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b. 1984Obafemi Martins
Nigerian striker who played for Inter Milan and Newcastle United
Did you know? He is famous for his acrobatic goal celebration, which often involved performing multiple consecutive backflips on the pitch.
b. 1982Matt Smith
Actor best known for playing the eleventh incarnation of Doctor Who
Did you know? Before an injury ended his sporting ambitions, he was a talented youth footballer who played for Leicester City and Northampton Town.
b. 1981Milan Baroš
Czech footballer who won the Golden Boot at Euro 2004
Did you know? He was a key member of the Liverpool squad that famously overcame a three-goal deficit to win the Champions League in 2005.
b. 1978Gwendoline Christie
Actress known for playing Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones
Did you know? Before acting, she trained as a semi-professional gymnast until a spine injury forced her to change career paths.
b. 1974Joaquin Phoenix
Oscar-winning actor known for Joker and Gladiator
Did you know? He spent his early childhood travelling through Central and South America as part of a religious cult known as the Children of God.
b. 1968Juan Orlando Hernández
Former President of Honduras who was later convicted of drug crimes
Did you know? After leaving office, he was transferred to American custody to face legal proceedings regarding international drug smuggling.
b. 1967Julia Roberts
American actress who became a star in Pretty Woman and won an Oscar for Erin Brockovich
Did you know? She played the clarinet in her school band and originally dreamed of becoming a veterinarian rather than an actress.
b. 1963Eros Ramazzotti
Italian singer and songwriter who has sold millions of records
Did you know? He launched his international career after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1984.
b. 1956Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Hardline former mayor of Tehran who served as President of Iran from 2005 to 2013 and expanded its nuclear programme
Did you know? Before his political career, he earned a PhD in traffic and transport planning and worked as a university lecturer.
b. 1955Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft who made Windows the world's dominant software, and later a leading global philanthropist
Did you know? His first business venture was a computerised system called Traf-O-Data, which measured traffic flow in his local city.
b. 1949Caitlyn Jenner
Olympic gold medallist and prominent American media personality
Did you know? In the 1970s, she became a cultural icon by appearing on the front of Wheaties cereal boxes.
Coluche
French comedian and actor who founded the Les Restos du Cœur charity
Did you know? He once ran for the French presidency as a joke, gaining significant support before withdrawing from the race.
1933–1983Garrincha
Legendary Brazilian footballer and two-time World Cup winner
Did you know? He was born with several physical deformities, including a severely curved spine and legs that bowed in different directions.
b. 1930Bernie Ecclestone
Business magnate who transformed the commercial success of Formula One
Did you know? He briefly attempted a career as a racing driver, entering two Grand Prix races in 1958 but failing to qualify for either.
1929–2025Joan Plowright
Distinguished British actress of stage and screen
Did you know? She was married to Laurence Olivier and won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway production of A Taste of Honey.
1914–1995Jonas Salk
Medical researcher who developed the first successful polio vaccine
Did you know? He chose not to patent his life-saving vaccine, famously asking if one could patent the sun, to ensure it remained affordable for everyone.
1914–1994Richard Laurence Millington Synge
Nobel Prize-winning chemist who co-invented partition chromatography
Did you know? During the Second World War, he used his scientific expertise to study the chemical structure of antibiotics, particularly gramicidin.
1909–1992Francis Bacon
Irish-born painter known for his raw and unsettling figurative works
Did you know? His London studio was preserved after his death and moved piece by piece to the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin.
1903–1966Evelyn Waugh
English writer known for the novel Brideshead Revisited
Did you know? His brief and unhappy career as a schoolteacher provided the inspiration for his first successful comic novel, Decline and Fall.
1902–1986Elsa Lanchester
British actress who played the title character in Bride of Frankenstein
Did you know? She was married to fellow actor Charles Laughton for over 30 years and they appeared in several films together.
1885–1922Velimir Khlebnikov
Influential Russian poet and key figure of the Futurist movement
Did you know? He co-invented a complex linguistic system called Zaum, which used experimental word formations to create meaning beyond traditional language.
1818–1883Ivan Turgenev
Russian novelist of Fathers and Sons and A Sportsman's Sketches whose portraits of serfdom influenced its abolition
Did you know? He spent much of his adult life living in France and was close friends with famous Western writers like Gustave Flaubert.
1815–1856Ľudovít Štúr
Leader of the Slovak national revival and creator of the Slovak language
Did you know? A multi-lingual scholar, he established the first Slovak-language political newspaper and led a volunteer campaign during the 1848 revolution.
1466–1536Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist and scholar who wrote The Praise of Folly and published a new Greek edition of the New Testament
Did you know? He was a prolific letter writer who corresponded with hundreds of the most influential thinkers and leaders across Europe.
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🇬🇧John LockeEnglish philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and…View profile Photo (modified): Godfrey Kneller · Public domain1704Died
🇺🇸Matthew PerryAmerican and Canadian actorView profile Photo (modified): Valerie Jarrett / @vj44 via X (Twitter) · Public domain2023Died
🇺🇸Abigail AdamsWife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams…View profile Photo (modified): Benjamin Blyth · Public domain1818Died
Jahangir IFourth Mughal emperor of the Mughal Empire, reigning from 1605 until his death in 1627View profile Photo (modified): 1605 artist · Public domain1627Died
🇬🇧Friedrich Max MüllerGerman-born British comparative philologist and OrientalistView profile Photo (modified): Alexander Bassano · Public domain1900Died
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October 28: birthdays, history and star sign
25 famous people were born on October 28, including Bill Gates, Erasmus and Ivan Turgenev. Anyone born on October 28 is a Scorpio, a water sign ruled by Pluto. Notable events on October 28 include Greco-Italian War (1940) and Battle of the Milvian Bridge (AD 312).
