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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 98|98]] &ndash; On the death of [[Nerva]], [[Trajan]] is declared Roman emperor in [[Cologne]], the seat of his government in lower Germany.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=222|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
* [[814]] &ndash; The death of [[Charlemagne]], the first [[Holy Roman Emperor]], brings about the accession of his son [[Louis the Pious]] as ruler of the [[Carolingian Empire|Frankish Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|first=John J.|last=Butt|title=Daily Life in the Age of Charlemagne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQlJP9O9hKkC&pg=PR13|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31668-5|pages=13}}</ref>
*[[1069]] &ndash; [[Robert de Comines]], appointed [[Earl of Northumbria]] by [[William the Conqueror]], rides into [[Durham, England]], where he is defeated and killed by rebels.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stenton|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Stenton|title=Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|year= 1971|isbn=0-19-821716-1|page=602}}</ref> This incident leads to the [[Harrying of the North]].
*[[1077]] &ndash; [[Walk to Canossa]]: The [[excommunication]] of [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor]], is lifted after he humbles himself before [[Pope Gregory VII]] at Canossa in Italy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Konieczny |first=Peter |date=4 August 2017 |title=The Walk to Canossa: The Tale of an Emperor and a Pope |url=http://www.medievalists.net/2017/08/walk-canossa-tale-emperor-pope/ |access-date=28 January 2018 |work=Medievalists.net}}</ref>
*[[1393]] &ndash; [[Charles VI of France|King Charles VI of France]] was nearly killed when [[Bal des Ardents|several other dancers' costumes caught fire]] during a [[masquerade ball]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Craig|title=A Virtuous Knight: Defending Marshal Boucicaut (Jean II Le Meingre, 1366-1421)|location=Suffolk, UK|publisher=York Medieval Press|date=2019|isbn=9781903153918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BAo7EAAAQBAJ|page=20}}</ref>
*[[1521]] &ndash; The [[Diet of Worms]] begins, lasting until [[May 25]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Johann Heinrich|last=Kurtz|author-link=Johann Heinrich Kurtz|title=Text Book of Church History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2yo_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA39|year=1875|publisher=Smith, English & Company|pages=39}}</ref>
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], the nine-year-old son of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], becomes King of England on his father's death.
*[[1568]] &ndash; The [[Edict of Torda]] prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in [[John Sigismund Zápolya]]'s [[Eastern Hungarian Kingdom]].
*[[1573]] &ndash; Articles of the [[Warsaw Confederation]] are signed, sanctioning [[freedom of religion]] in Poland.
*[[1591]] &ndash; Execution of [[Agnes Sampson]], accused of [[witchcraft]] in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite book |title=Calendar State Papers Scotland |volume=10 |location=Edinburgh |year=1936 |page=464}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Thomas Warner (explorer)|Sir Thomas Warner]] founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of [[Saint Kitts]].
*[[1671]] &ndash; Original city of [[Panama]] (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer [[Henry Morgan]] [[Henry Morgan's Panama expedition|sacks and sets fire to it]]. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see [[Panama Viejo]]).
*[[1724]] &ndash; The [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] is founded in [[St. Petersburg]], Russia, by [[Peter the Great]], and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
*[[1754]] &ndash; Sir [[Horace Walpole]] coins the word ''[[serendipity]]'' in a letter to a friend. 
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice (novel)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' is first published in the [[United Kingdom]]. 
*[[1846]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Aliwal]], [[India]], is won by British troops commanded by [[Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet|Sir Harry Smith]].<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Lunt|author-link=James Lunt|title=Scarlet Lancers: The story of the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 1689-1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=80p-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|date=1 March 1993|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-0-85052-321-8|pages=85}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Northwestern University]] becomes the first chartered university in [[Illinois]].
*[[1855]] &ndash; A locomotive on the [[Panama Canal Railway]] runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]] ends in French defeat and an [[armistice]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers's Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9W5LAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA230|year=1882|publisher=S.W. Green's Son|pages=230}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; ''[[Yale Daily News]]'' becomes the first independent daily [[Student newspaper|college newspaper]] in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sara|last=Schwebel|title=Kaplan Yale Daily News Guide to Summer Programs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFOZn5o5myAC|date=30 October 2001|publisher=Kaplan|isbn=978-0-7432-1426-1|page=x}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; Walter Arnold of [[East Peckham]], Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of [[speed limit|speeding]]. He was fined one [[shilling (British coin)|shilling]], plus costs, for speeding at {{convert|8|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of {{convert|2|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; The [[Carnegie Institution for Science|Carnegie Institution of Washington]] is founded in Washington, D.C., with a $10 million gift from [[Andrew Carnegie]].
*[[1908]] &ndash; Members of the [[Portuguese Republican Party]] fail in their [[Municipal Library Elevator Coup|attempted coup d'état]] against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister [[João Franco]].
