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March 28 birthdays

318 notable historical figures were born on March 28, and 186 died on this day. Everyone born on March 28 is a Aries.

19% of March 28 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (87) than any other country.

Born on March 28

• Rodrigo Duterte (born 1945. President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022)
• Mario Vargas Llosa (1936 to 2025. Peruvian novelist and writer (1936–2025))
• Teresa of Ávila (1515 to 1582. Spanish mystic and saint (1515–1582))
• Daniel Dennett (1942 to 2024. American philosopher (1942–2024))
• Alexander Grothendieck (1928 to 2014. French mathematician (1928–2014))
• Märtha of Sweden (1901 to 1954. Crown Princess of Norway (1901–1954))
• Ken Howard (1944 to 2016. American actor (1944–2016))
• Marwan I (623 to 685. Umayyad caliph from 684 to 685)
• Bernice King (born 1963. American minister and daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.)
• Ingrid of Sweden (1910 to 2000. Queen of Denmark from 1947 to 1972)
• Bill Gaither (born 1936. American singer and songwriter (born 1936))
• Francisco de Miranda (1750 to 1816. Venezuelan military leader (1750–1816))
• John Amos Comenius (1592 to 1670. Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592–1670))
• Ivan Ivanovich (1554 to 1582. Tsarevich of Russia)
• Spencer W. Kimball (1895 to 1985. President of the LDS Church (1895–1985))
• Aristide Briand (1862 to 1932. French statesman (1862–1932))
• José Maria Neves (born 1960. President of Cape Verde since 2021)
• Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi (born 1971. British-Pakistani lawyer, politician and life peer (born 1971))
• Mu'awiya II (661 to 684. Umayyad caliph from 683 to 684)
• José Sanjurjo (1872 to 1936. Spanish military officer and 1936 coup leader (1872–1936))
• Alejandro Toledo (born 1946. President of Peru from 2001 to 2006)
• Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (1896 to 1963. Member of the Russian imperial family (1896–1963))
• Cheryl Araujo (1961 to 1986. American rape victim (1961–1986))
• Alf Clausen (1941 to 2025. American film and television composer (1941–2025))
• Laura Chinchilla (born 1959. President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014)
• Empress Xiaoxianchun (1712 to 1748. Empress of China from 1738 to 1748)
• Shelly Yachimovich (born 1960. Israeli politician)
• Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841 to 1934. Prince of the Two Sicilies; fourth son of Ferdinand II)
• Drake Baldwin (born 2001. American baseball player (born 2001))
• Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785 to 1851. Head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry)
• Melchior Ndadaye (1953 to 1993. President of Burundi)
• Harold B. Lee (1899 to 1973. 11th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• Patricia Crone (1945 to 2015. Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015))
• Stan Wawrinka (born 1985. Swiss tennis player (born 1985))
• Miguel Alcubierre (born 1964. Mexican theoretical physicist (born 1964))
• Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844 to 1921. Head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry)
• Ahsan Iqbal (born 1959. Pakistani politician)
• Jay Livingston (1915 to 2001. American songwriter (1915–2001))
• Andrzej Szpilman (born 1956. Polish composer (born 1956))
• Jerome Isaac Friedman (born 1930. American physicist (born 1930))
• Reba McEntire (born 1955. American country singer and actress (born 1955))
• Bernardino Machado (1851 to 1944. Portuguese president and politician)
• Hakim Jamal (1931 to 1973. American activist (1931–1973))
• Leslie Valiant (born 1949. British American computer scientist)
• Sian Proctor (born 1970. American astronaut and professor)
• Fra Bartolomeo (1472 to 1517. Italian Renaissance painter (1472–1517))
• Empress Xiaozhuangwen (1613 to 1688. Qing Dynasty empress dowager (1613–1688))
• Vayalar Ramavarma (1928 to 1975. Indian poet and lyricist (1928–1975))
• Samuel Sewall (1652 to 1730. Judge in Colonial America (1652 – 1730))
• Maximilian III Joseph the Beloved (1727 to 1777. Elector of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777)
• Clara Lemlich (1886 to 1982. Ukrainian-born Jewish American labor organizer (1886-1982))
• Rao Jodha (1416 to 1489. Rao of Marwar from 1439 to 1489)
• Robert J. Serling (1918 to 2010. American writer)
• Anuradha Ghandy (1954 to 2008. Indian communist and revolutionary)
• Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928 to 2017. Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017))
• Jayne Ann Krentz (born 1948. American romance novelist (born 1948))
• Tete Montoliu (1933 to 1997. Spanish jazz pianist (1933–1997))
• Hermann Kanzler (1822 to 1888. German politician and soldier (1822–1888))
• Nikolai Rezanov (1764 to 1807. Russian noble and explorer (1764–1807))
• Attilio Fontana (born 1952. Italian politician from Varese, Lombardy)

Died on March 28

• Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 to 1969. World War II general, U.S. president from 1953 to 1961)
• Virginia Woolf (1882 to 1941. English modernist writer (1882–1941))
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 to 1943. Russian composer and pianist (1873–1943))
• Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897 to 1965. British princess (1897–1965))
• Marc Chagall (1887 to 1985. Russian and French artist (1887–1985))
• Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 to 2023. Japanese composer (1952–2023))
• Pertinax (126 to 193. Roman emperor in 193)
• Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853 to 1884. British prince (1853–1884))
• Maurice Jarre (1924 to 2009. French composer (1924–2009))
• Tikka Khan (1915 to 2002. Pakistani general (1915–2002))
• Marquis de Condorcet (1743 to 1794. French philosopher and mathematician (1743–1794))
• Janet Jagan (1920 to 2009. President of Guyana from 1997 to 1999)
• Stephen Leacock (1869 to 1944. Canadian writer and economist)
• Anthony Powell (1905 to 2000. English novelist (1905–2000))
• Peter Ustinov (1921 to 2004. British actor and humanitarian (1921–2004))
• Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789 to 1864. Danish princess (1789–1864))
• Valdemar II of Denmark (1170 to 1241. King of Denmark from 1202 to 1241)
• Edmund Kirby Smith (1824 to 1893. Confederate States Army general (1824–1893))
• Didier Ratsiraka (1936 to 2021. President of Madagascar from 1975 to 1993 and 1997 to 2002)
• Emperor Go-Toba (1180 to 1239. Emperor of Japan from 1183 to 1198)
• Uways al‑Qarani (594 to 657. Muslim saint)
• Maham Begum (Padshah Begum of Mughal Empire)
• Liamine Zéroual (1941 to 2026. President of Algeria from 1994 to 1999)
• Guntram (532 to 593. King of Orléans from 561 to 592 AD)
• Dorothy Fields (1905 to 1974. American librettist and lyricist (1904–1974))
• Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (1871 to 1939. 6th President of Cuba in 1933 (1871–1939))
• Karol Świerczewski (1897 to 1947. Polish and Soviet army general)
• Sherman Fairchild (1896 to 1971. American businessman and investor (1896–1971))
• Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (1869 to 1922. Russian criminologist and politician (1877–1922))
• Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886 to 1957. Romanian politician (1886–1957))

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