The 301st day of the year, the 302nd in a leap year

Born on 28 October

Every 28 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Scorpio, in every time zone.

Star sign
ScorpioWater, fixed, ruled by Mars.
Birthstone
Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
Birth flower
Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
Most common weekdays
Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Where the sun stands on 28 October. The marked arc is every position it has held on 28 October, midnight to midnight UTC, in any year since 1920.

Your year

Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 28 October in any year.

Which weekday 28 October falls on

Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 28 October falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.

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How common a birthday 28 October is

In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,795 babies were born on 28 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 222nd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.

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Born on 28 October

18 people born on 28 October, from English Wikipedia's list of births on this day, chosen and ordered by how many Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects have a page about them.
NameYearsKnown for
Bill Gates1955–American businessman, investor, and philanthropist
Erasmus1466–1536Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad1956–6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013
Julia Roberts1967–American actress
Joaquin Phoenix1974–American actor
Jonas Salk1914–1995American virologist who developed one of the first polio vaccines
Garrincha1933–1983Brazilian association football player
Evelyn Waugh1903–1966British writer and journalist
Francis Bacon1909–1992Irish-born British figurative painter
Matt Smith1982–English actor
Caitlyn Jenner1949–American media personality and retired decathlete
Milan Baroš1981–Czech association football player
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor1016–1056Holy Roman Emperor
Kanō Jigorō1860–1938Japanese educator and judoka; born on the 28th day of the 10th month in the Japanese lunar calendar then in use, which is 10 December in the Gregorian
Richard Laurence Millington Synge1914–1994British biochemist
Bernie Ecclestone1930–British business magnate
Obafemi Martins1984–Nigerian footballer
Frank Ocean1987–American singer, songwriter, and rapper

Died on 28 October

12 people who died on 28 October, chosen and ordered the same way from Wikipedia's list of deaths on this day.
NameYearsKnown for
John Locke1632–1704English philosopher and physician; died 28 October in the Julian calendar, which is 8 November in the Gregorian
Matthew Perry1969–2023American-Canadian actor
Abigail Adams1744–1818First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801
Jahangir1569–1627Mughal emperor from 1605 to 1627
Anna of Russia1693–1740Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740
Max Müller1823–1900German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist
Jerry Lee Lewis1935–2022American rock 'n' roll musician
Maxentiusdied 312Roman emperor from 306 to 312
Margaret I of Denmark1353–1412Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Richard Smalley1943–2005American chemist
Bernhard von Bülow1849–1929German and Prussian politician
Tadeusz Mazowiecki1927–2013Polish politician and prime minister

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