September 28

• 48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.{{cite book |author=David L. Vagi |title=Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, C. 82 B.C.–A.D. 480: History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raE7qzBM-OIC&pg=PA53 |year=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-57958-316-3 |pages=53}}
• 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.{{cite book |last1=Kelly |first1=J.N.D. |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Popes |url=https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000kell |url-access=registration |date=1986 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000kell/page/16 16] |isbn=978-0-19-213964-1}}
• 351 – Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.*{{cite book |title=Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy |first=Adrastos |last=Omissi |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2018 |page=168}}
• 365 – Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor.{{Citation |first=J |last=Curran |contribution=From Jovian to Theodosius |title=The Cambridge Ancient History |volume=XIII: the Late Empire AD 337–425 |place=Cambridge |publisher=University Press |year=1998 |page=90}}
• 935 – Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.
• 995 – Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival Slavník dynasty.
• 1066 – William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.* {{cite book |author=Bates, David |author-link=David Bates (historian) |title=William the Conqueror |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud, UK |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7524-1980-0 |pages=79–89}}
• 1106 – King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray.
• 1213 – Queen consort Gertrude of Merania is assassinated by a group of Hungarian lords.*{{cite book |last=Engel |first=Pál |author-link=Pál Engel |year=2001 |title=The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526 |publisher=I.B. Tauris Publishers |isbn=1-86064-061-3 |page=91}}
• 1238 – King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia.*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=James I. of Aragon}}
• 1322 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
• 1538 – Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.{{cite book |last1=Hattendorf |first1=John |last2=King |first2=Ernest |title=Naval Strategy and Power in the Mediterranean: Past, Present and Future |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XX_AQAAQBAJ |access-date=25 November 2015 |year=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-71317-0 |page=6}}
• 1542 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California.{{cite book |first=Clifton |last=Daniel |title=Chronicle of America |publisher=Chronicle publication |year=1989 |page=28 |isbn=0-13-133745-9}}

• 1779 – American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.{{Cite book |first1=Calvin C. |last1=Jillson |first2=Rick K. |last2=Wilson |title=Congressional Dynamics: Structure, Coordination, and Choice in the First American Congress, 1774–1789 |location=Stanford |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1994 |pages=76–80 |isbn=0-8047-2293-5}}
• 1781 – American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Burke |title=The Campaign that Won America |location=New York |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2007 |isbn=978-0836853933 |url=https://archive.org/details/battleofyorktown0000ande}} {{failed verification|date=October 2023|reason=link goes to a different book|page=189}}
• 1787 – The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.{{cite book |last=Maier |first=Pauline |author-link=Pauline Maier |title=Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787–1788 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2010 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/ratificationpeop0000maie/page/n5/mode/2up |isbn=9780684868547 |pages=54–58}}
• 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.{{cite web |title=Ponen al alcance documentos de la independencia. |url=http://www.inah.gob.mx/index.php/boletines/245-acervos/5242-ponen-al-alcance-documentos-de-la-independencia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923185544/http://www.inah.gob.mx/index.php/boletines/245-acervos/5242-ponen-al-alcance-documentos-de-la-independencia |archive-date=September 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |publisher=Azteca 21 |access-date=March 24, 2014}}
• 1844 – Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• 1867 – Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
• 1868 – The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.{{Cite book |last1=Dixon |first1=Jeffrey S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gu6ECgAAQBAJ |title=A Guide to Intra-state Wars: An Examination of Civil, Regional, and Intercommunal Wars, 1816–2014 |last2=Sarkees |first2=Meredith Reid |year=2015 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-5063-1798-4 |page=274 |language=en}}
• 1871 – The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.{{Cite web |title=Lei do Ventre Livre |url=http://mapa.an.gov.br/index.php/menu-de-categorias-2/286-lei-do-ventre-livre |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=mapa.an.gov.br}}
• 1889 – The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a metre.{{cite web |url=https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/1-1889 |title=1st meeting of the CGPM |website=Bureau International des Poids et Mesures |access-date=9 January 2024}}
• 1892 – The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/17/AR2006111701688.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Good Night |date=November 18, 2006}}

• 1901 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.{{cite web |title=Jungle Patrol 2: Remember Balangiga |url=http://bakbakan.com/junglep/jp-2.html |access-date=March 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510141323/http://www.bakbakan.com/junglep/jp-2.html |archive-date=May 10, 2008 |url-status=dead}}
• 1912 – The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/18000-loyalists-expected-for-ulster-day-march-to-commemorate-uvf-formation-29603764.html |title=18,000 loyalists expected for 'Ulster Day' march to commemorate UVF formation |newspaper=Belfasttelegraph |via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}
• 1912 – Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.{{cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=Betty R. |date=September 1987 |chapter=Preface |title=An Illustrated History of Scott Air Force Base, 1917–1987 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00scot/ |language=en |location=Scott Air Force Base |publisher=Military Airlift Command |pages=i–v |lccn=87602583 |access-date=2019-05-30}}
• 1918 – World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.{{cite book |title=World War One: The Global Revolution |last=Sonhaus |first=L. |author-link= |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-521-51648-8 |page=429}}
• 1919 – Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.{{cite web |title=How a white mob lynched a Black man, destroyed a city – and got away with it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/09/omaha-riot-how-white-mobs-360-video |website=The Guardian |access-date=21 September 2024 |date=9 July 2021}}
