Kees Verkerk (83)
October 28th, 1942

Dutch speed skater – Kees Verkerk was born in Binnenmaas (Former municipality of the Netherlands) on October 28th, 1942 and is 83 years old today.

Other personalities born on October 28

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Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

86

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

58

Julia Roberts

American actress (born 1967)

*October 28th, 1967, Smyrna

86

Philip Saville

British screenwriter (1930–2016)

*October 28th, 1930, London †December 22nd, 2016, Hampstead

97

Cleo Laine

English jazz singer and actress (1927–2025)

*October 28th, 1927, Southall †July 24th, 2025, Milton Keynes

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

87

Julio Jiménez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*October 28th, 1934, Ávila †June 8th, 2022, Ávila

85

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)

*October 28th, 1856, San Francisco †February 9th, 1942, San Francisco

93

Gerhart Baum

German politician

*October 28th, 1932, Dresden

34

Victor Campenaerts

Belgian cyclist

*October 28th, 1991, Wilrijk

57

Juan Orlando Hernández

President of Honduras from 2014 to 2022

*October 28th, 1968, Gracias

82

Jim Post

American musician

*October 28th, 1939, Houston †September 14th, 2022

73

Helge Breloer

German jurist and author of nonfiction books

*October 28th, 1937, Mönchengladbach †April 23rd, 2011, Dortmund

89

Bob Veale

American baseball player

*October 28th, 1935, Birmingham †January 5th, 2025

69

Daryna Maxymets

Ukrainian journalist

*October 28th, 1956, Potelych

61

Romeu Zema

Brazilian businessman and politician

*October 28th, 1964, Araxá

39

Janne Müller-Wieland

Olympic field hockey player

*October 28th, 1986, Hamburg

Also born in 1942

83

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

83

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

83

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

83

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

84

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

84

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

84

Otto Fräßdorf

East German association football player and manager

*February 3rd, 1942, Magdeburg

84

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan leader, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

84

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

83

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician (1942–2017)

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

84

Vicente Fox Quesada

62th President of Mexico

*July 2nd, 1942, Mexico City

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

84

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

84

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

82

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh †December 30th, 2024, Melbourne

84

Javier Solana

Spanish politician

*July 14th, 1942, Madrid

84

Michael Crawford

British actor and singer

*January 19th, 1942, Salisbury

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