Famous Personalities Born In April - 28
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1442 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) was born on this day in history.
1545 On this day in history birth of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
1592 On April - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral
1630 On this day in history birth of charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
1686 On April - 28 birth of michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
1715 Franz Sparry, composer was born on this day in history.
1748 On this day in history birth of lorenz Justinian Ott, composer
1750 Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer was born on this day in history.
1753 On April - 28 birth of franz K Achard, German physicist
1757 Claus Nielsen Schali, composer was born on April - 28.
1758 James Monroe, Westmoreland Va, (D-R) 5th pres (1817-25) was born on this day in history.
1765 Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834) was born on this day in history.
1770 On April - 28 birth of nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs
1774 On this day in history birth of francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse
1795 On this day in history birth of charles Sturt, England, explorer (Australia)
1809 On this day in history birth of conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist
1810 Daniel Ullmann, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history birth of daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
1815 On April - 28 birth of andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1819 Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884) was born on this day in history.
1825 On April - 28 birth of james Winning McMillan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 On this day in history birth of alexander Stadtfeld, composer
1838 Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel 1911) was born on this day in history.
1842 On April - 28 birth of louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Brazil (1870-89)
1846 On April - 28 birth of johann E Backlund, Swedish astronomer (planets/asteroids)
1848 Ludvig Schytte, composer was born on this day in history.
1864 William F A Ellison, Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory) was born on this day in history.
1868 Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.
1870 Hermann Suter, composer was born on April - 28.
1873 On this day in history birth of harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association)
1874 Karl Kraus, writer was born on this day in history.
1874 On this day in history birth of sidney Toler, Warrensburg MO, actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight)
1876 On April - 28 birth of frank Cavanagh, one of football's coaching greats
1878 On this day in history birth of lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)