On This Day — January 28
4264 noted people were born and 2199 died on January 28 in our archive, including Florence Denmark, Hidetsugu Yagi and James Craig Watson.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on January 28
Florence Denmark
1932 – 2026
Hidetsugu Yagi
1886 – 1976
James Craig Watson
1838 – 1880
Kathleen Lonsdale
1903 – 1971
Louis J. Mordell
1888 – 1972
Raja Ramanna
1925 – 2004
Tim Flannery
b. 1956
Aleksandr Savin
b. 1962
Anatoly Koni
1844 – 1927
Andrzej Stelmachowski
1925 – 2009
Auguste Piccard
1884 – 1962
Bernard Guetta
b. 1951
Carlos Slim
b. 1940
Charles Marie de La Condamine
1701 – 1774
Colin Munro MacLeod
1909 – 1972
Donald Crothers
1937 – 2014
Edith M. Flanigen
1929 – 2026
Francisco Gomes Teixeira
1851 – 1933
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
1784 – 1860
Georges Painvin
1886 – 1980
Grzegorz Kołodko
b. 1949
Herbert Freundlich
1880 – 1941
Ivan Stedeford
1897 – 1975
Jeanne Shaheen
b. 1947
Johan van Hulst
1911 – 2018
Johannes Hevelius
1611 – 1687
Joseph Bédier
1864 – 1938
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
1865 – 1952
Kurt Biedenkopf
1930 – 2021
Kwoh-Ting Li
1910 – 2001
Magnus Heunicke
b. 1975
Mahmoud Messadi
1911 – 2004
Marcello Pera
b. 1943
Meier Schwarz
1926 – 2022
Michael Duff
b. 1949
Mike Moore
1949 – 2020
Mikhail Bakharev
1947 – 2025
Mstislav Keldysh
1911 – 1978
Nathaniel Wolff Wallich
1786 – 1854
Philippe Marini
b. 1950
R. Nicholas Burns
b. 1956
Robert W. Holley
1922 – 1993
Ross Gilmore Marvin
1880 – 1908
Watanabe Hiromoto
1848 – 1901
Władysław Findeisen
1926 – 2023
Agnès Acker
b. 1940
Alejandro Aguinaga
b. 1950
Aleksander Kamiński
1903 – 1978
Aleksandr Myasnikyan
1886 – 1925
Aleksandr Pashutin
b. 1943
Alexander Starovoitov
b. 1972
Alison Noble
b. 1965
Amy Coney Barrett
b. 1972
Ana María Sánchez de Ríos
b. 1959
Antonio Delgado
b. 1977
António Arnault
1936 – 2018
Ari Kuncoro
b. 1962
Arnaldur Indriðason
b. 1961
Arthur L. Haywood III
b. 1957
Benedetto Cairoli
1825 – 1889
Bennie Thompson
b. 1948
Bernard Harcourt
b. 1963
Bernardo Bernardo
1945 – 2018
Bill White
b. 1934
Bob Braden
1934 – 2018
Bruno Gollnisch
b. 1950
Carl Christian von Weizsäcker
b. 1938
Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper
1820 – 1891
Carl Olof Tallgren
1927 – 2024
Charles Mayer
1901 – 1971
Charles Nollet
1865 – 1941
Charles Taylor
b. 1948
Charles Williams Nash
1864 – 1948
Christelle Morançais
b. 1975
Claude Gros de Boze
1680 – 1753
Clement IX
1600 – 1669
Colette
1873 – 1954
Constantin Regamey
1907 – 1982
Dale Alford
1916 – 2000
David C. Hilmers
b. 1950
David Campbell
1869 – 1936
David Sinton Ingalls
1899 – 1985
Dennis Shedd
b. 1953
Edgeworth David
1858 – 1934
Edwin C. Kemble
1889 – 1984
Efrem Osipovich Mukhin
1766 – 1850
Emil Rostrup
1831 – 1907
Emile Habibi
1922 – 1996
Erling Lorentzen
1923 – 2021
Ernesto Martens
1933 – 2024
Eugen Steinach
1861 – 1944
Eugène Dubois
1858 – 1940
Ferdinand Hérold
1791 – 1833
Francisco Seixas da Costa
b. 1948
Frederic Lewy
1885 – 1950
Friedrich Gottlob Schulze
1795 – 1860
Gengo Hyakutake
1882 – 1976
Gilles-Gaston Granger
1920 – 2016
Giorgi Dzotsenidze
1910 – 1976
