Famous Birthdays on September 28

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• 1330 Nicolas Flamel, French scribe alchemist (believed to have created the Philosopher's Stone), born in Pontoise region, France (d. 1418)
• 1493 Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and litterateur, born in Florence (d. 1543)
• 1565 Alessandro Tassoni, Italian political writer (La secchia rapita - The Kidnapped Bucket), born in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (now Italy) (d. 1635)
• 1571 Michael Praetorius [Schultze], German organist and composer (Syntagma; In Dulce Jublio), born in Creuzberg, Saxony (d. 1621) [birthdate approximate]
• 1596 Vredius [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian and mayor of Brugge, born in Brugge, Belgium (d. 1652)
• 1605 Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (Astronomia Philolaica) and mathematician, born in Loudun, Vienne, France (d. 1694)
• 1612 Michel Anguier, French sculptor, born in Eu, Normandy, France (d. 1686)
• 1667 Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (daimyō), born in Edo, Japan (d. 1701)
• 1679 Mihael Omerza, Slovenian composer, born in Kamnik, Slovekia (d. 1742)
• 1681 Johann Mattheson, German composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1764)
• 1698 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French mathematician and astronomer (Système de la nature), born in Saint-Malo, France (d. 1759)
• 1705 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English corrupt politician (Chiswick), born in Kensington, London (d. 1774)
• 1705 Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer, born in Gräfenroda, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1772)

• 1746 Giovanni Punto [Jan Václav Stich], Bohemian horn player and composer, born in Žehušice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1803)
• 1746 William Jones, British orientalist and jurist (Indo-European languages), born in London (d. 1794)
• 1748 Johann Michael Demmler, German composer, born in Hiltenfingen, Swabia, Germany (d. 1785)
• 1761 François Budan de Boislaurent, French mathematician, born in Limonade, Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue (d. 1840)
• 1780 Élie, Duke Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician (4th Prime Minister of France), born in Sainte-Martin-de-Laye, France (d. 1860)
• 1789 Richard Bright, English physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis), born in Bristol, England (d. 1858)
• 1793 Denis-Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris (1840-48) and opponent of King Louis-Philippe, born in Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, Aveyron, France (d. 1848)
• 1796 David Walker, African-American abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1830)
• 1803 Prosper Mérimée, French author (Carmen), born in Paris (d. 1870)
• 1807 Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss-American geologist, geographer and meteorologist, born in Boudevilliers, Switzerland (d. 1884)
• 1811 Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republican politician, born in Eichtersheim, Germany (d. 1881)
• 1813 Anton Wallerstein, German composer, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1892)
• 1819 Jacob Gijsbert de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch vicar and theologian, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1893)
• 1821 Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida) and Presbyterian minister, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1874)
• 1823 Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (Birth of Venus), born in Montpellier, France (d. 1889)
• 1824 Alfred Gilpin Jones, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1900-06), born in Weymouth, NOva Scotia, Canada (d. 1906)
• 1824 Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet (Golden Treasury), born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (d. 1897)
• 1828 Friedrich Albert Lange, German philosopher and socialist (Neo-Kantianism), born in Wald, Solingen, Germany (d. 1875)
• 1833 James Deering Fessenden, American lawyer, politician, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Westbrook, Maine (d. 1862)
• 1836 Thomas Crapper, English plumber, bathroom fittings seller who contributed to sanitary engineering, baptized in Thorne, Yorkshire (d. 1910) [1]
• 1839 Frances Willard, American educator and founder (Woman's Christian Temperance Union), born in Churchville, New York (d. 1898)
• 1840 Rudolf Baumbach, German writer of student drinking songs, born in Kranichfeld, Germany (d. 1905)
• 1840 Sandie [Alexander Swift] Pendleton, American Lieutenant Colonel (Confederate Army), born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 1864)

• 1844 Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1884-87), born in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (d. 1930)
• 1849 Dudley Allen Sargent, American physician and educator (Harvard U gymnasium), born in Belfast, Maine (d. 1924)
• 1851 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah), born in Grandborough, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1929)

