Birthday twins

Who Was Born on November 28?

November 28 is the birthday of 42 notable people we've found so far, including authors, actors, athletes and creators, and 1 of them is a billionaire.

1
billionaires
joint #241 of 366 birthdays
4
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #356 of 366 birthdays
42
notable people
joint #298 of 366 birthdays
$18.4B
combined wealth
joint #151 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 367 years, from 1628 to 1995.
  • Authors are the most common group among people born on November 28: 15 of 42.
  • People born on this day come from 20 countries, most often United States (12 of 42).
  • S. P. Hinduja is the wealthiest person we list for November 28, with an estimated $18B reported as of October 2017.
  • November 28 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including actors, creators, entrepreneurs and scientists.
  • 43% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • Russell A. Hulse is the Nobel laureate born on November 28.

💰 Richest person born on November 28

Reported estimate as of October 2017: $18.4B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How November 28 ranks

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

Who shares November 28

What kind of people are born on November 28?

Share of the 42 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Authors36% (15 people)
  • Actors29% (12 people)
  • Athletes26% (11 people)
  • Creators24% (10 people)
  • Musicians21% (9 people)
  • Artists10% (4 people)
  • Entrepreneurs10% (4 people)

Countries

20 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States12 (12 people)
  • Japan5 (5 people)
  • Italy4 (4 people)
  • United Kingdom4 (4 people)
  • Belgium2 (2 people)
  • Austria1 (1 people)
  • Croatia1 (1 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on November 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. ~24Konstantin SimonovReceived the Order of the Badge of Honour (1939)
  2. ~24Fabio GrossoJoined A.C. Perugia Calcio (2001)
  3. ~18Alessandro AltobelliJoined Latina Calcio 1932 (1973)
  4. ~18Tin JedvajJoined AS Roma (2013)

26 to 30

  1. 29Gloria GrahameReceived the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1953)
  2. 27Friedrich EngelsNotable work: The Communist Manifesto (1848)
  3. ~27Konstantin SimonovReceived the Order of the Red Banner (1942)
  4. ~26Fabio GrossoJoined Italy men's national association football team (2003)

31 to 40

  1. ~39Jean-Baptiste LullyNotable work: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1671)
  2. ~35Konstantin SimonovReceived the Stalin Prize (1950)
  3. ~32Fabio GrossoJoined Juventus FC (2009)
  4. ~33Alessandro AltobelliJoined Juventus FC (1988)

41 to 50

  1. ~43Russell A. HulseReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (1993)
  2. ~46Ed HarrisReceived the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (1996)
  3. ~41Stefan ZweigNotable work: Letter from an Unknown Woman (1922)
  4. ~50John BunyanNotable work: The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678)

After 50

  1. 58Randy NewmanReceived the Academy Award for Best Original Song (2002)
  2. 52Alfonso CuarónReceived the Academy Award for Best Director (2014)
  3. 76Alberto MoraviaBecame Member of the European Parliament (1984)
  4. 79Wilbur L. Ross Jr.Became United States Secretary of Commerce (2017)

The standouts

The most successful people born on November 28

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Ed Harris
actor

Ed Harris

Top tier

Actor

1950 · United States

Edward Allen Harris is an American actor and filmmaker. Harris received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002).

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Yami Gautam
actor

Yami Gautam

Top tier

Actor

1988 · India

Yami Gautam Dhar is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Known for her performances in female-centric and content-driven films, her accolades include a National Film Award, two Screen Awards and a Zee Cine Award, alongside three Filmfare Awards nominations.

Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Anna Nicole Smith
actor

Anna Nicole Smith

Top tier

Actor

1967–2007 · United States

Vickie Lynn Marshall, known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith began her modeling career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year.

Toby Forage, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead
actor

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Top tier

Actor

1984 · United States

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was that of Jessica Bennett on the NBC soap opera Passions (1999–2000).

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Karen Gillan
actor

Karen Gillan

Top tier

Actor

1987 · United Kingdom

Karen Sheila Gillan is a Scottish actress and filmmaker. She gained recognition for her work in British film and television, particularly for portraying Amy Pond, a primary companion to the Eleventh Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2010–2013).

Pedro Heshike for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jon Stewart
actor

Jon Stewart

Top tier

Actor

1962 · United States

Jon Stewart is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, progressive political commentator, actor, and television host. Stewart is known as the host of the satirical news program The Daily Show on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2015 and part-time since 2024.

Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Builders

Entrepreneurs born on November 28

Friedrich Engels
entrepreneur

Friedrich Engels

Entrepreneur

1820–1895 · United Kingdom

Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, and revolutionary socialist.

William Hall (1826–ca. 1898) (cropped and sepia tone removed), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Chamillionaire
entrepreneur

Chamillionaire

Entrepreneur

1979 · United States

Hakeem Temidayo Seriki, better known by his stage name Chamillionaire, is an American rapper and businessman. He began his career in Houston's hip hop scene in the late 1990s.