• 1924 – The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=751 |title=First round-the-world flight |website=National Museum of the United States Air Force |date=8 July 2009 |access-date=14 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702114139/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=751 |archive-date=2 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}
• 1928 – Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.{{cite book |last=Haven |first=Kendall F. |title=Marvels of Science : 50 Fascinating 5-Minute Reads |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |location=Littleton, Colo |year=1994 |page=182 |isbn=1-56308-159-8}}
• 1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.{{cite book |title=Europe: a History |last=Davies |first=Norman |author-link=Norman Davies |year=2008 |orig-year=1996 |publisher=Oxford University Press, Pan Macmillan |isbn=978-0-19-820171-7 |pages=1001, 1004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrVW9W9eiYMC&q=German-Soviet+Treaty+Friendship+Demarcation}}
• 1939 – World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
• 1941 – World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.{{Cite book |last=Андоновски |first=Христо |title=Јужна Македонија од античките до денешните Македонци |publisher=Македонска книга |year=1995 |isbn=86-369-0282-7 |location=Скопје |pages=164–172}}
• 1941 – Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.{{cite news |last=Pennington |first=Bill |date=September 11, 2011 |title=Ted Williams's .406 Is More Than a Number |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/sports/baseball/ted-williamss-406-average-is-more-than-a-number.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
• 1944 – World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
• 1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 |title=Para-TV Color Sets To Go On Sale Soon |publisher=Billboard |date=6 October 1951 |page=6}}
• 1958 – Fernando Rios, a Mexican tour guide in New Orleans, dies of injuries sustained in an incident of gay bashing.{{Cite web |last=Satchu |first=Alya |date=March 6, 2024 |title=Author discusses 1950s killing of gay man by Tulane students |url=https://tulanehullabaloo.com/65506/news/author-discusses-1950s-killing-of-gay-man-by-tulane-students/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724000422/https://tulanehullabaloo.com/65506/news/author-discusses-1950s-killing-of-gay-man-by-tulane-students/ |archive-date=July 24, 2024 |access-date=December 24, 2024 |website=Tulane Hullabaloo}}
• 1961 – A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.{{cite book |chapter=Chapter 18: The United Arab Republic (Al-Gumhuriyah al-Arabiyah al-Muttahidah) |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961 |location=Jerusalem, Israel |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&pg=PA577 |access-date=19 May 2021 |edition=1st |language=English |publication-place=Jerusalem |publisher=The Moshe Dayan Center/Reuven Shiloah Research Center (Tel Aviv University)/Israel Program for Scientific Translations/Israel Oriental Society (University of Jerusalem)/The Jerusalem Post Press/Gano Press |date=1961 |volume=II |via=Google Books |first1=Yitzhak |last1=Oron |first2=Aryeh |last2=Shmuelevitz |first3=Uriel |last3=Dann |first4=Naomi |last4=Amzalak |first5=Shmuel |last5=Avi-Ad |first6=Rony |last6=Gabbay |first7=Yosef |last7=Luntz |first8=Yenoshua |last8=Porat |first9=Aryeh |last9=Unger |first10=Rivka |last10=Yadlin |editor-last=Elath |editor-first=Eliahu |pages=577–692 |oclc=19956240 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC}}
• 1970 – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.{{Cite web |url=https://martinkramer.org/2020/09/29/nassers-death-50-years-on/ |title=Nasser's death, 50 years on |first=Martin |last=Kramer |date=29 September 2020}}
• 1973 – The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0815FA3554137A93CBAB1782D85F478785F9 |work=The New York Times |date=29 September 1973 |access-date=20 April 2010 |title=I.T.T. office here damaged by bomb |first=Paul L. |last=Montgomery}}
• 1975 – The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.{{cite book |last=Mark |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Mark |title=In the Office of Constable |year=1978 |publisher=Collins |location=London |isbn=978-0-00-216032-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/inofficeofconsta00mark |page=188}}
• 1986 – The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.{{cite news |last1=Lu |first1=Lu Hsin-hui |last2=Kuo |first2=Chung-han |title=DPP should clarify its cross-strait policy: founding member |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201609280026.aspx |access-date=29 September 2016 |agency=Central News Agency |date=28 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001032028/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201609280026.aspx |archive-date=1 October 2016}}
• 1992 – A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.{{ASN accident|id=19920928-0}}
• 1994 – The cruise ferry {{MS|Estonia}} sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.{{cite web |title=Estonia ferry disaster: TV crew uncovers new evidence |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54338170 |website=BBC News |access-date=29 September 2020 |date=29 September 2020}}
• 1995 – Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
• 1995 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
• 2000 – Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.{{cite news |author=Suzanne Goldenberg |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/sep/29/israel |title=Rioting as Sharon visits Islam holy site |newspaper=The Guardian |date=29 September 2000 |access-date=28 September 2014 |author-link=Suzanne Goldenberg |archive-date=11 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111222135/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/sep/29/israel |url-status=live}}
• 2008 – Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission.{{Cite news |issn=0362-4331 |last=Schwartz |first=John |title=Private Company Launches Its Rocket Into Orbit |work=The New York Times |access-date=29 September 2008 |date=29 September 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/science/space/29launch.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin}}
• 2008 – The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win.{{cite news |date=2008-09-28 |title=Alonso steals Singapore win from 15th on grid |publisher=GPUpdate.net |url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/199619/alonso-steals-singapore-win-from-15th-on-grid/ |access-date=2011-01-29}}{{Cite web |title=Crashgate explained |url=http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/14272.html |access-date=2021-05-17 |website=ESPN UK |language=en}}
• 2009 – The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8279103.stm |title='Dozens killed' at Guinea protest |date=28 September 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=2009-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929195105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8279103.stm |archive-date=29 September 2009 |url-status=live}}
