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Notable Birthdays on January 28
Saint Thomas Aquinas - 1225
Queen Joan II of Navarre - 1312
Henry VII - 1457 Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)
Ludolph van Ceulen - 1540 German mathematician
Cornelis Haga - 1578 Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)
Clement IX - 1600 [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli - 1608 Naples, mathematician/astronomer
Johannes Hevelius - 1611 Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger)
Adrien Auzout - 1622 French astronomer
Alfonso Marsh - 1627 composer
Gottfried Vopelius - 1645 composer
Jan Maurits Quinkhard - 1688 Dutch portrait painter
Johann Balthasar Konig - 1691 composer
Anna "Ivanovna" - 1693 tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)
Gregor Joseph Werner - 1693 composer
Charles Marie de La Condamine - 1701 French mathematician and geographer
Hermanus Noordkerk - 1702 Dutch lawyer
John Baskerville - 1706 English printer (typeface inventor)
Tokugawa Ieshige - 1712 Japanese shogun
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle - 1714 French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
Mustafa III - 1717 Ottoman Sultan
Mustapha III - 1717 Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)
Johann Elias Schlegel - 1719 German critic and poet
Johann Ernst Bach - 1722 composer
Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth - 1756 composer
Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni - 1757 composer
Frederick VI - 1768 Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
Peter the Great - 1775 Russia
George HG earl of Aberdeen - 1784 English secretary of State
Andrew Jackson Hamilton - 1815 Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
George Sewall Boutwell - 1818 MC (Union), died in 1905
Alexander MacKenzie - 1822 (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)
George Edward Pickett - 1825 Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
Michel Abeloos - 1828 Flemish sculptor
Thomas Carmichael Hindman - 1828 Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1868
Henry Brevard Davidson - 1831 Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
Franz Wullner - 1832 composer
Charles George Gordon - 1833 London, general (China, Khartoum)
Henry Stanley - 1841 Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)
Viktor Ernst Nessler - 1841 composer
Jose Martí y Perez - 1853 Cuba, poet/essayist/politician
William Seward Burroughs - 1855 NY, inventor (recording adding machine)
Ernst William Christmas - 1863 Australian painter
Herbert Akroyd Stuart - 1864 English engineer - inventor of the first compression ignition engine
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg - 1865 first president of Finland
Lala Lajpat Rai - 1865 Indian freedom fighter
Frederick Archibald Lamond - 1868 composer
Julian Aguirre - 1868 composer
Colette - 1873 writer
M A Noble - 1873 cricketer (great Australian all-rounder at turn of century)
Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo - 1875 composer
Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski] - 1878 German composer (Der Juxbaron)
Herbert Strudwick - 1880 cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before " after WW I)
Mary Boland - 1880 Phila, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap)
Auguste Piccard - 1884 Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)
Jean Felix Piccard - 1884 Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)
Lucien H d'Azambuja - 1884 France, astronomer (chromosome of sun)
Artur Rubinstein - 1886 Lodz Poland, pianist
Hidetsugu Yagi - 1886 Japanese electrical engineer
Marthe Bibesco - 1886 Romanian writer
Lily Theresa Strickland - 1887 composer
Robert Stroud - 1890 American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz
Bill Doak - 1891 American baseball player
Camille Melloy - 1891 [Paepe], Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis)
Karel Boleslav Jirak - 1891 composer
Ernst Lubitsch - 1892 Germany, actor (Love Parade)
Elliot Griffis - 1893 composer
Valentin Kataev - 1897 Russian writer
Valentin Katayev - 1897 Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled)
Vittorio Rieti - 1898 composer
Wies Moens - 1898 Flemish writer/nazi
Elias Simojoki - 1899 Finnish clergyman and politician
Zilner T Randolph - 1899 jazz trumpeter/arranger
Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke] - 1900 publisher (History of Ecuador)
Alice Neel - 1900 American artist
Anni Holdmann - 1900 Germany, 100m runner (Olympic-1928)
Hermann Kesten - 1900 German writer (Allert de Lange)
Michael Dewar Head - 1900 composer
Dame Kathleen Lonsdale - 1903 crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society)