Brian Solis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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John Wesley Hyatt
entrepreneur

John Wesley Hyatt

Entrepreneur

1837–1920 · United States

John Wesley Hyatt was an American inventor. He is known for simplifying the production of celluloid.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

November 28 in history

What else happened on November 28

  1. 587Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
  2. 1811Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
  3. 1905Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
  4. 1958Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
  5. 1975Timor-Leste declares its independence from Portugal.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on November 28

William Blake
artist

William Blake

Author

1757–1827 · United Kingdom

William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age.

Thomas Phillips, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Alfonso Cuarón
actor

Alfonso Cuarón

Actor

1961 · Mexico

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards and one Golden Lion as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.

Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Stefan Zweig
musician

Stefan Zweig

Musician

1881–1942 · Austria

Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world.

Franz Xaver Setzer (1886-1939), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Gloria Grahame
actor

Gloria Grahame

Actor

1923–1981 · United States

Gloria Grahame was an American actress. She began her acting career in theater and in 1944 made her first film for MGM. Many biographies indicate she was born Gloria Grahame Hallward, but she adopted the surname Grahame, her mother's acting name, as her professional name.

Studio Publicity, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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apl.de.ap
actor

apl.de.ap

Actor

1974 · Philippines

Allan Pineda Lindo, known professionally as Apl.de.ap, is a Filipino and American rapper and singer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a founding member of the hip hop group Black Eyed Peas.

Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Claude Lévi-Strauss
scientist

Claude Lévi-Strauss

Politician

1908–2009 · Belgium

Claude Lévi-Strauss was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology.

UNESCO/Michel Ravassard, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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John Bunyan
author

John Bunyan

Author

1628–1688 · Kingdom of England

John Bunyan was an English writer and nonconformist preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, which also became an influential literary model.

Thomas Sadler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Fabio Grosso
athlete

Fabio Grosso

Athlete

1977 · Italy

Fabio Grosso is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Serie A club Fiorentina.

Original: Antonio Fraioli Derivative work: Lorenzo De Leonardis2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sage Steele
author

Sage Steele

Author

1972 · United States

Sage Marie Steele is a former television anchor and co-host of the 12 noon (ET) SportsCenter on ESPN. She also hosted SportsCenter on the Road from various sporting events such as the Super Bowl and The Masters, and NBA Countdown on ESPN and ABC for four seasons, ending in 2017.

Jeff Kern, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Alberto Moravia
author

Alberto Moravia

Author

1907–1990 · Italy

Alberto Pincherle, known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia, was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism.

Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jean-Baptiste Lully
actor

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Actor

1632–1687 · Kingdom of France

Jean-Baptiste Lully was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV and became a French subject in 1661.

Ducarme, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Laura Antonelli
actor

Laura Antonelli

Actor

1941–2015 · Italy

Laura Antonelli was an Italian film actress who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991.

Original: Unknown authorUnknown author Derivative work: Leokand, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Wilbur L. Ross Jr.
investor

Wilbur L. Ross Jr.

Investor

1937 · United States

Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. is an American businessman who served as the 39th United States secretary of commerce from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Ross was previously chairman and chief executive officer of WL Ross & Co from 2000 to 2017.

US Department of Commerce, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Tin Jedvaj
athlete

Tin Jedvaj

Athlete

1995 · Croatia

Tin Jedvaj is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab. Usually deployed as a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.

Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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athlete

Hiroshi Nanami

Athlete

1972 · Japan

Hiroshi Nanami is a Japanese former professional footballer and an assistant coach of the Japan national team.

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Nelson Valdez
athlete

Nelson Valdez

Athlete

1983 · Paraguay

Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez commonly known as Nelson Valdez or Nelson Haedo in Spanish speaking countries, is a Paraguayan professional football coach and a former player who played as a striker for clubs in Paraguay, Germany, Spain, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Greece…

Camw, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Konstantin Simonov
author

Konstantin Simonov

Politician

1915–1979 · Soviet Union

Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov, was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent, arguably most famous for his 1941 poem "Wait for Me".

Григорий Михайлович Вайль, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Tom Regan
author

Tom Regan

Author

1938–2017 · United States

Tom Regan was an American philosopher who specialized in animal rights theory. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at North Carolina State University, where he had taught from 1967 until his retirement in 2001.

The original uploader was SlimVirgin at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Victor Cousin
author

Victor Cousin

Politician

1792–1867 · France

Victor Cousin was a French philosopher. He was the founder of "eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements of German idealism and Scottish Common Sense Realism.

Gustave Le Gray, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Russell A. Hulse
scientist

Russell A. Hulse

Scientist

1950 · United States

Russell Alan Hulse is an American astrophysicist. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics with Joseph Hooton Taylor "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation".

ENERGY.GOV, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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athlete

Takashi Shimoda

Athlete

1975 · Japan

Takashi Shimoda is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as the goalkeeping coach for the Japan national team.

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Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
musician

Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

Musician

1793–1866 · Sweden

Carl Jonas Love Ludvig Almqvist was a Swedish author, romantic poet, romantic critic of political economy, realist, composer and social critic.

Carl Peter Mazer (1807-1884), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources and method for this page

This page lists 42 people born on November 28, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 1 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 October 2017. 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 November 28. Read the full methodology.

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