• 2012 – Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19754639 |work=BBC News |title=Somali militant base of Kismayo attacked by Kenyan forces |date=28 September 2012 |access-date=28 September 2012}}
• 2012 – Sita Air Flight 601 crashes in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, killing all 19 passengers and crew.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-26 |title=Sita Air Pvt. Ltd., Nepal, Aircraft (9N-AHA, DO-228), 28th September, 2012, at 420 m south-east of the threshold of Runway 02 of Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal |url=https://www.tourism.gov.np//files/publication_files/SitaAir9N-AHA-DO228Accident_Investigation_FinalReport_1514105864.pdf |access-date=2020-11-04 |publisher=Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal}}
• 2014 – The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.{{cite book |last=Kong |first=Tsung-gan |title=Umbrella; A Political Tale from Hong Kong |date=2017 |publisher=Pema Press |place=United States |isbn=9780997238532}}
• 2016 – The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.{{cite news |url=http://indaily.com.au/news/local/2016/09/28/thousands-still-without-power-as-wild-weather-continues/ |title=Thousands still without power as wild weather continues |newspaper=InDaily |date=28 September 2016 |access-date=30 September 2016}}
• 2018 – The 7.5 M_w 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.{{cite web |url=https://earthquake-report.com/2018/09/28/massive-earthquake-minahassa-peninsula-sulawesi-september-28-2018/ |title=Earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia – at least 844 people killed |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=28 September 2018 |archive-date=28 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928133410/https://earthquake-report.com/2018/09/28/massive-earthquake-minahassa-peninsula-sulawesi-september-28-2018/ |url-status=usurped}}
• 2022 – Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cayo Costa State Park, Florida as a category four hurricane, killing 169 and doing $113 billion in damage, becoming Florida's costliest hurricane and the deadliest in 89 years.{{cite news |url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/florida-faces-grim-reality-hurricane-ian-is-deadliest-storm-in-state-since-1935/1257775 |title=Florida faces grim reality: Hurricane Ian is deadliest storm in state since 1935 |publisher=AccuWeather |last=Finch |first=Allison |date=October 3, 2022 |access-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004151449/https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/florida-faces-grim-reality-hurricane-ian-is-deadliest-storm-in-state-since-1935/1257775 |url-status=live}}
• 2023 – The 2023 Rotterdam shootings occurred, during which two people were killed in a shooting and arson incident at a residence in Delfshaven, Rotterdam. Additionally, one person lost their life in a classroom at the Erasmus University Medical Center.{{cite web |last=Waarlo |first=Niels |title=Dit weten we over de beschietingen in Rotterdam |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/lees-hier-het-liveblog-over-de-dodelijke-schietpartijen-in-rotterdam-terug~b0b55e96/ |website=de Volkskrant |date=28 September 2023 |access-date=29 September 2023 |language=nl |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929141715/https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/lees-hier-het-liveblog-over-de-dodelijke-schietpartijen-in-rotterdam-terug~b0b55e96/ |url-status=live}}

• 551 BC – Confucius, Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. (died 479 BC){{cite book |last1=Huang |first1=Yong |title=Confucius: A Guide for the Perplexed |date=2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4411-9653-8 |page=3}}
• 616 – Javanshir, King of Caucasian Albania (died 680)
• 1494 – Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and playwright (died 1545){{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Firenzuola, Agnolo|volume=10|page=419}}
• 1555 – Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France (died 1623)
• 1573 – Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss physician (died 1654){{cite book |last=Trevor-Roper |first=Hugh |title=Europe's Physician: The Various Life of Sir Theodore de Mayerne |place=New Haven |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2006 |isbn=9780300112634 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780300112634/page/17 17] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780300112634/page/17}}

• 1605 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (died 1694)
• 1681 – Johann Mattheson, German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (died 1764)
• 1705 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1774)
• 1705 – Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (died 1772)
• 1735 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1811){{cite web |title=History of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/augustus-henry-fitzroy-3rd-duke-of-grafton |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=25 June 2023 |language=en}}
• 1746 – William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar (died 1794)
• 1765 – Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1814)
• 1803 – Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author (died 1870)
• 1809 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (died 1899)
• 1819 – Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher (died 1885)
• 1821 – Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (died 1874)
• 1823 – Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator (died 1889)
• 1824 – Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic (died 1897)
• 1836 – Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (died 1910)
• 1841 – Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician, 85th Prime Minister of France (died 1929)
• 1844 – Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1930)
• 1852 – Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
• 1852 – Isis Pogson, British astronomer and meteorologist (died 1945){{cite book |last=Brück |first=Mary T. |title=Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy: Stars and Satellites |location=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer |date=2009 |page=157 |isbn=978-9-04812-472-5}}
• 1852 – John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, British Army officer (died 1925){{cite web |url=http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTSWEB/IREFa.htm |title=French Family of Frenchpark, and Cloonshanville Priory |publisher=French Family Association |access-date=14 May 2013}}
• 1856 – Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (died 1923)
• 1860 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist (died 1934)
• 1861 – Amélie of Orléans, queen consort of Portugal (died 1951){{cite book |last1=Commire |first1=Anne |title=Women of World History |place=Detroit |publisher=Gale |year=2001 |volume=10 |isbn=978-0-7876-4069-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist10comm/page/357 357] |url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist10comm |url-access=registration}}
