Famous Birthdays for October 28Georges Auguste Escoffier 1846 - French chef Elsa Lanchester 1902 - Actress Edith Head 1897 - Costume designer Jonas Salk 1914 - Medical researcher Bowie Kuhn 1926 - Lawyer, Major League Baseball commissioner Cleo Laine 1927 - Singer, actress Dody Goodman 1914 - Actress Joan Plowright 1929 - Actress Bruce Morton 1930 - TV news correspondent (CBS and CNN) Suzy Parker 1932 - Model, actress James "Jim" Beatty 1934 - Track and field athlete Charlie Daniels 1936 - Singer (Charlie Daniels Band) Marcian E. "Ted" Hoff, Jr. 1937 - An inventor of the microprocessor Jane Alexander 1939 - Actress, author Curtis Lee 1941 - Singer Hank Marvin (Hank B. Marvin) 1941 - Guitarist (Shadows) Dennis Franz 1944 - Actor ("NYPD Blue") Wayne Fontana 1945 - Singer (The Mindbenders) Telma Louise Hopkins 1948 - Singer, actress Rickie Lee "Risky" Reynolds 1948 - Guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas) Bruce Jenner 1949 - Track and field athlete, actor ("CHiPs") Annie Potts 1952 - Actress ("Ghostbusters," "Pretty in Pink") Bill H. Gates 1955- Inventor, computer programmer, co-founder of Microsoft Stephen Morris 1957 - Musician (New Order) Ron Hemby 1958 - Singer, guitar (The Buffalo Club) William Reid (William Adam Reid) 1958 - Musician (The Jesus & Mary Chain) Neville Henry 1959 - Saxophonist (The Blow Monkeys) Daphne Zuniga 1962 - Actress ("Melrose Place," "One Tree Hill") Lauren Holly 1963 - Actress ("Picket Fences") Eros Ramazzotti 1963 - Musician, singer, songwriter Paul Wylie 1964 - Figure skater Jami Gertz 1965 - Actress ("Sixteen Candles," "Less Than Zero") Andy Richter 1966 - Actor, comedian, sidekick of Conan O'Brien Julia Roberts 1967 - Actress ("Pretty Woman," "Conspriracy Theory") Caitlin Cary 1968 - Musician Ben Harper 1969 - Singer, musician Jeremy Davies 1969 - Actor ("Saving Private Ryan," TV:"Justified") Brad Paisley 1972 - Singer, musician Terrell Davis 1972 - Football player Joaquin Phoenix 1974 - Actor |
