September 28

Pre-1600

 * 48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
 * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.
 * 351 – Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
 * 365 – Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor.
 * 935 – Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.
 * 995 – Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival Slavník dynasty.
 * 1066 – William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.
 * 1106 – King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray.
 * 1238 – King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia.
 * 1322 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
 * 1538 – Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
 * 1542 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California.

1601–1900

 * 1779 – American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
 * 1781 – American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
 * 1787 – The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
 * 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.
 * 1844 – Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
 * 1867 – Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
 * 1868 – The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
 * 1871 – The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
 * 1889 – The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a metre.
 * 1892 – The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.

1901–present

 * 1901 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
 * 1912 – The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
 * 1912  – Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
 * 1918 – World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
 * 1919 – Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
 * 1924 – The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
 * 1928 – Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
 * 1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
 * 1939  – World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
 * 1941 – World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
 * 1941  – Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
 * 1944 – World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
 * 1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
 * 1961 – A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
 * 1970 – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
 * 1973 – The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.
 * 1975 – The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
 * 1986 – The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
 * 1992 – A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.
 * 1994 – The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
 * 1995 – Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
 * 1995  – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
 * 2000 – Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
 * 2008 – Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission.
 * 2008  – The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win.
 * 2009 – The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.
 * 2012 – Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.
 * 2012  – Sita Air Flight 601 crashes in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, killing all 19 passengers and crew.
 * 2014 – The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.
 * 2016 – The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.
 * 2018 – The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
 * 2023 – The 2023 Rotterdam shootings occurred, during which two people were killed in a shooting and arson incident at a residence in Delfshaven, Rotterdam. Additionally, one person lost their life in a classroom at the Erasmus University Medical Center.

Pre-1600

 * 551 BC – Confucius, Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. (d. 479 BC)
 * 616 – Javanshir, King of Caucasian Albania (d. 680)
 * 1494 – Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1545)
 * 1555 – Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France (d. 1623)
 * 1573 – Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss physician (d. 1654)

1601–1900

 * 1605 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1694)
 * 1681 – Johann Mattheson, German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (d. 1764)
 * 1705 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1774)
 * 1705  – Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1772)
 * 1735 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1811)
 * 1746 – William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar (d. 1794)
 * 1765 – Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1814)
 * 1803 – Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author (d. 1870)
 * 1809 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (d. 1899)
 * 1819 – Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher (d. 1885)
 * 1821 – Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (d. 1874)
 * 1823 – Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator (d. 1889)
 * 1824 – Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic (d. 1897)
 * 1836 – Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (d. 1910)
 * 1841 – Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician, 85th Prime Minister of France (d. 1929)
 * 1844 – Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
 * 1852 – Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
 * 1852  – Isis Pogson, British astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1945)
 * 1852  – John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, British Army officer (d. 1925)
 * 1856 – Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (d. 1923)
 * 1860 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist (d. 1934)
 * 1861 – Amélie of Orléans, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1951)
 * 1867 – Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
 * 1867  – James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (d. 1896)
 * 1870 – Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic (d. 1958)
 * 1877 – Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (d. 1940)
 * 1878 – Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1962)
 * 1881 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
 * 1882 – Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1963)
 * 1885 – Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee (d. 1974)
 * 1887 – Avery Brundage, American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1975)
 * 1889 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (d. 1973)
 * 1890 – Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian electrical engineer (d. 1982)
 * 1892 – Elmer Rice, American playwright (d. 1967)
 * 1893 – Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician (d. 1973)
 * 1893  – Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright (d. 1984)
 * 1898 – Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (d. 1957)
 * 1900 – Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII (d. 1951)

