January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in leap years).

Events

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, 2nd 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 Martí, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1895)
1855 - William Seward Burroughs I, American inventor (d. 1898)
1864 - Charles W. Nash, co-founder of Nash Motors, which would become American Motors as well as co-founder of Buick (d. 1948)
1864 - Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer - inventor of the first compression ignition engine (d. 1927)
1865 - Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)
1865 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first president of Finland (d. 1952)
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)
1891 - Bill Doak, American baseball player (d. 1954)
1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (d. 1947)
1897 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d. 1986)
1899 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (d. 1940)
1903 - Aleksander Kamiński, Polish writer (d. 1978)
1908 - Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998)
1910 - John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)
1910 - Arnold Moss, American actor (d. 1989)
1912 - Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
1922 - Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
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-born artist
1933 - Jack Hill, American film director
1934 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (d. 1990)
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 Zhabotynsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
1941 - Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
1943 - Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1944 - John Tavener, English composer
1945 - Robert Wyatt, English musician
1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer
1948 - Charles Taylor, President of Liberia
1950 - Barbi Benton, American actress
1950 - Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain
1951 - Brian Bilbray, American politician
1951 - Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut
1953 - Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1954 - Rick Warren, American pastor and author
1955 - Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
1957 - Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player
1959 - Frank Darabont, American filmmaker
1959 - Randi Rhodes, American personality
1959 - Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist (The Alarm)
1960 - Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
1961 - Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 - Sam Phillips, American singer
1963 - Dan Spitz, American musician, guitarist for Anthrax
1965 - Lynda Boyd, American actress
1968 - Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter
1968 - DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)
1968 - Rakim, American rapper
1969 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
1969 - Mo Rocca, American writer and comedian
1969 - Linda Sanchez, American politician
1972 - Nicky Southall, English footballer
1974 - Tony Delk, American basketball player
1974 - Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
1974 - Magglio Ordonez, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 - David Zingler, American writer
1975 - Anne Montminy, Canadian Olympic diver
1975 - Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer
1975 - Junior Spivey, American baseball player
1975 - Terri Colombino, American Actress
1976 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player
1976 - Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
1976 - Lee Ingleby, British actor
1976 - Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
1976 - Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1977 - Daunte Culpepper, American football player
1977 - Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
1977 - Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira)
1977 - Takuma Sato, Japanese Formula One driver
1977 - Lyle Overbay, American baseball player
1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
1978 - Jamie Carragher, English footballer
1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
1979 - Pixie, English model
1979 - Ali Boulala, Swedish 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
1986 - Jessica Ennis, English heptathlete
1988 - Henry Mortensen (actor), American actor