January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in leap years).
Births
* 1457 - King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
* 1540 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
* 1582 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (d. 1621)
* 1600 - Pope Clement IX (d. 1669)
* 1608 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
* 1611 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (d. 1687)
* 1622 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
* 1701 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
* 1706 - John Baskerville, English printer (d. 1775)
* 1712 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
* 1717 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)
* 1719 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749)
* 1755 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (d. 1830)
* 1784 - George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
* 1822 - Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
* 1833 - Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator (d. 1885)
* 1841 - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
* 1853 - José MartÃ, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1895)
* 1857 - William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (d. 1898)
* 1873 - Colette, French writer (d. 1954)
* 1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre director (d. 1940)
* 1879 - Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953)
* 1880 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970)
* 1884 - Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (d. 1962)
* 1886 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
* 1887 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist and conductor (d. 1982)
* 1890 - Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d. 1963)
* 1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (d. 1947)
* 1897 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d. 1986)
* 1910 - John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)
* 1910 - Arnold Moss, American character actor (d. 1989)
* 1912 - Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
* 1922 - Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1993)
* 1923 - Ivo RobiÄ, Croatian singer (d. 2001)
* 1927 - Ronnie Scott, British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (d. 1996)
* 1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (d. 2001)
* 1929 - Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist
* 1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American artist
* 1934 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970)
* 1935 - David Lodge, English author
* 1936 - Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
* 1936 - Alan Alda, American actor, writer, and director
* 1938 - Leonid Zhabotinsky, Russian weightlifter
* 1941 - Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
* 1944 - John Tavener, English composer
* 1945 - Robert Wyatt, English musician
* 1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer
* 1948 - Charles Taylor, leader of Liberia
* 1950 - Barbi Benton, American actress
* 1951 - Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut
* 1954 - Rick Warren, Pastor, Author of The Purpose Driven Life
* 1959 - Randi Rhodes, American radio talk show host
* 1959 - Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist (The Alarm)
* 1960 - Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
* 1962 - Sam Phillips, American singer
* 1968 - Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter
* 1968 - DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)
* 1968 - Rakim, American rapper
* 1969 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
* 1969 - Linda Sanchez, American politician
* 1969 - Mo Rocca, Writer and comedian
* 1974 - Tony Delk, American basketball player
* 1974 - Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
* 1975 - David Zingler, American writer
* 1976 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player
* 1976 - Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
* 1977 - Daunte Culpepper, American football player
* 1977 - Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
* 1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
* 1978 - Jamie Carragher, English footballer
* 1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
* 1979 - Pixie, English model
* 1979 - Ali Boulala, Professional skateboarder
* 1980 - Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
* 1981 - Rick Razzano, American football player
* 1981 - Elijah Wood, American actor
* 1984 - Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
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