Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Alexei A. Abrikosov |
Physicist |
25-Jun-1928 |
|
Particle physicist, explored superconductivity |
Joss Ackland |
Actor |
29-Feb-1928 |
|
White Mischief |
Cannonball Adderley |
Jazz Musician |
15-Sep-1928 |
8-Aug-1975 |
Alto sax blower |
Edward Albee |
Playwright |
12-Mar-1928 |
|
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Tom Aldredge |
Actor |
28-Feb-1928 |
22-Jul-2011 |
Into The Woods |
William Allain |
Politician |
14-Feb-1928 |
|
Governor of Mississippi, 1984-88 |
Idi Amin |
Head of State |
17-May-1928 |
16-Aug-2003 |
Former dictator of Uganda |
Maya Angelou |
Poet |
4-Apr-1928 |
|
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
Douglas Applegate |
Politician |
28-Mar-1928 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1977-95 |
Bill Archer |
Politician |
22-Mar-1928 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1971-2001 |
Paul Arizin |
Basketball |
9-Mar-1928 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
John M. Ashbrook |
Politician |
21-Sep-1928 |
24-Apr-1982 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1961-82 |
Reubin Askew |
Politician |
11-Sep-1928 |
|
Governor of Florida, 1971-79 |
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz |
Government |
5-Jan-1928 |
|
Saudi Arabia Defense Minister |
Ian Bannen |
Actor |
28-Jun-1928 |
3-Nov-1999 |
Waking Ned |
Stan Barstow |
Novelist |
28-Jun-1928 |
|
A Kind of Loving |
Bill Bass |
Scientist |
30-Aug-1928 |
|
Human decomposition |
Herbert H. Bateman |
Politician |
7-Aug-1928 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2000 |
Birch Bayh |
Politician |
22-Jan-1928 |
|
US Senator from Indiana, 1963-81 |
Orson Bean |
Actor |
22-Jul-1928 |
|
Anatomy of a Murder |
Robert R. Beezer |
Judge |
21-Jul-1928 |
30-Mar-2012 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-96 |
John Stewart Bell |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1928 |
1-Oct-1990 |
Bell's theorem of quantum physics |
Robert Bergland |
Politician |
22-Jul-1928 |
|
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1977-81 |
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin |
Religion |
2-Apr-1928 |
14-Nov-1996 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1982-96 |
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Head of State |
5-Jan-1928 |
4-Apr-1979 |
Head of Pakistan, hanged |
Susan Blanchard |
Socialite |
1928 |
|
Wife of Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark |
William Peter Blatty |
Author |
7-Jan-1928 |
|
The Exorcist |
Hans Blix |
Government |
28-Jun-1928 |
|
Weapons inspector before Iraq War |
Dan Blocker |
Actor |
10-Dec-1928 |
13-May-1972 |
Hoss on Bonanza |
Ann Blyth |
Actor |
16-Aug-1928 |
|
Mildred Pierce |
Jerry Bock |
Composer |
23-Nov-1928 |
3-Nov-2010 |
Fiorello! |
Karlheinz Böhm |
Actor |
16-Mar-1928 |
|
Peeping Tom |
Enrique Bolaños |
Head of State |
13-May-1928 |
|
President of Nicaragua |
Sudie Bond |
Actor |
13-Jul-1928 |
10-Nov-1984 |
Silkwood |
Juan Maria Bordaberry |
Head of State |
17-Jun-1928 |
17-Jul-2011 |
President of Uruguay, 1972-76 |
Frank Borman |
Astronaut |
14-Mar-1928 |
|
First to circumnavigate moon |
Michel Brault |
Cinematographer |
25-Jun-1928 |
|
Les Ordres |
Albert Brewer |
Pundit |
26-Oct-1928 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 1968-71 |
Anita Brookner |
Novelist |
16-Jul-1928 |
|
Hotel Du Lac |
Joyce Brothers |
Psychologist |
20-Sep-1928 |
|
Pop psychologist |
Ruth Brown |
Singer |
12-Jan-1928 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Miss Rhythm |
Vanessa Brown |
Actor |
24-Mar-1928 |
21-May-1999 |
The Late George Apley |
Zbigniew Brzezinski |
Government |
28-Mar-1928 |
|
National Security Advisor, 1977-81 |
John H. Buchanan, Jr. |
Politician |
