Showing posts with label Quote of the day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quote of the day. Show all posts

Tuesday

To Be Honest


An honest politician is like the earth; both are flattened at the poles. is my saying for today (November 2nd)!

Quote of the day: "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." by Will Rogers

Word of the day: napiform - adjective: shaped like a turnip

November 2nd is the 306th day of the year (307th in a leap year) and there are 58 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

If you would like your birthday or a family member, Or even a friends birthday included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, Nickname, occupation and date of birth!

  • My Niche of the Day is Super Bowl Questions and Answers!



  • Does the Government Owe You Money?

    The following is a short and cute love quote..."To be honest, you're the only one that I've spent so much time and effort on!"

    To be honest youre the only one that I have ever spent so much time and effort on,BrianMc, quote
    To Be Honest

    Wednesday

    He was a colorful fighter - black and blue all over.



    He was a colorful fighter - black and blue all over. is my saying for today (October 27th)!

    Quote of the day: "Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells" by Elizabeth Taylor

    Word of the day: battology - noun: wearisome repetition of words in writing or speaking

    October 27th is the 300th day of the year (301th in a leap year) and there are 64 days left until the end of the year.

    If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

    If you would like your birthday or a family member, Or even a friends birthday included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, Nickname, occupation and date of birth!

  • My Niche of the Day is Chinese Zodiac Signs!


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    What survey sites let 13 year olds sign up?


    More success quotes
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    Monday

    Money is called "cold cash" because it is never in your pocket long enough to get warm.



    Money is called "cold cash" because it is never in your pocket long enough to get warm. is my saying for today (September 13th)!

    Quote of the day: "Go to bed. What you're staying up for isn't worth it." by Andy Rooney

    Word of the day: farrago - noun: mixture; jumbled; hodge-podge

    September 13th Worldwide holidays and observances:
  • Child Heroes Day (Mexico)

    September 13th is the 256th day of the year (257th in a leap year) and there are 109 days left until the end of the year.

    If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

    If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends birthday included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, nickname, occupation and date of birth!
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  • Friday

    Eat like a horse and you'll look like one, too.



    Tribal Unicorn image
    Tribal Unicorn

    via Sakashima.Deviantart.com

    Eat like a horse and you'll look like one, too. is my saying for today (September 10th)!

    Quote of the day: "A national debt, if it's not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." by Alexander Hamilton

    Word of the day: mesodont - adjective: having medium-sized teeth

    September 10th is the 253rd day of the year (254th in a leap year) and there are 112 days left until the end of the year.

    September 10th Worldwide holidays and observances:
  • World Suicide Prevention Day
  • National Day (Gibraltar)
  • Teachers' Day (P.R. China)

    If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

    If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends birthday included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, nickname, occupation and date of birth!

  • Wednesday

    Money used to talk, Now it whispers.



    Money used to talk, Now it whispers. is my saying for today (September 8th)!

    Quote of the day: "Hospital are weird. They put you in a private room and then give you a public gown" by Milton Berle

    Word of the day: persiflage - noun: light talk, banter

    September 8th is the 251st day of the year (252nd in a leap year) and there are 114 days left until the end of the year.

    September 8th Worldwide holidays and observances:
  • Independence Day (Rep. of Macedonia)
  • Victory Day (Malta)
  • International Literacy Day
  • Rosh Hashanah (Judaism, begins at sunset)

    If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

    If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends birthday included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, nickname, occupation and date of birth!
    Living To Be 110
  • If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn't.



    If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn't. is my saying for today (September 1st)!

    Quote of the day: "A cynic is just a man who found out when he was about ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset." by James Gould Cozzens

    Word of the day: kakapo - noun: a large, nocturnal parrot of New Zealand

    September 1st is the 244th day of the year (245th in a leap year) and there are 121 days left until the end of the year.

    If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

    September 1st Worldwide holidays and observances:
  • Constitution Day (Slovakia)
  • Independence Day (Uzbekistan)


    If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, nickname, occupation and date of birth!

