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May 28 birthdays

301 notable historical figures were born on May 28, and 165 died on this day. Everyone born on May 28 is a Gemini.

19% of May 28 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (80) than any other country.

Born on May 28

• Kylie Minogue (born 1968. Australian singer and actress (born 1968))
• Marco Rubio (born 1971. American politician and diplomat (born 1971))
• Ian Fleming (1908 to 1964. English author (1908–1964))
• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883 to 1966. Indian politician and ideologue (1883–1966))
• William Pitt the Younger (1759 to 1806. British statesman (1759–1806))
• Carroll Baker (born 1931. American actress (born 1931))
• Zahi Hawass (born 1947. Egyptian Egyptologist (born 1947))
• David Baddiel (born 1964. English comedian and writer (born 1964))
• P. G. T. Beauregard (1818 to 1893. Confederate States Army general (1818–1893))
• Edvard Beneš (1884 to 1948. Czechoslovak politician (1884–1948))
• John I (1371 to 1419. Duke of Burgundy from 1404 to 1419)
• Maeve Binchy (1940 to 2012. Irish novelist (1939–2012))
• Thomas Moore (1779 to 1852. Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852))
• Kirk Gibson (born 1957. American baseball player, broadcaster, and manager (born 1957))
• György Ligeti (1923 to 2006. Hungarian composer (1923–2006))
• Bülent Ecevit (1925 to 2006. Prime Minister of Turkey (1974; 1977; 1978–79; 1999–2002))
• Louis Agassiz (1807 to 1873. Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873))
• Edward Seaga (1930 to 2019. Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1980 to 1989)
• Alexandre de Beauharnais (1760 to 1794. French revolutionary politician and general (1760-1794))
• Ernst Cassirer (1874 to 1945. German philosopher (1874–1945))
• Carl Larsson (1853 to 1919. Swedish painter (1853–1919))
• Pak Hon-yong (1900 to 1955. Korean independence activist (1900–1955))
• Mir Taqi Mir (1723 to 1810. Indian poet (1723–1810))
• Rudy Giuliani (born 1944. American attorney and politician (born 1944))
• Arto Lindsay (born 1953. American guitarist, singer, and composer)
• Stanley B. Prusiner (born 1942. American neurologist and chemist (born 1942))
• Mahmoud Jibril (1952 to 2020. Libyan politician (1952–2020))
• François Christophe de Kellermann (1735 to 1820. French Marshal)
• Emma Kennedy (born 1967. English actress (born 1967))
• Phil Foden (born 2000. English footballer (born 2000))
• Nagata Kabi (born 1987. Japanese manga artist (born 1987))
• Joseph Greenberg (1915 to 2001. American linguist (1915–2001))
• Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro (1926 to 2008. Claimant to the headship of the former Royal House of the Two Sicilies)
• Kyle Walker (born 1990. English footballer (born 1990))
• Jim Thorpe (1888 to 1953. American athlete (1887–1953))
• Carey Mulligan (born 1985. English actress (born 1985))
• Paul Pelliot (1878 to 1945. French sinologist and Orientalist (1878–1945))
• George Dyson (composer) (1883 to 1964. English composer)
• Shigeko Kagawa (1911 to ?. Japanese supercentenarian (born 1911))
• C. F. A. Voysey (1857 to 1941. British architect and designer (1857–1941))
• Ruby Payne-Scott (1912 to 1981. Australian radio astronomer)
• Frederic William Maitland (1850 to 1906. English legal historian (1850–1906))
• Miljenko Jergović (born 1966. Bosnian and Croatian writer)
• Marian Smoluchowski (1872 to 1917. Polish physicist (1872–1917))
• Vivan Sundaram (1943 to 2023. Indian artist (1943–2023))
• Jerry West (1938 to 2024. American basketball player and executive (1938–2024))
• John William of Jülich- Cleves-Berg (1562 to 1609. Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1592-1609))
• Tom Thabane (born 1939. Prime Minister of Lesotho, 2012–15, 2017–20)
• K. Satchidanandan (born 1946. Indian poet)
• Catherine of Brandenburg (1602 to 1644. Princess of Transylvania)
• Charles, Duke of Calabria (1298 to 1328. Duke of Calabria)
• Lyndal Roper (born 1956. Australian historian (born 1956))
• Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (1941 to 2007. American historian (1941–2007))
• Deneen Borelli (born 1964. American journalist (born 1964))
• Teriimaevarua III (1871 to 1932. Queen of Bora Bora from 1873 to 1895)
• Ruzena Bajcsy (born 1933. American computer scientist)
• Seth Rollins (born 1986. American professional wrestler (born 1986))
• John Stones (born 1994. English footballer (born 1994))
• Armen Takhtajan (1910 to 2009. Soviet-Armenian botanist (1910–2009))
• Richard White (historian) (born 1947. American historian (born 1947))

Died on May 28

• Edward VIII (1894 to 1972. King of the United Kingdom in 1936)
• Maya Angelou (1928 to 2014. American writer and activist (1928–2014))
• Anne Brontë (1820 to 1849. English novelist and poet (1820–1849))
• Alfred Adler (1870 to 1937. Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937))
• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938 to 2025. Kenyan writer and academic (1938–2025))
• Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805 to 1872. Bavarian princess turned Archduchess of Austria (1805–1872))
• Caterina Sforza (1463 to 1509. Italian noblewoman (1463–1509))
• Lord John Russell (1792 to 1878. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846–1852, 1865–1866))
• Eric Morecambe (1926 to 1984. English comedian (1926–1984))
• Edward Seaga (1930 to 2019. Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1980 to 1989)
• Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868 to 1940. King-elect of Finland in 1918)
• Ilya Prigogine (1917 to 2003. Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003))
• Luigi Boccherini (1745 to 1805. Italian composer and cellist (1743–1805))
• Afonso IV (1291 to 1357. King of Portugal from 1325 to 1357)
• Azlan Shah of Perak (1928 to 2014. Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1989 to 1994)
• Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi (1945 to 2026. President of Yemen from 2012 to 2022)
• Sakuramachi (1720 to 1750. Emperor of Japan from 1735 to 1747)
• Maria Josepha of Bavaria (1739 to 1767. Holy Roman Empress from 1765 to 1767)
• Bujar Nishani (1966 to 2022. President of Albania from 2012 to 2015)
• Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901 to 1979. Salvadoran and French writer and artist (1901–1979))
• Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867–1944) (1867 to 1944. Archduchess of Austria (1867–1944))
• Bertha Pappenheim (1859 to 1936. Austrian-Jewish feminist (1859 – 1936))
• Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan (1949 to 2025. Somali Politician & General (1949-2025))
• John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834 to 1913. English banker and politician (1834–1913))
• Per Nørgård (1932 to 2025. Danish composer (1932–2025))
• Francisco Varela (1946 to 2001. Chilean scientist and philosopher)
• Francis Bebey (1929 to 2001. Cameroonian musician and writer (1929–2001))
• Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875 to 1933. Kashmiri scholar and poet (1875–1933))
• Anton Reicha (1770 to 1836. Czech-born French composer (1770–1836))
• George E. Smith (1930 to 2025. American applied physicist (1930–2025))

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