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Famous People Born on January 28(211 people)
Emoni Bates, American basketball player
Liam Öhgren, Swedish ice hockey player
Tabyana Ali, American actress and author
Payton Pritchard, American basketball player
Mimi-Isabella Cesar, British rhythmic gymnast
Joel Bolomboy, Russian-American basketball player
Maluma, Colombian singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor
Alan Williams, American basketball player
Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player
Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler
Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
Ben Clucas, English race car driver
Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
Anne Panter, English field hockey player
Omar Cook, American-Montenegrin basketball player and coach
Elijah Wood, American actor and producer
Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor
Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter
Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (died 2013)
Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster
Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (died 2020)
Sandis Buškevics, Latvian basketball player and coach
Daunte Culpepper, American football player
Joey Fatone, American singer, dancer, and television personality
Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach
Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
Elena Baranova, Russian basketball player
Amy Coney Barrett, American jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
Gillian Vigman, American actress and comedian
Anthony Hamilton, American singer-songwriter and producer
Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist
Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
Michal Pivoňka, Czech ice hockey player
David Lawrence, English cricketer (died 2025)
Dan Spitz, American musician and songwriter
Michael Cage, American basketball player and broadcaster
Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Mike Holoway, British musician and actor
Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
Frank Darabont, American director and producer
Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (died 2013)
Rick Warren, American pastor and author
Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player
Barbi Benton, American actress, singer and model
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2020)
Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach
Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (died 2017)
Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (died 2022)
Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia
Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
Susan Howard, American actress and writer
John Tavener, English composer (died 2013)
Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and author
Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (died 2024)
Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
Joel Crothers, American actor (died 1985)
John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (died 2016)
Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (died 2013)
John Normington, English actor (died 2007)
Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer
David Lodge, English author and critic (died 2025)
Nicholas Pryor, American actor (died 2024)
Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (died 1990)
Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter
Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat (died 2021)
Roy Clarke, English screenwriter, comedian and soldier
Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (died 2014)
Edith M. Flanigen, American chemist (died 2026)
Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (died 2012)
Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (died 1996)
Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (died 2015)
Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (died 1960)
Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (died 2004)
Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (died 1976)
Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (died 2014)
Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
Lewis Wilson, American actor (died 2000)
Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (died 2002)
Jackson Pollock, American painter (died 1956)
Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (died 2018)
John Thomson, Scottish footballer (died 1931)
Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (died 1998)
Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (died 1991)
Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (died 1992)
Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator (died 1978)
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (died 1952)
William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (died 1898)
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About Famous Birthdays on January 28
January 28 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.
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