Who Was Born Today – October 28 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on October 28 | ||
1875 | Gilbert Grosvenor, editor, turned the National Geographic Society’s irregularly published pamphlet into a periodical with a circulation of nearly two million. | |
1896 | Howard Hansen, composer, director of the Eastman School of music. | |
1903 | Evelyn Waugh, English novelist who wrote Decline and Fall and Brideshead Revisited. | |
1909 | Francis Bacon, English artist who painted expressionist portraits. | |
1912 | Richard Doll, English epidemiologist who established a link between tobacco smoke and cancer. | |
1914 | Jonas Salk, U.S. scientist who developed the first vaccine against polio. | |
1926 | Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of Major League Baseball (1969–1984). | |
1936 | Charlie Daniels, country / Southern rock singer, songwriter, musician (“The Devil Went Down to Georgia”). | |
1938 | Anne Perry, an author of historical detective fiction, she was herself convicted at age 15 of aiding in the murder of a friend’s mother in New Zealand; their crime was the basis for the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures. | |
1944 | Anton Schlecker, founder of the Schlecker Company, which operated retail stores across Europe. | |
1949 | Bruce Jenner, athlete, actor; won gold medal in the Decathlon at the Summer Olympics in Montreal (1976). | |
1951 | Joe R. Lansdale, author (“Hap and Leonard” novel series, “Bubba Ho-Tep”); won World Horror Convention Grand Master Award 2007. | |
1955 | William “Bill” Gates, the chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation, the world’s largest software firm. | |
1967 | Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein. | |
1967 | Julia Roberts, actress (Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias; won Academy Award for Best Actress in Erin Brockovich). | |
1967 | John Romero, game designer, developer; co-founded id Software (Doom, Quake). | |
1972 | Brad Paisley, country / Southern rock singer, songwriter, musician (“I’m Gonna Miss Her,” “Letter to Me”); his many awards include the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year 2010. |
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