Famous People Born in 1928

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Walter Mondale (1928-2021)

Jan 5 American politician (US Senator from Minnesota (D), 1964-76 ; 42nd Vice President, 1977-81), born in Ceylon, Minnesota

Jan 5 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, 4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan, born in Ratodero Taluka, Pakistan (d. 1979)
Jan 6 Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre], French actress and fashion model (Pink Panther, What's New Pussycat?), born in Saint-Raphaël, Var, France (d. 1990)
Jan 6 George H. Ross, American businessman, born in Brooklyn, New York
Jan 7 Vijay Rajindranath, Indian cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), born in Amritsar, British India (d. 1989)

William Peter Blatty (1928-2017)

Jan 7 American scriptwriter and author of The Exorcist, born in NYC, New York

Jan 8 Gaston Miron, Quebec poet & editor, born in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Canada (d. 1996)
Jan 8 May Wynn [Donna Lee Hickey], American actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark), born in NYC, New York
Jan 8 Sander Vanocur, American journalist (NBC Weekend News), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Jan 9 Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, born in Polignano A Mare, Apulia (d. 1994)
Jan 9 Fernand St Germain, American politician (Rep-D-RI, 1961-89), born in Blackstone, Massachusetts (d. 2014)
Jan 9 Judith Krantz, Jewish-American novelist (Scruples, Princess Daisy, Dazzle), born in NYC, New York
Jan 10 Donald Brooks, American fashion designer (Emmy 1983), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2005)
Jan 10 Philip Levine, American poet, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
Jan 10 Wallace Berry, Canadian-American composer (d. 1991)
Jan 11 David L Wolper, producer (Devil's Brigade)
Jan 11 Mitchell Ryan, American actor (Dark Shadows, Lethal Weapon, Chase, Executive Suite), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 12 Lew Gallo, American character actor and screenwriter (Get Smart; Gunsmoke; 12 O'Clock High), born in Mount Kisco, New York (d. 2000)
Jan 12 Ruth Brown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2006)
Jan 12 Vic Toweel, South African boxer (undisputed world bantamweight champion), born in Benoni, South Africa (d. 2008)
Jan 13 David Sheiner, American actor (Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana), born in NYC, New York
Jan 13 Gregory Walcott, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space, 87th Precinct), born in Wendell, North Carolina (d. 2015)
Jan 14 Garry Winogrand, American photographer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1984)
Jan 14 Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (co-founder of Joffrey Ballet), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2008)
Jan 15 [Beverly] Joanne Linville, American character actress, born in Bakersfield, California (d. 2021)
Jan 16 Ezra Sims, American composer of microtonal music, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2015)
Jan 16 John William Fozard, aircraft designer
Jan 16 Pilar Lorengar [Lorenza Pilar García], Aragones soprano, born in El Gancho, Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1996)
Jan 16 William Kennedy, American writer
Jan 17 Jean Barraqué, French composer, born in Hauts-de-Seine, France (d. 1973)
Jan 17 Ken Archer, Australian cricket batsman (5 Tests; Queensland CA), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 2023)
Jan 17 Philip Jones, British classical trumpeter (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, 1951-86), and educator, born in Bath, England (d. 2000)

Vidal Sassoon (1928-2012)

Jan 17 British-American hair stylist and CEO of Vidal Sasson, born in London

Jan 19 Dainin Katagiri, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki, born in Osaka, Japan
Jan 19 Gerard Schurmann, Dutch-British conductor, and composer of classical music (The Double Heart), and film scores, (The Bedford Incident), born in Java, Dutch East Indies (d. 2020) dies at 96
Jan 20 Lionel Hebert, American golfer (PGA Championship 1957), born in Lafayette, Louisiana (d. 2000)
Jan 20 Peter Donat, Canadian-American actor (Flamingo Road, Different Story), born in Kentville, Canada (d. 2018)
Jan 20 Robert Satanowski, Polish opera conductor and general, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1997)
Jan 21 Reynaldo Bignone, Argentine politician and human rights violator, 41st President (1982–1983), born in Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2018)
Jan 22 Birch Bayh, American politician, Senator (D) Indiana (1963-81), wrote 2 amendments to US constitution, born in Terre Haute, Indiana
Jan 22 Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian (d. 2004)
Jan 23 Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2005)
Jan 23 Elayne Jones, American classical, timpanist and civil rights activist, born in Harlem, NYC (d. 2022) [1]
Jan 23 Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (2 x Olympic gold 2-man, 4-man 1968; World C'ships 9 x gold), born in Toblach, Italy (d. 2003)
Jan 23 Jeanne Moreau, French actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim), born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
Jan 23 Kees Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic silver 1952), born in De Lier, Netherlands (d. 1992)
Jan 23 Ken Errair, American pop-jazz singer (Four Freshmen, 1953-55 - "Graduation Day"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1968)
Jan 24 Desmond Morris, English zoologist (Human Ape, Body Language), born in Purton, United Kingdom
Jan 24 Michel Serrault, French actor (Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud, La Cage aux Folles), born in Brunoy, France (d. 2007)

Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014)

Jan 25 President of Georgia (1995-2003) and Soviet Foreign Minister (1985-90), born in Mamati, Georgia

Jan 25 Jérôme Choquette, Quebec lawyer and politician, born in Montreal, Quebec
Jan 26 Gene Snyder, American politician (Rep-R-KY, 1963-65, 67-87), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2007)
Jan 26 Roger Vadim, French director (And God Created Women, Barbarella)
Jan 27 Hans Modrow, German politician (last Communist Prime Minister of East Germany 1989-90), born in Jasenitz, Germany (d. 2023)
Jan 27 Jean-Michel Damase, French pianist and composer, born in Bordueax (d. 2013)
Jan 27 Vaclovas Paketūras, Lithuanian composer (The Sun Is Setting; Polyphonic Pieces), born in Gruodiškiai, Lithuania (d. 2018)
Jan 28 Martin Sinnatt, Major-General/secretary (Kennel Club)
Jan 28 MG Falcon, CEO (Norwich Union Insurance Group)
Jan 28 Pete Runnels, American baseball infielder (5 x MLB All Star; AL batting champion 1960, 62 Boston Red Sox; Washington Senators, Houston Colt .45s) and manager (Boston RS 1966), born in Lufkin, Texas (d. 1991)
Jan 28 Slade Gorton, American politician (Sen-R-WA, 1981-87, 1989-2001), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
Jan 29 Bengt Hambraeus, Swedish Canadian composer and organist, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2000)
Jan 29 Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician
Jan 30 Andrew Salkey, Panamanian-Jamaican novelist, born in Colón, Panama (d. 1995)
Jan 30 Harold Prince, American producer & director (West Side Story, Evita), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2019)
Jan 30 Mitch Leigh, American musical composer (Man of La Mancha), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2014)
Jan 31 Chuck Willis, American rock vocalist ("C.C. Rider"), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1958)
Jan 31 Eric Ash, rector (Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine)
Jan 31 Richard Buckley, royal equerry
Jan 31 Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor, born in Bridgwater, Somerset
Jan 31 S. Newman Darby, American inventor of the sailboard, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
Feb 1 Debbie Dean [Reba Smith], American pop singer and songwriter (Motown), born in Corbin, Kentucky (d. 2001)
Feb 1 Eric Evans, English dean of St Paul's, born in Tenby, Wales (d. 1996)
Feb 1 Peter Gordon Dorrell, British archaeologist and photographer (d. 1996)
Feb 1 Sir Samuel "Sam" Edwards, Welsh physicist (condensed matter physics), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2015)
Feb 1 Tom Lantos, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1981-2008), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2008)
Feb 2 Alan Fluck, musical educator
Feb 2 Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, Prime Minister of Italy (1988-89)
Feb 3 C V Gadkari, Indian cricket batsman 6 Tests, 1 x 50; Maharashtra, Services), born in Pune, India (d. 1998)
Feb 4 Dave Ketchum, American character actor (Get Smart - "Agent 13"), and writer (Happy Days; The Love Boat), born in Quincy, Illinois)
Feb 5 Andrew M Greeley, author/reverend
Feb 5 Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, Middle Eastern scholar (d. 1997)
Feb 7 Alphonse "Al" Smith [Fuzzy Smith], American MLB outfielder and third baseman (Cleveland Indians), born in Kirkwood, Missouri (d. 2002)
Feb 8 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, American lawyer and civil rights activist (challenged University of Oklahoma segregation laws in Supreme Court and won), born in Chickasha, Oklahoma (d. 1995)
Feb 8 Jack Larson, American actor (The Adventures of Superman -"Jimmy Olsen"), screenwriter, and librettist (Virgil Thomson's "Lord Byron"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
Feb 8 Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu), born in Ferndale, Glamorgan (d. 1976)
Feb 9 Frank Frazetta [Frazzetta], American fantasy illustrator of comic book, paperback, album cover art, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2010)
Feb 9 Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. 2005)
Feb 9 Roger Mudd, American news anchor (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News), born in Washington, D.C.
Feb 10 Gene Taylor, American politician (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973-89), born in Sarcoxie, Missouri (d. 1998)
Feb 11 Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK)
Feb 11 Conrad Janis, American actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino), and traditional jazz trombonist, born in NYC, New York
Feb 11 Gerry Alexander, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (25 Tests, top score 108, 90 dismissals), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2011)
Feb 11 Raoul Cita, R&B pianist and songwriter (Harptones), born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)
Feb 14 Ben Garrido Blaz, American politician (Rep-R-Guam, 1985-93), born in Agana, Guam (d. 2014)
Feb 14 Juan Garcia Hortelano, Spanish author (Tormenta de verano)
Feb 15 (Mary) Norma Procter, British contralto singer, born in Cleethorpes, Engand (d. 2017)
Feb 15 Norman Bridwell, American author and cartoonist (Clifford the Big Red Dog), born in Kokomo, Indiana (d. 2014)
Feb 17 Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress (La Divina Infiel; The Shadow of the Bat), and singer ("Es tarde ya" (It's Too Late Now)), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 2013)
Feb 18 Jim McElreath, auto racer (1970 Ontario 500)
Feb 18 Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
Feb 19 Garland F. Pinholster, American college basketball coach (USA: gold Pan American Games 1963; Oglethorpe University 1956-66), born in Clyattville, Georgia (d. 2020)
Feb 19 Mike Sammes, British arranger, session, pop and easy-listening vocalist (The Mike Sammes Singers; Disneyland; The Beatles - "I Am The Walrus", "Good Night"; Olivia Newton-John - "Let Me Be There"), born in Reigate, England (d. 2001)
Feb 20 Donald Longmore, British cardiac surgeon
Feb 20 Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Feb 21 Philip von Schantz, Swedish painter, born in Norrköping, Sweden (d. 1998)
Feb 22 Bruce Forsyth, English comedian & TV host (Generation Game), born in London, England
Feb 22 Paul Dooley, American actor, writer and comedian(16 Candles, Strange Brew, Wedding), born in Parkersburg, West Virginia
Feb 23 David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer
Feb 23 Taini Jamison (née Royal), New Zealand netball coach (New Zealand 1967-71; World C'ship 1967), born in Rotorua, New Zealand (d. 2023)
Feb 23 Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A)
Feb 24 Al Lettieri, American actor (The Godfather; Pulp; Mr Majestyk; Getaway), born in NYC, New York (d. 1975)
Feb 24 Michael Harrington, socialist/author (Fragments of Century), born in St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 25 Keith Williamson, British RAF marshal
Feb 25 Larry Gelbart, American television writer, playwright, director and author, best known as creator and producer of M*A*S*H, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2009)
Feb 25 Paul Elvstrøm, Danish yachtsman (4 Olympic gold, Finn class 1948, 52, 56, 60), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 2016)
Feb 25 Richard Stern, American writer
Feb 26 Aldonis Kalniņš, Latvian composer, born in Užava parish, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
Feb 26 Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16), born in Davydovka, USSR