1901–present

 * 1901 – William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (d. 1990)
 * 1901  – Ed Sullivan, American television host (d. 1974)
 * 1903 – Haywood S. Hansell, American general (d. 1988)
 * 1905 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
 * 1907 – Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician (d. 1997)
 * 1907  – Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)
 * 1909 – Al Capp, American author and illustrator (d. 1979)
 * 1910 – Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino lawyer and politician, 9th President of the Philippines (d. 1997)
 * 1910  – Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1942)
 * 1913 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (d. 2007)
 * 1913  – Alice Marble, American tennis player (d. 1990)
 * 1914 – Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American refugee and singer (d. 2014)
 * 1915 – Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
 * 1916 – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (d. 1977)
 * 1916  – Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2008)
 * 1917 – Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (d. 2005)
 * 1918 – Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
 * 1918  – Arnold Stang, American actor (d. 2009)
 * 1919 – Doris Singleton, American actress (d. 2012)
 * 1922 – Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (d. 2014)
 * 1922  – Larry Munson, American sportscaster (d. 2011)
 * 1922  – Jules Sedney, Prime Minister of Suriname (d. 2020)
 * 1923 – Tuli Kupferberg, American singer, poet, and writer (d. 2010)
 * 1923  – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire (d. 2007)
 * 1923  – William Windom, American actor (d. 2012)
 * 1924 – Rudolf Barshai, Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (d. 2010)
 * 1924  – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1996)
 * 1925 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (d. 1996)
 * 1925  – Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
 * 1925  – Martin David Kruskal, American physicist and mathematician (d. 2006)
 * 1926 – Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (d. 1998)
 * 1928 – Koko Taylor, American singer (d. 2009)
 * 1929 – Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (d. 2022)
 * 1930 – Tommy Collins, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
 * 1930  – Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist, author, and academic (d. 2019)
 * 1932 – Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish screenwriter and producer
 * 1932  – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 1973)
 * 1933 – Joe Benton, English soldier and politician
 * 1933  – Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor and educator (d. 2006)
 * 1933  – Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter  (d. 2011)
 * 1934 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress
 * 1935 – Bruce Crampton, Australian golfer
 * 1935  – David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, English diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations
 * 1935  – Ronald Lacey, English actor (d. 1991)
 * 1936 – Emmett Chapman, American guitarist, invented the Chapman Stick (d. 2021)
 * 1936  – Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (d. 2019)
 * 1936  – Robert Wolders, Dutch television actor (d. 2018)
 * 1937 – Alice Mahon, English trade union leader and politician (d. 2022)
 * 1937  – Glenn Sutton,  American country music songwriter and record producer (d. 2007)
 * 1938 – Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
 * 1939 – Stuart Kauffman, American biologist and academic
 * 1941 – David Lewis, American philosopher and academic (d. 2001)
 * 1941  – Edmund Stoiber, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Bavaria
 * 1941  – Charley Taylor, American football player (d. 2022)
 * 1942 – Pierre Clémenti, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
 * 1942  – Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
 * 1943 – Warren Lieberfarb, American businessman
 * 1943  – George W. S. Trow, American novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 2006)
 * 1943  – Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player
 * 1944 – Richie Karl, American golfer
 * 1944  – Marcia Muller, American journalist and author
 * 1945 – Marielle Goitschel, French skier
 * 1945  – Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2011)
 * 1945  – Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
 * 1946 – Tom Bower, English journalist and author
 * 1946  – Jeffrey Jones, American actor
 * 1946  – Majid Khan, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
