Famous Birthdays on July 28

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• 1165 Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic and philosopher (The Meccan Revelations), born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1240)
• 1347 Margherita of Durazzo, queen of Naples (d. 1412)
• 1456 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1530)

• 1514 Maximilian of Burgundy, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht (d. 1558)
• 1609 Judith Leyster, Dutch painter, baptized in Haarlem, Dutch Republic (now the Netherlands) (d. 1660)
• 1659 Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715)
• 1745 Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Baltic German courtier, general and military governor of St Petersburg, born in Palmse, Estonia (d. 1826)
• 1746 Thomas Heyward, signed US Declaration of Independence, born in St. Luke's Parish, South Carolina (d. 1809)
• 1750 Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794)
• 1778 Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), (d. 1869)
• 1794 Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian musician, and piano maker, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1859)
• 1804 Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher who influenced Karl Marx (The Essence of Christianity), born in Landshut, Bavaria (d. 1872)
• 1808 Charles Lucas, British cellist composer, publisher, and educator (Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, 1859-66), born in Salisbury, England (d. 1869)
• 1809 Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, American astronomer and Union Major General, born in Union County, Kentucky (d. 1862)
• 1813 Alberto Mazzucato, Italian opera composer, born in Udine, Italy (d. 1877)
• 1815 Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)

• 1824 Jacopo Foroni, Italian opera composer (I gladiatori; Advokathen Panthelin), and conductor, born in Verona, Italy (d. 1858)
• 1825 William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1862)
• 1833 James Henry Lane, Brigadier General during Civil War (Confederate), born in Mathews Court House, Virginia (d. 1907)
• 1835 José Garcia Robles, Spanish composer, born in Olot, Spain (d. 1910)
• 1837 Christian Barnekow, Danish composer, born in Luz-Saint-Sauveur, France (d. 1913)
• 1844 Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), born in Stratford, London (d. 1889)
• 1857 Ballington Booth, British-born American officer in The Salvation Army and co-founder of Volunteers of America, born in Brighouse, England (d. 1940)
• 1860 Elias M. Ammons, governor of Colorado, born in Macon County, North Carolina (d. 1925)
• 1860 Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, born in Peterhof Palace, Empire of Russia (d. 1922)
• 1863 Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919)

• 1867 Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer working in Argentina, born in Steubenville, Ohio (d. 1951)
• 1868 George Morren, Flemish painter and sculptor, born in Antwerp (d. 1941)
• 1868 Thomas P. Krag, Norwegian author and novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), born in Kragerø, Norway (d. 1913)
• 1870 Henri Jaspar, 27th Prime Minister of Belgium (1927-31), born in Schaerbeek, Belgium (d. 1939)
• 1872 Albert Sarraut, French Radical politician, Prime Minister of France (1933 and 36), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1962)
• 1874 Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher and educator (Essay on Man), born in Silesia, Prussia (d. 1945)

• 1888 Sidney Pegler, South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests), (d. 1972)
• 1890 Marie Lohr, Australian actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1975)
• 1891 Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32), born in Nundah, Queensland (d. 1939)
• 1892 Joe E. Brown, American comedian (Buck Circus Hour), born in Holgate, Ohio (d. 1973)
• 1893 Rued Immanuel Langgaard, Danish composer and organist (Music of the Spheres; Antikrist), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1952) [1]
• 1893 Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan, American Baseball HOF pitcher, outfielder, manager (Kansas City Monarchs NgL 1920-38), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1967)
• 1896 Barbara La Marr [Reatha Watson], American vaudeville and silent film actress (The White Moth), and screenwriter, born in Yakima, Washington (d. 1926)
• 1897 Emmy Arbous [Emilia J Henke], Dutch actress (Little Rascal), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1954)
• 1898 Charles William Mayo, American surgeon (Mayo Clinic), born in Rochester, Minnesota (d. 1968)
• 1898 Lawrence Gray, American actor, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)
• 1900 Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (Behind Office Doors), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1965)
• 1900 Maurice Johnstone, English brass band composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1976)
• 1901 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball pitcher (MLB record career double plays [79] 1938-64) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 1979)

• 1901 Sándor Vándor, Hungarian Jewish composer, born in Miskolc, Hungary (d. 1945) [1]

• 1902 Kenneth F. Fearing, American poet (Dead Reckoning), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1961)
• 1902 Vibart Wight, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; v/c WI first touring team v England 1928), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 1969)
• 1903 Colin Gregory, English tennis player (Australian C'ship 1929, chairman All-England Club, Wimbledon), born in Beverley, England (d. 1959)
• 1903 Lotte Palfi Andor, German-American actress (Lovesick, All That Jazz), born in Bochum, Germany (d. 1991)
• 1904 Selwyn Lloyd, British politician (Foreign Secretary, 1955-60; Exchequer, 1960-62; Leader of the House of Commons, 1963–64; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1971-76), born in West Kirby, England (d. 1978)
• 1906 Gottlob Frick, German opera singer, born in Ölbronn-Dürrn (d. 1994)
• 1907 Earl Tupper, American-born Costa Rican inventor and businessman (Tupperware), born in Berlin, New Hampshire (d. 1983)
• 1909 Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (Under the Volcano), born in New Brighton, England (d. 1957)
• 1910 Bill Goodwin, American television announcer (Jolson Story, Burns & Allen), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1958)
• 1910 Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter pilot who shot down 28.5 aircraft during WWII, born in Lewisham, Australia (d. 1994)
• 1911 Ann Doran, American actress (Longstreet, Shirley, Rebel Without a Cause), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2000)
• 1911 Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (Olympic gold javelin, bronze shot put 1936), born in Kaiserswalde, Germany (d. 1985)
• 1914 Carmen Dragon, American composer (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), and conductor (Hollywood Bowl Symphony), born in Antioch, California (d. 1984)
• 1915 Charles Hard Townes, American Physicist and inventor (Nobel Prize 1964 for mazer-lazer principle), born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 2015)
• 1916 David Brown, American film producer ("The Sting", "Jaws", "Cocoon"), born in New York City (d. 2010)
• 1916 Laird Cregar, American actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1944)
• 1922 Jacques Piccard, Swiss deep sea undersea explorer (one of the first to explore the Mariana Trench), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2008)
• 1923 Kent Lee, American vice-admiral (WW II-Marianas, Korea and Vietnam), born in Florence County, South Carolina (d. 2017)
• 1923 Mary Jane Odell, American politician and journalist, Iowa Secretary of State, born in Algona, Iowa (d. 2010)
• 1923 Michio Watanabe, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister, born in Ōtawara, Japan (d. 1995)
• 1924 Irving Burgie [Lord Burgess], American Caribbean music composer and musician ("Day-O"), born in New York City (d. 2019)
• 1924 Peter Green, British insurance underwriter (CEO of Lloyd's of London) (d. 1996)
• 1925 Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American scientist, (1976 Nobel laureate for Physiology or Medicine for work on Hepatitis B), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2011)
• 1925 Bruce Matthews, Australian newspaper executive who worked for Rupert Murdoch, born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1996) [1]
• 1925 Larry Pruden, New Zealand composer, born in New Plymouth, New Zealand (d. 1982)
• 1926 Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian jazz bassist, and music promoter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
• 1927 John Ashbery, American poet (Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2017)
• 1928 Adrian Ratiu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)
• 1928 Anne Braden, American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2006)

• 1929 Remco Campert, Dutch writer and poet (son of Jan Campert), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2022)
• 1929 Shozo Sasahara, Japanese freestyle wrestler (World C'ship gold featherweight 1954; Olympic gold 1956), born in Yamagata, Japan (d. 2023)
• 1930 David "Junior" Kimbrough, American bluesman, born in Hudsonville, Mississippi (d. 1998)
• 1930 Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), born in Schaerbeek, Belgium (d. 2006)
• 1931 Darryl Hickman, American actor (Human Comedy, Tea & Sympathy), born in Hollywood, California
• 1931 Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (1960's), born in Wingham, Australia (d. 1992)
• 1932 Natalie Babbitt, American children's writer (Tuck Everlasting), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2016)
• 1932 Vinnie Bell [Gambella], American session guitarist, electric sitar player, and pioneer of electronic effects in pop music, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2019)
• 1933 Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender (Montreal Canadiens), born in Lachine, Quebec (d. 2016)
• 1933 Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, Icelandic classical, choral, and jazz composer (Samstæður; Fyrir þitt friðarorð - For Your Peace), born in Reykjavík, Iceland (d. 2008)
• 1934 Jacques d'Amboise, American ballet dancer, and choreographer (NYC Ballet Company, 1949-84), actor (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers), and educator (founded National Dance Institute, 1976), born in Dedham Massachusetts (d. 2021) [1]
• 1934 Norman D. Shumway, American politician (Rep-R-California, 1979-91), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2022)
• 1934 Ron Flowers, English soccer midfielder (49 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 467 games), born in Doncaster, England (d. 2021)
• 1935 Simon Dee, British television broadcaster (Dee Time), born in Manchester, England (d. 2009)