    Famous People who born on September 1st

  • 1286, Queen of Poland, Elisabeth Richeza of Poland (d. 1335)
  • 1453, Spanish general, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (d. 1515)
  • 1566, English actor, Edward Alleyn (d. 1626)
  • 1588, Prince of Condé, French nobleman, Henry II (d. 1646)
  • 1651, Tsaritsa of Russia, Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina (d. 1694)
  • 1653, German composer, Johann Pachelbel (d. 1706)
  • 1689, Czech Baroque architect, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (d. 1751)
  • 1711, Prince of Orange, William IV (d. 1759)
  • 1795, American newspaper publisher, James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (d. 1872)
  • 1818, First President of Costa Rica and founder of the republic, José María Castro Madriz (d. 1892)
  • 1848, Swiss entomologist, Auguste-Henri Forel (d. 1931)
  • 1854, German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck (d. 1921)
  • 1855, Russian poet, Innokenty Annensky (d. 1909)
  • 1856, Russian scientist, Sergei Winogradsky (d. 1953)
  • 1866, American heavyweight boxer, James J. Corbett (d. 1933)
  • 1868, French Canadian politician and publisher, Henri Bourassa (d. 1952)
  • 1871, American Undersecretary of State, J. Reuben Clark, Jr. (d. 1961)
  • 1875, American writer, Edgar Rice Burroughs (d. 1950)
  • 1876, English political activist, Harriet Shaw Weaver (d. 1961)
  • 1877, Nobel laureate, Francis William Aston (d. 1945)
  • 1878, Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
  • 1878, British Army officer and military theorist, J.F.C. Fuller (d. 1966)
  • 1883, French Canadian hockey player, Didier Pitre (d. 1934)
  • 1884, Swedish actor and film director, Sigurd Wallén (d. 1947)
  • 1886, Swiss composer and conductor, Othmar Schoeck (d. 1957)
  • 1887, Swiss writer, Blaise Cendrars (d. 1961)
  • 1888, Croatian physician, Andrija Štampar (d. 1958)
  • 1892, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, Leverett Saltonstall (d. 1979)
  • 1895, Indian musician, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar (d. 1974)
  • 1895, German helicopter pioneer, Engelbert Zaschka (d. 1955)
  • 1896, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, The Hare Krishna Movement, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (d. 1977)
  • 1897, Irish footballer, Andy Kennedy (d. 1963)
  • 1899, American actor, Richard Arlen (d. 1976)
  • 1904, American actor, Johnny Mack Brown (d. 1974)
  • 1905, Puerto Rican dancer, Elvera Sanchez (d. 2000)
  • 1906, President of the Dominican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer (d. 2002)
  • 1906, German composer, Franz Biebl (d. 2001)
  • 1906, English writer, Eleanor Burford Hibertt (Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr...) (d. 1993)
  • 1907, American labor union leader, Walter Reuther (d. 1970)
  • 1907, American actress, Miriam Seegar
  • 1908, Pakistani cricketer, Amir Elahi (d. 1980)
  • 1909, Canadian diplomat, E. Herbert Norman (d. 1957)
  • 1913, Austrian painter and graphic artist, Ludwig Merwart (d. 1979)
  • 1913, American director and film editor, Christian Nyby (d. 1993)
  • 1916, American tennis player, Dorothy Cheney
  • 1919, South African cricketer, Ossie Dawson (d. 2008)
  • 1920, American feminist writer, Liz Carpenter (d. 2010)
  • 1920, American actor, Richard Farnsworth (d. 2000)
  • 1921, Dutch writer, Willem Frederik Hermans (d. 1995)
  • 1921, Indian cricketer, Madhav Mantri
  • 1922, Canadian-born actress, Yvonne De Carlo (d. 2007)
  • 1922, Italian actor, Vittorio Gassman (d. 2000)
  • 1923, American boxer, Rocky Marciano (d. 1969)
  • 1923, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman, Kenneth Thomson (d. 2006)
  • 1925, American musician, Art Pepper (d. 1982)
  • 1926, President of Bangladesh, Abdur Rahman Biswas
  • 1926, American comic book artist, Gene Colan
  • 1927, American author and screenwriter, Wyatt Cooper (d. 1978)
  • 1928, Canadian politician, Clifford Lincoln
  • 1928, American actor, George Maharis
  • 1929, American actress, Anne Ramsey (d. 1988)
  • 1931, American country musician, Boxcar Willie (d. 1999)
  • 1931, British politician, Cecil Parkinson
  • 1932, Nauruan politician, Derog Gioura
  • 1932, American socialite, Sunny von Buelow (d. 2008)
  • 1933, 45th Governor of Texas, Ann Richards (d. 2006)
  • 1933, American singer, Conway Twitty (d. 1993)
  • 1935, Japanese conductor, Seiji Ozawa
  • 1937, American golfer, Al Geiberger
  • 1937, American actor, Film director and screenwriter, Ron O'Neal (d. 2004)
  • 1938, Danish artist, Per Kirkeby
  • 1939, American actress and comedian, Lily Tomlin
  • 1941, Australian rugby league footballer, Graeme Langlands
  • 1942, American writer, C. J. Cherryh
  • 1943, American actor, Don Stroud
  • 1944, American conductor, Leonard Slatkin
  • 1945, Turkish writer, Mustafa Balel
  • 1946, American drummer, Greg Errico
  • 1946, English singer, Barry Gibb
  • 1946, President of South Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun (d. 2009)
  • 1947, American politician, Al Green
  • 1948, Polish archbishop and philosopher, Józef Zycinski
  • 1949, Indian politician, P.A. Sangma
  • 1950, American football coach, Phillip Fulmer
  • 1950, American talk show host, Dr. Phil McGraw
  • 1951, Romanian politician, Nicu Ceausescu (d. 1996)
  • 1951, England cricketer, David Bairstow (d. 1998)
  • 1952, American radio personality, Phil Hendrie
  • 1953, American voice actor, Beau Billingslea
  • 1953, American professional wrestler, Ted Petty (d. 2002)
  • 1954, Canadian hockey player, Dave Lumley
  • 1955, American martial artist, Billy Blanks
  • 1955, English bassist, Bruce Foxton
  • 1956, American basketball player, Vinnie Johnson
  • 1956, American voice artist, Philece Sampler
  • 1956, American broadcaster and editor, Bernie Wagenblast
  • 1957, Cuban/American singer, Gloria Estefan
  • 1957, Montenegrin basketball coach, Duško Ivanovic
  • 1958, Finnish singer, Armi Aavikko (d. 2002)
  • 1959, American sports journalist, Kenny Mayne
  • 1960, American singer and film score composer, Joseph Williams
  • 1961, American professional wrestler, Bam Bam Bigelow (d. 2007)
  • 1962, Dutch footballer, Ruud Gullit
  • 1962, Irish footballer, Tony Cascarino
  • 1963, Stephen Kernahan, Australian rules footballer
  • 1963, Carola Smit, Dutch singer
  • 1964, Canadian hockey player, Brian Bellows
  • 1964, Irish DJ and TV presenter, Ray D'Arcy
  • 1964, American cartoonist, Holly Golightly
  • 1964, Swedish model, Cécilia Rhode