19-Mar-1928 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1965-81 |
Gerald Bull |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1928 |
22-Mar-1990 |
Supergun builder |
Mangosuthu Buthelezi |
Government |
27-Aug-1928 |
|
Zulu leader, founder of Inkatha Party |
Howard Caine |
Actor |
2-Jan-1928 |
28-Dec-1993 |
Maj. Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes |
Capucine |
Actor |
6-Jan-1928 |
17-Mar-1990 |
The Pink Panther |
Luis Posada Carriles |
Terrorist |
c. 1928 |
|
Cuban terrorist in US custody |
Peter Carsten |
Actor |
30-Apr-1928 |
20-Apr-2012 |
Dark of the Sun |
Jerome P. Cavanagh |
Politician |
16-Jun-1928 |
27-Nov-1979 |
Mayor of Detroit, 1962-70 |
Alfred Chester |
Novelist |
7-Sep-1928 |
1-Aug-1971 |
The Exquisite Corpse |
Noam Chomsky |
Linguist |
7-Dec-1928 |
|
Linguist, dissident intellectual |
Jack Christiansen |
Football |
20-Dec-1928 |
29-Jun-1986 |
NFL Hall of Famer, coach |
Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
Alan Clark |
Politician |
13-Apr-1928 |
5-Sep-1999 |
Controversial, Conservative MP and minister |
Richard C. Clark |
Politician |
14-Sep-1928 |
|
US Senator from Iowa, 1973-79 |
Rosemary Clooney |
Singer |
23-May-1928 |
29-Jun-2002 |
Come On-a My House |
Robert Clouse |
Film Director |
6-Mar-1928 |
4-Feb-1997 |
Enter the Dragon |
James Coburn |
Actor |
31-Aug-1928 |
18-Nov-2002 |
Our Man Flint |
James Coco |
Actor |
21-Mar-1928 |
25-Feb-1987 |
Only When I Laugh |
John Colicos |
Actor |
10-Dec-1928 |
6-Mar-2000 |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
Carole Cook |
Actor |
1928 |
|
The Incredible Mr. Limpet |
Jeanne Cooper |
Actor |
25-Oct-1928 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
Elias James Corey |
Chemist |
12-Jul-1928 |
|
Retrosynthetic analysis |
Francesco Cossiga |
Head of State |
26-Jul-1928 |
17-Aug-2010 |
President of Italy, 1985-92 |
Bob Cousy |
Basketball |
9-Aug-1928 |
|
Boston Celtics guard |
Franklin Cover |
Actor |
20-Nov-1928 |
5-Feb-2006 |
Tom Willis on The Jeffersons |
Michael Craig |
Actor |
27-Jan-1928 |
|
Capt. John Anderson on Triangle |
Bob Crane |
Actor |
13-Jul-1928 |
29-Jun-1978 |
Hogan on Hogan's Heroes |
Norma Crane |
Actor |
10-Nov-1928 |
28-Sep-1973 |
Fiddler on the Roof |
Bernard Cribbins |
Actor |
29-Dec-1928 |
|
The Mouse on the Moon |
Arlene Dahl |
Actor |
11-Aug-1928 |
|
Three Little Words |
Bill Daily |
Actor |
30-Aug-1928 |
|
Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie |
Vic Damone |
Singer |
12-Jun-1928 |
|
Singer of ballads |
Nigel Davenport |
Actor |
23-May-1928 |
|
Chariots of Fire |
Bobby Day |
Singer |
1-Jul-1928 |
27-Jul-1999 |
Rockin' Robin |
Jimmy Dean |
Country Musician |
10-Aug-1928 |
13-Jun-2010 |
Singer, songwriter, sausage-maker |
George Deukmejian |
Politician |
6-Jun-1928 |
|
Governor of California, 1983-91 |
Philip K. Dick |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1928 |
2-Mar-1982 |
Blade Runner |
Bo Diddley |
Guitarist |
30-Dec-1928 |
2-Jun-2008 |
Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist |
Eric Dolphy |
Jazz Musician |
20-Jun-1928 |
29-Jun-1964 |
Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist |
Fats Domino |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Ain't That A Shame |
Paul Dooley |
Actor |
22-Feb-1928 |
|
Grace Under Fire |
Peggy Dow |
Actor |
18-Mar-1928 |
|
Harvey |
Don Dubbins |
Actor |
28-Jun-1928 |
17-Aug-1991 |
The D.I. |
Dave Edgerton |
Business |
c. 1928 |
|
Co-Founder of Burger King |
Vince Edwards |
Actor |
7-Jul-1928 |
11-Mar-1996 |
Ben Casey |
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr. |
Diplomat |
24-Jan-1928 |
|
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1973-78 |
Ralph E. Erickson |
Attorney |
3-Oct-1928 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 1972-73 |
Lauch Faircloth |
Politician |
14-Jan-1928 |