• 1867 – Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1952)
• 1867 – James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (died 1896){{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Wilhelmena S. |year=1968 |title=Historical Negro Biographies |publisher=Publishers Company, Inc., under the auspices of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History |location=New York |isbn=9780877812036 |lccn=68002920 |oclc=1035607110 |url=https://archive.org/details/historicalnegrob00robi/ |via=Internet Archive |series=International Library of Negro Life and History |page=59}}{{cite web |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/james-edwin-campbell |title=James Edwin Campbell |year=2020 |publisher=Poetry Foundation |access-date=May 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525145119/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/james-edwin-campbell |archive-date=May 25, 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Pickens |first1=Jordan D. |last2=Pickens |first2=Calee M. |year=2019 |title=Historic Tales of Meigs County, Ohio |publisher=Arcadia Publishing, History Press |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=9781467144254 |oclc=1111380575 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hh-7DwAAQBAJ |via=Google Books |access-date=June 7, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617144935/https://books.google.com/books?id=hh-7DwAAQBAJ |url-status=live |page=79}}
• 1870 – Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic (died 1958)
• 1877 – Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (died 1940)
• 1878 – Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1962)
• 1881 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (died 1950)
• 1882 – Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (died 1963)
• 1883 – Albert Peyriguère, French priest, hermit and ethnologist (died 1959){{cite book |last1=Boucrout |first1=Marc |editor1-last=Ennaji |editor1-first=Moha |title=Culture berbère (amazighe) et cultures méditerrannéeennes: Le vivre-ensemble |date=9 July 2020 |publisher=Karthala Editions |isbn=978-2-8111-2574-5 |pages=195–202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7RZEAAAQBAJ |access-date=3 September 2024 |language=fr}}
• 1885 – Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee (died 1974)
• 1887 – Avery Brundage, American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 1975)
• 1889 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (died 1973)
• 1890 – Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian electrical engineer (died 1982){{cite web |last=Freyne |first=Catherine |title=McKenzie, Violet |url=http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/mckenzie_violet |year=2010 |website=Dictionary of Sydney |publisher=Dictionary of Sydney Trust |access-date=9 July 2019}}
• 1892 – Elmer Rice, American playwright (died 1967)
• 1893 – Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician (died 1973){{cite book |last1=Grinstein |first1=Louise S. |last2=Campbell |first2=Paul J. |title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook |place=New York |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/41 41] |url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/41}}
• 1893 – Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright (died 1984)
• 1898 – Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (died 1957)
• 1900 – Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII (died 1951)

• 1901 – William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (died 1990)
• 1901 – Ed Sullivan, American television host (died 1974){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 28: Mira Sorvino, Dita Von Teese |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/28/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-28-Mira-Sorvino-Dita-Von-Teese/7041664370210/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=27 September 2023 |date=28 September 2022}}
• 1903 – Haywood S. Hansell, American general (died 1988)
• 1905 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (died 2005)
• 1907 – Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician (died 1997)
• 1907 – Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (died 1931)
• 1909 – Al Capp, American author and illustrator (died 1979)
• 1910 – Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino lawyer and politician, 9th President of the Philippines (died 1997)
• 1910 – Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1942)
• 1913 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (died 2007)
• 1913 – Alice Marble, American tennis player (died 1990)
• 1914 – Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American refugee and singer (died 2014){{cite news |title=Maria Trapp: Letztes Mitglied der singenden Familie tot |url=http://www.salzburg.com/nachrichten/welt/chronik/sn/artikel/maria-trapp-letztes-mitglied-der-singenden-familie-tot-95418 |newspaper=Salzburger Nachrichten |date=21 February 2014 |language=German |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185639/https://www.sn.at/panorama/international/maria-trapp-letztes-mitglied-der-singenden-familie-tot-3854167 |archive-date=25 June 2018 |access-date=29 May 2025 }}
• 1915 – Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (died 1953)
• 1916 – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (died 1977)
• 1916 – Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (died 2008)
• 1917 – Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (died 2005){{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2005/06/06/exchief-justice-wee-dies-at-87 |title=Ex-chief justice Wee dies at 87 |website=The Star |date=6 June 2005 |access-date=28 July 2020}}
• 1918 – Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1983)
• 1918 – Arnold Stang, American actor (died 2009)
• 1919 – Doris Singleton, American actress (died 2012)
• 1922 – Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (died 2014){{cite encyclopedia |title=Liv Dommersnes |first=Lillian |last=Bikset |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Liv_Dommersnes |language=no |access-date=16 March 2024}}
• 1922 – Larry Munson, American sportscaster (died 2011)
• 1922 – Jules Sedney, Prime Minister of Suriname (died 2020){{cite news |date=18 June 2020 |title=Oud-premier Jules Sedney overleden |language=nl |website=De Ware Tijd |url=http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2020/06/18/oud-premier-jules-sedney-overleden/ |access-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302231251/http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2020/06/18/oud-premier-jules-sedney-overleden/ |archive-date=2021-03-02}}
• 1923 – Tuli Kupferberg, American singer, poet, and writer (died 2010)
• 1923 – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire (died 2007)
• 1923 – William Windom, American actor (died 2012)
• 1924 – Rudolf Barshai, Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (died 2010)
