Famous People Born on January 28
♒ Aquarius
- José Martí (1853) — Cuban national hero (1853–1895)
- Maluma (1994) — Colombian rapper, singer, songwriter and actor (born 1994)
- Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608) — Italian physiologist, physicist, and mathematician (1608–1670)
- Gregg Popovich (1949) — American basketball executive and coach (born 1949)
- David Lawrence (cricketer) (1964) — English cricketer (1964–2025)
- Kathleen Lonsdale (1903) — British crystallographer and activist (1903–1971)
- Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927) — Japanese film director (1927–2001)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784) — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1855
- Daniel Carcillo (1985) — Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
- Frank Skinner (1957) — English comedian and television personality (born 1957)
- Mo Rocca (1969) — American humorist, journalist and actor (born 1969)
- Charles George Gordon (1833) — British general (1833–1885)
- Jackson Pollock (1912) — American painter (1912–1956)
- Mustafa III (1717) — Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774
- Marthe Bibesco (1886) — Romanian writer (1886–1973)
- Payton Pritchard (1998) — American basketball player (born 1998)
- Mark Madsen (basketball) (1976) — American basketball player and coach (born 1976)
- Carson Hocevar (2003) — American racing driver (born 2003)
- Michal Pivoňka (1966) — Czech ice hockey player
- Michael Hastings (journalist) (1980) — American journalist and author (1980–2013)
- Paul Henderson (1943) — Canadian ice hockey player (born 1943)
- Valentin Kataev (1897) — Soviet writer and editor (1897–1986)
- Jessica Ennis-Hill (1986) — British track and field athlete (born 1986)
- Monty Noble (1873) — Australian cricketer
- Anthony Hamilton (singer) (1971) — American singer (born 1971)
- Johan van Hulst (1911) — Dutch professor, politician, and Righteous Among the Nations (1911-2018)
- Andre Iguodala (1984) — American basketball player (born 1984)
- J. Cole (1985) — American rapper and record producer (born 1985)
- Pedro Pinto (journalist) (1975) — Portuguese-American journalist and communications director
- Auguste Piccard (1884) — Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer