Famous people born on 28 December

• Woodrow Wilson28th President of the United States · 1856–1924
  67 yrs
• John von NeumannHungarian and American mathematician and physicist · 1903–1957
  53 yrs
• Liu XiaoboChinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist · 1955–2017
  61 yrs
• TitusTenth Roman Emperor · AD 39–81
  41 yrs
• Stan LeeAmerican comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer · 1922–2018
  95 yrs
• Arthur EddingtonBritish astrophysicist · 1882–1944
  61 yrs
• Kary MullisAmerican biochemist · 1944–2019
  74 yrs
• Thomas BecketEnglish archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170 · 1119–1171
  51 yrs
• Milton Obote ↗President of Uganda · 1925–2005
  79 yrs
• Ivan Konev ↗Soviet military commander · 1897–1973
  75 yrs
• Guy Debord ↗French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker · 1931–1994
  62 yrs
• Dhirubhai Ambani ↗Indian business tycoon · 1932–2002
  69 yrs
• Pío Baroja ↗Spanish writer · 1872–1956
  83 yrs
• Birendra of Nepal ↗King of Nepal · 1945–2001
  55 yrs
• Roger II of Sicily ↗King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154 · 1095–1154
  58 yrs
• F. W. Murnau ↗German film director · 1888–1931
  42 yrs
• Girma Wolde-Giorgis ↗Former Ethiopian President · 1924–2018
  93 yrs
• Lili Elbe ↗Danish painter and transgender woman · 1882–1931
  48 yrs
• Henri de Régnier ↗French poet · 1864–1936
  71 yrs
• Hildegard Knef ↗German actress, singer and writer · 1925–2002
  76 yrs
• Vladimir Tatlin ↗Russian artist · 1885–1953
  67 yrs
• Nichelle Nichols ↗American actress · 1932–2022
  89 yrs
• Mortimer J. Adler ↗American philosopher, author and educator · 1902–2001
  98 yrs
• Erich Mielke ↗German politician · 1907–2000
  92 yrs
• Ana Pauker ↗Romanian politician · 1893–1960
  66 yrs
• Chad McQueen ↗American actor and racecar driver · 1960–2024
  63 yrs
• Arun Jaitley ↗Indian politician and attorney · 1952–2019
  66 yrs
• Manuel Puig ↗Argentine writer · 1932–1990
  57 yrs
• Mikhail Kalatozov ↗Soviet film director and screenwriter · 1903–1973
  69 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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