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Celebrity Half
Birthdays for July 28

Discover all
the world-renowned actors, singers, athletes,
political leaders, and other celebrities who
share a half birthday on this day. (Source:
Wikipedia) And
hey, don't forget to calculate half birthdays of family &
friends and mark your calendar with alerts at
least a week before so you can plan!
- 1312 – Joan II of
Navarre (d.
1349)
- 1457 – Henry VII
of England (d.
1509)
- 1540 – Ludolph van
Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician (d. 1610)
- 1578 – Cornelius
Haga, Dutch diplomat (d. 1654)
- 1582 – John
Barclay, Scottish poet (d. 1621)
- 1600 – Pope
Clement IX (d.
1669)
- 1608 – Giovanni
Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and
physicist (d. 1679)
- 1611 – Johannes
Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician
(d. 1687)
- 1622 – Adrien
Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
- 1693 – Gregor
Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)
- 1701 – Charles
Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician
and geographer (d. 1774)
- 1706 – John
Baskerville, English printer and typographer
(d. 1775)
- 1712 – Tokugawa
Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
- 1717 – Mustafa III,
Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
- 1719 – Johann
Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (d.
1749)
- 1755 – Samuel
Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician (d.
1830)
- 1784 – George
Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen,
Scottish politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (d.
1860)
- 1818 – George S.
Boutwell, American politician, 28th United
States Secretary of the Treasury (d.
1905)
- 1822 – Alexander
Mackenzie, Canadian politician, 2nd Prime
Minister of Canada (d.
1892)
- 1833 – Charles
George Gordon, English general and
administrator (d. 1885)
- 1841 – Henry
Morton Stanley, Welsh-American explorer and
journalist (d. 1904)
- 1843 – Mihkel
Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and
theologist (d. 1890)
- 1853 – José Martí,
Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
- 1853 – Vladimir
Solovyov, Russian philosopher (d. 1900)
- 1857 – William
Seward Burroughs I, American inventor and
businessman, founded the Burroughs
Corporation (d.
1898)
- 1858 – Tannatt
William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian
geologist and explorer (d. 1934)
- 1861 – Julián
Felipe, Filipino composer (d. 1944)
- 1863 – Ernest
William Christmas, Australian painter (d.
1918)
- 1864 – Charles
Williams Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d.
1948)
- 1864 – Herbert
Akroyd Stuart, English inventor, invented
the Hot bulb
engine and Hornsby-Akroyd
oil engine (d.
1927)
- 1865 – Lala Lajpat
Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
- 1865 – Kaarlo Juho
Ståhlberg, Finnish politician, 1st President
of Finland (d.
1952)
- 1873 – Colette,
French author (d. 1954)
- 1874 – Vsevolod
Meyerhold, Russian director (d. 1940)
- 1875 – Julián
Carrillo, Mexican composer, conductor,
violinist, and theorist (d. 1965)
- 1880 – Herbert
Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970)
- 1884 – Auguste
Piccard, Swiss physicist (d. 1962)
- 1885 – Vahan
Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
- 1886 – Marthe
Bibesco, Romanian-French author (d. 1973)
- 1886 – Hidetsugu
Yagi, Japanese engineer (d. 1976)
- 1887 – Arthur
Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (d.
1982)
- 1890 – Robert
Stroud, American criminal and ornithologist
(d. 1963)
- 1891 – Bill Doak,
American baseball player (d. 1954)
- 1892 – Ernst
Lubitsch, German-American actor,
screenwriter, director, and producer (d. 1947)
- 1897 – Valentin
Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d.
1986)
- 1899 – Elias
Simojoki, Finnish clergyman (d. 1940)
- 1900 – Alice Neel,
American painter (d. 1984)
- 1903 – Aleksander
Kamiński, Polish author and educator (d.
1978)
- 1904 – Canuplin,
Filipino magician (d. 1979)
- 1908 – Paul
Misraki, French composer (d. 1998)
- 1909 – John
Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
- 1910 – John Banner,
Austrian actor (d. 1973)
- 1910 – Arnold Moss,
American actor (d. 1989)
- 1911 – Johan van
Hulst, Dutch politician, professor, author
and decorated World War II resistance member
- 1912 – Jackson
Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
- 1913 – Maurice
Gosfield, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1915 – Nien Cheng,
Chinese-American author (d. 2009)
- 1918 – Harry
Corbett, English puppeteer (d. 1989)
- 1918 – Trevor
Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and
politician (d. 2004)
- 1919 – Francis
Gabreski, American pilot (d. 2002)
- 1922 – Robert W.
Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1993)
- 1924 – Marcel
Broodthaers, Belgian painter (d. 1976)
- 1925 – Scotty
Bloch, American actress
- 1925 – Raja
Ramanna, Indian scientist (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Per
Oscarsson, Swedish actor (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Ronnie
Scott, English saxophonist (d. 1996)
- 1927 – Hiroshi
Teshigahara, Japanese director (d. 2001)
- 1927 – Vera B.
Williams, American children's author
- 1928 – Philip
Levine, American poet
- 1929 – Acker Bilk,
English clarinet player
- 1929 – Nikolai
Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (d.
2012)
- 1929 – Claes
Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor
- 1930 – Jasraj,
Indian singer
- 1930 – Kurt
Biedenkopf, German politician
- 1930 – Roy Clarke,
English television scriptwriter
- 1933 – Jack Hill,
American director
- 1934 – Juan Manuel
Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (d.
1990)
- 1934 – Mitr
Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970)
- 1935 – David Lodge,
English author
- 1936 – Alan Alda,
American actor, screenwriter, and director
- 1936 – Bill Jordan,
English economist, trade unionist and politician
- 1936 – Ismail
Kadare, Albanian author
- 1937 – Karel
Čáslavský, Czech historian and television
host (d. 2013)
- 1938 – Leonid
Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
- 1939 – John M.
Fabian, American pilot and astronaut
- 1940 – Carlos Slim,
Mexican businessman, founded Grupo Carso
- 1941 – Joel
Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1941 – King Tubby,
Jamaican DJ, producer, and engineer (d. 1989)
- 1941 – Cash McCall,
American electric blues guitarist, singer and
songwriter
- 1942 – Sjoukje
Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
- 1943 – John Beck,
American actor
- 1943 – Paul
Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1943 – Dick Taylor,
English bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Rolling
Stones, The Pretty
Things, and The Mekons)
- 1944 – Bobby Ball,
English comedian and actor
- 1944 – Tim Heald,
English author and biographer
- 1944 – Susan
Howard, American actress
- 1944 – Rosalía
Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (d.
2013)
- 1944 – John
Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)
- 1945 – Maxwell
Fuller, Australian chess player (d. 2013)
- 1945 – Karen Lynn
Gorney, American actress
- 1945 – Marthe
Keller, Swiss actress
- 1945 – José Luis
Perales, Spanish singer-songwriter and
guitarist
- 1945 – John
Perkins, American author and activist
- 1845 – Nick
Raynsford, English politician
- 1945 – Robert
Wyatt, English singer-songwriter and drummer
(Soft
Machine, The Wilde
Flowers, and Matching
Mole)
- 1947 – Jeanne
Shaheen, American politician, 78th Governor of
New Hampshire
- 1948 – Charles
Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President
of Liberia
- 1948 – Bob Moses,
American jazz drummer
- 1949 – Thomas
Downey, American politician
- 1949 – Gregg
Popovich, American basketball player and
coach
- 1950 – Hamad bin
Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
- 1950 – Barbi
Benton, American model, actress, and singer
- 1950 – Bob Hay,
American singer-songwriter and musician (Supercluster)
- 1950 – David C.
Hilmers, American astronaut and engineer
- 1951 – Brian
Bilbray, American politician
- 1951 – Leonid
Kadeniuk, Ukrainian astronaut
- 1953 – Colin
Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1953 – Chris
Carter, English DJ and producer (Throbbing
Gristle and Chris &
Cosey)
- 1954 – Bruno Metsu,
French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
- 1954 – Rick Warren,
American pastor and author
- 1955 – Nicolas
Sarkozy, French politician, 23rd President
of France
- 1955 – Vinod
Khosla, Indian American venture capitalist
- 1957 – Mark Napier,
Canadian ice hockey player
- 1957 – Nick Price,
Zimbabwean golfer
- 1957 – Frank
Skinner, English comedian, actor and author
- 1957 – Kent
Kessler, American jazz double-bassist
- 1959 – Frank
Darabont, American director and producer
- 1959 – Megan
McDonald, American author
- 1959 – Randi
Rhodes, American radio host
- 1959 – Bill Ware,
American jazz vibraphonist
- 1959 – Dave Sharp,
English guitarist (The Alarm and AOR –
Spirit of The Alarm)
- 1960 – Robert von
Dassanowsky, Austrian-American historian and
film producer
- 1961 – Arnaldur
Indriðason, Icelandic author
- 1961 – Normand
Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 – Keith
Hamilton Cobb, American actor
- 1962 – Creflo
Dollar, American pastor
- 1962 – Sam
Phillips, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist
- 1963 – Dan Spitz,
American guitarist (Anthrax and Overkill)
- 1965 – Lynda Boyd,
Canadian actress
- 1967 – Jan Lamb,
Chinese singer and actor (Softhard)
- 1967 – Marvin Sapp,
American singer-songwriter (Commissioned)
- 1968 – Rakim,
American rapper (Eric B.