• 1936 Russ Jackson, Canadian football player, born in Hamilton, Ontario
• 1937 Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
• 1937 Peter Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (Peter Duchin Orchestra), born in New York City

• 1938 Arsen Dedić, Croatian singer-songwriter and poet, born in Šibenik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2015)
• 1938 George Cummings, American rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show), born in Meridian, Mississippi
• 1938 Luis Aragonés, Spanish soccer forward (11 caps; Atlético Madrid) and manager (Spain 2004-08; Atlético Madrid, Barcelona), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2014)
• 1938 Robert Hughes, Australian art critic and writer (Barcelona), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2012)
• 1939 Barry Ashbee, Canadian NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1965, 1969-74 (Stanley Cup - Philadelphia Flyers), and coach, 1974-77 (Flyers), born in Weston. Ontario
• 1940 Phil Proctor, American comedian (Firesign Theater), born in Goshen, Indiana
• 1941 Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1980-92; La Scala, 1986-2005; Chicago Symphony 2010-23), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy
• 1942 John Sattler, Australian rugby league prop (4 Tests; NSWRL Premiership 1967, 68, 70, 71 South Sydney), born in Maitland, Australia (d. 2023)
• 1942 Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster, born in Portsmouth, Virginia

• 1943 Larry Elkins, football player (Houston Oilers)
• 1943 Mike Bloomfield, American blues guitarist/singer (Analine), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1981)
• 1943 Richard Wright, British progressive rock keyboardist, arranger, composer, and occasional vocalist (Pink Floyd - "Time"; "Echoes"; "The Art Of Conversation"), born in Hatch End, Middlesex (d. 2008)
• 1944 Bobby King, American session and touring soul singer (Bobby & Terry; Ry Cooder; Bruce Springsteen; Boz Scaggs), born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
• 1944 Daniel Morelon, French speed skater (Olympic gold 1968, 72), born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France

• 1946 Douglas H. Bosco, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-91), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1946 Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist, born in Meerut, India
• 1946 Jonathan Edwards, American singer-songwriter ("Sunshine"), born in Aitkin, Minnesota
• 1946 Linda Kelsey, American actress (Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Day), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1947 Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
• 1947 Barbara Ferrell, American runnerr (Olympic gold 1968), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• 1947 Elena Belova, Russian fencer who won Olympic gold USSR foil team 1968, 72, 76; foil individual 1968; 8 x World C'ship gold, born in Sovetskaya Gavan, Russia
• 1947 Miguelina Cobian, Cuban 4x100m runner (Olympic silver 1968), born in Santiago de Cuba
• 1947 Sally Struthers, American actress (All in the Family - "Gloria"), born in Portland, Oregon
• 1948 Eric Sweeney, Irish contemporary composer (The Green One), born in Dublin (d. 2020)
• 1948 Georgia Engel, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1972-77 - "Georgette"; Hot In Cleveland, 2011-15 -"Mamie-Sue"), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2019)
• 1948 Gerald Casale, American new wave bassist, vocalist, keyboardist, and music video director (Devo - "Whip It!': "Jocko Homo"), born in Ravenna, Ohio
• 1948 Ruud Geels, Dutch soccer striker (20 caps; Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles, Club Brugge, Ajax, Anderlecht, Sparta, PSV, NAC), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2023)
• 1948 Sergei Bodrov, Russian director (Katala, Somebody to Love), born in Khabarovsk, Russia
• 1949 Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"), born in Melbourne (d. 2001)
• 1949 Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer (Braveheart), born in Jackson, Tennessee
• 1949 Simon Kirke, British rock drummer (Bad Company), born in London, England
• 1949 Steve Peregrin Took, English musician (Tyrannosaurus Rex), born in London (d. 1980)

• 1950 Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet
• 1951 Anthony A. Williams, American politician (Mayor of the District of Columbia, 1999-2007), born in Los Angeles County, California
• 1951 Doug Collins, American basketball shooting guard (NBA All-Star 1976–79; Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Chicago, Detroit, Washington, Philadelphia) and broadcaster (CBS, NBC, TNT, TBS, ABC/ESPN), born in Christopher, Illinois
• 1951 Greg Gluffria, American rock keyboardist (House of Lords - "Sahara"), born in Washington, D.C.
• 1951 Ray Kennedy, English soccer midfielder, forward (17 caps; Arsenal, Liverpool), born in Seaton Delaval, England (d. 2021)
• 1951 Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect (Milwaukee Art Museum), born in Valencia, Spain
• 1951 T. M. Stevens, American rock, pop, and R&B session and touring bass guitarist (Shocka Zooloo; The Pretenders, 1986-87), born in New York City
• 1952 Maha Vajiralongkorn [Bodindradebayavarangkun], King of Thailand (2016 - Present), born in Bangkok, Thailand
• 1952 Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)
• 1952 Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist (Final Fantasy), born in Shizuoka city, Japan
• 1953 Steve Duncan, American country-rock drummer (Desert Rose Band - "Love Reunited"), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
• 1954 Bruce Abbott, American actor (Dark Justice), born in Portland, Oregon
• 1954 Gerd Faltings, German mathematician, born in Buer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

