page_title: 1928
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1928 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: James RandiEnglish: James Randi
context_page_description: 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1928th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 928th year of the 2nd millennium, the 28th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1920s decade.
context_section_description: August 1 – Shen Daren, Chinese politician (d. 2017)
  August 2
  Yoko Tani, French-born Japanese actress, nightclub entertainer (d. 1999)
  Luigi Colani, German industrial designer (d. 2019)
  August 3 – Cécile Aubry, French film actress, author, television screenwriter and director (d. 2010)
  August 4
  Udham Singh, Indian Hockey team player, winner of three gold and one silver medals (d. 2000)
  Flóra Kádár, Hungarian actress (d. 2002)
  Gerard Damiano, American adult film director (d. 2008)
  August 5
  Albrecht Dold, German mathematician (d. 2011)
  Chung Won-shik, South Korean politician, educator, soldier, and author (d. 2020)
  Dinesh Chandra Joarder, Indian politician (d. 2018)
  August 6
  Mary Grant, Ghanaian politician (d. 2016)
  Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
  August 7
  Helen Vita, Swiss chanson singer, actress, and comedian (d. 2001)
  James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic
  August 8
  Lubor Bárta, Czech composer (d. 1972)
  Simón Díaz, Venezuelan folk composer, singer (d. 2014)
  August 9
  Bob Cousy, American basketball player
  Martin Greenfield, American tailor
  Gerd Ruge, German journalist, author and filmmaker
  Camilla Wicks, American violinist
  August 10
  Peter Barry, Irish Fine Gael politician, businessman (d. 2016)
  Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (d. 2010)
  August 11 – Beniamino Andreatta, Italian economist, politician (d. 2007)
  August 13 – Pedro Pedrossian, Brazilian politician (d. 2017)
  August 14
  Gunnar Andersson, Swedish football player (d. 1969)
  Lina Wertmüller, Italian film director and screenwriter
  August 15
  Manfredo do Carmo, Brazilian mathematician (d. 2018)
  Carl Joachim Classen, German classical scholar (d. 2013)
  Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, 2-time Prime Minister of Somalia (d. 2002)
  Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, Indian sitar player (d. 2017)
  Nicolas Roeg, English film director (d. 2018)
  Simone Silva, Egyptian-born French film actress (d. 1957)
  August 16
  Ara Güler, Armenian-Turkish photojournalist (d. 2018)
  Shōji Yasui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
  Eydie Gormé, American singer (d. 2013)
  Ann Blyth, American actress, singer
  August 17 – Willem Duys, Dutch radio and television presenter, tennis player and music producer (d. 2011)
  August 19
  Laurette Luez, American actress (d. 1999)
  Queen Ratna of Nepal
  August 21
  Chris Brasher, British track and field athlete, sports journalist and co-founder of the London Marathon (d. 2003)
  Art Farmer, American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player (d. 1999)
  Gillian Sheen, English Olympic fencer
  August 22
  Ray Marshall, American politician
  Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)
  August 23 – Marian Seldes, American actress (d. 2014)
  August 24 – Levko Lukyanenko, Ukrainian politician (d. 2018)
  August 25
  Kayo Dottley, American football player (d. 2018)
  Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  August 26
  Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (d. 2006)
  Saliu Adetunji, Nigerian monarch of Ibadan
  August 27
  Péter Boross, Hungarian politician
  Piet Bleeker, Dutch long-distance runner (d. 2018)
  Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party
  Francesco Saverio Salerno, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2017)
  August 28 — Ed Salem, American football quarterback and defensive back (d. 2001)
  August 29 – Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator (d. 2018)
  August 30
  Shirley Huffman, American politician (d. 2018)
  Johnny Mann, American composer, arranger, and singer (d. 2014)
  August 31
  James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
  Jaime Sin, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2005)
caption: James Randi
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