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The December 28, 2001 was a Friday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 361 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.

If you were born on this day, you are 24 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, December 28, 2025, 185 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, December 28, 2026, in 179 days. You have lived for 8,951 days, or about 214,837 hours, or about 12,890,241 minutes, or about 773,414,460 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Denzel Washington (film actor, born December 28, 1954)
  • Stan Lee (business executive, comics writer, editor, executive producer, film actor, film producer, journalist, publisher, science fiction writer, screenwriter, soldier, television presenter, voice actor, writer, born December 28, 1922)
  • Maggie Smith (character actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 28, 1934)
  • Ratan Tata (businessperson, engineer, entrepreneur, born December 28, 1937)
  • Woodrow Wilson (academic, jurist, lawyer, political scientist, politician, statesperson, teacher, university teacher, writer, born December 28, 1856)
  • Noomi Rapace (actor, film actor, born December 28, 1979)
  • Joe Manganiello (actor, film actor, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, stunt performer, television actor, television director, television producer, born December 28, 1976)
  • Sienna Miller (actor, fashion designer, film actor, model, socialite, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 28, 1981)
  • John Legend (actor, film actor, keyboardist, musician, pianist, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, born December 28, 1978)
  • Ian Fleming (journalist, novelist, prosaist, sailor, screenwriter, writer, born December 28, 1908)
  • John von Neumann (chemist, computer scientist, economist, engineer, inventor, mathematician, nuclear physicist, physicist, scientist, university teacher, born December 28, 1903)
  • Jessie Buckley (actor, singer, television actor, born December 28, 1989)
  • Lili Elbe (painter, born December 28, 1882)
  • Marcos Alonso (association football player, born December 28, 1990)
  • Adam Peaty (reality television participant, swimmer, writer, born December 28, 1994)
  • Linus Torvalds (programmer, software developer, born December 28, 1969)
  • Hassan Yazdani (amateur wrestler, born December 28, 1994)
  • Ned Kelly (bushranger, born December 28, 1854)
  • Kary Mullis (biochemist, chemist, molecular biologist, born December 28, 1944)
  • Titus (military personnel, politician, born December 30, 39)
  • Dhirubhai Ambani (entrepreneur, born December 28, 1932)
  • Vanessa Ferlito (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 28, 1980)
  • Beau Garrett (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born December 28, 1982)
  • Ma Anand Sheela (spokesperson, born December 28, 1949)
  • Thomas Becket (Catholic priest, judge, theologian, born December 21, 1119)
  • Seth Meyers (comedian, film actor, journalist, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, writer, born December 28, 1973)
  • Nichelle Nichols (actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 28, 1932)
  • Liu Xiaobo (human rights activist, literary critic, poet, writer, born December 28, 1955)
  • Yujiro Ishihara (actor, model, seiyū, singer, tarento, television actor, born December 28, 1934)
  • Chad McQueen (actor, film actor, film producer, racing automobile driver, born December 28, 1960)
  • David Archuleta (actor, composer, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 28, 1990)
  • Adam Vinatieri (American football player, born December 28, 1972)
  • Elaine Hendrix (actor, dancer, film actor, model, television actor, born December 28, 1970)
  • Gayle King (journalist, magazine editor, radio personality, born December 28, 1954)
  • Charmian Carr (actor, entrepreneur, film actor, television actor, born December 28, 1942)
  • Sergi Barjuan (association football manager, association football player, born December 28, 1971)
  • Tetsuya Watari (actor, seiyū, singer, television actor, born December 28, 1941)
  • Jacques Mesrine (criminal, born December 28, 1936)
  • George Blagden (actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, born December 28, 1989)
  • Yua Shinkawa (actor, fashion model, model, tarento, born December 28, 1993)
  • Richard Clayderman (composer, music arranger, pianist, born December 28, 1953)
  • Madison De La Garza (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 28, 2001)
  • Ivan Konev (military officer, politician, born December 28, 1897)
  • Shinobu Terajima (actor, film actor, born December 28, 1972)
  • Ana Torroja (singer, songwriter, born December 28, 1959)
  • Arun Jaitley (lawyer, politician, spokesperson, strategist, born December 28, 1952)
  • Yasmin Aga Khan (philanthropist, born December 28, 1949)
  • Martin Milner (film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 28, 1931)
  • Don Francisco (actor, autobiographer, businessperson, philanthropist, singer, talk show host, television presenter, writer, born December 28, 1940)
  • Maggie Civantos (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 28, 1984)
  • Ana Navarro (pundit, born December 28, 1971)
  • Apollo Milton Obote (politician, born December 28, 1925)
  • Akihiko Hoshide (astronaut, born December 28, 1968)
  • Hildegard Knef (actor, autobiographer, film actor, recording artist, singer, stage actor, television actor, writer, born December 28, 1925)
  • Erich Mielke (military officer, politician, born December 28, 1907)
  • Edgar Winter (keyboardist, multi-instrumentalist, pianist, record producer, recording artist, saxophonist, singer, born December 28, 1946)
  • Guy Debord (artist, autobiographer, essayist, film director, filmmaker, game designer, graphic designer, peace activist, philosopher, screenwriter, translator, visual artist, writer, born December 28, 1931)
  • Mike He (actor, model, singer, television actor, born December 28, 1983)
  • Johnny Isakson (economist, politician, born December 28, 1944)
  • Hannah Tointon (actor, film actor, born December 28, 1987)
  • Ched Evans (association football player, born December 28, 1988)
  • Anatoly Slivko (criminal, serial killer, born December 28, 1938)
  • Senna Guemmour (entertainer, singer, television presenter, born December 28, 1979)
  • Philippe de Gaulle (naval officer, politician, born December 28, 1921)
  • Aleksandr Robak (actor, film director, film producer, television actor, born December 28, 1973)
  • Birendra of Nepal (monarch, born December 28, 1945)
  • André Holland (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 28, 1979)
