December 28: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is December 28th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on December 28th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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December 28th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

December 28th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers and De Linnenkamer), was born on December 28, 1868.

Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch Baroque painter (Dutchmen Embarking Onto a Yacht, Fishing Vessels Offshore in a Heavy Sea, Portrait of an Artist and Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast), was born on December 28, 1631.

Fernando Lopes, Portuguese film director (Encoberto, Felix Vallotton and Matar Saudades), was born on December 28, 1935.

American composer Roger Huntington Sessions ("Black Masks") was born on December 28, 1896.

Felix E. Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (The Cogent Reason and Mon Portrait), was born on December 28, 1865.

Russian film director Sergei Yutkevich (Banya and Otello) was born on December 28, 1904.

December 28th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Raymond Jean (Ray) Bourque, Canadian professional hockey player (Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche), was born on December 28, 1960.

Mexican professional baseball player Aurelio Rodriguez Ituarte, Jr. (Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres and Washington Senators), was born on December 28, 1947.

Terry Sawchuk, Canadian professional hockey player (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs), was born on December 28, 1929.

Jorge Velasquez, Panamanian thoroughbred horse racing jockey, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner (1981) and horse racing Hall of Famer, was born on December 28, 1948.

December 28th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists