October 28#Births

• 97 – Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
• 306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
• 312 – Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
• 969 – The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.
• 1344 – The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Latin Christians in response to Aydınid piracy during the Smyrniote crusades.{{cite book |last1=Setton |first1=Kenneth Meyer |title=The Papacy and the Levant, 1204–1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries |date=1976 |publisher=American Philosophical Society |isbn=978-0-87169-114-9 |page=191 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Gm79HuBY0cC |access-date=1 September 2024 |language=en}}
• 1420 – Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed.
• 1449 – Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
• 1453 – Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.
• 1492 – Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=16|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}
• 1516 – Second Ottoman–Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan.
• 1520 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=12|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}
• 1531 – Abyssinian–Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.
• 1538 – The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.

• 1628 – French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months.
• 1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
• 1640 – The Treaty of Ripon is signed, ending the hostilities of the Second Bishops’ War.*{{cite thesis|last1=Gericke |first1=Bradley T |title=Civil Wars in Britain; 1640–1646 |type=PhD |publisher=U.S. Army Command and General Staff College|date=2001 |url=http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a395649.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309234541/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a395649.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=9 March 2014}}
• 1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
• 1707 – The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
• 1726 – The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• 1834 – The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.
• 1835 – The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
• 1864 – American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital of Richmond is repulsed.
• 1886 – US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
• 1891 – The Mino–Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, occurs.
• 1893 – Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.

• 1918 – World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
• 1918 – World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic.Preclík, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (TGM and legions), váz. kniha, 219 str., vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karviná) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk Democratic Movement in Prague), 2019, {{ISBN|978-80-87173-47-3}}, pp. 19–25, 84–99, 128–129, 132–146, 164–171
• 1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
• 1922 – Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
• 1928 – Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.{{cite book|editor1-last=Funston|editor1-first=John|title=Government & Politics in Southeast Asia|date=2001|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=9789812301345|page=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O4zGBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA75|language=en}}
• 1940 – World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
• 1942 – The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
• 1948 – Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
• 1948 – Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania.{{cite news|author=Hamill, Sean D. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/us/02smog.html |title=Unveiling a Museum, a Pennsylvania Town Remembers the Smog That Killed 20|newspaper=The New York Times|date= November 1, 2008|access-date= November 2, 2008}}
• 1949 – An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
• 1956 – Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
• 1954 – Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19.{{cite web |title=Катастрофа Ил-12 МУТА ГВФ в Красноярской тайге (борт СССР-Л1789), 28 октября 1954 года. |trans-title=Il-12 Catastrophe MUTA GVF in Krasnoyarsk Taiga (Board USSR-L1789), October 28, 1954. |url=http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=600 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209170935/http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=600 |archive-date=2014-02-09 |access-date=2015-01-06 |publisher=AirDisaster.ru |language=ru}}
• 1958 – John XXIII is elected Pope.
• 1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
• 1965 – Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
• 1971 – Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
• 1982 – The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
• 1989 – Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard.{{Cite web |title=Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 in Molokai: 20 killed {{!}} Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dhc-6-twin-otter-300-molokai-20-killed |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=www.baaa-acro.com}}{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 N707PV, Saturday 28 October 1989 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/326178 |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}
• 1990 – Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
• 1995 – The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
• 2006 – A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
• 2007 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
• 2009 – The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
• 2009 – NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
• 2009 – US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=Barack Obama – Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/barack-obama/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}
• 2013 – Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
• 2014 – A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
• 2018 – Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
• 2023 – The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 11 to 12, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.{{cite news|author=World Rugby|url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/news/888593/nzl-11-12-rsa-south-africa-win-tense-final-to-claim-fourth-rugby-world-cup |title=NZL 11 – 12 RSA, South Africa win tense final to claim fourth rugby world cup|newspaper=Rugby World Cup|date= October 28, 2023|access-date= October 28, 2023}}

