Historical Figures Born in 1928 (Part 2)

Birthdays 201 - 329 of 329

Jul 20 Pavel Kohout, Czech and Austrian writer (Poor Murderer) and dissident, born in Prague
Jul 23 Hubert Selby Jr., American author (Last Exit to Brooklyn), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2004)
Jul 23 Vera Rubin, American astronomer who discovered dark matter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
Jul 26 Elliott Erwitt [Elio Romano], French-American photographer (Gimme Shelter), born in Paris, France
Jul 26 Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet, born in Allahabad, India (d. 1980)
Jul 26 Joe Jackson, American talent manager (Jackson 5), and patriarch of the Jackson family, born in Fountain Hill, Arkansas (d. 2018)
Jul 26 Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Alberta), born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (d. 2012)
Jul 28 Anne Braden, American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2006)

Li Ka-shing (94 years old)

Jul 29 Hong Kong-Chinese business magnate and entrepreneur (CK Holdings), born in Chao'an, Guangdong, China

Jul 31 Bill Frenzel, American politician (Rep-R-MN, 1971-91), born in St Paul, Minnesota (d. 2014)
Aug 2 Hugh Francis Lamprey, British ecologist (d. 1996)
Aug 7 Herbert H. Bateman, American politician (Rep-R-Virginia), born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina (d. 2000)
Aug 7 James Randi, Canadian skeptic magician (Nova), born in Toronto, Ontario
Aug 8 Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
Aug 11 Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary
Aug 12 Charles Blackman, Australian artist
Aug 14 Laurens van Deenen, Dutch biochemist, born in Maastricht, Germany (d. 1994)
Aug 21 Mário Pinto de Andrade, Angolan poet and politician who founded the Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), born in Golungo Alto, Portuguese Angola (d. 1990)
Aug 22 Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate, born in Moyamba, Sierra Leone
Aug 26 Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist and essayist, born in Baghdad, Iraq (d. 2021)
Aug 27 Jack Thompson, British politician (Labour), born in Ashington, England (d. 2011)
Aug 27 Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician (Chief Minister of KwaZulu 1972-94), born in Mahlabathini, Natal, South Africa
Aug 28 F. William Free, American advertising executive (I'm Cheryl – Fly Me.), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
Aug 31 Jeremy Maas, British art dealer and writer, born in Penang, British Malaya (d. 1997)
Sep 1 Arn Shein, American sports writer (editor The Daily Item 1949-74), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
Sep 1 Clifford Lincoln, Canadian politician
Sep 2 Peter Mansfield, British political journalist and author (d. 1996)
Sep 3 Gaston Thorn, 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1974–79) and 7th President of the European Commission (1981–85), born in Luxembourg (d. 2007)
Sep 4 Donald Petersen, American businessman (CEO of Ford Motor Company), born in Pipestone, Minnesota
Sep 6 Robert M. Pirsig, American author (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2017)
Sep 7 Donald Henderson, American epidemiologist, led world campaign that eradicated smallpox, born in Lakewood, Ohio (d. 2016)
Sep 10 Jean Vanier, Canadian disabilities advocate
Sep 10 Leo P. Kelley, American sci-fi author (Dead Moon, Vacation in Space) (d. 2002)
Sep 10 Walter Martin, American Christian apologist (d. 1989)
Sep 11 Reubin Askew, American politician (37th Governor of Florida), born in Muskogee, Oklahoma (d. 2014)
Sep 13 Ernest L. Boyer, American educator and chancellor (NY's State Universities-SUNY), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1995)
Sep 14 Albert Shanker, American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
Sep 14 Sir Angus Ogilvy, British businessman and husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent, born in London, England (d. 2004)
Sep 15 Rod Robbie, Canadian architect and planner (Roger's Centre/Sky Dome, Toronto), born in Poole, England (d. 2012)
Sep 17 Brian Matthew, British disc jockey (Saturday Club), born in Coventry (d. 2017)
Sep 20 Donald Hall, American writer, literary critic and Poet Laureate of the United States, born in Hamden, Connecticut (d. 2018)
Sep 22 Eric Broadley, British automotive engineer (Lola Cars)
Sep 27 G H Martin, British keeper of Public Records
Sep 27 Margaret Rule, consultant (Mary Rose Trust)
Sep 29 Ankie [Johanna A Hoving-]Peypers, Dutch author and poet
Sep 29 Eric Reginald Lubbock, Lord Avebury, English politician (Liberal MP for Orpington 1962-70)

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)

Sep 30 Jewish Auschwitz survivor and author (Night), Nobel Prize winner 1986, born in Sighet, Romania