• 1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (died 1996){{cite book |author1=Contemporary |author2=Contemporary Books |title=Chase's Annual Events: The Day-By-Day Directory to 1994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQoBM1qCk5wC |year=1993 |publisher=Contemporary books |isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6 |page=388}}
• 1925 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (died 1996)
• 1925 – Cromwell Everson, South African composer (died 1991)
• 1925 – Martin David Kruskal, American physicist and mathematician (died 2006)
• 1926 – Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (died 1998)
• 1928 – Koko Taylor, American singer (died 2009)
• 1929 – Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (died 2022)
• 1930 – Tommy Collins, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2000)
• 1930 – Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist, author, and academic (died 2019)
• 1932 – Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish screenwriter and producer
• 1932 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (died 1973)
• 1933 – Joe Benton, English soldier and politician
• 1933 – Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor and educator (died 2006)
• 1933 – Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (died 2011)
• 1934 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress
• 1935 – Bruce Crampton, Australian golfer
• 1935 – David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, English diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• 1935 – Ronald Lacey, English actor (died 1991)
• 1936 – Emmett Chapman, American guitarist, invented the Chapman Stick (died 2021)
• 1936 – Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (died 2019)
• 1936 – Robert Wolders, Dutch television actor (died 2018)
• 1937 – Alice Mahon, English trade union leader and politician (died 2022)
• 1937 – Glenn Sutton, American country music songwriter and record producer (died 2007)
• 1938 – Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
• 1939 – Stuart Kauffman, American biologist and academic
• 1941 – David Lewis, American philosopher and academic (died 2001)
• 1941 – Edmund Stoiber, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Bavaria
• 1941 – Charley Taylor, American football player (died 2022){{cite web |title=Charley Taylor |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/charley-taylor/ |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=27 September 2023}}
• 1942 – Pierre Clémenti, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
• 1942 – Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
• 1943 – Warren Lieberfarb, American businessman
• 1943 – George W. S. Trow, American novelist, playwright, and critic (died 2006)
• 1943 – Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player
• 1944 – Richie Karl, American golfer
• 1944 – Marcia Muller, American journalist and author
• 1945 – Marielle Goitschel, French skier
• 1945 – Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist (died 2011)
• 1945 – Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
• 1946 – Tom Bower, English journalist and author
• 1946 – Jeffrey Jones, American actor
• 1946 – Majid Khan, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
• 1947 – Bob Carr, Australian journalist and politician, 37th Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1947 – Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• 1947 – Jon Snow, English journalist and academic
• 1947 – Rhonda Hughes, American mathematician and academic
• 1949 – Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
• 1950 – Paul Burgess, English drummer
• 1950 – Christina Hoff Sommers, American author and philosopher
• 1950 – John Sayles, American novelist, director, and screenwriter
• 1951 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (died 2015)
• 1952 – Christopher Buckley, American satirical novelist
• 1952 – Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1952 – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (died 2012)
• 1952 – Andy Ward, English drummer
• 1953 – Otmar Hasler, Liechtensteiner educator and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
• 1954 – Steve Largent, American football player and politician
• 1954 – George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1954 – John Scott, English rugby player
• 1954 – Margot Wallström, Swedish politician and diplomat, 42nd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 1955 – Stéphane Dion, Canadian sociologist and politician, 15th Canadian Minister of the Environment
• 1955 – Mercy Manci, Xhosa sangoma and HIV activist from South Africa
• 1955 – Kenny Kirkland, American pianist (died 1998)
• 1957 – Bill Cassidy, American politician and physician
• 1959 – Laura Bruce, American artist
• 1959 – Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
• 1960 – Gary Ayres, Australian footballer and coach
• 1960 – Tom Byrum, American golfer
• 1960 – Frank Hammerschlag, German footballer and manager
• 1960 – Gus Logie, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1960 – Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, English politician
• 1960 – Jennifer Rush, American singer-songwriter
• 1960 – Socrates Villegas, Filipino archbishop
• 1961 – Helen Grant, English lawyer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1961 – Gregory Jbara, American actor and singer
• 1961 – Quentin Kawānanakoa, American lawyer and politician
• 1961 – Anne White, American tennis player
• 1962 – Grant Fuhr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Laurie Rinker, American golfer
• 1962 – Dietmar Schacht, German footballer and manager
• 1962 – Chuck Taylor, American journalist
• 1963 – Steve Blackman, American wrestler and martial artist
• 1963 – Érik Comas, French race car driver
• 1963 – Johnny Dawkins, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Johnny Dawkins |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1008/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=27 September 2023}}
• 1963 – Greg Weisman, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Claudio Borghi, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1964 – Gregor Fisken, Scottish race car driver
• 1964 – Janeane Garofalo, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 28, 2022 includes celebrities Naomi Watts, Hilary Duff |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-28-2022-includes-celebrities-naomi-watts-hilary-duff.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=27 September 2023 |date=28 September 2022}}
• 1964 – Paul Jewell, English footballer and manager
• 1964 – Mārtiņš Roze, Latvian lawyer and politician (died 2012)
• 1965 – B.G., the Prince of Rap, American rapper (died 2023){{cite book |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music |editor=Colin Larkin |editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=Virgin Books |date=1998 |edition=1st |isbn=0-7535-0252-6 |pages=34/5}}
• 1966 – Scott Adams, American football player (died 2013)
• 1966 – Maria Canals-Barrera, Cuban-American actress
• 1966 – Puri Jagannadh, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Mira Sorvino, American actress
• 1967 – Moon Zappa, American actress and author
• 1968 – Francois Botha, South African boxer and mixed martial artist
