Historical Birthday
28 Oct 1017
Henry III Holy Roman emperor (1046-56) (d. 1056)
28 Oct 1510
Francis Borgia 4th Duke of Ganda and Jesuit priest born in Duchy of Ganda Kingdom of Valencia Spain (d. 1572)
28 Oct 1585
Cornelius Jansen French Roman Catholic reform leader (Jansenism) born in Acquoy County of Holland Dutch Republic (d. 1638)
28 Oct 1667
Maria Anna of Neuburg second wife of Charles II of Spain born in Benrath Palace Dsseldorf Electoral Palatinate (d. 1740)
28 Oct 1733
Ignaz Franz von Beecke German composer born in Wimpfen Germany (d. 1803)
28 Oct 1793
Eliphalet Remington US gun maker born in Suffield Connecticut (d. 1861)
28 Oct 1801
Karl Georg Lickl Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1877)
28 Oct 1805
John Thomson Scottish composer born in Sprouston Scotland (d. 1841)
28 Oct 1842
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson American orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
28 Oct 1845
Zygmunt Florenty Wrblewski Polish physicist (d. 1888)
28 Oct 1846
Auguste Escoffier French chef and culinary writer king of chefs & chef of kings born in Villeneuve-Loubet France (d. 1935)
28 Oct 1855
Ivan V Mitshurin Russian botanist (new types of fruit) (d. 1935)
28 Oct 1856
Franz Xavier Arens American composer born in Neef Germany (d. 1932)
28 Oct 1864
Adolfo Camarillo American prominent land owner horse breeder and rancher born in Ventura California (d. 1958)
28 Oct 1864
Dmitry Ivanovsky Russian botanist who discovered the organisms that came to be known as viruses born in Gdov Russia (d. 1920)
28 Oct 1879
Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta Spanish composer born in Madrid (d. 1953)
28 Oct 1881
Bruno Sderstrm Swedish athlete (d. 1969)
28 Oct 1889
Juliette Bliveau Quebec comedian (d. 1975)
28 Oct 1903
Evelyn Waugh English author (Brideshead Revisited Scoop) born in London England (d. 1966)
28 Oct 1919
Bernhard Wicki Austrian director and actor (Morituri Crime & Passion) born in St. Plten Austria (d. 2000)
28 Oct 1921
Peggy Kirk American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1949) born in Findlay Ohio (d. 2016)
28 Oct 1938
Anne Perry [Juliet Marion Hulme] English-born novelist born in London England
28 Oct 1953
Mark James British golfer (Senior Players Championship 2004) born in Manchester England
28 Oct 1963
Kevin Dineen Canadian NHL right wing coach (Hartford Whalers Philadelphia Flyers) born in Quebec City Qubec
28 Oct 1964
Griffin ONeal American actor (April Fools Day Wraith) born in Los Angeles California
28 Oct 1966
Andy Richter American actor comedian and writer (Conan OBriens sidekick) born in Yorkville Illinois
28 Oct 1966
Benoit Hogue Canadian NHL center (Dallas Stars) born in Repentigny Quebec
28 Oct 1966
Tim Bogar infielder (NY Mets) born in Indianapolis Indiana
28 Oct 1968
Marc Livremont French rugby union footballer and coach
28 Oct 1973
Frank Juric Australian soccer goalie (Olyroos Olympics 1996)
28 Oct 1973
Alvin Burke Jr. American professional wrestler
28 Oct 1974
Braden Looper American baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996) born in Weatherford Oklahoma
28 Oct 1974
Henri Crockett NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
28 Oct 1976
Karl Tremblay Canadian singer (Les Cowboys Fringants)
28 Oct 1978
Gwendoline Christie English actress (Game of Thrones) born in Worthing England
28 Oct 1691
Peter Tordenskjold Norwegian naval hero born in Trondheim Denmark-Norway (d. 1720)
28 Oct 1703
Antoine Deparcieux French mathematician born in Portes Gard France (d. 1768)
28 Oct 1718
