Curated category
1928 births
- Jack ScarisbrickJohn Joseph Scarisbrick entered the world in London during 1928. His early education took place at The John Fisher School before he joined the Royal Air…
- Stanley KubrickStanley Kubrick was born on the 26th of July 1928 in New York City's Manhattan borough. He grew up in the Bronx with his parents, Jack and Sadie Kubrick, who…
- Jim LovellJames Arthur Lovell Jr. was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 25th of March 1928. His father James Lovell Sr., a furnace salesman from Toronto, Canada, died in…
- Andy WarholAndrew Warhola Jr. arrived in the world on the 6th of August 1928 within a working-class home at 55 Beelen Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Daniel HeartzDaniel Heartz entered the world on the 5th of October 1928. He grew up in a time that would shape his future approach to music history.
- Che GuevaraOn the 14th of May 1928, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born into an upper-class family in Rosario, Argentina. His father, a staunch supporter of…
- Philip K. DickPhilip Kindred Dick was born on the 16th of December 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. He arrived six weeks prematurely alongside his twin sister Jane Charlotte…
- Charles David KeelingCharles David Keeling was born on the 20th of April 1928 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His father Ralph worked as an investment banker and sparked a…
- Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky was born on the 7th of December 1928 in the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Ashkenazi Jewish…
- Frank BormanFrank Frederick Borman II was born on the 14th of March 1928, at 2162 West 11th Avenue in Gary, Indiana. His father Edwin Otto Borman owned an Oldsmobile car…
- Allen Lawrence PopeAllen Lawrence Pope was born in Miami, Florida on the 20th of October 1928. He grew up as the son of a moderately prosperous fruit grower in Perrine, Florida.
- Czesława KwokaCzesława Kwoka was born on the 15th of August 1928 in Wólka Złojecka, a small village in Poland. Her parents were Roman Catholic and named Katarzyna…
- Al AronowitzAlfred Gilbert Aronowitz entered the world on the 20th of May 1928 in Bordentown, New Jersey. This small town sat south-east of Trenton and shaped his early…
- Bo DiddleyEllas Bates McDaniel arrived in the world on the 30th of December 1928, inside a small town called McComb, Mississippi. He was the only child of Ethel…
- Bob CousyBob Cousy fell out of a tree when he was twelve years old. The fall broke his right hand and forced him to play left-handed until it healed.
- Dolph SchayesAdolph Schayes arrived in the world on the 19th of May 1928, within the Bronx borough of New York City. His parents were Romanian-Jewish immigrants who…
- Osamu TezukaToyona, Osaka, 1928. A young boy named Osamu Tezuka sat in a darkened theater watching Disney films over and over again.
- Joan KellyJoan Kelly entered the world on the 29th of March 1928 in Brooklyn. Her father was George V. Kelly and her mother was Ruth Jacobsen.
- John Stewart BellJohn Stewart Bell was born on the 28th of July 1928 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He grew up in a working class family where financial hardship defined daily…
- Frank RosenblattFrank Rosenblatt was born on the 11th of July 1928 in New Rochelle, New York. He grew up as the son of Dr. Frank and Katherine Rosenblatt within a Jewish…
- Earl LloydEarl Francis Lloyd was born in Alexandria, Virginia on the 3rd of April 1928. His father worked in the coal industry while his mother stayed home to raise…