Famous people born on October 28
- 1982Matt Smith · English actor
- 1981Milan Baroš · Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward
- 1974Joaquin Phoenix · American actor
- 1968Juan Orlando Hernández · Honduran convicted criminal and politician who served as the president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022
- 1967Julia Roberts · American actress
- 1963Eros Ramazzotti · Italian pop and rock singer, songwriter and record producer
- 1956Mahmoud Ahmadinejad · Iranian politician who served as the president of Iran from 2005 to 2013
- 1955Bill Gates · American businessman and philanthropist
- 1949Caitlyn Jenner · American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete
- 1944Coluche · French stand-up comedian, film actor, activist and philanthropist
- 1933Garrincha · Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger
- 1930Bernie Ecclestone · British business magnate, motorsport executive and former racing driver
- 1914Jonas Salk · American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines
- 1914Richard Laurence Millington Synge · English biochemist, and shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with…
- 1909Francis Bacon · Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery
- 1903Evelyn Waugh · Arthur Evelyn St
- 1885Velimir Khlebnikov · Russian poet and playwright, a central part of the Russian Futurist movement, but his work and influence stretch far…
- 1818Ivan Turgenev · Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West
- 1466Erasmus · Dutch humanist, theologian, and philosopher
- 1016Henry III · Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 until his death in 1056
On October 28 in history
- 1940Greco-Italian War · The Greco-Italian War, also called the Italo-Greek War, took place between Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. This conflict began the…
- AD 312Battle of the Milvian Bridge · The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October AD 312. It takes its name from the Milvian…
- 1940World War II in the Balkans · The Balkans campaign of World War II began with the Italian invasion of Greece on 28 October 1940. In the early months of 1941, Italy's offensive had stalled…
- 20182018 Mexican Grand Prix · The 2018 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 28 October 2018 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City
- 1940Ohi Day · Ohi Day is celebrated throughout Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities around the world on 28 October each year
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Scorpio · Water · ruled by Pluto · Intense, Passionate, Resourceful, Secretive
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1858–1919Theodore Roosevelt
26th US President, Rough Rider and conservationist who created national parks and won the Nobel Peace Prize
Did you know? He survived an assassination attempt during a speech and continued talking for over an hour with a bullet lodged in his chest.
b. 1945Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Former metalworker and union leader who has served three terms as President of Brazil, leading the Workers' Party
Did you know? He worked as a shoe-shine boy and street vendor to support his family before becoming a professional metalworker.
1897–1945Joseph Goebbels
Nazi propaganda minister who controlled German media and culture, spread antisemitic hatred and killed himself in Hitler's bunker
Did you know? Before joining the Nazi Party, he earned a doctorate in literature and philosophy from Heidelberg University.
AD 573–AD 634Abu Bakr
Close companion and father-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad who became the first caliph and united Arabia after his death
Did you know? He was a wealthy merchant who used much of his fortune to buy and free enslaved people in early Islamic history.
b. 1938Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Harvard-trained economist who became President of Liberia, Africa's first elected female head of state, and a Nobel Peace laureate
Did you know? She was a joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women.
b. 1950Abdullah Gül
Co-founder of Turkey's AKP who served as prime minister and foreign minister and was President of Turkey from 2007 to 2014
Did you know? He spent time living in the United Kingdom during the late 1970s while undertaking postgraduate studies at the University of Exeter.
1932–1963Sylvia Plath
American poet of Ariel and author of the novel The Bell Jar, who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize
Did you know? She was a gifted scholar who won a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Newnham College, Cambridge, in the United Kingdom.
1782–1840Niccolò Paganini
Italian violin virtuoso and composer
Did you know? His extraordinary technical ability was so impressive that some contemporary audiences believed he had made a pact with the devil.
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- Who was born on October 28?
- Famous people born on October 28 include Bill Gates (1955), Erasmus (1466), Ivan Turgenev (1818), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956) and Julia Roberts (1967). In total, 25 famous people in our archive were born on October 28.
- Which celebrities share a October 28 birthday?
- Famous people alive today with a October 28 birthday include Bill Gates, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Julia Roberts and Joaquin Phoenix.
- What star sign is someone born on October 28?
- People born on October 28 are Scorpio, a water sign ruled by Pluto. Scorpio runs from October 23 to November 21.
- What happened on October 28 in history?
- Notable events on October 28 include Greco-Italian War (1940), Battle of the Milvian Bridge (AD 312) and World War II in the Balkans (1940).
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- October 28 in historyYour birthday has a story. See every famous birth, historic event and notable death recorded on October 28, the day the world welcomed you.Date page
- Your most famous birthday match: Bill GatesOf the 25 famous people who share your birthday, Bill Gates is the best known. Read their story and see what you have in common.Person
- Scorpio zodiac signAs a Scorpio you're known for being intense, passionate and resourceful, just like Bill Gates. Meet others who share your star sign.Zodiac
- Famous birthdays in OctoberSee the best-known people born on every day of October, from the 1st to the last day of the month.Month
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