| 123181 | October 28 | Birth | 1903 – John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (d. 1995) |
| 123182 | October 28 | Birth | 1903 – Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (d. 1966) |
| 123183 | October 28 | Birth | 1904 – George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986) |
| 123184 | October 28 | Birth | 1907 – John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1987) |
| 123185 | October 28 | Birth | 1908 – Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (d. 1995) |
| 123186 | October 28 | Birth | 1909 – Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1992) |
| 123187 | October 28 | Birth | 1912 – Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 123188 | October 28 | Birth | 1913 – Douglas Seale, English-American actor and singer (d. 1999) |
| 123189 | October 28 | Birth | 1914 – Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1988) |
| 123190 | October 28 | Birth | 1914 – Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (d. 1995) |
| 123191 | October 28 | Birth | 1914 – Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994) |
| 123192 | October 28 | Birth | 1916 – Pearl Hackney, English actress (d. 2009) |
| 123193 | October 28 | Birth | 1917 – Jack Soo, American actor and singer (d. 1979) |
| 123194 | October 28 | Birth | 1919 – Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (d. 1966) |
| 123195 | October 28 | Birth | 1919 – Hans Klenk, German race car driver (d. 2009) |
| 123196 | October 28 | Birth | 1921 – Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (d. 1973) |
| 123197 | October 28 | Birth | 1922 – Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor |
| 123198 | October 28 | Birth | 1922 – Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003) |
| 123199 | October 28 | Birth | 1922 – Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007) |
| 123200 | October 28 | Birth | 1923 – John Connell, American actor (d. 2015) |
| 123201 | October 28 | Birth | 1924 – Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1996) |
| 123202 | October 28 | Birth | 1925 – Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (d. 2006) |
| 123203 | October 28 | Birth | 1926 – Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman, former Commissioner of Major League Baseball (d. 2007) |
| 123204 | October 28 | Birth | 1927 – Cleo Laine, English singer and actress |
| 123205 | October 28 | Birth | 1927 – Roza Makagonova, Russian actress (d. 1995) |
| 123206 | October 28 | Birth | 1928 – Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (d. 1955) |
| 123207 | October 28 | Birth | 1928 – Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general |
| 123208 | October 28 | Birth | 1928 – William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence |
| 123209 | October 28 | Birth | 1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988) |
| 123210 | October 28 | Birth | 1929 – Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic |