March 28: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is March 28th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on March 28th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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March 28th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

March 28th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino, Italian Dominican friar and Renaissance painter (Annunciation, God the Father Adored by Mary Magdalen and St. Catherine, Marriage of St. Catherine and Vision of St. Bernard), was born on March 28, 1475.

British Pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt (The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, The Hireling Shepherd, The Lady of Shalott, The Light of the World, The Miracle of the Holy Fire, The Scapegoatand The Shadow of Death) was born on March 28, 1827.

Jacob Harold (Jay Livingston) Levison, American pianist and composer ("Buttons and Bows," "Mona Lisa," "Tammy" and "To Each His Own"), was born on March 28, 1915. With lyricist Ray Evans, Jay Livingston composed scores for several films, including Captain Carey, The Lemon Drop Kid, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Paleface and The Scarlet Hour. Livingston and Evans won Academy Awards in 1928, 1950 and 1956. The duo also composed television show themes for Bonanza, Mr. Ed and additional programs.

Michael Cormac (Mike) Newell, British film director, was born on March 28, 1943. Mike Newell's films include Amazing Grace and Chuck, The Awakening, Bad Blood, Dance with a Stranger, Donnie Brasco, Enchanted April, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Good Father, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Man in the Iron Mask, Mona Lisa Smile and Pushing Tin.

Italian Renaissance painter Raphael (Raffaello) Sanzio was born on March 28, 1483. Raffaello's most famous paintings include Christ Supported by Two Angels, Coronation of the Virgin, Deliverance of Saint Peter, The Deposition of Christ, The Madonna of the Meadow, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, The Parnassus, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint George and the Dragon, The School of Athens, Sistine Madonna, The Transfiguration andThe Wedding of the Virgin.

Brett Ratner, American film director (After the Sunset, Beverly Hills Cop IV, The Family Man, Prison Break, Red Dragon, Rush Hour and X-Men: The Last Stand), was born on March 28, 1969.

March 28th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

American professional basketball player Rick Barry (Golden State Warriors and New Jersey Nets) was born on March 28, 1944.

Bart Wayne Conner, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist (1984), was born on March 28, 1958.

Harvey Edward Glance, American runner and Olympic gold medalist (1976), was born on March 28, 1957.

Evelin Jahl, German discus thrower and Olympic gold medalist (1976), was born on March 28, 1956.

American professional basketball player Sam Lacey (Sacramento Kings) was born on March 28, 1948.

Kevin Loughery, American professional basketball player (Baltimore Bullets and Miami Heat), coach (Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia 76ers) and sportscaster (CNN's This Week in the NBA), was born on March 28, 1940.

American professional baseball player Victor John Angelo (Vic) Raschi was born on March 28, 1919. Vic Raschi played for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals.

Jerry Sloan, American professional basketball player (Baltimore Bullets and Chicago Bulls) and coach (Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz), was born on March 28, 1942.

Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter, relay runner and Olympic gold medalist (1968), was born on March 28, 1949.

American professional football player Jim Turner (Denver Broncos and New York Jets) was born on March 28, 1941.

Joseph Wright, Canadian oarsman and Olympic gold medalist (1928), was born on March 28, 1906.

March 28th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Andrew Kippis, British editor (Biographia Britannica), was born on March 28, 1725.

Peuuvian politician and author Mario Vargas Llosa (Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Conversation in the Cathedral, Death in the Andes, The Feast of the Goat, A Fish in the Water: A Memoir, The Green House, Making Waves, The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto, The Perpetual Orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary, The Time of the Hero, The War of the End of the World and Writer's Reality) was born on March 28, 1936.

Russian political activist and Social Realist author Alexksey Maksimovich (Maxim Gorky) Peshkov (The Artamonov Business, Chaliapin, Chelkash, A Confession, Creatures That Once Were Men, In the World, Life of Klim Samgin, The Life of Matvei Kozhemyakin, Malva, The Mother, My Childhood, My Universities, Okurov City, Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Reminiscences of V.I. Lenin, Song of a Falcon, The Song of the Stormy Petrel, Three of Them, Twenty-six Men and a Girl and Untimely Thoughts) was born on March 28, 1868.

Sir Thomas Smith, British author (TheEnglish Commonwealth), was born on March 28, 1515.

March 28th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

August Anheuser Busch, Jr., American brewer (Anheuser Busch Brewing Company) and original collector and promoter of the Budweiser Clydesdale driving horses, was born on March 28, 1899.

Samuel Irving Paul (Swifty) Lazar, American talent agent, was born on March 28, 1907. Swifty Lazar managed the professional careers of Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Truman Capote, Cher, Joan Collins, Noel Coward, Ira Gershwin, Cary Grant, Lillian Hellman, Ernest Hemingway, Gene Kelly, Jessica Lange, Madonna, Walter Matthau, Larry McMurtry, Vladimir Nabokov, Clifford Odets, Gregory Peck, Cole Porter, William Saroyan, Irwin Shaw, Sharon Stone, Tennessee Williams and many other authors and performing artists.

