Birthdays In History 1928

1928 Ernest Tidyman American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)

1928 Gerhard Weinberg German-American historian author and academic

1928 Dan Rostenkowski American politician (d. 2010)

1928 Abdul Rahman Ya'kub Malaysian lawyer and politician 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (d. 2015)

1928 Imtiaz Ahmed Pakistani cricketer (d. 2016)

1928 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Pakistani lawyer and politician 4th President of Pakistan (d. 1979)

1928 Capucine French actress and model (d. 1990)

1928 Slade Gorton American colonel lawyer and politician 14th Attorney General of Washington (d. 2020)

1928 Judith Krantz American novelist (d. 2019)

1928 Domenico Modugno Italian singer-songwriter actor and politician (d. 1994)

1928 Philip Levine American poet and academic (d. 2015)

1928 Peter Mathias English historian and academic (d. 2016)

1928 David L. Wolper American director and producer (d. 2010)

1928 Ruth Brown American R&B singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2006)

1928 Lars Forssell Swedish author poet and songwriter (d. 2007)

1928 Hans Kornberg German-English biologist and academic (d. 2019)

1928 Garry Winogrand American photographer and author (d. 1984)

1928 W. R. Mitchell English journalist and author (d. 2015)

1928 William Kennedy American novelist and journalist

1928 Pilar Lorengar Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1996)

1928 Jean Barraqué French composer (d. 1973)

1928 Alexander Gomelsky Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach (d. 2005)

1928 Antonio de Almeida French conductor and musicologist (d. 1997)

1928 Gene Sharp American political scientist and academic founded the Albert Einstein Institution (d. 2018)

1928 Reynaldo Bignone Argentinian general and politician 41st President of Argentina (d. 2018)

1928 Yoshihiko Amino Japanese historian author and academic (d. 2004)

1928 Chico Carrasquel Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2005)

1928 Jeanne Moreau French actress (d. 2017)

1928 Desmond Morris English zoologist ethologist and painter

1928 Michel Serrault French actor (d. 2007)

1928 Jérôme Choquette Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2017)

1928 Cor van der Hart Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2006)

1928 Roger Vadim French actor and director (d. 2000)

1928 Joseph Kruskal American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010)

1928 Harold Prince American director and producer (d. 2019)

1928 Irma Wyman American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2015)

1928 Ciriaco De Mita 47th Prime minister of Italy (d. 2022)

1928 Jay Handlan American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013)

1928 Tommy Harmer English footballer and youth team coach (d. 2007)

1928 Oscar Cabalén Argentinian racing driver (d. 1967)

1928 Osmo Antero Wiio Finnish journalist academic and politician (d. 2013)

1928 Hristu Cândroveanu Romanian editor literary critic and writer (d. 2013)

1928 Tage Danielsson Swedish author actor and director (d. 1985)

1928 Andrew Greeley American priest sociologist and author (d. 2013)

1928 P. J. Vatikiotis Israeli-American historian and political scientist (d. 1997)

1928 Lincoln D. Faurer American general (d. 2014)

1928 Frank Frazetta American painter and illustrator (d. 2010)

1928 Rinus Michels Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)

1928 Roger Mudd American journalist (d. 2021)

1928 Gerald Regan Canadian lawyer and politician 19th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2019)

1928 William Allain American lawyer and politician 58th Governor of Mississippi (d. 2013)

1928 Vicente T. Blaz American general and politician (d. 2014)

1928 Joseph Willcox Jenkins American composer conductor and educator (d. 2014)

1928 Marta Romero Puerto Rican actress and singer (d. 2013)

1928 Michiaki Takahashi Japanese virologist (d. 2013)

1928 Jean Kennedy Smith American diplomat 25th United States Ambassador to Ireland (d. 2020)

1928 Clarence 13X American religious leader founded the Nation of Gods and Earths (d. 1969)

1928 Texas Johnny Brown American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

1928 Paul Dooley American actor

1928 Bruce Forsyth English singer and television host (d. 2017)

1928 Hans Herrmann German racing driver

1928 Vasily Lazarev Russian colonel physician and astronaut (d. 1990)

1928 Paul Elvstrøm Danish yachtsman; winner of four Olympic gold medals 1948–1960 (d. 2016)

1928 A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. prominent African-American civil rights advocate author and federal court judge (d. 1998)