 * 1947 – Bob Carr, Australian journalist and politician, 37th Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * 1947  – Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
 * 1947  – Jon Snow, English journalist and academic
 * 1947  – Rhonda Hughes, American mathematician and academic
 * 1949 – Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1949  – Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
 * 1950 – Paul Burgess, English drummer
 * 1950  – Christina Hoff Sommers, American author and philosopher
 * 1950  – John Sayles, American novelist, director, and screenwriter
 * 1951 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2015)
 * 1952 – Christopher Buckley, American satirical novelist
 * 1952  – Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou, Greek basketball player and coach
 * 1952  – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (d. 2012)
 * 1952  – Andy Ward, English drummer
 * 1953 – Otmar Hasler, Liechtensteiner educator and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
 * 1954 – Steve Largent, American football player and politician
 * 1954  – George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter
 * 1954  – John Scott, English rugby player
 * 1954  – Margot Wallström, Swedish politician and diplomat, 42nd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs
 * 1955 – Stéphane Dion, Canadian sociologist and politician, 15th Canadian Minister of the Environment
 * 1955  – Mercy Manci, Xhosa sangoma and HIV activist from South Africa
 * 1955  – Kenny Kirkland, American pianist (d. 1998)
 * 1957 – Bill Cassidy, American politician and physician
 * 1959 – Laura Bruce, American artist
 * 1959  – Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
 * 1960 – Gary Ayres, Australian footballer and coach
 * 1960  – Tom Byrum, American golfer
 * 1960  – Frank Hammerschlag, German footballer and manager
 * 1960  – Gus Logie, Trinidadian cricketer
 * 1960  – Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, English politician
 * 1960  – Jennifer Rush, American singer-songwriter
 * 1960  – Socrates Villegas, Filipino archbishop
 * 1961 – Helen Grant, English lawyer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
 * 1961  – Gregory Jbara, American actor and singer
 * 1961  – Quentin Kawānanakoa, American lawyer and politician
 * 1961  – Anne White, American tennis player
 * 1962 – Grant Fuhr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1962  – Laurie Rinker, American golfer
 * 1962  – Dietmar Schacht, German footballer and manager
 * 1962  – Chuck Taylor, American journalist
 * 1963 – Steve Blackman, American wrestler and martial artist
 * 1963  – Érik Comas, French race car driver
 * 1963  – Johnny Dawkins, American basketball player and coach
 * 1963  – Greg Weisman, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1964 – Claudio Borghi, Argentinian footballer and manager
 * 1964  – Gregor Fisken, Scottish race car driver
 * 1964  – Janeane Garofalo, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
 * 1964  – Paul Jewell, English footballer and manager
 * 1964  – Mārtiņš Roze, Latvian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
 * 1965 – B.G., the Prince of Rap, American rapper (d. 2023)
 * 1966 – Scott Adams, American football player (d. 2013)
 * 1966  – Maria Canals-Barrera, Cuban-American actress
 * 1966  – Puri Jagannadh, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1967 – Mira Sorvino, American actress
 * 1967  – Moon Zappa, American actress and author
 * 1968 – Francois Botha, South African boxer and mixed martial artist
 * 1968  – Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
 * 1968  – Trish Keenan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
 * 1968  – Sean Levert, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2008)
 * 1968  – Rob Moroso, American race car driver (d. 1990)
 * 1968  – Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer
 * 1969 – Kerri Chandler, electronic music producer and DJ
 * 1969  – Marcel Dost, Dutch decathlete
 * 1969  – Ben Greenman, American journalist and author
 * 1969  – Piper Kerman, American author and memoirist
 * 1969  – Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
 * 1969  – Sascha Maassen, German race car driver
 * 1969  – Angus Robertson, Scottish politician
 * 1969  – Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
 * 1970 – Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player
 * 1970  – Mike DeJean, American baseball player
 * 1970  – Gualter Salles, Brazilian race car driver
 * 1971 – Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1971  – George Eustice, English lawyer and politician
