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October 28 birthdays

302 notable historical figures were born on October 28, and 163 died on this day. Everyone born on October 28 is a Scorpio.

17% of October 28 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on October 28

• Julia Roberts (born 1967. American actress (born 1967))
• Bill Gates (born 1955. American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955))
• Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974. American actor (born 1974))
• Caitlyn Jenner (born 1949. American media personality and decathlete (born 1949))
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 1956. President of Iran from 2005 to 2013)
• Erasmus (1466 to 1536. Dutch humanist (c. 1466–1536))
• Evelyn Waugh (1903 to 1966. British writer and journalist (1903–1966))
• Jonas Salk (1914 to 1995. American inventor of the polio vaccine (1914–1995))
• Francis Bacon (artist) (1909 to 1992. Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992))
• Juan Orlando Hernández (born 1968. President of Honduras from 2014 to 2022)
• Vivienne Medrano (born 1992. American animator and producer (born 1992))
• Anne Perry (1938 to 2023. English author (1938–2023))
• Mohsin Raza Naqvi (born 1978. Pakistani politician and media mogul (born 1978))
• Desmond Child (born 1953. American songwriter and producer (born 1953))
• Henry III (1016 to 1056. Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 to 1056)
• Vladimir Ivashko (1932 to 1994. Soviet Ukrainian politician (1932–1994))
• Sister Nivedita (1867 to 1911. Irish social activist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda)
• Hans Speidel (1897 to 1984. German military officer (1897–1984))
• Sheryl Underwood (born 1963. American comedian, actress and television host)
• Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667 to 1740. Queen of Spain from 1689 to 1700)
• Shams Pahlavi (1917 to 1996. Iranian princess (1917–1996))
• Maurice de Saxe (1696 to 1750. Count of Saxony (1696–1750))
• Grigory Kulik (1890 to 1950. Marshal of the Soviet Union)
• Elijah Ngurare (born 1970. Namibian politician (born 1970))
• Per Albin Hansson (1885 to 1946. Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden, 1932–36 and 1936–46)
• Fatemeh Pahlavi (1928 to 1987. Iranian princess (1928–1987))
• Gershon Kingsley (1922 to 2019. German-American composer and musician (1922–2019))
• Ľudovít Štúr (1815 to 1856. Slovak revolutionary, philosopher, politician, and writer (1815–1856))
• Velimir Khlebnikov (1885 to 1922. Russian playwright, poet and futurist (1885-1922))
• Howard Hanson (1896 to 1981. American composer and music theorist (1896–1981))
• Gilmar Pisas (born 1971. Curaçaoan politician (born 1971))
• Howard Blake (born 1938. English composer, conductor, and pianist (born 1938))
• Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (1767 to 1852. Queen of Denmark (1808–39) and Norway (1808–14))
• Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793 to 1881. Hereditary Princess of Denmark)
• Cornelius Jansen (1585 to 1638. Dutch Bishop (1585-1638))
• Dmitri Ivanovsky (1864 to 1920. Russian Botanist (1864–1920))
• Spyros Kyprianou (1932 to 2002. President of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988)
• Liviu Dragnea (born 1962. Romanian engineer and politician (born 1962))
• Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1881 to 1957. Royal Navy Admiral (1880–1957))
• Bruna Surfistinha (born 1984. Writer and former sex worker)
• Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939. Ghanaian writer (born 1939))
• Richard F. Cleveland (1897 to 1974. American lawyer (1897–1974))
• Delfin Lorenzana (born 1948. Filipino government official and former Philippine Army general)
• Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875 to 1966. American magazine editor (1875–1966))
• Abba P. Lerner (1903 to 1982. Russian-British economist (1903–1982))
• Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri (born 1956. Iraqi military officer and politician (born 1956))
• Maryam Booth (born 1993. Nigerian actress and model (born 1993))
• Matt Smith (born 1982. English actor (born 1982))
• Fania Oz-Salzberger (born 1960. Israeli historian & writer (born 1960))
• Jesús Padilla Gálvez (born 1959. Spanish philosopher (born 1959))
• Bernie Ecclestone (born 1930. British business magnate (born 1930))
• Malwida von Meysenbug (1816 to 1903. German writer (1816–1903))
• Toshio Masuda (composer) (born 1959. Japanese composer)
• Jim Valentino (born 1952. American comic creator (born 1952))
• José Tadeo Monagas (1784 to 1868. President of Venezuela from 1847-51 and 1855-58)
• Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914 to 1994. British biochemist (1914–1994))
• Pierre François Verhulst (1804 to 1849. Belgian mathematician)
• Salvatore Colombo (1922 to 1989. Catholic bishop of Mogadishu (1922–1989))
• Frédéric Martel (born 1967. French writer, researcher and journalist)
• Quatremère de Quincy (1755 to 1849. French archaeologist, architect and writer (1755–1849))

Died on October 28

• Matthew Perry (1969 to 2023. American and Canadian actor (1969–2023))
• John Locke (1632 to 1704. English philosopher and physician (1632–1704))
• Jahangir (1569 to 1627. Mughal emperor from 1605 to 1627)
• Margaret I of Denmark (1353 to 1412. Scandinavian queen (1353–1412))
• Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856 to 1921. Indian Islamic scholar (1856–1921))
• Maxentius (278 to 312. Roman emperor from 306 to 312)
• George of Denmark (1653 to 1708. Consort of Queen Anne from 1702 to 1708)
• Billy Hughes (1862 to 1952. Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923)
• Bernhard von Bülow (1849 to 1929. Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909)
• Taha Hussein (1889 to 1973. Egyptian writer (1889–1973))
• Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086 to 1138. Duke of Poland from 1107 to 1138)
• Michael Sata (1937 to 2014. President of Zambia from 2011 to 2014)
• Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927 to 2013. 40th Prime Minister of Poland (1989–91))
• Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831 to 1917. German prince and British royal (1831–1917))
• Alice Brady (1892 to 1939. American actress (1892–1939))
• Birger Jarl (1210 to 1266. Jarl of Sweden from 1248 to 1266)
• Mary Harrison McKee (1858 to 1930. First Lady of the United States from 1892 to 1893)
• Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802 to 1857. French general and politician (1802–1857))
• Filipp Goloshchyokin (1876 to 1941. Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician (1876–1941))
• John Smeaton (1724 to 1792. British engineer (1724–1792))
• Richard Smalley (1943 to 2005. American chemist and Nobel laureate (1943–2005))
• Vince Dooley (1932 to 2022. American college football coach and administrator (1932–2022))
• Paul Rée (1849 to 1901. German author, philosopher and physician (1849–1901))
• Artemas Ward (1727 to 1800. Continental Army general (1727–1800))
• Jerry Lee Lewis (1935 to 2022. American musician (1935–2022))
• Grigory Shtern (1900 to 1941. Soviet colonel general (1900–1941))
• Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938 to 2010. Prime Minister of Greenland (1979–1991; 1997–2002))
• Charlotte Smith (writer) (1749 to 1806. English poet and novelist (1749–1806))
• Nicholas Brathwaite (1925 to 2016. Grenadian politician)
• Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki (1948 to 2004. Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1944–2004))

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