History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

July 28 Birthdays in History - July 28 Deaths - July 28 Events
1979 Kimberly Whiting, Miss Idaho Teen USA 1997
1977 Aki Berg, Turku Fin, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings
1973 Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler, ODI 1996
1973 Scott Bloom, born in Manhasset, New York, actor, Keys, Stuff
1972 Brenda Schultz, born in Netherlands, tennis star
1972 Elizabeth Berkley, born in Michigan, actress, Jessie-Saved by the Bell, Showgirl
1972 Manley Woods, NFL/WLAF receiver, Seattle Seahawks, Rhein Fire
1972 Stacy Evans, WLAF defensive end for the Rhein Fire
1971 Larry Kennedy, WLAF cornerback for the Rhein Fire
1970 Paul Strang, cricketer, Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994-
1969 Corey Raymond, NFL cornerback, Detroit Lions
1969 Frank Lickliter, born in Middletown, Ohio, Nike golfer, 1993 White Rose-24th
1969 Garth Snow, born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey goalie, Olympics-1994, Flyers
1969 Jaimie Dawson, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics
1969 Jarrod Hanks, born in Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. gymnast, Olympic-92, 96
1969 Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa California, heptathlete
1967 Alex Galtcheniouk, hockey forward, Team Belarus, Olympics-1998
1967 Lori Loughlin, born in Queens, actress, Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House
1964 Bruce Wilkerson, NFL tackle, Jaguars, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31
1964 Dave Alexander, NFL center for the New York Jets
1963 Patrizia Pellegrino, born in Naples, Italy, Italy's Miss Teenager 1980
1962 Rachel Sweet, born in Akron, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, writer, recorded theme song for Nickelodeon series, Clarissa Explains It All, appeared as George Costanza's cousin, in Seinfeld, television episode, 'The Contest', released Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet, 1992
1961 David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band
1961 Scott E Parazynski, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, MD/astronaut, STS-66, 86, sk:95
1958 Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner, 1980 Marathon of Hope
1954 Ken Margolis, rocker, Mink DeVille
1954 Steve Morse, born in Hamilton, Ohio, rocker, guitarist, founder of the Dixie Dregs, guitar player in Deep Purple
1954 Hugo Chavez, born in Sabaneta, Venezuela, politician, United Socialist Party, Fifth Republic Movement, President of Venezuela
1953 Steve Duncan, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited
1952 Monique Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince/Heir Apparent to Thailand throne
1952 Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress, Turkish Fruit
1951 Greg Gluffria, born in Washington D.C., rock keyboardist, House of Lords-Sahara
1951 Anthony A. Williams, American Politician
1949 Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle, 1989-93
1949 Simon Kirke, rock drummer, Bad Company
1949 Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, T-Rex
1949 Vida Blue, major-league pitcher, Cy Young and AL MVP 1971
1948 Georgia Engel, born in Washington D.C., actress, Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show
1948 Sergei Bodrov, born in Khabarovsk, Russia, director, Katala, Somebody to Love
1948 Sally Struthers, American Actress
1947 Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1947 Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, born in Mississippi, 4x100m runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics
1947 Elena Novikova-Belova, U.S.S.R., foils, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics
1947 Miguelina Cobian, born in Santiago, Cuba, 4x100m runner, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics
1947 Sally Struther, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Gloria-All in the Family
1946 Douglas H. Bosco, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1991
1946 Jonathan Edwards, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, folk singer, songwriter, musician, folk singer, known for hits 'Sunshine' and 'Shanty'
1946 Linda Kelsey, born in Minneapolis, actress, Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Day
1945 Jim Davis, cartoonist, Garfield
1945 Richard William Wright, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall
1945 Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd
1944 Daniel Morelon, born in France, 1K speed skater, Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics
1943 Lawrence Elkins, football player Florida for the Houston Oilers
1943 Mike Bloomfield, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time'
1943 Bill Bradley, American Politician
1941 Riccardo Muti, born in Napoli, Italy, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra
1940 Phil Proctor, comedian, Firesign Theater
1938 Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru, 1990-
1938 George Cummings, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show
