January 28 - Births

Births

• 1225 – Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)
• 1312 – Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)
• 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, Polish-born 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 UK (d. 1860)
• 1818 – George S. Boutwell, 20th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
• 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)
• 1861 – Julián Felipe, Filipino musician (d. 1944)
• 1863 – Ernst William Christmas, Australian painter (d. 1918)
• 1864 – Charles W. Nash, American automobile entrepreneur (d. 1948)
• 1864 – Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English inventor (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)
• 1880 – Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970)
• 1884 – Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (d. 1962)
• 1886 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
• 1886 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976)
• 1887 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist (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)
• 1900 – Alice Neel, American artist (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Aleksander Kamiński, Polish writer (d. 1978)
• 1904 – Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (d. 1979)
• 1908 – Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998)
• 1909 – John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
• 1910 – John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)
• 1910 – Arnold Moss, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician
• 1912 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
• 1915 – Nien Cheng, Chinese-born American writer (d. 2009)
• 1918 – Harry Corbett, English puppeteer (Sooty) (d. 1989)
• 1918 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-born British politician (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Francis Gabreski, American fighter pilot (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1993)
• 1924 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter (d. 1976)
• 1925 – Scotty Bloch, American stage and television actress
• 1927 – Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Ronnie Scott, British tenor saxophonist and club owner (d. 1996)
• 1927 – Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist
• 1929 – Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born artist
• 1930 – Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician
• 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 – Alan Alda, American actor, writer, and director
• 1936 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
• 1938 – Leonid Zhabotynsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
• 1939 – John M. Fabian, NASA astronaut
• 1940 – Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman
• 1941 – Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1943 – John Beck, American actor
• 1943 – Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1943 – Dick Taylor, English musician (The Rolling Stones and The Pretty Things)
• 1944 – Susan Howard, American actress
• 1944 – John Tavener, English composer
• 1945 – Marthe Keller, Swiss actress
• 1945 – John Perkins, American author and activist
• 1945 – Robert Wyatt, English musician
• 1947 – Jeanne Shaheen, American politician
• 1948 – Charles Taylor, President of Liberia
• 1948 – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet-born dancer and actor
• 1949 – Gregg Popovich, American basketball coach
• 1950 – Barbi Benton, American actress
• 1950 – David C. Hilmers, NASA astronaut
• 1950 – Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain
• 1950 – Bob Hay, American songwriter and musician
• 1951 – Brian Bilbray, American politician
• 1951 – Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut
• 1953 – Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
• 1953 – Chris Carter, English musician (Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey)
• 1954 – Rick Warren, American pastor and author
• 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
• 1957 – Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1959 – Burkhard Dallwitz, German-born composer
• 1959 – Frank Darabont, American filmmaker
• 1959 – Randi Rhodes, radio personality
• 1959 – Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist (The Alarm)
• 1960 – Robert von Dassanowsky, American historian, writer, and producer
• 1961 – Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Arnaldur Indridason, Icelandic writer
• 1962 – Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor
• 1962 – Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
• 1962 – Sam Phillips, American singer
• 1963 – Dan Spitz, American musician, guitarist (Anthrax)
• 1965 – Lynda Boyd, American actress
• 1967 – Jan Lamb, Chinese disc jockey & comedian
• 1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1968 – DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)
• 1968 – Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr.), American rapper
• 1969 – Kathryn Morris, American actress
• 1969 – Mo Rocca, American writer and comedian
• 1969 – Linda Sanchez, American politician
• 1971 – Anthony Hamilton, American soul singer
• 1972 – Nicky Southall, English footballer
• 1973 – Rick Houghton, English radio/TV presenter
• 1974 – Tony Delk, American basketball player
• 1974 – Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
• 1974 – Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1975 – Terri Colombino, American actress
• 1975 – Tanya Chua, Singaporean singer
• 1975 – Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer
• 1975 – Anne Montminy, Canadian diver
• 1975 – Junior Spivey, American baseball player
• 1976 – Lee Ingleby, British actor
• 1976 – Emiko Kado, Japanese wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1976 – Mark Madsen, American basketball player
• 1976 – Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
• 1976 – Rick Ross, Rapper
• 1976 – Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
• 1977 – Daunte Culpepper, American football player
• 1977 – Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira)
• 1977 – Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
• 1977 – Lyle Overbay, American baseball player
• 1977 – Takuma Sato, Japanese racing driver
• 1978 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Jamie Carragher, English footballer
• 1978 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
• 1978 – Stephen Farrelly, Irish professional wrestler
• 1979 – Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder
• 1980 – Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
• 1980 – Jesse James Hollywood, American drug dealer and fugitive
• 1980 – Yasuhito Endo, Japanese footballer
• 1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor
• 1984 – Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
• 1984 – Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
• 1985 – Daniel Carcillo, Canadian hockey player
• 1985 – Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
• 1985 – Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
• 1985 – J. Cole, American rapper
• 1986 – Jessica Ennis, British athlete
• 1986 – Shruti Haasan, Indian actress
• 1987 – Chelsea Brummet, American actress
• 1989 – Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer
• 1991 – Calum Worthy, Canadian actor and musician