  • 1965, Slovak politician, Ludovít Kaník
  • 1966, American basketball player, Tim Hardaway
  • 1967, Quebec politician, David Whissell
  • 1968, Egyptian terrorist, Mohamed Atta (d. 2001)
  • 1969, Norwegian footballer, Henning Berg
  • 1970, South Korean actor, Hwang Jung-min
  • 1970, Indian actress, Padma Lakshmi
  • 1970, Quebec singer, Television and radio host, actress, Mitsou
  • 1970, Croatian singer, Vanna
  • 1971, American actor, Ricardo Antonio Chavira
  • 1971, American soccer player, Joe Enochs
  • 1971, Japanese composer, Yoshitaka Hirota
  • 1971, French singer, Lââm
  • 1971, American professional wrestler, Jimmy Snuka, Jr.
  • 1971, Turkish footballer, Hakan Sükür
  • 1972, British professional wrestler, Doug Williams
  • 1973, Indian actor, Ram Kapoor
  • 1973, Canadian singer, J. D. Fortune
  • 1973, American football player, Zach Thomas
  • 1974, American football player, Jason Taylor
  • 1974, American comic book artist, Jhonen Vasquez
  • 1975, English-born actor, Scott Speedman
  • 1975, Australian actress and singer, Natalie Bassingthwaighte
  • 1975, Puerto Rican musician, Omar Rodríguez-López
  • 1975, American basketball player, Cuttino Mobley
  • 1975, Flemish film director, R. Kan Albay
  • 1976, Australian racing driver, Marcos Ambrose
  • 1976, Mexican boxer, Erik Morales
  • 1976, American actress, Jada Fire
  • 1976, Canadian actress, Polly Shannon
  • 1976, Chilean footballer, Sebastián Rozental
  • 1976, England Woman cricketer, Clare Connor
  • 1977, American football player, Aaron Schobel
  • 1977, Italian racing driver, Raffaele Giammaria
  • 1977, American stage actress, Shoshana Bean
  • 1977, Indian television actor, Aamir Ali
  • 1977, Spanish footballer, David Albelda
  • 1977, American attorney and Muslim advocate, Arsalan Iftikhar
  • 1978, Australian soccer player, Max Vieri
  • 1978, English murder victim, Lucie Blackman (d. 2000)
  • 1979, American Figure Skating Champion, Andrew Muldoon
  • 1979, Irish footballer, James O'Connor
  • 1980, English footballer, Chris Riggott
  • 1980, Ghanaian footballer, Sammy Adjei
  • 1980, American songwriter, Musician, Model and the son of Rod Stewart, Sean Stewart
  • 1981, American football player, Clinton Portis
  • 1981, Canadian voice actor, Michael Adamthwaite
  • 1981, Australian basketball player, Adam Quick
  • 1981, Australian Rower, Matthew McGuire
  • 1982, American basketball player, Ryan Gomes
  • 1982, Australian racing driver, Paul Dumbrell
  • 1982, Canadian figure skater, Jeffrey Buttle
  • 1983, Spanish footballer, José Antonio Reyes
  • 1983, Canadian hockey player, Jeff Woywitka
  • 1984, American musician, Joseph Trohman
  • 1984, American footballer, Nick Noble
  • 1984, Canadian hockey player, Rod Pelley
  • 1985, Filipino-American singer, Camile Velasco
  • 1985, American swimmer, Larsen Jensen
  • 1986, French tennis player, Gaël Monfils
  • 1986, English rugby union player, Anthony Allen
  • 1987, New Zealand musician, Dann Hume
  • 1988, American footballer, Gabriel Ferrari
  • 1988, Bangladeshi cricketer, Mushfiqur Rahim
  • 1989, German singer, Bill Kaulitz
  • 1989, English footballer, Daniel Sturridge
  • 1993, French singer, Ilona Mitrecey
  • 1994, American singer, Bianca Ryan