1938 Robert Hughes, born in Australia, writer/critic, Barcelona
1938 Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian Statesman
1937 Peter Duchin, born in New York City, pianist/bandleader, Peter Duchin Orchestra
1934 Jacques d'Amboise, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Company
1934 Norman D. Shumway, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Representative-R-California 1979-
1931 Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler, 60's
1930 Darryl Hickman, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Human Comedy, Tea and Sympathy
1929 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New York, 1st lady, 1961-63
1929 Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert
1929 Jackie Kennedy, First Lady
1925 Bruce Matthews, newspaper executive
1925 Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West
1925 Larry Pruden, composer
1925 Andre Boucourechliev, French Composer
1924 Fred Fisher, cricketer, one Test for New Zealand vs. SA 1953
1924 Peter James Frederick Green, CEO Lloyd's of London
1923 Kent L Lee, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II - Marianas and Palau
1923 Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, Secretary of State
1923 Michio Watanabe, politician
1922 Jacques Piccard, born in Switzerland, undersea explorer, bathyscaph Trieste
1916 David Brown, born in New York City, director, Jaws, Planet of the Apes
1916 Laird Cregar, born in Philadelphia, actor, Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square
1915 Richard Kerry, American Diplomat
1912 Eleazar de Carvalho, born in Iguatu, Brazil, conductor/tuba, Tiradentes
1911 Ann Doran, born in Amarillo, Texas, actress, Longstreet, Shirley
1911 Gerhard Stoeck, born in Germany, javelin thrower 1936 Olympics gold
1910 Bill Goodwin, born in San Francisco, California, announcer, Jolson Story, Burns and Allen
1910 Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot
1909 Malcolm Lowry, English novelist, Under the Volcano
1908 Zbigniew Turski, composer
1907 Earl S Tupper, inventor, Tupperware
1907 Vivian Vance, born in Cherryvale, Kansas, actress, Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy
1906 Gottlob Frick, born in Germany, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, best known recording is Osmin, in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Rocco in Fidelio, Sarastro in The Magic Flute
1905 Charles William Hutton, architect
1904 Selwyn Lloyd, British statsman
1903 Catherine Dale Owen, actress, Behind Office Doors, Louisville, Kentucky
1902 Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher, Logic of Forschung
1902 Kenneth F Fearing, U.S., poet, Dead Reckoning
1902 Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher
1902 Harry Bridges, American Activist
1901 Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer, Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time
1901 Sandor Vandor, composer
1900 Maurice Johnstone, composer
1897 Emmy Arbous, Emilia J Henke, Dutch actress, Little Rascal
1893 Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer
1892 Joe E Brown, born in Holgate, Ohio, comedian, Buck Circus Hour
1892 Petro Petridis, Greek composer, Isotope Suite
1891 Ron Oxenham, cricketer, Australian all-rounder 1928-32
1890 Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel
1887 Marcel Duchamp, French painter, Nude Descending a Staircase
1881 John Gresham Machen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church
1874 Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator, Essay on Man
1874 Alice Duer Miller, American Poet
1872 Albert P Sarraut, French Governor-General of Indo-China, 1911..19, PM, 1933/36
1870 Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium, 1927-31
1868 George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor
1868 Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer, Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran
1866 Beatrix Potter, born in England, children's author, Tale of Peter Rabbit
1859 Balington Booth, founder, Volunteers of America
1844 Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet, Windhover
1837 Christian Barnekow, composer
1835 Jose Garcia Robles, composer
1825 William Duncan Smith, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1813 Alberto Mazzucato, composer
1809 Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer/Major General Union volunteers
1809 John Stuart Blackie, Scottish Writer
1808 Charles Lucas, composer
1804 Ludwig A. Feuerbach, German philosopher, Man is what he eats
1778 Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral Union Navy
1746 Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Declaration of Independence
1745 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor, St. Petersburg
1609 Judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised
1514 Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland
1456 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet, Arcadia
1165 Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher
History Home    Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com