Famous Personalities Born In January - 28
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
1225 Saint thomas aquinas: Saint thomas aquinas (d. 1274) 

1312 Queen joan ii of navarre: Queen joan ii of navarre (d. 1349) 

1457 Henry vii: Pembroke castle, 1st tudor king of england (1485-1509) 

1540 Ludolph van ceulen: German mathematician 

1578 Cornelis haga: Dutch lawyer/ambassador to constantinople (1611-39) 

1582 John barclay: Scottish satirist/poet (euphormio's satyricon) 

1600 Clement ix: [giulio rospigliosi], pistoia, italy, 238th pope (1667-69) 

1608 Giovanni alfonso borelli: Naples, mathematician/astronomer 

1611 Johannes hevelius: Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) 

1622 Adrien auzout: French astronomer 

1627 Alfonso marsh: Composer 

1645 Gottfried vopelius: Composer 

1688 Jan maurits quinkhard: Dutch portrait painter 

1691 Johann balthasar konig: Composer 

1693 Anna "ivanovna": Tsarina of russia (1730-40) (2/7 ns) 

1693 Gregor joseph werner: Composer 

1701 Charles marie de la condamine: French mathematician and geographer 

1702 Hermanus noordkerk: Dutch lawyer 

1706 John baskerville: English printer (typeface inventor) 

1712 Tokugawa ieshige: Japanese shogun 

1714 Jean-baptiste pigalle: French sculptor (child with pigeon) 

1717 Mustapha iii: Sultan of turkey (1757-74) 

1717 Mustafa iii: Ottoman sultan 

1719 Johann elias schlegel: German critic and poet 

1722 Johann ernst bach: Composer 

1756 Hans adolf friedrich von eschstruth: Composer 

1757 Antonio bartolomeo bruni: Composer 

1768 Frederick vi: Danish king (1808-39); lost norway to sweden (1814) 

1775 Peter the great: Russia 

1784 George hg earl of aberdeen: English secretary of state 

1815 Andrew jackson hamilton: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1875 

1818 George sewall boutwell: Mc (union), died in 1905 

1822 Alexander mackenzie: (l) 2nd pm of canada (1873-78) 

1825 George edward pickett: Major general (confederate army), died in 1875 

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