Birthday twins

Who Was Born on July 28?

July 28 is the birthday of 45 notable people we've found so far, including athletes, authors, scientists and artists, and 2 of them are billionaires.

2
billionaires
joint #145 of 366 birthdays
6
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #329 of 366 birthdays
45
notable people
joint #246 of 366 birthdays
$12.8B
combined wealth
joint #184 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 365 years, from 1635 to 2000.
  • People born on this day come from 22 countries, most often United States (14 of 45).
  • Victoria B. Mars is the wealthiest person we list for July 28, with an estimated $11B reported as of 2025.
  • July 28 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including athletes, authors, politicians and scientists.
  • 47% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • 3 Nobel laureates were born on July 28, including Charles Hard Townes and Pavel Cherenkov.
  • 3 of them had founded a company, won a major award or taken a top job before turning 30.

💰 Richest person born on July 28

Reported estimate as of 2025: $10.5B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How July 28 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every July birthday · battle July 28 against another date · all rankings

The July 28 wealth profile

Billionaires born on July 28

$12.8B
combined wealth
low-bound sum, newest as of 2025
2
sourced estimates
2
billionaires
joint #145 of 366
#184
of 366 for wealth
joint

Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.

Who shares July 28

What kind of people are born on July 28?

Share of the 45 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Athletes27% (12 people)
  • Authors27% (12 people)
  • Artists18% (8 people)
  • Scientists18% (8 people)
  • Entrepreneurs13% (6 people)
  • Actors11% (5 people)
  • Creators11% (5 people)

Countries

22 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States14 (14 people)
  • United Kingdom7 (7 people)
  • Japan2 (2 people)
  • Russian Empire2 (2 people)
  • Spain2 (2 people)
  • Sweden2 (2 people)
  • Argentina1 (1 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on July 28 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. ~23Elizabeth BerkleyReceived the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (1995)
  2. ~22Bill BradleyNamed Rhodes Scholarship (1965)
  3. ~16Harry KaneJoined Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (2009)
  4. ~18Michael CarrickJoined West Ham United F.C. (1999)

26 to 30

  1. ~28Robert HookeReceived the Fellow of the Royal Society (1663)
  2. ~30Harry KaneJoined FC Bayern Munich (2023)
  3. ~28PedroJoined Chelsea F.C. (2015)
  4. 26Keito NakamuraJoined Olympique Lyonnais (2026)

31 to 40

  1. 32Anne WojcickiFounded Chrome Holding Co. (2006)
  2. 31Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisBecame First Lady of the United States (1961)
  3. 35Bill BradleyBecame United States senator (1979)
  4. 36Beatrix PotterNotable work: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)

41 to 50

  1. ~49Charles Hard TownesReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (1964)
  2. 44Hugo ChávezBecame President of Venezuela (1999)
  3. ~43Karl PopperNotable work: The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945)

After 50

  1. ~54Pavel CherenkovReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (1958)
  2. ~51Baruch Samuel BlumbergReceived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1976)
  3. 52Hugo ChávezBecame party leader (2007)
  4. ~71Karl PopperReceived the Sonning Prize (1973)

The standouts

The most successful people born on July 28

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Harry Kane
athlete

Harry Kane

Top tier

Athlete

1993 · United Kingdom

Harry Edward Kane is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the England national team.

Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Hugo Chávez
politician

Hugo Chávez

Top tier

Politician

1954–2013 · Venezuela

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary, and military officer who was the president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013.

Roberto Stuckert Filho, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Michael Carrick
athlete

Michael Carrick

Top tier

Athlete

1981 · United Kingdom

Michael Carrick is an English professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Manchester United. He is best known for his 12-year playing career with Manchester United, which he also captained in his final season there.

Timmy96, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Charles Hard Townes
inventor

Charles Hard Townes

Top tier

Inventor

1915–2015 · United States

Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Pavel Cherenkov
inventor

Pavel Cherenkov

Top tier

Inventor

1904–1990 · Soviet Union

Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm "for the discovery and interpretation of the Cherenkov effect".

Nobel foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Builders

Entrepreneurs born on July 28

Bill Bradley
entrepreneur

Bill Bradley

Entrepreneur

1943 · United States

William Warren Bradley is an American politician and former professional basketball player. After playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 10 seasons with the New York Knicks, he served as a United States senator from New Jersey from 1979 to 1997.

Jay Godwin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Dulquer Salmaan
entrepreneur

Dulquer Salmaan

Entrepreneur

1983 · Pakistan

Dulquer Salmaan is an Indian actor and producer who primarily works in Malayalam films, alongside a few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.

Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Soulja Boy
entrepreneur

Soulja Boy

Entrepreneur

1990 · United States

DeAndre Cortez Way, known professionally as Soulja Boy, is an American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence with his self-released 2007 debut single, "Crank That ", which peaked atop the US Billboard Hot 100 for seven non-consecutive weeks.

Reed Kavner, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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July 28 in history

What else happened on July 28

  1. 484Pope Felix III excommunicated patriarch Acacius of Constantinople for his support of the Henoticon and his support of the removal of patriarch John Talaia, leading to the Acacian schism.
  2. 1794French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
  3. 1911The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began as the SY Aurora departed London.
  4. 1943World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
  5. 1996The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on July 28

Vajiralongkorn

King of Thailand since 2016

1952 · Thailand

Vajiralongkorn, also known by his regnal name Rama X, is King of Thailand, reigning since 2016. He is the tenth monarch of the Chakri dynasty, succeeding his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Sources (2)
Beatrix Potter
scientist

Beatrix Potter

Author

1866–1943 · United Kingdom

Helen Beatrix Heelis, usually known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.

