On this day
May 28 in literary history
Literary history for May 28: 18 writers born, 16 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1140 to 2025. Born on this day: Roger Kumble, Miljenko Jergović, Mark Sanford.
18writers born
16writers died
2literary events
Writers born on May 28
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Roger Kumble | American film director and screenwriter |
| 1966 | Miljenko Jergović | Bosnian and Croatian writer |
| 1960 | Mark Sanford | American politician and author (born 1960) |
| 1955 | Laura Amy Schlitz | American children's author (born 1955) |
| 1947 | Lynn Johnston | Canadian cartoonist |
| 1946 | K. Satchidanandan | Indian poet |
| 1946 | William Shawcross | British writer, lecturer, and broadcaster (born 1946) |
| 1939 | Maeve Binchy | Irish novelist (1939–2012) |
| 1921 | Heinz G. Konsalik | German novelist (1921–1999) |
| 1918 | Johnny Wayne | Canadian comedian and comedy writer (1918–1990) |
| 1916 | Walker Percy | American writer (1916–1990) |
| 1912 | Patrick White | Australian writer (1912–1990) |
| 1911 | Fritz Hochwälder | Austrian playwright (1911–1986) |
| 1908 | Ian Fleming | British writer (1908–1964) |
| 1888 | Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot | American poet and first wife of T. S. Eliot (1888–1947) |
| 1779 | Thomas Moore | Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852) |
| 1589 | Robert Arnauld d'Andilly | French conseiller d'État and writer (1589–1674) |
| 1140 | Xin Qiji | Chinese poet (1140–1207) |
Writers who died on May 28
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | Kenyan writer and academic (1938–2025) |
| 2014 | Maya Angelou | American writer and activist (1928–2014) |
| 2014 | Oscar Dystel | Oscar Dystel, American publisher (born 1912) |
| 2013 | Gerd Schmückle | German general and author |
| 2004 | Michael Buonauro | American webcomic artist and author (1979–2004) |
| 2002 | Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh | Bahraini poet and writer (1908–2002) |
| 2002 | Mildred Benson | American writer (1905–2002) |
| 1994 | Ely Jacques Kahn Jr. | American writer (1916–1994) |
| 1986 | Edip Cansever | Turkish poet |
| 1953 | Tatsuo Hori | Japanese writer (1904–1953) |
| 1930 | Frank Cowper | British writer and journalist (1849–1930) |
| 1916 | Ivan Franko | Ukrainian poet and writer (1856–1916) |
| 1849 | Anne Brontë | English novelist and poet (1820–1849) |
| 1843 | Noah Webster | American lexicographer and author (1758–1843) |
| 1808 | Richard Hurd (bishop) | 18th-century English bishop, divine, and writer |
| 1747 | Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues | French writer, nobleman and moralist (1715–1747) |
Literary events on May 28
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. |
| 1936 | Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. |
Featured
Roger Kumble (1966) — Roger Kumble is an American film director, screenwriter, and playwright.
Miljenko Jergović (1966) — Miljenko Jergović is a Bosnian writer.
Mark Sanford (1960) — Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. is an American politician, real estate developer and author who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and from 2013 to 2019, and as the 115th governor of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.