Skip to main content

⌘K

People On This Day Day Lookup

HomeDateMarch 28, 1985

On This Day

Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.

March 28 1985

Jump to another date

Events on This Day

Birth
Stan Wawrinka
milestone

Born on This Day

🇪🇸Amancio Ortega
Founder of Inditex (Zara), Business Magnate · b. 1936
Days alive
17,898
🇺🇸April Flowers
actor · b. 1978
Days alive
2,558
🇨🇿Barbora Strýcová
athlete · b. 1986

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Christine Kaufmann
deceased
entrepreneur · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,375
🇺🇸Dwight D. Eisenhower
deceased
writer · 1890–1969
Days lived
28,655

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
48,299
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
36,977

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,139
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
55,970

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
54,143
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
53,840

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
659,350
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
138,864

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
16,793
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
10,215

Born on March 28 Died on March 28 On This Day Day Lookup

Previous day Next day

Days alive

1

Claus Jurichs

🇩🇪Claus Jurichs

German actor and voice actor (1935-2005) · 1935–2005

Days lived

25,572

Clinton Clauson

🇺🇸Clinton Clauson

politician · 1895–1959

Days lived

23,653

Conrad Schumann

🇩🇪Conrad Schumann

East German soldier (1942-1998) · 1942–1998

Days lived

20,539

D4vd

🇺🇸D4vd

Singer · b. 2005

Days alive

1

Detlef Musch

🇩🇪Detlef Musch

basketball player · b. 1970

Days alive

5,480

Fiona Watt

🇬🇧Fiona Watt

British scientist · b. 1956

Days alive

10,593

Fred Louis Lerch

🇦🇹Fred Louis Lerch

actor · 1902–1985

Days lived

30,468

Fritz Klatte

🇩🇪Fritz Klatte

chemist · 1880–1934

Days lived

19,679

Ilke Wyludda

🇩🇪Ilke Wyludda

German discus thrower and shot putter (1969–2024) · 1969–2024

Days lived

20,338

Isaac Larian

🇮🇷Isaac Larian

American businessman · b. 1954

Days alive

11,324

Jang Jong-hyun

🇰🇷Jang Jong-hyun

South Korean field hockey player · b. 1984

Days alive

366

Jiří Kučera

🇨🇿Jiří Kučera

athlete · b. 1966

Days alive

6,941

José Maria Neves

José Maria Neves

Cape Verdean politician and former prime minister of Cape Verde · b. 1960

Days alive

9,132

Julia Stiles

🇺🇸Julia Stiles

Television actor · b. 1981

Days alive

1,462

Konrad Wysocki

🇵🇱Konrad Wysocki

German basketball player · b. 1982

Days alive

1,097

Kurt Vyth

🇩🇪Kurt Vyth

German entrepreneur · 1910–1977

Days lived

24,748

Laura Chinchilla

🇨🇷Laura Chinchilla

politician · b. 1959

Days alive

9,498

Marcão

🇧🇷Marcão

Brazilian association football player (1975) · b. 1975

Days alive

3,654

Marina Raskova

🇷🇺Marina Raskova

military person · 1912–1943

Days lived

11,240

Mario van der Ende

🇳🇱Mario van der Ende

Dutch football referees · b. 1956

Days alive

10,593

Mario Vargas Llosa

🇪🇸Mario Vargas Llosa

YouTube personality · 1936–2025

Days lived

32,524

Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky

writer · 1868–1936

Days lived

24,919

Mensur Mujdža

🇧🇦Mensur Mujdža

football player · b. 1984

Days alive

366

Perry Bräutigam

🇩🇪Perry Bräutigam

German footballer · b. 1963

Days alive

8,037

Rodney Atkins

🇺🇸Rodney Atkins

singer-songwriter · b. 1969

Days alive

5,845

Rolf Glasmeier

🇩🇪Rolf Glasmeier

artist · 1945–2003

Days lived

21,187

Scott Mills

🇬🇧Scott Mills

Disc jockey · b. 1974

Days alive

4,019

Sergi Gómez

🇪🇸Sergi Gómez

Spanish footballer · b. 1992

Days alive

1

Stan Wawrinka

🇨🇭Stan Wawrinka

Tennis player · b. 1985

Days alive

1

Steve Mandanda

🇫🇷Steve Mandanda

football player · b. 1985

Days alive

1

Theo Albrecht

🇩🇪Theo Albrecht

entrepreneur · 1922–2010

Days lived

32,261

Thomas Massamba

🇸🇪Thomas Massamba

Swedish basketball player · b. 1985

Days alive

1

Toby Gerhart

🇺🇸Toby Gerhart

American football player · b. 1987

Days alive

1

Toko Shinoda

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,421

Vince Vaughn

🇺🇸Vince Vaughn

American actor (born 1970) · b. 1970

Days alive

5,480

Vladimir Dimitrijević

🇨🇭Vladimir Dimitrijević

Serbian editor and writer (1934–2011) · 1934–2011

Days lived

28,217

Vyacheslav Ignatyev

🇷🇺Vyacheslav Ignatyev

Russian scientist · b. 1954

Days alive

11,324

Wenceslas Lauret

🇫🇷Wenceslas Lauret

French rugby union player · b. 1989

Days alive

1

Wilhelm Adam

Wilhelm Adam

German politician (1893–1978) · 1893–1978

Days lived

31,287

Zdeněk Svěrák

🇨🇿Zdeněk Svěrák

singer · b. 1936

Days alive

17,898

Ernst Hellinger

🇺🇸Ernst Hellinger