  • Gilbert Montagné (musician, pianist, singer, born December 28, 1951)
  • Taryn Terrell (actor, film actor, model, professional wrestler, stunt performer, television actor, born December 28, 1985)
  • Roger II of Sicily (politician, sovereign, born December 22, 1095)
  • Larissa Manoela (actor, singer, television actor, born December 28, 2000)
  • Andy McNab (author, autobiographer, novelist, soldier, writer, born December 28, 1959)
  • Dany Brillant (actor, singer, born December 28, 1965)
  • F. W. Murnau (film director, film producer, screenwriter, born December 28, 1888)
  • Édgar Vivar Villanueva (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 28, 1944)
  • Tortoise Matsumoto (actor, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 28, 1966)
  • Brendan Hines (actor, film actor, musician, singer-songwriter, television actor, born December 28, 1976)
  • Philip Anschutz (businessperson, publisher, born December 28, 1939)
  • Thomas Dekker (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, singer, television actor, voice actor, born December 28, 1987)
  • Keith Floyd (author, autobiographer, chef, television presenter, television producer, born December 28, 1943)
  • Mackenzie Rosman (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 28, 1989)
  • Patrick Rafter (tennis player, born December 28, 1972)
  • Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (politician, born December 28, 1920)
  • Lanny Poffo (author, professional wrestler, writer, born December 28, 1954)
  • Juan Reynoso Guzmán (association football manager, association football player, born December 28, 1969)
  • Michel Petrucciani (composer, jazz pianist, recording artist, born December 28, 1962)
  • Joe Diffie (singer, singer-songwriter, born December 28, 1958)
  • Choi Soo-jong (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 28, 1962)
  • Fred Ball (actor, television actor, born December 28, 1938)
  • Tatsuo Hori (linguist, novelist, poet, translator, writer, born December 28, 1904)
  • Shuichi Murata (baseball player, born December 28, 1980)
  • Lew Ayres (actor, banjoist, film actor, film director, television actor, born December 28, 1908)
  • Tatsumi Fujinami (professional wrestler, born December 28, 1953)
  • Eugeniusz Bodo (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, stage actor, born December 28, 1899)
  • Deddy Corbuzier (actor, film director, magician, organizational founder, president, television presenter, television producer, born December 28, 1976)
  • Shizuka Ōya (Japanese idol, model, tarento, born December 28, 1991)
  • Alex Chilton (guitarist, musician, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 28, 1950)
  • Arthur Eddington (astronomer, astrophysicist, philosopher, physicist, born December 28, 1882)
  • Jakub Świerczok (association football player, born December 28, 1992)
  • Frank Turner (guitarist, singer-songwriter, born December 28, 1981)
  • Juan Pablo Ledezma (drug lord, born December 28, 1980)
  • Joseph Chang (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 28, 1983)
  • James Blake (autobiographer, tennis player, writer, born December 28, 1979)
  • Özgü Namal (film actor, born December 28, 1978)
  • Martha Wash (composer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 28, 1953)
  • Cliff Arquette (actor, composer, lyricist, pianist, screenwriter, television actor, born December 28, 1905)
  • Derek Yee (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, born December 28, 1957)
  • Mamiko Takai (actor, lyricist, singer, songwriter, born December 28, 1966)
  • Miles Brown (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 28, 2004)
  • Terry Butcher (association football manager, association football player, born December 28, 1958)
  • Laganja Estranja (drag queen, singer, born December 28, 1988)
  • Kery James (actor, film director, musician, rapper, recording artist, born December 28, 1977)
  • Lior Ashkenazi (dub actor, film actor, stage actor, television presenter, born December 28, 1968)
  • Pio Baroja (baker, novelist, physician, physician writer, playwright, poet, writer, born December 28, 1872)
  • Kaori Yamaguchi (judoka, born December 28, 1964)
  • Nigel Kennedy (jazz musician, violinist, born December 28, 1956)
  • Mohammad Reza Foroutan (actor, singer, television actor, born December 28, 1968)
  • Dalbir Singh Suhag (soldier, born December 28, 1954)
  • Terry Sawchuk (ice hockey player, born December 28, 1929)
  • Cezanne Khan (actor, model, television actor, born December 28, 1977)
  • Zach Hill (musician, born December 28, 1979)
  • AzMarie Livingston (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born December 28, 1986)
  • Abílio dos Santos Diniz (entrepreneur, manager, racing automobile driver, racing driver, born December 28, 1936)
  • Naomi Fujiyama (actor, born December 28, 1958)
  • Yoshiji Kigami (animator, film director, born December 28, 1957)
  • Khalid Boulahrouz (association football player, born December 28, 1981)
  • Marcos Lopes (association football player, born December 28, 1995)
  • Ray Bourque (ice hockey player, born December 28, 1960)
  • Richard Whiteley (journalist, television presenter, born December 28, 1943)
  • Martin Kaymer (golfer, born December 28, 1984)
  • Cedric Benson (American football player, baseball player, born December 28, 1982)
  • Iqbaal Ramadhan (actor, born December 28, 1999)
  • Tom Huddlestone (association football player, born December 28, 1986)
  • Carl Gustav Fleischer (military officer, born December 28, 1883)
  • Alex Dimitriades (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 28, 1973)
  • Nash Grier (YouTuber, actor, internet celebrity, television producer, born December 28, 1997)
  • Raditya Dika (actor, film director, stand-up comedian, writer, born December 28, 1984)
  • Andrew Duggan (film actor, television actor, born December 28, 1923)
  • Barkha Bisht Sengupta (actor, television actor, born December 28, 1979)
  • Anita Doth (singer, born December 28, 1971)
  • A. K. Antony (journalist, politician, born December 28, 1940)
  • Abdel Moneim Madbouly (actor, television actor, born December 28, 1921)
  • John Y. Brown Jr. (businessperson, lawyer, born December 28, 1933)
  • Gene Chizik (American football player, head coach, born December 28, 1961)
  • Shawn Harrison (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 28, 1973)
  • Harry Arter (association football player, born December 28, 1989)
  • Herbert von Bismarck (diplomat, politician, born December 28, 1849)
  • Lucas Cavallini (association football player, born December 28, 1992)
  • Trip Hawkins (entrepreneur, born December 28, 1953)
  • Jaime Rodríguez Calderón (politician, born December 28, 1957)