• 1017 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1056)
• 1466 – Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
• 1479 – John Gage, English courtier (died 1556)
• 1510 – Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1572)
• 1550 – Stanislaus Kostka, Polish saint (died 1568)
• 1585 – Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop and theologian (died 1638)
• 1599 – Marie of the Incarnation, foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (died 1672)

• 1610 – Jacob Kettler, 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682)
• 1667 – Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain
• 1690 – Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (died 1720)
• 1693 – Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (died 1735)
• 1696 – Maurice de Saxe, French general (died 1750)
• 1703 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (died 1768)
• 1718 – Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (died 1793)
• 1733 – Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (died 1803)
• 1754 – John Laurens, American soldier (died 1782)
• 1767 – Marie of Hesse-Kassel (died 1852)
• 1793 – Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (died 1861)
• 1794 – Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (died 1847)
• 1804 – Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 1849)
• 1815 – Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (died 1856)
• 1816 – Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer (died 1903)
• 1837 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (died 1913){{cite book |last1=Shimamoto |first1=Mayako |last2=Ito |first2=Koji |last3=Sugita |first3=Yoneyuki |title=Historical Dictionary of Japanese Foreign Policy |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-5067-3 |pages=297–298 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8PyCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA298 |language=en}}
• 1839 – Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1909)
• 1845 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (died 1888)
• 1846 – Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (died 1935)
• 1854 – Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (died 1888)
• 1860 – Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist (died 1938)
• 1864 – Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (died 1958)
• 1867 – Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (died 1911)
• 1875 – Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (died 1966)
• 1877 – Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (died 1952)
• 1879 – Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1968)
• 1880 – Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1940)
• 1880 – Billy Wedlock, English footballer (died 1965)
• 1881 – Vin Coutie, Australian footballer (died 1951)
• 1884 – William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (died 1967)
• 1886 – O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (died 1957){{cite encyclopedia |last=Myres |first=John L. |year=1951 |contribution=The Man and his Past |editor-first=W. F. |editor-last=Grimes |editor-link=W. F. Grimes |title=Aspects of Archaeology in Britain and Beyond |pages=1–17 |location=London |publisher=H. W. Edwards }}
• 1886 – Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (died 1946)
• 1888 – Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (died 1964)
• 1889 – Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (died 1975)
• 1892 – Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (died 1954)
• 1893 – Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (died 1970)
• 1896 – Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1981)
• 1897 – Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981)
• 1897 – Hans Speidel, German general (died 1984)

