Births on 28 April
2000s
Anthony Volpe
2001
American baseball player (born 2001)
Victoria De Angelis
2000
Italian bassist (born 2000)
Alek Thomas
2000
American baseball player (born 2000)
1900s
Song Yuvin
1998
South Korean singer (born 1998)
Shane McClanahan
1997
American baseball player (born 1997)
Denzel Ward
1997
American football player (born 1997)
Connor Clifton
1995
American ice hockey player (born 1995)
Melanie Martinez
1995
American singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Jakob Butturff
1994
American ten-pin bowler (born 1994)
Wonpil
1994
South Korean musician (born 1994)
Matt Chapman
1993
American baseball player (born 1993)
Eva Adamczyková
1993
Czech snowboarder (born 1993)
Blake Bortles
1992
American football player (born 1992)
DeMarcus Lawrence
1992
American football player (born 1992)
Emil Salomonsson
1989
Swedish footballer (born 1989)
Kim Sung-kyu
1989
South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
Jonathan Biabiany
1988
French footballer (born 1988)
Juan Mata
1988
Spanish footballer (born 1988)
Daequan Cook
1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Drew Gulak
1987
American professional wrestler (born 1987)
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
1987
Indian actress (born 1987)
Bradley Johnson
1987
English footballer
Zoran Tošić
1987
Serbian footballer
Roman Polák
1986
Czech ice hockey player (born 1986)
Jenna Ushkowitz
1986
American actress and singer (born 1986)
Lucas Jakubczyk
1985
German athlete (born 1985)
Deividas Stagniūnas
1985
Lithuanian ice dancer (born 1985)
Dmitri Torbinski
1984
Russian footballer (born 1984)
Josh Brookes
1983
Australian motorcycle racer (born 1983)
David Freese
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Roger Johnson (footballer)
1983
English footballer (born 1983)
Thomas Waldrom
1983
England international rugby union player
Nikki Grahame
1982
English television personality (1982–2021)
Chris Kaman
1982
German-American basketball player (born 1982)
Jessica Alba
1981
American actress (born 1981)
Bradley Wiggins
1980
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
Scott Fujita
1979
American football player (born 1979)
Lauren Laverne
1978
English radio DJ, and television presenter (born 1978)
Titus O'Neil
1977
American professional wrestler and former arena football player (born 1977)
Michael Walchhofer
1975
Austrian alpine skier
Penélope Cruz
1974
Spanish actress (born 1974)
Margo Dydek
1974
Polish basketball player (1974–2011)
Vernon Kay
1974
British television and radio presenter (born 1974)
Dominic Matteo
1974
Scottish footballer (born 1974)
Jorge Garcia
1973
American actor and comedian (born 1973)
Andrew Mehrtens
1973
NZ rugby union player (born 1973)
Violent J
1972
American rapper (born 1972)
Jean-Paul van Gastel
1972
Dutch football manager (born 1972)
Bridget Moynahan
1971
American actress and former model (born 1971)
Richard Fromberg
1970
Australian tennis player
Nicklas Lidström
1970
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1970)
Diego Simeone
1970
Argentine football manager (born 1970)
LeRon Ellis
1969
American basketball player (born 1969)
Petra Bayr
1968
Austrian politician (born 1968)
Howard Donald
1968
English singer and DJ (born 1968)
Andy Flower
1968
Zimbabwean cricket player/coach
Chris White (politician)
1967
British politician (born 1967)
John Daly (golfer)
1966
American professional golfer (born 1966)
Too Short
1966
American rapper (born 1966)
Stephen Ames
1964
Canadian professional golfer
Noriyuki Iwadare
1964
Japanese composer
Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar
1964
British surgeon and life peer (born 1964)
Barry Larkin
1964
American baseball player (born 1964)
L'Wren Scott
1964
American model and fashion designer (1964–2014)
Lloyd Eisler
1963
Canadian pair skater (born 1963)
Marc Lacroix (biochemist)
1963
Tom Browning
1960
American baseball player (1960–2022)
Elena Kagan
1960
US Supreme Court justice since 2010
Phil King (musician)
1960
English musician
Ian Rankin
1960
Scottish crime writer (born 1960)
Jón Páll Sigmarsson
1960
Icelandic strongman (1960–1993)
Walter Zenga
1960
Italian footballer and manager
Hal Sutton
1958
American professional golfer (born 1958)
Jimmy Barnes
1956
Australian singer
Saeb Erekat
1955
Palestinian politician and diplomat (1955–2020)
Eddie Jobson
1955
English musician (born 1955)
Timothy Curley
1954
American athletic director
Michael P. Jackson
1954
American government official (born 1954)
Vic Sotto
1954
Filipino actor and comedian (born 1954)
Ron Zook
1954
American football player and coach (born 1954)
Roberto Bolaño
1953
Chilean writer (1953–2003)
Kim Gordon
1953
American musician and artist (born 1953)
Brian Greenhoff
1953
English footballer
Chuck Leavell
1952
American musician (born 1952)
Mary McDonnell
1952
American actress (born 1952)
Tim Congdon
1951
British economist
Larry Smith (Canadian politician)
1951
Canadian politician
Willie Colón
1950
American musician (1950–2026)
Jay Leno
1950
American television host and comedian (born 1950)
Steve Rider
1950
British sports journalist and presenter (born 1950)
Jeremy Cooke
1949
British judge (born 1949)
Paul Guilfoyle
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Bruno Kirby
1949
American actor (1949–2006)
Terry Pratchett
1948
English fantasy author (1948–2015)
Marcia Strassman
1948
American actress and singer (1948–2014)