28th of December 2001 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 28, 2001

Editors' Note; COMING ON SUNDAY

Date: 29 December 2001

Preview of Times Magazine for Dec 30, eighth annual tribute issue

Full Article

A Young Journalist Grows Up to Develop New Ones

Date: 28 December 2001

By Lynda Richardson

Lynda Richardson

Public Lives profile of Keith Hefner, who is helping students in New York's foster care system develop writing and journalism skills; photo (M)

Full Article

ASTRAZENECA SEEKS APPROVAL OF CANCER DRUG

Date: 29 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

AstraZeneca asks FDA to approve Iressa, cancer treatment that company predicts will have sales of more than $1 billion (S)

Full Article

ORACLE, SOFTWARE MAKER, PLANNING LAYOFFS OF 800

Date: 29 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Oracle Corp, database-software maker, plans to cut costs by reducing duplicate positions in consulting and sales (S)

Full Article

CLOTHING RETAILER SEEKS TO CLOSE 48 STORES

Date: 29 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Casual Male Corp, biggest specialty retailer of large-sized men's clothing, asks bankruptcy judge for permission to close 48 unprofitable stores and holds sales at locations (S)

Full Article

KODAK SCHEDULES SHAREHOLDER VOTE ON OPTION PLAN

Date: 28 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Eastman Kodak sets shareholder vote on its plan to revalue stock options after 22 percent 2001 drop in its share price (S)

Full Article

PARADYNE IN $28 MILLION DEAL FOR ELASTIC NETWORKS

Date: 29 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Paradyne Networks Inc agrees to buy Elastic Networks Inc for about $28.8 million in stock (S)

Full Article

MB FINANCIAL IS BUYING FIRST LINCOLNWOOD OF CHICAGO

Date: 28 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

MB Financial will buy First Lincolnwood Corp, acquiring First National Bank of Lincolnwood's three Chicago offices (S)

Full Article

KEYSTONE BUYS WAREHOUSE COMPLEX FROM MORGAN UNIT

Date: 28 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Keystone Property Trust buys Westpark Business Center, Allentown, Pa, warehouse and distribution complex, from J P Morgan Chase unit for $56 million (S)

Full Article

LENNOX PLANS TO LAY OFF 340 OF ITS WORKERS

Date: 29 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Lennox International say it will lay off 340 employees to reduce expenses and will report fourth-quarter loss (S)

Full Article

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