• 1901 – Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (died 1969){{Cite web| title=Don Ambrogio - Il Testamento | url=https://www.museopartigiano.it/upload/documenti/G/G-17.PDF | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111151551/https://www.museopartigiano.it/upload/documenti/G/G-17.PDF | archive-date=2024-11-11}}
• 1901 – Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (died 1979)
• 1902 – Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (died 1986){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 28: Matt Smith, Brad Paisley |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/28/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-28-Matt-Smith-Brad-Paisley/1941666916703/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=26 October 2023 |date=28 October 2022}}
• 1903 – John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (died 1995)
• 1903 – Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)
• 1904 – George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)
• 1905 – Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (died 1984)
• 1907 – John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)
• 1908 – Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (died 1995)
• 1909 – Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (died 1992)
• 1912 – Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (died 2005)
• 1914 – Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (died 1988)
• 1914 – Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995)
• 1914 – Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
• 1916 – Pearl Hackney, English actress (died 2009)
• 1917 – Jack Soo, American actor and singer (died 1979)
• 1919 – Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (died 1966)
• 1919 – Hans Klenk, German race car driver (died 2009)
• 1921 – Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (died 1973)
• 1922 – Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
• 1922 – Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)
• 1922 – Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
• 1923 – John Connell, American actor (died 2015)
• 1924 – Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1996)
• 1924 – Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (died 1994)
• 1925 – Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (died 2006)
• 1926 – Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2007)
• 1927 – Cleo Laine, English singer and actress
• 1928 – Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general (died 2021)
• 1928 – William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• 1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1988)
• 1929 – Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic
• 1929 – John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (died 2013)
• 1929 – Joan Plowright, English actress (died 2025){{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Joan Plowright, Award-Winning Actress and Olivier's Widow, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/obituaries/joan-plowright-dead.html |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
• 1930 – Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman
• 1931 – Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015)
• 1932 – Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (died 2002)
• 1932 – Suzy Parker, American model and actress (died 2003)
• 1933 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (died 1983)
• 1933 – Michael Noakes, English painter and illustrator (died 2018)
• 1934 – Charles A. Gargano, American diplomat, businessman and government official
• 1935 – Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (died 1990)
• 1936 – Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (died 2020)
• 1936 – Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
• 1937 – Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (died 1974)
• 1937 – Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
• 1938 – Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach (died 2019)
• 1938 – Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
• 1938 – Howard Blake, English composer and conductor
• 1938 – Dave Budd, American basketball player
• 1938 – Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer
• 1938 – David Dimbleby, English journalist
• 1938 – Anne Perry, English author (died 2023)
• 1939 – Jane Alexander, American actress and producer
• 1939 – Andy Bey, American singer and pianist
• 1939 – Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer
• 1939 – Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
• 1940 – Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer
• 1941 – Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist
• 1942 – Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor
• 1942 – Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (died 2012)
• 1942 – Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic
• 1942 – Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
• 1943 – Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
• 1943 – Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
• 1944 – Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (died 2014)
• 1944 – Coluche, French comedian and actor (died 1986)
• 1944 – Dennis Franz, American actor{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 28, 2022 includes celebrities Julia Roberts, Matt Smith |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-28-2022-includes-celebrities-julia-roberts-matt-smith.html |website=The Plain Dealer |agency=Associated Press |access-date=26 October 2023 |date=28 October 2022}}
• 1944 – Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company
• 1945 – Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (died 2015)
• 1945 – Wayne Fontana, English pop singer (died 2020){{cite web|url=https://bestclassicbands.com/wayne-fontana-obituary-mindbenders-game-of-love-8-6-20|author=Jef Tamarkin|title=Wayne Fontana, 'Game of Love' British Invasion Singer, Dead at 74|website=Best Classic Bands|date=6 August 2020|access-date=17 January 2021}}
• 1945 – Don Iverson, American golfer
• 1946 – John Hewson, Australian economist and politician
• 1946 – Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2022)
• 1946 – Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic
• 1948 – Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress
• 1949 – Dwight Davis, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Dwight Davis |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/4788/2016 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=26 October 2023}}
• 1949 – Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress
• 1950 – Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist
• 1950 – Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
• 1951 – Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author
• 1951 – Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
• 1952 – Annie Potts, American actress
• 1953 – Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman
• 1953 – Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1955 – Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
• 1955 – Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
• 1956 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran
• 1956 – Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author
• 1957 – Marian Bell, English economist and academic
• 1957 – Stephen Morris, English drummer
• 1957 – Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician
• 1958 – Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (died 2013)
• 1958 – Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 1958 – William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1959 – Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
• 1959 – Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician
• 1962 – Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager
• 1962 – Daphne Zuniga, American actress
• 1963 – Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach{{cite web |title=Kevin Dineen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/kevin-dineen-8446423 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=26 October 2023}}
• 1963 – Lauren Holly, American actress
• 1963 – Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
• 1964 – Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician
• 1964 – Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player
• 1965 – Jami Gertz, American actress
• 1965 – David Warburton, English composer, businessman, and politician
• 1965 – Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina
• 1966 – Steve Atwater, American football player
• 1966 – Chris Bauer, American actor
• 1966 – Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
• 1966 – Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
• 1967 – Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
• 1967 – John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
• 1968 – Chris Broussard, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1968 – Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach
• 1968 – Mayumi Ozaki, Japanese wrestler
• 1969 – Steven Chamuleau, Dutch cardiologistSee Curriculum Vitae in {{Cite book |last=Chamuleau |first=S. a. J. |url=https://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=f54b06d1-c204-4744-b30b-f1e19a0ccdd2 |title=Intracoronary derived physiological parameters for clinical decision-making in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease |date=2001 |publisher=Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host] |isbn=978-90-5170-571-3 |language=en}}
• 1969 – Jeremy Davies, American actor
• 1969 – Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
• 1969 – Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 – Wolfgang Kocevar, Austrian politician{{cite web |title=Personen – Wolfgang Kocevar |url=https://noe-landtag.gv.at/personen/wolfgang_kocevar |publisher=Landtag of Lower Austria |access-date=20 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929154757/https://noe-landtag.gv.at/personen/wolfgang_kocevar|archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=St. Pölten, Austria |language=de}}
• 1969 – Noriyoshi Omichi, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1970 – Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
• 1970 – Greg Eagles, American voice actor and producer
• 1971 – Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (died 2010)
• 1971 – Caroline Dinenage, English businesswoman and politician
• 1972 – Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Trista Sutter, American reality star
• 1973 – Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler and actor
• 1973 – Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Braden Looper, American baseball player
• 1974 – Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1974 – Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
• 1974 – Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach
• 1974 – Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
• 1976 – Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach
• 1976 – Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
• 1976 – Simone Loria, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Gwendoline Christie, English actress
• 1978 – Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 – Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer
• 1979 – Jawed Karim, American computer scientist
• 1979 – Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (died 2012)
• 1979 – Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
• 1980 – Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer
• 1980 – Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1980 – Alan Smith, English footballer and coach
• 1981 – Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
• 1981 – Shane Gore, English footballer
• 1981 – Nate McLouth, American baseball player
• 1981 – Nick Montgomery, English-Scottish footballer
• 1982 – Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
• 1982 – Enver Jääger, Estonian footballer
• 1982 – Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
• 1982 – Hironori Saruta, Japanese footballer
• 1982 – Matt Smith, English actor and director
• 1983 – Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
• 1983 – Kayo Noro, Japanese singer and actress
• 1983 – Joe Thomas, English actor and screenwriter
• 1984 – Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
• 1984 – Finn Wittrock, American actor
• 1985 – Tyrone Barnett, English footballer
• 1985 – Troian Bellisario, American actress
• 1985 – Anthony Fantano, American music critic
• 1986 – May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress{{Cite web |title=May Calamawy |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/may_calamawy |access-date=May 1, 2022 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402165609/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/may_calamawy |url-status=live}}
• 1986 – Isabelle Eriksson, Swedish athlete
• 1986 – Anthony Griffith, English footballer
• 1986 – Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1987 – Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (died 2012)
• 1988 – Devon Murray, Irish actor
• 1988 – Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer
• 1989 – Devin Ebanks, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Devin Ebanks |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202365/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=26 October 2023}}
• 1989 – Camille Muffat, French swimmer (died 2015)
• 1991 – Lucy Bronze, English footballer
• 1992 – Lexi Ainsworth, American actress
• 1992 – Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1336258-jeon-jihee.htm |title=Table Tennis: JEON Jihee |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730130540/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1336258-jeon-jihee.htm |url-status=dead }}
• 1992 – Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater
• 1994 – Andrew Harrison, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Andrew Harrison |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626150/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=26 October 2023}}
• 1995 – Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer
• 1995 – Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jae'Sean Tate |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630256/jaesean-tate |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=26 October 2023}}
• 1995 – An Ye-seul, South Korean singer{{cite web|title=[랜선인싸] '슈퍼스타K4' 안예슬, SOOP으로 제2의 전성기…"힐링숲에서 만나요"|url=https://m.news.nate.com/view/20240425n06851|work=디지털데일리|date=25 April 2024|access-date=16 March 2025|language=ko}}
• 1996 – Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
• 1996 – Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
• 1996 – Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer
• 1997 – Stetson Bennett, American football player{{Cite tweet |number=1453754053717069835 |user=KirbySmartUGA |title=Happy birthday @StetsonIV! #GoDawgs https://t.co/hXDYJeD4dW |author-link=Kirby Smart |date=October 28, 2021 |access-date=November 16, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112015947/https://twitter.com/kirbysmartuga/status/1453754053717069835 |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |url-status=live |last=Smart |first=Kirby}}
• 1997 – Taylor Fritz, American tennis player{{Cite web |title=Taylor Fritz {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=ATP Tour}}
• 1997 – Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics {{!}} Athlete Profile: Georgia GODWIN – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6029339-georgia-godwin.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=9 January 2020}}
• 1998 – Nolan Gould, American actor
• 2001 – Sonay Kartal, British tennis player{{Cite web |title=Sonay Kartal {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/329918/sonay-kartal |access-date=2022-10-20 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Wimbledon Player Profile: Sonay Kartal |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/players/overview/wta329918.html |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=wimbledon.com}}
• 2006 – Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer{{cite magazine|last=Kwon|first=Tae-jeong|title=ONSIDE Vol.111 |script-title=ko:완전히 새로운 세대가 온다, 윤도영|url=https://www.kfa.or.kr/onside/111/|magazine=Onside|publisher=Korea Football Association|volume=111|date=August 2023|pages=13|access-date=November 4, 2024|language=ko}}