    Famous People who died on September 1st

  • 1067, Baldwin V of Flanders
  • 1159, Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)
  • 1256, Japanese shogun, Kujo Yoritsune (b. 1218)
  • 1414, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England, William de Ros (b. 1369)
  • 1557, French explorer, Jacques Cartier (b. 1491)
  • 1581, Fourth Sikh Guru, Guru Ram Das (b. 1534)
  • 1600, Czech physician, Tadeáš Hájek (b. 1525)
  • 1615, French lawyer, Étienne Pasquier (b. 1529)
  • 1648, French mathematician, Marin Mersenne (b. 1588)
  • 1685, Welsh lawyer, Leoline Jenkins (b. 1625)
  • 1687, English philosopher, Henry More (b. 1614)
  • 1715, French sculptor, François Girardon (b. 1628)
  • 1715, King Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
  • 1818, British naval officer, Robert Calder (b. 1745)
  • 1930, Estonian pedagogic scientist and politician, Peeter Põld (b. 1878)
  • 1938, American explorer, Part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, William Clark (b. 1770)
  • 1943, Cameroonian chief, Charles Atangana (b. 1880)
  • 1947, Father of the international Scouting movement, Frederick Russell Burnham (b. 1861)
  • 1953, Australian poet, Bernard O'Dowd (b. 1866)
  • 1957, English musician, Dennis Brain (b. 1921)
  • 1967, English poet, Siegfried Sassoon (b. 1886)
  • 1967, Nazi war criminal, Ilse Koch (b. 1906)
  • 1969, American newspaper columnist, Drew Pearson (b. 1897)
  • 1970, French writer, Nobel laureate, François Mauriac (b. 1885)
  • 1977, Ethel Waters, American singer (b. 1896)
  • 1981, Nazi official, Albert Speer (b. 1905)
  • 1981, American actress, Ann Harding (b. 1901)
  • 1982, American mathematician, Haskell Curry (b. 1900)
  • 1982, Polish communist leader, Wladyslaw Gomulka (b. 1905)
  • 1983, American politician, Henry M. Jackson (b. 1912)
  • 1983, American congressman, Larry McDonald (b. 1935)
  • 1985, German race car driver, Stefan Bellof (b. 1957)
  • 1986, American actor, Murray Hamilton (b. 1923)
  • 1988, American physicist, Nobel laureate, Luis Alvarez (b. 1911)
  • 1989, American baseball commissioner, A. Bartlett Giamatti (b. 1938)
  • 1989, Polish inventor, Tadeusz Sendzimir (b. 1894)
  • 1990, Thai conservationist, Seub Nakhasathien (b. 1949)
  • 1991, German graphic designer, Otl Aicher (b. 1922)
  • 1994, American professional wrestler, Boris Malenko (b. 1933)
  • 1998, Polish poet, Józef Krupinski (b. 1930)
  • 1998, American golfer, Cary Middlecoff (b. 1921)
  • 1999, Zambian computer scientist, W. Richard Stevens (b. 1951)
  • 2001, British sports commentator, Brian Moore (b. 1932)
  • 2003, British artist, Sir Terry Frost (b. 1915)
  • 2004, Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmed Kuftaro (b. 1915)
  • 2005, American musician, R. L. Burnside (b. 1926)
  • 2005, Greek actor, Thanos Leivaditis (b. 1934)
  • 2006, Welsh landscape painter, Kyffin Williams (b. 1918)
  • 2006, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bob O'Connor (b. 1944)
  • 2006, Wife of Texas governor John Connally, Nellie Connally (b. 1919)
  • 2006, American pollster, Warren Mitofsky (b. 1934)
  • 2007, New Zealand philanthropist, Roy McKenzie (b. 1922)
  • 2008, American voice actor, Don LaFontaine (b. 1940)
  • 2008, American musician and actor, Jerry Reed (b. 1937)
  • 2008, Israeli-American mathematician, Oded Schramm (b. 1961)
  • 2009, South Korean actress, Jang Jin-young (b. 1974)
  • 2010, Japanese sumo wrestler, The 45th Yokozuna, Wakanohana Kanji I (b. 1928)
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  • Saturday

    Get even...Live long enough to be a problem to your children.




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    Get even...Live long enough to be a problem to your children.is my saying for today (August 28th)!

    Quote of the day: "Judge a man not by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes." by Thomas R. Dewar

    Word of the day: oligophagous - adjective: feeding on only a few particular type of food. especially insects.

    August 28th is the 240th day of the year (241st in a leap year) and there are 125 days left until the end of the year.

    If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

    If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, nickname, occupation and date of birth!



