BORN 1928
Turning 96 in 2024
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William Kennedy
American writer, Ironweed, Roscoe
01/16/1928 |
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Desmond Morris
English zoologist and sociobiologist, author of The Naked Ape
01/24/1928 |
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Kim Yong-nam
North Korean government official, ceremonial head of state (1998–2019)
02/04/1928 |
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Paul Dooley
American actor, Breaking Away, Popeye
02/22/1928 |
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Lennart Carleson
Swedish mathematician
03/18/1928 |
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Peggy Dow
American actress, Harvey, Bright Victory
03/18/1928 |
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Bill Archer
American politician, Texas representative (1971–2001)
03/22/1928 |
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E. D. Hirsch
American literary critic, author of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know
03/22/1928 |
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Jim Lovell
American astronaut
03/25/1928 |
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James Watson
American Nobel Prize-winning geneticist and biophysicist
04/06/1928 |
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Tom Lehrer
American satirist and songwriter, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park”
04/09/1928 |
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Marilyn Maye
American jazz and pop singer
04/10/1928 |
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Ethel Kennedy
American human rights activist and political figure, widow of Senator Robert Kennedy
04/11/1928 |
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Cynthia Ozick
American writer, The Puttermesser Papers
04/17/1928 |
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Richard Garwin
American physicist, co-designed the first successful hydrogen bomb
04/19/1928 |
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Yaacov Agam
Israeli sculptor
05/11/1928 |
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Michelle Perrot
French historian, author of The Bedroom: An Intimate History
05/18/1928 |
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Thea Musgrave
Scottish/American composer, Harriet, the Woman Called Moses
05/27/1928 |
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James Ivory
American motion picture producer, director, Howard's End, and screenwriter, Call Me by Your Name
06/07/1928 |
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Charles Strouse
American composer, Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie, Annie
06/07/1928 |
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Gustavo Gutiérrez
Peruvian priest, pioneer of Latin American liberation theology
06/08/1928 |
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Li Ka-shing
Hong Kong business magnate
06/13/1928 |
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Jean-Marie Le Pen
French nationalist, founded and led the National Front political party (1972–2011)
06/20/1928 |
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Hans Blix
Swedish politician and diplomat, United Nations weapons inspector (2000–2003)
06/28/1928 |
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Patrick Hemingway
American literary editor, Ernest Hemingway's True at First Light
06/28/1928 |
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Line Renaud
French singer, actress, and AIDS activist
07/02/1928 |
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Elias James Corey
American Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist
07/12/1928 |
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Johnny Gilbert
American television announcer, Jeopardy!
07/13/1928
(Some sources cite 1924) |
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Nancy Olson
American actress, Sunset Boulevard, The Absent-Minded Professor
07/14/1928 |
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Pavel Kohout
Czech-born Austrian playwright and novelist, The Widow Killer
07/20/1928 |
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Bob Cousy
American basketball player and coach
08/09/1928 |
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Ann Blyth
American actress, Mildred Pierce, The Helen Morgan Story
08/16/1928 |
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Ray Marshall
American government official, Secretary of Labor (1977–1981)
08/22/1928 |
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Earl Holliman
American actor, The Rainmaker, TV's Police Woman
09/11/1928 |
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Julio Le Parc
Argentinian kinetic artist
09/23/1928 |
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Harold Becker
American motion picture director, The Onion Field, Sea of Love
09/25/1928 |
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Zhu Rongji
Chinese premier (1998–2003)
10/23/1928
(Some sources cite 10/01/1928) |
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Marion Ross
American actress, TV's Happy Days
10/25/1928 |
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Roy Romer
American politician, Colorado governor (1987–1999)
10/31/1928 |
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Kathleen Hughes
American actress, It Came from Outer Space
11/14/1928 |
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Sheila Jordan
American jazz singer
11/18/1928 |
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Noam Chomsky
American linguist and political activist
12/07/1928 |
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Martin Cooper
American engineer, invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone
12/26/1928 |
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