June 28: Today's Notable Birthdays

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company. June 28th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

June 28th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Giselher Wolfgang Klebe, German operatic composer (Alkmene, Das Madchen aus Domremy, Die Ermordung Casars, Die Rauber, Die Todlichen Wunsche, Ein Wahrer Held and Jacobowsky und der Oberst) was born on June 28, 1925.

Richard Rodgers, American composer, was born on June 28, 1902. He is best known for his collaborations with Oscar Hammerstein (Carousel, Cinderella, The King and I, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, South Pacific and State Fair). Together they received 15 Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes and 35 Tony Awards.

Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter (Assumption of the Virgin Mary, The Deposition, Descent from the Cross, The Fall of man, The Feast of Venus, Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma, Hippopotamus Hunt, Honeysuckle Bower, Infante Isabella Clara Eugenia, Judgment of Paris, Massacre of the Innocents, Prometheus Bound, Raising of the Cross, Samson and Delilah, Saint George and the Dragon, Saint Sebastian, The Three Graces and Virgin and Child) was born on June 28, 1577.

Belgian graphic artist French Van Immerseel was born on June 28, 1909.

June 28th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Pierre Brunet, French figure skater and Olympic gold medalist (1928 and 1932), was born on June 28, 1902.

Dutch figure skater and Olympic gold medalist (1964) Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra was born on June 28, 1942.

Brian Maisonneuve, American soccer midfielder and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on June 28, 1973.

Russian Nordic skier and Olympic gold medalist (1976) Nikolai Simyatov was born on June 28, 1955.

Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, Romanian long jumper and Olympic gold medalist (1984), was born on June 28, 1962.

June 28th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Eric Clifford Ambler, award-winning British spy novelist (Cause for Alarm, The Dark Frontier, Epitaph for a Spy, Journey into Fear, The Mask of Dimitrios and Passage of Arms), was born on June 28, 1909.

Robert Lynn Asprin, American science fiction and fantasy novelist (The Bug Wars, The Cold Cash War, Duncan and Mallory, Myth Adventures, Phule's Company, Thieves World and Time Scout), was born on June 28, 1946.

American historical novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner (1942) Esther Forbes (Johnny Tremain, A Mirror for Witches and Paul Revere and the World He Lived In) was born on June 28, 1891.

Luigi Pirandello, Italian playwright, novelist (Ciascuno a Sio Modo, Il Gioco Delle Parti, Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio, Questa Sera si Recita a Soggetto and Suo Marito) and Nobel Prize winner (1934), was born on June 28, 1867.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French composer and philosopher (Confessions of jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Arts and Sciences, Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequeality Among Men, Discourse on Political Economy, Essay on the Origin of Language, Julie or the New Heloise, Narcissus or The Self-Admirer: A Comedy and The Social Contract), was born on June 28, 1712.

June 28th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Kathleen (Kathy) Doyle Bates, American actress (About Schmidt, Angus, Annie, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Come Back to the Five and Dime - Jimmy Dean, Dick Tracy, Dolores Claiborne, Failure to Launch, Fred Claus, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Golden Compass, A Home of Our Own, Men Don't Leave, Misery, Prelude to a Kiss, Primary Colors, Shadows and Fog, Signs of Life, Titanic, Used People, The Waterboy and White Palace) and Academy Award winner (1990), was born on June 28, 1948.

Melvin (Mel Brooks) Kaminsky, American comedian, director, actor (Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, The Producers, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Silent Movie, Spaceballs and Young Frankenstein) and Academy Award winner (1968), was born on June 28, 1926.

American actor John Cusack (Being John Malkovich, Better Off Dead, Bullets Over Broadway, City Hall, Class, Con Air, Eight Men Out, Fat Man and Little Boy, The Grifters, Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity, The Journey of Natty Gann, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Must Love Dogs, One Crazy Summer, The Player, Runaway Jury, Say Anything, Serendipity, Shadows and Fog, Sixteen Candles, Stand By Me, The Sure Thing and True Colors) was born on June 28, 1966.

Bruce Davison, American actor (Last Summer, Longtime Companion, Mame, Runaway Jury, Six Degrees of Separation, Williard and X-Men), was born on June 28, 1946.

Lester Raymond Flatt, American bluegrass musician ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett"), was born on June 28, 1914. He was part of Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys.

Carlotta Grisi, Italian prima ballerina (Giselle) was born on June 28, 1819.

American actress Mary Stuart Masterson (At Close Range, Bad Girls, Bed of Roses, Benny and Joon, Chances Are, Dogtown, Fried Green Tomatoes, Heaven's Prisoners, Immediate Family, Law and Order; Special Victims Unit, Mad at the Moon, Married to It, Radioland Murders, Some Kind of Wonderful and The Stepford Wives) was born on June 28, 1966.

Kellie Dawn Pickler, American country singer ("I Wonder," "Red High Heels" and "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind.") was born on June 28, 1986.

Aileen Marie Quinn, American actress (Annie and The Frog Prince) was born on June 28, 1971.

American comedienne and actress Gilda Susan Radner (Gilda Live, Haunted Honeymoon, Saturday Night Live and The Woman in Red) was born on June 28, 1946.

June 28th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

John Stewart Bell, Irish quantum physicist (Bell's Theorem), was born on June 28, 1928.

Paul Broca, French neurosurgeon and speech disorder researcher, was born on June 28, 1824.

Richard A.C.E. Erlenmeyer, German organic chemist (The Erlenmeyer Rule), was born on June 28, 1825.

Maria Gertrude Goeppert Mayer, German-American atomic physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1963), was born on June 28, 1906.

Paul-Emile Victor, French explorer, (Expéditions Polaires Françaises and La Civilisation du Phoque), was born on June 28, 1907

June 28th Birthdays: Famous World Leaders

John Wesley, British theologian, clergyman and Methodist leader, was born on June 28, 1703.

Happy Birthday, June 28th.

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