Oct 1 Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
Oct 2 Anthony Tippet, British Royal Navy officer and Chief of Fleet Support (d. 2006)
Oct 2 Clay Felker, American journalist (NY Herald Tribune, Esquire), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2008)
Oct 2 Robin Duthie, British accountant and CEO (Britoil), born in Greenock, Scotland
Oct 2 Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologist (Gingham Girl), born in Stettin, Germany (d. 2014)
Oct 3 Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese Secretary-General (1975-90), born in New Amsterdam, British Guiana
Oct 4 Alvin Toffler, author (Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave), born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)
Oct 5 Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (Harriet the Spy), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1974)
Oct 7 Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter, born in Kashan, Iran (d. 1980)
Oct 8 M. Russell Ballard, American religious leader (Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of LDS Church), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
Oct 12 Al Held, American painter and sculptor (hard edge-style), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2005)
Oct 12 Thomas Burnett Swann, American sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1976)
Oct 14 Frank E. Resnik, American business executive (Philip Morris USA), born in Pleasant Unity, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
Oct 16 Mary Daly, American feminist
Oct 17 Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP (DP)
Oct 20 Li Peng, Chinese leader, Premier of China (1987-98), born in Shanghai French Concession (d. 2019)
Oct 21 Yú Guāngzhōng [Yu Kwang-chung], Taiwanese poet, essayist, and translator (Nostalgia), born in Nanjing, Republic of China (d. 2017)
Oct 24 Gabriel Laub, Polish writer, born in Bochnia, Poland (d. 1998)
Oct 26 Francisco Solano López, Argentine comic artist, born in Buenos Aires (d. 2011)
Oct 27 Stefan Wewerka, German architect and sculptor, born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2013)
Oct 28 Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian three-star general in the Securitate, born in Bucharest, Romania
Oct 30 Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (Nobel 1978 - discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1999)
Oct 30 Ernest Flatt, American choreographer (The Carol Burnett Show), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1995)
Oct 30 Michael Andrews, British painter, born in Norwich, England (d. 1995)
Nov 2 Geoffrey Pardoe, British engineer (Project Manager for the Blue Streak ballistic missile programme) (d. 1996)
Nov 2 Paul Johnson, English journalist, author and historian, born in Manchester, England
Nov 3 Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (Kimba the White Lion), born in Toyonaka City, Japan (d. 1989)
Nov 4 Hannah Weiner, American experimental poet, born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1997)
Nov 7 Norton Zinder, American biologist (genetic transduction), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
Nov 7 Richard G. Scott, American scientist and LDS apostle, born in Pocatello, Idaho (d. 2015)
Nov 9 Anne Sexton, American poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
Nov 10 William Staveley, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1997)
Nov 11 Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author (The Death of Artemio Cruz), born in Panama City, Panama (d. 2012)
Nov 11 Edward Zorinsky, American (Sen-D-NB, 1976-88), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1987)
Nov 12 Johan Polak, Dutch publisher and publicist (Bloom of Decadence)
Nov 15 William Heirens, serial killer (Lipstick Killer), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2012)
Nov 17 Ellis Hillman, British Labour party politician, lecturer, and writer (London Under London), born in London (d. 1996)
Nov 18 Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician (Vice President of the Philippines, 1986-92), born in Paco, Manila, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (d. 2004)
Nov 22 Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (d. 2008)
Nov 26 John Barton, British theatre director and co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, born in London, England (d. 2018)
Nov 28 Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (Misery Index), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1980)
Nov 28 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng
Nov 29 Paul Simon, American politician (U. S. House of Representatives, 1975-85; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1985-97), born in Eugene, Oregon (d. 2003)
Nov 29 Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
Nov 30 Chic Hecht, (Sen-R-NV, 1983- )
Dec 2 Dan Jenkins, American author, sportswriter (Sports Illustrated), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2019)
Dec 4 Hebe de Bonafini, Argentine human rights activist (co-founded Mothers of Plaza de Mayo), born in Ensenada, Argentina (d. 2022)
Dec 6 Bert Geoffrey Achong, Trinidadian pathologist and inventor (electron microscopist), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 1996)

Noam Chomsky (94 years old)

Dec 7 American linguist (founded transformational grammar), philosopher and political activist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dec 8 Ulric Neisser, America psychologist (Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns, Bell Curve task force head), born in Kiel, Germany (d. 2012)
Dec 12 Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet-Kyrgyz author and best-known figure in Kyrgyzstan's literature (Jamila), born in Kirghiz ASSR, Soviet Union (d. 2008)
Dec 12 Helen Frankenthaler, American abstract expressionist artist (Arden), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2011)
Dec 12 Lionel Blair [Ogus], Canadian choreographer (Give Us a Clue), born in Montréal, Québec
Dec 13 Jack Tramiel, American Businessman (Amiga, Commodore 64), born in Łódź, Poland (d. 2012)
Dec 13 W Gordon Smith, Scottish playwright, born in Edinburgh (d. 1996)
Dec 15 Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand artist and architect (Hundertwasserhaus) known for his work in environmental protection, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2000)
Dec 16 Peter Nailor, civil servant/historian
Dec 16 Philip K Dick, American sci-fi author (Hugo-1963; Blade Runner), born in Chicago, Illinois
Dec 17 Eli Beeding, Sherman, TX, Air Force Captain and rocket test pilot, (d. 2013)
Dec 17 Marilyn Beck, newspaper columnist
Dec 18 Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal, born in Inowrocław, Poland (d. 2013)
Dec 19 Nathan Oliveira, American artist
Dec 29 John Kennedy Sr., Australian Rules Football coach (Australian Football Hall of Fame legend; VFL Premiership 1961, 71, 76; Hawthorn FC; North Melbourne FC), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2020)
Dec 31 Amarillo Slim [Thomas Preston], American hall of fame professional poker player (1971 World Series main event), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2012)
Dec 31 Siné [Maurice Sinet], French cartoonist, born in Paris, France (d. 2016)
Dec 31 Veijo Meri, Finnish writer, born in Viipuri (d. 2015)

On This Day

Historical Figures Born in 1928 (Part 2)

Li Ka-shing (94 years old)

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)

Noam Chomsky (94 years old)

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