| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Sylvia Ashton-Warner |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1908 |
28-Apr-1984 |
Incense to Idols |
| Francis Bacon |
Painter |
28-Oct-1909 |
28-Apr-1992 |
The Screaming Popes |
| Jürgen Bartsch |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1946 |
28-Apr-1976 |
Teenaged homosexual serial killer |
| Cliff Battles |
Football |
1-May-1910 |
28-Apr-1981 |
NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Ed Begley, Sr. |
Actor |
25-Mar-1901 |
28-Apr-1970 |
Juror #10 in 12 Angry Men |
| Sir Charles Bell |
Doctor |
Nov-1774 |
28-Apr-1842 |
New Idea of Anatomy of the Brain |
| Rory Calhoun |
Actor |
8-Aug-1922 |
28-Apr-1999 |
Auto thief turned actor |
| William Campbell |
Actor |
30-Oct-1923 |
28-Apr-2011 |
Dementia 13 |
| Sir Eyre Coote |
Military |
1726 |
28-Apr-1783 |
British soldier, fought Hyder Ali |
| Ricardo Cortez |
Actor |
19-Sep-1899 |
28-Apr-1977 |
The Torrent |
| John Patrick Crecine |
Educator |
22-Aug-1939 |
28-Apr-2008 |
President of Georgia Tech, 1987-94 |
| Sir Samuel Cunard |
Business |
21-Nov-1787 |
28-Apr-1865 |
Founder, Cunard Lines |
| Isaac da Costa |
Poet |
14-Jan-1798 |
28-Apr-1860 |
De Verlossing van Nederland |
| Penelope Fitzgerald |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1916 |
28-Apr-2000 |
The Blue Flower |
| J. Willard Gibbs |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1839 |
28-Apr-1903 |
Elementary Principles in Statistical Mathematics |
| Dabbs Greer |
Actor |
2-Apr-1917 |
28-Apr-2007 |
Rev. Alden on Little House |
| Steve Howe |
Baseball |
10-Mar-1958 |
28-Apr-2006 |
MLB pitcher |
| Ken Hughes |
Film Director |
19-Jan-1922 |
28-Apr-2001 |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Leon Jouhaux |
Labor Leader |
1-Jul-1879 |
28-Apr-1954 |
Union leader, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Frank Knox |
Politician |
1-Jan-1874 |
28-Apr-1944 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44 |
| Jacques Maritain |
Philosopher |
18-Nov-1882 |
28-Apr-1973 |
Interpreter of St. Thomas |
| Patricia Medina |
Actor |
19-Jul-1920 |
28-Apr-2012 |
Botany Bay |
| Benito Mussolini |
Head of State |
29-Jul-1883 |
28-Apr-1945 |
Fascist Dictator of Italy |
| Clara Petacci |
Relative |
28-Feb-1912 |
28-Apr-1945 |
Mussolini's mistress |
| Ann Petry |
Novelist |
12-Oct-1908 |
28-Apr-1997 |
The Street |
| John G. Pollard |
Politician |
4-Aug-1871 |
28-Apr-1937 |
Governor of Virginia, 1930-34 |
| Gavrilo Princip |
Assassin |
25-Jul-1894 |
28-Apr-1918 |
Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Arthur L. Schawlow |
Physicist |
5-May-1921 |
28-Apr-1999 |
Laser spectroscopy |
| Ben Schwartzwalder |
Football |
2-Jun-1909 |
28-Apr-1993 |
Syracuse Head Coach, 1949-73 |
| Iceberg Slim |
Criminal |
4-Aug-1918 |
28-Apr-1992 |
Pimp-turned-author |
| Philip D. Sprouse |
Diplomat |
27-Sep-1906 |
28-Apr-1977 |
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1962-64 |
| Johann Friedrich Struensee |
Government |
5-Aug-1737 |
28-Apr-1772 |
Puppetmaster of Christian VII |
| Ludwig Tieck |
Novelist |
31-May-1773 |
28-Apr-1853 |
Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen |
| Robert W. Upton |
Politician |
3-Feb-1884 |
28-Apr-1972 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1953-54 |
| Jim Valvano |
Basketball |
10-Mar-1946 |
28-Apr-1993 |
NCSU Basketball Coach, 1980-89 |
| Morton Dauwen Zabel |
Educator |
10-Aug-1901 |
28-Apr-1964 |
Craft and Character |