What happened on October 28 ?

1510 - St. Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)

1585 - Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop and religious reformer (d. 1638)

1691 - Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)

1703 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768)

1718 - Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (d. 1793)

1793 - Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (d. 1861)

1804 - Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (d. 1849)

1818 (O.S.) - Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)

1845 - Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (d. 1888)

1846 - Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (d. 1935)

1885 (O.S.) - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922)

1892 - Dink Johnson, American musician (d. 1954)

1896 - Howard Hanson, American composer (d. 1981)

1902 - Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (d. 1986)

1903 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer (d. 1966)

1907 - Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981)

1907 - John Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (d. 1987)

1909 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (d. 1992)

1912 - Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (d. 2005)

1914 - Jonas Salk, American medical scientist (d. 1995)

1914 - Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

1914 - Glenn Robert Davis, member of United States Congress (d. 1988)

1915 - Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter (d. 1997)

1922 - Gershon Kingsley, German composer

1922 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (d. 2003)

1928 - Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general, defector and literator

1930 - Bernie Ecclestone, English racing official

1932 - Suzy Parker, American actress (d. 2003)

1936 - Charlie Daniels, American musician

1938 - Anne Perry, English-born novelist

1939 - Jane Alexander, American actress

1939 - Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslavian gymnast

1941 - John Hallam, Northern Irish actor

1942 - Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater

1943 - Conny Froboess, German singer

1944 - Dennis Franz, American actor

1944 - Anton Schlecker, German billionaire

1946 - Wim Jansen, Dutch football player and coach

1948 - Telma Hopkins, American singer

1949 - Bruce Jenner, American athlete

1950 - Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights activist

1952 - Annie Potts, American actress

1955 - Bill Gates, American software pioneer

1956 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian president

1963 - Lauren Holly, American actress

1963 - Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer

1966 - Steve Atwater, American football player

1967 - Julia Roberts, American actress

1967 - John Romero, American video game designer

1969 - Ben Harper. American musician

1972 - Terrell Davis, American football player

1974 - Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor

1974 - Dejan Stefanovi?, Serbian footballer

1979 - Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer (The Rasmus)

1980 - Alan Smith, English footballer

1980 - Christy Hemme, American female wrestler

1981 - Milan Baro?, Czech footballer

1982 - Anthony Lerew, American baseball player