|
US Senator from North Carolina, 1993-99 |
Maynard Ferguson |
Jazz Musician |
4-May-1928 |
23-Aug-2006 |
Jazz bandleader and trumpeter |
Tom Fink |
Politician |
26-Aug-1928 |
|
Mayor of Anchorage, 1987-94 |
Donald Fisher |
Business |
3-Sep-1928 |
27-Sep-2009 |
Co-Founder of The Gap |
Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
22-Sep-2010 |
Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist |
Leon Fleisher |
Pianist |
23-Jul-1928 |
|
Piano virtuoso |
Thomas Foglietta |
Politician |
3-Dec-1928 |
13-Nov-2004 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1981-97 |
Whitey Ford |
Baseball |
21-Oct-1928 |
|
Ten World Series wins |
Sally Forrest |
Actor |
28-May-1928 |
|
While the City Sleeps |
Bruce Forsyth |
TV Personality |
22-Feb-1928 |
|
Sunday Night at the Palladium |
Dianne Foster |
Actor |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
The Last Hurrah |
Tony Franciosa |
Actor |
25-Oct-1928 |
19-Jan-2006 |
A Face in the Crowd |
Helen Frankenthaler |
Painter |
12-Dec-1928 |
27-Dec-2011 |
Mountains and Sea |
Frank Frazetta |
Painter |
9-Feb-1928 |
10-May-2010 |
Painted Conan paperback covers |
William E. Frenzel |
Politician |
31-Jul-1928 |
|
Congressman from Minnesota, 1971-91 |
Carlos Fuentes |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1928 |
15-May-2012 |
La muerte de Artemio Cruz |
Yvonne Furneaux |
Actor |
11-May-1928 |
|
La Dolce Vita |
Charles A. Gabriel |
Military |
21-Jan-1928 |
4-Sep-2003 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1982-86 |
Serge Gainsbourg |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Apr-1928 |
2-Mar-1991 |
Je t'aime ... moi non plus |
Evan Griffith Galbraith |
Business |
2-Jul-1928 |
21-Jan-2008 |
US Ambassador to France, 1981-85 |
Rita Gam |
Actor |
2-Apr-1928 |
|
The Thief |
Gabriel García Márquez |
Author |
6-Mar-1928 |
|
One Hundred Years of Solitude |
James Garner |
Actor |
7-Apr-1928 |
|
Jim Rockford on Rockford Files |
John Gavin |
Actor |
8-Apr-1928 |
|
Julius Caesar in Spartacus |
Larry Gelbart |
Film/TV Producer |
25-Feb-1928 |
11-Sep-2009 |
M*A*S*H |
Fernand St. Germain |
Politician |
9-Jan-1928 |
|
Congressman from Rhode Island, 1961-89 |
Jack Germond |
Columnist |
30-Jan-1928 |
|
Fat Man in a Middle Seat |
Don Gibson |
Country Musician |
3-Apr-1928 |
17-Nov-2003 |
Heartbroken country crooner |
Virginia Gibson |
Actor |
9-Apr-1928 |
|
Athena |
Vincent Gigante |
Criminal |
29-Mar-1928 |
19-Dec-2005 |
Mafia boss, headed the Genovese family |
Édouard Glissant |
Poet |
21-Sep-1928 |
3-Feb-2011 |
L'Intention Poétique |
Pancho Gonzales |
Tennis |
9-May-1928 |
3-Jul-1995 |
Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles |
Slade Gorton |
Politician |
8-Jan-1928 |
|
US Senator from Washington, 1981-2001 |
Abraham Gosman |
Business |
1928 |
|
Palm Beach nursing home magnate |
Bill Gradison |
Politician |
28-Dec-1928 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-93 |
Alfred M. Gray, Jr. |
Military |
22-Jun-1928 |
|
29th USMC Commandant, 1987-91 |
Charles Gray |
Actor |
29-Aug-1928 |
7-Mar-2000 |
Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
George Grizzard |
Actor |
1-Apr-1928 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Advise and Consent |
Alexander Grothendieck |
Mathematician |
28-May-1928 |
|
Grothendieck topologies |
Che Guevara |
Activist |
14-Jun-1928 |
9-Oct-1967 |
Revolutionary icon |
Ann Morgan Guilbert |
Actor |
16-Oct-1928 |
|
Yetta Rosenberg on The Nanny |
Clu Gulager |
Actor |
16-Nov-1928 |
|
The Killers |
Kevin Hagen |
Actor |
3-Apr-1928 |
9-Jul-2005 |
Little House on the Prairie |
Donald Hall |
Poet |
20-Sep-1928 |
|
The One Day |
Donald J. Hall |
Business |
9-Jul-1928 |
|
CEO of Hallmark, 1966-86 |
Joe B. Hall |
Basketball |
30-Nov-1928 |
|
Kentucky Head Coach, 1972-85 |
Bernie Hamilton |
Actor |
12-Jun-1928 |
30-Dec-2008 |
Capt. Dobey on Starsky and Hutch |
Michael Harrington |
Activist |
24-Feb-1928 |
31-Jul-1989 |
The Other America |
James B. Harris |
Film Director |
3-Aug-1928 |
|
The Bedford Incident |
Leon Hart |
Football |
2-Nov-1928 |
24-Sep-2002 |
Winner, 1949 Heisman Trophy |
Laurence Harvey |
Actor |
1-Oct-1928 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Manchurian Candidate |
Lionel Hebert |
Golf |
20-Jan-1928 |
30-Dec-2000 |
Winner, 1957 PGA Championship |
Chic Hecht |
Politician |
30-Nov-1928 |
15-May-2006 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89 |
Katherine Helmond |
Actor |
5-Jul-1928 |
|
Jessica Tate on Soap |
Wanda Hendrix |
Actor |
3-Nov-1928 |
1-Feb-1981 |
Actress-wife of Audie Murphy |
Emmaline Henry |
Actor |
1-Nov-1928 |
8-Oct-1979 |
Amanda Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie |
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. |
Judge |
25-Feb-1928 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Chief Justice, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
Roger S. Hillas |
Business |
c. 1928 |
|
Former Chairman of PNC Financial |
Earl Holliman |
Actor |
11-Sep-1928 |
|
The Rainmaker |
Nick Holonyak |
Physicist |
3-Nov-1928 |
|
Light-emitting diodes |
Rance Howard |
Actor |
17-Nov-1928 |
|
Father of Ron Howard, Clint Howard |
Gordie Howe |
Hockey |
31-Mar-1928 |
|
Has held nearly every hockey award title |
Dave Hughes |
Journalist |
c. 1928 |
|
Electronic bulletin boards |
Robert Indiana |
Artist |
12-Sep-1928 |
|
Creator of the "LO/VE" sculpture |
James Ivory |
Film/TV Producer |
7-Jun-1928 |
|
The Remains of the Day |
Conrad Janis |
Actor |
11-Feb-1928 |
|
Fredzo on Mork & Mindy |
D. Lowell Jensen |
Attorney |
3-Jun-1928 |
|
Associate US Attorney General, 1983-85 |
Roger Jepsen |
Politician |
23-Dec-1928 |
|
US Senator from Iowa, 1979-85 |
Larry Jinks |
Editor |
c. 1928 |
|
San Jose Mercury News publisher, 1989-94 |
Darrell Johnson |
Baseball |
25-Aug-1928 |
3-May-2004 |
Red Sox, Mariners manager |
Tom Johnson |
Hockey |
18-Feb-1928 |
21-Nov-2007 |
NHL Hall of Famer, coach |
Tom Jones |
Songwriter |
17-Feb-1928 |
|
The Fantasticks |
Li Ka-Shing |
Business |
29-Jul-1928 |
|
Chinese billionaire, net worth $23B |
Alexander M. Keith |
Judge |
22-Nov-1928 |
|
Minnesota Chief Justice, 1990-98 |
Paul X. Kelley |
Military |
11-Nov-1928 |
|
28th USMC Commandant, 1983-87 |
Ethel Kennedy |
Relative |
11-Apr-1928 |
|
Robert F. Kennedy's widow |
William Kennedy |
Novelist |
16-Jan-1928 |
|
Ironweed and The Cotton Club |
Jack Kevorkian |
Doctor |
26-May-1928 |
3-Jun-2011 |
Euthanasia enthusiast |
David Kimche |
Spy |
1928 |
8-Mar-2010 |
Israeli spy, masterminded Iran-Contra |
Quentin Kopp |
Politician |
11-Aug-1928 |
|
California politician and judge |
Alexis Korner |
Musician |
19-Apr-1928 |
1-Jan-1984 |
Pivotal British blues performer |
Hilton Kramer |
Critic |
25-Mar-1928 |
27-Mar-2012 |
The New Criterion |
Judith Krantz |
Novelist |
9-Jan-1928 |
|
Scruples |
Joan B. Kroc |
Philanthropist |
27-Aug-1928 |
12-Oct-2003 |
McDonald's widow |
Herbert Kroemer |
Physicist |
25-Aug-1928 |
|
Pioneer in laser technology |
Hardy Krüger |
Actor |
12-Apr-1928 |
|
The Flight of the Phoenix |
Stanley Kubrick |
Film Director |
26-Jul-1928 |
7-Mar-1999 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
R. Kirk Landon |
Business |
c. 1928 |
|
American Bankers Insurance Group |
Dick Lane |
Football |
16-Apr-1928 |
29-Jan-2002 |
Night Train Lane |
Joan F. Lane |
Business |
c. 1928 |
|
Stanford University booster |
Robert Lansing |
Actor |
5-Jun-1928 |
23-Oct-1994 |
Empire of the Ants |
Tom Lantos |
Politician |
1-Feb-1928 |
11-Feb-2008 |
Congressman from California, 1981-2008 |
Jack Larson |
Actor |
8-Feb-1928 |
|
The Adventures of Superman |
Fred LaRue |
