Anniversaries 28 March

Birth

Teresa of Ávila55

Roman Catholic saint 1515–1582

John Amos Comenius12

Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer 1592–1670

Thomas Clarkson1

English abolitionist 1760–1846

Arsène Houssaye5

French writer 1814–1896

Oscar Levy22

German physician and writer 1867–1946

Spencer W. Kimball18

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1895–1985

Nelson Algren30

American novelist, short story writer 1909–1981

Bohumil Hrabal6

Czech bookwriter and writer 1914–1997

Robert L. Kahn11

American psychologist 1918–2019

Grace Hartigan4

American artist 1922–2008

Alexander Grothendieck3

French mathematician 1928–2014

Zbigniew Brzeziński35

Polish-American political scientist 1928–2017

Robert Ashley2

American composer 1930–2014

Jerome Isaac Friedman6

American physicist 1930

Mario Vargas Llosa30

Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, and essayist 1936

Russell Banks5

American author 1940

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson42

American writer and activist 1941

Daniel Dennett86

American philosopher 1942

Neil Kinnock29

British politician 1942

Rodrigo Duterte27

Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippin… 1945

Henry Paulson2

74th United States Secretary of the Treasury 1946

Jayne Ann Krentz10

American novelist 1948

Thomas Elavanal1

Indian bishop 1950

Steve Keen27

Australian economist 1953

Reba McEntire5

American country music artist and actress 1955

Krishna Dharma2

British Hindu scholar and author 1955

José Maria Neves1

Cape Verdean politician and former prime minister of Cape V… 1960

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt1

French writer 1960

Bernice King24

American minister, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963

Cheryl James2

American rapper and actress 1966

Iris Chang3

American historian 1968–2004

Jennifer Weiner25

American writer 1970

Joseph Tobji4

archeparch of Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo 1971

Shanna Moakler2

American actress and model 1975

Lauren Weisberger7

American writer 1977

Lauren Willig5

American author 1977

Julia Stiles7

American actress 1981

Lady Gaga56

American singer, songwriter, and actress 1986

Bowe Bergdahl9

American soldier captured by the Taliban in 2009 and releas… 1986

Jonathan Van Ness7

American hairstylist and television personality 1987

Death

Uwais al-Qarani6

Muslim saint 594–657

Guru Angad Dev3

The second Guru of Sikhism 1504–1552

Robert-François Damiens2

French domestic servant and attempted assassin 1715–1757

Thomas Morton (playwright)5

English playwright 1764–1838

Richard Chenevix Trench9

Irish bishop 1807–1886

George Henry Thomas1

United States Army general 1816–1870

Margaret Junkin Preston6

American writer 1820–1897

Piet Joubert7

Boer politician and general 1834–1900

Frederick Brotherton Meyer6

English Baptist pastor and evangelist 1847–1929

Stephen Leacock17

writer and economist 1869–1944

Sergei Rachmaninoff12

Russian composer, pianist, and conductor 1873–1943

W. C. Handy9

American blues composer and musician 1873–1958

Virginia Woolf382

English writer 1882–1941

Marc Chagall35

French artist and painter 1887–1985

Christopher Morley30

American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet 1890–1957

Dwight D. Eisenhower173

American general and politician, 34th president of the Unit… 1890–1969

Conway Zirkle1

1895–1972

Carolyn Keene10

house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate 1905–2002

Anthony Powell11

English novelist 1905–2000

Eric Shipton5

British explorer 1907–1977

Eugéne Ionesco59

Romanian playwright 1909–1994

Bernard Hollowood2

English cricketer 1910–1981

George E. P. Box14

British statistician 1919–2013

Peter Ustinov59

English actor, writer, and dramatist 1921–2004

Maurice Jarre1

French composer 1924–2009

Jeremiah Denton4

American Vietnam War POW and politician 1924–2014

Harry Crews5

Novelist, short story writer, essayist 1935–2012

Richard Griffiths3

British actor 1947–2013

Scott Cunningham1

U.S. writer about Wicca and the occult 1956–1993

Maria Rosa Antognazza1

professor, author 1964–2023