Famous Birthdays for March 28th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1472 – Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)^[42]
• 1515 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)^[33]
• 1522 – Albert Alcibiades, German prince (d. 1557)^[43]
• 1592 – John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)^[44]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1613 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688)^[45]
• 1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)^[46]
• 1652 – Samuel Sewall, English judge (d. 1730)^[47]
• 1725 – Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (d. 1795)^[48]
• 1727 – Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (d. 1777)^[49]
• 1750 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician (d. 1816)^[50]
• 1760 – Thomas Clarkson, English activist (d. 1846)^[51]
• 1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)^[52]
• 1795 – Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author (d. 1876)^[53]
• 1806 – Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)^[54]
• 1811 – John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)^[33]
• 1815 – Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (d. 1896)^[55]
• 1818 – Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)^[56]
• 1819 – Joseph Bazalgette, English architect and engineer (d. 1891)^[57]
• 1832 – Henry D. Washburn, American politician and general (d. 1871)^[58]
• 1836 – Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)^[59]
• 1840 – Emin Pasha, German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)^[60]
• 1847 – Gyula Farkas, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1930)^[61]
• 1849 – James Darmesteter, French historian and author (d. 1894)^[62]
• 1850 – Kyrle Bellew, English theatre actor (d. 1911)^[63]
• 1851 – Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)^[64]
• 1862 – Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)^[65]
• 1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)^[33]
• 1873 – John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956)^[66]
• 1879 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)^[67]
• 1881 – Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)^[68]
• 1884 – Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)^[69]
• 1887 – Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (d. 1945)^[70]
• 1890 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967)^[71]
• 1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)^[72]
• 1892 – Tom Maguire, Irish republican General (d. 1993)^[73]
• 1893 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)^[74]
• 1894 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain (d. 1941)^[75]
• 1895 – Christian Herter, American politician, United States Secretary of State (d. 1966)^[74]
• 1895 – Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (d. 1960)^[76]
• 1895 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)^[77]
• 1897 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)^[78]
• 1899 – Gussie Busch, American businessman (d. 1989)^[79]
• 1899 – Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (d. 1977)^[80]
• 1900 – Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)^[81]

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)^[82]
• 1903 – Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991)^[83]
• 1904 – Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (d. 1996)^[84]
• 1905 – Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer (d. 1996)^[85]
• 1905 – Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)^[86]
• 1906 – Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)^[87]
• 1906 – Robert Allen, American actor (d. 1998)^[88]
• 1906 – Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010)^[89]
• 1907 – Irving Paul Lazar, American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)^[90]
• 1909 – Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)^[91]
• 1910 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964)^[92]
• 1910 – Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark (d. 2000)^[93]
• 1911 – Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (d. 1998)^[94]
• 1912 – A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (d. 1984)^[95]
• 1912 – Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)^[96]
• 1913 – Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist (d. 2021)^[97]
• 1914 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)^[98]
• 1914 – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)^[99]
• 1914 – Edmund Muskie, American politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)^[100]
• 1914 – Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)^[101]
• 1915 – Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)^[102]
• 1919 – Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2007)^[103]
• 1919 – Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (d. 2010)^[104]
• 1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)^[105]
• 1921 – Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)^[106]
• 1921 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (d. 1999)^[107]
• 1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)^[108]
• 1922 – Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)^[109]
• 1922 – Joey Maxim, American boxer and actor (d. 2001)^[110]
• 1923 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)^[111]
• 1923 – Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986)^[112]
• 1924 – Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992)^[113]
• 1925 – Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor (d. 1994)^[114]
• 1925 – Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (d. 2010)^[115]
• 1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014)^[116]
• 1926 – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)^[117]
• 1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; United States National Security Advisor (d. 2017)^[118]
• 1928 – Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)^[119]
• 1930 – Robert Ashley, American composer (d. 2014)^[120]
• 1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[121]
• 1933 – Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska^[122]
• 1934 – Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006)^[123]
• 1935 – Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author^[124]
• 1935 – Józef Szmidt, Polish triple jumper^[125]
• 1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate^[126]
• 1940 – Tony Barber, English-Australian television host^[127]
• 1940 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)^[128]
• 1942 – Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and academic^[129]
• 1942 – Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission^[130]
• 1942 – Mike Newell, English director and producer^[131]
• 1942 – Samuel Ramey, American opera singer^[132]
• 1942 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)^[133]
• 1943 – Richard Eyre, English director, producer, and screenwriter^[134]
• 1943 – Conchata Ferrell, American actress (d. 2020)^[135]
• 1944 – Rick Barry, American basketball player^[136]
• 1944 – Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016)^[137]
• 1945 – Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines^[138]
• 1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)^[139]
• 1946 – Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury^[140]
• 1946 – Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, President of Peru^[141]
• 1948 – Janice Lynde, American actress^[142]
• 1948 – Dianne Wiest, American actress^[33]
• 1948 – Milan Williams, American keyboard player (d. 2006)^[143]
• 1949 – Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)^[144]
• 1953 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)^[145]
• 1954 – Donald Brown, American pianist and educator^[146]
• 1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter and actress^[33]
• 1957 – Harvey Glance, American sprinter^[147]
• 1958 – Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer^[148]
• 1959 – Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica^[149]
• 1960 – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, Prime Minister of Cape Verde^[150]
• 1961 – Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach^[33]
• 1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier^[151]
• 1962 – Simon Bazalgette, English businessman^[152]
• 1964 – Karen Lumley, English politician^[153]
• 1968 – Iris Chang, Chinese-American journalist and author (d. 2004)^[154]
• 1968 – Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer^[155]
• 1969 – Brett Ratner, American director and producer^[156]
• 1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor^[33]
• 1970 – Jennifer Weiner, American journalist and author^[157]
• 1972 – Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player^[33]
• 1973 – Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee^[158]
• 1975 – Kate Gosselin, American television personality^[33]
• 1975 – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer^[159]
• 1978 – Nathan Cayless, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player and coach^[160]
• 1979 – Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer and media personality^[161]
• 1980 – Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper ^[162]
• 1980 – Luke Walton, American basketball player^[163]
• 1981 – Edwar Ramírez, American baseball player^[164]
• 1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress^[33]
• 1983 – Ladji Doucouré, French sprinter and hurdler^[165]
• 1984 – Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer^[166]
• 1985 – Stefano Ferrario, Italian footballer^[167]
• 1985 – Steve Mandanda, French footballer^[168]
• 1985 – Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player^[169]
• 1986 – Bowe Bergdahl, American sergeant^[170]
• 1986 – Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and actress^[33]
• 1986 – J-Kwon, American rapper^[171]
• 1986 – Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player^[172]
• 1987 – Jean-Paul Adela, Seychellois footballer^[173]
• 1987 – Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer^[174]
• 1987 – Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player^[175]
• 1987 – Jonathan Van Ness, American hairdresser and television personality^[33]
• 1988 – Ryan Kalish, American baseball player^[176]
• 1989 – Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer^[177]
• 1989 – Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater^[178]
• 1990 – Delroy Edwards, American musician^[179]
• 1990 – Laura Harrier, American actress and model^[33]
• 1991 – Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player^[180]
• 1991 – Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player^[181]
• 1991 – Ondřej Palát, Czech ice hockey player^[182]
• 1992 – Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer^[183]
• 1995 – Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player^[184]
• 1996 – Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer^[185]
• 1998 – Lance Morris, Australian cricketer^[186]
• 2001 – Xiyu Wang, Chinese tennis player^[187]
• 2004 – Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater^[188]