Government |
11-Oct-1928 |
24-Jul-2004 |
Nixon's bag man |
Jean-Marie Le Pen |
Politician |
20-Jun-1928 |
|
French nationalist |
Tom Lehrer |
Comic |
9-Apr-1928 |
|
Comedic songwriter |
Philip Levine |
Poet |
10-Jan-1928 |
|
What Work Is |
James Roderick Lilley |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1928 |
12-Nov-2009 |
US Ambassador to China, 1989-91 |
George Lindsey |
Actor |
17-Dec-1928 |
6-May-2012 |
Goober |
Joanne Linville |
Actor |
15-Jan-1928 |
|
Gable and Lombard |
Jim Lovell |
Astronaut |
25-Mar-1928 |
|
Apollo 13 |
Christa Ludwig |
Singer |
16-Mar-1928 |
|
Operatic mezzo-soprano |
Manny Lujan |
Politician |
12-May-1928 |
|
US Secretary of the Interior 1989-93 |
Cynthia Macdonald |
Poet |
2-Feb-1928 |
|
Amputations |
John Macomber |
Business |
13-Jan-1928 |
|
JDM Investment Group |
George Maharis |
Actor |
1-Sep-1928 |
|
Buzz Murdock on Route 66 |
Nancy Marchand |
Actor |
19-Jun-1928 |
18-Jun-2000 |
Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant |
Ray Marshall |
Government |
22-Aug-1928 |
|
US Secretary of Labor 1977-81 |
Billy Martin |
Baseball |
16-May-1928 |
25-Dec-1989 |
NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times |
Walter Massey |
Actor |
19-Aug-1928 |
|
Canadian voice and character actor |
Pierre Mauroy |
Head of State |
5-Jul-1928 |
|
Prime Minister of France, 1981-84 |
William J. McDonald |
Attorney |
1928 |
19-Feb-1990 |
Chief Lawyer at Union Pacific, 1969-89 |
Roddy McDowall |
Actor |
17-Sep-1928 |
3-Oct-1998 |
Planet of the Apes |
Hugh McElhenny |
Football |
31-Dec-1928 |
|
NFL Hall of Fame Running Back |
Spanky McFarland |
Actor |
2-Oct-1928 |
30-Jun-1993 |
The Little Rascals |
Arthur A. McGiverin |
Judge |
10-Nov-1928 |
|
Iowa Chief Justice, 1987-2000 |
Patrick McGoohan |
Actor |
19-Mar-1928 |
13-Jan-2009 |
Number Six on The Prisoner |
Monroe G. McKay |
Judge |
30-May-1928 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-93 |
Maggie McNamara |
Actor |
18-Feb-1928 |
18-Feb-1978 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
Thomas J. Meskill |
Politician |
30-Jan-1928 |
29-Oct-2007 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1971-75 |
Jan Meyers |
Politician |
20-Jul-1928 |
|
Congresswoman from Kansas, 1985-97 |
Helen Stevenson Meyner |
Politician |
5-Mar-1928 |
2-Nov-1997 |
Congresswoman from New Jersey, 1975-78 |
Keith Michell |
Actor |
1-Dec-1928 |
|
The Six Wives of Henry VIII |
Vern Mikkelsen |
Basketball |
21-Oct-1928 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer |
Dick Miller |
Actor |
25-Dec-1928 |
|
A Bucket of Blood |
J. Hillis Miller |
Critic |
5-Mar-1928 |
|
Deconstructionist literary critic |
Marvin Mitchelson |
Attorney |
7-May-1928 |
18-Sep-2004 |
Celebrity divorce lawyer |
Guy Molinari |
Politician |
23-Nov-1928 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1981-89 |
Édouard Molinaro |
Film Director |
31-May-1928 |
|
La cage aux folles |
Walter Mondale |
Politician |
5-Jan-1928 |
|
US Vice President under Jimmy Carter |
Cleo Moore |
Actor |
31-Oct-1928 |
25-Oct-1973 |
1950s sex symbol |
Jeanne Moreau |
Actor |
23-Jan-1928 |
|
Jules et Jim |
Chesty Morgan |
Pornstar |
1928 |
|
Double Agent 73, Deadly Weapons |
Ennio Morricone |
Composer |
10-Nov-1928 |
|
Scored The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly |
Hosni Mubarak |
Head of State |
4-May-1928 |
|
President of Egypt, 1981-2011 |
Roger Mudd |
Journalist |
9-Feb-1928 |
|
Newscaster |
John Nash |
Mathematician |
13-Jun-1928 |
|
Schizophrenic game theorist |
Daniel Nathans |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1928 |
16-Nov-1999 |
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
Donald C. Nebergall |
Business |
12-Aug-1928 |
|
Brenton Bank & Trust |
Dorothy W. Nelson |
Judge |
30-Sep-1928 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-95 |
