According to Chinese Astrology, 1928 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1928 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 23 January 1928 and 9 February 1929 are considered born in the Chinese year 1928 and are a Dragon sign. In addition, each Dragon year is also represented by 5 elements in Chinese astrology that express character and behavior. Therefore, each year it is referred to with a different zodiac animal name and a different element name, and this repeats only once in 60 years. 1928 is also known as the Year of the Earth Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1928 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Dragon?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1928 | Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2018) |
| 1928 | Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975) |
| 1929 | Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) |
| 1928 | Bill Maynard, English actor (d. 2018) |
| 1929 | Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (d. 2015) |
| 1928 | Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-creator of the Logo programming language (d. 2016) |
| 1928 | Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1928 | Donald Judd, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994) |
| 1928 | José Messias, Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic (d. 2015) |
| 1928 | Joseph Kittinger, American colonel and pilot (d. 2022) |
| 1928 | Bill Morrison, Australian politician and diplomat, 37th Australian Minister for Defence (d. 2013) |
| 1928 | Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 2001) |
| 1929 | Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor (d. 2005) |
| 1928 | Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (d. 1991) |
| 1928 | Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d. 2014) |
| 1928 | Harold Evans, English-American historian and journalist (d. 2020) |
| 1929 | Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian, invented the tranquilliser gun (d. 2008) |
| 1928 | Margaret Rule, English archaeologist and historian (d. 2015) |
| 1928 | Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) |
| 1928 | Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor |
| 1928 | Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017) |
| 1928 | Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (d. 2008) |
| 1928 | Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator (d. 2010) |
| 1928 | Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 1928 | Nathan Oliveira, American painter and sculptor (d. 2010) |
| 1929 | Jim Langley, English international footballer and manager (d. 2007) |
| 1928 | Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (d. 2007) |
| 1928 | Bobby Van, American actor, dancer, and singer (d. 1980) |
| 1928 | Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (d. 2005) |
| 1929 | John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |