March 28

March 28 in recent years

2025 (Friday)

2024 (Thursday)

2023 (Tuesday)

2022 (Monday)

2021 (Sunday)

2020 (Saturday)

2019 (Thursday)

2018 (Wednesday)

2017 (Tuesday)

2016 (Monday)

March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of the year.

Up to 1900

• 193 – Pertinax, Roman Emperor (b. 126)
• 1072 – Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
• 1239 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
• 1241 – King Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)
• 1552 – Guru Angad Dev, Indian Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
• 1584 – Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (Ivan the Terrible) (b. 1530)
• 1687 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
• 1794 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1818 – Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
• 1850 – Gerard Brandon, Governor of Mississippi (b. 1788)
• 1866 – Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1881 – Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (b. 1839)
• 1884 – Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (b. 1853)

1901 – 2000

• 1908 – Hermann Clemenz, Estonian chess player (b. 1846)
• 1928 – Nathan Stubblefield, American inventor (b. 1860)
• 1929 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)
• 1929 – Lomar Gouin, 13th Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)
• 1934 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1937 – Karol Szymanowksi, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1941 – Virginia Woolf, English feminist writer (b. 1882)
• 1942 – Miguel Hernandez, Spanish poet (b. 1910)
• 1943 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1873)
• 1953 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete (b. 1887)
• 1958 – W. C. Handy, American blues musician and composer (b. 1873)
• 1965 – Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
• 1974 – Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)
• 1974 – Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905)
• 1975 – Ernst Fraenkel, German–American jurist (b. 1898)
• 1977 – Eric Shipton, British explorer and mountain climber (b. 1907)
• 1979 – Emmett Kelly, American clown (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Dick Haymes, Argentine–American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1982 – William Giauque, Canadian chemist (b. 1895)
• 1985 – Marc Chagall, Russian–born painter (b. 1887)
• 1987 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer (b. 1905)
• 1987 – Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Eugene Ionescu, Romanian–born playwright (b. 1909)
• 1996 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (b. 1914)
• 2000 – Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)

From 2001

• 2004 – Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Caspar Weinberger, American politician (b. 1917)
• 2009 – Janet Jagan, American–born President of Guyana (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Herb Ellis, American musician (b. 1921)
• 2010 – June Havoc, Canadian–American actress (b. 1912)
• 2011 – Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Alexander Arutunian, Armenian composer (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Earl Scruggs, American musician (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Richard Griffiths, British actor (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Boris Strel, Slovenian skier (b. 1959)
• 2014 – Jeremiah Denton, American politician and admiral (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Edwin Kagin, American lawyer (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Lorenzo Semple Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Miroslav Ondricek, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Gene Saks, American director (b. 1921)
• 2015 – Richard L. Bare, American director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 2016 – Daan Myngheer, Belgian cyclist (b. 1993)
• 2016 – James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2017 – Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria (b. 1917)
• 2017 – Ahmed Kathrada, South African anti–Apartheid activist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2017 – Christine Kaufmann, Austrian–German actress (b. 1945)
• 2017 – William McPherson, American journalist, author and critic (b. 1933)
• 2017 – Janine Sutto, French–born Canadian actress (b. 1921)
• 2017 – Enn Vetemaa, Estonian writer (b. 1936)
• 2018 – Peter Munk, Hungarian–born Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
• 2018 – Eugène Van Roosbroeck, Belgian racing cyclist (b. 1928)