*[[1909]] &ndash; United States troops leave [[Cuba]], with the exception of [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]], after being there since the [[Spanish–American War]].
*[[1915]] &ndash; An act of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] creates the [[United States Coast Guard]] as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
*[[1916]] &ndash; The Canadian province of [[Manitoba]] grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time [[Women's suffrage in Canada|women in Canada are granted voting rights]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2019 |title=Women's Suffrage in Manitoba |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/womens-suffrage-in-manitoba |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Finnish Civil War]]: The [[Red Guards (Finland)|Red Guard rebels]] seize control of the capital, [[Helsinki]]; members of the [[Senate of Finland]] go underground.
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]] is established by Baron [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|Gustaf Mannerheim]], the [[regent]] of the [[Kingdom of Finland (1918)|Kingdom of Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tallinnmuseum.com/2017/12/06/finnish-orders-and-where-to-find-them/|title=Finnish Orders and Where to Find Them|work=[[Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood]]|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presidentti.fi/ahtisaari/eng/institution/order_of_the_white_rose.html|title=The Order of the White Rose of Finland|website=Presidentti.fi|access-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; Foundation of the [[Spanish Legion]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Knickerbocker Storm]]: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] collapses, killing over 100 people.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Weather Bureau|author-link=National Weather Service|title=The Climatic Handbook for Washington, D.C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EaQvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA16|year=1949|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=16}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; Japanese forces [[January 28 Incident|attack Shanghai]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; The name [[Pakistan]] is [[Neologism|coined]] by [[Choudhry Rahmat Ali|Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan]] and is accepted by [[Indian Muslims]] who then thereby adopted it further for the [[Pakistan Movement]] seeking independence.
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Iceland]] becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic [[abortion]].
*[[1938]] &ndash; The [[World Land Speed Record]] on a [[public road]] is broken by [[Rudolf Caracciola]] in the [[Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen]] at a speed of {{convert|432.7|km/h|mph}}.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Franco-Thai War]]: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated [[armistice]] goes into effect later in the day.
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Supplies begin to reach the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] over the newly reopened [[Burma Road]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Elvis Presley]] makes his first national television appearance.
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[Lego]] company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[National Football League]] announces expansion teams for [[Dallas Cowboys|Dallas]] to start in the 1960 NFL season and [[Minnesota Vikings|Minneapolis-St. Paul]] for the 1961 NFL season.
*[[1964]] &ndash; An unarmed [[United States Air Force]] [[T-39 Sabreliner]] on a training mission is [[1964 T-39 shootdown incident|shot down]] over [[Erfurt]], [[East Germany]], by a [[Soviet Air Forces|Soviet]] [[MiG-19]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; The current design of the [[Flag of Canada]] is chosen by an act of [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; The first day of the [[Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]], which dumps {{convert|10|ft|m|order=flip|0}} of snow in one day in [[Upstate New York]]. [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[Watertown, New York|Watertown]], and surrounding areas are most affected.
*[[1980]] &ndash; {{USCGC|Blackthorn|WLB-391|6}} collides with the tanker ''Capricorn'' while leaving [[Tampa, Florida]] and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Ronald Reagan]] lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the [[1979 energy crisis]] and begin the [[1980s oil glut]].
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[United States Army|US Army]] General [[James L. Dozier]] is rescued by Italian anti-[[terrorism]] forces from captivity by the [[Red Brigades]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Domoina]] makes landfall in southern [[Mozambique]], eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
*[[1985]] &ndash; Supergroup [[USA for Africa]] (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single ''[[We Are the World]]'', to help raise funds for [[Ethiopia]]n [[famine relief]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-51-L]] mission: [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|disintegrates after liftoff]], killing all seven astronauts on board.<ref name=challengercrew />
*[[1988]] &ndash; In ''[[R v Morgentaler]]'' the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-[[abortion law]]s.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[TAME Flight 120]], a [[Boeing 727]]-100, crashes in the [[Andes]] mountains in southern [[Colombia]], killing 94.
