Famous Birthdays for April 28th

Pre-1600[edit]

• AD 32 – Otho, Roman emperor (d. 69 AD)
• 1402 – Nezahualcoyotl, Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler (d. 1472)
• 1442 – Edward IV, king of England (d. 1483)
• 1545 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean commander (d. 1598)
• 1573 – Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, son of Charles IX (d. 1650)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1604 – Joris Jansen Rapelje, Dutch settler in colonial North America (d. 1662)
• 1623 – Wilhelmus Beekman, Dutch politician (d. 1707)
• 1630 – Charles Cotton, English poet and author (d. 1687)
• 1676 – Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (d. 1751)
• 1715 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1767)
• 1758 – James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
• 1761 – Marie Harel, French cheesemaker (d. 1844)
• 1765 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
• 1819 – Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (d. 1884)
• 1827 – William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1904)
• 1838 – Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1913)
• 1848 – Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1909)
• 1854 – Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. (d. 1923)^[7]
• 1855 – José Malhoa, Portuguese painter (d. 1933)
• 1863 – Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1933)
• 1863 – Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (d. 1929)
• 1865 – Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic (d. 1940)
• 1868 – Lucy Booth, English composer (d. 1953)
• 1868 – Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1908)
• 1874 – Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
• 1874 – Sidney Toler, American actor and director (d. 1947)
• 1876 – Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1938)
• 1878 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director (d. 1954)
• 1886 – Erich Salomon, German-born news photographer (d. 1944)
• 1886 – Art Shaw, American hurdler (d. 1955)
• 1888 – Walter Tull, English footballer and soldier (d. 1918)
• 1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1970)
• 1896 – Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (d. 1948)
• 1896 – Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963)^[8]
• 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (d. 1986)
• 1900 – Alice Berry, Australian activist (d. 1978) ^[9]
• 1900 – Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (d. 1945)^[10]
• 1900 – Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1992)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – H. B. Stallard, English runner and surgeon (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (d. 1979)
• 1906 – Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1978)
• 1906 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (d. 1999)
• 1908 – Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster (d. 1981)
• 1908 – Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (d. 1974)
• 1909 – Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American theologist and orientalist (d. 1988)
• 1910 – Sam Merwin, Jr., American author (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1999)
• 1912 – Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1913 – Rose Murphy, American singer (d. 1989)
• 1914 – Michel Mohrt, French author, historian (d. 2011)
• 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini (d. 1993)
• 1917 – Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Carolyn Cassady, American author (d. 2013)
• 1923 – William Guarnere, American sergeant (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (d. 2021)^[11]
• 1925 – T. John Lesinski, American judge and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1996)
• 1925 – John Leonard Thorn, English lieutenant, author, and academic
• 1926 – James Bama, American artist and illustrator
• 1926 – Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Harper Lee, American novelist (d. 2016)^[12]
• 1926 – Hulusi Sayın, Turkish general (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
• 1928 – Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer (d. 1997)
• 1930 – James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State
• 1930 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
• 1933 – Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Lois Duncan, American journalist and author (d. 2016)
• 1935 – Pedro Ramos, Cuban baseball player
• 1935 – Jimmy Wray, Scottish boxer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (d. 2006)
• 1937 – Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1937 – John White, Scottish international footballer (d. 1964)^[13]
• 1938 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (d. 1995)
• 1941 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1941 – Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
• 1941 – John Madejski, English businessman and academic
• 1941 – Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 – Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet and author (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst
• 1943 – Aryeh Bibi, Iraqi-born Israeli politician
• 1944 – Elizabeth LeCompte, American director and producer
• 1944 – Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician, 10th Minister-President of Wallonia
• 1944 – Alice Waters, American chef and author
• 1946 – Nour El-Sherif, Egyptian actor and producer (d. 2015)
• 1946 – Ginette Reno, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1946 – Larissa Grunig, American theorist and activist
• 1947 – Christian Jacq, French historian and author
• 1947 – Nicola LeFanu, English composer and academic
