History Births on January 28

Stephen Gostkowski, American football player

#Stephen_Gostkowski

Rick Warren, American pastor and author

#Rick_Warren

Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer

#Nick_Price

Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (d. 2002)

#Gabby_Gabreski

Aleksander Kami?ski, Polish author and educator (d. 1978)

#Aleksander_Kami?ski

Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965)

#Julián_Carrillo

Edith M. Flanigen, American chemist

#Edith_M._Flanigen

Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)

#Alice_Neel

John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (d. 1775)

#John_Baskerville

Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player

#Sireli_Bobo

Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)

#Jackson_Pollock

Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (d. 2013)

#Michael_Hastings_(journalist)

Brian Bilbray, American politician

#Brian_Bilbray

Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver

#Takuma_Sato

Rick Ross, American rapper and producer

#Rick_Ross

George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)

#George_S._Boutwell

Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (d. 1867)

#Charles_Gray_Round

Razadarit, king of Hanthawaddy (d. 1421)

#Razadarit

Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player

#Carl_Klingberg

Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (d. 2014)

#Acker_Bilk

Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Sam_Phillips_(musician)

Henry VII, king of England (d. 1509)

#Henry_VII_of_England

Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter

#Jack_Hill

Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author

#Frank_Skinner

Elijah Wood, American actor and producer

#Elijah_Wood

Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster

#Jamie_Carragher

Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (d. 1930)

#Alex_Smith_(golfer)

William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)

#William_Seward_Burroughs_I

Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian soldier, journalist, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)

#Alexander_Mackenzie_(politician)

Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems

#Vinod_Khosla

Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (d. 2016)

#Leonid_Zhabotinsky

Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976)

#Hidetsugu_Yagi

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)

#Giovanni_Alfonso_Borelli

Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand

#Mike_Moore_(New_Zealand_politician)

Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer

#Asad_Shafiq

Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer

#Papa_Bouba_Diop

Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (d. 1687)

#Johannes_Hevelius

Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist

#Mo_Rocca

Rakim, American rapper

#Rakim

Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)

#Marcel_Broodthaers

Jermaine Dye, American baseball player

#Jermaine_Dye

Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer

#Alan_Alda

Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)

#Julián_Felipe

Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (d. 1970)

#Herbert_Strudwick

Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut

#Leonid_Kadeniuk

Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928)

#Lala_Lajpat_Rai

Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)

#Robert_W._Holley

Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)

#Ludolph_van_Ceulen

Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)

#Marthe_Bibesco

Charles Williams Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)

#Charles_Williams_Nash

Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor (d. 1940)

#Walter_Kollo

Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Tomas_Lindahl

Lauris D?rzi?š, Latvian ice hockey player

#Lauris_D?rzi?š

Joey Fatone, American singer, dancer, and television personality

#Joey_Fatone

David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut

#David_C._Hilmers

Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (d. 1830)

#Samuel_Thomas_von_Sömmerring

Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer

#Siem_de_Jong

Ben Clucas, English race car driver

#Ben_Clucas

Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor

#Nick_Carter_(musician)

Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)

#Auguste_Piccard

Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist

#Léon_van_Bon

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)

#George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen

Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)

#Mustafa_III

Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler

#Jessica_Ennis-Hill

Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)

#Per_Oscarsson

Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer

#Gianluigi_Buffon

Joan II, queen of Navarre (d. 1349)

#Joan_II_of_Navarre

Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia

#Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_politician)

Big Freedia, New Orleans musician, "Queen of Bounce"

#Big_Freedia

Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France

#Nicolas_Sarkozy

Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952)

#Kaarlo_Juho_Ståhlberg

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king

#Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa

Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer

#Libby_Trickett

Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter

#Brian_Fallon

Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer

#Erkki_Pohjanheimo

Yasuhito End?, Japanese footballer

#Yasuhito_End?

Toneri, Japanese prince (d. 735)

#Prince_Toneri

Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)

#Charles_Marie_de_La_Condamine

Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach

#Tony_Delk

Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach

#Mark_Madsen

Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician

#Magglio_Ordóñez

Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator

#Claes_Oldenburg

Anne Panter, English field hockey player

#Anne_Panter

Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)

#Juan_Manuel_Bordeu

Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician

#Loren_Legarda

Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer

#Sergio_Araujo

Frank Darabont, American director and producer

#Frank_Darabont

Paul Luther, German scientist (d. 1593)

#Paul_Luther

Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American explorer and journalist (d. 1904)

#Henry_Morton_Stanley

Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (d. 1940)

#Monty_Noble

John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author (d. 1621)

#John_Barclay_(poet)

José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)

#José_Martí

Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player

#Daniel_Carcillo

Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (d. 1918)

#Ernest_William_Christmas

Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (d. 1960)

#Jimmy_Bryan

Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter

#Peter_Schilling

John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

#John_M._Fabian

Ariel Winter, American actress

#Ariel_Winter

Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)

#Valentin_Kataev

Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (d. 2013)

#Bruno_Metsu

Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat

#Kurt_Biedenkopf

John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)

#John_Tavener

Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (d. 2018)

#Johan_van_Hulst

Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright (d. 1802)

#Christian_Felix_Weiße

Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer

#Arnold_Mvuemba

Andre Iguodala, American basketball player

#Andre_Iguodala

J. Cole, American singer

#J._Cole

Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian

#Peter_Lampe

Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician

#Linda_Sánchez

Barbi Benton, American actress, singer and model

#Barbi_Benton

Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)

#Vahan_Terian

Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist

#Pedro_Pinto_(journalist)

Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1669)

#Pope_Clement_IX

Daunte Culpepper, American football player

#Daunte_Culpepper

John Perkins, American author and activist

#John_Perkins_(author)

Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1890)

#Mihkel_Veske

Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director

#Marthe_Keller

Colette, French novelist and journalist (d. 1954)

#Colette

Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian-American basketball player (d. 2014)

#Vytautas_Norkus

Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager

#Nicky_Southall

Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach

#Gregg_Popovich

Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS (d. 1971)

#Kathleen_Lonsdale

Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso

#Carlos_Slim

Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900)

#Vladimir_Solovyov_(philosopher)

Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire

#Jeanne_Shaheen

John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)

#John_Banner

Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet

#Ramsey_Nasr

Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator (d. 1982)

#Arthur_Rubinstein

Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater

#Sjoukje_Dijkstra

Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter

#Dick_Taylor

Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (d. 1885)

#Charles_George_Gordon

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

#Sarah_McLachlan

John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)

#John_Thomson_(footballer,_born_1909)

Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1761)

#Tokugawa_Ieshige

Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1691)

#Adrien_Auzout

Andrei Savchenko, Russian footballer

Seiya Sanada, Japanese wrestler

Paul Henry, English footballer

Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor

Sandis Buškevics, Latvian basketball player and coach

Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer

Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach

Mark Regan, English rugby player

Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer

Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster

Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer

David Lawrence, English cricketer

Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator

Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player

Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic

Bob Moses, American drummer

Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player (d. 2013)

Frank Doubleday, American actor (d. 2018)

Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (d. 2013)

Karel ?áslavský, Czech historian and television host (d. 2013)

David Lodge, English author and critic

Roy Clarke, English screenwriter, comedian and soldier

Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012)

Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)

Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (d. 1996)

Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (d. 2004)

Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (d. 2014)

Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)

Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989)

Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)

Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (d. 1992)

Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934)

Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1749)

Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)

Guy XIV de Laval, French noble (d. 1486)