Ignacije Szentmartony Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer born in Kottori Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1793)
28 Oct 1751
Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo) born in Glukhov Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1825)
28 Oct 1767
Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel queen consort of Denmark and Norway born in Hanau Hesse Germany (d. 1852)
28 Oct 1793
Eliphalet Remington American firearms manufacturer (Remington Arms Co. L.L.C.) born in Suffield Connecticut (d. 1861)
28 Oct 1795
Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt Dutch politician born in s-Hertogenbosch Netherlands (d. 1873)
28 Oct 1798
Henri Bertini French classical composer and pianist born in London (d. 1876)
28 Oct 1804
Pierre Franois Verhulst Belgian mathematician (logistic curve) born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1849)
28 Oct 1806
Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle French-Swiss botanist born in Paris (d. 1893)
28 Oct 1810
Adley H. Gladden American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Fairfield District South Carolina (d. 1862)
28 Oct 1834
Dudley M. DuBose American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Memphis Tennessee (d. 1883)
28 Oct 1837
Tokugawa Yoshinobu 15th and last shgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan born in Edo Japan (d. 1913)
28 Oct 1842
Charles Boissevain Dutch editor of Amsterdam Algemeen Handelsblad (1885-1908) born in Amsterdam (d. 1927)
28 Oct 1845
Zygmunt Florenty Wrblewski Polish physicist and chemist born in Grodno Russian Empire (d. 1888)
28 Oct 1855
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin Russian botanist (more than 300 new types of fruit) born in Vershino estate Russia (d. 1935)
28 Oct 1875
Gilbert H. Grosvenor American geographer and 1st full-time editor of National Geographic Society (1899-1954) born in Constantinople Ottoman Empire (d. 1966)
28 Oct 1877
Joe Adams American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) born in Cowden Illinois (d. 1952)
28 Oct 1879
Channing H. Cox American politician (49th Governor of Massachusetts) born in Manchester New Hampshire (d. 1968)
28 Oct 1881
Bruno Sderstrm Swedish athlete (Olympic silver pole vault & bronze javelin 1906 bronze pole vault 1908 popularized bowling in Sweden) born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1969)
28 Oct 1881
Vin Coutie Australian rules footballer born in Melbourne Australia (d. 1951)
28 Oct 1884
Miloje Milojevi Serbian composer born in Belgrade Serbia (d. 1946)
28 Oct 1886
Sergo Ordzhonikidze Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician born in Ghoresha Kutais Governorate Russian Empire (d. 1937)
28 Oct 1889
Juliette Bliveau Canadian actress (Le gros Bill) and singer born in Nicolet Quebec (d. 1975)
28 Oct 1890
Andrs Isasi Spanish Basque composer born in Bilbao Spain (d. 1940)
28 Oct 1891
Ormer Locklear American movie stunt pilot (The Great Air Robbery) born in Greenville Texas (d. 1920)
28 Oct 1892
Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis Dutch historian of science (biography of Archimedes) born in Tilburg Netherlands (d. 1965)
28 Oct 1892
Ludwig Strauss German-Israeli writer (Night Watch) born in Aachen Germany (d. 1953)
28 Oct 1892
Dink Johnson American musician born in Biloxi Mississippi (d. 1954)
28 Oct 1893
Christopher Kelk Ingold English chemist (CahnIngoldPrelog priority rules) born in London (d. 1970)
28 Oct 1893
Otto Huiswoud Suriname-born political activist and editor-in-chief (Negro Worker) born in Paramaribo Suriname (d. 1961)
28 Oct 1897
