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January 28 Birthdays in History - January 28 Deaths - January 28 Events
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January 28, 1985 Athina Onassis, daughter of Christina January 28, 1981 Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son January 28, 1981 Sienna Miller, American Actress January 28, 1980 Nick Carter, singer, Backstreet Boys January 28, 1978 Helga Bauer Salas, Miss Bolivia Universe 1997 January 28, 1978 John Legend, American Musician January 28, 1978 Justin Guarini, American Musician January 28, 1975 Anne Montminy, born in Montreal, Quebec, 10m diver, Olympics-17-92, 96 January 28, 1975 Julian Dean, Waihi NZ, team pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics January 28, 1974 Derrick Mayes, NFL wide reciever, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 January 28, 1974 Jermaine Dye, born in Oakland California, outfielder, Atlanta Braves January 28, 1974 Tony Delk, NBA guard, SF Warriors January 28, 1974 Vitaly Tregubov, hockey defenseman, Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998 January 28, 1974 Zack Bronson, safety for the San Francisco 49ers January 28, 1974 Joaquin Phoenix, American Actor January 28, 1973 Bronwyn Thompson, Australian rower 1996 Olympics January 28, 1973 Jerome Allen, NBA guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves January 28, 1973 Joe Stephens, NBA forward for the Houston Rockets January 28, 1973 Robert Braknis, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m backstroke/4 x 100 1996 Olympics January 28, 1972 Carey Bender, NFL running back for the Buffalo Bills January 28, 1972 Elena Baranova, WNBA center for the Utah Starzz January 28, 1972 Frank Garcia, NFL center, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers January 28, 1972 Brad Paisley, American Musician January 28, 1970 Barry Minter, NFL middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears January 28, 1970 Donald Tardy, U.S., death metal drummer, Obituary, Cause of Death January 28, 1970 James Atkins, NFL tackle for the Seattle Seahawks January 28, 1970 Mike Chalenski, NFL defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles January 28, 1969 Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer, world record 200m January 28, 1969 John Veenhof, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen January 28, 1969 Mo Rocca, American Writer January 28, 1969 Ben Harper, American Musician January 28, 1968 Henry Hering, Pointe-Claire Quebec, rower, Olympics-9-92, 96 January 28, 1968 Marnie McBean, Vancouver BC, rower, Olympics gold 92, 96 January 28, 1968 Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, FC Utrecht January 28, 1968 Sarah McLachlan, folk singer, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy January 28, 1967 Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, FC Utrecht January 28, 1967 Tom Hodson, NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints January 28, 1967 Chris Ware, American Artist January 28, 1966 Jeff Uhlenhake, NFL center, NO Saints, Washington Redskins January 28, 1966 Michal Pivonka, Kladno Cze, NHL center for the Washington Capitals January 28, 1964 Dwight Stone, NFL receiver/running back, Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers January 28, 1964 Emlyn Aubrey, PGA golfer, 1995 Nestles-25th January 28, 1963 Colleen Harp, Washington D.C., WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-9th-1994 January 28, 1963 Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-Protest and Survive January 28, 1963 Denise Beillmann, Switz, figure skater, Olympics-4th-1980 January 28, 1962 Keith Hamilton Cobb, Tarrytown, New York, actor, Noah Keefer-All My Children January 28, 1962 Michael Cage, NBA forward and center, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets January 28, 1962 Sam Phillips, singer and actress, Die Hard with a Vengeance January 28, 1961 Luann L Lee, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1987 January 28, 1960 John Caliri, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble January 28, 1960 John Galliano, British Designer January 28, 1959 Dave Sharp, rock guitarist, Alarm-In the Summertime January 28, 1959 Frank Darabont, American Director January 28, 1959 Andy McNabb, British Novelist January 28, 1957 Harley Jane Kozak, actress, Arachnophobia, Necessary Roughness January 28, 1957 Nick Price, Durban South Africa, PGA golfer, 1991 Byron Nelson Classic January 28, 1956 Peter Schilling, Stuttgart Germany, rocker January 28, 1954 Anicee Alvina, Paris, France, actress, Friends January 28, 1954 Shawn Murray, rock drummer, Mink Deville January 28, 1954 Rick Warren, San Jose, California, Pastor of Saddleback Church in Southern California January 28, 1953 Debbie Steinbach, LPGA golfer January 28, 1953 Michael Day, rocker January 28, 1951 Gordon Prentice, British MP January 28, 1951 Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk, Kkishkov Ukraine, astronaut, STS 87 January 28, 1951 William Nelson, Jr., U.S. bassist, Connections and Disconnections January 28, 1950 Barbi Benton, [Klein], California, Playboy model, Hee Haw, Sugar Time! January 28, 1950 David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, STS 51-J, 26, 36, 42 January 28, 1950 Glyn Ford, British MEP January 28, 1949 Thomas J Downey, Rep-D-NY, 1975- January 28, 1948 Gareth Roscoe, legal adviser, BBC January 28, 1948 Mamoru Mohri, Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut, STS 