• 1968 – Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
• 1968 – Trish Keenan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
• 1968 – Sean Levert, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor (died 2008)
• 1968 – Rob Moroso, American race car driver (died 1990)
• 1968 – Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer
• 1969 – Kerri Chandler, electronic music producer and DJ
• 1969 – Marcel Dost, Dutch decathlete
• 1969 – Ben Greenman, American journalist and author
• 1969 – Piper Kerman, American author and memoirist
• 1969 – Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1969 – Sascha Maassen, German race car driver
• 1969 – Angus Robertson, Scottish politician
• 1969 – Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
• 1970 – Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player
• 1970 – Mike DeJean, American baseball player
• 1970 – Gualter Salles, Brazilian race car driver
• 1971 – Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 – George Eustice, English lawyer and politician
• 1971 – Braam van Straaten, South African rugby player
• 1971 – Alan Wright, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Leila McKinnon, Iranian-Australian journalist and television host{{cite news |author=Dan Hutton |agency= |title=Leila McKinnon – Bondi’s Kiwi Queenslander |url=https://thebeast.com.au/people/leila-mckinnon-bondis-kiwi-queenslander/# |quote= |newspaper=The Beast |date=2011-05-03 |access-date=2023-07-21 }}
• 1972 – Dita Von Teese, American model and dancer
• 1973 – Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
• 1974 – Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
• 1974 – Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1974 – Shane Webcke, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1975 – Stuart Clark, Australian cricketer and manager
• 1975 – Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (died 2013)
• 1975 – Lenny Krayzelburg, Russian-American swimmer
• 1976 – Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and politician
• 1976 – Bonzi Wells, American basketball player{{Cite web |title=Bonzi Wells Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wellsbo01.html |access-date=2020-10-08 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}
• 1977 – Pak Se-ri, South Korean golfer
• 1977 – Young Jeezy, American rapper
• 1978 – Peter Cambor, American actor
• 1978 – Ben Edmondson, Australian cricketer
• 1979 – Bam Margera, American skateboarder, actor, and stuntman
• 1979 – Taki Tsan, American-Greek rapper and producer
• 1980 – Marlon Parmer, American basketball player
• 1981 – Greg Anderson, American pianist and composer
• 1981 – Willy Caballero, Argentine footballer
• 1981 – José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
• 1981 – Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1981 – Jerrika Hinton, American actress
• 1981 – Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian bass player
• 1982 – Aleksandr Anyukov, Russian footballer
• 1982 – Abhinav Bindra, Indian target shooter
• 1982 – Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2018)
• 1982 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor and director
• 1982 – Nolwenn Leroy, French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1982 – Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
• 1982 – Dustin Penner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Aivar Rehemaa, Estonian skier
• 1982 – Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
• 1982 – St. Vincent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983 – Stefan Moore, English footballer
• 1983 – John Schwalger, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Jenny Omnichord, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Luke Pomersbach, Australian cricketer
• 1984 – Naim Terbunja, Kosovan-Swedish boxer
• 1984 – Melody Thornton, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1984 – Mathieu Valbuena, French footballer
• 1984 – Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
• 1985 – Shindong, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1985 – Alina Ibragimova, Russian-English violinist
• 1986 – Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
• 1986 – Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (died 2013)
• 1986 – Daniel Platzman, American musician
• 1986 – Dominic Waters, American basketball player
• 1987 – Pierre Becken, German footballer
• 1987 – Gary Deegan, Irish footballer
• 1987 – Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Chloë Hanslip, English violinist
• 1987 – Viktoria Leks, Estonian high jumper
• 1988 – Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player{{Cite web |title=Marin Cilic | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marin-cilic/c977/overview |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=ATP Tour}}
• 1988 – Esmée Denters, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Jason Jordan, American wrestler{{cite web |title=Jason Jordan |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17173318/wwe-profile-page-jason-jordan |publisher=ESPN |access-date=27 September 2023 |date=29 July 2016}}
• 1988 – Olivia Jordan, American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXqHp5FHGq/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y |title=Celebrating this birthday with the greatest gift. |publisher=Olivia Jordan |date=September 28, 2021 |access-date=2 October 2023}}
• 1988 – Hana Mae Lee, American actress, model, and fashion designer
• 1988 – Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Worakls, French DJ and electronic musician
• 1989 – Çağla Büyükakçay, Turkish tennis player{{Cite web |title=Cagla Buyukakcay | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312292/nam |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
• 1989 – Darius Johnson-Odom, American basketball player
• 1989 – Mark Randall, English footballer
• 1990 – Phoenix Battye, Australian rugby player
• 1991 – Eddie Rosario, Puerto Rican baseball player{{cite web |title=Eddie Rosario |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/eddie-rosario-592696 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=27 September 2023}}
• 1991 – Elvyonn Bailey, American sprinter{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/elvyon-bailey-14467288 |title=Elvyon BAILEY |website=worldathletics.org}}
• 1992 – Khem Birch, Canadian basketball player
• 1992 – Keir Gilchrist, Canadian actor and musician
• 1992 – Alex Landi, American actor
• 1992 – Paula Ormaechea, Argentine tennis player{{Cite web |title=Paula Ormaechea | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315083/paula-ormaechea |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
• 1992 – Adam Thompson, English-Northern Irish footballer
• 1992 – Kōko Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
• 1993 – Jodie Williams, English sprinter
• 1995 – Juancho Hernangómez, Spanish basketball player{{cite web |title=Juancho Hernangomez |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627823/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=27 September 2023}}
• 1995 – Caleb Martin, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Caleb Martin |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628997/caleb-martin |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=27 September 2023}}