1928 Larry Gelbart American author and screenwriter; creator and producer of M*A*S*H TV series (d. 2009)

1928 Richard G. Stern American author and academic (d. 2013)

1928 René Clemencic Austrian composer recorder player harpsichordist conductor and clavichord player

1928 Stanley Baker Welsh actor and producer (d. 1976)

1928 Tom Aldredge American actor (d. 2011)

1928 Sylvia del Villard actress dancer choreographer and Afro-Puerto Rican activist (d. 1990)

1928 Joss Ackland English actor

1928 Jean Adamson British writer and illustrator

1928 Vance Haynes American archaeologist geologist and author

1928 Seymour Papert South African mathematician and computer scientist co-creator of the Logo programming language (d. 2016)

1928 Jacques Rivette French director screenwriter and critic (d. 2016)

1928 Samuel Adler German-American composer and conductor

1928 Alan Sillitoe English novelist short story writer essayist and poet (d. 2010)

1928 J. Hillis Miller American academic and critic (d. 2021)

1928 Gerald Bull Canadian-American engineer and academic (d. 1990)

1928 Keely Smith American singer and actress (d. 2017)

1928 Sara Montiel Spanish actress (d. 2013)

1928 Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente Spanish environmentalist (d. 1980)

1928 Bob Wilber American clarinetist and saxophonist (d. 2019)

1928 Wakanohana Kanji I Japanese sumo wrestler the 45th Yokozuna (d. 2010)

1928 Christa Ludwig German opera singer (d. 2021)

1928 William John McKeag Canadian businessman and politician 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 2007)

1928 Miguel Poblet Spanish cyclist (d. 2013)

1928 Fidel V. Ramos Filipino general and politician 12th President of the Philippines (d. 2022)

1928 Hans Küng Swiss theologian and author (d. 2021)

1928 Patrick McGoohan Irish-American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 2009)

1928 Jerome Biffle American long jumper and coach (d. 2002)

1928 James P. Gordon American physicist and engineer (d. 2013)

1928 Surya Bahadur Thapa Nepalese politician 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (d. 2015)

1928 Carrie Donovan American journalist (d. 2001)

1928 E. D. Hirsch American author critic and academic

1928 Ed Macauley American basketball player coach and priest (d. 2011)

1928 Jim Lovell American captain pilot and astronaut

1928 Gunnar Nielsen Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)

1928 Hans Steinbrenner German sculptor (d. 2008)

1928 Jean Dotto French cyclist (d. 2000)

1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski Polish-American political activist and analyst; United States National Security Advisor (d. 2017)

