Births on 28 January
2000s
Emoni Bates
2004
American basketball player (born 2004)
Liam Öhgren
2004
Swedish ice hockey player (born 2004)
Whitney Peak (actress)
2003
Canadian actress (born 2003)
Tabyana Ali
2002
American actress and author (born 2002)
Yoo Seon-ho
2002
South Korean actor (born 2002)
Abel Ruiz
2000
Spanish footballer (born 2000)
Dušan Vlahović
2000
Serbian footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Payton Pritchard
1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Ariel Winter
1998
American actress (born 1998)
Mimi-Isabella Cesar
1995
British rhythmic gymnast (born 1995)
Joel Bolomboy
1994
Russian basketball player
Zhu Lin (tennis)
1994
Chinese tennis player (born 1994)
Maluma
1994
Colombian rapper, singer, songwriter and actor (born 1994)
Will Poulter
1993
English actor (born 1993)
Alan Williams (basketball)
1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Sergio Araujo
1992
Argentine footballer
Carl Klingberg
1991
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)
Siem de Jong
1989
Dutch footballer (born 1989)
Paul Henry (English footballer)
1988
English footballer
Alexandra Krosney
1988
American actress
Sanada (wrestler)
1988
Japanese professional wrestler
Jessica Ennis-Hill
1986
British track and field athlete (born 1986)
Nathan Outteridge
1986
Australian sailor
Asad Shafiq
1986
Pakistani cricketer
Daniel Carcillo
1985
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
J. Cole
1985
American rapper (born 1985)
Lauris Dārziņš
1985
Latvian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Tom Hopper
1985
British actor (born 1985)
Arnold Mvuemba
1985
Congolese-French professional footballer (born 1985)
Libby Trickett
1985
Australian swimmer (born 1985)
Ben Clucas
1984
British racing driver
Stephen Gostkowski
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Andre Iguodala
1984
American basketball player (born 1984)
Anne Panter
1984
English field hockey player
Chad Aull
1982
American politician
Omar Cook
1982
American-born Montenegrin basketball player (born 1982)
Elijah Wood
1981
American actor (born 1981)
Nick Carter
1980
American singer (born 1980)
Yasuhito Endō
1980
Japanese footballer (born 1980)
Brian Fallon
1980
American musician (born 1980)
Michael Hastings (journalist)
1980
American journalist and author (1980–2013)
Angelique Cabral
1979
American actress (born 1979)
Gianluigi Buffon
1978
Italian footballer (born 1978)
Jamie Carragher
1978
English footballer (born 1978)
Papa Bouba Diop
1978
Senegalese footballer (1978–2020)
Big Freedia
1978
American rapper (born 1978)
Sheamus
1978
Irish professional wrestler and actor (born 1978)
Sandis Buškevics
1977
Latvian basketball player and coach
Daunte Culpepper
1977
American football player (born 1977)
Joey Fatone
1977
American pop singer and actor (born 1977)
Takuma Sato
1977
Japanese racing driver (born 1977)
Sireli Bobo
1976
Fiji international rugby union player (born 1976)
Mark Madsen (basketball)
1976
American basketball player and coach (born 1976)
Rick Ross
1976
American rapper and music executive (born 1976)
Miltiadis Sapanis
1976
Greek footballer
Pedro Pinto (journalist)
1975
Portuguese-American journalist and communications director
Junior Spivey
1975
American baseball player (born 1975)
Tony Delk
1974
American basketball player-coach (born 1974)
Jermaine Dye
1974
American baseball player (born 1974)
Ramsey Nasr
1974
Dutch writer, actor and poet
Magglio Ordóñez
1974
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1974)
Elena Baranova
1972
Russian basketball player (born 1972)
Amy Coney Barrett
1972
US Supreme Court justice since 2020
Mark Regan
1972
British Lions & England international rugby union player
Nicky Southall
1972
English footballer
Léon van Bon
1972
Dutch cyclist (born 1972)
Gillian Vigman
1972
American actress and comedian
Anthony Hamilton (singer)
1971
American singer (born 1971)
Giorgio Lamberti
1969
Italian swimmer (born 1969)
Kathryn Morris
1969
American actress
Mo Rocca
1969
American humorist, journalist and actor (born 1969)
Linda Sánchez
1969
American lawyer & politician (born 1969)
Sarah McLachlan
1968
Canadian musician (born 1968)