Steve Khan
1947
American jazz guitarist (born 1947)
Nour El-Sherif
1946
Egyptian actor
Ginette Reno
1946
Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1946)
Larissa Grunig
1946
American public relations theorist
Elizabeth LeCompte
1944
American director of theater, dance and media in NYC, US (born 1944)
Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe
1944
Belgian politician
Alice Waters
1944
American chef and author (born 1944)
Aryeh Bibi
1943
Israeli politician
Mike Brearley
1942
English cricketer
Ann-Margret
1941
American actress (born 1941)
Lucien Aimar
1941
French cyclist
John Madejski
1941
English businessman (born 1941)
Karl Barry Sharpless
1941
American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941)
Iryna Zhylenko
1941
Ukrainian poet
Madge Sinclair
1938
Jamaican actress (1938–1995)
Saddam Hussein
1937
President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
Jean Redpath
1937
Scottish folk singer (1937–2014)
John White (footballer, born 1937)
1937
Scottish footballer (1937–1964)
Tariq Aziz
1936
Iraqi Assyrian politician (1936–2015)
Pedro Ramos
1935
Cuban baseball player (born 1935)
Lois Duncan
1934
American novelist, journalist (1934–2016)
Miodrag Radulovacki
1933
Serbian American scientist (1933–2014)
James Baker
1930
American lawyer and statesman (born 1930)
Carolyn Jones
1930
American actress (1930–1983)
Yves Klein
1928
French artist (1928–1962)
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
1928
American geologist and astronomer (1928–1997)
James Bama
1926
American painter (1926–2022)
Bill Blackbeard
1926
American writer-editor and comic strip collector (1926–2011)
Harper Lee
1926
American novelist (1926–2016)
Hulusi Sayın
1926
T. John Lesinski
1925
American politician
John Thorn (headmaster)
1925
English writer and educational consultant (1925–2023)
Dick Ayers
1924
American cartoonist
Blossom Dearie
1924
American jazz singer and pianist (1924–2009)
Kenneth Kaunda
1924
1st President of Zambia, 1964-1991
Carolyn Cassady
1923
American writer (1923–2013)
William Guarnere
1923
US Army soldier
Barbara Lüdemann
1922
German politician (1922–1992)
Rowland Evans
1921
American journalist
Simin Daneshvar
1921
Iranian writer (1921-2012)
Robert Cornthwaite (actor)
1917
American actor
Ferruccio Lamborghini
1916
Italian industrialist, founder of Automobili Lamborghini (1916–1993)
Michel Mohrt
1914
French editor, essayist, novelist and historian
Rose Murphy
1913
American jazz pianist and singer
Odette Hallowes
1912
French resistance member (1912–1995)
Kaneto Shindo
1912
Japanese filmmaker (1912–2012)
Lee Falk
1911
American comics writer
Sam Merwin Jr.
1910
American novelist
Arthur Võõbus
1909
Estonian theologian, orientalist and church historian
Ethel Catherwood
1908
Canadian track and field athlete (1908–1987)
Jack Fingleton
1908
Australian cricketer and journalist (1908–1981)
Oskar Schindler
1908
German industrialist and humanitarian (1908–1974)
Kurt Gödel
1906
Mathematical logician and philosopher
Paul Sacher
1906
Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman (1906–1999)
Johan Borgen
1902
Norwegian author, journalist and critic
H. B. Stallard
1901
British athlete
Alice Berry
1900
Australian activist (1900–1978)
Heinrich Müller (Gestapo)
1900
German police official and head of the Gestapo (1900–c.1945)
Jan Oort
1900
Dutch astronomer (1900–1992)
1800s
Ye Jianying
1897
Chinese communist leader and politician (1897–1986)
Na Hyesŏk
1896
Korean feminist (1896–1948)
Tristan Tzara
1896
Romanian-French poet (1896–1963)
António de Oliveira Salazar
1889
Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968
Walter Tull
1888
English footballer (1888–1918)
Erich Salomon
1886
German photojournalist (1886–1944)
Arthur Shaw (hurdler)
1886
American hurdler
Lionel Barrymore
1878
American actor, director, screenwriter (1878–1954)
Nicola Romeo
1876
Italian engineer
Karl Kraus (writer)
1874
Austrian writer and journalist (1874–1936)
Sidney Toler
1874
American actor, playwright, and theatre director (1874–1947)
Lucy Booth
1868
Georgy Voronoy
1868
Russian mathematician
Charles W. Woodworth
1865
American entomologist (1865–1940)
Josiah Thomas (politician)
1863
19th and 20th-century Australian politician
Nikolai von Meck
1863
Russian engineer and entrepreneur (1863–1929)
José Malhoa
1855
Portuguese painter (1855–1933)
Hertha Ayrton
1854
English engineer, mathematician and inventor
Ludvig Schytte
1848
Danish composer, pianist, and teacher
Tobias Asser
1838
Dutch lawyer and academic (1838–1913)
William Hall (VC)
1827
Canadian Royal Navy hero
Ezra Abbot
1819
American biblical scholar (1819–1884)
Before 1800
Sylvestre François Lacroix
1765
French mathematician (1765–1843)
Marie Harel
1761
James Monroe
1758
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1817 to 1825
Franz Sparry
1715
Frederick I of Sweden
1676
King of Sweden from 1720 to 1751
Charles Cotton
1630
English poet and writer (1630–1687)
Wilhelmus Beekman
1623
Dutch politician (1623–1707)
Joris Jansen Rapelje
1604
Earliest Dutch settler of New Amsterdam
Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême
1573
Duke of Angoulême
Yi Sun-sin
1545
16th-century Korean naval commander
Edward IV
1442
King of England (1461–70, 1471–83)
Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani)
1402
Tlatoani of Texcoco
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