Famous Birthdays on October 28

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 238

• 1017 Henry III, Holy Roman emperor (1046-56), born in Pfalz Bodfeld, near Goslar, Saxony (d. 1056)

• 1510 Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía and Jesuit priest, born in Duchy of Gandía, Kingdom of Valencia, Spain (d. 1572)
• 1585 Cornelius Jansen, Dutch Roman Catholic reform leader (Jansenism), born in Acquoy, County of Holland, Dutch Republic (d. 1638)
• 1667 Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain, born in Benrath Palace, Düsseldorf, Electoral Palatinate (d. 1740)
• 1689 Michel Mathieu, French violist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1768)
• 1691 Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero, born in Trondheim, Denmark-Norway (d. 1720)
• 1703 Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician, born in Portes, Gard, France (d. 1768)
• 1718 Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer, born in Kottori, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1793)
• 1733 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, German composer, born in Wimpfen, Germany (d. 1803)
• 1751 Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky, Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo), born in Glukhov, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1825)

• 1756 ALF [Gordon Shumway], fictional Melmacian Alien Life Form from the American sitcom "ALF"

• 1767 Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort of Denmark and Norway, born in Hanau, Hesse, Germany (d. 1852)
• 1789 Johann Schneider, German composer and organist, born in Neu Giersdorff, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1864)
• 1793 Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (Remington Arms Co., L.L.C.), born in Suffield, Connecticut (d. 1861)
• 1795 Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt, Dutch politician, born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1873)
• 1798 Henri Bertini, French classical composer and pianist, born in London (d. 1876)
• 1801 Karl Georg Lickl, Austrian pianist, physharmonica (type of harmonium) player, and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1877)
• 1804 Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1849)
• 1805 John Thomson, Scottish composer, born in Sprouston, Scotland (d. 1841)
• 1806 Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, French-Swiss botanist, born in Paris (d. 1893)
• 1810 Adley H. Gladden, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Fairfield District, South Carolina (d. 1862)
• 1834 Dudley M. DuBose, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1883)
• 1837 Tokugawa Yoshinobu, 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, born in Edo, Japan (d. 1913)
• 1842 Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, American Quaker orator, abolitionist, women's rights advocate, writer, and mountaineer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
• 1842 Charles Boissevain, Dutch editor of Amsterdam Algemeen Handelsblad (1885-1908), born in Amsterdam (d. 1927)
• 1845 Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist, born in Grodno, Russian Empire (d. 1888)
• 1846 Auguste Escoffier, French chef and culinary writer, 'king of chefs & chef of kings', born in Villeneuve-Loubet, France (d. 1935)
• 1855 Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Russian botanist (more than 300 new types of fruit), born in Vershino estate, Russia (d. 1935)
• 1856 Franz Xavier Arens, American composer, born in Neef, Germany (d. 1932)
• 1860 Kanō Jigorō, Japanese educator and the founder of Judo, born in Mikage, Japan (d. 1938)
• 1864 Adolfo Camarillo, American prominent land owner, horse breeder, and rancher, born in Ventura, California (d. 1958)
• 1864 Dmitry Ivanovsky, Russian botanist who discovered the organisms that came to be known as viruses, born in Gdov, Russia (d. 1920)
• 1868 James Connolly, American athlete and author, 1st Modern Olympic Champion in 1896, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1957)
• 1875 Gilbert H. Grosvenor, American geographer and 1st full-time editor of National Geographic Society (1899-1954), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1966)
• 1876 Albert Michotte van den Berck, Belgian experimental psychologist, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1965)
• 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)
• 1879 Channing H. Cox, American politician (49th Governor of Massachusetts), born in Manchester, New Hampshire (d. 1968)
• 1879 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, Spanish composer, born in Madrid (d. 1953)
• 1881 Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (Olympic silver pole vault & bronze javelin 1906; bronze pole vault 1908; popularized bowling in Sweden), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1969)
• 1881 Vin Coutie, Australian rules footballer, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1951)
• 1884 Miloje Milojević, Serbian composer, born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 1946)
• 1886 Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician, born in Ghoresha, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1937)
• 1889 Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress (Le gros Bill) and singer, born in Nicolet, Quebec (d. 1975)
• 1890 Andrés Isasi, Spanish Basque composer, born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1940)
• 1891 Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (The Great Air Robbery), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 1920)
• 1892 Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis, Dutch historian of science (biography of Archimedes), born in Tilburg, Netherlands (d. 1965)
• 1892 Ludwig Strauss, German-Israeli writer (Night Watch), born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1953)
• 1892 Ollie "Dink" Johnson, American Dixieland jazz clarinetist, pianist, and drummer, born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1954)
• 1893 Christopher Kelk Ingold, English chemist (Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules), born in London (d. 1970)
• 1893 Otto Huiswoud, Suriname-born political activist and editor-in-chief (Negro Worker), born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 1961)
• 1895 John Boles, American singer and actor (Babes in Baghdad), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 1969)