*[[2006]] &ndash; The roof of one of the buildings at the [[Katowice International Fair]] in Poland [[Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse|collapses]] due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
*[[2021]] &ndash; A [[2021 Georgia poultry plant accident|nitrogen leak]] at a poultry food processing facility in [[Gainesville, Georgia]] kills six and injures at least ten.<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia nitrogen deaths: Leak kills six at Gainesville poultry plant |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55847100 |website=BBC News |access-date=29 January 2021 |date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Tyre Nichols protests|Protests]] begin after [[Memphis Police Department|police]] beat and [[Killing of Tyre Nichols|kill Tyre Nichols]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 January 2023 |title=Harrowing videos show police fatally beat Tyre Nichols, who cries out for his mother |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/memphis-police-set-release-video-showing-fatal-beating-tyre-nichols-rcna67710}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
* [[598]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Taizong]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. 649)<ref>{{Cite book |title=Directory of historical figures |publisher=[[Salem Media Group]] |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-89356-334-9 |location=Pasadena |pages=613 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1312]] &ndash; [[Joan II of Navarre|Joan II]], queen of Navarre (d. 1349)<ref>The ''Flores historiarum'' of [[Bernard Gui]] records the birth "''V Kal Feb''" in 1311 of "''Ludovicus rex...filiam Johannam''". Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France, vol. XXI, Guigniaut, Wailly (dirs.) Paris, 1855: ''E floribus chronicorum auctore Bernardo Guidonis'', p. 724.</ref>
*[[1368]] &ndash; [[Razadarit]], king of Hanthawaddy (d. 1421)<ref>{{cite book | last=Pan Hla | first=Nai | title=[[Razadarit Ayedawbon]] | language=my | year=1968 | edition=8th printing, 2005 | location=Yangon | publisher=Armanthit Sarpay|page=356 (footnote 1)}}</ref> 
*[[1457]] &ndash; [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]], king of England (d. 1509)<ref>Kisby, F. (1997). A mirror of monarchy: Music and musicians in the household chapel of the Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. Early Music History, 16, 203-234. doi:10.1017/S0261127900001728</ref>
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Paul Luther]], German scientist (d. 1593)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Robert Kolb |author2=Irene Dingel |author3=L'ubomír Batka |title=The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther's Theology |date=24 April 2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3lPAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT45 |publisher=OUP Oxford |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227012029/https://books.google.com/books?id=s3lPAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT45 |page=45 |isbn=9780191667473 |language=en |archive-date=27 December 2019}}</ref>
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Ludolph van Ceulen]], German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ludolph Van Ceulen |url=http://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Van_Ceulen.html |website=MacTutor |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227015817/http://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Van_Ceulen.html |archive-date=27 December 2019 |language=en |date=April 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[John Barclay (poet)|John Barclay]], French-Scottish poet and author (d. 1621)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Barclay |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Barclay |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211164727/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Barclay |archive-date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement IX|Clement IX]], pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1669)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pope Clement IX |url=https://catholicsaints.info/pope-clement-ix/ |website=CatholicSaints.Info |date=11 June 2014 |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Alfonso Borelli]], Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Barry |editor1-first=Jonathan |editor2-last=Bigotti |editor2-first=Fabrizio |title=Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine, 1614-1790 |date=2021 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=978-3-030-79587-0 |page=274}}</ref>
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Johannes Hevelius]], Polish astronomer and politician (d. 1687)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) |url=https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/Education/FamousSolarPhysicists/johannes-hevelius |website=High Altitude Observatory |access-date=11 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227203019/https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/Education/FamousSolarPhysicists/johannes-hevelius |archive-date=27 December 2018}}</ref>
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Adrien Auzout]], French astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1691)
*[[1693]] &ndash; [[Gregor Werner]], Austrian composer (d. 1766)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Charles Marie de La Condamine]], French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[John Baskerville]], English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Ieshige]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1761)
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[Mustafa III]], Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[Johann Elias Schlegel]], German poet and critic (d. 1749)
*  1726   &ndash; [[Christian Felix Weiße]], German poet and playwright (d. 1802)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring]], Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (d. 1830)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen]], Scottish politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1860)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Charles Gray Round]], English lawyer and politician (d. 1867)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[George S. Boutwell]], American lawyer and politician, 28th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1905)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Alexander Mackenzie]], Scottish-Canadian politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 1892)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Mackenzie: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/mac/alexandermackenzie.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Charles George Gordon]], English general and politician (d. 1885)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[José Martí]], Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
*  1853   &ndash; [[Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)|Vladimir Solovyov]], Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[William Seward Burroughs I]], American businessman, founded the [[Burroughs Corporation]] (d. 1898)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Tannatt William Edgeworth David]], Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Julián Felipe]], Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Ernest William Christmas]], Australian-American painter (d. 1918)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Charles W. Nash]], American businessman, founded [[Nash Motors]] (d. 1948)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