Fats Domino (1928-2017)

Feb 26 American rhythm & blues piano player, singer, and star of the early rock ’n’ roll era ("Blueberry Hill"; "Blue Monday"; "Walkin' To New Orleans"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Ariel Sharon (1928-2014)

Feb 26 Israeli general, politician and Prime Minister of Israel (2001-06), born in Kfar Malal, Mandatory Palestine

Feb 26 John Ewart, Australian radio, stage, and screen actor (The Muddle-Headed Wombat.; The Picture Show Man), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1994)
Feb 26 Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress (Lights of My City; Act of the Heart), born in Montreal, Quebec
Feb 27 Josh Greenfeld, American author and screenwriter (A Child Called Noah), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
Feb 28 Tom Aldredge, American actor (The Sopranos, What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2011)
Feb 29 Alan Loveday, New Zealand and British violinist, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand (d. 2016)
Feb 29 Joss Ackland, British actor (Queenie, To Kill a Priest), born in London, England
Feb 29 McHenry Boatwright, American operatic singer, born in Tennille, Georgia (d. 1994)
Feb 29 Tempest Storm, American burlesque performer
Feb 29 Terry Lewis, Australian police commissioner
Mar 1 Ivan Bohdan, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold Soviet Union heavyweight 1960; World C'ship gold 1958, 61), born in Dmytro-Bilivka, Ukraine (d. 2020)
Mar 1 Jacques Rivette, French New Wave film director, born in Rouen, Haute-Normandie (d. 2016)

Seymour Papert (1928-2016)

