Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 28:
Jazz singer Cleo Laine is 90.
Actress Joan Plowright is 88.
Country singer Mitchell Torok is 88.
Country musician Charlie Daniels is 81.
Player/coach Basketball Hall-of-Famer Lenny Wilkens is 80.
Actress Jane Alexander is 78.
TV writer and producer Susan Harris is 77.
Hank Marvin, lead guitarist for the istrumental group The Shadows, is 76.
Actor Dennis Franz ("NYPD Blue") is 73.
Singer Wayne Fontana of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders is 72.
Actress-singer Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 69.
TV personality and former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner) is 68.
Actress Annie Potts is 65.
Producer and songwriter Desmond Child is 64.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is 62.
Drummer Stephen Morris of New Order is 60.
Singer-guitarist William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain is 59.
Country/gospel singer-musician Ron Hemby (The Buffalo Club) is 59.
Actor Mark Derwin is 57.
Actress Daphne Zuniga ("Melrose Place") is 55.
Actress Lauren Holly is 54.
"The Talk" co-host Sheryl Underwood is 54.
Actress Jami Gertz is 52.
Actor Chris Bauer ("True Blood") is 51.
Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 51.
Actress Julia Roberts is 50.
Fiddler Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown) is 49.
Singer Ben Harper is 48.
Country singer Brad Paisley is 45.
Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 43.
Singer Justin Guarini ("American Idol") is 39.
Guitarist Dave Tirio of Plain White T's is 38.
Pop singer Brett Dennen is 38.
Actor Matt Smith ("The Crown," ''Dr. Who") is 35.
Actor Finn Wittrock is 33.
Actress Troian Bellisario ("Pretty Little Liars") is 32.
Singer-rapper Frank Ocean is 30.
Actor Lexi Ainsworth ("General Hospital") is 25.
Actress Sierra McCormick is 20.
Actor Nolan Gould ("Modern Family") is 19.
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 1932, Canadian journalist and broadcaster Ken Cavanagh. (March 23, 2010)
In 1937, British R&B musician Graham Bond. (May 8, 1974)
In 1939, singer Curtis Lee. (Jan. 8, 2015)
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