Mark Helprin

American author, journalist, and commentator.

Born June 28th, 1947 (age 78 years) in New York City. ^[ref]

Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad

Norwegian musician.

Born June 28th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Øyer.

Maria Goeppert Mayer

German-born american theoretical physicist (1906-1972).

Born June 28th, 1906 in Katowice.

Died February 20th, 1972 at 65 years old in San Diego (circulatory collapse).

Robin Dunbar

British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist.

Born June 28th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Liverpool.

Samar Badawi

Saudi arabian feminist.

Born June 28th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Saudi Arabia. ^[ref]

Itamar Franco

Brazilian politician (1930-2011).

Born June 28th, 1930 in Atlantic Ocean.

Died April 2nd, 2011 at 80 years old in São Paulo (leukemia). ^[ref]

Donald Johanson

American anthropologist.

Born June 28th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Chicago.

Sabrina Ferilli

Italian actress (born 1964).

Born June 28th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Rome.

Lorenzo Amoruso

Italian footballer.

Born June 28th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Bari.

Pietro Mennea

Italian sprinter and politician (1952–2013).

Born June 28th, 1952 in Barletta.

Died March 21st, 2013 at 60 years old in Rome (pancreatic cancer).

Sophie Hannah

British poet and novelist (born 1971).

Born June 28th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Manchester.

Jeff Malone

American basketball player-coach.

Born June 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Mobile.

Türkan Şoray

Turkish actor (born 1945).

Born June 28th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Eyüp.

Major Owens

American politician (1936-2013).

Born June 28th, 1936 in Collierville.

Died October 21st, 2013 at 77 years old in New York City (heart failure, kidney failure).

Raul Seixas

Brazilian recording artist; singer and songwriter (1945-1989).

Born June 28th, 1945 in Salvador.

Died August 21st, 1989 at 44 years old in São Paulo (myocardial infarction, pancreatitis).

Bryan Reynolds

American soccer player.

Born June 28th, 2001 (age 24 years) in Fort Worth.

Sergei Bodrov

Soviet and russian film director (1948- ).

Born June 28th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Khabarovsk.

Stéphane Chapuisat

Swiss footballer.

Born June 28th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Lausanne.

Iona Nikitchenko

Soviet jurist (1895–1967).

Born June 28th, 1895 in Tuzlukov.

Died April 22nd, 1967 at 71 years old in Moscow.

Yukinari Sugawara

Japanese association football player.

Born June 28th, 2000 (age 25 years) in Toyokawa.

Henri Lebesgue

French mathematician (1875–1941).

Born June 28th, 1875 in Beauvais.

Died July 26th, 1941 at 66 years old in Paris.

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

German physicist (1912–2007).

Born June 28th, 1912 in Kiel.

Died April 28th, 2007 at 94 years old in Söcking.

Phil Masinga

South african footballer (1969-2019).

Born June 28th, 1969 in Klerksdorp.

Died January 13th, 2019 at 49 years old in Parktown (cancer). ^[ref]

Sergei Bulgakov

Russian orthodox christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871–1944).

Born June 28th, 1871 in Livny.

Died July 13th, 1944 at 73 years old in Paris (laryngeal cancer).

Tim McCord

American rock musician.

Born June 28th, 1979 (age 46 years) in Sacramento.