Canuplin - 1904 Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer
Allan Walker - 1906 actor/writer (Red Buttons Show)
Harry van Kruiningen - 1906 [Henri A Janssen], painter/graphic artist
Henry Foley - 1906 cricketer (batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930)
Constantin Regamey - 1907 composer
Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer - 1908 Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear)
Paul Misraki - 1908 French composer and songwriter
Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb - 1909 British diver (WW II-George Medal)
Arnold Moss - 1910 Bkln, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata)
John Banner - 1910 Vienna Austria, actor (Sgt Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes)
Verda Bryant - 1910 American author
Jackson Pollock - 1912 Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist)
William "Bill" Henson - 1912 English diplomat (Prague 1939)
Jan Masseus - 1913 composer
Oliver Chesterton - 1913 chartered surveyor
Peter Crossley-Holland - 1916 composer
Harry M Corbett - 1918 Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People)
Suzanne Flon - 1918 Paris France, actress (One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge)
Trevor Skeet - 1918 British MP
Vito Scotti - 1918 SF Calif, actor (Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park)
Wilson Ferreira Aldunate - 1918 Uruguayan politician/human rights worker
James Whyte - 1920 Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
Alfred Marks - 1921 actor/comedian (Desert Mice, Scream " Scream Again)
Robert W Holley - 1922 US, biochemist, worked with RNA (Nobel '68)
Henry Harris - 1925 British professor of medicine
Anthony Garner - 1927 director (Conservative Central Office)
J D Hughes - 1927 Principal (Ruskin College-Oxford)
James Callaghan - 1927 British MP
Ronnie Scott - 1927 jazz musician/club-owner
Martin Sinnatt - 1928 Major-General/secretary (Kennel Club)
MG Falcon - 1928 CEO (Norwich Union Insurance Group)
Slade Gorton - 1928 (Sen-R-WA, 1981- )
Acker Bilk - 1929 singer (Stranger on the Shore)
Claes Oldenburg - 1929 Stockholm Sweden, US pop artist (Alphabet/Good Humor)
Richard Clement Charles Thomas - 1929 rugby international/journalist
David Morris - 1930 British MEP
Luis de Pablo - 1930 composer
Timothy Kitson - 1931 former MP
David Thompson - 1932 CEO (Gestetner Holdings)
Thomas J Bliley Jr - 1932 (Rep-R-VA, 1981- )
W Parry O'Brien - 1932 Calif, shot putter (Oly-2 gold/silver-52, 56, 60, 64)
Windlesham - 1932 Lord
Susan Sontag - 1933 NYC, author/film director (Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award)
Bill White - 1934 US, 1st baseman (Cards)/announcer (Yanks)/pres (NL)
BR White - 1934 principal (Regent's Park College-Oxford)
Mitr Chaibancha - 1934 Thai actor
David John Lodge - 1935 English writer (Soul " Bodies)
Leonid Grabovsky - 1935 composer
Manuel dos Santos Lima - 1935 Angolian revolutionary/poet (Pele do Diabo)
Nicholas Pryor - 1935 actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
Alan Alda - 1936 [Alphonso D'Abruzzo], NYC, actor (Hawkeye Pierce-M*A*S*H)
Bill Jordan - 1936 British trade unionist
Enid Castle - 1936 principal (Cheltenham Ladies' College)
Robert Suderburg - 1936 composer
Ken Hill - 1937 playwright/director
Leonid Zhabotynsky - 1938 Ukrainian weightlifter
John M Fabian - 1939 Goosecreek Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 7, STS 51G)
Carlos Slim Helú - 1940 Mexican businessman
Joel Crothers - 1941 Cincinnati OH, actor (Edge of Night)
Dick Taylor - 1943 rock vocalist (Pretty Thing-Cry on Me)
John Beck - 1943 Chic, actor (Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara)
Paul Henderson - 1943 Canadian ice hockey player
Susan Howard - 1943 Marshall Tx, actress (Donna-Dallas, Petrocelli)
Arnold Muhren - 1944 Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats-Sailin' Home)
Brian Keenan - 1944 NYC, rock drummer (Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today)
James Cran - 1944 British MP
John Edmonds - 1944 British trade unionist
John Tavener - 1944 composer (The Whale)
Martin Fried - 1944 rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball)
Nick Raynsford - 1945 British MP
Robert Wyatt - 1945 English musician
Renne Jarrett - 1946 Bkln NY, actress (Nancy)
Rick Allen - 1946 Ark, rock bassist (Box Tops-Letter)
MJ Ainsworth - 1947 CEO (Institute of Chartered Secretaries)
Valerie Bragg - 1947 principal (City Technology College-Kingshurst)
Charles Taylor - 1948 President of Liberia
Gareth Roscoe - 1948 legal adviser (BBC)
Mamoru Mohri - 1948 Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut (STS 47)
Gregg Popovich - 1949 NBA Basketball Coach
Thomas J Downey - 1949 (Rep-D-NY, 1975- )
Barbi Benton - 1950 [Klein], Calif, Playboy model (Hee Haw, Sugar Time!)
