On This Day — April 28
3933 noted people were born and 1969 died on April 28 in our archive, including Ursula Gather, Vincent Blondel and António de Oliveira Salazar.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 28
Ursula Gather
b. 1953
Vincent Blondel
b. 1965
António de Oliveira Salazar
1889 – 1970
Bart Bok
1906 – 1983
David Funderburk
b. 1944
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
1928 – 1997
Francisco Rico Manrique
1942 – 2024
George Dixon Grahame
1873 – 1940
Giacomo Rizzolatti
b. 1937
Ian Murdock
1973 – 2015
Ihar Karpienka
b. 1964
James Baker
b. 1930
James Flynn
1934 – 2020
Jan Hendrik Oort
1900 – 1992
Janette Sadik-Khan
b. 1961
John Hughes
1930 – 2022
József Rácz
b. 1957
Kurt Gödel
1906 – 1978
Laura Boldrini
b. 1961
Leon Kovalsky
1940 – 2023
Lu Yongxiang
b. 1942
Marek Biernacki
b. 1959
Marie-Françoise Roy
b. 1950
Michael Francis O'Dwyer
1864 – 1940
Miodrag Radulovacki
1933 – 2014
Monica McWilliams
b. 1954
Neil Kelleher
b. 1970
Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps
1886 – 1979
Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili
b. 1963
Oskar Backlund
1846 – 1916
Ozerov Ivan Khristoforovich
1869 – 1942
Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
1935 – 2024
Richard Rado
1906 – 1989
Rudi Fuchs
b. 1942
Saeb Erekat
1955 – 2020
Stanisław Lorentz
1899 – 1991
Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
b. 1947
Tobias Asser
1838 – 1913
Valentín García Yebra
1917 – 2010
Volodymyr Lytvyn
b. 1956
Adri van Es
1913 – 1994
Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar
b. 1964
Alexandre Kojève
1902 – 1968
Alfred Bader
1924 – 2018
Alvar Palmgren
1880 – 1960
Andrew C. Weber
b. 1960
Andrzej Szejna
b. 1973
André Robert
1929 – 1993
Anicet Le Pors
b. 1931
Anne Rasa
1940 – 2020
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
1801 – 1885
Arthur Võõbus
1909 – 1988
Artur Alberto de Campos Henriques
1853 – 1922
Arus Voskanyan
1889 – 1943
Axel Heikel
1851 – 1924
B. Jayant Baliga
b. 1948
Bargrave Deane
1848 – 1919
Barry Buzan
b. 1946
Brian Barron
1940 – 2009
Brian Davidson
b. 1964
Carl Fredrik Scheffer
1715 – 1786
Carlo Anti
1889 – 1961
Carlo Vizzini
b. 1947
Cary Cooper
b. 1940
Charles Sturt
1795 – 1869
Christine Streichert-Clivot
b. 1980
Daniel Herman
b. 1963
David W. Mullins, Jr.
1946 – 2018
Dmitry Zimin
1933 – 2021
Dominique Raimbourg
b. 1950
Donatas Banionis
1924 – 2014
Duane Rousselle
b. 1982
Duncan Campbell
1876 – 1916
Edgar Rochette
1890 – 1953
Edward Yau
b. 1960
Elena Kagan
b. 1960
Elizabeth Nesta Marks
1918 – 2002
Elizabeth Willis
b. 1961
Erlan Idrissov
b. 1959
Ernest Merritt
1865 – 1948
Ernst Lemmer
1898 – 1970
Ernst Pfister
1947 – 2022
Ezra Abbot
1819 – 1884
Ferenc Széchényi
1754 – 1820
Francis Baily
1774 – 1844
Franklin D'Olier
1877 – 1953
Grantley Herbert Adams
1898 – 1971
Greg Combet
b. 1958
Henri Michel
1907 – 1986
Henrik Kleven
b. 1971
Hertha Ayrton
1854 – 1923
Hunt Downer
b. 1946
Iacopo Melio
b. 1992
Ian Rankin
b. 1960
Ike Altgens
1919 – 1995
Ivan Taranenko
1912 – 1995
Jacek Piechota
b. 1959
Jacques, comte Mallet
1787 – 1869
Jan Sztaudynger
1904 – 1970
Jay Apt
b. 1949
Jay Collins
b. 1976
Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe
b. 1944
Jerzy Dietl
1927 – 2021
Johann Rudolf Engau
1708 – 1755
John Oliver Creighton
b. 1943
John Wilmerding
1938 – 2024
Joseph Spence
1699 – 1768
Jules Adeline
1845 – 1909
Kadra Ahmed Hassan
b. 1973
Karl Barry Sharpless
b. 1941
Kenji Eda
b. 1956
Kenneth Kaunda
1924 – 2021
Kenneth White
1936 – 2023
Kevin Schawinski
b. 1981
Kirill Moskalenko
1902 – 1985
Klaas de Vries
b. 1943
Krishnaswamy Sundarji
1930 – 1999
Larry Smith
b. 1951
Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon
1877 – 1939
Lois Duncan
1934 – 2016
Louis Ruchonnet
1834 – 1893
Léopold Eyharts
b. 1957
Maggie De Block
b. 1962
Marcello Soleri
1882 – 1945
Marek Kopelent
1932 – 2023
Marita Golden
b. 1950
Martin Zeil
b. 1956
Michael Bordt
b. 1960
Michael Daugherty
b. 1954
Miroslav Hlaváč
b. 1965
Nicola Romeo
1876 – 1938
Nita A Farahany
b. 1978
Oleksandr Starukh
b. 1973
Olga Lauristin
1903 – 2005
Olga Timofeyeva
b. 1967
Paul K. Hansma
b. 1946
Peter Green
b. 1950
Peter Guthrie Tait
1831 – 1901
Petra Bayr
b. 1968
Philippe Rahm
b. 1967
Pierre Malotaux
1923 – 2016
Pierre Schapira
b. 1943
Pieter Baas
1944 – 2024
Preben Rudiengaard
1944 – 2022
Ramamurti Shankar
b. 1947
Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe
1861 – 1929
Rima Hassan
b. 1992
Robert Budi Hartono
b. 1941
Rudolf Mentzel
1900 – 1987
Saddam Hussein
1937 – 2006
Sadet Karabulut
b. 1975
Seymour Lubetzky
1898 – 2003
Shantel Krebs
b. 1973
Shaul Olmert
b. 1975
Simon Bernard
1779 – 1839
Stana Tomašević
1920 – 1983
Susanne Klatten
b. 1962
Sylvestre François Lacroix
1765 – 1843
Takeo Kurita
1889 – 1977
Theodor Meron
b. 1930
Thomas Joseph Campbell
1848 – 1925
Tom Cole
b. 1949
Tuure Lehén
1893 – 1976
Vagharshak Harutiunyan
b. 1956
Werner Werenskiold
1883 – 1961
William S. Powell
1919 – 2015
Ye Jianying
1897 – 1986
Yevgeny Adamov
b. 1939
Ziya Mammadov
b. 1952
Ülo Nugis
1944 – 2011
A. M. Mathai
1935 – 2025
Abbe Lowell
b. 1952
Abena Busia
b. 1953
Adriaan van der Hoop
1778 – 1854
Ahmad Reza Mamduhi
b. 1960
Aimo Lahti
1896 – 1970
Aimé Ngoy Mukena
1954 – 2022
Akiko Ikuina
b. 1968
Alan Clive Roberts
1934 – 2021
Alan Stevenson
1807 – 1865
Alberta Darling
b. 1944
Alejandro Bell Jara
1941 – 2013
Alek Thomas
b. 2000
Aleksandr Mindadze
b. 1949
Alena Palečková
b. 1947
Alexander Rolik
b. 1956
Alexander Westerlund
b. 1985
Alfred Mann
1917 – 2006
Alfred Rieche
1902 – 2001
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
b. 1952
Ali Karimli
b. 1965
Alice Ricciardi-von Platen
1910 – 2008
Alice Wahome
b. 1959
Alice Waters
b. 1944
Alicia Delibes Liniers
b. 1950
Allan Vougt
1895 – 1953
Alois Bräutigam
1916 – 2007
Andreas Kalkun
b. 1977
Andrew Mehrtens
b. 1973
Anita Anand
b. 1972
… and 3,733 more
Died on April 28
Andrew Salkey
1928 – 1995
Anton Pannekoek
1873 – 1960
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
1921 – 1999
Avram Bunaciu
1909 – 1983
Batyrkhan Shukenov
1962 – 2015
Benito Mussolini
1883 – 1945