March 28th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American country music guitarist, singer and songwriter Rodney Atkins was born on March 28, 1969. Rodney Atkins most popular songs include "Cleaning This Gun - Come on in Boy," "Honesty Write Me a List," "If You're Going Through Hell - Before the Devil Even Knows," "Invisibly Shaken," "It's America," "Sing Along," "These Are My People" and "Watching You."

Eric Dixon, American jazz saxophonist and flutist (The Count Basie Orchestra), was born on March 28, 1930.

British rock drummer and pianist John Evans (The Blades, Jethro Tull, The John Evan Band and The John Evan Smash) was born on March 28, 1948.

American actress Conchata Ferrell (B.J. and the Bear, The Buccaneers, Deadly Hero, Edward Scissorhands, ER, Hearts Afire, Hot L Baltimore, L.A. Law, McClain's Law, Mystic Pizza, A Peaceable Kingdom and True Romance) was born on March 28, 1943.

Bill Gaither, American Gospel singer and songwriter (The Bill Gaither Trio and The Gaithers), was born on March 28, 1936. Bill Gaither married Gospel singer Gloria Gaither.

American actor Ken Howard (1776, Country Girl, Dynasty, Oscar, The Thorn Birds and The White Shadow) was born on March 28, 1944.

Cheryl (Salt) James, American rap singer (Salt-N-Pepa), was born on March 28, 1964.

Thaddeus Joseph (Thad) Jones, American jazz flugelhorn player, trumpeter and cornet player, was born on March 28, 1923. Thad Jones played with The Count Basie Orchestra, The Mel Lewis Orchestra and Thelonius Monk.

American rap artist Terrance Kelly (The Lost Boyz) was born on March 28, 1971. Terrance Kelly is also known as Andrew Benson and Mr. Cheeks.

Dave Keuning, American punk rock guitarist and singer (The Killers), was born on March 28, 1977.

American actor Frank Lovejoy (House of Wax, Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw and Strategic Air Command) was born on March 28, 1914.

Frederick Llewellyn (Freddie Bartholomew) March, Irish-American actor (Anna Karenina, Captains Courageous, David Copperfield and Little Lord Fauntleroy), was born on March 28, 1924.

Charlie McCoy, American country music harmonica player and television personality (Hee Haw), was born on March 28, 1942.

American actress (Buffalo Girls, Forever Love, One Night at McCool's and Reba) and country music singer Reba McEntire was born on March 28, 1954. Reba McEntire's most popular songs include "Can't Even Get the Blues," "Fancy," "For My Broken Heart," "How Blue," "I Don't Want to Be a One-Night Stand," "The Last One to Know," "Somebody Should Leave," "What Am I Gonna Do About You" and "Who Ever's in New England."

Tracey Needham, American actress (Angel in the Family, The Division, JAG, Life Goes On and Lush Life), was born on March 28, 1967.

American actor Max Perlich (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Can't Buy Me Love, Drugstore Cowboy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Homicide: Life on the Street, Lost Angels, Plain Clothes and Rush) was born on March 28, 1968.

Chuck Portz, American rock bassist (The Turtles), was born on March 28, 1945.

American actress Julia Stiles (10 Things I Hate About You, The 60's, The Bell Jar, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Business of Strangers, Cry of the Owl, The Devil's Own, Down to You, Gospel Hill, Hamlet, Mona Lisa Smile, O, The Omen, The Prince and Me, Save the Last Dance, State and Main, Wicked and Wide Awake) was born on March 28, 1981.

American contemporary Christian music singer Evie Tornquist-Karlsson was born on March 28, 1957.

Derek Niven (Sir Dirk Bogarde) Van den Bogaerde, British actor (A Bridge Too Far, Daddy Nostalgia, The Damned, Darling, Death in Venice, Despair, Night Flight from Moscow, The Night Porter, The Servant, So Long at the Fair, A Tale of Two Cities and The Vision), was born on March 28, 1921.

American actor Vince Vaughn (The Break-Up, The Cell, China Beach, Dodgeball, Fred Claus, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Made, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Old School, Psycho, Rudy, Starsky & Hutch, Swingers and Wedding Crashers) was born on March 28, 1970.

American bandleader Paul Whiteman (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club) was born on March 28, 1890.

Dianne Wiest, American actress (Bullets over Broadway, Edward Scissorhands, Footloose, Hannah and Her Sisters, Law & Order, Little Man Tate, Parenthood and Radio Days) and Academy Award winner (1986), was born on March 28, 1948.

American rock keyboardist, trombonist, guitarist and drummer Milan Williams (The Commodores) was born on March 28, 1948.

March 28th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, American explorer, was born on March 28, 1793. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft has been credited with the discovery of the source of the Mississippi River.

March 28th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

French Premier Aristide Briand was born on March 28, 1862.

King George I of Great Britain was born on March 28, 1660.

Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark, was born on March 28, 1910.

Edmund Muskie, American politician, Maine Governor and 1968 Democratic candidate for the Vice Presidency of the United States (running with U.S. Presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey), was born on March 28, 1914. Republican Presidential candidate Richard Nixon won the 1968 election to become the 37^th President of the United States with 39^th U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on March 28th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on March 28th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, March 28th.

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