The 179th day of the year, the 180th in a leap year
Born on 28 June
Every 28 June birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- Pearl, Moonstone, AlexandriteThe 1912 list gave Pearl and Moonstone.
- Birth flower
- Rose, HoneysuckleUsually taken today to mean love and bonds of affection.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 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 June in any year.
Which weekday 28 June falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 28 June falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 28 June is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,837 babies were born on 28 June in each year of the twenty, making it the 107th 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 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 1712–1778 | Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer |
| Elon Musk | 1971– | American businessman |
| Peter Paul Rubens | 1577–1640 | Flemish painter |
| Luigi Pirandello | 1867–1936 | Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer and poet |
| Muhammad Yunus | 1940– | Bangladeshi banker, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the former Chief Adviser of Bangladesh |
| Henry VIII | 1491–1547 | King of England from 1509 to 1547 |
| Maria Goeppert Mayer | 1906–1972 | German-born American theoretical physicist |
| Kevin De Bruyne | 1991– | Belgian association football player |
| Alexis Carrel | 1873–1944 | French surgeon and biologist |
| Kathy Bates | 1948– | American film actress and director |
| Pope Paul IV | 1476–1559 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1555 to 1559 |
| Mel Brooks | 1926– | American comedian, filmmaker, and actor |
| John Wesley | 1703–1791 | founder of the Methodist movement |
| Klaus von Klitzing | 1943– | German physicist |
| John Cusack | 1966– | American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| Georgi Parvanov | 1957– | 4th President of Bulgaria 2002-2012 |
| P. V. Narasimha Rao | 1921–2004 | Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996 |
| Fabien Barthez | 1971– | French footballer |
Died on 28 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| James Madison | 1751–1836 | President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | 1863–1914 | heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary |
| Mikhail Tal | 1936–1992 | Soviet-Latvian chess player |
| Pope Leo II | 611–683 | pope |
| Abraham Ortelius | 1527–1598 | Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer |
| Theodora | 500–548 | Byzantine empress from 527 to 548 |
| Velimir Khlebnikov | 1885–1922 | Russian writer |
| Alexander Berkman | 1870–1936 | Russian-American anarchist and writer |
| Maria Mitchell | 1818–1889 | American astronomer |
| Vannevar Bush | 1890–1974 | American electrical engineer and science administrator |
| Kiichi Miyazawa | 1919–2007 | 78th Prime Minister of Japan |
| Harlan Ellison | 1934–2018 | American writer |
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