Famous people born on 28 April

17 of the people we track were born on 28 April, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Saddam Hussein 1937Iraqi politician who served as President of Iraqdied aged 69
2. James Monroe 1758American politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 73
3. Penélope Cruz 1974Spanish actorliving, 52
4. Kurt Gödel 1906Austrian mathematiciandied aged 71
5. Jessica Alba 1981American actor and businesspersonliving, 45
6. HLHarper Lee 1926American novelistdied aged 89
7. Terry Pratchett 1948British author and novelistdied aged 66
8. António de Oliveira Salazar 1889Politician who served as Prime Minister of Portugaldied aged 81
9. Otho AD 32Roman emperordied aged 36
10. Oskar Schindler 1908German industrialistdied aged 66
11. Edward IV 1442Monarch of Englanddied aged 40
12. Kenneth Kaunda 1924Zambian politician who served as President of Zambiadied aged 97
13. Karl Kraus 1874Austrian playwrightdied aged 62
14. Jay Leno 1950American comedianliving, 76
15. Juan Mata 1988Spanish footballerliving, 38
16. Karl Barry Sharpless 1941American chemistliving, 85
17. Diego Simeone 1970Argentinian footballerliving, 56