• 1854 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), born in Norwich, England (d. 1913)
• 1855 Thomas Frederick Tout, British historian (Manchester school of historiography), born in London, England (d. 1929)
• 1856 Edward Herbert Thompson, American diplomat and archaeologist (Mayan civilization), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1935)
• 1856 Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1923)
• 1860 Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist who discovered gamma rays, born in Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or, France (d. 1934)
• 1861 Amélie of Orléans, Queen of Portugal, wife of Carlos I, born in Twickenham, London (d. 1951)
• 1861 Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), born in New York City (d. 1950)
• 1863 Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), born in Ajuda National Palace, Lisbon (d. 1908)
• 1864 Barry Pain, English writer (Punch), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1928)
• 1867 Hiranuma Kiichirō, 24th Prime Minister of Japan, born in Tsuyama, Japan (d. 1952)
• 1870 Florent Schmitt, French composer (La tragédie de Salome; Psalm 47), and music critic (Le Temps), born in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France (d. 1958)

• 1872 Lena Ashwell, British actress and theatrical manager who was the 1st to organize large-scale entertainment for WWI troops at the front, born on the ship Wellesley (d. 1957)
• 1872 Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), born in London, England (d. 1964)
• 1873 Julian Coolidge, American mathematician (Study-Segre school), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1954)
• 1873 Wacław Rawicz [Berent], Polish biologist and writer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1940)
• 1877 Stanner E.V. Taylor, American director and screenwriter (Lucky Jim, Ramona), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1948)
• 1879 Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery) and film director (Häxan), born in Viborg Denmark (d. 1959)
• 1880 Ralph Flanders, American politician (Senator-Vermont 1946-59), born in Barnet, Vermont (d. 1970)
• 1881 Henry Geehl, English composer, born in London (d. 1961)
• 1882 Eugenio d'Ors, Spanish Catalan essayist and philosopher, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1954)
• 1882 Mart Saar, Estonian composer, born in Hüpassaare, Viljandi County (d. 1963)
• 1887 Avery Brundage, American businessman (5th President International Olympic Committee 1952-72), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1975)
• 1888 Herman [H. C.] McNeile [pen name Sapper), English soldier and writer (Bulldog Drummond), born in Bodmin, England (d. 1937)
• 1889 D P "Dad" Carter, American gospel singer (Chuck Wagon Gang), born near Columbia, Kentucky (d. 1963)
• 1889 Jack Fournier, American baseball player, 1912-27 (White Sox; Cardinals; Brooklyn Robins), born in Au Sable, Michigan (d. 1973) [1]
• 1891 Myrtle Gonzalez, American silent film actress regarded as Hollywood's first Latin and Hispanic movie star actress (Missy, The Chalice of Courage, Her Great Part), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1918)
• 1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian air pioneer and WW I flying ace (first flight Belgium to the Congo), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1929)

• 1892 Ruth Stonehouse, American silent film actress and director (Dorothy Dares), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1941)
• 1893 Felix of Bourbon-Parma and Prince consort of Luxemburg, born in Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria (d. 1970)
• 1895 Charles Petrie, British historian known for his study of royalism and Jacobitism (If: A Jacobite Fantasy), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1977)
• 1895 Dave Franklin, American composer (The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down), born in New York City (d. 1970)
• 1895 Wallace Harrison, American architect (Metropolitan Opera House, United Nations complex), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1981)
• 1895 Whitey Witt, American baseball player (NY Yankees, 1922-25), born in Orange, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
• 1897 Muchtar Auezov, Kazakh writer, born in Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russia (d. 1961)
• 1898 Carl Clauberg, German Nazi doctor (gynecologist, specializing in mass sterilization and other experiments on humans at Auschwitz concentration camp), born in Wupperhof, Germany (d. 1957)