 * 1971  – Braam van Straaten, South African rugby player
 * 1971  – Alan Wright, English footballer and manager
 * 1972 – Dita Von Teese, American model and dancer
 * 1973 – Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
 * 1974 – Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer and manager
 * 1974  – Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
 * 1974  – Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer and coach
 * 1974  – Shane Webcke, Australian rugby league player and coach
 * 1975 – Stuart Clark, Australian cricketer and manager
 * 1975  – Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (d. 2013)
 * 1975  – Lenny Krayzelburg, Russian-American swimmer
 * 1976 – Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and politician
 * 1976  – Bonzi Wells, American basketball player
 * 1977  – Pak Se-ri, South Korean golfer
 * 1977  – Young Jeezy, American rapper
 * 1978 – Peter Cambor, American actor
 * 1978  – Ben Edmondson, Australian cricketer
 * 1979 – Bam Margera, American skateboarder, actor, and stuntman
 * 1979  – Taki Tsan, American-Greek rapper and producer
 * 1980 – Marlon Parmer, American basketball player
 * 1981 – Greg Anderson, American pianist and composer
 * 1981  – Willy Caballero, Argentine footballer
 * 1981  – José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
 * 1981  – Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1981  – Jerrika Hinton, American actress
 * 1981  – Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian bass player
 * 1982 – Aleksandr Anyukov, Russian footballer
 * 1982  – Abhinav Bindra, Indian target shooter
 * 1982  – Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2018)
 * 1982  – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor and director
 * 1982  – Nolwenn Leroy, French singer-songwriter and actress
 * 1982  – Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
 * 1982  – Dustin Penner, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1982  – Aivar Rehemaa, Estonian skier
 * 1982  – Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
 * 1982  – St. Vincent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1983 – Stefan Moore, English footballer
 * 1983  – John Schwalger, New Zealand rugby player
 * 1984 – Jenny Omnichord, Canadian singer-songwriter
 * 1984  – Luke Pomersbach, Australian cricketer
 * 1984  – Naim Terbunja, Kosovan-Swedish boxer
 * 1984  – Melody Thornton, American singer-songwriter and dancer
 * 1984  – Mathieu Valbuena, French footballer
 * 1984  – Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
 * 1985 – Shindong, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
 * 1985  – Alina Ibragimova, Russian-English violinist
 * 1986 – Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
 * 1986  – Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (d. 2013)
 * 1986  – Daniel Platzman, American musician
 * 1986  – Dominic Waters,  American basketball player
 * 1987 – Pierre Becken, German footballer
 * 1987  – Gary Deegan, Irish footballer
 * 1987  – Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter and actress
 * 1987  – Chloë Hanslip, English violinist
 * 1987  – Viktoria Leks, Estonian high jumper
 * 1988 – Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player
 * 1988  – Esmée Denters, Dutch singer-songwriter
 * 1988  – Jason Jordan, American wrestler
 * 1988  – Olivia Jordan, American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder
 * 1988  – Hana Mae Lee, American actress, model, and fashion designer
 * 1988  – Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
 * 1988  – Worakls, French DJ and electronic musician
 * 1989 – Çağla Büyükakçay, Turkish tennis player
 * 1989  – Darius Johnson-Odom, American basketball player
 * 1989  – Mark Randall, English footballer
 * 1990 – Phoenix Battye, Australian rugby player
 * 1991 – Eddie Rosario, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * 1992 – Khem Birch, Canadian basketball player
 * 1992  – Keir Gilchrist, Canadian actor and musician
 * 1992  – Alex Landi, American actor
 * 1992  – Paula Ormaechea, Argentine tennis player
 * 1992  – Adam Thompson, English-Northern Irish footballer
 * 1992  – Kōko Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
 * 1993 – Jodie Williams, English sprinter
 * 1995 – Juancho Hernangómez, Spanish basketball player
 * 1995  – Caleb Martin, American basketball player
 * 1995  – Cody Martin, American basketball player
 * 1995  – Jason Williams, English footballer
 * 1996 – Aiden Moffat, British race car driver
 * 1998 – Panna Udvardy, Hungarian tennis player
 * 1999 – Kayla Day, American tennis player
 * 2000 – Frankie Jonas, American actor, singer, and songwriter

