The 362nd day of the year, the 363rd in a leap year
Born on 28 December
Every 28 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Capricorn, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CapricornEarth, cardinal, ruled by Saturn.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 28 December in any year.
Which weekday 28 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 28 December falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 28 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,733 babies were born on 28 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 357th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 28 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson | 1856–1924 | 28th President of the United States (1913–1921) |
| Linus Torvalds | 1969– | Finnish software engineer |
| John von Neumann | 1903–1957 | Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist |
| Liu Xiaobo | 1955–2017 | Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist |
| Denzel Washington | 1954– | American actor |
| Stan Lee | 1922–2018 | American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer |
| Maggie Smith | 1934–2024 | English actress |
| Arthur Eddington | 1882–1944 | British astrophysicist |
| Sienna Miller | 1981– | British-American actress |
| Kary Mullis | 1944–2019 | American biochemist |
| Milton Obote | 1925–2005 | President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985 |
| John Legend | 1978– | American singer-songwriter |
| Guy Debord | 1931–1994 | French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker |
| Noomi Rapace | 1979– | Swedish actress |
| Dhirubhai Ambani | 1932–2002 | Indian business tycoon |
| Richard Clayderman | 1953– | French pianist |
| Birendra of Nepal | 1945–2001 | king of Nepal |
| Ratan Tata | 1937–2024 | Indian industrialist |
Died on 28 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Brigitte Bardot | 1934–2025 | French actress, singer, animal rights activist |
| Maurice Ravel | 1875–1937 | French composer |
| Susan Sontag | 1933–2004 | American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist |
| Debbie Reynolds | 1932–2016 | American actress, singer, and dancer |
| Mary II | 1662–1694 | Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694; died 28 December 1694 in the Julian calendar, which is 7 January 1695 in the Gregorian |
| Theodore Dreiser | 1871–1945 | American novelist and journalist |
| Victor Emmanuel III | 1869–1947 | King of Italy from 1900 to 1946 |
| Francis de Sales | 1567–1622 | Savoyard Catholic bishop, saint and Doctor of the Church |
| Pierre Bayle | 1647–1706 | French philosopher and writer |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay | 1800–1859 | British historian and politician |
| Lemmy | 1945–2015 | British rock musician |
| Paul Hindemith | 1895–1963 | German composer |
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