DJ Muggs
1968
American record producer (born 1968)
Rakim
1968
American rapper (born 1968)
Billy Brownless
1967
Australian rules footballer and media presenter (born 1967)
Seiji Mizushima
1966
Japanese anime director
Michal Pivoňka
1966
Czech ice hockey player
David Lawrence (cricketer)
1964
English cricketer (1964–2025)
Dan Spitz
1963
American guitarist (born 1963)
Michael Cage
1962
American basketball player (born 1962)
Keith Hamilton Cobb
1962
American actor (b. 1962)
Sam Phillips (musician)
1962
American singer (born 1962)
Mike Holoway
1961
British musician and actor (born 1961)
Normand Rochefort
1961
Canadian ice hockey player
Loren Legarda
1960
Senator of the Philippines since 2022
Frank Darabont
1959
American filmmaker (born 1959)
Mark Napier (ice hockey)
1957
Canadian ice hockey player
Nick Price
1957
Zimbabwean professional golfer
Frank Skinner
1957
English comedian and television personality (born 1957)
Ruth Becher
1956
Austrian politician (born 1956)
Richard Danielpour
1956
American composer (born 1956)
Peter Schilling
1956
German musician (born 1956)
Vinod Khosla
1955
Indian-American businessman (born 1955)
Nicolas Sarkozy
1955
President of France from 2007 to 2012
Peter Lampe
1954
German theologian
Bruno Metsu
1954
French football manager (1954–2013)
Rick Warren
1954
Christian religious leader
Colin Campbell (ice hockey, born 1953)
1953
Canadian ice hockey player, executive (born 1953)
Richard Glatzer
1952
American writer and director
Brian Bilbray
1951
American politician & activist (born 1951)
Leonid Kadenyuk
1951
Ukrainian cosmonaut (1951–2018)
Billy Bass Nelson
1951
American musician (1951–2026)
Barbi Benton
1950
American retired model, actress and singer
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
1950
Emir/King of Bahrain since 1999
David C. Hilmers
1950
American astronaut (born 1950)
Naila Kabeer
1950
Indian-born British Bangladeshi social economist, research fellow (born 1950)
Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)
1949
Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990
Gregg Popovich
1949
American basketball executive and coach (born 1949)
Jim Wong-Chu
1949
Canadian writer
Ilkka Kanerva
1948
Finnish politician (1948–2022)
Bob Moses (musician)
1948
American jazz drummer (born 1948)
Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)
1948
President of Liberia from 1997 to 2003
Jeanne Shaheen
1947
American politician (born 1947)
Marthe Keller
1945
Swiss actress (born 1945)
Susan Howard
1944
American actress
Rosalía Mera
1944
Spanish businesswoman (1944–2013)
John Tavener
1944
English composer (1944–2013)
Paul Henderson
1943
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1943)
Dick Taylor
1943
English musician (born 1943)
Sjoukje Dijkstra
1942
Dutch figure skater (1942–2024)
Erkki Pohjanheimo
1942
Finnish television producer and director (born 1942)
Joel Crothers
1941
American actor
Carlos Slim
1940
Mexican business oligarch (born 1940)
John M. Fabian
1939
American astronaut (born 1939)
Tomas Lindahl
1938
Swedish-British scientist
Leonid Zhabotinsky
1938
Soviet weightlifter (1938–2016)
Karel Čáslavský
1937
John Normington
1937
English actor (1937–2007)
Alan Alda
1936
American actor (born 1936)
Ismail Kadare
1936
Albanian writer (1936–2024)
Helga Kleiner
1935
German politician (born 1935)
David Lodge (author)
1935
English writer (1935–2025)
Nicholas Pryor
1935
American actor (1935–2024)
Juan Manuel Bordeu
1934
Argentine racing driver (1934–1990)
Jack Hill
1933
American film director
Kurt Biedenkopf
1930
German jurist, academic and politician (1930–2021)
Roy Clarke
1930
English comedy writer (born 1930)
Acker Bilk
1929
English clarinetist and vocalist (1929–2014)
Edith M. Flanigen
1929
American chemist (1929–2026)
Nikolai Parshin
1929
Soviet footballer and manager
Claes Oldenburg
1929
Swedish-born American sculptor (1929–2022)
Per Oscarsson
1927
Swedish actor (1927–2010)
Ronnie Scott
1927
British jazz saxophonist (1927–1996)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
1927
Japanese film director (1927–2001)
Vera Williams
1927
American writer
Jimmy Bryan
1926