1928 Alexander Grothendieck German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)

1928 Romesh Bhandari Pakistani-Indian politician 13th Foreign Secretary of India (d. 2013)

1928 Keith Botsford Belgian-American journalist author and academic (d. 2018)

1928 Vincent Gigante American boxer and mobster (d. 2005)

1928 Robert Badinter French lawyer and politician French Minister of Justice

1928 Colin Egar Australian cricket umpire (d. 2008)

1928 Tom Sharpe English-Spanish author and educator (d. 2013)

1928 Lefty Frizzell American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)

1928 Joseph Bernardin American cardinal (d. 1996)

1928 Serge Gainsbourg French singer-songwriter actor and director (d. 1991)

1928 Roy Masters English-American radio host (d. 2021)

1928 Don Gibson American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)

1928 Emmett Johns Canadian priest founded Dans la Rue (d. 2018)

1928 Jennifer Paterson English chef and television personality (d. 1999)

1928 Jimmy Logan Scottish actor director and producer (d. 2001)

1928 Monty Norman English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2022)

1928 Enzo Cannavale Italian actor (d. 2011)

1928 Tony Williams American singer (d. 1992)

1928 Alan J. Pakula American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1998)

1928 James White Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999)

1928 Fred Ebb American lyricist (d. 2004)

1928 Tom Lehrer American singer-songwriter pianist and mathematician

1928 Edwin Pope American journalist and author (d. 2017)

1928 Tommy Tycho Hungarian-Australian pianist composer and conductor (d. 2013)

1928 Hardy Krüger German actor (d. 2022)

1928 Jean-François Paillard French conductor (d. 2013)

1928 Alan Clark English historian and politician Minister of State for Trade (d. 1999)

1928 Gianni Marzotto Italian racing driver and businessman (d. 2012)

1928 Karl Josef Becker German cardinal and theologian (d. 2015)

1928 Otto Piene German sculptor and academic (d. 2014)

1928 John Horlock English engineer and academic (d. 2015)

1928 Azlan Shah of Perak Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2014)

1928 Jack Evans Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)

1928 Estelle Harris American actress and comedian (d. 2022)

1928 Tommy Docherty Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2020)

1928 Johnny Griffin American saxophonist (d. 2008)

1928 Anahit Perikhanian Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (d. 2012)

1928 Cy Twombly American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2011)

1928 Yves Klein French painter (d. 1962)

1928 Eugene Merle Shoemaker American geologist and astronomer (d. 1997)

1928 Carl Gardner American singer (d. 2011)

1928 Heinz Wolff German-English physiologist engineer and academic (d. 2017)

1928 Hugh Hood Canadian author and academic (d. 2000)

1928 Orlando Sirola Italian tennis player (d. 1995)

1928 Sonny James American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

1928 Delfim Netto Brazilian economist

1928 Hans Trass Estonian ecologist and botanist (d. 2017)

1928 Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt French writer and translator of German origin

1928 Horst Stein German conductor (d. 2008)

1928 Dave Dudley American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)

1928 Jacques-Louis Lions French mathematician (d. 2001)

1928 Maynard Ferguson Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2006)

1928 Thomas Kinsella Irish poet translator and publisher (d. 2021)

1928 Wolfgang von Trips German race car driver (d. 1961)

1928 Robert Conley American journalist (d. 2013)

1928 Ted Sorensen American lawyer 8th White House Counsel (d. 2010)

1928 Arnold Rüütel Estonian agronomist and politician President of Estonia

1928 Lothar Schmid German chess player (d. 2013)

1928 Enrique Bolaños Nicaraguan politician President of Nicaragua (d. 2021)

1928 Édouard Molinaro French actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1928 Dub Jones American R&B bass singer (d. 2000)

