If I understood Shmuli correctly,

then the fact that my birth has not had a significant effect on human history is a strike against me. In any case, several important people were born on June 28, if not in 1983:

• 1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
• 1490 - Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545)
• 1491 - Henry VIII, king of England (d. 1547)
• 1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (d. 1640)
• 1703 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
• 1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
• 1806 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
• 1807 - Anton Philipp Reclam, German publisher (d. 1895)
• 1831 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)
• 1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist and narrator, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (d. 1936)
• 1891 - Carl Panzram, serial killer
• 1902 - Richard Rodgers, composer (d. 1979)
• 1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics (d. 1972)
• 1906 - Paul-Emile Victor
• 1913 - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker
• 1914 - Lester Flatt, bluegrass musician (d. 1979)
• 1921 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India 1991 - 1996
• 1926 - Mel Brooks, filmmaker
• 1932 - Pat Morita, actor
• 1936 - Chuck Howley, American football player
• 1938 - Moy Yat, martial artist
• 1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics
• 1946 - Gilda Radner, actress (d. 1989)
• 1947 - Mark Helprin, American writer
• 1948 - Kathy Bates, actress
• 1948 - Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court justice
• 1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete
• 1954 - Alice Krige, actress
• 1960 - John Elway, American football player
• 1964 - Mark Grace, Major League Baseball player
• 1966 - John Cusack, actor
• 1968 - Adam Woodyatt, actor
• 1972 - Jon Heidenreich, professional wrestler
• 1973 - Adrian Annus, hammer thrower
• 1978 - Simon Larose, tennis player
• 1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player
• 1983 - Yehuda Halper. graduate student in philosophy
  

(source: wikipedia)