Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 28

Births

• 1902 - Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (d. 1986)
• 1903 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer (d. 1966) (pictured)
• 1907 - Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981)
• 1914 - Jonas Salk, American medical scientist (d. 1995)
• 1955 - Bill Gates, American software pioneer
• 1956 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran
• 1967 - Julia Roberts, American actress
• 1974 - Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor

Deaths

• 1704 - John Locke, English philosopher (b. 1632)
• 1818 - Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
• 1929 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 1998 - Ted Hughes, English poet (b. 1930)