*  1865   &ndash; [[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]], Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st [[President of Finland]] (d. 1952)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Colette]], French novelist and journalist (d. 1954)<ref>{{cite book|last=Flower|first=John|title=Historical Dictionary of French Literature|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2022|isbn=9781538168578|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wb9rEAAAQBAJ|page=151}}</ref>
*  1873   &ndash; [[Monty Noble]], Australian cricketer (d. 1940)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Alex Smith (golfer)|Alex Smith]], Scottish golfer (d. 1930)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Julián Carrillo]], Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Walter Kollo]], German composer and conductor (d. 1940)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Herbert Strudwick]], English cricketer and coach (d. 1970)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Auguste Piccard]], Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Vahan Terian]], Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Marthe Bibesco]], Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Philippe|last1=Michel-Thiriet|first2=Dominique|last2=Frémy|title=The Book of Proust|location=London|publisher=Chatto & Windus|year=1989|page=162|isbn=978-0-70113-360-3}}</ref>
*  1886   &ndash; [[Hidetsugu Yagi]], Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Arthur Rubinstein]], Polish-American pianist and educator (d. 1982)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Valentin Kataev]], Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Alice Neel]], American painter (d. 1984)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Aleksander Kamiński]], Polish author and educator (d. 1978)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Kathleen Lonsdale]], Irish crystallographer and 1st female [[Royal Society|FRS]] (d. 1971)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bailey Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn |last2=Harvey| first2=Joy |title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century |year=2000 | location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-41592-039-1 |page=804}}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Pat O'Callaghan]], Irish athlete (d. 1991)<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrick O'Callaghan|url=https://www.olympic.org/patrick-o-callaghan|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1906   &ndash; [[Markos Vafiadis]], Greek general and politician (d. 1992)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Paul Misraki]], Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[John Thomson (footballer, born 1909)|John Thomson]], Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[John Banner]], Austrian actor (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite book|last=Royce|first=Brenda Scott|title=Hogan's Heroes: Behind the Scenes at Stalag 13|location=New York|publisher=Renaissance Books|date=1998|isbn=9781580630313|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbJ_AQAAQBAJ|page=87}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Johan van Hulst]], Dutch politician, academic and author, [[Yad Vashem]] recipient (d. 2018)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Jackson Pollock]], American painter (d. 1956)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 28: Will Poulter, Alan Alda |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/28/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-28-Will-Poulter-Alan-Alda/6961674869195/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=28 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Harry Corbett]], English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Trevor Skeet]], New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Gabby Gabreski]], American colonel and pilot (d. 2002)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Lewis Wilson]], American actor (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite news|title=Births|work=The Christian Register|date=February 5, 1920|accessdate=January 28, 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mc0fAQAAMAAJ&dq=Lewis+Gilbert+Wilson+%22January+28%2C+1920%22&pg=RA1-PA149|page=149}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Vytautas Norkus]], Lithuanian–American basketball player (d. 2014)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Anna Gordy Gaye]], American songwriter and producer, co-founded [[Anna Records]] (d. 2014)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Robert W. Holley]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1993)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Marcel Broodthaers]], Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Raja Ramanna]], Indian physicist and politician (d. 2004) 
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Bryan]], American race car driver (d. 1960)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Per Oscarsson]], Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Ronnie Scott]], English saxophonist (d. 1996)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Hiroshi Teshigahara]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Vera Williams]], American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Acker Bilk]], English singer and clarinet player (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1929   &ndash; [[Edith M. Flanigen]], American chemist
*  1929   &ndash; [[Nikolai Parshin]], Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Claes Oldenburg]], Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/07/18/artist-claes-oldenburg-dead/|title=Claes Oldenburg, a whimsical father of pop art, dies at 93|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Fred|last=Bernstein|date=18 July 2022|access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Kurt Biedenkopf]], German academic and politician, 54th [[President of the German Bundesrat]] (d. 2021)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Roy Clarke]], English screenwriter, comedian and soldier
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Jack Hill]], American director and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|last=Knight|first=Gladys L.|title=Female Action Heroes: A Guide to Women in Comics, Video Games, Film, and Television|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2010|isbn=9780313376122|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PKSFHwhTGYC|page=129}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Juan Manuel Bordeu]], Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[David Lodge (author)|David Lodge]], English author and critic (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cotter |first=John |date=January 3, 2025 |title=David Lodge, British Novelist Who Satirized Academic Life, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/books/david-lodge-dead.html |access-date=January 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [[Nicholas Pryor]], American actor (d. 2024)<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Alan Alda]], American actor, director, and writer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 28, 2023 includes celebrities Ariel Winter, Will Poulter |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-28-2023-includes-celebrities-ariel-winter-will-poulter.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=28 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1936   &ndash; [[Ismail Kadare]], Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ismail-Kadare|title=Ismail Kadare &#124; Biography, Books, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|date=24 January 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Karel Čáslavský]], Czech historian and television host (d. 2013)
