October 28 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is October 28, your zodiac sign is Scorpio ♏, your birthstone is Opal or Tourmaline and your birth flower is Marigold or Cosmos. You share your birthday with Bill Gates and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
- Zodiac sign
- ♏ Scorpio
- Element
- Water
- Ruling planet
- Pluto and Mars
- Birthstone
- Opal, Tourmaline
- Birth flower
- Marigold, Cosmos
- Day of year
- 301st
- Popularity
- 183rd of 366
- Half birthday
- April 28
- Next October 28
- October 28
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October 28 zodiac: Scorpio ♏
People born on October 28 fall under Scorpio, the 8th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from October 23 to November 21. Scorpio is a fixed water sign ruled by Pluto and Mars, and its symbol is the scorpion.
Scorpio is a water sign associated with depth, intensity and transformation. Scorpios are traditionally described as determined, perceptive people who feel things strongly and rarely do anything halfway.
Famous people born on October 28
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on October 28, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1955American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
- Born 19566th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013
- Born 1967American actress (born 1967)
- Born 1974American actor
- Born 1914Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)
- Born 1933Brazilian association football player (1933–1983)
- Born 1903British writer and journalist (1903–1966)
- Born 1963Italian musician (born 1963)
- Born 1909Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)
- Born 1982English actor (born 1982)
- Born 1949American media personality and retired decathlete
- Born 1981Czech association football player (born 1981)
- Born 1914British biochemist (1914–1994)
- Born 1930British business magnate (born 1930)
- Born 1968President of Honduras from 2014 to 2022
- Born 1984Nigerian footballer (born 1984)
- Born 1987American singer, songwriter, and rapper
- Born 1978British actress (born 1978)
- Born 1944French comedian and actor (1944-1986)
- Born 1902British-American actress (1902–1986)
- Born 1929British actress (1929–2025)
- Born 1989French swimmer (1989–2015)
- Born 1866Spanish author (1866-1936)
- Born 1979American entrepreneur, co-founder of YouTube (born 1979)
- Born 1963American actress
- Born 1939American actress (born 1939)
- Born 1946Dutch association football player and manager (1946–2022)
- Born 1846French chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)
- Born 1867Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda
- Born 183715th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1837–1913)
- Born 1985American actress
- Born 1696Marshal General of France (1696-1750)
- Born 1991Argentine association football player
- Born 1980English footballer, born 1980
- Born 1908President of Argentina (1908–1995)
- Born 1885Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden between 1932–1936 and 1936–1946 (1885–1946)
- Born 1751Ukrainian-born Russian Classical composer and conductor
- Born 1998Japanese association football player
- Born 1868American triple jumper (1868-1957)
- Born 1937American basketball player and coach (1937–2025)
October 28 birthstone
Opal (play of many colours). Opal is linked with creativity, hope and imagination, thanks to its shifting rainbow colours.
Tourmaline (pink and many other colours). Tourmaline is associated with compassion, balance and emotional healing.
October 28 birthday facts
- October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years), leaving 64 days until the end of the year.
- October 28 is the 183rd most common birthday in the U.S., with about 11,142 babies born on an average October 28(0% more than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, October 28 birthdays fall in autumn. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in spring.
- Babies born on October 28 were most likely conceived around February 5 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is April 28, six months after October 28.
- October 28 always falls after Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is simply the one for your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is October 28?
October 28 falls under Scorpio ♏, which runs from October 23 to November 21.
What is the birthstone for October 28?
The birthstone for October 28 is Opal or Tourmaline, the October birthstones. The October birth flowers are Marigold and Cosmos.
Who are famous people born on October 28?
Famous people born on October 28 include Bill Gates (1955), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Julia Roberts (1967), Joaquin Phoenix (1974), Jonas Salk (1914), Garrincha (1933).
How common is a October 28 birthday?
October 28 is the 183rd most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 11,142 babies born on an average October 28.
What day of the year is October 28?
October 28 is the 301st day of the year in common years and the 302nd day in leap years.