Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 28

Births

 * 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

 * 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)