Famous People Born in 1928

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 815

• Jan 1 Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (Edhi Foundation), born in Bantva, Gujarat (d. 2016)
• Jan 1 Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (The French Connection)

• Jan 1 Khan Mohammad, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (13 Tests, 54 wickets; Pakistan's first ball and wicket in Test cricket), born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (d. 2009)
• Jan 2 Alberto Zedda, Italian opera conductor and musicologist, born in Milan, Italy (d. 2017)
• Jan 2 Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist
• Jan 2 Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer
• Jan 2 Dan Rostenkowski, American politician (Rep-D-Il, 1959-94), convicted of mail fraud, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
• Jan 2 Gerhard Amanshauser, writer
• Jan 2 Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point)
• Jan 2 Oskar Rabin, Russian painter and dissident during Soviet era, born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 2018)
• Jan 2 Tiberiu Olah, Romanian-Hungarian composer, teacher, and musicologist, born in 1928, Batar, Romania (d. 2002)
• Jan 2 Vaughn Beals, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Jan 3 Frank Ross Anderson, Canadian International Chess Master (1954)
• Jan 5 Imtiaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2016)
• Jan 5 Qian Qichen, Chinese diplomat and vice premier, born in Tianjin (d. 2017)

• 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)

• 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
• Jan 17 Philip Jones, British classical trumpeter (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, 1951-86), and educator, born in Bath, England (d. 2000)

• 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)

• 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, a German politician, premier of East Germany
• 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 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 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

• 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)
• Mar 1 Seymour Papert, South African mathematician, born in Pretoria (d. 2016)
• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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
• Mar 22 Ed Macauley, American Basketball Hall of Fame center (7-time NBA All Star), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2011)
• Mar 23 Alfred Morris, British MP

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