Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
Chris Bauer |
Actor |
28-Oct-1966 |
|
Andy Bellefleur on True Blood |
Troian Bellisario |
Actor |
28-Oct-1985 |
|
Spencer Hastings on Pretty Little Liars |
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 |
Levi Coffin |
Activist |
28-Oct-1798 |
16-Sep-1877 |
Helped thousands of slaves to freedom |
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 |
|
The Devil Went Down to Georgia |
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 |
Arturo Frondizi |
Head of State |
28-Oct-1908 |
18-Apr-1995 |
President of Argentina, 1958-62 |
Bill Gates |
Business |
28-Oct-1955 |
|
Co-Founder of Microsoft |
Jami Gertz |
Actor |
28-Oct-1965 |
|
Muffy on Square Pegs |
Peter Glenville |
Film Director |
28-Oct-1913 |
3-Jun-1996 |
Becket |
Dody Goodman |
Actor |
28-Oct-1914 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Mother on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman |
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 |
Jack Hedley |
Actor |
28-Oct-1930 |
|
Lt. Col. John Preston on Colditz |
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 |
Cleo Laine |
Singer |
28-Oct-1927 |
|
Show Boat |
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 |
Kevin Macdonald |
Film Director |
28-Oct-1967 |
|
The Last King of Scotland |
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 |
Sierra McCormick |
Actor |
28-Oct-1997 |
|
Olive Doyle on A.N.T. Farm |
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 |
Frank Ocean |
Rapper |
28-Oct-1987 |
|
OFWGKTA rapper |
Brad Paisley |
Country Musician |
28-Oct-1972 |
|
Mud on the Tires |
Zoie Palmer |
Actor |
28-Oct-1977 |
|
Lauren on Lost Girl |
Suzy Parker |
Model |
28-Oct-1932 |
3-May-2003 |
Early supermodel turned actress |
George C. Peery |
Politician |
28-Oct-1873 |
14-Oct-1952 |
Governor of Virginia, 1934-38 |
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 first polio vaccine |
Yves Simoneau |
Film Director |
28-Oct-1955 |
|
Nuremberg |
James W. Smith, Jr. |
Judge |
28-Oct-1943 |
|
Mississippi Chief Justice |
Matt Smith |
Actor |
28-Oct-1982 |
|
The eleventh Doctor Who |
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 |
Sheryl Underwood |
Comic |
28-Oct-1963 |
|
The Talk |
Nicholas Veliotes |
Diplomat |
28-Oct-1928 |
|
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1984-86 |
Rob Walton |
Business |
28-Oct-1944 |
|
Wal-Mart Chairman, world's 12th richest man |
Zach Wamp |
Politician |
28-Oct-1957 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1995-2011 |
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 |