• 1897 Edith Head, Hollywood costume designer (8 Oscars), born in San Bernardino, California (d. 1981)
• 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 Württemberg, German Empire (d. 1984)
• 1901 Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (The Three Children (Near Clonmel)), born in Dublin (d. 1979)
• 1902 Elsa Lanchester, British actress (The Bride of Frankenstien), born in London, England (d. 1986)
• 1903 Evelyn Waugh, English author (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop), born in London, England (d. 1966)
• 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)
• 1905 Harry Broadhurst, British Royal Air Force commander and flying ace of the Second World War, born in Frimley, Surrey, England (d. 1995)
• 1907 John Hewitt, Northern Irish poet, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1987)
• 1907 Lew Parker [Austin Lewis Jacobs], American actor (Are You with It?, That Girl), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
• 1909 Ādolfs Skulte, Latvian composer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2000)
• 1909 Claude Bourdet, French human rights activist and journalist, born in Paris (d. 1996)
• 1909 Francis Bacon, Irish-British abstract painter (Study for a Pope), born in Dublin (d. 1992)
• 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)
• 1910 Arthur Altman, American songwriter ("All or Nothing at All"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
• 1912 Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems), born in Hampton, Middlesex, England (d. 2005)
• 1913 Cyril Christiani, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests; British Guiana), born in Georgetown, Guyana (d. 1938)
• 1913 Peter Glenville, English stage and screen actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), born in London (d. 1996)
• 1914 Glenn Robert Davis, American politician, born in Vernon, Wisconsin (d. 1988)

• 1914 Richard Laurence Millington Synge, British biochemist (Nobel 1952), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
• 1915 Dody Goodman, American comedienne (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Martha Shumway"; Max Duggan), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2008)
• 1915 Michael Fraser, British Conservative Party political administrator, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1996)
• 1916 Jessie Kesson, Scottish writer and radio producer, born in Inverness (d. 1994)
• 1917 Jack Soo [Goro Suzuki], Japanese-American actor (Flower Drum Song, Barney Miller), born in Oakland, California (d. 1979)
• 1918 Harold Shepherdson, British soccer trainer, born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire (d. 1955)
• 1919 Bernhard Wicki, Austrian director and actor (Morituri, Crime & Passion), born in St. Pölten, Austria (d. 2000)
• 1921 Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill, Cuban Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz composer, arranger, and conductor, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2001)
• 1921 Peggy Kirk, American golfer, (Titleholders Championship 1949), born in Findlay, Ohio (d. 2016)
• 1922 Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey (d. 2007)
• 1922 Gershon Kingsley [Götz Ksinski], German-American composer, electronic music pioneer, and Moog synthesizer player (Popcorn), born in Bochum, Weimar Republic (d. 2019)
• 1922 Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician (1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe), born in Gutu district, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2003)
• 1924 Alfonso Montecino, Chilean-American composer, born in Osorno, Chile (d. 2015)
• 1924 Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1996)
• 1925 Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener, born in Nassau, Bahamas (d. 2006)
• 1925 Leonard Starr, American comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie), born in New York City (d. 2015)

• 1927 Dame Cleo Laine, British actress and jazz-pop singer ("Flesh to a Tiger"), born in Middlesex, England
• 1928 Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian three-star general in the Securitate, born in Bucharest, Romania
• 1928 Lawrie Reilly, Scottish soccer striker (38 caps; Hibernian 253 games, 185 goals), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2013)
• 1929 Airline Falconer, 1st child born in aircraft, born in the skies above Miami, Florida
• 1929 Dame Joan Plowright, British actress (Enchanted April, Brimstone & Treacle), born in Brigg, Lincolnshire
• 1929 John Hollander, American poet and literary critic, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2013)
• 1929 Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (The French Connection), born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1988)
• 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)

• 1930 John Mayer, Indian violinist and composer (Indo-Jazz Fusions), born in Calcutta, Bengal, British India (d. 2004) [1]
• 1932 Suzy Parker, American model and actress (Chamber of Horrors), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2003)
• 1933 Garrincha, Brazilian footballer, born in Pau Grande, Brazil (d. 1983)
• 1934 Jim Beatty, American athlete (first to break 4-minute mile barrier on an indoor track 3:58.9 1962), born in New York City
• 1934 Julio Jiménez, Spanish road cyclist (King of the Mountains: Tour de France 1965, 66, 67 & Vuelta a España 1963, 64, 65), born in Ávila, Spain (d. 2022)
• 1935 Folke Rabe, Swedish avant-garde composer (What??), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2017)
• 1936 Carl Davis, American-British conductor and BAFTA Award-winning film score composer (The French Lieutenant's Woman; restored silent film Napoléon; BBC's Pride and Prejudice), born in New York City (d. 2023)
• 1936 Charlie Daniels, American country-rock guitarist, fiddler, and singer ("Devil Went Down to Georgia"), born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 2020)
• 1936 Horst Antes, German painter and sculptor, born in Heppenheim, Germany
• 1936 Juan Carlos Harriott Jr., Argentine polo player (Argentine Open C'ship x 20, Hurlingham Open x 15, Tortugas Open x 7), born in Coronel Suarez, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2023)
• 1936 Ted Hawkins, American singer and guitarist ("The Next Hundred Years"), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1995)

• 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]
• 1938 David Dimbleby, English TV presenter and political commentator, born in Surrey, England
• 1938 Peter Carlstein, South African cricketer (South African Test batsman 1958-64), born in Klerksdorp, South Africa
• 1939 Andy Bey, American jazz singer and pianist (Horace Silver; Gary Bartz), born in Newark, New Jersey
• 1939 Jane Alexander, American actress (Betsy, Kramer vs Kramer), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1939 Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslav gymnast (Olypmics gold 1964, 68), born in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• 1940 Susan Harris, American television writer and producer (It Takes Two), born in Mount Vernon, New York
• 1941 André Quilis, French rugby union flanker (5 caps; RC Narbonne), born in Coursan, France (d. 2020)
• 1941 Curtis Lee, American singer ("Pretty Little Angel Eyes"), born in Yuma, Arizona (d. 2015)
• 1941 Glen Moore, American jazz bassist and composer, born in Portland, Oregon
• 1941 Hank Marvin [Brian Rankin], British rock guitarist (The Shadows - "Apache"; "Foot Tapper"), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
• 1941 John Hallam, British character actor, born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland (d. 2006)
• 1942 Kees Verkerk, Dutch skater World Champion (1967)/(Olympic gold 1968), born in Maasdam, Netherlands
• 1943 Charo López, Spanish actress (La regenta), born in Salamanca, Spain
• 1943 Conny Froboess, German actress (Rheinsberg), born in Wriezen, Germany
• 1943 Pim Doesburg, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (8 caps; Eredivisie record 687 games; Sparta, PSV), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2020)
• 1944 Anton Schlecker, German billionaire (Schlecker drug store), born in Ehingen, Germany
• 1944 Bob Andy [Keith Anderson], Jamaican reggae songwriter, and vocalist ("Feel the Feeling"; "Fire Burning"), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2020)
• 1944 Coluche [Michel Colucci] French comedian (My Best Friend's Girl), born in Paris (d. 1986)
• 1944 Dennis Franz, American actor (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue - "Lt. Buntz"), born in Maywood, Illinois
• 1945 Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer (Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82)
• 1945 Wayne Fontana [Glyn Geoffrey Ellis], British rocker (The Mindbenders - "The Game Of Love"), born in Manchester, England (d. 2020)
• 1946 John Hewson, Australian politician
• 1946 Wim Jansen, Dutch soccer utility (65 caps; Feyenoord 415 games) and manager (SC Lokeren, Feyenoord, Celtic), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2022)
• 1947 Tom Fitzsimmons, actor (Franklin-Paper Chase), born in San Francisco, California
• 1948 Rickie Lee Reynolds, American southern rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas - "Jim Dandy (To the Rescue)"), born in Manila, Arkansas (d. 2021)
• 1948 Telma Hopkins, American singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn - "Tie A Yellow Ribbon"), and actress (Family Matters), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• 1948 Valeri Viktorovich Baberdin, Russian colonel/cosmonaut

• 1949 Kenny Passarelli, American touring and session bass guitarist (Joe Walsh; Elton John; Dan Fogelberg; Hall & Oates), born in Denver, Colorado
• 1949 Surin Pitsuwan, Thai foreign minister and 12th Secretary General of ASEAN (2008-2012), born in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand (d. 2017)
• 1950 Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
• 1950 Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights activist
• 1951 (Gerald) "Jezz" Woodroffe, English rock session and touring keyboardist (Black Sabbath, Robert Plant, Belle Stars), and video game composer, born in Birmingham, England
• 1951 John Regan, American session and touring rock bassist (Frehley's Comet, Peter Frampton), born in New York (d. 2023)
• 1951 Rajan Mishra, Indian classical music vocalist, born in Varanasi, India (d. 2021)
• 1951 Ron & Don Galyon, American siamese twins (Jerry Springer Show), born in Dayton, Ohio
• 1952 Annie Potts, American actress (Designing Women - "Mary Jo"; Any Day Now), born in Nashville, Tennessee
• 1952 Tommy Dobeck, American rock drummer (Michael Stanley Band; Circus), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• 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
• 1953 Mark James, British golfer (Senior Players Championship 2004), born in Manchester, England
• 1953 Phil Dwyer, Welsh soccer defender (10 caps; Cardiff City 471 games), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 2021)
• 1953 Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman and hockey executive
• 1954 Sammy Stewart, American MLB pitcher (World Series 1983; AL ERA leader 1981; Cleveland Indians), born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 2018)

• 1955 Indra Nooyi, Indian American businesswoman (CEO of PepsiCo), born in Madras, India
• 1956 Dave Wyndorf, American rock singer (Monster Magnet), born in Red Bank, New Jersey

• 1957 Stephen Morris, British pop drummer (Joy Division - "Atmosphere"; New Order), born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.
• 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)
• 1959 Neville Henry, British rock saxophonist (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways"), born in England
• 1960 Landon Curt Noll, Astronomer, Cryptographer and Mathematician: youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times
• 1960 Mark Derwin, Park Forest Ill, actor (AC Mallet-Guiding Light)
• 1961 Darrell Lavigne, American jazz pianist, composer, and educator, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• 1962 Daphne Zuniga, actress (Jo Reynolds-Melrose Place, Spaceballs), born in San Francisco, California
• 1962 Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer
• 1962 Scotty Nguyen, professional poker player
• 1963 Eros Ramazotti, Italian pop musician and songwriter ("Adesso Te"), born in Cinecittà Est, Rome, Italy
• 1963 James Miller, the "Fan Man" (d. 2002)
• 1963 Kevin Dineen, Canadian NHL right wing, coach (Hartford Whalers, Philadelphia Flyers), born in Quebec City, Québec
• 1963 Lauren Holly, actress (Picket Fences), born in Bristol, Pennsylvania
• 1963 Rob Bailey, English cricket batsman (4 Tests; Northamptonshire CCC, Derbyshire CCC) and umpire (ODIs 24, T20Is 18), born in Biddulph, England
• 1964 Costantino Mastroprimiano, Italian classical pianist, educator, and musicologist, born in Foggia, Italy
• 1964 Griffin O'Neal, American actor (April Fools Day, Wraith), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1964 Paul Wylie, figure skater (Olympic-silver)
• 1965 Charles David Denler, American composer, born in Hartford, Connecticut 
• 1965 Eric Floyd, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1965 Jami Gertz, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1965 Luigi Miraglia, Italian Latinist
• 1966 Andy Richter, American actor, comedian and writer (Conan O'Brien's sidekick), born in Yorkville, Illinois
• 1966 Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
• 1966 Benoit Hogue, Canadian NHL center (Dallas Stars), born in Repentigny, Quebec
• 1966 Juan Guzman, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• 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
• 1966 Tim Bogar, infielder (NY Mets), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1967 James Joseph, NFL running back (Cin Bengals)
• 1967 John Romero, American video game designer (id Software), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado

• 1967 Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director
• 1967 Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
• 1968 Ernie Mills, American NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers), born in Dunnellon, Florida
• 1968 Juan Orlando Hernandez, Honduran politician and convicted drug trafficker, President of Honduras (2014-2022), born in Gracias, Honduras
• 1968 Marc Lièvremont, French rugby union footballer and coach, born in Dakar, Senegal
• 1969 Ben Harper, American blues and reggae musician and singer-songwriter ("No Mercy In This Land"), born in Pomona, California
• 1970 Ayad Akhtar, American playwright ("Disgraced" - Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2013), born in Staten Island, New York [1]
• 1970 Kurt Rosenwinkel, American jazz guitarist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1971 John Coker, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
• 1971 Nicole Green, 400m runner, born in Springfield, Ohio

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