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Births on sept 28
551 BC - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)
58 BC - Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29)
1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet
1573 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
1605 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
1667 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
1681 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774)
1746 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)
1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
1821 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
1823 - Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)
1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)
1852 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)
1867 - Kiichiro Hiranuma, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
1881 - Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
1887 - Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)
1889 - Jack Fournier, baseball player (d. 1973)
1891 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
1901 - William S. Paley, American radio and television executive (d. 1990)
1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)
1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
1916 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977)
1917 - Audree Wilson, mother of three founding members of The Beach Boys (d. 1997)
1923 - William Windom, American actor
1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
1925 - Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)
1925 - Arnold Stang, American actor
1926 - Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)
1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
1932 - Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer, theatre director, and political activist (d. 1973)
1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress
1934 - Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972)
1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and labor leader
1937 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
1938 - Ben E. King, American singer and songwriter
1939 - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician
1942 - Marshall Bell, American actor
1942 - Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
1943 - Joel Higgins, American actor
1943 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
1946 - Helen Shapiro, English singer
1946 - Jeffrey Jones, American actor
1947 - Bob Carr, Former Premier of New South Wales
1947 - Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1950 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
1950 - Laurie Lewis, American musician
1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
1954 - Steve Largent, American football player and U.S. Congressman
1955 - Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
1962 - Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player
1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian
1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress
1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress
1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born actress
1969 - Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
1969 - Mark Everett, former child actor, now fugitive
1969 - Éric Lapointe, Québécois singer
1970 - Mike DeJean, baseball player
1971 - Alan Wright, English footballer
1972 - Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist
1973 - Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician
1975 - Lenny Krayzelburg, American Swimmer
1977 - Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer
1978 - Bushido, German rapper
1979 - Bam Margera, American skateboarder
1981 - Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 - Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
1983 - Stefan Moore, English footballer
1984 - Ryan Zimmerman, Baseball player
1984 - Melody Thornton, American Singer (Pussycat Dolls)
1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress
1990 - Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
1992 - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress
was my birthday yesterday (sep 27th) - well, I suppose it still is my bday in the America ;)