    Famous People who were born on August 28th

  • 1025, Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
  • 1582, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China, Taichang (d. 1620)
  • 1592, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman, George Villiers (d. 1628)
  • 1612, Dutch scholar, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (d. 1653)
  • 1667, Queen of Denmark and Norway, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. 1721)
  • 1691, Holy Roman Empire Empress, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1750)
  • 1714, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Anthony Ulrich II (d. 1774)
  • 1749, German writer and scientist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (d. 1832)
  • 1774, American-born Catholic saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton (d. 1821)
  • 1789, Grand Duchess of Baden, Stéphanie de Beauharnais (d. 1860)
  • 1801, French mathematician, Antoine Augustin Cournot (d. 1877)
  • 1814, Irish writer, Sheridan le Fanu (d. 1873)
  • 1827, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894)
  • 1828, Russian author, Leo Tolstoy (d. 1910)
  • 1840, Scottish merchant, Alexander Cameron Sim (d. 1900)
  • 1853, Russian engineer and inventor, Vladimir Shukhov (d. 1939)
  • 1859, Italian photographer, Vittorio Sella (d. 1943)
  • 1867, Italian composer, Umberto Giordano (d. 1948)
  • 1878, American doctor and Nobel laureate, George Whipple (d. 1976)
  • 1884, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Peter Fraser (d. 1950)
  • 1885, Australian author, Vance Palmer (d. 1959)
  • 1894, Austrian conductor, Karl Böhm (d. 1981)
  • 1898, American baseball player, Charlie Grimm (d. 1983)
  • 1899, French actor, Charles Boyer (d. 1978)
  • 1899, Russian writer, Andrei Platonov (d. 1951)
  • 1903, American psychologist, Bruno Bettelheim (d. 1990)
  • 1904, Italian jet engine pioneer, Secondo Campini (d. 1980)
  • 1905, England cricketer, Cyril Walters (d. 1992)
  • 1906, English poet, John Betjeman (d. 1984)
  • 1908, American ornithologist, Roger Tory Peterson (d. 1996)
  • 1910, Dutch-born economist Nobel Prize laureate, Tjalling Koopmans (d. 1985)
  • 1911, Dutch politician, Joseph Luns (d. 2002)
  • 1913, Canadian writer, Robertson Davies (d. 1995)
  • 1913, American entrepreneur, Jack Dreyfus (d. 2009)
  • 1913, Australian cricketer, Lindsay Hassett (d. 1993)
  • 1913, Slovenian writer, Boris Pahor
  • 1913, British bridge player, Terence Reese (d. 1996)
  • 1913, American tenor, Richard Tucker (d. 1975)
  • 1915, British sports commentator, Max Robertson (d. 2009)
  • 1915, American illustrator, Tasha Tudor (d. 2008)
  • 1916, American author, Jack Vance
  • 1916, Quebec singer and folklorist, Hélène Baillargeon (d. 1997)
  • 1917, American comic book artist, Jack Kirby (d. 1994)
  • 1919, English electrical engineer, Nobel Laureate, Godfrey Hounsfield (d. 2004)
  • 1921, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright, Fernando Fernán Gómez (d. 2007)
  • 1921, American actress, Nancy Kulp (d. 1991)
  • 1924, New Zealand author, Janet Frame (d. 2004)
  • 1924, American actress, Peggy Ryan (d. 2004)
  • 1924, New Zealand cricketer, Tony MacGibbon
  • 1925, American singer, dancer, and actor, Donald O'Connor (d. 2003)
  • 1925, American country music singer and guitarist, Billy Grammer
  • 1928, American advertising executive, F. William Free (d. 2003)
  • 1929, Hungarian conductor, István Kertész (d. 1973)
  • 1929, South African actor, Ken Gampu (d. 2003)
  • 1930, British actor, Windsor Davies
  • 1930, American actor, Ben Gazzara
  • 1931, English bass-baritone, John Shirley-Quirk
  • 1931, Argentinian stage impresario and director, Tito Capobianco
  • 1932, Canadian hockey player, Andy Bathgate
  • 1935, French Canadian politician, Gilles Rocheleau (d. 1998)
  • 1936, American baseball umpire, Don Denkinger
  • 1938, Canadian politician, Paul Martin
  • 1938, Italian television journalist, Maurizio Costanzo
  • 1940, American actor, Ken Jenkins
  • 1940, French cylist, Roger Pingeon
  • 1940, English musician, Nik Turner
  • 1941, Belgian aristocrat, Sybille de Selys Longchamps
