Who are famous people born on August 28?

Famous people born on August 28 include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Leo Tolstoy (1828), Jack Kirby (1917), César Azpilicueta (1989), Bojan Krkić (1990).

What star sign is someone born on August 28?

Someone born on August 28 is a Virgo.

What is the birthstone for August 28?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 28?

In the US, August 28 is the No. 18 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,213 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 28

Famous people born on August 28, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♍ Star sign
Virgo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 18 of 366

Born on August 28

August 28 in history

2022Phoenix shooting: A man opens fire on pedestrians outside of a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, resulting in the deaths of three people, including the perpetrator.
1999The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life.
1993Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.
1988Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1957U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the United States Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later. This would remain the longest speech ever conducted by a single Senator until Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, beginning on March 31, 2025.
1937Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1916World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
1901Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
1862American Civil War: The Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas, begins in Virginia. The battle ends on August 30 with another Union defeat.
1845The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
1709Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
1565Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
1189Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Alexander of Constantinople
Christian feast day: Augustine of Hippo
Christian feast day: Edmund Arrowsmith
Christian feast day: Florentina
Christian feast day: Hermes
Christian feast day: Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
Christian feast day: Moses the Black
Christian feast day: August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
National Grandparents Day (Mexico)

August 28 in every year

Pick a year to see the world on that exact day: the news, the No. 1 song and who else was born.

Questions about August 28 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 28?: Famous people born on August 28 include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Leo Tolstoy (1828), Jack Kirby (1917), César Azpilicueta (1989), Bojan Krkić (1990).
What star sign is someone born on August 28?: Someone born on August 28 is a Virgo.
What is the birthstone for August 28?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 28?: In the US, August 28 is the No. 18 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,213 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).