• 1995 – Cody Martin, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Cody Martin |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628998/cody-martin |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=27 September 2023}}
• 1995 – Jason Williams, English footballer
• 1996 – Aiden Moffat, British race car driver{{Cite web |title=Aiden Moffat |url=http://www.btcc.net/driver/aiden-moffat/ |access-date=2020-09-27 |website=British Touring Car Championship}}
• 1998 – Panna Udvardy, Hungarian tennis player{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325956/panna-udvardy |title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Panna Udvardy |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=17 October 2022}}
• 1999 – Kayla Day, American tennis player{{Cite web |title=Kayla Day | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322534/kayla-day |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
• 2000 – Frankie Jonas, American actor, singer, and songwriter

• 48 BC – Pompey, Roman general and politician (born 106 BC)
• 135 – Rabbi Akiva, Jewish sage, martyr.{{cite web |url=https://www.hebcal.com/converter/?hd=5&hm=Tishrei&hy=3896&h2g=1 |title=Hebrew Calendar}} (born c. 50)
• 782 – Leoba, Anglo-Saxon nun (born c. 710)
• 935 – Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia (born c. 907)
• 980 – Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (born 918)
• 1197 – Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1165){{cite book |last1=Kleinhenz |first1=Christopher |title=Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia |year=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94880-1 |page=492 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2CTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT522 |language=en}}
• 1213 – Gertrude of Merania, queen consort of Hungary (born 1185){{cite book |first1=János M. |last1=Bak |first2=László |last2=Veszprémy |first3=Norbert |last3=Kersken |title=Chronica de gestis Hungarorum e codice picto saec. XIV. |trans-title=The Illuminated Chronicle: Chronicle of the deeds of the Hungarians from the fourteenth-century illuminated codex |place=Budapest |publisher=Central European University Press |year=2018 |isbn=978-9-6338-6264-3 |page=321}}
• 1330 – Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (born 1292)
• 1429 – Cymburgis of Masovia, duchess consort of Austria (born 1394)
• 1582 – George Buchanan, Scottish historian and scholar (born 1506)
• 1596 – Margaret Clifford, countess of Derby (born 1540)

• 1618 – Josuah Sylvester, English poet and translator (born 1563)
• 1687 – Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (born 1623)
• 1694 – Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (born 1618)
• 1702 – Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1640)
• 1742 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (born 1663)
• 1805 – Christoph Franz von Buseck, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (born 1724){{cite book |title=Schematismus des Erzbistums Bamberg (Schematism of the Archdiocese of Bamberg) |last= |first= |year=1876 |publisher=Archdiocese of Bamberg |location=Bamberg |page=28 |isbn= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_loAAAAcAAJ}}
• 1829 – Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (born 1771)
• 1844 – Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (born 1769)
• 1859 – Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (born 1779)
• 1873 – Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (born 1832)
• 1882 – Amunda Kolderup, Norwegian opera singer (born 1846){{cite encyclopedia |last=Haavet |first=Inger Elisabeth |title=Amunda Kolderup |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Amunda_Kolderup |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=no}}
• 1891 – Herman Melville, American author and poet (born 1819)
• 1893 – Annie Feray Mutrie, British painter (born 1826){{cite book |editor-last=Lee |editor-first=Sidney |title=Dictionary of National Biography |date=1894 |publisher=Macmillan and Co. |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati39stepuoft/page/436/mode/1up |volume=XXXIX |page=436}}
• 1895 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (born 1822)
• 1899 – Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (born 1858)

• 1902 – John Marks Moore, American politician and attorney (born 1853){{cite news |date=September 29, 1902 |title=Hon. J. M. Moore Died at his Home in Edna |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth83479/m1/5/?q=moore |url-status=live |work=The Houston Daily Post |volume=XVIIIth Year |issue=178 |publisher=University of North Texas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028231512/https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth83479/m1/5/?q=moore |archive-date=October 28, 2023 |access-date=October 28, 2023}}
• 1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (born 1850){{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Edward |title=Lafcadio Hearn |date=1912 |page=87 |location=Boston and New York |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Co.}}
• 1914 – Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (born 1863)
• 1915 – Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (born 1844)
• 1918 – Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (born 1858)
• 1918 – Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1896)
• 1920 – Yu Gwansun, Korean Independence Activist (born 1902){{Cite news |last=Kang |first=Inyoung |date=2018-03-29 |title=Overlooked No More: Yu Gwan-sun, a Korean Independence Activist Who Defied Japanese Rule |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/obituaries/overlooked-yu-gwan-sun.html |access-date=2022-09-28 |issn=0362-4331}}
• 1925 – Paul Vermoyal, French actor (born 1888)
• 1935 – William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (born 1860)
• 1938 – Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (born 1861)
• 1941 – Marion Miley, American golfer, ranked No. 1 in the United States (born 1914)
• 1943 – Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (born 1913)
• 1943 – Filippo Illuminato, Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (born 1930){{cite web |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/14058 |title=Illuminato Filippo |website=President of the Republic of Italy |language=it |access-date=19 April 2019}}
• 1949 – Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (born 1881)
• 1953 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (born 1889)
• 1956 – William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (born 1881)
• 1957 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (born 1888)
• 1959 – Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (born 1901)
• 1962 – Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (born 1925)
• 1964 – Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1888)
• 1966 – André Breton, French author and poet (born 1896)
• 1970 – John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (born 1896)
• 1970 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (born 1918)
• 1978 – Pope John Paul I (born 1912)
