1928: The Year in People

The Silent Generation · Year of the Dragon 🐉 · Born in 1928 turn 98 in 2026

The year in numbers

US population

2.06B

US president

Calvin Coolidge

Top song

"Ol' Man River" — Paul Whiteman

Top film

The Singing Fool

Best Picture

Wings

In the news: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin; Mickey Mouse debuts

What happened in 1928

1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1928th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 928th year of the 2nd millennium, the 28th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1920s decade.

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Born in 1928

155 people in our data · most viewed first

Che Guevara

1928–1967 · June 14

Argentine revolutionary

Ariel Sharon

1928–2014 · February 26

Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006

Andy Warhol

1928–1987 · August 6

American artist and filmmaker

Maya Angelou

1928–2014 · April 4

American writer and activist

Bob Crane

1928–1978 · July 13

American actor

Hosni Mubarak

1928–2020 · May 4

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

Dick Van Patten

1928–2015 · December 9

American actor

Burt Bacharach

1928–2023 · May 12

American composer and songwriter

Elie Wiesel

1928–2016 · September 30

American writer and activist

Dick York

1928–1992 · September 4

American actor

Bob Monkhouse

1928–2003 · June 1

English comedian, writer and actor

Capucine

1928–1990 · January 6

French model and actress

Estelle Harris

1928–2022 · April 22

American actress

Ann Blyth

b. 1928 · August 16

American actress

Bo Diddley

1928–2008 · December 30

American guitarist and singer

Agnès Varda

1928–2019 · May 30

French filmmaker and photographer

Billy Martin

1928–1989 · May 16

American baseball player and manager

Bruce Forsyth

1928–2017 · February 22

British entertainer and presenter

Ann Morgan Guilbert

1928–2016 · October 16

American actress

Alan J. Pakula

1928–1998 · April 7

American film director, writer and producer

Bill Maynard

1928–2018 · October 8

English comedian and actor

Alexander Grothendieck

1928–2014 · March 28

French mathematician

Bobby Van

1928–1980 · December 6

American actor and dancer

Enzo Cannavale

1928–2011 · April 5

Italian actor

Died in 1928

Thomas Hardy1840–1928 · English novelist and poet
Charles Rennie Mackintosh1868–1928 · Scottish designer and artist
Alexander Bogdanov1873–1928 · Russian physician, philosopher, and revolutionary
Leoš Janáček1854–1928 · Czech composer
Ellen Terry1847–1928 · English actress
Bill Haywood1869–1928 · American labor organizer
Andrew Fisher1862–1928 · Australian prime minister
Frank Dicksee1853–1928 · English Victorian painter and illustrator
George Washington Goethals1858–1928 · United States Army general
Hughie Jennings1869–1928 · American baseball player, coach, and manager
A. B. Frost1851–1928 · American illustrator, graphic artist, painter and comics writer
Alvin Kraenzlein1876–1928 · American track-and-field athlete