The 240th day of the year, the 241st in a leap year
Born on 28 August
Every 28 August birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Virgo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- VirgoEarth, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- Peridot, Spinel, SardonyxThe 1912 list gave Sardonyx and Peridot.
- Birth flower
- Gladiolus, PoppyUsually taken today to mean strength of character and remembrance.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 28 August in any year.
Which weekday 28 August falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 28 August falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 28 August is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,802 babies were born on 28 August in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 198th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 28 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 1749–1832 | German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician |
| Shania Twain | 1965– | Canadian country music singer and songwriter |
| Ivo Josipović | 1957– | Croatian politician, President of Croatia from 2010 to 2015 |
| David Fincher | 1962– | American film director |
| César Azpilicueta | 1989– | Spanish association football player |
| Paul Martin | 1938– | prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006 |
| Ai Weiwei | 1957– | Chinese Conceptual artist |
| Jack Kirby | 1917–1994 | American comic book artist |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1989– | Finnish Formula 1 racing driver |
| Thiago Motta | 1982– | Italian-Brazilian association football player and manager |
| Bojan Krkić | 1990– | Spanish footballer |
| C. Wright Mills | 1916–1962 | American sociologist |
| Godfrey Hounsfield | 1919–2004 | English electrical engineer |
| Andrei Platonov | 1899–1951 | Russian author |
| George Whipple | 1878–1976 | American physician and biomedical researcher |
| Tjalling Koopmans | 1910–1985 | Dutch American economist |
| Ben Gazzara | 1930–2012 | American actor |
| Charles Boyer | 1899–1978 | French actor |
Died on 28 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Augustine of Hippo | 354–430 | Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint |
| Harald V | 1937–2026 | King of Norway from 1991 to 2026 |
| Hugo Grotius | 1583–1645 | Dutch jurist and scholar |
| Chadwick Boseman | 1976–2020 | American actor |
| Michael Ende | 1929–1995 | German writer |
| John Huston | 1906–1987 | American film director, screenwriter, and actor |
| Melvin Schwartz | 1932–2006 | American experimental physicist |
| Louis the German | 806–876 | King of East Francia from 843 to 876 |
| Mohamed Naguib | 1901–1984 | 1st President of the Republic of Egypt |
| Boris III of Bulgaria | 1894–1943 | king of Bulgaria |
| Afonso V of Portugal | 1432–1481 | King of Portugal and the Algarves |
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