Famous Personalities Born In January - 28
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
1225 Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.
1312 Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.
1457 Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.
1540 On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
1578 Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.
1582 John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.
1600 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.
1608 On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer
1611 Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) was born on this day in history.
1622 Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.
1627 On this day in history birth of alfonso Marsh, composer
1645 On January - 28 birth of gottfried Vopelius, composer
1688 Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter was born on January - 28.
1691 On this day in history birth of johann Balthasar Konig, composer
1693 Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS) was born on this day in history.
1693 On this day in history birth of gregor Joseph Werner, composer
1701 On this day in history birth of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
1702 Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer was born on January - 28.
1706 John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on January - 28.
1712 On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
1714 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
1717 On January - 28 birth of mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)
1717 On this day in history birth of mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)
1719 On January - 28 birth of johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749)
1722 Johann Ernst Bach, composer was born on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history birth of hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer
1757 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer was born on January - 28.
1768 On this day in history birth of frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
1775 Peter the Great, Russia was born on January - 28.
1784 On January - 28 birth of george HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State
1815 On this day in history birth of andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1818 On this day in history birth of george Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905
1822 On this day in history birth of alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)
1825 George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on January - 28.