• 1947 – Steve Khan, American jazz guitarist
• 1948 – Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1948 – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 1949 – Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge
• 1949 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
• 1949 – Bruno Kirby, American actor and director (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Willie Colón, Puerto Rican-American trombonist and producer
• 1950 – Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer
• 1950 – Steve Rider, English journalist and sportscaster
• 1951 – Tim Congdon, English economist and politician
• 1951 – Larry Smith, Canadian football player and politician
• 1952 – Chuck Leavell, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1952 – Mary McDonnell, American actress
• 1953 – Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (d. 2003)
• 1953 – Kim Gordon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1953 – Brian Greenhoff, English footballer and coach (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Timothy Curley, American educator
• 1954 – Michael P. Jackson, American politician, 3rd Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1954 – Vic Sotto, Filipino actor-producer, singer-songwriter, comedian and television personality
• 1954 – Ron Zook, American football player and coach
• 1955 – Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator (d. 2020)^[14]
• 1955 – Eddie Jobson, English keyboard player and violinist
• 1955 – Dieter Rubach, German bass player
• 1956 – Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
• 1958 – Hal Sutton, American golfer
• 1960 – Tom Browning, American baseball player
• 1960 – Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 1960 – Phil King, English bass player
• 1960 – Ian Rankin, Scottish author
• 1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (d. 1993)
• 1960 – Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Sandrine Dumas, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1963 – Marc Lacroix, Belgian biochemist and academic
• 1964 – Stephen Ames, Trinidadian golfer
• 1964 – Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
• 1964 – Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar, English surgeon and academic
• 1964 – Barry Larkin, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1964 – L'Wren Scott, American model and fashion designer (d. 2014)
• 1965 – Jennifer Rardin, American author (d. 2010)
• 1966 – John Daly, American golfer
• 1966 – Too Short, American rapper, producer and actor
• 1967 – Chris White, English engineer and politician
• 1968 – Howard Donald, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Andy Flower, South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 1969 – LeRon Perry Ellis, American basketball player
• 1970 – Richard Fromberg, Australian tennis player
• 1970 – Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player and scout
• 1970 – Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1971 – Brad McEwan, Australian journalist
• 1972 – Violent J, American rapper
• 1972 – Helena Tulve, Estonian composer
• 1972 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1973 – Jorge Garcia, American actor and producer
• 1973 – Earl Holmes, American football player and coach
• 1973 – Andrew Mehrtens, South African-New Zealand rugby player
• 1974 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer
• 1974 – Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1974 – Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
• 1974 – Vernon Kay, English radio and television host
• 1974 – Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer and journalist
• 1975 – Michael Walchhofer, Austrian skier
• 1976 – Shane Jurgensen, Australian cricketer
• 1978 – Lauren Laverne, English singer and television host
• 1978 – Robert Oliveri, American actor
• 1978 – Nate Richert, American actor
• 1979 – Scott Fujita, American football player and sportscaster
• 1980 – Bradley Wiggins, English cyclist
• 1981 – Jessica Alba, American model and actress
• 1981 – Pietro Travagli, Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Nikki Grahame, English model and journalist (d. 2021)
• 1982 – Chris Kaman, American basketball player
• 1983 – Josh Brookes, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1983 – David Freese, American baseball player
• 1983 – Roger Johnson, English footballer
• 1983 – Graham Wagg, English cricketer
• 1983 – Thomas Waldrom, New Zealand-English rugby player
• 1984 – Dmitri Torbinski, Russian footballer
• 1985 – Lucas Jakubczyk, German sprinter and long jumper
• 1985 – Deividas Stagniūnas, Lithuanian ice dancer
• 1986 – Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player
• 1986 – Jenna Ushkowitz, Korean-American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1987 – Ryan Conroy, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Daequan Cook, American basketball player^[15]
• 1987 – Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian actress and model
• 1987 – Bradley Johnson, English footballer
• 1987 – Zoran Tošić, Serbian footballer
• 1988 – Jonathan Biabiany, French footballer
• 1988 – Juan Manuel Mata, Spanish footballer
• 1988 – Katariina Tuohimaa, Finnish tennis player
• 1989 – Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer
• 1989 – Kim Sung-kyu, South Korean singer
• 1990 – Niels-Peter Mørck, Danish footballer
• 1992 – Blake Bortles, American football player
• 1992 – DeMarcus Lawrence, American football player
• 1993 – Craig Garvey, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Eva Samková, Czech snowboarder
• 1995 – Jonathan Benteke, Belgian footballer
• 1995 – Melanie Martinez, American singer
• 1998 – Song Yu-bin, South Korean singer and actor^[16]