July 28 - Births

Births

• 1347 – Queen Margaret of Durazzo, consort of Charles III of Naples (d. 1412)
• 1659 – Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715)
• 1746 – Thomas Heyward, Jr., American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1809)
• 1750 – Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician (d. 1794)
• 1796 – Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian piano manufacturer (d. 1859)
• 1804 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1872)
• 1815 – Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)
• 1844 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (d. 1889)
• 1857 – Ballington Booth, English-born Salvation Army officer (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Elias M. Ammons, American politician (d. 1925)
• 1860 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922)
• 1863 – Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Beatrix Potter, English author (d. 1943)
• 1867 – Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born Argentine astronomer (d. 1951)
• 1872 – Albert Sarraut, French politician (d. 1962)
• 1874 – Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Lucy Burns, American suffragist (d. 1966)
• 1887 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter (d. 1968)
• 1891 – Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (d. 1939)
• 1896 – Barbara La Marr, American actress (d. 1926)
• 1898 – Lawrence Gray, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1900 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1901 – Rudy Vallee, American entertainer (d. 1986)
• 1901 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (d. 1979)
• 1902 – Karl Popper, Austrian-born British philosopher (d. 1994)
• 1907 – Earl Tupper, American inventor of Tupperware (d. 1983)
• 1909 – Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (d. 1957)
• 1909 – Aenne Burda German publisher (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Carmen Dragon, American composer (d. 1984)
• 1915 – Charles Townes, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1916 – David Brown, American film producer (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Jacques Piccard, Belgian-born Swiss undersea explorer (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Ray Ellis, American record producer and arranger (d. 2008)
• 1924 – C.T. Vivian, American Civil Rights Movement activist
• 1925 – Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician, Nobel laureate
• 1926 – Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003)
• 1927 – John Ashbery, American poet
• 1929 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
• 1930 – Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Junior Kimbrough, American blues guitarist and vocalist (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian military figure
• 1931 – Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
• 1932 – Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator of children's books
• 1933 – Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1934 – Jacques d'Amboise, American choreographer
• 1935 – Simon Dee, British television broadcaster (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Russ Jackson, Canadian football player
• 1936 – Garfield Sobers, Barbadian cricketer
• 1937 – Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter
• 1938 – Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician
• 1938 – Chuan Leekpai, Thai politician
• 1938 – Ian McCaskill, Scottish weather forecaster
• 1938 – Luis Aragonés, Spanish football manager
• 1940 – Philip Proctor, American comedian
• 1941 – Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor
• 1941 – Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor
• 1941 – Susan Roces, Filipino actress
• 1942 – Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster
• 1942 – Tonia Marketaki, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 1943 – Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist (d. 1981)
• 1943 – Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
• 1943 – Richard Wright, English keyboardist (Pink Floyd) (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist (Garfield)
• 1946 – Jonathan Edwards, American singer and songwriter
• 1946 – Linda Kelsey, American actress
• 1946 – Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist
• 1948 – Gerald Casale, American vocalist, bassist (Devo) and director
• 1948 – Georgia Engel, American actress
• 1948 – Sally Struthers, American actress
• 1949 – Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (d. 1980)
• 1949 – Vida Blue, American baseball player
• 1949 – Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (d. 2001)
• 1949 – Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer
• 1950 – Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet
• 1951 – Anthony A. Williams, American politician
• 1951 – Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect
• 1952 – Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist
• 1952 – Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand
• 1954 – Bruce Abbott, American actor
• 1954 – Hugo Chávez, 52nd President of Venezuela
• 1954 – Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
• 1954 – Steve Morse, American guitarist (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple)
• 1954 – Mikey Sheehy, Irish Gaelic footballer
• 1955 – Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian cross-country skier
• 1958 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist (d. 1981)
• 1958 – Michael Hitchcock, American actor
• 1959 – William T. Vollman, American novelist and essayist
• 1960 – Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director
• 1960 – Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka (Captain Tsubasa, Hungry Heart Wild Striker)
• 1961 – Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver
• 1961 – Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
• 1961 – Harlem Yu, Taiwanese singer/songwriter
• 1962 – Rachel Sweet, American singer
• 1963 – Beverley Craven, British singer
• 1964 – Lori Loughlin, American actress
• 1965 – Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer
• 1965 – Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz trombonist and record producer
• 1966 – Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Taka Hirose, Japanese bassist (Feeder)
• 1969 – Garth Snow, American ice hockey player
• 1969 – Alexis Arquette, American actor
• 1969 – Dana White, American professional sports executive
• 1970 – Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy)
• 1970 – Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
• 1970 – Paul Strang, Zimbabwian cricketer
• 1971 – Stephen Lynch, American comedian and singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Annie Perreault, Canadian short-track speed skater
• 1972 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
• 1972 – Ed Templeton, American skateboarder
• 1972 – Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress
• 1972 – Robert Chapman, English cricketer
• 1973 – Steve Staios, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Marc Dupré, Quebec humorist and singer
• 1974 – Justin Lee Collins, British comedian
• 1975 – Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer
• 1976 – Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach)
• 1977 – Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player
• 1977 – Aki Berg, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1978 – Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Jacob Oram, New Zealand cricketer
• 1979 – Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
• 1979 – Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer
• 1979 – Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
• 1979 – Alena Popchanka, French swimmer
• 1979 – James Piotr Montague, British writer and journalist
• 1980 – Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin)
• 1980 – Noel Sullivan, Welsh reality television contestant
• 1981 – Nancy Alexiadi, Greek singer
• 1981 – Michael Carrick, English footballer
• 1981 – Billy Aaron Brown, American actor
• 1981 – Jo In Sung, South Korean actor
• 1982 – Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress
• 1982 – Tom Pelphrey, American actor
• 1984 – DeMeco Ryans, American football player
• 1984 – Zach Parise, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – John David Washington, American actor and football player
• 1985 – Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor
• 1985 – Sharifah Sofia, Malaysian actress
• 1986 – Alexandra Chando, American actress
• 1988 – Ayla Brown, American singer
• 1988 – Casper Johansen, Danish footballer
• 1990 – Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Shana Swash, English actress
• 1990 – Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, American rapper
• 1992 – George Spencer-Churchill, Earl of Sunderland
• 1993 – Hannah Lochner, Canadian actress