• 1901 Kurt Otto Friedrichs, German-American mathematician, and educator (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences), born in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire (d. 1982)
• 1901 Lily Bouwmeester, Dutch actress and comedienne (Pygmalion), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1993)
• 1901 William S. Paley, American broadcast pioneer (President and CEO of CBS, 1928-90), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
• 1905 Bill Northam, Australian yachtsman (Olympic gold 5.5m class 1964; Sport Australia HOF), born in Torquay, England (d. 1988)

• 1907 Glen "Turk" Edwards, American College-Pro Football HOF tackle (Washington State Uni; NFL C'ship 1937; 3 × First-team All-Pro; NFL All-Star 1939; Washington Redskins) and coach (Washington Redskins 1946-48), born in Mold, Washington (d. 1973)
• 1907 Heikki Savolainen, Finnish pommel horse gymnast (Olympic medalist, 1928-52, including gold, 1948), and medical doctor, born in Joensuu, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
• 1907 Ida Turay, Hungarian actress (Deryne; Ida Regenye), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1997)
• 1908 Marin Goleminov, Bulgarian violinist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria (d. 2000)
• 1909 Al Capp [Alfred Gerald Caplin], American cartoonist (Li'l Abner), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1979)
• 1909 Stephen Spender, English poet (Oxford Poets), born in London, England (d. 1995)
• 1909 Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Doodzonde), born in Watergraafsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1979)
• 1910 Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines (1961-65), born in Lubao, Philippines (d. 1997)

• 1913 Edith Pargeter, English author (wrote as Ellis Peters), born in Horsehay, Shropshire (d. 1995)
• 1913 Vivian Fine, American composer (Women in the Garden), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
• 1913 Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator (Little Red Riding Hood: Imagery After a Tale by Perrault), born in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 2007)
• 1914 Harold Taylor, Canadian educator and college president (Sarah Lawrence College, defended academic freedom against McCarthyism), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1993)
• 1914 James Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, English Conservative peer who campaigned for reform of the ancient law on treasure trove, born in Datchet, Berkshire, England (d. 2002)
• 1914 Jim Boyd, American country and western swing musician (and his Men of the West - "Waxahachie Dishwasher Boy"), born near Ladonia, Texas (d. 1993)
• 1914 Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-born American singer, born in Zell am See, Salzburg, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2014)
• 1916 Arthur Cockfield 'The Father of the Single Market, British politician (European Commissioner), born in Horsham, England (d. 2007)

• 1917 Michael Somes, British dancer (Royal Ballet, 1938-70), born in Horsley, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1994)
• 1917 Václav Kašlík, Czech opera composer (Krakatit), conductor, and director, born in Poličná, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1989)
• 1918 Arnold Stang, American comedian and actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat), born in New York City (d. 2009)
• 1919 Lenn Hjortzberg, Swedish director ("Persona"; "Through a Glass Darkly"), born in Karlskrona, Sweden (d. 1975)
• 1919 Margaret Johnson, American jazz pianist known as "Countess" and "Queenie" (Andy Kirk's Clouds of Joy; Lester Young), born in Chanute, Kansas (d. 1939)

