History Births on April 28

Steve Rider, English journalist and sportscaster

#Steve_Rider

Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director (d. 1954)

#Lionel_Barrymore

Ian Rankin, Scottish author

#Ian_Rankin

Erich Salomon, German-born news photographer (d. 1944)

#Erich_Salomon

Jenna Ushkowitz, Korean-American actress, singer, and dancer

#Jenna_Ushkowitz

Michael Walchhofer, Austrian skier

#Michael_Walchhofer

Helena Tulve, Estonian composer

#Helena_Tulve

Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (d. 1999)

#Paul_Sacher

Alice Waters, American chef and author

#Alice_Waters

António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1970)

#António_de_Oliveira_Salazar

Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (d. 2003)

#Roberto_Bolaño

Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006)

#Robert_Cornthwaite_(actor)

Sidney Toler, American actor and director (d. 1947)

#Sidney_Toler

Andy Flower, South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach

#Andy_Flower

Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987)

#Ethel_Catherwood

Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)

#Dick_Ayers

Nour El-Sherif, Egyptian actor and producer (d. 2015)

#Nour_El-Sherif

Barry Larkin, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster

#Barry_Larkin

Bradley Wiggins, English cyclist

#Bradley_Wiggins

Pedro Ramos, Cuban baseball player

#Pedro_Ramos

Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1992)

#Jan_Oort

Lucas Jakubczyk, German sprinter and long jumper

#Lucas_Jakubczyk

Zoran Toši?, Serbian footballer

#Zoran_Toši?

Phil King, English bass player

#Phil_King_(musician)

Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (d. 1993)

#Jón_Páll_Sigmarsson

Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic (d. 1940)

#Charles_W._Woodworth

Mary McDonnell, American actress

#Mary_McDonnell

Nezahualcoyotl, Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler (d. 1472)

#Nezahualcoyotl_(tlatoani)

Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1908)

#Georgy_Voronoy

Craig Garvey, Australian rugby league player

#Craig_Garvey

Christian Jacq, French historian and author

#Christian_Jacq

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, 1st President of Zambia

#Kenneth_Kaunda

Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1933)

#Josiah_Thomas

T. John Lesinski, American judge and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1996)

#T._John_Lesinski

Jonathan Biabiany, French footballer

#Jonathan_Biabiany

Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (d. 2014)

#Marcia_Strassman

Charles Cotton, English poet and author (d. 1687)

#Charles_Cotton

Thomas Waldrom, New Zealand-English rugby player

#Thomas_Waldrom

William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1904)

#William_Hall_(VC)

Howard Donald, English singer-songwriter and producer

#Howard_Donald

Wilhelmus Beekman, Dutch politician (d. 1707)

#Wilhelmus_Beekman

Steve Khan, American jazz guitarist

#Steve_Khan

Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (d. 1945)

#Heinrich_Müller_(Gestapo)

Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)

#Tariq_Aziz

Otho, Roman emperor (d. 69 AD)

#Otho

Chris Kaman, American basketball player

#Chris_Kaman

Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (d. 1948)

#Na_Hye-sok

Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1913)

#Tobias_Asser

Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player and coach (d. 2011)

#Margo_Dydek

Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jimmy_Barnes

John Daly, American golfer

#John_Daly_(golfer)

Kim Gordon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Kim_Gordon

Edward IV, king of England (d. 1483)

#Edward_IV_of_England

John Madejski, English businessman and academic

#John_Madejski

Vernon Kay, English radio and television host

#Vernon_Kay

Michael P. Jackson, American politician, 3rd Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

#Michael_P._Jackson

Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (d. 2014)

#Miodrag_Radulovacki

James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)

#James_Monroe

Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster (d. 1981)

#Jack_Fingleton

Lauren Laverne, English singer and television host

#Lauren_Laverne

Nikki Grahame, English model and journalist

#Nikki_Grahame

Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer

#Noriyuki_Iwadare

Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer

#Ann-Margret

Dmitri Torbinski, Russian footballer

#Dmitri_Torbinski

Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer

#Wilma_Landkroon

Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer

#Penélope_Cruz

Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (d. 2006)

#Saddam_Hussein

Aryeh Bibi, Iraqi-born Israeli politician

#Aryeh_Bibi

Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)

#Karl_Kraus_(writer)

Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (d. 1986)

#Ye_Jianying

William Guarnere, American sergeant (d. 2014)

#William_Guarnere

Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini (d. 1993)

#Ferruccio_Lamborghini

James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State

#James_Baker

Eva Samková, Czech snowboarder

#Eva_Samková

Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy (d. 1995)

#Odette_Hallowes

Bradley Johnson, English footballer

#Bradley_Johnson

Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer

#Emil_Salomonsson

David Freese, American baseball player

#David_Freese

Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Karl_Barry_Sharpless

Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer and manager

#Diego_Simeone

Samantha Akkineni, Indian actress and model

#Samantha_Akkineni

Larry Smith, Canadian football player and politician

#Larry_Smith_(Canadian_politician)

Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (d. 1884)

#Ezra_Abbot

Lucy Booth, English composer (d. 1953)

#Lucy_Booth

Alice Berry, Australian activist (d. 1978)

#Alice_Berry

Harper Lee, American novelist (d. 2016)

#Harper_Lee

Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

#Elena_Kagan

Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (d. 2012)