American racing driver (1926–1960)
Raja Ramanna
1925
Indian physicist
Marcel Broodthaers
1924
Belgian poet, filmmaker and visual artist
Anna Gordy Gaye
1922
American record executive (1922–2014)
Robert W. Holley
1922
American biochemist (1922–1993)
Vytautas Norkus
1921
Lithuanian-born American basketball player
Lewis Wilson
1920
American actor (1920–2000)
Gabby Gabreski
1919
American flying ace (1919–2002)
Harry Corbett
1918
English magician and puppeteer (1918–1989)
Trevor Skeet
1918
New Zealand-born British politician
Jackson Pollock
1912
American painter (1912–1956)
Johan van Hulst
1911
Righteous Among the Nations
John Banner
1910
Austrian-American actor (1910–1973)
John Thomson (footballer, born 1909)
1909
Scottish footballer
Paul Misraki
1908
French composer (1908–1998)
Pat O'Callaghan
1906
Irish hammer thrower (1906–1991)
Markos Vafeiadis
1906
Greek communist guerrilla during World War II and Greek Civil War (1906–1992)
Aleksander Kamiński
1903
Polish writer and scout leader (1903–1978)
Kathleen Lonsdale
1903
British crystallographer and activist (1903–1971)
Alice Neel
1900
American visual artist (1900–1984)
1800s
Valentin Kataev
1897
Soviet writer and editor (1897–1986)
Arthur Rubinstein
1887
Polish pianist (1887–1982)
Marthe Bibesco
1886
Romanian writer (1886–1973)
Hidetsugu Yagi
1886
Japanese electrical engineer
Vahan Terian
1885
Armenian poet (1885–1920)
Auguste Piccard
1884
Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer
Herbert Strudwick
1880
English cricketer (1880–1970)
Walter Kollo
1878
German composer and conductor (1878–1940)
Julián Carrillo
1875
Mexican musician (1875–1965)
Alex Smith (golfer)
1874
Scottish-American golfer
Colette
1873
French novelist (1873–1954)
Monty Noble
1873
Australian cricketer
Lala Lajpat Rai
1865
Indian nationalist politician and independence activist (1865–1928)
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
1865
Finnish politician and academic (1865–1952)
Charles W. Nash
1864
American businessman (1864–1948)
Ernest William Christmas
1863
Australian painter
Julián Felipe
1861
Filipino composer
Edgeworth David
1858
Welsh-Australian geologist (1858–1934)
William Seward Burroughs I
1855
American inventor and businessman (1857–1898)
José Martí
1853
Cuban national hero (1853–1895)
Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)
1853
Russian philosopher and Christian mystic (1853–1900)
Charles George Gordon
1833
British general (1833–1885)
Alexander Mackenzie (politician)
1822
Prime Minister of Canada from 1873 to 1878
George S. Boutwell
1818
American politician and lawyer (1818–1905)
Before 1800
Charles Gray Round
1797
British politician (1797–1867)
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
1784
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1855
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring
1755
German physician, anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor
Christian Felix Weiße
1726
German writer and pedagogue (1726–1804)
Johann Elias Schlegel
1719
German poet and critic (1719–1749)
Mustafa III
1717
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774
Tokugawa Ieshige
1712
Military ruler of Japan from 1745 to 1760
John Baskerville
1706
English businessman and type designer (1707–1775)
Charles Marie de La Condamine
1701
French explorer, geographer and mathematician (1701–1774)
Gregor Werner
1693
Austrian composer (1693–1766)
Adrien Auzout
1622
French astronomer (1622–1691)
Johannes Hevelius
1611
Astronomer and chairman of the city council of the Old Town of Gdańsk (1611–1687)
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
1608
Italian physiologist, physicist, and mathematician (1608–1670)
Pope Clement IX
1600
Head of the Catholic Church from 1667 to 1669
John Barclay (poet)
1582
Scottish writer
Ludolph van Ceulen
1540
German-Dutch mathematician
Paul Luther
1533
German physician, chemist, and third son of Martin Luther (1533–1593)
Henry VII of England
1457
King of England from 1485 to 1509
Razadarit
1368
King of Hanthawaddy (r. 1384–1421)
Joan II of Navarre
1312
Queen of Navarre from 1328 to 1349
Emperor Taizong of Tang
598
Emperor of China from 626 to 649