Birthdays in History on April 28

32 Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor, born in Ferentium, Italy (d. 69)

Edward IV (1442-1483)

King of England (1461-70, 71-83), born in Rouen, Normandy

1545 Yi Sun-sin, Korean Naval Commander, born in Hanseong, South Korea (d. 1598)
1630 Charles Cotton, English poet and writer, born in Alstonefield, Staffordshire, England (d. 1687)
1686 Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor, born in Klášterec nad Ohří, Czech Republic (d. 1721)
1753 Franz K. Achard, German physicist and chemist, born in Berlin (d. 1821)

James Monroe (1758-1831)

5th US President (1817-25), born in Monroe Hall, Virginia

1765 Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician, born in Paris (d. 1843)
1770 Nikita P. Panin, Russian diplomat and minister of Foreign affairs, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine (d. 1837)
1774 Francis Baily, English astronomer and describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse, born in Newbury, Berkshire, England (d. 1844)
1795 Charles Sturt, English explorer (Australia), born in Bengal, British India (d. 1869)
1810 Daniel Ullman, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1892)
1812 Daniel Henry Rucker, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Belleville, New Jersey (d. 1910)
1815 Andrew Jackson Smith, American Major General (Union Army), born in Livingston County, Kentucky (d. 1897)
1819 Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar, born in Jackson, Maine (d. 1884)
1825 James Winning McMillan, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Clark County, Kentucky (d. 1903)
1838 Tobias Asser, Dutch advocate of world law (Nobel 1911), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1913)
1842 Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 1922)
1846 Johann Oskar Backlund, Swedish-Russian astronomer (planets/asteroids), born in Länghem, Sweden (d. 1916)
1864 William Frederick Archdall Ellison, Irish clergyman and director (Armagh Observatory)
1865 Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist, born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 1940)
1868 Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (Voronoi diagram), born in Zhuravki, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1908)
1869 Lester Lonergan, Irish-American stage and screen actor and director (Seven Faces), born in Limerick, Ireland, UK (d. 1931)
1874 Karl Kraus, Austrian satirical writer, born in Jičín, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (d. 1936)
1879 Edgard Tytgat, Flemish painter and etcher, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1954)
1879 Franz Arnold, German writer, born in Znin, Prussia (d. 1960)
1882 Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist, born in Milano, Italy (d. 1971)
1886 Erich Salomon, German photographer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1944)

Harry Crerar (1888-1965)

Canadian WWI and WWII general (First Canadian Army), born in Hamilton, Ontario

António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970)

Dictator of Portugal (1932-68) who founded and controlled the Estado Novo (New State), born in Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão, Portugal

1889 Karel Doorman, Dutch rear admiral (Java Sea), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1942)
1892 Joseph Dunninger, American mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), born in NYC, New York
1897 Kálmán Tihanyi, Hungarian physicist and engineer (invented cathode ray tube for television), born in Üzbég, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1947)
1897 Ye Jianying, Chinese communist general and politician (Head of State of the People's Republic of China 1978-83), born in Jiaying, Guangdong, Qing Empire (d. 1986)
1898 Grantley Herbert Adams, Premier of Barbados (1953-58) and Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation (1958-62), born in St. Michael, British Windward Islands (d. 1971)
1900 Bruno Apitz, German writer (Nackt unter Wölfen, born in Leipzig (d. 1979)
1900 Heinrich Müller, German Nazi, Director of the Gestapo (1939-45) and most senior Nazi official never captured or confirmed to have died, born in Munich, German Empire (d. ?)
1900 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud"), born in Franeker, Friesland (d. 1992)
1900 Kenneth Horne, British writer and playwright (Fools Rush In; The Coming-Out Party), born in Westminster, London, England (d. 1975)
1900 Maurice Thorez, French politician and secretary-general (French Communist Party), born in Noyelles-Godault, Pas-de-Calais, France (d. 1964)
1902 Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (Lillelord), born in Kristiana, Norway (d. 1979)
1906 Bart [Bartholomeus Jan] Bok, Dutch-American astronomer (Milky Way), born in Hoorn, Netherlands (d. 1983)
1906 Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician (Gödel's incompleteness theorems), born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1978)
1906 Pierre Boileau, French novelist (Vertigo), born in Paris, France (d. 1989)
1906 Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, American mobster (St Valentine's Day) and boss of the Chicago Outfit, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1992)
1910 Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer, born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 1996)
1911 Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (The Phantom), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1999)
1912 Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WWII), born in Amiens, France (d. 1995)
1916 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer (Lamborghini), born in Cento, Ferrara (d. 1993)
1917 Joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer (Naked Life), born in Amsterdam (d. 1988)
1917 Robert Anderson, American writer (Tea & Sympathy, I Never Sang for My Father), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2009)
1922 Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (The Guns of Navarone), born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1987)
1922 William Broomfield, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), born in Royal Oak, Michigan (d. 2019)
1924 Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia (1964-91), born in Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) (d. 2021)

Harper Lee (1926-2016)

American author (To Kill a Mockingbird), born in Monroeville Alabama

1927 Garry [Garfield Howard] Weston, English industrial billionaire (Twinings Tea)
1928 Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist and geologist (Shoemaker-Levy comet), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1997)
1928 Yves Klein, French sculptor and painter, born in Nice, France (d. 1962)
1930 James Baker, American Secretary of the Treasury (1985-88), Secretary of State (1989-92), born in Houston, Texas
1934 Lois Duncan, American young adult novelist (I Know What You Did Last Summer), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
1936 Tariq Aziz, Iraqi politician and close adviser to Saddam Hussein, born in Tel Keppe, Iraq (d. 2015)

Saddam Hussein (1937-2006)

President of Iraq (1979-2003), born in Al-Awja, Iraq

1941 Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet (An Evening Party in an Old Winery), born in Kyiv, Ukraine
1941 K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist (Nobel 2001 - developing the first chiral catalysts, Nobel 2022 - click chemistry), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1943 John Oliver Creighton, American NASA astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48), born in Orange, Texas
1944 Alice Waters, American chef (Chez Panisse, farm-to-table movement), born in Chatham Borough, New Jersey
1944 Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director (founding member of The Wooster Group), born in New Jersey
1944 Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

English author of fantasy novels (Discworld), born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

1949 Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
1949 Jerome "Jay" Apt, American astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1953 Roberto Bolaño, Chilean author and poet (2666), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2003)
1955 Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest (Alpha Course), born in London, England
1956 Paul S. Lockhart, American Major USAF and astronaut, born in Amarillo, Texas
1957 Leopold Eyharts, French cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27)
1960 Elena Kagan, American Supreme Court Judge (2010-), born in NYC, New York
1960 Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist (Inspector Rebus crime novels), born in Cardenden, Scotland
1960 Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
1961 Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer, born in Kitakyūshū, Japan
1962 Susanne Klatten, Germany's richest woman (BMW, Altana), born in Bad Homburg, West Germany
1963 Obiageli Ezekwesili, Nigerian Accountant and World Bank official (#BringBackOurGirls campaign)
1964 Helen Taylor [Windsor], English daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, born in Iver
1964 L'Wren Scott [Laura Bambrough], American fashion designer and partner of Mick Jagger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2014)
1973 Ian Murdock, German-born American computer programmer (Debian project, Progeny Linux Systems), born in Konstanz, West Germany (d. 2015)
1974 Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter, born in Bolton, England
1977 Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (d. 2006)
1996 Tony Revolori [Anthony Quiñonez], American actor (The Grand Budapest Hotel), born in Anaheim, California