• 312 – Maxentius, Roman emperor (born 278)
• 457 – Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop
• 816 – Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
• 875 – Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop
• 1138 – King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
• 1225 – Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (born 1155)
• 1266 – Saint Arsenije I Sremac
• 1310 – Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (born 1230)
• 1312 – Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (born 1262)
• 1412 – Margaret I of Denmark (born 1353){{cite web |title=Margaret I {{!}} queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-I |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}
• 1468 – Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (born 1425)
• 1568 – Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shōgun (born 1539)
• 1592 – Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
• 1594 – Ōkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (born 1532)

• 1627 – Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1569)
• 1639 – Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (born 1587)
• 1646 – William Dobson, English painter (born 1610)
• 1661 – Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (born 1618)
• 1676 – Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1595)
• 1703 – John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (born 1616)
• 1704 – John Locke, English physician and philosopher (born 1632)
• 1708 – Prince George of Denmark (born 1653)
• 1716 – Stephen Fox, English politician (born 1627)
• 1740 – Anna of Russia (born 1693)
• 1754 – Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (born 1708)
• 1755 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (born 1689)
• 1763 – Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (born 1700)
• 1768 – Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (born 1700)
• 1787 – Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (born 1735)
• 1792 – Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (born 1710)
• 1792 – John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (born 1724)
• 1800 – Artemas Ward, American general and politician (born 1727)
• 1806 – Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (born 1749)
• 1818 – Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (born 1744)
• 1841 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1792)
• 1857 – Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (born 1802)
• 1877 – Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1835)
• 1879 – Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (born 1799)
• 1899 – Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854)
• 1900 – Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (born 1823)