  • 1941, American opera singer, Paul Plishka
  • 1942, American guitarist, Sterling Morrison (d. 1995)
  • 1943, American actor, David Soul
  • 1943, American baseball manager, Lou Piniella
  • 1943, Thai 24th Prime Minister (former), Surayud Chulanont
  • 1944, Dutch swimmer, Marianne Heemskerk
  • 1944, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate, Melvin Dummar
  • 1945, American film director/producer, Robert Greenwald
  • 1945, American musician, Bob Segarini
  • 1947, Hong Kong actress, Liza Wang
  • 1947, Japanese martial artist, Shoto Tanemura
  • 1948, American musician, Danny Seraphine
  • 1948, New Zealand cricketer, Murray Parker
  • 1948, Canadian businesswoman, Heather Reisman
  • 1949, British musician, Hugh Cornwell
  • 1949, Serbian basketball player and coach, Svetislav Pešic
  • 1951, Japanese composer, Keiichi Suzuki
  • 1951, American singer, Wayne Osmond
  • 1952, American poet, Rita Dove
  • 1952, German businessman, Wendelin Wiedeking
  • 1952, Canadian actor, Guy Nadon
  • 1952, Canadian politician, Jacques Chagnon
  • 1954, American geneticist, George Church
  • 1956, Puerto Rican actor, Luis Guzmán
  • 1956, Puerto Rican actor, Mark Lutz
  • 1957, President of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic
  • 1957, American actor, Daniel Stern
  • 1957, American actor, Rick Rossovich
  • 1958, American figure skater, Scott Hamilton
  • 1960, English actress, Emma Samms
  • 1961, English singer, Kim Appleby
  • 1961, American football player, Cliff Benson
  • 1962, English footballer, Paul Allen
  • 1962, American music video and film director, David Fincher
  • 1963, American actress, Jennifer Coolidge
  • 1963, American athlete, Regina Jacobs
  • 1965, Founder of Game Freak, Satoshi Tajiri
  • 1965, Canadian actress, Amanda Tapping
  • 1965, Canadian singer, Shania Twain
  • 1966, Indian social worker and politician, Priya Dutt
  • 1967, Philippine-born Australian poet, Frederick Kesner
  • 1968, Scottish actor, Billy Boyd
  • 1969, Canadian-born actor, Jason Priestley
  • 1969, American actor, Jack Black
  • 1969, English photographer, Mary McCartney
  • 1969, French Canadian hockey player, Pierre Turgeon
  • 1970, Australian actress/singer, Sherrié Austin
  • 1970, Jewish singer, Rick Recht
  • 1971, American figure skater, Todd Eldredge
  • 1971, American swimmer, Janet Evans
  • 1971, Mexican-born American boxer, Raul Marquez
  • 1971, American baseball player, Shane Andrews
  • 1972, American baseball player, Jay Witasick
  • 1972, Kenyan cricketer, Ravindu Shah
  • 1973, American actor, Matthew John Armstrong
  • 1973, American musician, DJ Assault
  • 1973, Kirby Morrow, Canadian voice actor
  • 1974, Swedish game programmer, Johan Andersson
  • 1974, German footballer, Carsten Jancker
  • 1974, Japanese composer, Takahito Eguchi
  • 1975, English footballer, Jamie Cureton
  • 1975, Irish footballer, Gareth Farrelly
  • 1975, Finnish actress and model, Vera Jordanova
  • 1976, Uruguayan footballer, Federico Magallanes
  • 1978, American drummer, Jess Margera
  • 1979, German football referee, Robert Hoyzer
  • 1979, Spanish singer, Shaila Durcal
  • 1979, Australian netballer, Kristen Hughes
  • 1979, German footballer, Markus Pröll
  • 1979, American basketball player, Ruth Riley
  • 1980, Canadian actress, Carly Pope
  • 1981, Czech hockey player, Martin Erat
  • 1981, Swiss footballer, Daniel Gygax
  • 1981, Polish weightlifter, Agata Wróbel
  • 1981, Brazilian racing driver, Raphael Matos
  • 1982, Brazilian footballer, Anderson Silva de França
  • 1982, American singer, LeAnn Rimes
  • 1982, Scottish footballer, Kevin McNaughton
  • 1982, Brazilian footballer, Thiago Motta
  • 1983, Sri Lankan cricketer, Lasith Malinga
  • 1983, Mexican actor and singer, Alfonso Herrera
  • 1984, American actress and model, Sarah Roemer
  • 1986, Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit
  • 1989, American Pop Musician, Cassadee Pope
  • 1989, South Korean singer, Jokwon
  • 1990, Spanish footballer, Bojan Krkic
  • 1991, American actor and rapper, Kyle Massey
  • 1999, Danish royalty, Prince Nikolai of Denmark