Hans Speidel German general and NATO-supreme commander (1957-64) born in Metzingen Kingdom of Wrttemberg German Empire (d. 1984)
28 Oct 1901
Eileen Shanahan Irish poet (The Three Children (Near Clonmel)) born in Dublin (d. 1979)
28 Oct 1904
Louis de Meester Belgian composer born in Roeselare Flanders Belgium (d. 1987)
28 Oct 1905
Harry Broadhurst British Royal Air Force commander and flying ace of the Second World War born in Frimley Surrey England (d. 1995)
28 Oct 1907
John Hewitt Northern Irish poet born in Belfast Northern Ireland (d. 1987)
28 Oct 1909
dolfs Skulte Latvian composer born in Kiev Ukraine (d. 2000)
28 Oct 1909
Claude Bourdet French human rights activist and journalist born in Paris (d. 1996)
28 Oct 1909
Francis Bacon Irish-British abstract painter (Study for a Pope) born in Dublin (d. 1992)
28 Oct 1910
Marie Dollinger German track and field athlete (dropped baton in 1936 Olympic sprint) born in Langenzenn Germany (d. 1994)
28 Oct 1912
Richard Doll English epidemiologist (pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems) born in Hampton Middlesex England (d. 2005)
28 Oct 1914
Richard Laurence Millington Synge British biochemist (Nobel 1952) born in Liverpool England (d. 1994)
28 Oct 1914
Glenn Robert Davis American politician born in Vernon Wisconsin (d. 1988)
28 Oct 1915
Dody Goodman American comedienne (Mary Hartman Max Duggan) born in Columbus Ohio (d. 2008)
28 Oct 1915
Michael Fraser British Conservative Party political administrator born in Aberdeen Scotland (d. 1996)
28 Oct 1922
Gershon Kingsley German-American composer born in Bochum Weimar Republic
28 Oct 1922
Butch van Breda Kolff American basketball player and coach born in Glen Ridge New Jersey (d. 2007)
28 Oct 1922
Simon Muzenda Zimbabwean politician (1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe) born in Gutu district Southern Rhodesia (d. 2003)
28 Oct 1924
Alfonso Montecino Chilean-American composer born in Osorno Chile (d. 2015)
28 Oct 1924
Antonio Creus Spanish racecar driver born in Madrid Spain (d. 1996)
28 Oct 1925
Leonard Starr American comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie) born in NYC New York (d. 2015)
28 Oct 1925
Ian Hamilton Finlay Scottish poet writer artist and gardener born in Nassau Bahamas (d. 2006)
28 Oct 1928
Ion Mihai Pacepa Romanian three-star general in the Securitate born in Bucharest Romania
28 Oct 1928
Lawrie Reilly Scottish soccer striker (38 caps Hibernian 253 games 185 goals) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 2013)
28 Oct 1929
Airline Falconer 1st child born in aircraft born in the skies above Miami Florida
28 Oct 1929
John Hollander American poet and literary critic born in Manhattan New York (d. 2013)
28 Oct 1930
Harry Gilbert Trythall American composer and pianist born in Knoxville Tennessee
28 Oct 1930
John Mayer Indian composer (Indo-Jazz Fusion) born in Calcutta Bengal British India (d. 2004)
28 Oct 1932
Suzy Parker American model and actress (Chamber of Horrors) born in San Antonio Texas (d. 2003)
28 Oct 1933
Garrincha Brazilian footballer born in Pau Grande Brazil (d. 1983)
28 Oct 1934
Jim Beatty American track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile) born in NYC New York
28 Oct 1935
Folke Rabe Swedish avant-garde composer (What) born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 2017)
28 Oct 1936
Charlie Daniels American singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia) born in Wilmington North Carolina (d. 2020)
28 Oct 1936
Horst Antes German painter and sculptor born in Heppenheim Germany
28 Oct 1936
Carl Davis American conductor and composer for silent films born in NYC New York
28 Oct 1938
Peter Carlstein South African cricketer (South African Test batsman 1958-64) born in Klerksdorp South Africa
28 Oct 1938
David Dimbleby English TV presenter and political commentator born in Surrey England
28 Oct 1939
Jane Alexander American actress (Betsy Kramer vs Kramer) born in Boston Massachusetts
28 Oct 1939
Miroslav Cerar Yugoslav gymnast (Olypmics gold 1964 68) born in Ljubljana Kingdom of Yugoslavia
28 Oct 1940
Susan Harris American television writer and producer (It Takes Two) born in Mount Vernon New York
28 Oct 1941
Glen Moore American jazz bassist and composer born in Portland Oregon
28 Oct 1941
Hank Marvin [Brian Rankin] English rocker (the Shadows) born in Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear England
28 Oct 1941
John Hallam British character actor born in Lisburn Northern Ireland (d. 2006)
28 Oct 1942
Kees Verkerk Dutch skater World Champion (1967)(Olympic gold 1968) born in Maasdam Netherlands
28 Oct 1943
Conny Froboess German actress (Rheinsberg) born in Wriezen Germany
28 Oct 1943
Charo Lpez Spanish actress (La regenta) born in Salamanca Spain
28 Oct 1944
Coluche [Michel Colucci] French comedian (My Best Friends Girl) born in Paris (d. 1986)
28 Oct 1944
Dennis Franz American actor (Buntz-Hill Street Blues NYPD Blue) born in Maywood Illinois
28 Oct 1944
Anton Schlecker German billionaire (Schlecker drug store) born in Ehingen Germany
28 Oct 1945
Wayne Fontana [Glyn Geoffrey Ellis] British rocker (The Mindbenders - The Game Of Love) born in Manchester England (d. 2020)
28 Oct 1949
Caitlyn Jenner [born Bruce Jenner] American decathlete (Olympic gold 1976) TV personality and prominent transgender figure born in Mt Kisco New York
28 Oct 1954
Sammy Stewart American MLB pitcher (World Series 1983 AL ERA leader 1981 Cleveland Indians) born in Asheville North Carolina (d. 2018)
28 Oct 1965
Charles David Denler American composer born in Hartford Connecticut
28 Oct 1969
Ben Harper American blues and reggae musician and singer-songwriter (No Mercy In This Land) born in Pomona California
28 Oct 1972
Brad Paisley American country singer (Collision of Worlds Nobodys Fool) born in Glen Dale West Virginia
28 Oct 1978
Justin Guarini [Bell] American pop singer and actor (American Idol) born in Columbus Georgia
28 Oct 1017
Henry III Holy Roman emperor (1046-56) born in Pfalz Bodfeld near Goslar Saxony (d. 1056)
28 Oct 1801
Karl Georg Lickl Austrian pianist physharmonica player and composer born in Vienna (d. 1877)
28 Oct 1860
Kan Jigor Japanese educator and the founder of Judo born in Mikage Japan (d. 1938)
28 Oct 1904
Louis de Meester Belgian pianist and classical and electronic music composer (The Great Temptation of St Anthony) born in Roeselare Flanders Belgium (d. 1987)
28 Oct 1915
Dody Goodman American comedienne (Mary Hartman Mary Hartman - Martha Shumway Max Duggan) born in Columbus Ohio (d. 2008)
28 Oct 1929
John Mayer Indian violinist and composer (Indo-Jazz Fusions) born in Calcutta Bengal British India (d. 2004) [1]
28 Oct 1934
Jim Beatty American athlete (first to break 4-minute mile barrier on an indoor track 358.9 1962) born in NYC New York
28 Oct 1941
Andr Quilis French rugby union flanker (5 caps RC Narbonne) born in Coursan France (d. 2020)
28 Oct 1943
Pim Doesburg Dutch soccer goalkeeper (8 caps Eredivisie record 687 games Sparta PSV) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 2020)
28 Oct 1948
Rickie Lee Reynolds American country guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
28 Oct 1948
