Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In May - 28

1838  On May - 28 birth of basil Wilson Duke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1916   

1841  On May - 28 birth of giovanni Sgambati, composer   

1844  On May - 28 birth of leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer   

1851  On this day in history birth of dick Barlow, cricketer (immortal England all-rounder of 1880's)   

1853  Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919) was born on May - 28.   

1858  Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. 1939) was born on May - 28.   

1862  On May - 28 birth of henry W Slocum Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1888)   

1863  On this day in history birth of georg Adler, German state economist   

1865  On this day in history birth of gerrit Grijns, Dutch physiologist (Vitamin E)   

1868  Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue) was born on May - 28.   

1872  On May - 28 birth of marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (d. 1917)   

1874  On May - 28 birth of g K Chesterton, writer   

1878  Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945) was born on May - 28.   

1879  On this day in history birth of milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

1883  On this day in history birth of george Dyson, composer   

1883  On May - 28 birth of luigi Perrachio, composer   

1883  On this day in history birth of vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. 1966)   

1883  Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (d. 1978) was born on this day in history.   

1884  Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48) was born on May - 28.   

1884  On this day in history birth of theo(door) van Reijn, Dutch sculptor/lithographer   

1886  On May - 28 birth of nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph)   

1886  Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (d. 1954) was born on May - 28.   

1887  On May - 28 birth of hank Mann, NYC, actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road)   

1888  James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912) was born on May - 28.   

1888  Jim Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympics-gold-1912) was born on May - 28.   

1888  Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history birth of jose Padilla, composer   

1892  On May - 28 birth of minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister)   

1894  On this day in history birth of sammy White, RI, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off)   

1896  Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer was born on this day in history.   

1896  Warren Giles, baseball's National League president was born on this day in history.   

1897  Henry Kendall, London, actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange) was born on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history birth of andy Kirk, jazz musician   

1900  On this day in history birth of owen Aisher, president (Marley)   

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1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 28.   

1259  On this day in history christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies   

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on May - 28.   

1357  On this day in history afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66   

1521  On this day in history willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62   

1534  On this day in history dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83   

1556  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on May - 28.   

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 28.