• 1922 Joseph "Joe" Silver, American actor (Lenny, Mr I Magination), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1989)
• 1922 Phyllis Friend, British nurse (Chief Nursing Officer DHSS) (d. 2013)
• 1923 Fred Robbins, American broadcaster (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1992)
• 1923 John Scott, Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish peer, then largest landowner in Scotland, 1st MP in a wheelchair (d. 2007)
• 1923 William Windom, American actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote), born in New York City (d. 2012)
• 1924 Antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, born in Paulo de Luanda, Portuguese West Africa (d. 1991)
• 1924 Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½, La Dolce Vita; Dark Eyes, The Pizza Triangle), born in Fontana Liri, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1996)
• 1925 Frank Latimore, American actor (Patton, Breakin Up), born in Darien, Connecticut (d. 1998)
• 1925 Seymour Cray, American inventor (Cray Research, Cray I supercomputer), born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (d. 1996)
• 1926 Jack Sheedy, Australian Football HOF rover (WA 22 games; East Fremantle, East Perth) and coach (WA 10 games; East Fremantle, East Perth), born in Fremantle, Australia (d. 2023)
• 1926 Jerry Clower, American country comedian (Nashville on Road), born in Liberty, Mississippi (d. 1998)
• 1927 Thomas J.J. Altizer, US Radical theologian (God is Dead), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
• 1928 "Tuli" Naphtali Kupferberg, American poet and singer (Fugs), born in New York City (d. 2010)
• 1928 Koko Taylor [Cora Walton], American blues singer known as the "Queen of the Blues", born in Millington, Tennessee (d. 2009)
• 1929 Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer, born in Indore, British India (d. 2022)
• 1929 Nigel Althaus, British government broker (d. 2007)
• 1929 Nikolay Ryzhkov, Soviet leader, Premier of USSR (1985-1991), born in Dzerzhynsk, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
• 1930 Doug Holden, English soccer winger (5 caps; Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End), born in Manchester, England (d. 2021)
• 1930 Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country music songwriter and singer, born in Maud, Texas (d. 2011)
• 1930 Lucien Mias, French rugby union lock (29 Tests; RC Narbonne, SC Mazamet), born in Saint-Germain-de-Cal, France (d. 2024)
• 1930 Tommy Collins [Leonard Sipes], American country singer-songwriter ("Don't Growl"), born in Bethany, Oklahoma (d. 2000)
• 1930 Ugo Gregoretti, Italian director and actor (Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2019)
• 1931 John Gilmore, American tenor saxophonist (worked with Sun Ra), born in Summit, Mississippi (d. 1995)
• 1932 Michael G. Coney, English-Canadian sci-fi author (Cat Karina), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2005)
• 1932 Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and political activist, born in Chillán Viejo, Chile (d. 1973)
• 1933 Madeleine Kunin, Swiss-born American diplomat and politician (1st Jewish Governor of Vermont 1985-91), born in Zürich, Switzerland
• 1933 Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor, born in Villanueva de Algaidas, Málaga (d. 2006)
• 1933 Robert Hogan, American actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat), born in New York City (d. 2021)

• 1934 Janet Munro [Horsburgh], British actress (The Crawling Eye; Swiss Family Robinson), born in Blackpool, England (d. 1972)
• 1934 Walter Blum, American HOF jockey who won 4,382 races and was the US Champion Jockey by wins in 1963-64, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2024)

