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April 28 birthdays

258 notable historical figures were born on April 28, and 175 died on this day. Everyone born on April 28 is a Taurus.

16% of April 28 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (59) than any other country.

Born on April 28

• Penélope Cruz (born 1974. Spanish actress (born 1974))
• Saddam Hussein (1937 to 2006. President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003)
• Jessica Alba (born 1981. American actress (born 1981))
• Edward IV (1442 to 1483. King of England (1461–70, 1471–83))
• James Monroe (1758 to 1831. Founding Father, U.S. president from 1817 to 1825)
• Oskar Schindler (1908 to 1974. German industrialist and humanitarian (1908–1974))
• Terry Pratchett (1948 to 2015. English fantasy author (1948–2015))
• António de Oliveira Salazar (1889 to 1970. Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968)
• Kurt Gödel (1906 to 1978. Mathematical logician and philosopher)
• Maria Vorontsova (born 1985. Daughter of Vladimir Putin (born 1985))
• Otho (32 to 69. Roman emperor in AD 69)
• Princess Rajwa Al Hussein (born 1994. Saudi member of the Jordanian royal family (born 1994))
• Kenneth Kaunda (1924 to 2021. 1st President of Zambia, 1964-1991)
• Cheslie Kryst (1991 to 2022. American television correspondent, model, Miss USA 2019 (1991–2022))
• William Kentridge (born 1955. South African artist)
• Ye Jianying (1897 to 1986. Chinese communist leader and politician (1897–1986))
• Karl Barry Sharpless (born 1941. American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941))
• Lois Duncan (1934 to 2016. American novelist, journalist (1934–2016))
• Alexandre Kojève (1902 to 1968. Russian-born French philosopher and statesman (1902–1968))
• Juan Mata (born 1988. Spanish footballer (born 1988))
• Karl Kraus (writer) (1874 to 1936. Austrian writer and journalist (1874–1936))
• Michael H. Hart (born 1932. American astrophysicist and white separatist (born 1932))
• Hertha Ayrton (1854 to 1923. English electrical engineer and activist)
• Jan Oort (1900 to 1992. Dutch astronomer (1900–1992))
• Émile Bernard (1868 to 1941. French painter (1868–1941))
• Jay Leno (born 1950. American television host and comedian (born 1950))
• Ramamurti Shankar (born 1947. American physicist)
• Harper Lee (1926 to 2016. American novelist (1926–2016))
• Louis Sarkozy (born 1997. French commentator (born 1997))
• Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1875–1964) (1875 to 1964. Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia)
• Mike Brearley (born 1942. English cricketer)
• Charles Sturt (1795 to 1869. Australian explorer (1795–1869))
• Madhusudan Das (1848 to 1934. Freedom fighter, lawyer and social reformer from Odisha, India (1848–1934))
• Gaston, Count of Eu (1842 to 1922. French prince (1842–1922))
• Diego Simeone (born 1970. Argentine football manager (born 1970))
• Zephany Nurse (born 1997. South African woman (born 1996))
• Sneha Khanwalkar (born 1983. Indian music director (born 1983))
• Leiomy Maldonado (born 1987. Puerto Rican dancer and activist)
• Sheikh Jamal (1954 to 1975. Bangladeshi military personnel and athlete (1954–1975))
• Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (born 1952. Syrian politician and military commander)
• Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal (1589 to 1655. Duchess consort of Mantua and Montferrat)
• Diane Johnson (born 1934. American journalist (born 1934))
• Peter Guthrie Tait (1831 to 1901. Scottish mathematical physicist (1831–1901))
• Tariq Aziz (TV personality) (1936 to 2020. Pakistani television host, poet and film actor (1936–2020))
• 'Mamohato Bereng Seeiso (1941 to 2003. Queen consort of Lesotho)
• Abena Busia (born 1953. Ghanaian diplomat and writer (born 1953))
• Grantley Herbert Adams (1898 to 1971. Barbadian politician (1898–1971))
• Alfred Bader (1924 to 2018. Canadian businessman, art collector, and philanthropist)
• Bertram Goodhue (1869 to 1924. American architect (1869–1924))
• Ann-Margret (born 1941. American actress (born 1941))
• Humayun Azad (1947 to 2004. Bangladeshi poet and author (1947 – 2004))
• Michael Daugherty (born 1954. American composer (born 1954))
• Kavalam Narayana Panicker (1928 to 2016. Indian dramatist (1928–2016))
• John Strauss (1920 to 2011. American composer and music editor)
• Samantha Ruth Prabhu (born 1987. Indian actress (born 1987))
• John Tchicai (1936 to 2012. Danish jazz saxophonist and composer (1936–2012))
• Elena Kagan (born 1960. US Supreme Court justice since 2010)
• Kálmán Tihanyi (1897 to 1947. Hungarian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor)
• Horia Macellariu (1894 to 1989. Romanian Counter Admiral (1894–1989))
• Giacomo Rizzolatti (born 1937. Italian neurophysiologist (born 1937))

Died on April 28

• Benito Mussolini (1883 to 1945. Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943)
• Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930 to 2021. American astronaut (1930–2021))
• John Singleton (1968 to 2019. American filmmaker (1968–2019))
• Francis Bacon (artist) (1909 to 1992. Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992))
• Bajirao I (1700 to 1740. Peshwa of the Maratha Empire from 1720 to 1740)
• Farrukhsiyar (1685 to 1719. Mughal emperor from 1713 to 1719)
• Mohammad Daoud Khan (1909 to 1978. Afghan military officer and politician (1909–1978))
• Fuad I of Egypt (1868 to 1936. Sultan/King of Egypt from 1917 to 1936)
• Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839 to 1903. American scientist (1839–1903))
• Shajar al-Durr (Ayyubid sultan of Egypt in 1250)
• Conrad of Montferrat (1146 to 1192. Italian nobleman and crusader, King of Jerusalem from 1190 to 1192)
• Jacques Maritain (1882 to 1973. French Catholic philosopher (1882–1973))
• Sweyn II of Denmark (1020 to 1076. King of Denmark from 1047 to 1076)
• Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan (1880 to 1944. Last Emir of Bukhara from 1911 to 1920)
• Li Dazhao (1889 to 1927. Co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1888–1927))
• Magnus II of Norway (1048 to 1069. King of Norway from 1066 to 1069)
• Penelope Fitzgerald (1916 to 2000. English biographer and novelist (1916–2000))
• Alessandro Pavolini (1903 to 1945. Italian politician and writer (1903–1945))
• Paul Deschanel (1855 to 1922. President of France in 1920)
• Fitzhugh Lee (1835 to 1905. American general and politician (1835–1905))
• Anton Pannekoek (1873 to 1960. Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (1873–1960))
• Gavrilo Princip (1894 to 1918. Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1894–1918))
• Charles Bell (1774 to 1842. Scottish surgeon, anatomist, artist and theologian (1774–1842))
• Hasan as-Senussi (1928 to 1992. King of Libya (1928–1992))
• Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498 to 1519. French noblewoman (1498–1519))
• Tien Soeharto (1923 to 1996. First Lady of Indonesia from 1967 until 1996)
• James H. Cone (1938 to 2018. American theologian (1938–2018))
• Roderick Thorp (1936 to 1999. American writer (1936–1999))
• Johannes Peter Müller (1801 to 1858. German zoologist (1801–1858))
• Polydore Vergil (1470 to 1555. Italian-English scholar (c. 1470–1555))

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