BORN 1928

Turning 97 in 2025

		William Kennedy American writer, Ironweed, Roscoe 01/16/1928
		Desmond Morris English zoologist and sociobiologist, author of The Naked Ape 01/24/1928
		Kim Yong-nam North Korean government official, ceremonial head of state (1998–2019) 02/04/1928
		Paul Dooley American actor, Breaking Away, Popeye 02/22/1928
		Lennart Carleson Swedish mathematician 03/18/1928
		Peggy Dow American actress, Harvey, Bright Victory 03/18/1928
		Bill Archer American politician, Texas representative (1971–2001) 03/22/1928
		E. D. Hirsch American literary critic, author of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know 03/22/1928
		Jim Lovell American astronaut 03/25/1928
		James Watson American Nobel Prize-winning geneticist and biophysicist 04/06/1928
		Tom Lehrer American satirist and songwriter, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” 04/09/1928
		Marilyn Maye American jazz and pop singer 04/10/1928
		Cynthia Ozick American writer, The Puttermesser Papers 04/17/1928
		Richard Garwin American physicist, co-designed the first successful hydrogen bomb 04/19/1928
		Yaacov Agam Israeli sculptor 05/11/1928
		Michelle Perrot French historian, author of The Bedroom: An Intimate History 05/18/1928
		Thea Musgrave Scottish/American composer, Harriet, the Woman Called Moses 05/27/1928
		James Ivory American motion picture producer, director, Howard's End, and screenwriter, Call Me by Your Name 06/07/1928
		Charles Strouse American composer, Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie, Annie 06/07/1928
		Li Ka-shing Hong Kong business magnate 06/13/1928
		Hans Blix Swedish politician and diplomat, United Nations weapons inspector (2000–2003) 06/28/1928
		Patrick Hemingway American literary editor, Ernest Hemingway's True at First Light 06/28/1928
		Sidney Kibrick American actor, the Our Gang film series 07/02/1928
		Line Renaud French singer, actress, and AIDS activist 07/02/1928
		Elias James Corey American Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist 07/12/1928
		Johnny Gilbert American television announcer, Jeopardy! 07/13/1928 (Some sources cite 1924)
		Nancy Olson American actress, Sunset Boulevard, The Absent-Minded Professor 07/14/1928
		Bella Davidovich Azerbaijani-born American pianist 07/16/1928
		Pavel Kohout Czech-born Austrian playwright and novelist, The Widow Killer 07/20/1928
		Bob Cousy American basketball player and coach 08/09/1928
		Ann Blyth American actress, Mildred Pierce, The Helen Morgan Story 08/16/1928
		Ray Marshall American government official, Secretary of Labor (1977–1981) 08/22/1928
		Julio Le Parc Argentinian kinetic artist 09/23/1928
		Harold Becker American motion picture director, The Onion Field, Sea of Love 09/25/1928
		Zhu Rongji Chinese premier (1998–2003) 10/23/1928 (Some sources cite 10/01/1928)
		Marion Ross American actress, TV's Happy Days 10/25/1928
		Roy Romer American politician, Colorado governor (1987–1999) 10/31/1928
		Kathleen Hughes American actress, It Came from Outer Space 11/14/1928
		Sheila Jordan American jazz singer 11/18/1928
		Noam Chomsky American linguist and political activist 12/07/1928
		Martin Cooper American engineer, invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone 12/26/1928