• 1935 Heather Sears, English actress (Room at the Top), born in London, England (d. 1994)
• 1936 Nabil Maleh, Syrian film director and writer, born in Damascus, Syria (d. 2016)
• 1936 Robert Wolders, Dutch actor (Erik Hunter-Laredo), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2018)
• 1936 Sherwood Boehlert, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1983-2007), born in Utica, New York (d. 2021)
• 1937 Bob Schul, American athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m 1964), born in West Milton, Ohio (d. 2024)
• 1937 Colin Berry, British pathologist
• 1937 Edward Applebaum, American jazz pianist and contemporary classical music composer (The Princess In The Garden), born In Los Angeles, California (d. 2020)
• 1937 Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
• 1938 Ben E. King [Nelson], American soul singer-songwriter ("Stand by Me"), born in Henderson, North Carolina (d. 2015)
• 1938 Peter Grosser, German soccer midfielder (2 caps; Bayern Munich, 1860 Munich, Austria Salzburg), born in Munich, Germany (d. 2021)
• 1939 Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-born British actor (Love Thy Neighbour), born in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago
• 1939 Stuart Kauffman, American theoretical biologist (Origins of Order)
• 1940 Alekandr Ivanchenkov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 29/31, T-6), born in Ivanteyevka, Soviet Union
• 1940 George Greenstein, American baker (Secret of a Jewish Baker) (d. 2012)
• 1940 Marcel Puget, French rugby union halfback and captain (17 Tests; CA Brive, Stade Toulousain, Stade Rodez Aveyron), born in Limoux, France (d. 2021)
• 1941 Charley Taylor, American Pro Football HOF wide receiver and running back (8 × Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1967; Washington Redskins), born in Grand Prairie, Texas (d. 2022)
• 1941 Edmund Stoiber, German politician
• 1942 (Sebastião) "Tim" Maia, Brazilian rock, soul, sambalanço, and funk singer-songwriter, and musician, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1998)
• 1942 Grant Jackson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1969; World Series 1979; Philadelphia Phillies; Baltimore Orioles; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Fostoria, Ohio (d. 2021)
• 1942 Marshall Bell, American actor (Nightmare on Elm Street 2), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1942 Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
• 1943 Bobby Hope, Scottish soccer midfielder (7 caps; West Bromwich Albion 336 games, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday), born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland (d. 2022)
• 1943 Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic bronze 1960)
• 1943 J. T. Walsh, American actor (Good Morning, Vietnam, Pleasantville), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1998)
• 1943 Joel Higgins, American actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons), born in Bloomington, Illinois
• 1943 Mike Kreidler, American physician and politician (Rep-D-Washington 1993-95), born in Tacoma, Washington
• 1943 Nick St Nicholas [Klaus Kassbaum], German-Canadian rock bassist and songwriter (Steppenwolf, 1968-70 - "The Pusher"), born in Plön, Germany
• 1943 Susanne Jagd, Danish actress (Between the Sheets, Tinderbox)
• 1944 Matthew Cowles, American soap actor (Eban Japes-Loving, Billy-All My Children), born in New York, (d. 2014)
• 1945 Conny Van Dyke, American actress (Framed, Hell's Angels '69), born in Nassawadox, Virginia
• 1945 Marielle Goitschel, French alpine skier (Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Sainte-Maxime, France
• 1945 Seppo Linnainmaa, Finnish mathematician and computer scientist (error backpropagation), born in Pori, Finland
• 1946 Helen Shapiro, British pop and jazz vocalist ("You Don't Know"), born in Bethnal Green, London
• 1946 Herbert Jefferson Jr, American actor (Battlestar Galactica), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
• 1946 Jeffrey Jones, American actor (Deadwood; Beetlejuice; Ferris Bueller's Day Off), born in Buffalo, New York
• 1946 Majid Khan, Pakistani cricketer (great Pakistani batsman 1964-82), born in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India
• 1946 Peter Egan, English actor (Bean, Chariots of Fire), born in London, England
• 1947 Bob Carr, Australian politician
• 1947 Gillian Rose, English philosopher and writer, born in Coventry, England (d. 1995)
• 1947 Harold Dow, American news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours), born in Hackensack, New York
• 1947 Jon Snow, British TV journalist (Channel 4)
• 1947 Peter Hope-Evans, British blues-rock singer and harmonica player (Medicine Head; Pete Townsend), born in Brecon, Powys, Wales

• 1947 Volodymyr Troshkin, Ukrainian soccer defender (31 caps, USSR; Dynamo Kiev 205 games), born in Yenakiieve, Ukraine (d. 2020)
• 1948 Steven Gerber, American classical composer (Music in Dark Times), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2015)
• 1950 Brian Keenan, Irish author (An Evil Cradling), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• 1950 John Sayles, American director, screenwriter (The Brother from Another Planet; Eight Men Out; Matewan; The Secret of Roan Inish), actor, and novelist, born in Schenectady, New York
• 1950 Laurie Lewis, American folk musician, born in Long Beach, California
• 1950 Paul Burgess, British drummer (10cc - I'm Not In Love"), born in Manchester, England
• 1951 Christian Marlowe, American actor (Bram-Highcliffe Manor), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1951 Silvia Dionisio, Italian actress (Riavanti Marsh!, Amici Miei), born in Rome, Italy
• 1951 Wei Chen, Canadian journalist (Canada AM), born in Taiwan
• 1952 David Salle, American postmodern painter and visual artist, born in Norman, Oklahoma
• 1952 Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress (Emmanuelle, Priv School for Girls), (d. 2012)
• 1953 Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (I Should Have Known Better), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2015)

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