1928 Frederik H. Kreuger Dutch engineer author and academic (d. 2015)

1928 Brian Macdonald Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)

1928 Colin Chapman English engineer and businessman founded Lotus Cars (d. 1982)

1928 Thomas Kennedy English air marshal (d. 2013)

1928 Gil McDougald American baseball player and coach (d. 2010)

1928 Tom Donahue American radio host and producer (d. 1975)

1928 Alice Drummond American actress (d. 2016)

1928 Serge Doubrovsky French theorist and author (d. 2017)

1928 John Mackenzie Scottish director and producer (d. 2011)

1928 Hiroshi Sano Japanese novelist (d. 2013)

1928 Rosemary Clooney American singer and actress (d. 2002)

1928 Nigel Davenport English actor (d. 2013)

1928 Nina Otkalenko Russian runner (d. 2015)

1928 William Trevor Irish novelist playwright and short story writer (d. 2016)

1928 Thea Musgrave Scottish-American composer and educator

1928 Sally Forrest American actress and dancer (d. 2015)

1928 Freddie Redd American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2021)

1928 Pro Hart Australian painter (d. 2006)

1928 Agnès Varda Belgian-French director producer and screenwriter (d. 2019)

1928 Pankaj Roy Indian cricketer (d. 2001)

1928 Erzsi Kovács Hungarian singer (d. 2014)

1928 Rafael A. Lecuona Cuban-American gymnast and academic (d. 2014)

1928 Ron Reynolds English footballer (d. 1999)

1928 Donald Judd American sculptor and painter (d. 1994)

1928 John Richard Reid New Zealand cricketer (d. 2020)

1928 Ruth Westheimer German-American sex therapist talk show host professor author and Holocaust survivor

1928 Robert Lansing American actor (d. 1994)

1928 Tony Richardson English-American director and producer (d. 1991)

1928 James Ivory American director producer and screenwriter

1928 R. Geraint Gruffydd Welsh critic and academic (d. 2015)

1928 Maurice Sendak American author and illustrator (d. 2012)

1928 Queen Fabiola of Belgium (d. 2014)

1928 Vic Damone American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2018)

1928 Petros Molyviatis Greek politician and diplomat Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs

1928 Richard M. Sherman American composer and director

1928 Giacomo Biffi Italian cardinal (d. 2015)

1928 Renée Morisset Canadian pianist (d. 2009)

1928 John Forbes Nash Jr. American mathematician and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

1928 Ernesto "Che" Guevara Argentinian-Cuban physician author guerrilla leader and politician (d. 1967)

1928 Juan María Bordaberry President of Uruguay (d. 2011)

1928 Michael Blakemore Australian actor director and screenwriter

1928 David T. Lykken American geneticist and academic (d. 2006)

1928 Tommy DeVito American singer and guitarist (d. 2020)

1928 Nancy Marchand American actress (d. 2000)

1928 Eric Dolphy American saxophonist flute player and composer (d. 1964)

1928 Martin Landau American actor and producer (d. 2017)

1928 Jean-Marie Le Pen French intelligence officer and politician

1928 Asrat Woldeyes Ethiopian surgeon and educator (d. 1999)

1928 Wolfgang Haken German-American mathematician and academic

1928 Fiorella Mari Brazilian-Italian actress

1928 Margit Bara Hungarian actress (d. 2016)

1928 Ralph Waite American actor and director (d. 2014)

1928 Jean Cione American baseball player (d. 2010)

1928 Klaus von Dohnányi German politician

1928 Michael Shaara American author and academic (d. 1988)

1928 Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov Russian-American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)

1928 Michel Brault Canadian director producer and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1928 Peyo Belgian author and illustrator created The Smurfs (d. 1992)

1928 Jacob Druckman American composer and academic (d. 1996)

1928 Yoshiro Nakamatsu Japanese inventor

1928 Bill Sheffield American politician; 5th Governor of Alaska

1928 Samuel Belzberg Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2018)

1928 James Lincoln Collier American journalist and author

1928 Rudy Perpich American dentist and politician 34th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1995)

1928 Hans Blix Swedish politician and diplomat 33rd Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs

1928 Patrick Hemingway American writer

1928 Harold Evans English-American historian and journalist (d. 2020)

1928 Peter Heine South African cricketer (d. 2005)

1928 Cyril Smith English politician (d. 2010)

1928 Ian Bannen Scottish actor (d. 1999)

1928 Jean-Louis Pesch French author and illustrator

1928 Radius Prawiro Indonesian economist and politician (d. 2005)

1928 Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli Islamic philosopher theologian mathematician and mystic (d. 2021)

