Koji Gyotoku

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born January 28th, 1965 (age 61 years) in Shizuoka.

William Henrique

Brazilian association football player.

Born January 28th, 1992 (age 34 years) in Ribeirão Preto.

Jan Kopecký

Czech rally driver.

Born January 28th, 1982 (age 44 years) in Opočno. ^[ref]

Hans-Jürgen Bäumler

German figure skater.

Born January 28th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Dachau.

António Feliciano de Castilho

Portuguese writer (1800–1875).

Born January 28th, 1800 in Lisbon.

Died June 18th, 1875 at 75 years old in Lisbon.

Sittichok Paso

Thai association football player.

Born January 28th, 1999 (age 27 years) in Thailand.

Viktor Shustikov

Soviet-russian footballer (1939–2025).

Born January 28th, 1939 in Moscow.

Died October 23rd, 2025 at 86 years old ^[ref]

Joseph Bédier

French philologist and writer (1864-1938).

Born January 28th, 1864 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.

Died August 29th, 1938 at 74 years old in Le Grand-Serre (stroke).

Patrick Mtiliga

Danish footballer.

Born January 28th, 1981 (age 45 years) in Copenhagen. ^[ref]

Marcello Antony

Brazilian actor and film director.

Born January 28th, 1965 (age 61 years) in Rio de Janeiro. ^[ref]

Carlo Emilio Bonferroni

Italian mathematician (1892-1960).

Born January 28th, 1892 in Bergamo.

Died August 18th, 1960 at 68 years old in Florence.

Luis de Pablo

Spanish composer (1930–2021).

Born January 28th, 1930 in Bilbao.

Died October 10th, 2021 at 91 years old in Madrid. ^[ref]

Vilhelm Pedersen

Danish artist (1820–1859).

Born January 28th, 1820 in Copenhagen, Køge.

Died March 13th, 1859 at 39 years old in Copenhagen.

Luther George Simjian

American-armenian inventor.

Born January 28th, 1905 in Gaziantep.

Died October 23rd, 1997 at 92 years old in Fort Lauderdale.

Hugo Hamilton

Irish writer.

Born January 28th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Dublin.

Aksel Kankaanranta

Finnish singer.

Born January 28th, 1998 (age 28 years) in Turku.

Erik Hornung

German egyptologist (1933–2022).

Born January 28th, 1933 in Riga.

Died July 11th, 2022 at 89 years old ^[ref]

Sébastien Puygrenier

French footballer (born 1982).

Born January 28th, 1982 (age 44 years) in Limoges.

Arminas Narbekovas

Lithuanian footballer.

Born January 28th, 1965 (age 61 years) in Gargždai.

Hermann Kesten

German writer (1900–1996).

Born January 28th, 1900 in Pidvolochysk.

Died May 3rd, 1996 at 96 years old in Basel.

Theodor Benfey

German philologist (1809-1881).

Born January 28th, 1809 in Nörten-Hardenberg.

Died June 26th, 1881 at 72 years old in Göttingen.

Jerry Andrus

Magician (1918-2007).

Born January 28th, 1918 in Sheridan.

Died August 26th, 2007 at 89 years old in Albany (cancer).

Magnus Heunicke

Danish politician.

Born January 28th, 1975 (age 51 years) in Næstved. ^[ref]

Helga Vlahović

Croatian journalist, producer, and television personality (1945–2012).

Born January 28th, 1945 in Zagreb.

Died February 27th, 2012 at 67 years old in Zagreb (uterine cancer). ^[ref]

Augusto Genina

Italian film director and producer (1892-1957).

Born January 28th, 1892 in Rome.

Died September 18th, 1957 at 65 years old in Rome (endocarditis).