A Friday
Born on July 28, 1978?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Friday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
48 years
Famous people born on July 28, 1978
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Elizabeth Tudor
July 26 · Azerbaijani writer of Jewish origin
Massimo Andrea Ugolini
July 26 · Sammarinese politician
Ruhollah Zam
July 27 · Iranian activist and journalist (1978-2020)
José González
July 31 · Swedish-Argentine singer-songwriter
Abelardo de la Espriella
July 31 · 43ᵗʰ President of Colombia since 2026
Yamba Asha
July 31 · Angolan footballer
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
July 28, 1978 was a Friday. Someone born on July 28, 1978 is a Leo. Someone born on July 28, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,632 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
Also born on July 28
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Marcel Duchamp
1887 · French painter, sculptor, and chess player

Karl Popper
1902 · Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society

Hugo Chávez
1954 · president of Venezuela ; revolutionary and military officer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1978
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 49
- “Born in 1978” gifts
- Wine from 1978
- Books about 1978
- A newspaper from 1978
- Coin set from 1978
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Questions about July 28, 1978
- What day of the week was July 28, 1978?
- July 28, 1978 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on July 28, 1978?
- Someone born on July 28, 1978 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 28, 1978?
- In the Chinese zodiac, July 28, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
- How old is someone born on July 28, 1978?
- Someone born on July 28, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,632 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1978?
- People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for July?
- The birthstone for July is ruby.
- What was the moon phase on July 28, 1978?
- On July 28, 1978 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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