March 28 - Births

Births

• 1472 – Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
• 1515 – Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun (d. 1582)
• 1522 – Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)
• 1569 – Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)
• 1592 – Comenius, Czech bishop (d. 1670)
• 1599 – Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
• 1609 – King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)
• 1613 – Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu (d. 1688)
• 1652 – Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
• 1725 – Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
• 1750 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (d. 1816)
• 1760 – Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846)
• 1773 – Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
• 1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864)
• 1795 – Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
• 1806 – Thomas Hare, English barrister (d. 1891)
• 1815 – Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
• 1818 – Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902)
• 1819 – Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
• 1836 – Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
• 1840 – Emin Pasha, Equatorian politician (d. 1892)
• 1842 – William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officer (d. 1908)
• 1849 – James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894)
• 1851 – Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
• 1862 – Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
• 1866 – Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
• 1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
• 1879 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican (d. 1920)
• 1890 – Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967)
• 1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1892 – Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
• 1893 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971)
• 1894 – Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (d. 1941)
• 1895 – Christian Herter, 59^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1966)
• 1895 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1985)
• 1897 – Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975)
• 1899 – Harold B. Lee, American religious leader (d. 1973)
• 1899 – August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate and American baseball executive (d. 1989)
• 1899 – Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
• 1900 – Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (d. 2004)
• 1902 – Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
• 1902 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
• 1903 – Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991)
• 1903 – Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Marlin Perkins, American naturalist and television host (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996)
• 1907 – "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American Librarian (d. 2001)
• 1910 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1910 – Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000)
• 1911 – J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960)
• 1912 – A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (d. 1984)
• 1912 – Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
• 1914 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Edmund Muskie, American politician (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)
• 1921 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Herschel Grynszpan, German political assassin
• 1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
• 1922 – Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (d. 1992)
• 1925 – Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
• 1927 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Adviser
• 1928 – Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
• 1929 – Paul England, Australian racing driver
• 1930 – Robert Ashley, American composer
• 1930 – Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
• 1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1933 – Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
• 1933 – Frank Murkowski, American politician
• 1934 – Lester Brown, American environmentalist
• 1935 – Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
• 1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author, politician and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Liz Trotta, American journalist
• 1940 – Tony Barber, Australian television personality
• 1940 – Kevin Loughery, American basketball head coach
• 1941 – Alf Clausen, America orchestra conductor
• 1941 – Jim Turner, American football player
• 1941 – Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, American author
• 1942 – Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
• 1942 – Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52^nd Yokozuna
• 1942 – Neil Kinnock, British politician
• 1942 – Mike Newell, English film director
• 1942 – Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
• 1942 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
• 1942 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach
• 1943 – Conchata Ferrell, American actress
• 1944 – Rick Barry, American basketball player
• 1944 – Ken Howard, American actor
• 1945 – Count Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
• 1946 – Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
• 1946 – Henry Paulson Jr., Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
• 1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
• 1947 – John Landecker, American disk jockey
• 1948 – Dianne Wiest, American actress
• 1948 – Gerry House, American radio personality
• 1948 – John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull)
• 1948 – Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Matthew Corbett, English retired actor
• 1948 – Jayne Ann Krentz, née Castle (Amanda Quick), American novelist
• 1950 – Claudio Lolli, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1951 – Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
• 1951 – Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
• 1952 – Tony Brise, racing driver (d. 1975)
• 1953 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993)
• 1954 – Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
• 1955 – John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
• 1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
• 1956 – Susan Ershler, American mountaineer
• 1956 – April Margera, Bam Margera's mother
• 1958 – Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
• 1958 – Edesio Alejandro, Cuban music composer.
• 1959 – Chris Myers, American sportscaster
• 1960 – Chris Barrie, British actor
• 1960 – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
• 1960 – Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist
• 1961 – Orla Brady, Irish actress
• 1961 – Byron Scott, American basketball player and head coach
• 1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
• 1962 – Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler
• 1965 – Steve Bull, English footballer
• 1967 – John Ziegler, American talk-show host
• 1968 – Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004)
• 1968 – Nasser Hussain, English cricketer
• 1968 – Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
• 1968 – Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter
• 1968 – Max Perlich, American actor
• 1969 – Brett Ratner, American film director
• 1969 – Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Elliot Perry, American basketball player
• 1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor
• 1970 – Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician
• 1970 – Aiga Zagorska, Lithuanian track and road cyclist
• 1971 – Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan born bilingual writer
• 1971 – Mr. Cheeks, American rapper
• 1971 – Wesley Person, American basketball player
• 1972 – Eby J. Jose, Indian Journalist and Human Rights Activist
• 1972 – Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
• 1972 – Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
• 1973 – Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler (d. 2009)
• 1973 – Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter
• 1974 – Mark King, English snooker player
• 1974 – Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey
• 1975 – Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen
• 1975 – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
• 1975 – Matt Reis, American soccer goalkeeper
• 1975 – Richard Kelly, American film director
• 1975 – Derek Hill, American racing driver
• 1975 – Kate Gosselin, TV personality
• 1976 – Dave Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
• 1977 – Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
• 1977 – Lauren Weisberger, American novelist
• 1977 – Annie Wersching, American actress
• 1979 – Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
• 1979 – Crystal Cox, American Olympian/reality television contestant
• 1980 – Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
• 1980 – Luke Walton, American basketball player
• 1980 – Chitrangada Singh, Bollywood Actress
• 1981 – Lindsay Frimodt, American model
• 1981 – Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor
• 1981 – Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
• 1981 – Antonio Rizzo, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress
• 1982 – Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
• 1983 – Ryan Ashington, English footballer
• 1984 – Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
• 1984 – Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
• 1984 – Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
• 1984 – Ol Drake, English guitarist (Evile)
• 1986 – Abuda, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – J-Kwon, American rapper
• 1986 – Lady GaGa, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1986 – Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, Czech tennis player
• 1988 – Lacey Turner, British soap actress
• 1989 – Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
• 1989 – Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
• 1989 – Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
• 1990 – Zac Clarke, Australian rules footballer
• 1991 – Amy Bruckner, American actress