47 January 28, 1948 Dick Morris, American Author January 28, 1947 MJ Ainsworth, CEO, Institute of Chartered Secretaries January 28, 1947 Valerie Bragg, principal, City Technology College-Kingshurst January 28, 1946 Renne Jarrett, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Nancy January 28, 1946 Rick Allen, Arkansas, rock bassist, Box Tops-Letter January 28, 1945 Nick Raynsford, British MP January 28, 1945 Robert Wyatt, English Musician January 28, 1944 Arnold Muhren, Dutch pop bassist/singer, The Cats-Sailin' Home January 28, 1944 Brian Keenan, New York City, rock drummer, Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today January 28, 1944 James Cran, British MP January 28, 1944 John Edmonds, British trade unionist January 28, 1944 John Tavener, composer, The Whale January 28, 1944 Martin Fried, rocker, Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball January 28, 1944 Kary Mullis, American Scientist January 28, 1943 Dick Taylor, rock vocalist, Pretty Thing-Cry on Me January 28, 1943 Jean Knight, rocker January 28, 1943 John Beck, Chic, actor, Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara January 28, 1943 Susan Howard, Marshall, Texas, actress, Donna-Dallas, Petrocelli January 28, 1942 Hansdjurgen Baumler, Germany, pairs ice skater, 1968 Olympics silver January 28, 1942 Eric Shinseki, American Soldier January 28, 1941 Joel Crothers, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Edge of Night January 28, 1939 John M Fabian, Goosecreek, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, STS 7, STS 51G January 28, 1938 Michael Ritchie, American Director January 28, 1937 Ken Hill, playwright/director January 28, 1936 Alan Alda, [Alphonso D'Abruzzo], New York City, actor, Hawkeye Pierce-M*A*S*H January 28, 1936 Bill Jordan, British trade unionist January 28, 1936 Enid Castle, principal, Cheltenham Ladies' College January 28, 1936 Jack Scott, vocalist, My True Love January 28, 1936 Robert Suderburg, composer January 28, 1936 Jim McDermott, American Politician January 28, 1935 David John Lodge, English writer, Soul and Bodies January 28, 1935 Leonid Grabovsky, composer January 28, 1935 Manuel dos Santos Lima, Angolian revolutionary/poet, Pele do Diabo January 28, 1935 Nicholas Pryor, actor, Beverly Hills 90210 January 28, 1935 David Lodge, British Author January 28, 1934 BR White, principal, Regent's Park College-Oxford January 28, 1934 Bill White, U.S., 1st baseman, Cards, /announcer, Yanks, /President, NL January 28, 1933 Susan Sontag, New York City, author/film director, Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award January 28, 1932 David Thompson, CEO, Gestetner Holdings January 28, 1932 Thomas J Bliley, Jr., Rep-R-VA, 1981- January 28, 1932 W Parry O'Brien, California, shot putter, Oly-2 gold/silver-52, 56, 60, 64 January 28, 1932 Windlesham, Lord January 28, 1931 Timothy Kitson, former MP January 28, 1930 David Morris, British MEP January 28, 1930 Luis de Pablo, composer January 28, 1929 Acker Bilk, singer, Stranger on the Shore January 28, 1929 Claes Oldenburg, born in Stockholm, Sweden, U.S. pop artist, Alphabet/Good Humor January 28, 1929 Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist January 28, 1929 Berry Gordy, American Businessman January 28, 1928 MG Falcon, CEO, Norwich Union Insurance Group January 28, 1928 Martin Sinnatt, Major-General/secretary, Kennel Club January 28, 1928 Slade Gorton, Sen-R-WA, 1981- January 28, 1927 Anthony Garner, director, Conservative Central Office January 28, 1927 J D Hughes, Principal, Ruskin College-Oxford January 28, 1927 James Callaghan, British MP January 28, 1927 Ronnie Scott, jazz musician/club-owner January 28, 1925 Henry Harris, British professor of medicine January 28, 1925 Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish Poet January 28, 1922 Robert W. Holley, U.S., biochemist, worked with RNA, Nobel '68 January 28, 1921 Alfred Marks, actor/comedian, Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again January 28, 1920 James Whyte, Moderator, General Assembly of Church of Scotland January 28, 1918 Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer, Sooty, Some People January 28, 1918 Suzanne Flon, Paris, France, actress, One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge January 28, 1918 Trevor Skeet, British MP January 28, 1918 Vito Scotti, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park January 28, 1918 Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician/human rights worker January 28, 1916 Peter Crossley-Holland, composer January 28, 1913 Jan Masseus, composer January 28, 1913 Oliver Chesterton, chartered surveyor January 28, 1912 Jackson Pollock, born in Cody, Wyoming, expressionist painter, Lavender Mist January 28, 1912 William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat, Prague 1939 January 28, 1910 Arnold Moss, Brooklyn, actor, Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata January 28, 1910 John Banner, Vienna Austria, actor, Sgt Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes January 28, 1909 Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver, WW II-George Medal January 28, 1908 Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor, director and writer, Fear January 28, 1908 Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman January 28, 1907 Constantin Regamey, composer January 28, 1906 Allan Walker, actor and writer, Red Buttons Show January 28, 1906 Harry van Kruiningen, [Henri