*  1937   &ndash; [[John Normington]], English actor (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite news|last=Coveney|first=Michael|title=Obituary: John Normington|work=The Guardian|date=7 August 2007|accessdate=28 January 2023|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/aug/08/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Tomas Lindahl]], Swedish-English biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1938   &ndash; [[Leonid Zhabotinsky]], Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (d. 2016)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[John M. Fabian]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Carlos Slim]], Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Grupo Carso]]
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Joel Crothers]], American actor (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite book|last=Denis|first=Paul|title=Daytime TV's Star Directory|location=New York|publisher=Popular Library|date=1976|oclc=2518996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EO8HAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Born+January+28+in+Cincinnati%2C+Ohio%22|page=220}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]], Dutch figure skater (d. 2024)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Erkki Pohjanheimo]], Finnish director and producer
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Paul Henderson]], Canadian ice hockey player and author<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Henderson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/paul-henderson-8447730 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Dick Taylor]], English guitarist and songwriter 
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Susan Howard]], American actress and writer<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Rosalía Mera]], Spanish businesswoman, co-founded [[Inditex]] and [[Zara (retailer)|Zara]] (d. 2013)
*  1944   &ndash; [[John Tavener]], English composer (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Maggie Humphreys|author2=Robert Evans|title=Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSLUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA333|date=1 January 1997|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-7201-2330-2|pages=333}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Marthe Keller]], Swiss actress and director<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Jeanne Shaheen]], American educator and politician, 78th [[Governor of New Hampshire]]
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Ilkka Kanerva]], Finnish politician (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2022 |title=Kansanedustaja Ilkka Kanerva on kuollut |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12406911 |access-date=14 April 2022 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Bob Moses (musician)|Bob Moses]], American drummer
*  1948   &ndash; [[Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)|Charles Taylor]], Liberian politician, 22nd [[President of Liberia]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]], New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in New Zealand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3y2uNaFX_NkC|year=1991|publisher=A.H. & A.W. Reed|isbn=978-0-7900-0130-2|page=446}}</ref>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Gregg Popovich]], American basketball player and coach<ref name="AP"/>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Jim Wong-Chu]], Canadian poet (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hawthorn |first1=Tom |title=Jim Wong-Chu was a tireless promoter of Asian-Canadian writing |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/jim-wong-chu-was-a-tireless-promoter-of-asian-canadian-writing/article35840509/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com& |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=31 July 2017}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Barbi Benton]], American actress, singer and model<ref name="AP"/>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa]], Bahraini king
*  1950   &ndash; [[David C. Hilmers]], American colonel, physician, and astronaut
*  1950   &ndash; [[Naila Kabeer]], Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Brian Bilbray]], American politician
*  1951   &ndash; [[Leonid Kadeniuk]], Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2018)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Billy Bass Nelson]], American R&B/funk bass player
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Richard Glatzer]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Colin Campbell (ice hockey, born 1953)|Colin Campbell]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Peter Lampe]], German theologian and historian
*  1954   &ndash; [[Bruno Metsu]], French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Rick Warren]], American pastor and author
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Vinod Khosla]], Indian-American businessman, co-founded [[Sun Microsystems]]
*  1955   &ndash; [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], French lawyer and politician, 23rd [[President of France]]<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Ruth Becher]], Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Mag. Ruth Becher |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/14836 |publisher=[[National Council (Austria)|National Council]] |access-date=13 October 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Richard Danielpour]], American composer and educator
*  1956   &ndash; [[Peter Schilling]], German singer-songwriter
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Mark Napier (ice hockey)|Mark Napier]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
*  1957   &ndash; [[Nick Price]], Zimbabwean-South African golfer
*  1957   &ndash; [[Frank Skinner]], English comedian, actor, and author
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Frank Darabont]], American director and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Loren Legarda]], Filipino journalist and politician
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Mike Holoway]], British musician and actor<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Holoway|website=British Film Institute|date=2023|accessdate=28 January 2023|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba77c2fc0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529134014/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba77c2fc0|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref>
*  1961   &ndash; [[Normand Rochefort]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Michael Cage]], American basketball player and broadcaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Cage |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/262/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Keith Hamilton Cobb]], American actor<ref>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Seth|title=Famous Birthdays Today- Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter Is 40|website=WTAM News Radio|date=January 28, 2020|accessdate=January 28, 2023|url=https://wtam.iheart.com/content/2020-01-27-famous-birthdays-today-backstreet-boys-nick-carter-is-40/}}</ref>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Sam Phillips (musician)|Sam Phillips]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Dan Spitz]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[David Lawrence (cricketer)|David Lawrence]], English cricketer