Charles G.Y. King (1854-1937), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Richard Wright
musician

Richard Wright

Musician

1943–2008 · United Kingdom

Richard William Wright was an English keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd. He appeared on almost every Pink Floyd album and performed on all of their tours.

Capitol Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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scientist

Karl Popper

Author

1902–1994 · Austria

Sir Karl Raimund Popper was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator.

Sources (2)
Robert Hooke
inventor

Robert Hooke

Inventor

1635–1703 · Kingdom of England

Robert Hooke was an English polymath who was active as a physicist, astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect. He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at microscopic scale in 1665, using a compound microscope that he designed.

Mary Beale, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Manu Ginóbili
athlete

Manu Ginóbili

Athlete

1977 · Italy

Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili Maccari is an Argentine former professional basketball player. During a 23-year professional career, Ginóbili played in Argentina, in Italy, and in the NBA; he also represented Argentina in international competition.

Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Marcel Duchamp
actor

Marcel Duchamp

Actor

1887–1968 · United States

Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a French American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the United States and in New York City, where he spent the last 25 years of his life.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Cher Lloyd
musician

Cher Lloyd

Musician

1993 · United Kingdom

Cher Lloyd is an English singer. She participated on the seventh series of the television talent show The X Factor in 2010, where she finished in fourth place. Following the show, Lloyd was signed to Syco Music in the United Kingdom and Epic Records in the United States.

Mila Austin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Jim Davis
creator

Jim Davis

Creator

1945 · United States

James Robert Davis is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Davis's other comics work includes T.K.

Ducky, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Santiago Calatrava
artist

Santiago Calatrava

Artist

1951 · Spain

Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish-Swiss architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums, and museums, whose sculptural forms often resemble living organisms.

Wilson Center, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Steve Morse
musician

Steve Morse

Musician

1954 · United States

Steve J. Morse is an American guitarist and songwriter. A seven-time Grammy nominee, he is best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs and as the longest serving guitarist for Deep Purple having joined in 1994.

Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Ludwig Feuerbach
author

Ludwig Feuerbach

Author

1804–1872 · Kingdom of Bavaria

Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was a German philosopher and anthropologist who was a leading figure among the Young Hegelians. He is best known for his 1841 book, The Essence of Christianity, which argued that God is a projection of the essential attributes of humanity.

August Weger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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scientist

Gerd Faltings

Scientist

1954 · Germany

Gerd Faltings is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1986 for his proofs of the Mordell conjecture and several related conjectures. He won the Abel Prize in 2026 for these achievements.

Sources (2)
Gerard Manley Hopkins
author

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Author

1844–1889 · United Kingdom

Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among the leading English poets. His prosody – notably his concept of sprung rhythm – established him as an innovator, as did his praise of God through vivid use of imagery and nature.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Bud Luckey
actor

Bud Luckey

Actor

1934–2018 · United States

William Everett "Bud" Luckey was an American animator, artist, cartoonist, character designer, composer, director, illustrator, musician, singer, songwriter, and voice actor.

Jl FilpoC, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Edward Drinker Cope
scientist

Edward Drinker Cope

Scientist

1840–1897 · United States

Edward Drinker Cope was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, he distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science, publishing his first scientific paper at the age of 19.

Frederick Gutekunst, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Ernst Cassirer
author

Ernst Cassirer

Author

1874–1945 · Sweden

Ernst Alfred Cassirer was a German philosopher and historian of philosophy. Trained within the Marburg school of neo-Kantianism, he initially followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in attempting to supply an idealistic philosophy of science.

Contemporary photograph, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jacques Piccard
inventor

Jacques Piccard

Inventor

1922–2008 · Switzerland

Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed submarines for studying ocean currents.

Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Malcolm Lowry
author

Malcolm Lowry

Author

1909–1957 · United Kingdom

Clarence Malcolm Lowry was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Keisuke Osako
athlete

Keisuke Osako

Athlete

1999 · Japan

Keisuke Ōsako is a Japanese footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima and the Japan national team.

neko kabachi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Juan Alberto Schiaffino
athlete

Juan Alberto Schiaffino

Athlete

1925–2002 · Uruguay

Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villalba was a Uruguayan football player who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. A highly skilful and creative playmaker, at club level, he played for Peñarol in Uruguay, and for AC Milan, and Roma in Italy.

The original uploader was Freddyballo at Italian Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Albin Ekdal
athlete

Albin Ekdal

Athlete

1989 · Sweden

Albin Ekdal is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the older brother of footballer Hjalmar Ekdal.

Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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David Brown
author

David Brown

Creator

1916–2010 · United States

David Brown was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best known for producing the 1975 film Jaws based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley.

John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Baruch Samuel Blumberg
inventor

Baruch Samuel Blumberg

Inventor

1925–2011 · United States

Baruch Samuel Blumberg, known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on the hepatitis B virus while an investigator at the NIH and at the Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Tom Trower (NASA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources and method for this page

This page lists 45 people born on July 28, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2025. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on July 28. Read the full methodology.

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