Ed Nelson |
Actor |
21-Dec-1928 |
|
Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place |
Robert Nix, Jr. |
Judge |
13-Jul-1928 |
23-Aug-2003 |
Pennsylvania Chief Justice, 1984-96 |
Edward I. O'Brien |
Business |
19-Sep-1928 |
|
Securities Industry Association |
Dick O'Neill |
Actor |
29-Aug-1928 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Charlie Cagney on Cagney and Lacey |
Warren Oates |
Actor |
5-Jul-1928 |
3-Apr-1982 |
Two-Lane Blacktop |
Arthur M. Okun |
Economist |
28-Nov-1928 |
23-Mar-1980 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-69 |
Nancy Olson |
Actor |
14-Jul-1928 |
|
Sunset Blvd. |
Toni Onley |
Painter |
20-Nov-1928 |
29-Feb-2004 |
British Columbia's flying artist |
Cynthia Ozick |
Author |
17-Apr-1928 |
|
The Puttermesser Papers |
Alan J. Pakula |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1928 |
19-Nov-1998 |
All the President's Men |
Seymour Papert |
Computer Programmer |
1-Mar-1928 |
|
Programming language LOGO |
Jim Pattison |
Business |
1-Oct-1928 |
|
Billionaire, Jim Pattison Group |
James R. Patton, Jr. |
Attorney |
27-Oct-1928 |
|
Founder, Patton Boggs |
Larry Pennell |
Actor |
21-Feb-1928 |
|
Ted McKeever on Ripcord |
George Peppard |
Actor |
1-Oct-1928 |
8-May-1994 |
The A Team |
Edward Perkins |
Diplomat |
8-Jun-1928 |
|
US Ambassador to Australia, 1993-96 |
Rudy Perpich |
Politician |
27-Jun-1928 |
21-Sep-1995 |
Twice Governor of Minnesota |
T. Boone Pickens |
Business |
22-May-1928 |
|
Texas oilman, founded Mesa Petroleum |
Bo Pilgrim |
Business |
8-May-1928 |
|
Co-Founder of Pilgrim's Pride |
Robert Pirsig |
Author |
6-Sep-1928 |
|
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
Eric Porter |
Actor |
8-Apr-1928 |
15-May-1995 |
The Forsyte Saga |
Anthony Price |
Novelist |
16-Aug-1928 |
|
Other Paths to Glory |
Harold Prince |
Theatre Producer |
30-Jan-1928 |
|
Broadway musical producer, 21 Tony awards |
Alan Rafkin |
Film Director |
23-Jul-1928 |
6-Aug-2001 |
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken |
Rajkumar |
Actor |
24-Apr-1928 |
12-Apr-2006 |
Kannada megastar kidnapped by Veerappan |
Fidel Ramos |
Head of State |
18-Mar-1928 |
|
12th President of the Philippines |
James Randi |
Magician |
7-Aug-1928 |
|
The Amazing Randi |
James Earl Ray |
Assassin |
10-Mar-1928 |
23-Apr-1998 |
Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination |
Robert D. Ray |
Politician |
26-Sep-1928 |
|
Governor of Iowa, 1969-83 |
Rex Reason |
Actor |
30-Nov-1928 |
|
Adam MacLean on Man Without a Gun |
Charles B. Renfrew |
Attorney |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 1980-81 |
Tony Richardson |
Film Director |
5-Jun-1928 |
14-Nov-1991 |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner |
Jacques Rivette |
Film Director |
1-Mar-1928 |
|
La Belle Noiseuse |
Pernell Roberts |
Actor |
18-May-1928 |
24-Jan-2010 |
Trapper John, M.D. |
Eugene Roche |
Actor |
22-Sep-1928 |
28-Jul-2004 |
Bill Parker on Webster |
Nicolas Roeg |
Film Director |
15-Aug-1928 |
|
The Man Who Fell to Earth |
Fred Rogers |
TV Personality |
20-Mar-1928 |
27-Feb-2003 |
Mister Rogers |
Felix Rohatyn |
Business |
29-May-1928 |
|
Financier, Lazard Frères |
Roy Romer |
Politician |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
Governor of Colorado, 1987-99 |
Marion Ross |
Actor |
25-Oct-1928 |
|
Mrs. Cunningham on Happy Days |
Norman Rossington |
Actor |
24-Dec-1928 |
21-May-1999 |
A Hard Day's Night |
Dan Rostenkowski |
Politician |
2-Jan-1928 |
11-Aug-2010 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95 |
Vera Rubin |
Astronomer |
23-Jul-1928 |
|
Structure of galaxies |
Eileen Ryan |
Actor |
16-Oct-1928 |
|
Matriarch of the Penn family |
Mitchell Ryan |
Actor |
11-Jan-1928 |
|
Edward Montgomery on Dharma & Greg |
Charles Ryskamp |