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Seiji Mizushima]], Japanese director and producer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Michal Pivoňka]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michal Pivonka |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/michal-pivonka-8450408 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Billy Brownless]], Australian footballer and sportscaster
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Sarah McLachlan]], Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[DJ Muggs]], American DJ and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Rakim]], American rapper<ref name=ALLMUSIC>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=Rakim Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rakim-mn0000389137/biography|work=allmusic|access-date=November 2, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Giorgio Lamberti]], Italian swimmer
*  1969   &ndash; [[Kathryn Morris]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Mo Rocca]], American comedian and television journalist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Linda Sánchez]], American lawyer and politician
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Anthony Hamilton (musician)|Anthony Hamilton]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Elena Baranova]], Russian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elena Baranova |url=https://stats.wnba.com/player/100043/ |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Amy Coney Barrett]], American jurist, academic, attorney, and [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/9/25/21454492/who-is-amy-coney-barrett-meet-trumps-leading-supreme-court-pick|title=Who is Amy Coney Barrett? Meet Trump's Supreme Court pick|website=chicago.suntimes.com|date=25 September 2020}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Mark Regan]], English rugby player
*  1972   &ndash; [[Nicky Southall]], English footballer and manager
*  1972   &ndash; [[Léon van Bon]], Dutch cyclist
*  1972   &ndash; [[Gillian Vigman]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Tony Delk]], American basketball player and coach
*  1974   &ndash; [[Jermaine Dye]], American baseball player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Ramsey Nasr]], Dutch author and poet
*  1974   &ndash; [[Magglio Ordóñez]], Venezuelan baseball player and politician
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Pedro Pinto (journalist)|Pedro Pinto]], Portuguese-American journalist
*  1975   &ndash; [[Junior Spivey]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Sireli Bobo]], Fijian rugby player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Mark Madsen (basketball)|Mark Madsen]], American basketball player and coach
*  1976   &ndash; [[Rick Ross]], American rapper and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Miltiadis Sapanis]], Greek footballer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Sandis Buškevics]], Latvian basketball player and coach
*  1977   &ndash; [[Daunte Culpepper]], American football player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Joey Fatone]], American singer, dancer, and television personality<ref name="AP"/>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Takuma Sato]], Japanese race car driver
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Gianluigi Buffon]], Italian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Jamie Carragher]], English footballer and sportscaster
*  1978   &ndash; [[Papa Bouba Diop]], Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Big Freedia]], American musician<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i1ERCgAAQBAJ|title=Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!|last1=Freedia|first1=Big|last2=Balin|first2=Nicole|date=2015|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-5011-0124-3|page=9}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Sheamus]], Irish wrestler<ref name="slam">{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/sheamus.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151201072124/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/sheamus.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2015|title=Sheamus|last=Kamchen|first=Richard|access-date=6 October 2009|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Angelique Cabral]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Nick Carter]], American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1980   &ndash; [[Yasuhito Endō]], Japanese footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Brian Fallon]], American singer-songwriter
*  1980   &ndash; [[Michael Hastings (journalist)|Michael Hastings]], American journalist and author (d. 2013)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Elijah Wood]], American actor and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Elijah Wood |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba950e5b6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518205423/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba950e5b6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Chad Aull]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=79 |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=legislature.ky.gov}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Omar Cook]], American-Montenegrin basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Omar Cook |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2241/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Ben Clucas]], English race car driver
*  1984   &ndash; [[Stephen Gostkowski]], American football player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Andre Iguodala]], American basketball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Anne Panter]], English field hockey player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Daniel Carcillo]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1985   &ndash; [[J. Cole]], American rapper<ref name="AP"/>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Lauris Dārziņš]], Latvian ice hockey player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Tom Hopper]], English actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Arnold Mvuemba]], French footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Libby Trickett]], Australian swimmer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Jessica Ennis-Hill]], English heptathlete and hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Jessica Ennis-Hill {{!}} Biography, Olympic Medals, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jessica-Ennis-Hill |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Nathan Outteridge]], Australian sailor
*  1986   &ndash; [[Asad Shafiq]], Pakistani cricketer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Paul Henry (English footballer)|Paul Henry]], English footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Alexandra Krosney]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Sanada (wrestler)|Sanada]], Japanese wrestler
