August 28 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on August 28, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo
Aug 23 – Sep 22
Birth stone
Peridot
Birth flower
Gladiolus
How common
#18 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous August 28 birthdays
George Whipple · American physician and biomedical researcher1878
Tjalling Koopmans · Dutch American economist1910
C. Wright Mills · American sociologist1916
Jack Vance · American mystery and speculative fiction writer1916
Jack Kirby · American comic book artist1917
Ben Gazzara · American actor1930
Paul Martin · Prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 20061938
José Eduardo dos Santos · President of Angola from 1979 to 20171942
Barbara Bach · American actress1946
Ivo Josipović · Croatian politician, third President of Croatia1957
Daniel Stern · American actor, artist, director and screenwriter1957
Jennifer Coolidge · American actress1961
Shania Twain · Canadian country music singer and songwriter1965
Jack Black · American actor, comedian, and musician1969
Sheryl Sandberg · American technology executive, activist, and author1969
Jason Priestley · Canadian-American actor and director1969
LeAnn Rimes · American singer and actress1982
Armie Hammer · American actor1986
César Azpilicueta · Spanish association football player1989
Weston McKennie · American soccer player1998
On this day in history
1830Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.
1950American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.
1993The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).
2021The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.
1917Ten suffragists, members of the Silent Sentinels, are arrested while picketing the White House in favor of women's suffrage in the United States.
1963March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
1987Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.
2009NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.
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