Giovanna Melandri
b. 1962
Giulio Chiarugi
1859 – 1944
Gregg Popovich
b. 1949
Grenfell Price
1892 – 1977
Guido Verbeck
1830 – 1898
Hamad II of Bahrain
b. 1950
Haïm Vidal Séphiha
1923 – 2019
Henk Leenders
b. 1955
Henry Harold Welch Pearson
1870 – 1916
Hiroshi Teshigahara
1927 – 2001
Ihor Isichenko
b. 1956
Ilkka Kanerva
1948 – 2022
Ismail Kadare
1936 – 2024
Ivan Tyulenev
1892 – 1978
Jean Piccard
1884 – 1963
Jean Rottner
b. 1967
Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus
1768 – 1836
John Henry Lefroy
1817 – 1890
John M. Fabian
1939 – 2026
K. M. Cariappa
1899 – 1993
Kairat Kelimbetov
b. 1969
Kang Chang-il
b. 1952
Karl von Prantl
1820 – 1888
Katarina Kresal
b. 1973
Kenneth Street
1890 – 1972
Kim Dong-yeon
b. 1957
Komeil Bahmanpour
b. 1978
Konstantin Dimitrov
b. 1957
Kristin Y. Pettersen
b. 1969
Kōshirō Ueki
1900 – 1980
Leonid Kadeniuk
1951 – 2018
Loren Legarda
b. 1960
Ludolph van Ceulen
1540 – 1610
Luis Solari
b. 1948
Luis de Pablo
1930 – 2021
Luis de Urquijo
1899 – 1975
Lyudmila Polyakova
b. 1939
Magdalena Kochan
b. 1950
Margo Glantz
b. 1930
María Isabel Salvador
b. 1962
Maurine Beasley
b. 1936
Max Hofmeier
1854 – 1927
Michael Hastings
1980 – 2013
Michail Ptashuk
1943 – 2002
Mickalene Thomas
b. 1971
Mindaugas Karbauskis
b. 1972
Moritz Schiff
1823 – 1896
Morton J. Gold
1917 – 2013
Mäwlen Äshimbaev
b. 1971
Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
1933 – 2012
Nick Raynsford
b. 1945
Nicola Materazzi
1939 – 2022
Nicolas Sarkozy
b. 1955
Olha Andriiko
b. 1945
Pablo Zalba Bidegain
b. 1975
Pat Boyd
b. 1981
Patricio Rojas
1933 – 2021
Paul Misraki
1908 – 1998
Peter Hargitai
1947 – 2026
Pirajá da Silva
1873 – 1961
Rafail Ostrovsky
b. 1963
Ray Franz
b. 1948
Rennie Harris
b. 1964
Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke
1622 – 1711
Robert Henry Scott
1833 – 1916
Robert Herbert Story
1835 – 1907
Robert X. Cringely
b. 1953
Robert von Dassanowsky
1960 – 2023
Roman Khudyakov
b. 1977
Sakyo Komatsu
1931 – 2011
Semion Braude
1911 – 2003
Shimon Ullman
b. 1948
Sineenart
b. 1985
Spiro Malas
1933 – 2019
Stephen Hatton
b. 1948
Stoyan Danev
1858 – 1949
Syarhei Alyeinik
b. 1965
Tahi Bonar Simatupang
1920 – 1990
Theodor Benfey
1809 – 1881
Theodor Weber
1836 – 1906
Theodore McMillian
1919 – 2006
Thierry Baudet
b. 1983
Thomas Calley
1856 – 1932
Thomas Middleton
1769 – 1822
Tine Hribar
b. 1941
Tomas Lindahl
b. 1938
Ungku Abdul Aziz
1922 – 2020
Valdur Mikita
b. 1970
Vidya Niwas Mishra
1926 – 2005
Wilhelm Klingenberg
1924 – 2010
William Chafe
b. 1942
William George Read Mullan
1860 – 1910
William T. Redmond
b. 1955
Władysław Raczkiewicz
1885 – 1947
Xavier Luc Duval
b. 1958
Xavier de La Chevalerie
1920 – 2004
Yevhen Marchuk
1941 – 2021
Yu Mei-nu
b. 1955
Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón
1831 – 1894
AKA
1988 – 2023
Abdelkader Aamara
b. 1962
… and 4,064 more
Died on January 28
Carl Adolph Agardh
1785 – 1859
Gustav von Escherich
1849 – 1935
Nicholas Parsons
1923 – 2020
Nikolai Luzin
1883 – 1950
Chedly Ayari
1933 – 2021
Clifford E. Charlesworth
1931 – 1991
Dmitrii Sintsov
1867 – 1946
Ernest Esclangon
1876 – 1954
Furuichi Kōi