Telma Hopkins American singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn) and actress (Family Matters) born in Louisville Kentucky
28 Oct 1951
Rajan Mishra Indian classical music vocalist born in Varanasi India (d. 2021)
28 Oct 1952
Annie Potts American actress (Designing Women - Mary Jo Any Day Now) born in Nashville Tennessee
28 Oct 1952
Tommy Dobeck American rock drummer (Michael Stanley Band)
28 Oct 1956
Dave Wyndorf American rock singer (Monster Magnet) born in Red Bank New Jersey
28 Oct 1959
Neville Henry British rock saxophonist (Blow Monkeys - Wicked Ways)
28 Oct 1963
Eros Ramazotti Italian pop musician and songwriter (Adesso Te) born in Cinecitt Est Rome Italy
28 Oct 1964
Costantino Mastroprimiano Italian classical pianist educator and musicologist born in Foggia Italy
28 Oct 1967
John Romero American video game designer (id Software) born in Colorado Springs Colorado
28 Oct 1801
Karl Georg Lickl Austrian pianist physharmonica (type of harmonium) player and composer born in Vienna (d. 1877)
28 Oct 1842
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson American Quaker orator abolitionist womens rights advocate writer and mountaineer born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
28 Oct 1892
Ollie Dink Johnson American Dixieland jazz clarinetist pianist and drummer born in Biloxi Mississippi (d. 1954)
28 Oct 1909
dolfs Skulte Latvian composer born in Kyiv Ukraine (d. 2000)
28 Oct 1921
Arturo Chico OFarrill Cuban Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz composer arranger and conductor born in Havana Cuba (d. 2001)
28 Oct 1934
Julio Jimnez Spanish road cyclist (King of the Mountains Tour de France 1965 66 67 & Vuelta a Espaa 1963 64 65) born in vila Spain (d. 2022)
28 Oct 1936
Charlie Daniels American country-rock guitarist fiddler and singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia) born in Wilmington North Carolina (d. 2020)
28 Oct 1939
Andy Bey American jazz singer and pianist (Horace Silver Gary Bartz) born in Newark New Jersey
28 Oct 1941
Hank Marvin [Brian Rankin] British rock guitarist (The Shadows - Apache Foot Tapper) born in Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear England
28 Oct 1944
Bob Andy [Keith Anderson] Jamaican reggae songwriter and vocalist (Feel the Feeling Fire Burning) born in Kingston Jamaica (d. 2020)
28 Oct 1944
Dennis Franz American actor (Hill Street Blues NYPD Blue - Lt. Buntz) born in Maywood Illinois
28 Oct 1946
Wim Jansen Dutch soccer utility (65 caps Feyenoord 415 games) and manager (SC Lokeren Feyenoord Celtic) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 2022)
28 Oct 1948
Rickie Lee Reynolds American southern rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas - Jim Dandy (To the Rescue)) born in Manila Arkansas (d. 2021)
28 Oct 1948
Telma Hopkins American singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon) and actress (Family Matters) born in Louisville Kentucky
28 Oct 1949
Kenny Passarelli American touring and session bass guitarist (Joe Walsh Elton John Dan Fogelberg Hall & Oates) born in Denver Colorado
28 Oct 1953
Desmond Child [John Barrett] American-Hungarian songwriter (Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name Livin on a Prayer Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady) Ricky Martin - Livin la Vida Loca) and producer born in Gainesville Florida
28 Oct 1953
Phil Dwyer Welsh soccer defender (10 caps Cardiff City 471 games) born in Cardiff Wales (d. 2021)
28 Oct 1957
Stephen Morris British pop drummer (Joy Division - Atmosphere New Order) born in Macclesfield Cheshire England.
28 Oct 1958
Manzoor Hussain Pakistani field hockey striker (Olympic gold 1986 World Cup gold 1978 82 175 caps 86 goals) born in Sialkot Pakistan (d. 2022)
28 Oct 1961
Darrell Lavigne American jazz pianist composer and educator born in New Orleans Louisiana
28 Oct 1963
Rob Bailey English cricket batsman (4 Tests Northamptonshire CCC Derbyshire CCC) and umpire (ODIs 24 T20Is 18) born in Biddulph England
28 Oct 1970
Kurt Rosenwinkel American jazz guitarist born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
28 Oct 1689
Michel Mathieu French violist and composer born in Paris France (d. 1768)
28 Oct 1789
Johann Schneider German composer and organist born in Neu Giersdorff Electorate of Saxony Holy Roman Empire (d. 1864)
28 Oct 1876
Albert Michotte van den Berck Belgian experimental psychologist born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1965)
28 Oct 1877
Joe Adams American baseball player known as Old Wagon Tongue (St. Louis Cardinals - 1 game in 1904 4 innings 9.0 ERA) minor league manager and restaurateur born in Cowden Illinois (d. 1952)
28 Oct 1909
Josef Gingold Russian-American violinist (Primrose Quartet Cleveland Orchestra 1947-60) and pedagogue (Indiana University 1960-95) born in Brest-Litovsk Russian Empire (now Brest Belarus) (d. 1995)
28 Oct 1913
Cyril Christiani West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests British Guiana) born in Georgetown Guyana (d. 1938)
28 Oct 1922
Gershon Kingsley [Gtz Ksinski] German-American composer electronic music pioneer and Moog synthesizer player (Popcorn) born in Bochum Weimar Republic (d. 2019)
28 Oct 1930
(Harry Gilbert) Gil Trythall American pianist contemporary classical and electronic music composer (The Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya) and educator born in Knoxville Tennessee (d. 2023)
28 Oct 1936
Carl Davis American-British conductor and BAFTA Award-winning film score composer (The French Lieutenants Woman restored silent film Napolon BBCs Pride and Prejudice) born in NYC New York (d. 2023)
28 Oct 1936
Juan Carlos Harriott Jr. Argentine polo player (Argentine Open Cship x 20 Hurlingham Open x 15 Tortugas Open x 7) born in Coronel Suarez Province of Buenos Aires Argentina (d. 2023)
28 Oct 1938
Anne Perry [Juliet Marion Hulme] English-born crime writer (convicted of murder as a child as filmed in Heavenly Creatures) born in London England (d. 2023) [1]
28 Oct 1951
John Regan American session and touring rock bassist (Frehleys Comet Peter Frampton) born in New York (d. 2023)
28 Oct 1952
Tommy Dobeck American rock drummer (Michael Stanley Band Circus) born in Cleveland Ohio
28 Oct 1959
Neville Henry British rock saxophonist (Blow Monkeys - Wicked Ways) born in England
28 Oct 1966
Steve Atwater American Pro Football HOF safety (Super Bowl 1998 99 Denver Broncos First-team All-Pro 1991 92 8 Pro Bowl) born in Chicago Illinois
28 Oct 1970
Ayad Akhtar American playwright (Disgraced - Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2013) born in Staten Island New York [1]
28 Oct 1585
Cornelius Jansen Dutch Roman Catholic reform leader (Jansenism) born in Acquoy County of Holland Dutch Republic (d. 1638)
28 Oct 1868
James Connolly American athlete and author 1st Modern Olympic Champion in 1896 born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1957)
28 Oct 1897
Hans Speidel German army officer (WWI WWII) involved in the 20 July Plot to kill Adolf Hitler (19440 and NATO-supreme commander (1957-64) born in Metzingen Kingdom of Wrttemberg German Empire (d. 1984)
28 Oct 1925
Leonard Starr American comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie) born in New York City (d. 2015)
28 Oct 1928
Ion Mihai Pacepa Romanian three-star general in the Securitate who defected to the US born in Bucharest Romania (d. 2021) [1]
28 Oct 1929
Dame Joan Plowright British actress (Enchanted April Brimstone & Treacle) born in Brigg Lincolnshire England
28 Oct 1934
Jim Beatty American athlete (first to break 4-minute mile barrier on an indoor track 358.9 1962) born in New York City
28 Oct 1936