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Siem de Jong]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Siem de Jong |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/110066/siem-de-jong |website=ESPN.com |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Carl Klingberg]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Carl Klingberg |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/138205 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Sergio Araujo]], Argentinian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergio Araujo |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/143376/sergio-araujo |website=ESPN.com |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Will Poulter]], English actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Alan Williams (basketball)|Alan Williams]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Williams |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626210/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Joel Bolomboy]], Russian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joel Bolomboy |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627762/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Zhu Lin (tennis)|Lin Zhu]], Chinese tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317306/lin-zhu|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Lin Zhu|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Maluma]], Colombian singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Mimi-Isabella Cesar]], British rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of Mimi-Isabella Cesar|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6032189-mimi-isabella-cesar.htm|work=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation|date=2018|access-date=9 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209091655/https://results.gc2018.com/en/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6032189-mimi-isabella-cesar.htm|archive-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Payton Pritchard]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Payton Pritchard |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630202/payton-pritchard |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Ariel Winter]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jakiel |first1=Olivia |title=Sarah Hyland Wishes 'Little Sister' Ariel Winter Happy Birthday in Sweet Instagram Post |url=https://people.com/tv/sarah-hyland-wishes-little-sister-ariel-winter-happy-birthday-in-sweet-instagram-post/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=20 January 2023 |date=28 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Dušan Vlahović]], Serbian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Serbia |publisher=FIFA |page=26 |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218195301/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Yoo Seon-ho]], South Korean actor<ref>{{cite web|work=TV리포트|date=28 January 2021|access-date=17 March 2025|language=ko|title='스무살 생일' 유선호 "성인 된 것 어색하고 아직 실감 나지 않아" [V라이브]|url=https://m.tvreport.co.kr/star/article/230032/}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Whitney Peak (actress)|Whitney Peak]], Ugandan-Canadian actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Whitney Peak? Meet the Sunrise on the Reaping star |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/whitney-peak-profile-age-instagram-explained/ |publisher=[[Radio Times]] |first=Emily |last=Jordan |date=24 April 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Emoni Bates]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Emoni Bates |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1641734/emoni-bates |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Liam Öhgren]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liam Ohgren |url=https://www.nhl.com/wild/player/liam-ohgren-8483499 |access-date=12 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[724]] &ndash; [[Yazid II]], [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad caliph]] (b. 687)<ref>{{The History of al-Tabari |volume=24 |url={{Google Books|kIKGclA7YykC|plainurl=y}} |pages=193–194}}</ref>
* [[814]] &ndash; [[Charlemagne]], [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman]] emperor (b. 742)<ref>{{cite book|title=An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1pjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA232|year=1761|publisher=T. Osborne|pages=232}}</ref>
* [[919]] &ndash; [[Zhou Dewei]], Chinese general
* [[929]] &ndash; [[Gao Jixing]], founder of Chinese [[Jingnan]] (b. 858)
* [[947]] &ndash; [[Jing Yanguang]], Chinese general (b. 892)
*[[1061]] &ndash; [[Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia]] (b. 1031)
*[[1142]] &ndash; [[Yue Fei]], Chinese general (b. 1103)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chineselivespeop0000mair |url-access=registration |title=Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization |last1=Mair |first1=Victor H. |last2=Chen |first2=Sanping |last3=Wood |first3=Frances |date=2013-05-01 |publisher=[[Thames & Hudson]] |isbn=9780500771471 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/chineselivespeop0000mair/page/120 120]–121 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1256]] &ndash; [[William II of Holland|William II, Count of Holland]], [[King of Germany]] (b. 1227)
*[[1271]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France]] (b. 1247)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Warner |first1=Kathryn |title=Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation |date=2019 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-6280-0 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yf-3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1290]] &ndash; [[Dervorguilla of Galloway]], Scottish noble, mother of king [[John Balliol]] of Scotland (b. c. 1210)<ref>{{cite web |title=Devorgilla, Lady of Galloway: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/devorgilla.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1443]] &ndash; [[Robert le Maçon]], French diplomat (b. 1365)
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham]], English baron and Lord High Treasurer (b. 1433)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Hicks |first=Michael |year=2004 |title=Dynham, John, Baron Dynham (c.1433–1501) |id=50234}}</ref>
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], king of England (b. 1491)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry VIII {{!}} Biography, Wives, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Thomas Bodley]], English diplomat and scholar, founded the [[Bodleian Library]] (b. 1545)
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul V]] (b. 1550)
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Tommaso Dingli]], Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Pierre Séguier]], French politician, [[Lord Chancellor of France]] (b. 1588)
*[[1681]] &ndash; [[Richard Allestree]], English priest and academic (b. 1619)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Johannes Hevelius]], Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
*[[1688]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Verbiest]], Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet]], English general and politician (b. 1645)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Ludvig Holberg]], Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville]], French geographer and cartographer (b. 1697)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Augustin Daniel Belliard]], French general (b. 1769)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1782)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Émile Clapeyron]], French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[John Hart (South Australian colonist)|John Hart]], English-Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1809)<ref>Sally O'Neill, '[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040403b.htm Hart, John (1809–1873)]', ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 4, [[Melbourne University Press]], 1972, pp 355–356. Retrieved 29 January 2018</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Augusta Holmès]], French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Gustave de Molinari]], Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819). 
