Famous Personalities Born In January - 28
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1225 On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)
1312 On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)
1457 On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)
1540 On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
1578 On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)
1582 John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.
1600 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.
1608 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.
1611 Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) was born on this day in history.
1622 On January - 28 birth of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
1627 Alfonso Marsh, composer was born on January - 28.
1645 Gottfried Vopelius, composer was born on this day in history.
1688 On January - 28 birth of jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter
1691 On January - 28 birth of johann Balthasar Konig, composer
1693 On this day in history birth of anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)
1693 Gregor Joseph Werner, composer was born on this day in history.
1701 Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.
1702 On January - 28 birth of hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer
1706 John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on this day in history.
1712 Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.
1714 On January - 28 birth of jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
1717 On January - 28 birth of mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)
1717 Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774) was born on January - 28.
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 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer was born on this day in history.
1757 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer was born on January - 28.
1768 Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814) was born on January - 28.
1775 Peter the Great, Russia was born on January - 28.
1784 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State was born on January - 28.
1815 Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 was born on January - 28.
1818 George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history birth of alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)
1825 On this day in history birth of george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875