Bob Hay - 1950 American songwriter and musician
David Carl Hilmers - 1950 Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 51-J, 26, 36, 42)
Glyn Ford - 1950 British MEP
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah - 1950 King of Bahrain
Brian Bilbray - 1951 American politician
Gordon Prentice - 1951 British MP
Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk - 1951 Kkishkov Ukraine, astronaut (STS 87)
William Nelson Jr - 1951 US bassist (Connections " Disconnections)
Debbie Steinbach - 1953 LPGA golfer
Michael Day - 1953 rocker
Anicee Alvina - 1954 Paris France, actress (Friends)
Rick Warren - 1954 American pastor and author
Shawn Murray - 1954 rock drummer (Mink Deville)
Nicolas Sarkozy - 1955 President of France
Peter Schilling - 1956 Stuttgart Germany, rocker
Frank Skinner English comedian - 1957
Harley Jane Kozak - 1957 actress (Arachnophobia, Necessary Roughness)
Nick Price - 1957 Durban S Africa, PGA golfer (1991 Byron Nelson Classic)
Burkhard Dallwitz - 1959 German-born composer
Dave Sharp - 1959 rock guitarist (Alarm-In the Summertime)
Frank Darabont - 1959 American filmmaker
Randi Rhodes - 1959 Nova M Radio personality
John Caliri - 1960 Providence RI, actor (Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble)
Robert von Dassanowsky - 1960 American cultural historian, writer, and producer
Luann L Lee - 1961 Santa Monica Ca, playmate (Jan, 1987)
Keith Hamilton Cobb - 1962 Tarrytown NY, actor (Noah Keefer-All My Children)
Michael Cage - 1962 NBA forward/center (Cleveland Cavaliers, NJ Nets)
Colleen Harp - 1963 Washington DC, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-9th-1994)
Danny Spitz - 1963 heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-Protest " Survive)
Denise Beillmann - 1963 Switz, figure skater (Olympics-4th-1980)
Dwight Stone - 1964 NFL receiver/running back (Car Panthers, GB Packers)
Emlyn Aubrey - 1964 PGA golfer (1995 Nestles-25th)
Lynda Boyd - 1965 American actress
Jeff Uhlenhake - 1966 NFL center (NO Saints, Washington Redskins)
Michal Pivonka - 1966 Kladno Cze, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
Jan Lamb - 1967 Hong Kong disc jockey "amp; stand-up comedian
Peter Hofstede - 1967 Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht)
Tom Hodson - 1967 NFL quarterback (NO Saints)
DJ Muggs - 1968 American musician (Cypress Hill)
Henry Hering - 1968 Pointe-Claire Quebec, rower (Olympics-9-92, 96)
Marnie McBean - 1968 Vancouver BC, rower (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
Rakim - 1968 born William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper
Sarah McLachlan - 1968 folk singer (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy)
Giorgio Lamberti - 1969 Italian free style swimmer (world record 200m)
John Veenhof - 1969 Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
Kathryn Morris - 1969 American actress
Linda Sanchez - 1969 American politician
Mo Rocca - 1969 American writer and comedian
Barry Minter - 1970 NFL middle linebacker (Chic Bears)
Donald Tardy - 1970 US, death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death)
James Atkins - 1970 NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
Mike Chalenski - 1970 NFL defensive tackle (Phila Eagles)
Carey Bender - 1972 NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
Elena Baranova - 1972 WNBA center (Utah Starzz)
Frank Garcia - 1972 NFL center (GB Packers, Carolina Panthers)
Nicky Southall - 1972 English footballer
Bronwyn Thompson - 1973 Australian rower (Olympics-96)
Jerome Allen - 1973 NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Joe Stephens - 1973 NBA forward (Houston Rockets)
Robert Braknis - 1973 Montreal Quebec, 100m backstroke/4 x 100 (Olympics-96)
Derrick Mayes - 1974 NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
Jermaine Dye - 1974 Oakland CA, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)
Magglio Ordóñez - 1974 Venezuelan baseball player
Tony Delk - 1974 NBA guard (SF Warriors)
Vitaly Tregubov - 1974 hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
Zack Bronson - 1974 safety (San Francisco 49ers)
Anne Montminy - 1975 Montreal Quebec, 10m diver (Olympics-17-92, 96)
David Zingler - 1975 American writer
Julian Dean - 1975 Waihi NZ, team pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
Junior Spivey - 1975 American baseball player
Lee Latchford-Evans - 1975 English singer
Terri Colombino - 1975 American Actress
Emiko Kado - 1976 Japanese professional wrestler
Jarrod Montague - 1976 American drummer (Taproot)
Lee Ingleby - 1976 British actor
Mark Madsen - 1976 American basketball player
Miltiadis Sapanis - 1976 Greek footballer
Daunte Culpepper - 1977 American football player
Joey Fatone - 1977 American singer (*NSYNC)
Lyle Overbay - 1977 American baseball player
Matt DeVries - 1977 American guitarist (Chimaira)
Takuma Sato - 1977 Japanese Formula One driver
Gianluigi Buffon - 1978 Italian footballer
Helga Bauer Salas - 1978 Miss Bolivia Universe (1997)
Jamie Carragher - 1978 English footballer
Papa Bouba Diop - 1978 Senegalese footballer
Ali Boulala - 1979 Swedish skateboarder
Jesse James Hollywood - 1980 American drug dealer and fugitive
Nick Carter - 1980 singer (Backstreet Boys)
Elijah Wood - 1981 Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (Radio Flyer, Good Son)
Rick Razzano - 1981 American football player
Andre Iguodala - 1984 basketball " NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers)
Arnold Mvuemba - 1985 French footballer
Athina Onassis - 1985 daughter of Christina
Alexis Texas - 1986 porn star
Jessica Ennis - 1986 English heptathlete
Shruti Haasan - 1986 Indian actress
Henry Mortensen - 1988 American actor
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