*  1912   &ndash; [[Eloy Alfaro]], former president of Ecuador (b. 1842)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[John McCrae]], Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Mustafa Suphi]], Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Emmy Destinn]], Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]], Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Anastasios Metaxas]], Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Bernd Rosemeyer]], German race car driver (b. 1909)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[W. B. Yeats]], Irish poet and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1865)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Edward Siegler]], American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Roza Shanina]], Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Reynaldo Hahn]], Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Hans Aumeier]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1906)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]], French race car driver (b. 1908)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Luzin]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[James Scullin]], Australian journalist and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1876)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Neyzen Tevfik]], Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Walter Beall]], American baseball player (b. 1899)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Zora Neale Hurston]], American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Gustave Garrigou]], French cyclist (b. 1884)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Tich Freeman]], English cricketer (b. 1888)
*  1965   &ndash; [[Maxime Weygand]], Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Donald Winnicott]], English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[John Banner]], Austrian actor (b. 1910)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Marcel Broodthaers]], Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Ward Moore]], American author (b. 1903)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Billy Fury]]. English pop star (b. 1940)
*  1983   &ndash; [[Frank Forde]], Australian educator and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1890)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] crew
**                [[Gregory Jarvis]], American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)<ref name=challengercrew>{{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
**                [[Christa McAuliffe]], American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)<ref name=challengercrew />
**                [[Ronald McNair]], American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)<ref name=challengercrew />
**                [[Ellison Onizuka]], American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)<ref name=challengercrew />
**                [[Judith Resnik]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949)<ref name=challengercrew />
**                [[Dick Scobee]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)<ref name=challengercrew />
**                [[Michael J. Smith (astronaut)|Michael J. Smith]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)<ref name=challengercrew />
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Klaus Fuchs]], German physicist, politician, and atomic spy (b. 1911)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Greenspan |first=Nancy Thorndike |title=Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs |publisher=Viking |year=2020 |isbn=978-0593083390}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama]] (b. 1938)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Helen Sawyer Hogg]], Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Clement |first1=Christine |title=Helen Sawyer Hogg, 1905-1993 |journal=Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers  |date=1993 |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=83–86 |bibcode=1993JAVSO..22...83C |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993JAVSO..22...83C/abstract |access-date=28 July 2020 |language=en |issn=0271-9053}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Joseph Brodsky]], Russian-American poet and essayist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1940)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Burne Hogarth]], American cartoonist and author (b. 1911)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Jerry Siegel]], American author and illustrator, co-created [[Superman]] (b. 1914)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Shotaro Ishinomori]], Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Valery Gavrilin]], Russian composer (b. 1939)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ranko Marinković]], Croatian author and playwright (b. 1913)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Gustaaf Deloor]], Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Astrid Lindgren]], Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Ayşe Nur Zarakolu]], Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Mieke Pullen]], Dutch runner (b. 1957)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Lloyd M. Bucher]], American captain (b. 1927)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Jim Capaldi]], English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Carlo Clerici]], Swiss cyclist (b. 1929)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Robert Drinan]], American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Yelena Romanova]], Russian runner (b. 1963)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Karel Svoboda (composer)|Karel Svoboda]], Czech composer (b. 1938)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Werner Flume]], German jurist (b. 1908)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Medicus |first=Dieter |url=https://badw.de/fileadmin/nachrufe/Flume%20Werner.pdf |title=BAdW Jahrbuch 2009 |publisher=Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften |year=2009 |language=de |chapter=Werner Flume: 12.9.1908 – 28.1.2009|pages=233–235|author-link=Dieter Medicus}}</ref>
*  2009   &ndash; [[Billy Powell]], American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1952)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Roman Juszkiewicz]], Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Don Starkell]], Canadian adventurer and author (b. 1932)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Florentino Fernández (boxer)|Florentino Fernández]], Cuban-American boxer and coach (b. 1936)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Hattie N. Harrison]], American educator and politician (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Oldřich Kulhánek]], Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1940)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[John Cacavas]], American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Harry Gamble]], American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Dwight Gustafson]], American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Nigel Jenkins]], Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jorge Obeid]], Argentinian engineer and politician, [[Governor of Santa Fe]] (b. 1947)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Suraj Abdurrahman]], Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Yves Chauvin]], French chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1930)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Lionel Gilbert]], Australian historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Signe Toly Anderson]], American singer (b. 1941)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Paul Kantner]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Franklin Gene Bissell]], American football player and coach (b. 1926)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Buddy Cianci]], American lawyer and politician, 32nd [[List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island|Mayor of Providence]] (b. 1941)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Bob Tizard]], New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th [[Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1924)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Alexander Chancellor]], British journalist (b. 1940)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Geoff Nicholls]], British musician (b. 1948)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Pepe Smith]], Filipino rock musician (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/315665/breaking-pinoy-rock-pioneer-joey-pepe-smith-dies-at-71|title=Pinoy rock pioneer Joey 'Pepe' Smith dies at 71|first=Krissy Aguilar, Pocholo|last=Concepcion|date=January 28, 2019|website=INQUIRER.net}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Cicely Tyson]], American actress (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dagan |first1=Carmel |title=Cicely Tyson, Pioneering Hollywood Icon, Dies at 96 |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/cicely-tyson-dead-dies-1234895188/ |website=Variety |access-date=January 28, 2021 |language=en |date=January 29, 2021}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Joseph Freinademetz]]
**[[Julian of Cuenca]]
**[[Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Thomas Aquinas]]
**[[January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Army Day (Armenia)]]
*[[Data Privacy Day]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/28 Historical Events on January 28]

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