Pre-1600

 * 48 BC – Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)
 * 135 – Rabbi Akiva, Jewish sage, martyr. (b. c. 50)
 * 782 – Leoba, Anglo-Saxon nun (b. c. 710)
 * 935 – Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia (b. c. 907)
 * 980 – Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (b. 918)
 * 1197 – Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
 * 1213 – Gertrude of Merania, queen consort of Hungaria (b. 1185)
 * 1330 – Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (b. 1292)
 * 1429 – Cymburgis of Masovia, duchess consort of Austria (b. 1394)
 * 1582 – George Buchanan, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1506)
 * 1596 – Margaret Clifford, countess of Derby (b. 1540)

1601–1900

 * 1618 – Josuah Sylvester, English poet and translator (b. 1563)
 * 1687 – Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
 * 1694 – Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
 * 1702 – Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)
 * 1742 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
 * 1805 – Christoph Franz von Buseck, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (b. 1724)
 * 1829 – Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
 * 1844 – Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
 * 1859 – Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
 * 1873 – Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
 * 1891 – Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
 * 1893 – Annie Feray Mutrie, British painter (b. 1826)
 * 1895 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
 * 1899 – Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)

1901–present

 * 1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (b. 1850)
 * 1914 – Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
 * 1915 – Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
 * 1918 – Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
 * 1918  – Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
 * 1920 – Yu Gwansun, Korean Independence Activist (b. 1902)
 * 1925 – Paul Vermoyal, French actor (b. 1888)
 * 1935 – William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)
 * 1938 – Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (b. 1861)
 * 1941 – Marion Miley, American golfer, ranked No. 1 in the United States (b. 1914)
 * 1943 – Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (b. 1913)
 * 1943  – Filippo Illuminato, Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (b. 1930)
 * 1949 – Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881)
 * 1953 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (b. 1889)
 * 1956 – William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (b. 1881)
 * 1957 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (b. 1888)
 * 1959 – Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
 * 1962 – Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (b. 1925)
 * 1964 – Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1888)
 * 1966 – André Breton, French author and poet (b. 1896)
 * 1970 – John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (b. 1896)
 * 1970  – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (b. 1918)
 * 1978 – Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
 * 1979 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (b. 1921)
 * 1981 – Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan journalist and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
 * 1982 – Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
 * 1984 – Cihad Baban, Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1911)
 * 1989 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (b. 1917)
 * 1990 – Larry O'Brien, American businessman and politician, 57th United States Postmaster General (b. 1917)
 * 1991 – Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1926)
 * 1993 – Peter De Vries, American editor and novelist (b. 1910)
 * 1993  – Alexander A. Drabik, American sergeant (b. 1910)
 * 1994 – Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (b. 1953)
 * 1994  – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Guerrero (b. 1946)
 * 1994  – Harry Saltzman, Canadian production manager and producer (b. 1915)
 * 1994  – K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (b. 1917)
 * 1999 – Escott Reid, Canadian academic and diplomat (b. 1905)
 * 2000 – Pierre Trudeau, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
 * 2002 – Patsy Mink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
 * 2002  – Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (b. 1907)
 * 2003 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (b. 1927)
 * 2003  – Elia Kazan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * 2003  – George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (b. 1934)
 * 2004 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924)
 * 2005 – Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
 * 2007 – René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)
 * 2007  – Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)
 * 2009 – Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (b. 1936)
 * 2009  – Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor and director (b. 1956)
 * 2010 – Kurt Albert, German mountaineer and photographer (b. 1954)
 * 2010  – Arthur Penn, American director and producer (b. 1922)
 * 2010  – Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (b. 1928)
 * 2012 – Avraham Adan, Israeli general (b. 1926)
 * 2012  – Chris Economaki, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
 * 2012  – Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (b. 1928)
 * 2013 – James Emanuel, American-French poet and scholar (b. 1921)
 * 2013  – Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricketer and rugby player (b. 1932)
 * 2013  – George Amon Webster, American singer and pianist  (b. 1945)
 * 2014 – Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (b. 1923)
 * 2014  – Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (b. 1938)
 * 2014  – Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (b. 1928)
 * 2014  – Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (b. 1932)
 * 2014  – Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1938)
 * 2015 – Alexander Faris, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1921)
 * 2015  – Walter Dale Miller, American rancher and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1925)
 * 2015  – Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (b. 1939)
 * 2016 – Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (b. 1922)
 * 2016  – Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (b. 1966)
 * 2016  – Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli statesman and politician, 9th President of Israel (b. 1923)
 * 2016  – Gloria Naylor, American novelist (b. 1950)
 * 2017 – Daniel Pe'er, Israeli television host and newsreader (b. 1943)
 * 2018 – Predrag Ejdus, Serbian actor (b. 1947)
 * 2019 – José José, Mexican musician and singer (b. 1948)
 * 2022 – Coolio, American rapper (b. 1963)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Aaron of Auxerre
 * Annemund
 * Chariton the Confessor
 * Conval
 * Eustochium
 * Exuperius
 * Faustus of Riez
 * John of Dukla
 * Leoba
 * Lorenzo Ruiz
 * Paternus of Auch
 * Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton and Margery Kempe (Episcopal Church (USA))
 * Simón de Rojas
 * Wenceslas
 * September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
 * Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic)
 * Freedom from Hunger Day
 * International Day for Universal Access to Information
 * National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (Philippines)
 * Teachers' Day (Taiwan and Chinese-Filipino schools in the Philippines), ceremonies dedicated to Confucius are also observed.
 * World Rabies Day (International)