| 48781 | April 28 | Birth | 1878 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director (d. 1954) |
| 48782 | April 28 | Birth | 1886 – Art Shaw, American hurdler (d. 1955) |
| 48783 | April 28 | Birth | 1888 – Walter Tull, English footballer and soldier (d. 1918) |
| 48784 | April 28 | Birth | 1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1970) |
| 48785 | April 28 | Birth | 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (d. 1986) |
| 48786 | April 28 | Birth | 1900 – Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 48787 | April 28 | Birth | 1900 – Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1992) |
| 48788 | April 28 | Birth | 1901 – Henry Stallard, English runner and surgeon (d. 1973) |
| 48789 | April 28 | Birth | 1902 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (d. 1979) |
| 48790 | April 28 | Birth | 1906 – Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1978) |
| 48791 | April 28 | Birth | 1906 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (d. 1999) |
| 48792 | April 28 | Birth | 1908 – Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987) |
| 48793 | April 28 | Birth | 1908 – Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (d. 1974) |
| 48794 | April 28 | Birth | 1909 – Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American theologist and orientalist (d. 1988) |
| 48795 | April 28 | Birth | 1910 – Sam Merwin, Jr., American author (d. 1996) |
| 48796 | April 28 | Birth | 1911 – Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 48797 | April 28 | Birth | 1912 – Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy (d. 1995) |
| 48798 | April 28 | Birth | 1912 – Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 48799 | April 28 | Birth | 1912 – József Sir, Hungarian sprinter (d. 1996) |
| 48800 | April 28 | Birth | 1914 – Philip E. High, English author (d. 2006) |
| 48801 | April 28 | Birth | 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini (d. 1993) |
| 48802 | April 28 | Birth | 1921 – Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2001) |
| 48803 | April 28 | Birth | 1921 – Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (d. 2012) |
| 48804 | April 28 | Birth | 1923 – Carolyn Cassady, American author (d. 2013) |
| 48805 | April 28 | Birth | 1923 – William Guarnere, American sergeant (d. 2014) |
| 48806 | April 28 | Birth | 1924 – Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (d. 2014) |
| 48807 | April 28 | Birth | 1924 – Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor (d. 2014) |
| 48808 | April 28 | Birth | 1924 – Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist, (d. 2009) |
| 48809 | April 28 | Birth | 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, 1st President of Zambia |
| 48810 | April 28 | Birth | 1925 – T. John Lesinski, American judge and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1996) |