• 1979 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (born 1921)
• 1981 – Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan journalist and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1908)
• 1982 – Mabel Albertson, American actress (born 1901)
• 1984 – Cihad Baban, Turkish journalist, author, and politician (born 1911)
• 1989 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (born 1917)
• 1990 – Larry O'Brien, American businessman and politician, 57th United States Postmaster General (born 1917)
• 1991 – Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (born 1926)
• 1993 – Peter De Vries, American editor and novelist (born 1910)
• 1993 – Alexander A. Drabik, American sergeant (born 1910)
• 1994 – Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (born 1953)
• 1994 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Guerrero (born 1946)
• 1994 – Harry Saltzman, Canadian production manager and producer (born 1915)
• 1994 – K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (born 1917)
• 1999 – Escott Reid, Canadian academic and diplomat (born 1905)
• 2000 – Pierre Trudeau, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1919)
• 2002 – Patsy Mink, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
• 2002 – Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (born 1907)
• 2003 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (born 1927)
• 2003 – Elia Kazan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1909)
• 2003 – George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (born 1934)
• 2004 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (born 1924)
• 2005 – Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1921)
• 2007 – René Desmaison, French mountaineer (born 1930)
• 2007 – Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (born 1913)
• 2009 – Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (born 1936)
• 2009 – Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor and director (born 1956)
• 2010 – Kurt Albert, German mountaineer and photographer (born 1954)
• 2010 – Arthur Penn, American director and producer (born 1922)
• 2010 – Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (born 1928){{cite news |author=Margalit Fox |author-link=Margalit Fox |title=Dolores Wilson, Met Soprano, Dies at 82|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/arts/music/05wilson.html |newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 4, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/IYHd1 |archive-date=4 January 2013 |access-date=29 May 2025 }}
• 2012 – Avraham Adan, Israeli general (born 1926)
• 2012 – Chris Economaki, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)
• 2012 – Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (born 1928)
• 2013 – James Emanuel, American-French poet and scholar (born 1921)
• 2013 – Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricketer and rugby player (born 1932)
• 2013 – George Amon Webster, American singer and pianist (born 1945)
• 2014 – Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (born 1923)
• 2014 – Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (born 1938)
• 2014 – Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (born 1928)
• 2014 – Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (born 1932)
• 2014 – Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (born 1938)
• 2015 – Alexander Faris, Irish composer and conductor (born 1921)
• 2015 – Walter Dale Miller, American rancher and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (born 1925)
• 2015 – Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (born 1939)
• 2016 – Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (born 1922)
• 2016 – Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (born 1966)
• 2016 – Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli statesman and politician, 9th President of Israel (born 1923)
• 2016 – Gloria Naylor, American novelist (born 1950)
• 2017 – Daniel Pe'er, Israeli television host and newsreader (born 1943)
• 2018 – Predrag Ejdus, Serbian actor (born 1947)
• 2019 – José José, Mexican musician and singer (born 1948){{citation |website=La Jornada |date=Sep 28, 2019 |access-date=Sep 29, 2019 |title=Muere José José a los 71 años |language=es |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/espectaculos/2019/09/28/muere-jose-jose-a-los-71-anos-7106.html |trans-title=Jose Jose dies at 71}}
• 2022 – Coolio, American rapper (born 1963){{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/f55102050b45a771c5859cb1bd5a78b1 |title='Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio dies at age 59 |website=Associated Press |date=29 September 2022}}
• 2024 – Winfield Dunn, American politician, 43rd Governor of Tennessee (born 1927){{Cite web |title=Winfield Dunn, 43rd Governor of Tennessee, Passes Away |url=https://www.tn.gov/governor/news/2024/9/28/winfield-dunn--43rd-governor-of-tennessee--passes-away.html |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=www.tn.gov |language=en}}
• 2024 – Drake Hogestyn, American actor (born 1953){{Cite web |date=2024-09-30 |title=Drake Hogestyn, 'Days of Our Lives' star, dies at 70 |url=https://apnews.com/article/drake-hogestyn-dead-days-of-our-lives-6420400d055237eba3355e85466ee8c7 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 2024 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer, songwriter, and actor (born 1936){{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/kris-kristofferson-dead-country-music-legend-actor-1236159472/ |title=Kris Kristofferson, Country Music Legend and 'A Star Is Born' Leading Man, Dies at 88 |first=Chris |last=Morris |website=Variety |date=September 29, 2024}}

• Christian feast day:
• Aaron of Auxerre
• Annemund
• Chariton the Confessor{{cite web |title=Venerable Chariton the Confessor, Abbot of Palestine |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2020/09/28/102742-venerable-chariton-the-confessor-abbot-of-palestine |website=Orthodox Church in America |publisher=The Orthodox Church in America |access-date=6 October 2023}}
• Conval
• Eustochium
• Exuperius
• Faustus of Riez
• John of Dukla
• Leoba
• Lorenzo Ruiz
• Paternus of Auch
• Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton and Margery Kempe (Episcopal Church (USA))
• Simón de Rojas
• Wenceslas
• September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
• Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic)
• Freedom from Hunger Day
• International Day for Universal Access to Information{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}
• National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (Philippines)
• Teachers' Day (Taiwan and Chinese-Filipino schools in the Philippines), ceremonies dedicated to Confucius are also observed.
• World Rabies Day (International)

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• {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/28 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
• {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=28}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/28 |title=Historical Events on September 28 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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