Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 28 December

13 of the people we track were born on 28 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

  1. Woodrow Wilson 1856American politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 67
  2. Linus Torvalds 1969Finnish engineerliving, 56
  3. John von Neumann 1903Hungarian mathematician and physicistdied aged 53
  4. Liu Xiaobo 1955Chinese literary critic and writerdied aged 61
  5. Denzel Washington 1954American actorliving, 71
  6. Stan Lee 1922American comics writer and editordied aged 95
  7. Maggie Smith 1934British actordied aged 89
  8. Arthur Eddington 1882British astrophysicistdied aged 61
  9. Sienna Miller 1981British actorliving, 44
  10. Kary Mullis 1944American biochemistdied aged 74
  11. Milton Obote 1925Ugandan politician who served as President of Ugandadied aged 79
  12. Salvador Sobral 1989Portuguese singerliving, 36
  13. Kaliopi 1966Macedonian singer and songwriterliving, 59