessa Ferlito, American actress
 1981 – Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American Test-Tube Baby
 1981 – Sienna Miller, British actress
 1981 – Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
 1981 – Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
 1982 – Cedric Benson, American football player
 1982 – François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete
 1982 – Kevin Pereira, American television host
 1983 – Mike He, Taiwanese actor
 1984 – Leroy Lita, English footballer
 1984 – Alex Lloyd, British racing driver 
 1985 – Kamani Hill, American footballer
 1985 – Taryn Terrell, American wrestler/model
 1986 – Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
 1987 – Thomas Dekker, American actor
 1987 – Christopher Thomson, Australian Musician
 1989 – Mackenzie Rosman, American actress
 1990 – David Archuleta, American Idol runner-up, American singer
 1998 – Aaron Junatas, Filipino child actor

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