September 28th Birthdays

American R&B singer, Ben E. King, was born on this day in 1947 in Harlem, NYC. He passed away at age 76 on April 30, 2015.

Also born on September 28th:

• 1934
  Brigitte Bardot, French actress
• 1942
  Marshall Bell, American actor
• 1943
  Nick St. Nicholas, Canadian musician
• 1946
  Jeffrey Jones, American actor
  Helen Shapiro, English singer
• 1950
  Laurie Lewis, American musician
• 1954
  Steve Largent, American football player, politician
  George Lynch, American musician
• 1959
  Steve Hytner, American actor
• 1960
  Jennifer Rush, American pop singer
• 1964
  Laura Cerón, American actress
  Janeane Garofalo, American actress, comedian
• 1966
  Maria Canals Barrera, American actress, singer
  Ginger Fish, American musician
• 1967
  Mira Sorvino, American actress
  Moon Unit Zappa, American singer, actress
• 1969
  Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer
• 1970
  Mike DeJean, American baseball player
• 1971
  Joseph Arthur, American singer, songwriter
• 1974
  John Light, English actor
• 1977
  Young Jeezy, American rapper
• 1981
  Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian musician
• 1982
  Nolwenn Leroy, French singer
• 1984
  Melody Thornton, American singer, dancer
  Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
• 1987
  Hilary Duff, American actress, singer
• 1990
  Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
• 2000
  Frankie Jonas, American actor

September Birthday Calendar

Died on September 28th:

• 1891
  Herman Melville, American author, poet (age 72)
• 1895
  Louis Pasteur, French chemist, microbiologist (age 72)
• 1914
  Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, Sears co-founder (age 50)
• 1935
  William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, Kinetoscope inventor (age 75)
• 1953
  Edwin Hubble, American astronomer, scholar (age 63)
• 1956
  William Boeing, American businessman, Boeing Company founder (age 74)
• 1964
  Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, singer (age 75)
• 1966
  André Breton, French author, poet (age 70)
• 1970
  Gamal Abdel Nasser, 2nd President of Egypt (age 52)
• 1978
  Pope John Paul I, Roman Catholic pontiff (age 65)
• 1989
  Ferdinand Marcos, 10th President of the Philippines (age 72)
• 1991
  Miles Davis, American trumpet player, bandleader (age 65)
• 2000
  Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (age 80)
• 2003
  Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (age 76)
  Elia Kazan, American director, screenwriter, Oscar winner (age 94)
• 2010
  Arthur Penn, American director (age 88)
  Dolores Wilson, American soprano, actress (age 82)
• 2016
  Agnes Nixon, American television writer, director (age 93)
  Shimon Peres, 9th President of Israel (age 93)
• 2022
  Coolio (Artis Leon Ivey Jr.), American rapper and actor,
  (age 59)
• 2024
  Kris Kristofferson, American singer, actor (age 88)