1928 Nathaniel Tarn American poet essayist anthropologist and translator

1928 Evelyn Anthony English author (d. 2018)

1928 Giampiero Boniperti Italian footballer and politician (d. 2021)

1928 Teofisto Guingona Jr. Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines

1928 Jassem Alwan Syrian Army Officer (d. 2018)

1928 Shan Ratnam Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001)

1928 Chuck Tanner American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)

1928 Pierre Mauroy French educator and politician Prime Minister of France (d. 2013)

1928 Warren Oates American actor (d. 1982)

1928 Bernard Malgrange French mathematician

1928 Patricia Hitchcock English actress (d. 2021)

1928 Kapelwa Sikota Zambian nurse and health official (d. 2006)

1928 Balakh Sher Mazari former prime minister of Pakistan (d. 2022)

1928 Federico Bahamontes Spanish cyclist

1928 Vince Edwards American actor singer and director (d. 1996)

1928 Don Bolles American investigative reporter (d. 1976)

1928 Bernard Buffet French painter and illustrator (d. 1999)

1928 Alejandro de Tomaso Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman founded De Tomaso (d. 2003)

1928 Moshe Greenberg American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2010)

1928 John Glenn American baseball player

1928 Greville Janner Baron Janner of Braunstone Welsh-English lawyer and politician (d. 2015)

1928 Bobo Olson American boxer (d. 2002)

1928 Andrea Veneracion Filipina choirmaster (d. 2014)

1928 Bob Crane American actor (d. 1978)

1928 Sven Davidson Swedish-American tennis player (d. 2008)

1928 Al Rex American musician (d. 2020)

1928 Nancy Olson American actress

1928 William Rees-Mogg English journalist and public servant (d. 2012)

1928 Carl Woese American microbiologist and biophysicist (d. 2012)

1928 Viramachaneni Vimla Devi Indian parliamentarian (d. 1967)

1928 Vince Guaraldi American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)

1928 Andrea Gallo Italian priest and author (d. 2013)

1928 Baddiewinkle American internet personality

1928 Samuel John Hazo American author

1928 Choi Yun-chil South Korean long-distance runner and a two-time national champion in the marathon (d. 2020)

1928 Józef Czyrek Polish economist and politician Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2013)

1928 Belaid Abdessalam Prime Minister of Algeria (d. 2020)

1928 Sky Low Low Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)

1928 Orson Bean American actor (d. 2020)

1928 Jimmy Hill English footballer manager and sportscaster (d. 2015)

1928 Per Højholt Danish poet (d. 2004)

1928 Leon Fleisher American pianist and conductor (d. 2020)

1928 Vera Rubin American astronomer and academic (d. 2016)

1928 Hubert Selby Jr. American author and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1928 Keshubhai Patel Indian politician tenth Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2020)

1928 Dolphy Filipino actor singer and producer (d. 2012)

1928 Mario Montenegro Filipino actor (d. 1988)

1928 Nils Taube Estonian-English businessman (d. 2008)

1928 Don Beauman English race car driver (d. 1955)

1928 Francesco Cossiga Italian academic and politician 8th President of Italy (d. 2010)

1928 Elliott Erwitt French-American photographer and director

1928 Ibn-e-Safi Indian-Pakistani author and poet (d. 1980)

1928 Joe Jackson American talent manager father of Michael Jackson (d. 2018)

1928 Peter Lougheed Canadian lawyer and politician 10th Premier of Alberta (d. 2012)

1928 Sally Oppenheim-Barnes Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Irish-born English politician

1928 Joseph Kittinger American colonel and pilot (d. 2022)

1928 Joe Nuxhall American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)

1928 Bill Frenzel American lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)

1928 Jack Shea American director producer and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1928 Malcolm Hilton English cricketer (d. 1990)

1928 Cécile Aubry French actress director and screenwriter (d. 2010)

1928 Henning Moritzen Danish actor (d. 2012)

1928 Christian Goethals Belgian race car driver (d. 2003)

1928 Gerard Damiano American director producer and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1928 Nadežka Mosusova Serbian composer

1928 Herb Moford American baseball player (d. 2005)

1928 Betsy Byars American author and academic (d. 2020)

1928 Owen Luder English architect designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square (d. 2021)

1928 James Randi Canadian-American stage magician and author (d. 2020)

1928 Don Burrows Australian saxophonist clarinet player and flute player (d. 2020)

1928 Camilla Wicks American violinist and educator (d. 2020)

1928 Dolores Wilson American soprano and actress (d. 2010)

1928 Jimmy Dean American singer actor and businessman founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (d. 2010)

1928 Eddie Fisher American singer and actor (d. 2010)

1928 Gerino Gerini Italian racing driver (d. 2013)

1928 Gus Mercurio American-Australian actor (d. 2010)

1928 Charles Blackman Australian painter and illustrator (d. 2018)

1928 Bob Buhl American baseball player (d. 2001)

1928 Dan Curtis American director and producer (d. 2006)

1928 John Tidmarsh English journalist and radio host (d. 2019)

1928 Lina Wertmüller Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2021)

1928 Carl Joachim Classen German scholar and academic (d. 2013)

1928 Malcolm Glazer American businessman (d. 2014)

1928 Nicolas Roeg English director and cinematographer (d. 2018)

1928 Ann Blyth American actress and singer

1928 Eydie Gormé American singer (d. 2013)

1928 Ara Güler Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 2018)

1928 Eddie Kirkland American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)

1928 Wyatt Tee Walker American pastor theologian and activist (d. 2018)

1928 T. J. Anderson American composer conductor and educator

1928 Willem Duys Dutch tennis player sportscaster and producer (d. 2011)

1928 Marge Schott American businesswoman (d. 2004)

1928 Sonny Til American R&B singer (d. 1981)

1928 Shiv Prasaad Singh Indian Hindi writer (d.1998)

1928 Bernard Levin English journalist author and broadcaster (d. 2004)

1928 Addison Farmer American bassist (d. 1963)

1928 Art Farmer American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)

1928 Bud McFadin American football player (d. 2006)

1928 Tinga Seisay Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (d.2015)

1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen German composer and academic (d. 2007)