& Rakim)
- 1968 – Sarah
McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter,
pianist, and producer
- 1968 – DJ Muggs,
American DJ and producer (Cypress
Hill and The 7A3)
- 1969 – Kathryn
Morris, American actress
- 1969 – Mo Rocca,
American comedian, actor, and journalist
- 1969 – Linda
Sánchez, American politician
- 1971 – Anthony
Hamilton, American singer-songwriter and
producer
- 1972 – Léon van
Bon, Dutch cyclist
- 1972 – Indrek
Sammul, Estonian actor
- 1972 – Nicky
Southall, English footballer
- 1973 – Jason Aaron,
American comic book writer
- 1974 – Tony Delk,
American basketball player
- 1974 – Jermaine
Dye, American baseball player
- 1974 – Ramsey Nasr,
Dutch author and poet
- 1974 – Magglio
Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1975 – Shark Boy,
American wrestler
- 1975 – Hiroshi
Kamiya, Japanese voice actor
- 1975 – Tanya Chua,
Singaporean singer-songwriter
- 1975 – Terri
Colombino, American actress
- 1975 – Lee
Latchford-Evans, English singer-songwriter,
dancer, and actor (Steps and Upper
Street)
- 1975 – Anne
Montminy, Canadian diver
- 1975 – Junior
Spivey, American baseball player
- 1976 – Lee Ingleby,
English actor
- 1976 – Emiko Kado,
Japanese wrestler (d. 1999)
- 1976 – Mark Madsen,
American basketball player
- 1976 – Rick Ross,
American rapper and producer (Triple C's)
- 1976 – Miltiadis
Sapanis, Greek footballer
- 1977 – Sandis
Buškevics, Latvian basketball player
- 1977 – Daunte
Culpepper, American football player
- 1977 – Matt
DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira, Ringworm, Six Feet
Under, and Fear
Factory)
- 1977 – Joey Fatone,
American singer, dancer, and actor (*NSYNC)
- 1977 – Lyle
Overbay, American baseball player
- 1977 – Takuma Sato,
Japanese race car driver
- 1978 – Sheamus,
Irish wrestler and actor
- 1978 – Gianluigi
Buffon, Italian footballer
- 1978 – Jamie
Carragher, English footballer
- 1978 – Papa Bouba
Diop, Senegalese footballer
- 1979 – Ali Boulala,
Swedish skateboarder
- 1980 – Nick Carter,
American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and
actor (Backstreet
Boys)
- 1980 – Yasuhito
Endō, Japanese footballer
- 1980 – Brian
Fallon, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (The
Gaslight Anthem and The
Horrible Crowes)
- 1980 – Michael
Hastings, American journalist (d. 2013)
- 1980 – Jesse James
Hollywood, American drug dealer and criminal
- 1981 – Shuji Kondo,
Japanese wrestler
- 1981 – Elijah Wood,
American actor
- 1982 – Annie
Social, American wrestler
- 1984 – Stephen
Gostkowski, American football player
- 1984 – Andre
Iguodala, American basketball player
- 1984 – Anne Panter,
English field hockey player
- 1985 – Daniel
Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – J. Cole,
American rapper and producer
- 1985 – Arnold
Mvuemba, French footballer
- 1985 – Libby
Trickett, Australian swimmer
- 1986 – Jessica
Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler
- 1986 – Shruti
Haasan, Indian actress and singer
- 1986 – Nathan
Outteridge, Australian sailor
- 1986 – Antonis
Petropoulos, Greek footballer
- 1986 – Asad Shafiq,
Pakistani cricketer
- 1987 – Chelsea
Brummet, American actress and singer
- 1988 – Paul Henry,
English footballer
- 1988 – Seiya
Sanada, Japanese wrestler
- 1989 – Siem de
Jong, Dutch footballer
- 1989 – Ronny Philp,
German footballer
- 1990 – Kalifa
Faifai Loa, New Zealand rugby player
- 1990 – Paul Jolley,
American singer
- 1991 – Carl
Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1991 – Calum
Worthy, Canadian actor
- 1992 – Sergio
Araujo, Argentinian footballer
- 1992 – Andrei
Savchenko, Russian footballer
- 1993 – Richmond
Boakye, Ghanaian footballer
- 1993 – Will
Poulter, English actor
- 1998 – Ariel
Winter, American actress
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