On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 28 1990
Born on This Day
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Aditi Rao Hydari🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
Alan Smith🇬🇧
English footballer, born 1980 · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Amber Glenn🇺🇸
Figure skater · b. 1999
Anthony Lerew🇺🇸
film director · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Anton Schlecker🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
Artyom Kuklev🇷🇺
Russian professional football player · b. 1991
Bernhard Wicki🇨🇭
deceasedAustrian actor and film director (1919–2000) · 1919–2000
Days lived
29,289
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Bernie Ecclestone
Formula One driver · b. 1930
Days alive
21,915
Bill Gates
entrepreneur · b. 1955
Days alive
12,784
Bob Stuart🇳🇿
deceasedNew Zealand rugby union footballer and coach (1920-2005) · 1920–2005
Days lived
30,876
Brad Paisley🇺🇸
singer · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
Butch van Breda Kolff🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1922–2007
Days lived
30,979
Caitlyn Jenner
film producer · b. 1949
Days alive
14,975
Carl Andreas Koefoed
deceasedRussian anthropologist (1855–1948) · 1855–1948
Days lived
33,704
Chris Bauer🇺🇸
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
Christian Berkel🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
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Cleo Laine🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish jazz singer and actress (1927–2025) · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,699
Coluche🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1944–1986
Days lived
15,209
Cornelia Froboess🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
Digby Jones🇬🇧
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
12,784
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Eros Ramazzotti🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
Fernando Gamboa🇦🇷
football player · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
Francis Bacon🇮🇪
deceasedartist · 1909–1992
Days lived
30,133
Friedrich Hopfner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian geodesist, geophysicist and planetary scientist (1881–1949) · 1881–1949
Days lived
24,536
Garrincha🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian association football player (1933–1983) · 1933–1983
Days lived
17,981
George Buck Flower
deceasedActor · 1937–2004
Days lived
24,340
Gershon Kingsley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican composer and musician (1922–2019) · 1922–2019
Days lived
35,472
Géza Petényi🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian physician (1889-1965) · 1889–1965
Days lived
27,704
Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch
deceasedphilosopher · 1867–1941
Days lived
26,833
Jami Gertz🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Janne Müller-Wieland🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
Jawed Karim🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
Joaquin Phoenix🇵🇷
Oscar Winners · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
José Ignacio Rivero🇨🇺
deceasedCuban journalist (1920–2011) · 1920–2011
Days lived
33,003
Juan Guzmán🇩🇴
film director · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
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Julia Roberts🇺🇸
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Karl Farkas🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor and writer (1893–1971) · 1893–1971
Days lived
28,323
Kim J. Henriksen🇩🇰
singer · b. 1960
Days alive
10,957
Linda Maria Koldau🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad🇮🇷
University teacher · b. 1956
Days alive
12,418
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Michael Joiner🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Milan Baroš🇨🇿
Czech association football player · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
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Mirco Reseg🇩🇪
actor · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
Montel Vontavious Porter🇺🇸
American professional wrestler · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Moritz Fürste🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Obafemi Martins🇳🇬
football player · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Park Kyung-ni🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean writer (1926-2008) · 1926–2008
Days lived
29,775
Richard Bona
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Roza Rymbayeva
actor · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Sergio Ruiz Mulas🇪🇸
athlete · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
Troian Bellisario🇺🇸
actor · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
Uwe Tellkamp🇩🇪
German writer and physician · b. 1968
Days alive
8,035
Wilhelm Uhde🇫🇷
deceasedGerman art historian, dealer and collector (1874-1947) · 1874–1947
Days lived
26,590
Died on This Day
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A. Linwood Holton, Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1923–2021) · 1923–2021
Days lived
35,832
Albert Grünwedel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman explorer, tibetologist (1856-1935) · 1856–1935
Days lived
28,942
Ann Bonfoey Taylor🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican aviator and fashion designer (1910-2007) · 1910–2007
Days lived
35,393
Camilo Cienfuegos🇪🇸
deceasedCuban revolutionary fighter and guerilla (1932–1959) · 1932–1959
Days lived
10,126
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Charles Despiau🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1874–1946
Days lived
26,290
Dean L. Larsen🇺🇸
deceasedMormon leader · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,760
Edith Peters🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer and actress (1926-2000) · 1926–2000
Days lived
27,226
Ernst Gräfenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman gynaecologist and medical researcher (1881–1957) · 1881–1957
Days lived
27,790
Jack Robinson🇬🇧
deceasedfilm director · 1870–1931
Days lived
22,468
Jerry Lee Lewis🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1935–2022
Days lived
31,806
Jiří Gruša🇩🇪
deceasedCzech diplomat, poet and writer (1938-2011) · 1938–2011
Days lived
26,650
Marianne Kehlau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1925-2002) · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,394
Matthew Perry🇨🇦
deceasedAmerican-Canadian actor (1969–2023) · 1969–2023
Days lived
19,793
Oswald Boelcke
deceasedmilitary person · 1891–1916
Days lived
9,293
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Porter Wagoner🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1927–2007
Days lived
29,297
Rafael Alberti🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish poet (1902–1999) · 1902–1999
Days lived
35,380
Richard Smalley🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1943–2005
Days lived
22,790
Tadeusz Mazowiecki🇵🇱
deceasedPolish politician and prime minister (1927-2013) · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,605
Theodor Reuss🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1855–1923
Days lived
24,958
Tina Aumont🇺🇸
deceasedFrench actress (1946–2006) · 1946–2006
Days lived
22,171
Walter Held
deceasedGerman journalist (1910-1942) · 1910–1942
Days lived
11,629
Who Was Alive
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
50,338
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,016
José Miguel Barandiarán🇪🇸
deceasedBasque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991
Days lived
37,244
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
36,364
Walter Schenk🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military personnel · 1891–2000
Days lived
39,634
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Hal Roach🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992
Days lived
36,817
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
36,027
Lang Jingshan
deceasedartist · 1892–1995
Days lived
37,506
Zośka Vieras🇱🇹
deceasedBelarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991
Days lived
36,166
Lillian Gish🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993
Days lived
36,295
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Martha Graham🇺🇸
deceasedBallet dancer · 1894–1991
Days lived
35,388
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998
Days lived
37,799
Hermann Florstedt
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,302
Adolf Pokorny🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,144
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
Heinrich Eberbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992
Days lived
35,295
Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian journalist · 1896–1995
Days lived
36,188
Friedrich Hund🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1997
Days lived
36,945
Lilia Skala🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994
Days lived
35,813
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000
Days lived
37,614
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
58,009
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Alex🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican grey parrot · 1976–2007
Days lived
11,433
Keiko🇮🇸
deceasedOrca · 1977–2003
Days lived
9,841
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,182
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,879
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,452
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,894
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,860
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,494
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,938
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,590
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,389
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,903
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,921
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,590
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,942
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,485
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,395
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,372
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,832
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,254
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,792
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,609
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,904
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,217
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,174
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,953