• 1906 – Jean Benner, French artist (born 1836){{cite web |last1=Oberlé |first1=Raymond |title=BENNER Jean |url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/benner-jean-2/ |website=alsace-histoire.org |date=1983}}
• 1914 – Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (born 1850)
• 1916 – Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (born 1838)
• 1916 – Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (born 1891)
• 1917 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1831)
• 1917 – Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (born 1841)
• 1918 – Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (born 1845)
• 1929 – Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1849)
• 1936 – Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (born 1870)
• 1939 – Alice Brady, American actress (born 1892)
• 1941 – Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (born 1876)
• 1945 – Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (born 1881)
• 1952 – Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862){{cite book |last1=Fitzhardinge |first1=L. F. |title=Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862–1952) |chapter=William Morris (Billy) Hughes (1862–1952) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hughes-william-morris-billy-6761 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=24 September 2020}}
• 1957 – Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (born 1881)
• 1959 – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (born 1932)
• 1963 – Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (born 1882)
• 1965 – Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (born 1882)
• 1969 – Constance Dowling, American model and actress (born 1920)
• 1970 – Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (born 1944)
• 1973 – Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (born 1889)
• 1973 – Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (born 1883)
• 1975 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (born 1894)
• 1975 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1932)
• 1976 – Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (born 1904){{cite web|url=https://ww2gravestone.com/people/juutilainen-aarne-edward/amp/|title=Juutilainen, Aarne Edward 'The Terror of Morocco'|first=Rob|last=Hopmans|website=WW2 Gravestone|access-date=October 26, 2021}}
• 1978 – Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (born 1923)
• 1983 – Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (born 1892)
• 1986 – John Braine, English author (born 1922)
• 1987 – André Masson, French soldier and painter (born 1896)
• 1989 – Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1898)
• 1993 – Juri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (born 1922)
• 1997 – Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (born 1915)
• 1998 – Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (born 1930)
• 1999 – Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1931)
• 2000 – Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (born 1969)
• 2001 – Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (born 1910)
• 2002 – Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (born 1898)
• 2002 – Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (born 1917)
• 2003 – Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (born 1940){{cite web |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Jonathan |title=Obituary: Sally Baldwin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2003/oct/31/socialcare.obituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=5 November 2020 |language=en |date=31 October 2003}}
• 2004 – Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (born 1926)
• 2005 – Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (born 1918)
• 2005 – Raymond Hains, French photographer (born 1926)
• 2005 – Tony Jackson, American basketball player (born 1942)
• 2005 – Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1922)
• 2005 – Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)
• 2005 – Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
• 2006 – Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (born 1917)
• 2006 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (born 1954)
• 2006 – Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1920)
• 2007 – Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1932)
• 2007 – Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)
• 2009 – Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1990)
• 2010 – Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)
• 2010 – James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)
• 2010 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)
• 2010 – Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)
• 2011 – Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919)
• 2012 – Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (born 1939)
• 2012 – John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (born 1936)
• 2012 – Jack Dellal, English businessman (born 1923)
• 2013 – Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1920)
• 2013 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1927)
• 2013 – Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (born 1949)
• 2013 – Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (born 1929)
• 2014 – Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (born 1927)
• 2014 – Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937)
• 2018 – Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (born 1985)
• 2022 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935){{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/jerry-lee-lewis-dead-165d562af27b23da9d6d11fc480541e8 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock 'n' roll star, dies at 87 |work=Associated Press News|date=28 October 2022 }}
• 2023 – Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969){{cite news |title= 'Friends' star Matthew Perry dead at 54, found in hot tub, sources say |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-28/freinds-star-matthew-perry-dead-at-56 |last=Winton |first=Richard |work=Los Angeles Times| date=28 October 2023 |access-date=29 October 2023}}
• 2023 – Adam Johnson, American ice hockey player (born 1994){{Cite news |title=Ice hockey player Johnson dies after neck cut |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/ice-hockey/67253892 |access-date=2023-11-01}}
• 2024 – Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1932){{Cite web |last=CNA |title=Cardinal Renato Martino, longtime Vatican diplomat, dies at 91 |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260141/cardinal-renato-martino-longtime-vatican-diplomat-dies-at-91 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}
• 2024 – Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938){{Cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol's Cinematic Collaborator, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/movies/paul-morrissey-dead.html |access-date=October 28, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
• 2024 – Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955){{Cite web |title=Iran executes German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd – DW – 10/28/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/iran-executes-german-iranian-jamshid-sharmahd/a-70622205 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 2024 – Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936){{Cite web |last=People |first=14 Comments |date=2024-11-05 |title=Kazuo Umezu, Prolific Manga Creator of Horror & Other Genres, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-11-04/kazuo-umezu-prolific-manga-creator-of-horror-and-other-genres-dies-at-88/.217517 |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}

• Christian feast day:
• Abdias of Babylon
• Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
• Eadsige
• Faro
• Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
• Firmilian
• Godwin of Stavelot
• Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
• The Apostles Simon and Jude (Western Christianity)
• Lord of Miracles (Lima)
• October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
• International Animation Day (ASIFA)
• Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
• Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
• Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia)
• Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the territory of current Ukraine

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