#Simin_Daneshvar

Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer

#Jay_Leno

H. B. Stallard, English runner and surgeon (d. 1973)

#H._B._Stallard

Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player and scout

#Nicklas_Lidström

Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician, 10th Minister-President of the Walloon Region

#Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe

Walter Tull, English footballer and soldier (d. 1918)

#Walter_Tull

Chuck Leavell, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Chuck_Leavell

Andrew Mehrtens, South African-New Zealand rugby player

#Andrew_Mehrtens

Marie Harel, French cheesemaker (d. 1844)

#Marie_Harel

Tom Browning, American baseball player

#Tom_Browning

Kim Sung-kyu, South Korean singer, member of the South Korean boy band INFINITE

#Kim_Sung-kyu

Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1909)

#Ludvig_Schytte

DeMarcus Lawrence, American football player

#DeMarcus_Lawrence

Vic Sotto, Filipino actor-producer, singer-songwriter, comedian and television personality

#Vic_Sotto

Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, son of Charles IX (d. 1650)

#Charles_de_Valois,_Duke_of_Angoulême

Chris White, English engineer and politician

#Chris_White_(politician)

Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (d. 1979)

#Johan_Borgen

Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Terry_Pratchett

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

#Eugene_Merle_Shoemaker

John White, Scottish footballer (d. 1964)

#John_White_(footballer,_born_1937)

Yi Sun-sin, Korean commander (d. 1598)

#Yi_Sun-sin

Too Short, American rapper, producer and actor

#Too_Short

Deividas Stagni?nas, Lithuanian ice dancer

#Deividas_Stagni?nas

Lucien Aimar, French cyclist

#Lucien_Aimar

Eddie Jobson, English keyboard player and violinist

#Eddie_Jobson

Lois Duncan, American journalist and author (d. 2016)

#Lois_Duncan

Jessica Alba, American model and actress

#Jessica_Alba

Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar, English surgeon and academic

#Ajay_Kakkar,_Baron_Kakkar

Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (d. 1751)

#Frederick_I_of_Sweden

Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)

#Sylvestre_François_Lacroix

Blake Bortles, American football player

#Blake_Bortles

Violent J, American rapper, Insane Clown Posse

#Violent_J

Roger Johnson, English footballer

#Roger_Johnson_(footballer)

Ron Zook, American football player and coach

#Ron_Zook

Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and manager

#Walter_Zenga

Josh Brookes, Australian motorcycle racer

#Josh_Brookes

Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (d. 1974)

#Oskar_Schindler

Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (d. 1929)

#Nikolai_von_Meck

Willie Colón, Puerto Rican-American trombonist and producer

#Willie_Colón

Jorge Garcia, American actor and producer

#Jorge_Garcia

Paul Guilfoyle, American actor

#Paul_Guilfoyle

Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1978)

#Kurt_Gödel

Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player

#Roman_Polák

Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1938)

#Nicola_Romeo

Ginette Reno, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

#Ginette_Reno

Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)

#Carolyn_Jones

José Malhoa, Portuguese painter (d. 1933)

#José_Malhoa

Melanie Martinez, American singer

Jonathan Benteke, Belgian footballer

Niels-Peter Mørck, Danish footballer

Katariina Tuohimaa, Finnish tennis player

Juan Manuel Mata, Spanish footballer

Ryan Conroy, Scottish footballer

Graham Wagg, English cricketer

Pietro Travagli, Italian rugby player

Scott Fujita, American football player and sportscaster

Nate Richert, American actor

Robert Oliveri, American actor

Shane Jurgensen, Australian cricketer

Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer and journalist

Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer

Earl Holmes, American football player and coach

Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer and manager

Brad McEwan, Australian journalist

Richard Fromberg, Australian tennis player

LeRon Perry Ellis, American basketball player

Jennifer Rardin, American author (d. 2010)

L'Wren Scott, American model and fashion designer (d. 2014)

Stephen Ames, Trinidadian golfer

Marc Lacroix, Belgian biochemist and academic

Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater and coach

Sandrine Dumas, French actress, director, and screenwriter

Hal Sutton, American golfer

Dieter Rubach, German bass player for Accept, U.D.O. and Bad Steve

Timothy Curley, American educator

Brian Greenhoff, English footballer and coach (d. 2013)

Tim Congdon, English economist and politician

Bruno Kirby, American actor and director (d. 2006)

Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge

Nicola LeFanu, English composer and academic

Larissa Grunig, American theorist and activist

Elizabeth LeCompte, American director and producer

Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst

Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet and author (d. 2013)

Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (d. 1995)

Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

Jimmy Wray, Scottish boxer and politician (d. 2013)

Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)

Hulusi Say?n, Turkish general (d. 1991)

Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author (d. 2011)

James Bama, American artist and illustrator

John Leonard Thorn, English lieutenant, author, and academic

Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (d. 2009)

Carolyn Cassady, American author (d. 2013)

Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2001)

Michel Mohrt, French author, historian (d. 2011)

Rose Murphy, American singer (d. 1989)

Odette Sansom, French World War II heroine (d. 1995)

Kaneto Shind?, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1999)

Sam Merwin, Jr., American author (d. 1996)

Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American theologist and orientalist (d. 1988)

Art Shaw, American hurdler (d. 1955)

Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. (d. 1923)

Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1767)

Joris Jansen Rapelje, Dutch settler in colonial North America (d. 1662)