Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 28 January

21 of the people we track were born on 28 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

Gianluigi Buffon and Jamie Carragher were born on the very same day, 28 January 1978.

Ismail Kadare and Alan Alda were born on the very same day, 28 January 1936.

  1. Nicolas Sarkozy 1955French politician who served as President of the French Republicliving, 71
  2. Jackson Pollock 1912American painterdied aged 44
  3. Gianluigi Buffon 1978Italian footballerliving, 48
  4. José Martí 1853Cuban poet and philosopherdied aged 42
  5. Colette 1873French novelistdied aged 81
  6. Ismail Kadare 1936Albanian writerdied aged 88
  7. Elijah Wood 1981American actorliving, 45
  8. Henry VII of England 1457Monarch of Englanddied aged 52
  9. Pope Clement IX 1600Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 69
  10. Henry Morton Stanley 1841British journalist and explorerdied aged 63
  11. Carlos Slim 1940Mexican business magnate and investorliving, 86
  12. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa 1950King of Bahrainliving, 76
  13. Anna of Russia 1693Emperor of all the Russiasdied aged 47
  14. Arthur Rubinstein 1887Polish classical pianistdied aged 95
  15. Mustafa III 1717Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 56
  16. Alan Alda 1936American actorliving, 90
  17. Jamie Carragher 1978British footballerliving, 48
  18. Johannes Hevelius 1611Astronomerdied aged 76
  19. Yasuhito Endō 1980Japanese footballerliving, 46
  20. Tomas Lindahl 1938Swedish geneticistliving, 88
  21. Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598Emperor of Chinadied aged 51