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
1912 – 2007
Charles Bell
1774 – 1842
David Drummond
1852 – 1932
David Miller
1890 – 1973
Diana Barnato Walker
1918 – 2008
Edouard Van Beneden
1846 – 1910
Eyre Crowe
1864 – 1925
Feodor Pryanishnikov
1793 – 1867
Genrikh Novozhilov
1925 – 2019
H. Fred Clark
1937 – 2012
Heinrich von Treitschke
1834 – 1896
Ian Pool
1936 – 2022
Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier
1917 – 1995
Jacques Maritain
1882 – 1973
Joakim Frederik Schouw
1789 – 1852
John C. Reynolds
1935 – 2013
Josiah Willard Gibbs
1839 – 1903
Karol Modzelewski
1937 – 2019
Ladislav Hejdánek
1927 – 2020
Maurício Matos Peixoto
1921 – 2019
Michael Collins
1930 – 2021
Nathaniel Wolff Wallich
1786 – 1854
Petro Tolochko
1938 – 2024
Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem
1839 – 1914
Pierre Huard
1901 – 1983
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
1936 – 2020
Vincent O'Sullivan
1937 – 2024
Alejandro Planchart
1935 – 2019
Alessandro Pavolini
1903 – 1945
Alexander Lebed
1950 – 2002
Alexander Mackenzie
1847 – 1935
Alfred Irénée du Pont
1864 – 1935
Alice Withrow
1907 – 1998
Antoni Roman
1892 – 1951
Antônio Abujamra
1932 – 2015
Béla Fogarasi
1891 – 1959
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
1877 – 1960
Cyprien Tanguay
1819 – 1902
Damon Keith
1922 – 2019
Derek Higgs
1944 – 2008
Diva Diniz Corrêa
1918 – 1993
Edward Bramwell Clarke
1874 – 1934
Edward Codrington
1770 – 1851
Edward Joshua Cooper
1798 – 1863
Edward Porter Alexander
1835 – 1910
Ekaterina Maximova
1939 – 2009
Elijah Paine
1757 – 1842
Erik Nordenskiöld
1872 – 1933
François de La Rocque
1885 – 1946
Frederic Schwartz
1951 – 2014
Frederick Guest
1875 – 1937
Friedrich Gottlob Hayne
1763 – 1832
Georg Kronawitter
1928 – 2016
Giuseppe Luigi Trevisanato
1801 – 1877
Haluk Bayülken
1921 – 2007
Hanson Edward Ely
1867 – 1958
He Siyuan
1896 – 1982
Henri Filhol
1843 – 1902
Henry Lyman Saÿen
1875 – 1918
Hermann Budzislawski
1901 – 1978
Hermann Sahli
1856 – 1933
Hermann Voss
1884 – 1969
Hjalmar Åström
1888 – 1957
Horst Dohlus
1925 – 2007
Igal Roodenko
1917 – 1991
Ingram Olkin
1924 – 2016
James H. Cone
1938 – 2018
Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski
1669 – 1731
Jerzy Einhorn
1925 – 2000
Jim Valvano
1946 – 1993
Johan Nykopp
1906 – 1993
Johann Friedrich Struensee
1737 – 1772
Johannes Peter Müller
1801 – 1858
John Garland Pollard
1871 – 1937
János Starker
1924 – 2013
Khudiram Das
1916 – 2002
Ki Hajar Dewantara
1889 – 1959
Kliment Timiryazev
1843 – 1920
Larry Woiwode
1941 – 2022
Li Dazhao
1889 – 1927
Lou Papan
1928 – 2007
Louis Bachelier
1870 – 1946
Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen
1845 – 1924
Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
1815 – 1892
Luis Manuel Peñalver
1918 – 2004
Marian Simms
1951 – 2021
Marie Jahoda
1907 – 2001
Matsuoka Hisashi
1862 – 1944
Mendes Thame
1946 – 2022
Milan N. Popović
1924 – 2012
Mohammed Alim Khan
1880 – 1944
Monty Jones
1951 – 2024
Nikolay Serafimovich Zefirov
1935 – 2017
Okinori Kaya
1889 – 1977
Paul Deschanel
1855 – 1922
Paulo Vanzolini
1924 – 2013
Pedro del Valle
1893 – 1978
Pierre-Jean Rémy
1937 – 2010
R. Tait McKenzie
1867 – 1938
Richard Butler
1850 – 1925
Richard Lugar
1932 – 2019
Richard Pratt
1934 – 2009
Robert Hippolyte Chodat
1865 – 1934
Roberto Farinacci
1892 – 1945
Sergey Khristianovich
1908 – 2000
Siri Derkert
1888 – 1973
Stefan Pawlicki
1839 – 1916
Stefania Skwarczyńska
1902 – 1988
Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
1666 – 1732
Thomas R. Berger
1933 – 2021
Tsunenosuke Hamada
1870 – 1945
U. A. Fanthorpe
1929 – 2009
Valentina Grizodubova
1909 – 1993
Vincent R. Stewart
1958 – 2023
Walter Kolbow
1944 – 2024
William Bostock
1892 – 1968
William J. Murphy
1895 – 1973
William M. Browne
1823 – 1883
William Wallace
1768 – 1843
Wolseley Haig
1865 – 1938
Yuan Changying
1894 – 1973
Yuri Kimimasa
1829 – 1912
A. B. Stoney
1892 – 1973
Adair Blain
1894 – 1983
Adolfo Omodeo
1889 – 1946
Adolph Sieberts
1893 – 1968
Adrian Smith
1936 – 2026
Adriano Bausola
1930 – 2000
Alan Scarfe
1946 – 2024
Alexander Georgievich, 7th Duke of Leuchtenberg
1881 – 1942
Alf Ramsey
1920 – 1999
Alfred William Finch
1854 – 1930
Alfrēds Birznieks
1889 – 1942
Alice Huntington Bushee
1867 – 1956
Allan Highet
1913 – 1992
Andrea Aiuti
1849 – 1905
Andris Vilks
1963 – 2024
Angelo Maria Durini
1725 – 1796
Anna Nordlander
1843 – 1879
Anthony Lambert
1911 – 2007
Antoine Loysel
1536 – 1617
Anton Saurma von der Jeltsch
1836 – 1900
Archduke Leo Karl of Austria
1893 – 1939
Asbury Francis Lever
1875 – 1940
Augustino Ramadhani
1945 – 2020
Baldus de Ubaldis
1327 – 1400
Ben Schwartzwalder
1909 – 1993
Ben-Zion Orgad
1926 – 2006
Bill Grayden
1920 – 2026
Branislava Sušnik
1920 – 1996
Cathal Ó Murchadha
1880 – 1958
Charles August Sulzer
1879 – 1919
Charles César de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg
1757 – 1831
Charles H. Pond
1781 – 1861
Charles John Guthrie, Lord Guthrie
1849 – 1920
Charles L. Southward
1912 – 2000
Charlotte Wilson
1854 – 1944
Chiyo Sakakibara
1898 – 1987
Chris Candido
1972 – 2005
Claude Matthews
1845 – 1898
Clifford Sadlier
1892 – 1964
Conrad Burns
1935 – 2016
Conrad Eckhard
1822 – 1905
Daniel J. Riordan
1870 – 1923
Debora Vaarandi
1916 – 2007
Dennis Kamakahi
1953 – 2014
Enevold Brandt
1738 – 1772
Eugene M. Locke
1918 – 1972
Eyre Coote
1726 – 1783
Ferdinand Bordewijk
1884 – 1965
Fernando Sáenz Lacalle
1932 – 2022
Fitzhugh Lee
1835 – 1905
Francesco Maria Barracu
1885 – 1945
Francis Bacon
1909 – 1992
Frank A. Keating
1895 – 1973
Frank Knox
1874 – 1944
Frederick Bell
1875 – 1954
Frederick Holbrook
1813 – 1909
Friedrich Christian Laukhard
1757 – 1822
Friedrich Schmidt-Ott
1860 – 1956
Fuad I of Egypt
1868 – 1936
Félix Duquesnel
1832 – 1915
Gaetano Savi
1769 – 1844
George Cory
1862 – 1935
George Holmes
1926 – 2025
George Nichols
1827 – 1907
Ginés Vidal y Saura
1890 – 1945
Glen H. Taylor
1904 – 1984
Graham Colclough
1883 – 1954
Grigory Shpigel
1914 – 1981
Géza von Cziffra
1900 – 1989
Hamilton G. Ewart
1849 – 1918
Hans Heilbronn
1908 – 1975
Harold J. Week
1884 – 1936
… and 1,769 more