1901 – 1950

• 1903 – Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Ingrid of Sweden, Queen Consort of Denmark (d. 2000)
• 1911 – J. L. Austin, British philosopher (d. 1960)
• 1912 – Marina Raskova, Soviet pilot (d. 1943)
• 1913 – Kazuo Taoka, Japanese crime boss (d. 1981)
• 1913 – Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist
• 1914 – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Edmund Muskie, American politician, Governor of Maine and United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Claude Bertrand, Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Herschel Grynszpan, German–Jewish refugee and assassin (d. 1942)
• 1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Theo Albrecht, German businessman (Aldi Nord) (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Soviet–Russian actor (d. 1994)
• 1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Spanish noblewoman (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Yvon Taillandier, French artist, author and critic (d. 2018)
• 1927 – Theo Colborn, American zoologist (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish writer (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish–American political scientist (d. 2017)
• 1928 – Alexander Grothendieck, German–French mathematician (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist
• 1930 – Robert Ashley, American composer
• 1931 – Anatoly Lein, Soviet–Russian–born American chess player (d. 2018)
• 1933 – Frank Murkowski, American politician, former Governor of Alaska
• 1933 – Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico
• 1935 – Frank Judd, Baron Judd, British politician
• 1935 – Michael Parkinson, British broadcaster
• 1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and politician
• 1936 – Amancio Ortega, Spanish businessman
• 1936 – Zdenek Sverak, Czech actor
• 1940 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Alf Clausen, American orchestra conductor
• 1942 – Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
• 1942 – Neil Kinnock, British politician, former leader of the Labour Party
• 1942 – Mike Newell, British director
• 1942 – Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1942 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
• 1942 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach
• 1943 – Richard Eyre, English director, producer and screenwriter
• 1944 – Rick Barry, American basketball player
• 1944 – Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1945 – Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines
• 1946 – Alejandro Toledo, former President of Peru
• 1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Henry Paulson, American politician
• 1948 – Dianne Wiest, American actress
• 1948 – John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull)
• 1949 – Josephine Chaplin, American actress
• 1949 – Kevin Lloyd, British actor (d. 1998)

1951 – 1975

• 1952 – Tony Brise, English racing driver (d. 1975)
• 1953 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993)
• 1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
• 1955 – John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
• 1956 – Evelin Jahl, German athlete
• 1956 – April Margera, American television personality
• 1959 – Laura Chinchilla, former President of Costa Rica
• 1960 – José Antonio Alonso, Spanish politician (d. 2017)
• 1960 – José Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
• 1961 – Orla Brady, Irish actress
• 1961 – Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
• 1963 – Nina Ananiashvili, Georgian prima ballerina
• 1966 – Cheryl James, American rapper and actress
• 1967 – John Ziegler, American radio host
• 1968 – Nasser Hussain, English cricketer
• 1968 – Tim Lovejoy, English television presenter
• 1969 – Ilke Wyludda, German discus thrower
• 1969 – Laurie Brett, Scottish actress
• 1970 – Michelle Gildernew, Northern Irish politician
• 1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor
• 1971 – Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, British solicitor and politician
• 1972 – Nick Frost, British actor
• 1973 – Eddie Fatu, Samoan–American professional wrestler (d. 2009)
• 1973 – Scott Mills, British radio presenter
• 1975 – Kate Gosselin, American television personality
• 1975 – Ivan Helguera, Spanish footballer
• 1975 – Richard Kelly, American director and screenwriter

From 1976

• 1976 – Dave Keuning, American guitarist (The Killers)
• 1976 – Stephen Gethins, Scottish politician
• 1977 – Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
• 1979 – Crystal Cox, American athlete
• 1980 – Albert Streit, German footballer
• 1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress
• 1982 – Luis Tejada, Panamanian footballer
• 1984 – Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer
• 1984 – Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
• 1985 – Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player
• 1986 – Lady Gaga, American singer
• 1986 – Bowe Bergdahl, American sergeant
• 1986 – Amaia Salamanca, Spanish actress
• 1988 – Lacey Turner, English actress
• 1989 – David Goodwillie, Scottish footballer
• 1990 – Luca Marrone, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Ekaterina Bobrova, Russian ice dancer
• 1991 – Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 – Amy Bruckner, American actress and singer
• 1991 – Hoya, South Korean singer and actor
• 1992 – Sergi Gomez, Spanish footballer
• 1994 – Jackson Wang, South Korean singer, dancer and model
• 1995 – Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player

Observances

• Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)
• Teachers' Day (Czech Republic of Slovakia)