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In the year 1928

1,226 Notable birthdays

Philippe Chatrier

French tennis player (1928-2000).

Born February 2nd, 1928 in Créteil.

Died June 23rd, 2000 at 72 years old in Dinard. [ref]

Raymond E. Brown

American priest and biblical scholar (1928–1998).

Born May 22nd, 1928 in New York City.

Died August 8th, 1998 at 70 years old in Menlo Park.

Andrew van der Bijl

Dutch christian missionary (1928–2022).

Born May 11th, 1928 in Sint Pancras.

Died September 27th, 2022 at 94 years old in Harderwijk. [ref]

Jan Shepard

American actor and television actor.

Born March 19th, 1928 in Quakertown.

Died January 17th, 2025 at 96 years old in Burbank (pneumonia). [ref]

Dick O'Neill

American actor (1928-1998).

Born August 29th, 1928 in New York City.

Died November 17th, 1998 at 70 years old in Santa Monica.

Peter Lougheed

Canadian politician (1928-2012).

Born July 26th, 1928 in Calgary.

Died September 13th, 2012 at 84 years old in Calgary.

Bella Darvi

Actress (1928-1971).

Born October 23rd, 1928 in Sosnowiec.

Died September 11th, 1971 at 42 years old in Monte Carlo (asphyxia).

Peter Cellier

British actor.

Born July 12th, 1928 (age 97 years) in Hendon.

Lawrence J. Hogan

American politician from maryland (1928–2017).

Born September 30th, 1928 in Boston.

Died April 20th, 2017 at 88 years old in Anne Arundel Medical Center (stroke). [ref]

Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon

Indian physicist.

Born August 28th, 1928 in Mangaluru.

Died November 22nd, 2016 at 88 years old in New Delhi. [ref]

Gilles Vigneault

Canadian poet and singer-songwriter.

Born October 27th, 1928 (age 97 years) in Natashquan.

Luigi Colani

German industrial designer and design professor (1928-2019).

Born August 2nd, 1928 in Berlin.

Died September 16th, 2019 at 91 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]

E. D. Hirsch

American literary critic.

Born March 22nd, 1928 (age 98 years) in Memphis.

Carl Solomon

American writer (1928–1993).

Born March 30th, 1928 in New York City.

Died February 26th, 1993 at 64 years old in The Bronx.

William Kennedy

American writer and journalist.

Born January 16th, 1928 (age 98 years) in Albany. [ref]

Sally Forrest

American actress (1928–2013).

Born May 28th, 1928 in San Diego.

Died March 15th, 2015 at 86 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer).

Richard Garwin

American physicist (1928–2025).

Born April 19th, 1928 in Cleveland.

Died May 13th, 2025 at 97 years old in Scarsdale. [ref]

Neil Harvey

Australian cricketer.

Born October 8th, 1928 (age 97 years) in Fitzroy.

Jacobo Zabludovsky

Mexican journalist (1928–2015).

Born May 24th, 1928 in Mexico City.

Died July 2nd, 2015 at 87 years old in Mexico City (acute myocardial infarction). [ref]

Irish McCalla

American film and television actress (1928-2002).

Born December 25th, 1928 in Pawnee City.

Died February 1st, 2002 at 73 years old in Tucson (stroke, brain cancer).

Dena Dietrich

American actress (1928-2020).

Born December 4th, 1928 in Pittsburgh.

Died November 21st, 2020 at 91 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Etta Jones

American jazz singer (1928–2001).

Born November 25th, 1928 in Aiken.

Died October 16th, 2001 at 72 years old in New Rochelle (cancer).

Peter Naur

Danish computer scientist (1928–2016) and turing award winner (2005); author of 'programming as theory building' (1985); co-editor of the 1968 nato software engineering conference report.

Born October 25th, 1928 in Frederiksberg.

Died January 3rd, 2016 at 87 years old in Herlev (disease). [ref]

Queen Ratna of Nepal

Queen consort of nepal (1955 - 1972).

Born August 19th, 1928 (age 97 years) in Kathmandu.

Robert Clouse

American film director (1928–1997).

Born March 6th, 1928 in Wisconsin.

Died February 4th, 1997 at 68 years old in Ashland (kidney failure).

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