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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Head of State
28-Oct-1956   President of Iran
Jane Alexander
Actor
28-Oct-1939   The Ring
Francis Bacon
Painter
28-Oct-1909 28-Apr-1992 The Screaming Popes
Sandy Berger
Government
28-Oct-1945   National Security Advisor for Bill Clinton
John Boles
Actor
28-Oct-1895 27-Feb-1969 Victor Moritz in Frankenstein
Graham Bond
Musician
28-Oct-1937 8-May-1974 Influential blues keyboardist
St. Francis Borgia
Religion
28-Oct-1510 30-Sep-1572 The canonized Borgia
Leslie L. Byrne
Politician
28-Oct-1946   Congresswoman from Virginia, 1993-95
Alan Clarke
Film Director
28-Oct-1935 24-Jul-1990 Scum
Coluche
Actor
28-Oct-1944 19-Jun-1986 Le maître d'école
Fulvio Conti
Business
28-Oct-1947   CEO of Enel
George Dangerfield
Historian
28-Oct-1904 26-Dec-1986 The Strange Death of Liberal England
Charlie Daniels
Country Musician
28-Oct-1936   Country music star
Terrell Davis
Football
28-Oct-1972   Former Denver Broncos RB
Auguste Escoffier
Chef
28-Oct-1846 12-Feb-1935 Emperor of chefs
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Government
28-Oct-1951   CEO of TIAA-CREF
Dennis Franz
Actor
28-Oct-1944   Det. Sipowicz on NYPD Blue
Bill Gates
Business
28-Oct-1955   Co-Founder of Microsoft
Jami Gertz
Actor
28-Oct-1965   Muffy on Square Pegs
Justin Guarini
Musician
28-Oct-1978   Big afro on American Idol
Howard Hanson
Composer
28-Oct-1896 26-Feb-1981 Symphony No. 4
Ben Harper
Musician
28-Oct-1969   Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
Edith Head
Designer
28-Oct-1897 24-Oct-1981 Hollywood costume designer
Thomas J. Herbert
Politician
28-Oct-1894 26-Oct-1974 Governor of Ohio, 1947-49
John Hewitt
Poet
28-Oct-1907 22-Jun-1987 No Rebel Word
John Hollander
Poet
28-Oct-1929   Powers of Thirteen
Lauren Holly
Actor
28-Oct-1963   Pavement
Telma Hopkins
Actor
28-Oct-1948   Rachel Crawford on Family Matters
Cornelius Jansen
Religion
28-Oct-1585 6-May-1638 Father of Jansenism
Bruce Jenner
Track and Field
28-Oct-1949   US Olympic track and field star
Jigoro Kano
Sports Figure
28-Oct-1860 4-May-1938 Founder of Judo
Jake Kasdan
Film Director
28-Oct-1974   Orange County
Bowie Kuhn
Baseball
28-Oct-1926 15-Mar-2007 Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84
Elsa Lanchester
Actor
28-Oct-1902 26-Dec-1986 Bride of Frankenstein
John Laurens
Military
28-Oct-1754 27-Aug-1782 Military aide to George Washington
Abba Lerner
Economist
28-Oct-1903 27-Oct-1982 The Economics of Control
Albert Maltz
Playwright
28-Oct-1908 26-Apr-1985 One of the Hollywood Ten
Maurice, comte de Saxe
Military
28-Oct-1696 30-Nov-1750 Marshal Saxe
Bob Melvin
Baseball
28-Oct-1961   Manager, Arizona Diamondbacks
Robert D. Murphy
Diplomat
28-Oct-1894 9-Jan-1978 Envoy in French North Africa, 1940-42
Devon Murray
Actor
28-Oct-1988   Seamus Finnigan in Harry Potter
Indra Nooyi
Business
28-Oct-1955   CEO of PepsiCo
Brad Paisley
Country Musician
28-Oct-1972   Mud on the Tires
Suzy Parker
Model
28-Oct-1932 3-May-2003 Early supermodel turned actress
Joaquin Phoenix
Actor
28-Oct-1974   Gladiator
Joan Plowright
Actor
28-Oct-1929   Enchanted April
Annie Potts
Actor
28-Oct-1952   Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women
Trista Rehn
Actor
28-Oct-1972   The Bachelorette
Eliphalet Remington
Business
28-Oct-1793 12-Aug-1861 Founder of Remington Arms
Andy Richter
Actor
28-Oct-1966   Formerly controlled the universe
Julia Roberts
Actor
28-Oct-1967   Pretty Woman
John Romero
Computer Programmer
28-Oct-1967   Doom, Quake, Daikatana
Jonas Salk
Scientist
28-Oct-1914 23-Jun-1995 Discoverer of the polio vaccine
Yves Simoneau
Film Director
28-Oct-1955   Nuremberg
James W. Smith, Jr.
Judge
28-Oct-1943   Mississippi Chief Justice
Jack Soo
Actor
28-Oct-1916 11-Jan-1979 Det. Yemana on Barney Miller
Hans Speidel
Military
28-Oct-1897 28-Nov-1984 German general, NATO commander
Joe Spinell
Actor
28-Oct-1936 13-Jan-1989 Frank Zito in Maniac
Richard L. M. Synge
Chemist
28-Oct-1914 18-Aug-1994 Partition chromatography
Dayanara Torres
Actor
28-Oct-1974   Miss Universe 1993
Nicholas Veliotes
Diplomat
28-Oct-1928   US Ambassador to Egypt, 1984-86
Zach Wamp
Politician
28-Oct-1957   Congressman, Tennessee 3rd
Evelyn Waugh
Novelist
28-Oct-1903 10-Apr-1966 Brideshead Revisited
Lenny Wilkens
Basketball
28-Oct-1937   Winningest coach in NBA history
Randy Wittman
Basketball
28-Oct-1959   Head Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves
Daphne Zuniga
Actor
28-Oct-1962   Princess Vespa in Spaceballs


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