BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on July 28.

Everyone born on July 28 is a Leo — ruled by the Sun, generous, and would like that noted. The stone is ruby, the flower larkspur, and the day is shared with Harry Kane and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Leo, the Lion — an engraving
Sun sign
Leo ♌︎
the Lion · ruled by the Sun · generous, and would like that noted
Ruby, the birthstone for July — an engraving
Birthstone
Ruby
July
Larkspur, the birth flower for July — an engraving
Birth flower
Larkspur
& water lily

Your book

Born on July 28? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Leo, July 23 to August 22.

The Lion, ruled by the Sun itself, and the books do not pretend otherwise: this is the sign of the centre of the room. A fire sign, credited with warmth, generosity and a need to be seen that its people would call a gift for being seen. The tradition gives Leo courage and a big heart and a weakness for applause, and notes that it tends to earn the applause, which is the annoying part.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on July 28.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1993
Harry Kane
English footballer
1929
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
American journalist and socialite
1866
Beatrix Potter
English children's book writer and illustrator
1936
Garfield Sobers
Barbadian cricketer
1952
Vajiralongkorn
King of Thailand
1952
Glenn A. Baker
Australian author and journalist
1902
Karl Popper
Austrian-English philosopher
1957
Scott Pelley
American author and journalist

On this day

What July 28 has seen.

1899A Category 1 hurricane (map pictured) made landfall in Azua Province in the Dominican Republic, destroying three large schooners at Santo Domingo; only one crew member on the three vessels survived.
1911The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began with the departure of SY Aurora from London.
1915U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince to begin a nineteen-year occupation of Haiti.

The calendar

When July 28 falls.

A Tuesday in 2026, a Wednesday in 2027, a Friday in 2028, a Saturday in 2029, and a Sunday in 2030.