July 28, 1938

1938Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2014)^[†]

Luis Aragonés Suárez was a Spanish football player and manager.

1938Arsen Dedić, Croatian singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015)^[†]

Arsenije "Arsen" Dedić was a Yugoslav and Croatian singer-songwriter. He wrote and performed chansons, as well as film music. He was also an award-winning poet, and was one of the best-selling poets of former Yugoslavia and Croatia.

1938Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, 90th President of Peru (died 2024)^[†]

Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto was a Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer who served as the 54th president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. Born in Lima, Fujimori was the country's first president of Japanese descent, and was an agronomist and university rector prior to entering politics. Fujimori emerged as a politician during the midst of the internal conflict in Peru, the Peruvian Lost Decade, and the ensuing violence caused by the far-left guerilla group Shining Path. In office as president, Fujimori implemented a series of military reforms and responded to Shining Path with repressive and lethal force, successfully halting the group's actions. His economic policy and his neoliberal political ideology of Fujimorism rescued Peru's economy and transformed its governance in the midst of its internal conflict. However, his administration was also controversial for alleged abuses of human rights and authoritarian tendencies.

1938Chuan Leekpai, Thai lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Thailand^[†]

Chuan Leekpai MPCh MVM ThChW is a Thai politician who served two terms as the prime minister of Thailand, from 1992 to 1995, and from 1997 to 2001. He is also the former president of the National Assembly of Thailand and speaker of the Thai House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.