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Ann-Margret Olsson, credited as Ann-Margret, is an American actress, dancer, and singer with a career spanning seven decades.
Famous Birthdays on April 28
1941 — Ann-Margret
Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
April 28 has 189 recorded notable births across history, from 32 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on April 28
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- 1858 The Bawani Imli massacre, where 52 Indian freedom fighters are hanged to death on a tamarind tree by British colonial forces. Source
- 1991 Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense. Source
- 1952 The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II. Source
- 1952 The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War. Source
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Jay Leno hosted his last episode of his second tenure on February 6, 2014.
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There, she formed Sonic Youth with Thurston Moore in 1981.
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Under his coaching, England won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
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Jorge Garcia first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the television show Becker, but subsequently became best known for his portrayal of Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in the television series Lost from 2004 to 2010.
More major people born on April 28
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1950
Jay Leno
American comedian, talk show host, and producer
James Douglas Muir Leno is an American television host, comedian, and writer.
1953
Kim Gordon
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth.
1968
Andy Flower
South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
Andrew Flower is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and a former cricketer.
1973
Jorge Garcia
American actor and producer
Jorge Garcia is an American actor and comedian. He first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the television show Becker, but subsequently became best known for his portrayal of Hugo "Hurley"…
1956
Jimmy Barnes
Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
James Dixon Barnes is an Australian rock singer. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel, has made him one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music…
1676
Frederick I
prince consort and king of Sweden (died 1751)
Frederick I was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and was also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730.
1983
David Freese
American baseball player
David Richard Freese is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He began his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the St.
1402
Nezahualcoyotl
Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler (died 1472)
Nezahualcoyotl Acolmiztli, "Fasting Coyote" was tlatoani (king) of the Acolhua altepetl (city-state) of Texcoco from 1431 to his death in 1472, in pre-Columbian Mexico.
1897
Ye Jianying
Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (died 1986)
Ye Jianying was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China.
1960
Tom Browning
American baseball player (died 2022)
Thomas Leo Browning was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1984 to 1995, spending almost his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds.
1935
Pedro Ramos
Cuban baseball player
Pedro ("Pete") Ramos Guerra is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and the…
1952
Mary McDonnell
American actress
Mary Eileen McDonnell is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish.
1933
Miodrag Radulovacki
Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (died 2014)
Miodrag (Misha) Radulovacki, was a Serbian American scientist and inventor.
1950
Willie Colón
American salsa musician and social activist (died 2026)
William Anthony Colón Román was an American salsa musician and social activist. He began his career as a trombonist but also sang, wrote, produced and acted.
1930
Carolyn Jones
American actress (died 1983)
Carolyn Sue Jones was an American actress of television and film.
1955
Saeb Erekat
Chief Palestinian negotiator (died 2020)
Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat was a Palestinian politician and diplomat who was the secretary general of the executive committee of the PLO from 2015 until his death in 2020.
1900
Jan Oort
Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1992)
Jan Hendrik Oort was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy.
1952
Chuck Leavell
American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Charles Alfred Leavell is an American musician. A member of the Allman Brothers Band throughout their commercial zenith in the 1970s, he subsequently became a founding member of the band Sea Level.
1986
Roman Polák
Czech ice hockey player
Roman Polák is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. Polák was drafted in the sixth round, 180th overall, at the 2004 NHL entry draft by the St.