1854 – 1934
George Locke
1870 – 1937
Hanns Bruno Geinitz
1814 – 1900
Hans Kopfermann
1895 – 1963
Helen Sawyer Hogg
1905 – 1993
Jim Gray
1944 – 2012
Johannes Hevelius
1611 – 1687
John Mather
1942 – 2017
Judith D. Sally
1937 – 2024
Katō Takaaki
1860 – 1926
Lewis Wolpert
1929 – 2021
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
1882 – 1942
Michael Foster
1836 – 1907
Octavio M. Salati
1914 – 2001
Paul J. Crutzen
1933 – 2021
Robert Drinan
1920 – 2007
Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet
1805 – 1868
Teófilo Braga
1843 – 1924
Thomas Bodley
1545 – 1613
Torgny T:son Segerstedt
1908 – 1999
Veli Merikoski
1905 – 1982
William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell
1745 – 1836
Xavier Rubert de Ventós
1939 – 2023
Yoshimaro Yamashina
1900 – 1989
Yves Chauvin
1930 – 2015
Aleksandr Orlov
1880 – 1954
Alexander Tikhanovich
1952 – 2017
Aleš Debeljak
1961 – 2016
Alfredo Capelli
1855 – 1910
Anton Rintelen
1876 – 1946
António Soares Carneiro
1928 – 2014
Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens
1939 – 2008
Arthur Lawrence Alarcón
1925 – 2015
Arvo Ylppö
1887 – 1992
Ashton Lever
1729 – 1788
Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
1801 – 1884
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
1877 – 1948
Bengt Nordenskiöld
1891 – 1983
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron
1799 – 1864
Bharati Mukherjee
1940 – 2017
Blas Piñar
1918 – 2014
Burne Hogarth
1911 – 1996
Carl Georg Rogberg
1789 – 1834
Charles Baskerville
1870 – 1922
Charles Lécrivain
1860 – 1942
Charles Nollet
1865 – 1941
Christa McAuliffe
1948 – 1986
David Noel Ramírez Padilla
1950 – 2025
Dick Scobee
1939 – 1986
Donald May
1929 – 2022
Edward Preston Young
1913 – 2003
Ellison Onizuka
1946 – 1986
Elroy Hirsch
1923 – 2004
Elwin Palmer
1852 – 1906
Enrique Hermitte
1871 – 1955
Eugeniusz Romer
1871 – 1954
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
1782 – 1859
Francesco Mantica
1534 – 1614
Frank Forde
1890 – 1983
François Certain de Canrobert
1809 – 1895
Geo Widengren
1907 – 1996
George Saintsbury
1845 – 1933
Gerhard von Rantzau
1558 – 1627
Giuseppe Fiorelli
1823 – 1896
Gregory Jarvis
1944 – 1986
Hassan Taqizadeh
1878 – 1970
Henri Mathias Berthelot
1861 – 1931
Herbert Hirche
1910 – 2002
Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr
1900 – 1976
Israel Gottlieb Canz
1690 – 1753
Jadwiga Dziubińska
1874 – 1937
Jaroslav Šedivý
1929 – 2023
Jean Piccard
1884 – 1963
Jerry Siegel
1914 – 1996
Johan August Lundell
1851 – 1940
John McCrae
1872 – 1918
John Patrick Diggins
1935 – 2009
John Treloar
1894 – 1952
Joseph Addison Alexander
1809 – 1860
Joseph Barnby
1838 – 1896
Joseph Brodsky
1940 – 1996
Judith Resnik
1949 – 1986
Jérôme Tharaud
1874 – 1953
Klaus Fuchs
1911 – 1988
Lida Barrett
1927 – 2021
Lionel Gilbert
1924 – 2015
Ludvig Holberg
1684 – 1754
Mark Palmer
1941 – 2013
Mary Foote
1872 – 1968
Maxime Weygand
1867 – 1965
Meister Eckhart
1260 – 1328
Michael J. Smith
1945 – 1986
Mikalay Aksamit
1954 – 2024
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
1859 – 1935
Morris Raphael Cohen
1880 – 1947
Natanael Gärde