Mar 1 South African mathematician, born in Pretoria

Mar 1 Václav Snítil, Czech violinist (Czech Nonet), and teacher (Prague Academy of Performing Arts, 1964-2015), born in Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (d. 2015)
Mar 1 Willie Mitchell, American R&B, pop, and soul singer, songwriter, producer, and arranger, born in Ashland, Mississippi (d. 2010)
Mar 2 Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
Mar 2 John Manduell, British-based South African composer and educator (Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, 1973-96), born in Johannesburg, Union of South Africa (d. 2017)
Mar 2 José Luis Pérez-Payá, Spanish soccer forward (2 caps; Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid), born in Alcoy, Spain (d. 2022)
Mar 3 Gudrun Pausewang, Eastern Bohemia, German writer
Mar 3 Jack Gordon, Canadian ice hockey coach (Minnesota North Stars 1970-75) and executive (GM Minnesota NS 1974-78, Vancouver Canucks 1985-87), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2022)
Mar 4 Alan Sillitoe, English writer (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner), born in Nottingham (d. 2010)
Mar 4 Larry Bunker, American session and West Coast jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and timpanist (Bill Evans, Lalo Schifrin, The 5th Dimension, Peggy Lee), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2005)
Mar 4 Samuel Adler, German-American composer, and educator (Eastman School of Music; Juilliard School), born in Mannheim, Germany
Mar 5 Lou Levy, American jazz pianist (Woody Herman, Stan Getz), and accompanist (Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
Mar 6 Ronald Stevenson, composer
Mar 8 Frank Michael Beyer, composer
Mar 8 Judy Johnson, American singer (Your Show of Shows), born in Norfolk, Virginia
Mar 9 Gerald Bull, Canadian long range artillery designer and engineer, born in North Bay, Ontario (d. 1990)
Mar 9 Keely Smith [Dorothy Keely], American jazz and pop singer (w/ husband Louis Prima -"That Old Black Magic"; "I Wish You Love"), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 2017)
Mar 10 Arthur Milton, English cricketer (opening batsman late 50's)

James Earl Ray (1928-1998)

Mar 10 American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Alton, Illinois

Mar 10 Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (The Last Torch Song, The Violet Seller), born in Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain (d. 2013)
Mar 11 Albert Salmi, American stage and screen character actor (Caddyshack; The Brothers Karamazov; Bus Stop), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
Mar 11 Peter Roger Hunt, English director (Dr No), born in London, England
Mar 12 Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor, born in Valencia, Venezuela (d. 2007)

Edward Albee (1928-2016)

Mar 12 American playwright (Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?), born in Virginia

Mar 12 Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman (Police Complaints Authority)
Mar 12 Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, Quebec politician and senator
Mar 13 Ronnie Hazlehurst, English television composer (Are You Being Served?, The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin), born in Dukinfield, England (d. 2007)

Frank Borman (95 years old)

Mar 14 American astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8) and CEO of Eastern Air Lines (1975-86), born in Gary, Indiana

Mar 15 Nicolas Flagello, composer
Mar 16 Christa Ludwig, German soprano (Vienna State Opera, 1955-94; Metropolitan Opera, 1959-93), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2021)
Mar 16 Ramon Barce, Spanish composer, born in Madrid (d. 2008)
Mar 16 Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler (45th Yokozuna; 10 x top division titles), born in Hirosaki, Japan (d. 2010)
Mar 17 Edino Krieger, Brazilian composer, born in Santa Catarina state (d. 2022)
Mar 17 Eunice Gayson, British actress and 1st Bond Girl (Sylvia Trench- "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love"), born in London (d. 2018) [1]
Mar 17 William John McKeag, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
Mar 18 Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and 12th President of the Philippines (1992-98), born in Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines (d. 2022) [1]
Mar 18 Julia Mullock, Princess of Korea
Mar 18 Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist
Mar 19 (Allan Thomas) "Tom" Paley, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
Mar 19 Clarence Paul [Pauling], American songwriter, and record producer (Motown; Stevie Wonder - "Fingertips"), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 1995)
Mar 19 Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58)
Mar 19 Hans Küng, Swiss theologian
Mar 19 Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), born in Queens, New York (d. 2009)
Mar 20 Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book), born in Sale, Cheshire (d. 2008)

Fred Rogers (1928-2003)

Mar 20 American children's TV host (Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood), and Presbyterian minister, born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Mar 20 Jerome Cousins Biffle, long jumper (Olympic gold 1952), born in Denver, Colorado
Mar 21 James W Kinnear, CEO (Texaco), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mar 21 Peter Hacks, German playwright (Tie Windloch)
Mar 21 Ruth Anderson, American flutist, classical and electronic music composer (I Come Out of Your Sleep), born in Kalispell, Montana (d. 2019)
Mar 22 Betty Callaway, English figure skating coach (Torvill & Dean, Regőczy & Sallay), born in Reading, England (d. 2011)
Mar 22 Bill Archer, American politician (Rep-R-TX, 1971-2001), born in Houston, Texas
Mar 22 Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (d. 2001)
Mar 22 Dmitri Volkogonov, Russian historian (biographies of Stalin and Lenin) and colonel general, born in Chita, USSR (d. 1995)
Mar 22 E.D. Hirsch. American social commentator, born in Memphis, Tennessee

About 1928

How Old? 94 or 95 years old
Generation: Silent Generation

Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit (Feb 2, 1927 - Jan 22, 1928),
Dragon (Jan 23, 1928 - Feb 9, 1929)

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