Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 28
Births[edit]
- 551 BC - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)
- 58 BC - Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. AD 29)
- 1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)
- 1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
- 1907 - Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast (d. 1997)
- 1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
- 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
- 1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer (d. 2022)
- 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress
- 1947 - Sheikh Hasina, Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- 1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress
- 1968 - Mika Häkkinen, (pictured) Finnish 2 time Formula 1 World Champion
- 1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born actress
- 1971 - Alan Wright, English footballer
- 1976 - Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
Deaths[edit]
- 48 BC - Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)
- 1895 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist (b. 1822)
- 1953 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1889)
- 1970 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, the second President of Egypt (b. 1918)
- 1978 - Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
- 1989 - Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (b. 1917)