Administrator |
21-Oct-1928 |
26-Mar-2010 |
Frick Collection Director, 1987-97 |
Ruben Salazar |
Journalist |
3-Mar-1928 |
29-Aug-1970 |
L.A. Times reporter killed on the job |
Albert Salmi |
Actor |
11-Mar-1928 |
22-Apr-1990 |
The Brothers Karamazov |
Fayez Sarofim |
Business |
c. 1928 |
|
Billionaire, Fayez Sarofim & Co. |
Andrew Sarris |
Critic |
31-Oct-1928 |
20-Jun-2012 |
The American Cinema |
Vidal Sassoon |
Business |
17-Jan-1928 |
9-May-2012 |
Celebrity hairstylist |
Gregory Scarpa, Sr. |
Criminal |
8-May-1928 |
8-Jun-1994 |
Top Mafia FBI informant for 30 years |
Richard Schaal |
Actor |
5-May-1928 |
|
Leo Heatherton on Phyllis |
Dolph Schayes |
Basketball |
19-May-1928 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer, coach |
Irwin Schiff |
Activist |
1928 |
|
US income tax protester |
Ron Schipper |
Football |
7-Aug-1928 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Head Coach, Central College, 1961-96 |
Pierre Schoendoerffer |
Film Director |
5-May-1928 |
14-Mar-2012 |
The Anderson Platoon |
Marge Schott |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1928 |
2-Mar-2004 |
Owner, Cincinnati Reds |
William Schreyer |
Business |
13-Jan-1928 |
22-Jan-2011 |
CEO of Merrill Lynch, 1984-92 |
Donald H. Seiler |
Business |
c. 1928 |
|
Seiler & Company LLP |
Hubert Selby |
Author |
23-Jul-1928 |
26-Apr-2004 |
Requiem for a Dream |
Maurice Sendak |
Author |
10-Jun-1928 |
8-May-2012 |
Where The Wild Things Are |
Michel Serrault |
Actor |
24-Jan-1928 |
29-Jul-2007 |
La cage aux folles |
Anne Sexton |
Poet |
9-Nov-1928 |
4-Oct-1974 |
Live or Die |
Albert Shanker |
Labor Leader |
14-Sep-1928 |
22-Feb-1997 |
American Federation of Teachers |
Ariel Sharon |
Head of State |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06 |
Robert Sheckley |
Author |
16-Jul-1928 |
9-Dec-2005 |
Science fiction genius |
Bill Sheffield |
Politician |
26-Jun-1928 |
|
Governor of Alaska, 1982-86 |
Richard M. Sherman |
Songwriter |
12-Jun-1928 |
|
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
Eduard Shevardnadze |
Head of State |
25-Jan-1928 |
|
President of Georgia, 1995-2003 |
Osamu Shimomura |
Chemist |
27-Aug-1928 |
|
Green Fluorescent Protein |
Alan Sillitoe |
Novelist |
4-Mar-1928 |
25-Apr-2010 |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner |
Henry Silva |
Actor |
15-Sep-1928 |
|
The Manchurian Candidate |
Horace Silver |
Jazz Musician |
2-Sep-1928 |
|
Song For My Father |
Chet Simmons |
Business |
11-Jul-1928 |
25-Mar-2010 |
President of ESPN, 1979-82 |
Paul Simon |
Politician |
29-Nov-1928 |
9-Dec-2003 |
US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate |
Jaime Cardinal Sin |
Religion |
31-Aug-1928 |
21-Jun-2005 |
Former Archbishop of Manila |
Dara Singh |
Actor |
19-Nov-1928 |
12-Jul-2012 |
Indian strongman, Bollywood star |
George Sinner |
Politician |
19-May-1928 |
|
Governor of North Dakota, 1985-92 |
Jean Kennedy Smith |
Diplomat |
20-Feb-1928 |
|
US Ambassador to Ireland, 1993-98 |
Perry Smith |
Criminal |
27-Oct-1928 |
14-Apr-1965 |
In Cold Blood |
Alison Smithson |
Architect |
22-Jun-1928 |
14-Aug-1993 |
New Brutalist |
Gene Snyder |
Politician |
26-Jan-1928 |
16-Feb-2007 |
Congressman from Kentucky, 1967-87 |
David Somerset |
Aristocrat |
23-Feb-1928 |
|
11th Duke of Beaufort |
Ted Sorensen |
Attorney |
8-May-1928 |
31-Oct-2010 |
Aide to JFK |
Michael G. Sotirhos |
Business |
12-Nov-1928 |
|
US Ambassador to Greece, 1989-93 |
Floyd Spence |
Politician |
9-Apr-1928 |
16-Aug-2001 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001 |
Charles Stenvig |
Politician |
16-Jan-1928 |
22-Feb-2010 |
Twice Mayor of Minneapolis |
Richard G. Stern |
Novelist |
25-Feb-1928 |
|
Other Men's Daughters |
Walter P. Stern |
Activist |
26-Sep-1928 |
|
Chairman, Hudson Institute |
Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Composer |
22-Aug-1928 |
5-Dec-2007 |
Influential avant-garde composer |
Richard B. Stone |
Politician |
22-Sep-1928 |
|
US Senator from Florida, 1975-80 |
Charles Strouse |
Composer |
7-Jun-1928 |
|
Bye Bye Birdie |
Mel Stuart |
Film Director |
2-Sep-1928 |
9-Aug-2012 |
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
Subroto |
Government |
19-Sep-1928 |
|
Secretary General of OPEC, 1988-94 |
Yevgeny Svetlanov |
Conductor |
6-Sep-1928 |
3-May-2002 |
Director, USSR State Symphony, 1965-2002 |
Koko Taylor |
Singer |
28-Sep-1928 |
3-Jun-2009 |
"Wang Dang Doodle" |
Shirley Temple |
Actor |
23-Apr-1928 |
|
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
Gaston Thorn |
Head of State |
3-Sep-1928 |
26-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of Luxembourg, 1974-79 |
Ray Thornton |
Politician |
16-Jul-1928 |
|
Former Congressman from Arkansas |
Malachi Throne |
Actor |
1-Dec-1928 |
|
Noah Bain on It Takes a Thief |
Alvin Toffler |
Author |
4-Oct-1928 |
|
Future Shock |
Martin Tolchin |
Journalist |
20-Sep-1928 |
|
Founder, The Hill |
Alex Toth |
Cartoonist |
25-Jun-1928 |
27-May-2006 |
Creator of Space Ghost |
Leonard Tow |
Business |
30-May-1928 |
|
CEO of Citizens Communications, 1990-2004 |
Bernard Trainor |
Military |
2-Sep-1928 |
|
Military analyst, ex-3 star Marine general |
Jack Tramiel |
Business |
13-Dec-1928 |
8-Apr-2012 |
Commodore Business Machines |
David C. Treen |
Politician |
16-Jul-1928 |
29-Oct-2009 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1980-84 |
William Trevor |
Novelist |
24-May-1928 |
|
The Old Boys |
Joseph D. Tydings |
Politician |
4-May-1928 |
|
US Senator from Maryland, 1965-71 |
Roger Vadim |
Film Director |
26-Jan-1928 |
11-Feb-2000 |
Barbarella |
Dick Van Patten |
Actor |
9-Dec-1928 |
|
Dad on Eight is Enough |
Bobby Van |
Actor |
6-Dec-1928 |
31-Jul-1980 |
Broadway actor |
Sander Vanocur |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1928 |
|
ABC and NBC correspondent |
Agnès Varda |
Film Director |
30-May-1928 |
|
Cleo from 5 to 7 |
Frankie Vaughan |
Singer |
3-Feb-1928 |
18-Sep-1999 |
Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl |
Nicholas Veliotes |
Diplomat |
28-Oct-1928 |
|
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1984-86 |
Yvette Vickers |
Actor |
26-Aug-1928 |
27-Apr-2011 |
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman |
Ralph Waite |
Actor |
22-Jun-1928 |
|
John Walton, Sr. on The Waltons |
J. Clifford Wallace |
Judge |
11-Dec-1928 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1972-96 |
Andy Warhol |
Artist |
6-Aug-1928 |
22-Feb-1987 |
Pop Art movement |
James Watson |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1928 |
|
Co-Discoverer of DNA |
John Giffen Weinmann |
Attorney |
29-Aug-1928 |
|
White House Chief of Protocol, 1991-93 |
Lina Wertmüller |
Film Director |
14-Aug-1928 |
|
The Seduction of Mimi |
Adam West |
Actor |
19-Sep-1928 |
|
Batman, Mayor of Quahog |
Ruth Westheimer |
Talk Show Host |
4-Jun-1928 |
|
4'7" of concentrated sex |
John A. Wickham, Jr. |
Military |
25-Jun-1928 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1983-87 |
Elie Wiesel |
Activist |
30-Sep-1928 |
|
Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist |
Sherwin T. Wine |
Religion |
25-Jan-1928 |
21-Jul-2007 |
Humanistic Judaism |
Adele Wiseman |
Author |
21-May-1928 |
1-Jun-1992 |
The Sacrifice |
David L. Wolper |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Jan-1928 |
10-Aug-2010 |
Roots |
Melvin O. Wright |
Business |
29-Jul-1928 |
|
Former Dean Witter Reynolds VP |
May Wynn |
Actor |
8-Jan-1928 |
|
The Caine Mutiny |
Dick York |
Actor |
4-Sep-1928 |
20-Feb-1992 |
Darrin #1 on Bewitched |
Edward Zorinsky |
Politician |
11-Nov-1928 |
6-Mar-1987 |
US Senator from Nebraska, 1976-87 |