April 28 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on April 28, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♉︎ Taurus
Apr 20 – May 20
Birth stone
Diamond
Birth flower
Daisy
How common
#331 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous April 28 birthdays
Lionel Barrymore · American actor, director and screenwriter1878
António de Oliveira Salazar · Prime Minister of Portugal1889
Kurt Gödel · Austrian-American logician1906
Oskar Schindler · German industrialist and Holocaust rescuer1908
Kenneth Kaunda · First president of Zambia1924
Harper Lee · American novelist1926
Eugene Merle Shoemaker · American geologist and astronomer1928
James Baker · American lawyer and statesman1930
Saddam Hussein · Iraqi politician and revolutionary1937
Karl Barry Sharpless · American chemist and Nobel Laureate1941
Terry Pratchett · English fantasy author1948
Jay Leno · American television host and comedian1950
Mary McDonnell · American actress1952
Diego Simeone · Argentine association football player and manager1970
Ian Murdock · American computer scientist1973
Jorge Garcia · American actor and comedian1973
Penélope Cruz · Spanish actress1974
Jessica Alba · American actress and businesswoman1981
Juan Mata · Spanish association football player1988
Melanie Martinez · American singer-songwriter1995
On this day in history
1983The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.
1991Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense.
1996Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
2008The 1,388-foot-tall (423.2 m) Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, with the world's highest residence above ground level at the time, held its grand opening.
1969Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
1970Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
1972Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the University of Glasgow.
1973The album The Dark Side of the Moon by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd entered the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, on which it spent a record 942 weeks.
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