1880 – 1968
Nestor von Henko
1839 – 1904
Oleksandr Yemets
1959 – 2001
Oscar D. Skelton
1878 – 1941
Paul Rosbaud
1896 – 1963
Peter Hargitai
1947 – 2026
Pierre Lacour the Elder
1745 – 1814
Pierre Séguier
1588 – 1672
Pierre-Jules Cavelier
1814 – 1894
Ronald McNair
1950 – 1986
Segismundo Moret
1836 – 1913
Shinrokuro Miyoshi
1856 – 1910
Sigmund von Riezler
1843 – 1927
Sir John Maclure, 1st Baronet
1835 – 1901
Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet
1849 – 1927
Sophus Michaëlis
1865 – 1932
Stjepan Spevec
1839 – 1905
Trude Dothan
1923 – 2016
Vasilij Melik
1921 – 2009
Vasily Lanovoy
1934 – 2021
Vasily Zakharyashchev
1946 – 2023
Vladimir Belokurov
1904 – 1973
William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor
1725 – 1776
William Butler Yeats
1865 – 1939
William Erle
1793 – 1880
William Levitt
1907 – 1994
Xu Liangying
1920 – 2013
Yukihiko Ikeda
1937 – 2004
Zitkala-Sa
1876 – 1938
Édouard Lartet
1801 – 1871
Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
1921 – 2022
Abdul Ghafoor
1959 – 2020
Adalbert Stifter
1805 – 1868
Alexander Classen
1843 – 1934
Alexander Fiedemann
1878 – 1940
Alexander Konovalov
1875 – 1949
Alexander Louis Leloir
1843 – 1884
Allen V. Astin
1904 – 1984
Andrew Glassell
1827 – 1901
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld
1863 – 1922
Andrew Mitchell
1708 – 1771
André Lavrillier
1885 – 1958
Antin Holovaty
1732 – 1797
Anton Thorkildsen Omholt
1861 – 1925
Antonín Novotný
1904 – 1975
Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov
1848 – 1913
Arvid Neovius
1861 – 1916
August Hirsch
1817 – 1894
Augustin Daniel Belliard
1769 – 1832
Augustin Dumon-Dumortier
1791 – 1852
Augustus O. Bourn
1834 – 1925
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
1895 – 1967
Benedict Stilling
1810 – 1879
Benedict Zilliacus
1921 – 2013
Bernardo Monteagudo
1789 – 1825
Bernt Arne Lynge
1884 – 1942
Bob Hay
1920 – 1998
Bob Tizard
1924 – 2016
Bruce Foster Sterling
1870 – 1946
Buddy Cianci
1941 – 2016
Carlo Tavecchio
1943 – 2023
Carlotta Zambelli
1875 – 1968
Catherine Laborde
1951 – 2025
Charles Brun
1866 – 1919
Charles Stedman Garland
1898 – 1971
Charlotte Giesen
1907 – 1995
Chartres Biron
1863 – 1940
Chesley G. Peterson
1920 – 1990
Chris Doleman
1961 – 2020
Cicely Tyson
1924 – 2021
Clem Loughlin
1892 – 1977
Clement Royds
1842 – 1916
Cornelia Catharina de Lange
1871 – 1950
Cornelius Gillespie
1851 – 1912
Cornelius T. Jordan
1855 – 1924
Dan Massey
1942 – 2013
Daniel Maichel
1693 – 1752
Darius Mead
1787 – 1864
David L. Morril
1772 – 1849
Dev Kant Baruah
1914 – 1996
Dino Buzzati
1906 – 1972
Dominique Racine
1828 – 1888
Dwight Gustafson
1930 – 2014
Dwight May
1822 – 1880
Edgar G. Crossman
1895 – 1967
Edwin DeVries Vanderhoop
1848 – 1923
Edwin J. Messinger
1907 – 1965
Eero Järnefelt
1888 – 1970
Eeva Joenpelto
1921 – 2004
Elli Lambridi
1896 – 1970
Elliott P. Joslin
1869 – 1962
Emily Taft Douglas
1899 – 1994
Ephraim Bateman
1780 – 1829
Ernest Troubridge
1862 – 1926
Ernests Brastiņš
1892 – 1942
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues
1827 – 1884
Etbin Henrik Costa
1832 – 1875
… and 1,999 more