A Janssen], painter/graphic artist January 28, 1906 Henry Foley, cricketer, batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930 January 28, 1905 Gaston Rebry, Flemish cyclist January 28, 1903 Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer, 1st woman in Royal Society January 28, 1900 Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher, History of Ecuador January 28, 1900 Anni Holdmann, Germany, 100m runner, Olympic-1928 January 28, 1900 Hermann Kesten, German writer, Allert de Lange January 28, 1900 Michael Dewar Head, composer January 28, 1899 Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger January 28, 1898 Vittorio Rieti, composer January 28, 1898 Wies Moens, Flemish writer/nazi January 28, 1897 Valentin Katayev, Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright, Embezzled January 28, 1896 Dawn Powell, American Writer January 28, 1894 Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher January 28, 1893 Elliot Griffis, composer January 28, 1892 Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor, Love Parade January 28, 1891 Camille Melloy, [Paepe], Belgian poet, Parfum des Buis January 28, 1891 Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer January 28, 1887 Lily Theresa Strickland, composer January 28, 1887 Arthur Rubinstein, American Musician January 28, 1886 Artur Rubinstein, Lodz Poland, pianist January 28, 1884 Auguste Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer, balloonist January 28, 1884 Jean Felix Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer, balloonist January 28, 1884 Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer, chromosome of sun January 28, 1880 Herbert Strudwick, cricketer, England wicket-keeper before and after WW I January 28, 1880 Mary Boland, Philadelphia, U.S., comedienne/actress, Ruggles of Red Gap January 28, 1878 Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski], German composer, Der Juxbaron January 28, 1875 Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer January 28, 1874 Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian, Grundzuge January 28, 1873 Colette, writer January 28, 1873 M. A. Noble, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder at turn of century January 28, 1873 Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Burgundy France, novelist, Cheri, Gigi January 28, 1872 Otto Braun, German Politician January 28, 1869 Ozaki Koyo, Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet, The Heart January 28, 1868 Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer January 28, 1868 Julian Aguirre, composer January 28, 1865 Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg, 1st president of Finland, 1919-25 January 28, 1855 William Seward Burroughs, New York, inventor, recording adding machine January 28, 1853 Jose Marti y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician January 28, 1841 Henry Stanley, England, journalist/explorer, found Livingston in Africa January 28, 1841 Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer January 28, 1840 Edouard Vaillant, French socialist politician/communard January 28, 1833 Charles George Gordon, London, general, China, Khartoum January 28, 1832 Franz Wullner, composer January 28, 1831 Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1899 January 28, 1828 Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor January 28, 1828 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Mjr Gen Confederate Army, died in 1868 January 28, 1825 George Edward Pickett, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1875 January 28, 1822 Alexander MacKenzie, L, 2nd PM of Canada, 1873-78 January 28, 1818 George Sewall Boutwell, MC, Union, died in 1905 January 28, 1815 Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1875 January 28, 1791 Louis-J-Ferdinand Herold, France, opera composer, Zampa January 28, 1784 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English Secretary of State January 28, 1775 Peter the Great, Russia January 28, 1768 Frederick VI, Danish king, 1808-39, ; lost Norway to Sweden, 1814 January 28, 1757 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer January 28, 1756 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer January 28, 1722 Johann Ernst Bach, composer January 28, 1717 Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey, 1757-74 January 28, 1714 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor, Child with Pigeon January 28, 1706 John Baskerville, English printer, typeface inventor January 28, 1702 Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer January 28, 1693 Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia, 1730-40, 2/7 NS January 28, 1693 Gregor Joseph Werner, composer January 28, 1691 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer January 28, 1688 Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter January 28, 1645 Gottfried Vopelius, composer January 28, 1627 Alfonso Marsh, composer January 28, 1611 Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer, star cataloger January 28, 1608 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer January 28, 1600 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope, 1667-69 January 28, 1582 John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet, Euphormio's Satyricon January 28, 1578 Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople, 1611-39 January 28, 1457 Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England, 1485-1509 |