Angelou, Maya (April 4)
The author of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Famous People Born in 1928
From the Who2 database of 4,701 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Breslin, Jimmy (October 17)
Pugnacious New York City newspaper columnist of the 1960s-2000s -
Chomsky, Noam (December 7)
Creator of the theory of generative grammar -
Clooney, Rosemary (May 23)
Co-star of the 1954 movie White Christmas -
Coburn, James (August 31)
Lanky star of Our Man Flint -
Crane, Bob (July 13)
Star of TV's Hogan's Heroes -
Daly, Mary (October 16)
The feminist professor who battled Boston College -
Dick, Philip K. (December 16)
The mind-bending sci-fi author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" -
Diddley, Bo (December 30)
The early rock 'n' roll inventor nicknamed "The Originator" -
Dolphy, Eric (June 20)
The way-out reed man who recorded Out to Lunch -
Domino, Fats (February 26)
Early rock 'n' roll singer of "Blueberry Hill" -
Edwards, Vince (July 7)
TV's Dr. Ben Casey -
Fuentes, Carlos (November 11)
The author of 'The Old Gringo' and 'The Death of Artemio Cruz' -
Garner, James (April 7)
Star of the TV show The Rockford Files -
Guaraldi, Vince (July 17)
The jazz pianist who wrote the music for Charlie Brown -
Guevara, Che (June 14)
Latin American Marxist revolutionary -
Hall, Donald (September 20)
The New England poet who wrote Ox-Cart Man -
Kennedy, Ethel (April 11)
The wife of Senator Robert F. Kennedy -
Kevorkian, Jack (May 28)
The euthanasia advocate known as "Dr. Death" -
Kubrick, Stanley (July 26)
The director of 2001: A Space Odyssey -
Landau, Martin (June 20)
Bela Lugosi in the 1994 movie 'Ed Wood' -
Lehrer, Tom (April 9)
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Le Pen, Jean-Marie (June 20)
Leader of France's National Front party -
McDowall, Roddy (September 17)
Cornelius and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes movie series -
Mickey Mouse (November 18)
Walt Disney's famous mouse -
Mondale, Walter "Fritz" (January 5)
Vice President of the United States, 1977-81 -
Morricone, Ennio (November 10)
The film composer famous for spaghetti westerns -
Mubarak, Hosni (May 4)
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 1981- 2011 -
Márquez, Gabriel García (March 6)
The author of One Hundred Years of Solitude -
Nash, John (June 13)
The mathematician depicted in A Beautiful Mind -
Pakula, Alan J. (April 7)
The director of All the President's Men -
Phelps, Fred Sr. (November 13)
The founder of the Westboro Baptist Church -
Pirsig, Robert (September 6)
Author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -
Roeg, Nicolas (August 15)
The director of the 1973 psycho-drama Don't Look Now -
Rogers, Fred (March 20)
Host of the children's TV series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood -
Salmi, Albert (March 11)
The TV character actor who played Bo in the original Broadway production of Bus Stop -
Sendak, Maurice (June 10)
The illustrator who created Where the Wild Things Are -
Sexton, Anne (November 9)
Confessional American poet of the 1960s and '70s -
Sharon, Ariel (February 26)
Prime minister of Israel, 2001-2006 -
Sorensen, Ted (May 8)
Counselor and speechwriter for John F. Kennedy -
Temple, Shirley (April 23)
The dimpled, child movie star of the 1930s -
Tezuka, Osamu (November 3)
The godfather of Japanese animation -
Vadim, Roger (January 26)
Director of And God Created Woman -
Warhol, Andy (August 6)
The pop artist who painted a Campbell's Soup can -
Watson, James (April 6)
Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA -
Wertmüller, Lina (August 14)
The Italian filmmaker who made 'Seven Beauties' and 'Swept Away' -
West, Adam (September 19)
TV's Batman, 1966-68 -
Westheimer, Ruth (June 4)
The short, spunky German sex expert of the late 20th century -
Wiesel, Elie (September 30)
Author of the Holocaust classic Night