28 December: today's birthdays

• Jan Bijvoet - Belgian, Dutch-speaking, TV and film actor
• Earl Hines - American pianist, considered one of the greatest jazz pianist of all time
• Meredith Kercher - British student, born Meredith Susanna Cara Kercher, killed in Perugia, in Italy
• Liu Xiaobo - Chinese writer and intellectual committed to the defence of human rights, Nobel Peace Prize in 2010
• Seth Meyers - American comedian, television host, and political commentator, born Seth Adam Meyers 
• Sienna Miller - American actress and model. She starred in the film The Girl
• Gilbert Montagné - French pianist, organist and singer
• Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau - German film director. He directed Nosferatu and The Last Laugh
• Adam Peaty - English swimmer, gold medalist at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics
• Noomi Rapace - Pseudonym of Noomi Norén, Swedish actress. She was Lisbeth Salander in the Millennium series
• Gökşin Sipahioğlu - Acclaimed Turkish photographer and journalist. He founded the Paris-based photo agency Sipa Press. He lived most of his life in Paris, where he was called "le Grand Turc".
• Maggie Smith - English actress
• Ratan Tata - Indian entrepreneur
• John von Neumann - Hungarian-born American mathematician
• Denzel Washington - American actor and film director. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and one for Best Actor
• Thomas Woodrow Wilson - American politician