Carl Davis American-British conductor and BAFTA Award-winning film score composer (The French Lieutenants Woman restored silent film Napolon BBCs Pride and Prejudice) born in New York City (d. 2023)
28 Oct 1946
John Hewson Australian politician leader of the Liberal Party born in Sydney
28 Oct 1950
Sihem Bensedrine Tunisian human rights activist born in La Marsa Tunisia
28 Oct 1951
(Gerald) Jezz Woodroffe English rock session and touring keyboardist (Black Sabbath Robert Plant Belle Stars) and video game composer born in Birmingham England
28 Oct 1960
Landon Curt Noll American computer scientist and Mathematician youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times born in Walnut Creek California
28 Oct 1962
Erik Thorstvedt Norwegian soccer goalkeeper (97 caps Tottenham Hotspur 173 games) born in Stavanger Norway
28 Oct 1962
Scotty Nguyen Vietnamese-American professional poker player born in Nha Trang Vietnam
28 Oct 1963
James Miller American parachutist and paraglider known as the Fan Man born in Havre de Grace Maryland (d. 2002)
28 Oct 1965
Luigi Miraglia Italian Latinist born in Naples Italy
28 Oct 1967
Kevin Macdonald Scottish film director known for Touching the Void born in Glasgow Scotland
28 Oct 1967
Sophie Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein born in Munich Germany
28 Oct 1968
Ernie Mills American NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers Carolina Panthers) born in Dunnellon Florida
28 Oct 1968
Juan Orlando Hernandez Honduran politician and convicted drug trafficker President of Honduras (2014-2022) born in Gracias Honduras
28 Oct 1968
Marc Livremont French rugby union footballer and coach born in Dakar Senegal
28 Oct 1972
Terrell Davis American Pro Football HOF running back (Super Bowl 1997 [MVP] 98 NFL MVP 1998 3 First-team All-Pro 3 Pro Bowl Denver Broncos) born in San Diego California
28 Oct 1973
Montel Vontavious Porter [Alvin Burke Jr.] American professional wrestler born in Miami Florida
28 Oct 1974
Dejan Stefanovi Serbian soccer defender (23 caps Serbia & Montenegro Red Star Belgrade Sheffield Wednesday Vitesse Portsmouth) born in Vranje Serbia
28 Oct 1974
Vicente Moreno Spanish soccer manager (Mallorca Espanyol Almera Osasuna) born in Massanassa Spain
28 Oct 1976
Karl Tremblay Canadian folk-rock singer (Les Cowboys Fringants) born in Montreal Quebec
28 Oct 1709
Hannah Pritchard English musician and actress (considered the greatest Lady Macbeth of her generation) born in London (d. 1768) [1]
28 Oct 1733
Ignaz Franz von Beecke German composer born in Wimpfen Swabian Circle Holy Roman Empire (d. 1803)
28 Oct 1751
Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo) born in Glukhov Russian Empire (d. 1825)
28 Oct 1793
Eliphalet Remington American firearms manufacturer who founded Remington Arms born in Suffield Connecticut (d. 1861)
28 Oct 1837
Tokugawa Yoshinobu 15th and last Japanese shgun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1866-67) and Member of the House of Peers (1902-10) born in Edo Japan (d. 1913)
28 Oct 1845
Zygmunt Wrblewski Polish physicist chemist and first person together with Karol Olszewski to liquify oxygen and nitrogen born in Grodno Russian Empire (d. 1888)
28 Oct 1856
Franz Xavier Arens American composer born in Neef Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1932)
28 Oct 1868
James B. Connolly American athlete (Olympic gold Triple jump silver High jump bronze Long jump 1896 silver High jump 1900) and author born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1957)
28 Oct 1879
Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta Spanish composer born in Madrid Spain (d. 1953)
28 Oct 1893
Otto Huiswoud Surinamese workers rights and communist party political activist in US and Europe and editor-in-chief (The Negro Worker) born in Paramaribo Dutch colony of Suriname (d. 1961)
28 Oct 1910
Arthur Altman American songwriter (All or Nothing at All) born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 1994)
28 Oct 1925
Leonard Starr American comic strip cartoonist (Annie) born in New York City (d. 2015)