• 1954 Mikey Sheehy, Irish Gaelic football right corner-forward (11 x Munster titles, 8 x All-Ireland, 3 x NFL, 7 x All Star; Kerry), born in Tralee, Ireland
• 1954 Steve Morse, American rock guitarist (Dixie Dregs; Deep Purple, 1994-present), born in Hamilton, Ohio
• 1956 Carol Higgins Clark, American suspense novelist (Regan Reilly series), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2023)
• 1956 Nnenna Freelon (née Pierce), American jazz singer, composer, and arranger, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1958 Michael Hitchcock, American actor (Best in Show) and television producer (Glee), born in Defiance, Ohio

• 1959 Kelly Hoppen, South African-born British interior designer, born in Cape Town, South Africa
• 1959 Mark Meadows, American politician (Rep-R-North Carolina 2013-20, Donald Trump's Chief of Staff 2020-21), born in Verdun, France
• 1960 Jonathan Gold, American food critic who was the first in his field to win a Pulitzer Prize, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2018)
• 1960 Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 1960 Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker
• 1961 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter, born in Grodno, Soviet Union
• 1961 David Huff, American drummer (Giants - "I'll See You in My Dreams"; White Heart), born in Nashville, Tennessee
• 1961 Scott E Parazynski, American astronaut (STS 66, 86, sk:95), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
• 1962 Rachel Sweet, American singer, born in Akron, Ohio
• 1963 Patrizia Pellegrino, Italian actress and TV personality (Italy's Miss Teenager 1980), born in Naples, Italy
• 1964 Dave Alexander, American NFL center (NY Jets), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
• 1964 Lori Loughlin, American actress (Full House, Summerland), born in Queens, New York
• 1965 Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz musician, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• 1965 Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
• 1965 Tex Axile [Anthony Doughty], British rock keyboard player (Transvision Vamp - Velveteen), born in Crawley, Sussex, England
• 1966 Liz Cheney, American politician (Rep-R-WY 2017-2023), daughter of Dick Cheney, born in Madison, Wisconsin
• 1966 Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
• 1969 Alexis Arquette, American transgender performer (Last Exit to Brooklyn), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
• 1969 Dana White, American Ultimate Fighting Championship President, born in Manchester, Connecticut
• 1969 Garth Snow, American hockey goalie (Olympics 1994, Flyers), born in Wrentham Massachusetts
• 1969 Jarrod Hanks, American gymnast (Olympic-92, 96), born in Lafayette Louisiana
• 1970 Michael Amott, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Arch Enemy; Spiritual Beggars), born in Halmstad, Sweden
• 1970 Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner), born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia

• 1971 Stephen Lynch, American musician, born in Abington, Pennsylvania
• 1972 Ed Templeton, American skateboarder (Toy Machine), born in Garden Grove, California
• 1972 Elizabeth Berkley, American actress (Jessie-Saved by the Bell, Showgirl), born in Farmington Hills, Michigan
• 1972 Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress (A Tale of Two Sisters), born in Seoul
• 1973 Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler (ODI 1996)
• 1973 Scott Bloom, American actor (Keys; Stuff), born in Manhasset, New York

• 1974 Hannah Waddingham, British actress (Ted Lasso; Game of Thrones, 2015-16), and musical theater singer, born in London, England
• 1974 Justin Lee Collins, British radio host, actor and comedian, born in Southmead, Bristol
• 1975 Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer, born in Madrid, Spain
• 1976 Huma Abedin, American political staffer to Hillary Clinton, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan
• 1976 Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach), born in Mariposa, California
• 1977 Aki Berg, Finnish NHL defenseman (LA Kings), born in Raisio, Finland
• 1977 Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player, born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina
• 1978 Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Toyonaka, Osaka
• 1978 Luka Udjbinac, Croatian jazz musician, born in Zagreb, Croatia
• 1979 Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer, born in Húsavík, Iceland
• 1979 Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa), born in Namwon, South Korea
• 1980 Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan
• 1981 Billy Aaron Brown, American actor, born in Clarinda, Iowa
• 1981 Jo In Sung, South Korean actor (What Happened in Bali), born in Cheonho-dong, Gangdong District, South Korea

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