    Famous People who died on August 28th

  • 388, Roman usurper, Magnus Maximus
  • 430, North African saint and theologian, Augustine of Hippo (b. 354)
  • 1341, King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)
  • 1481, King Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432)
  • 1645, Dutch philosopher and writer, Hugo Grotius (b. 1583)
  • 1654, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, Axel Oxenstierna (b. 1583)
  • 1678, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier, John Berkeley (b. 1602)
  • 1757, English philosopher, David Hartley (b. 1705)
  • 1784, Spanish missionary, Junípero Serra (b. 1713)
  • 1785, French sculptor, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (b. 1714)
  • 1793, French general (executed), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (b. 1740)
  • 1805, Scottish church leader, Alexander Carlyle (b. 1722)
  • 1818, Founder of Chicago, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
  • 1820, American surveyor, Andrew Ellicott (b. 1754)
  • 1839, English geologist, William Smith (b. 1769)
  • 1900, English philosopher, Henry Sidgwick (b. 1838)
  • 1903, American landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted (b. 1822)
  • 1933, American actress, Helen Dunbar (b. 1863)
  • 1943, King Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
  • 1947, Spanish bullfighter, Manolete (b. 1917)
  • 1955, American civil rights movement icon, Emmett Till (b. 1941)
  • 1959, Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinu (b. 1890)
  • 1965, Israeli physicist, Giulio Racah (b. 1909)
  • 1971, Austrian-Hungarian-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar, Reuvein Margolies (b. 1889)
  • 1975, Austrian sculptor, Fritz Wotruba (b. 1907)
  • 1976, American actress, Anissa Jones (b. 1958)
  • 1978, English actor and writer, Robert Shaw (b. 1927)
  • 1981, Hungarian footballer, Béla Guttman (b. 1900)
  • 1982, South African cricketer, Geoff Chubb (b. 1911)
  • 1985, American actress, Ruth Gordon (b. 1896)
  • 1987, American movie director, John Huston (b. 1906)
  • 1988, French Canadian union leader and politician, Jean Marchand (b. 1918)
  • 1990, Belgian cartoonist, Willy Vandersteen (b. 1913)
  • 1991, Greek writer and film director, Alekos Sakellarios (b. 1913)
  • 1993, American poet, William Stafford (b. 1914)
  • 1995, American rodeo pioneer, Earl Bascom (b. 1906)
  • 2003, American criminal, Brian Douglas Wells (b. 1956)
  • 2005, French actor, Jacques Dufilho (b. 1914)
  • 2005, Hungarian mathematician, Esther Szekeres (b. 1910)
  • 2005, Hungarian mathematician, George Szekeres (b. 1911)
  • 2006, French Canadian politician, Benoît Sauvageau (b. 1963)
  • 2006, American physicist, Nobel laureate, Melvin Schwartz (b. 1932)
  • 2007, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines, Arthur Jones (b. 1926)
  • 2007, American musician, Hilly Kristal (b. 1932)
  • 2007, American aeronautical engineer, Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (b. 1925)
  • 2007, Spanish footballer, Antonio Puerta (b. 1984)
  • 2007, Spanish journalist, Novelist, Biographer and essayist, Francisco Umbral (b. 1935)
  • 2007, Japanese-born American actress, Miyoshi Umeki (b. 1929)
  • 2007, New Zealand winemaker, Nikola Nobilo (b. 1913)
  • 2008, American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion, Phil Hill (b. 1927)
  • 2009, American DJ also known as DJ AM, Adam Goldstein (b. 1973)
  • 2010, Notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University, William P. Foster