deceased

scientist · 1883–1950

Days lived

24,286

Eugène Ionesco

🇷🇴Eugène Ionesco

Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994) · 1909–1994

Days lived

30,804

Eugene Melnyk

🇨🇦Eugene Melnyk

Canadian sports businessman · 1959–2022

Days lived

22,952

Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

🇩🇪Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

German journalist (1927-1995) · 1927–1995

Days lived

24,851

Ivan Nanut

🇮🇹Ivan Nanut

athlete · 1886–1958

Days lived

26,264

Janne Furch

🇩🇪Janne Furch

German actor, screenwriter and writer (1915-1992) · 1915–1992

Days lived

28,087

Johnny Evers

🇺🇸Johnny Evers

American baseball player and coach (1881-1947) · 1881–1947

Days lived

23,991

Josef Weninger

🇦🇹Josef Weninger

Austrian anthropologist (1886–1959) · 1886–1959

Days lived

26,615

Klaus Croissant

🇩🇪Klaus Croissant

German lawyer (1931–2002) · 1931–2002

Days lived

25,877

Leonhard Schultze

🇩🇪Leonhard Schultze

German anthropologist and zoologist (1872-1955) · 1872–1955

Days lived

30,254

Maria von Trapp

🇺🇸Maria von Trapp

matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers (1905–1987) · 1905–1987

Days lived

30,012

Marian Zazeela

🇺🇸Marian Zazeela

American musician, painter and light-artist (1940–2024) · 1940–2024

Days lived

30,664

Peter Ustinov

🇬🇧Peter Ustinov

British actor, writer and director (1921–2004) · 1921–2004

Days lived

30,298

Robert J. Wilke

🇺🇸Robert J. Wilke

actor · 1914–1989

Days lived

27,344

Virginia Woolf

🇬🇧Virginia Woolf

YouTube personality · 1882–1941

Days lived

21,612

🇳🇱Willem Drees

deceased

Dutch politician (1886–1988) · 1886–1988

Days lived

37,204

Paul Peter Ewald

🇩🇪Paul Peter Ewald

scientist · 1888–1985

Days lived

35,641

Irving Berlin

🇺🇸Irving Berlin

Composer · 1888–1989

Days lived

37,024

Edgar Hall

Edgar Hall

Anglican archdeacon · 1888–1987

Days lived

35,973

José Miguel Barandiarán

🇪🇸José Miguel Barandiarán

Basque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991

Days lived

37,245

Frank J. Skinner

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

34,325

Karl-Adolf Hollidt

🇩🇪Karl-Adolf Hollidt

military person · 1891–1985

Days lived

34,361

Johannes Paul

🇩🇪Johannes Paul

scientist · 1891–1990

Days lived

36,179

Walter Schenk

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,635

John Howard Northrop

🇺🇸John Howard Northrop

scientist · 1891–1987

Days lived

35,025

Livain Chiasson

🇨🇦Livain Chiasson

Canadian priest (1892–1987) · 1892–1987

Days lived

34,699

Hal Roach

🇺🇸Hal Roach

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,818

William P. Murphy

🇺🇸William P. Murphy

American scientist (1892–1987) · 1892–1987

Days lived

34,944

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

33,988

Lang Jingshan

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,507

Helmuth Plessner

🇩🇪Helmuth Plessner

German philosopher and sociologist (1892–1985) · 1892–1985

Days lived

33,884

Zośka Vieras

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991

Days lived

36,167

Erté

🇫🇷Erté

Russian-born French designer (1892-1990) · 1892–1990

Days lived

35,621

Lonesome George

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,431

Lin Wang

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,468

Washoe

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,400

Secretariat

🇺🇸Secretariat

Thoroughbred horse · 1970–1989

Days lived

7,129

Koko

🇺🇸Koko

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,153

Alex

🇺🇸Alex

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,434

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

53,413

HSBC

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

43,855

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

42,821

Goldman Sachs

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

42,455

Eli Lilly

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

39,899

Chevron

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

38,551

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

62,882

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

43,551

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

21,903

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

19,446

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

17,356

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

15,333

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

4,753

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

3,570

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

2,865

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

2,178

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

2,135

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

1,914