Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/April 28
Births edit
- 1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831) (pictured)
- 1878 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
- 1889 - António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
- 1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
- 1926 - Harper Lee, American author (d. 2016)
- 1937 - Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (d. 2006)
- 1941 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
- 1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author (d. 2015)
- 1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
Deaths edit
- 1695 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
- 1936 - King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
- 1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882)
- 1978 - Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)