Famous people born on 28 July

• Hugo ChávezPresident of Venezuela (1999–2013); revolutionary and military officer · 1954–2013
  58 yrs
• PetrarchItalian scholar and poet · 1304–1374
  69 yrs
• Karl PopperAustrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society · 1902–1994
  92 yrs
• Ludwig FeuerbachGerman philosopher and anthropologist · 1804–1872
  68 yrs
• Robert HookeEnglish natural philosopher, architect and polymath · 1635–1703
  67 yrs
• Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisFirst Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963 · 1929–1994
  64 yrs
• Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiLeader of the Islamic State · 1971–2019
  48 yrs
• Marcel DuchampFrench painter, sculptor, and chess player · 1887–1968
  81 yrs
• Beatrix PotterBritish children's writer and illustrator · 1866–1943
  77 yrs
• Charles Hard Townes20th-century American physicist · 1915–2015
  99 yrs
• Pavel CherenkovSoviet physicist · 1904–1990
  85 yrs
• Emperor Rudolf IIHoly Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria · 1552–1612
  59 yrs
• Baruch Samuel Blumberg ↗American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner · 1925–2011
  85 yrs
• Richard Wright ↗English keyboardist, co-founder of Pink Floyd · 1943–2008
  65 yrs
• Edward Drinker Cope ↗American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist · 1840–1897
  56 yrs
• Terry Fox ↗Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist · 1958–1981
  22 yrs
• Juan Alberto Schiaffino ↗Uruguayan association football player · 1925–2002
  77 yrs
• Isabella of Austria ↗Queen consort of Denmark, Norway and Sweden; · 1501–1526
  24 yrs
• John Stewart Bell ↗Northern Irish physicist · 1928–1990
  62 yrs
• Alexander Ivanov ↗Russian artist · 1806–1858
  51 yrs
• Judith Leyster ↗Dutch Golden Age painter · 1609–1660
  50 yrs
• Malcolm Lowry ↗British writer · 1909–1957
  47 yrs
• Bud Luckey ↗American animator · 1934–2018
  83 yrs
• Gerard Manley Hopkins ↗English poet · 1844–1889
  44 yrs
• Józef Ignacy Kraszewski ↗Polish novelist · 1812–1887
  74 yrs
• Jacques Piccard ↗Swiss oceanographer · 1922–2008
  86 yrs
• Tetsu Katayama ↗Japanese politician · 1887–1978
  90 yrs
• John Ashbery ↗Poet from the United States of America · 1927–2017
  90 yrs
• Silvina Ocampo ↗Argentine writer · 1903–1993
  90 yrs
• Volodymyr Vynnychenko ↗Ukrainian writer, playwright, artist, political activist, revolutionary, politician, and statesman · 1880–1951
  70 yrs
• Heinrich Bullinger ↗Swiss reformer · 1504–1575
  71 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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