28 Oct 1927
Dame Cleo Laine British actress and Grammy Award-winning jazz-pop singer (Flesh to a Tiger) born in Middlesex England (d. 2025) [1]
28 Oct 1929
Dame Joan Plowright British Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (National Theatre Enchanted April Brimstone & Treacle Tea with Mussolini) born in Brigg Lincolnshire England (d. 2025) [1] [2]
28 Oct 1929
Franklin W. Stahl American molecular biologist who helped prove DNA replicates semi-conservatively (The Meselson-Stahl Experiment) born in Needham Massachusetts (d. 2025) [1]
28 Oct 1933
Garrincha Brazilian soccer right wing (50 caps World Cup winner 1958 62 Botafogo 238 games) born in Pau Grande Brazil (d. 1983)
28 Oct 1934
Raymond Saunders American visual artist and writer (Black is a Color) born in Homestead Pennsylvania (d. 2025)
28 Oct 1938
Peter Carlstein South African cricketer (South African Test batsman 1958-64) born in Klerksdorp South Africa (d. 2023)
28 Oct 1939
Andy Bey American jazz singer and pianist (Horace Silver Gary Bartz) born in Newark New Jersey (d. 2025) [1] [2]
28 Oct 1940
Graham Gund American art collector and architect (Church Court) born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 2025)
28 Oct 1950
Sihem Bensedrine Tunisian journalist and human rights activist born in La Marsa Tunisia
28 Oct 1953
Pierre Boivin Canadian businessman and president of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team (1999-2011) born in Canada
28 Oct 1964
Dawit Isaak Eritrean-Swedish journalist longest journalist held in captivity (since 2001) born in Asmara Ethiopian Empire
28 Oct 1966
Juan Guzman Dominican baseball pitcher (World Series 1992 93 AL ERA leader 1996 Toronto Blue Jays) born in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
28 Oct 1968
Marc Livremont French rugby union flanker (25 Tests S Catalane Perpignan Stade Franais Biarritz Olympique) and coach (France 2007-11) born in Dakar Senegal
28 Oct 1978
Gwendoline Christie English actress (Game of Thrones Star Wars The Force Awakens The Last Jedi Wednesday) born in Worthing England
28 Oct 1978
Marta Etura Spanish actress (Cell 211) born in San Sebastin Spain
28 Oct 1979
Aki Hakala Finnish rock drummer (The Rasmus) born in Espoo Finland
28 Oct 1979
Jawed Karim Bangladeshi-German-American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur (co-founder of YouTube) born in Merseburg East Germany
28 Oct 1980
Alan Smith English soccer midfielder (19 caps Leeds United Manchester United Newcastle United) born in Rothwell England
28 Oct 1980
Christy Hemme American pro wrestling broadcaster and wrestler (WWE Diva Search 2004) born in Poway California
28 Oct 1980
Kanzi Bonobo most literate non-human born at Georgia State University
28 Oct 1981
Milan Baro Czech soccer striker (93 caps Liverpool Aston Villa Lyon Galatasaray) born in Valask Mezi Czech Republic
28 Oct 1982
Mai Kuraki Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter (If I Believe) born in Funabashi Chiba Japan
28 Oct 1984
Obafemi Martins Nigerian soccer forward (42 caps Inter Milan Newcastle United Seattle Sounders FC) born in Lagos Nigeria
28 Oct 1984
[Peter] Finn Wittrock American stage and screen actor (American Horror Story All My Children 2009-11) born in Lenox Massachusetts
28 Oct 1985
Nomcebo [Nkwanyana] South African singer-songwriter (Jerusalema) born in Hammarsdale Republic of South Africa
28 Oct 1985
Troian Bellisario American actress (Pretty Little Liars) born in Los Angeles California
28 Oct 1986
May El Calamawy Egyptian-Palestinian actress (Ramy) born in Bahrain
28 Oct 1987
Choi Na-yeon South Korean golfer (US Open 2012) born in Seoul South Korea
28 Oct 1987
Frank Ocean [Christopher Breaux] American singer-songwriter (Thinkin Bout You) born in Long Beach California
28 Oct 1991
Lucy Bronze English football player (Barcelona England) born in Berwick-upon-Tweed
28 Oct 1996
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Taylor Fritz American tennis player (US Open 2024 runner-up) born in Rancho Palos Verdes California
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