1928 Marian Seldes American actress (d. 2014)

1928 John "Kayo" Dottley American football player (d. 2018)

1928 Darrell Johnson American baseball player coach and manager (d. 2004)

1928 Karl Korte American composer and academic (d. 2022)

1928 Herbert Kroemer German-American physicist engineer and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1928 Om Prakash Munjal Indian businessman and philanthropist co-founded Hero Cycles (d. 2015)

1928 Péter Boross Hungarian lawyer and politician 54th Prime Minister of Hungary

1928 Mangosuthu Buthelezi South African politician Chief Minister of KwaZulu

1928 Joan Kroc American philanthropist (d. 2003)

1928 F. William Free American businessman (d. 2003)

1928 Vilayat Khan Indian sitar player and composer (d. 2004)

1928 Herbert Meier Swiss author and translator (d. 2018)

1928 Lloyd Casner American race car driver (d. 1965)

1928 Harvey Hart Canadian director and producer (d. 1989)

1928 Johnny Mann American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2014)

1928 James Coburn American actor (d. 2002)

1928 Jaime Sin Filipino cardinal (d. 2005)

1928 Jim Jordan Canadian educator and politician (d. 2012)

1928 Horace Silver American pianist and composer (d. 2014)

1928 Mel Stuart American director and producer (d. 2012)

1928 Gaston Thorn Luxembourg lawyer and politician 8th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 2007)

1928 Dick York American actor (d. 1992)

1928 Joyce Hatto English pianist and educator (d. 2006)

1928 Albert Mangelsdorff German trombonist and educator (d. 2005)

1928 Fumihiko Maki Japanese architect and academic designed the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium and Makuhari Messe

1928 Robert M. Pirsig American novelist and philosopher (d. 2017)

1928 Yevgeny Svetlanov Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)

1928 Sid Watkins English neurosurgeon and academic (d. 2012)

1928 Kathleen Gorham Australian ballerina (d. 1983)

1928 Al McGuire American basketball player coach and commentator (d. 2001)

1928 Moses Anderson American Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2013)

1928 Sol LeWitt American painter and sculptor (d. 2007)

1928 Roch Bolduc Canadian civil servant and politician

1928 Walter Ralston Martin American minister and author founded the Christian Research Institute (d. 1989)

1928 Jean Vanier Canadian philosopher and humanitarian founded L'Arche (d. 2019)

1928 Reubin Askew American sergeant lawyer and politician 37th Governor of Florida (d. 2014)

1928 Earl Holliman American actor

1928 Robert Irwin American painter and gardener

1928 Muriel Siebert American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

1928 Ernie Vandeweghe Canadian-American basketball player and physician (d. 2014)

1928 Robert Indiana American painter and sculptor (d. 2018)

1928 Tzannis Tzannetakis Greek soldier and politician 175th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2010)

1928 Jay Cameron American reed player and saxophonist (d. 2001)

1928 Alberto Korda Cuban photographer (d. 2001)

1928 Angus Ogilvy English businessman (d. 2004)

1928 Cannonball Adderley American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)

1928 Rex Trailer American television host actor and singer (d. 2013)

1928 Lady Gwen Thompson English author and educator (d. 1986)

1928 Patricia Wald American judge (d. 2019)

1928 Park Honan American author and academic (d. 2014)

1928 Roddy McDowall English-American actor (d. 1998)

1928 Adam West American actor and businessman (d. 2017)

1928 Alberto de Lacerda Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host (d. 2007)

1928 Olga Ferri Argentinian dancer and choreographer (d. 2012)

1928 Donald Hall American poet editor and critic (d. 2018)

1928 Eric Broadley English engineer and businessman founded Lola Cars (d. 2017)

1928 James Lawson American activist author and academic

1928 Eugene Roche American actor (d. 2004)

1928 Johnny Valentine American wrestler (d. 2001)

1928 Vitthalrao Gadgil Indian politician (d. 2001)

1928 Frank Foster American saxophonist and composer (d. 2011)

1928 Jim French American radio personality radio producer and video game voice actor (d. 2017)

1928 Roger Grimsby American journalist and actor (d. 1995)

1928 Bob Van der Veken Belgian actor (d. 2019)

1928 Wilford White American football player (d. 2013)

1928 Margaret Rule English archaeologist and historian (d. 2015)

1928 Koko Taylor American singer (d. 2009)

1928 Eric Lubbock 4th Baron Avebury English lieutenant engineer and politician (d. 2016)

1928 Brajesh Mishra Indian politician and diplomat 1st Indian National Security Advisor (d. 2012)

1928 Jeffrey O'Connell American legal expert professor and attorney (d. 2013)

1928 Ray Willsey Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 2013)

1928 Laurence Harvey Lithuanian-English actor director and producer (d. 1973)

1928 Willy Mairesse Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)

1928 George Peppard American actor (d. 1994)

1928 Zhu Rongji Chinese engineer and politician 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China

1928 George McFarland American actor (d. 1993)

1928 Wolfhart Pannenberg Polish-German theologian and academic (d. 2014)

1928 Erik Bruhn Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)

1928 Edward L. Moyers American businessman (d. 2006)

1928 Shridath Ramphal Guyanese academic and politician 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General

1928 Alvin Toffler German-American journalist and author (d. 2016)

1928 Torben Ulrich Danish-American tennis player

1928 Louise Fitzhugh American author and illustrator (d. 1974)

1928 Flora MacNeil Scottish Gaelic singer (d. 2015)

1928 Barbara Werle American actress and singer (d. 2013)

1928 José Messias Brazilian composer singer writer host and critic (d. 2015)

1928 Ali Kafi Pakistani politician (d. 2013)

1928 Lorna Wing English autism researcher (d. 2014)

1928 Didi Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001)

1928 M. Russell Ballard American lieutenant and religious leader

1928 Neil Harvey Australian cricketer

1928 Bill Maynard English actor (d. 2018)

1928 Einojuhani Rautavaara Finnish composer and educator (d. 2016)

1928 Leyla Gencer Turkish soprano (d. 2008)

1928 Sheila Walsh English author (d. 2009)

1928 Alfonso de Portago Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)

1928 Roscoe Robinson Jr. American general (d. 1993)

1928 Geoffrey Tordoff Baron Tordoff English businessman and politician (d. 2019)

1928 Al Held American painter and academic (d. 2005)

1928 Domna Samiou Greek singer and musicologist (d. 2012)

1928 Joyce Bryant American actress and singer

1928 Frank E. Resnik American chemist and businessman (d. 1995)

1928 Mary Daly American philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)

1928 Ann Morgan Guilbert American actress (d. 2016)

1928 Santiago Stevenson Panamanian singer and minister (d. 2007)

1928 Alejandro Végh Villegas Uruguayan politician (d. 2017)

1928 Keith Jackson American sportscaster and actor (d. 2018)

1928 Maurice El Mediouni Algerian pianist and composer

1928 Dick Taverne English lawyer and politician

1928 Lou Scheimer American animator producer and voice actor co-founded the Filmation Company (d. 2013)

1928 Michael O'Donnell English physician author and journalist (d. 2019)

1928 Eudóxia Maria Froehlich Brazilian zoologist (d. 2015)

1928 Vern Mikkelsen American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)

1928 Clare Fischer American pianist composer and arranger (d. 2012)

1928 Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazilian director producer and screenwriter (d. 2018)

1928 George Bullard American baseball player (d. 2002)

1928 Francisco Solano López Argentinian illustrator (d. 2011)

1928 Gilles Vigneault Canadian singer-songwriter and poet

1928 Ion Mihai Pacepa Romanian general (d. 2021)

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