Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 28:
Jazz singer Cleo Laine is 97.
Actress Joan Plowright is 95.
Player/coach Basketball Hall-of-Famer Lenny Wilkens is 87.
Actress Jane Alexander is 85.
TV writer and producer Susan Harris is 84.
Hank Marvin, lead guitarist for the instrumental group The Shadows, is 83.
Actor Dennis Franz ("NYPD Blue") is 80.
Actress-singer Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 76.
TV personality and former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner) is 75.
Actress Annie Potts is 72.
Producer and songwriter Desmond Child is 71.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is 69.
Drummer Stephen Morris of New Order is 67.
Singer-guitarist William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain is 66.
Actor Mark Derwin is 64.
Actress Daphne Zuniga ("Melrose Place") is 62.
Actress Lauren Holly is 61.
"The Talk" co-host Sheryl Underwood is 61.
Actress Jami Gertz is 59.
Actor Chris Bauer ("True Blood") is 58.
Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 58.
Actress Julia Roberts is 57.
Fiddler Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown) is 56.
Singer Ben Harper is 55.
Country singer Brad Paisley is 52.
Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 50.
Singer Justin Guarini ("American Idol") is 46.
Pop singer Brett Dennen is 45.
Actor Matt Smith ("The Crown," ''Dr. Who") is 42.
Actor Finn Wittrock is 40.
Actress Troian Bellisario ("Pretty Little Liars") is 39.
Singer-rapper Frank Ocean is 37.
Actor Lexi Ainsworth ("General Hospital") is 32.
Actress Sierra McCormick is 27.
Actor Nolan Gould ("Modern Family") is 26.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1903, novelist Arthur Evelyn Waugh. (April 10, 1966)
In 1909, English painter Francis Bacon. (April 28, 1922)
In 1914, Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine. (June 23, 1995)
In 1926, former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn. (March 15, 2007)
In 1929, country singer Mitchell Torok. (Nov. 16, 2017)
In 1932, Canadian journalist and broadcaster Ken Cavanagh. (March 23, 2010)
In 1936, country musician Charlie Daniels. (July 6, 2020)
In 1937, British R&B musician Graham Bond. (May 8, 1974)
In 1939, singer Curtis Lee. (Jan. 8, 2015)
In 1945, Singer Wayne Fontana of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders. (Aug. 6, 2020)
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