Famous People Born on August 28

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• Lindsay Hassett (1913) — Australian cricketer (1913–1993)
• Rita Dove (1952) — American poet and author (born 1952)
• Robert Greenwald (1943) — American filmmaker
• Kevin McNaughton (1982) — Scottish footballer (born 1982)
• Emlyn Hughes (1947) — English footballer (1947–2004)
• Deepak Tijori (1961) — Indian film director and actor (born 1961)
• Ruth Riley (1979) — American basketball player (born 1979)
• Charlie Grimm (1898) — American baseball player and manager (1898–1983)
• Rosie MacLennan (1988) — Canadian trampoline gymnast
• Brian Thompson (actor) (1959) — American actor (born 1959)
• Paul Plishka (1941) — American operatic bass (1941–2025)
• Andrei Platonov (1899) — Russian author
• Kjetil Jansrud (1985) — Norwegian alpine skier (born 1985)
• Francis, Duke of Teck (1837) — Austrian-born British nobleman (1837–1900)
• Simon Mannering (1986) — New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Sheridan Le Fanu (1814) — Irish Gothic and mystery writer (1814–1873)
• Quvenzhané Wallis (2003) — American actress (born 2003)
• Charles Boyer (1899) — French-American actor (1899–1978)
• Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691) — Holy Roman Empress from 1711 to 1740
• Greg Clark (1957) — British Conservative politician
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749) — German writer and polymath (1749–1832)
• Marcello Gandini (1938) — Italian car designer (1938–2024)
• Lasith Malinga (1983) — Sri Lankan bowler
• Kaj Leo Johannesen (1964) — Faroese politician (born 1964)
• Katharine Abraham (1954) — American economist (born 1954)
• C. Wright Mills (1916) — American sociologist (1916–1962)
• Windsor Davies (1930) — British actor (1930–2019)
• John Betjeman (1906) — English poet (1906–1984)
• Yakir Aharonov (1932) — Israeli physicist (born 1932)
• Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774) — American Roman Catholic educator and saint (1774–1821)