Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 28

Births

 * 1660 – King George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)
 * 1759 – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)
 * 1884 – Edvard Beneš, Czech politician (d. 1948)
 * 1887 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953)
 * 1908 – Ian Fleming, English author (d. 1964)
 * 1923 – N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1998)
 * 1938 – Jerry West, American basketball player
 * 1944 – Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of New York City
 * 1968 – Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer

Deaths

 * 1843 – Noah Webster, American author, politician, and lexicographer (b. 1758)
 * 1971 – Audie Murphy, American actor and war hero (b. 1924)
 * 1972 – King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
 * 1998 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor, comedian (b. 1948)