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At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was named Best Comedy Entertainment Personality.
Famous Birthdays on January 28
1957 — Frank Skinner
English comedian, actor, and author
January 28 has 215 recorded notable births across history, from 598 to 2007. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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598 – 2007
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Major events on January 28
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- 1851 Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois. Source
- 1813 Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom. Source
- 1573 Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland. Source
- 1908 Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco. Source
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Maluma's single "Hawái" reached number three on the Billboard Global 200, and became the first number one single on the Billboard Global Excl.
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Gregg Popovich was the head coach of the Spurs for 29 seasons from 1996 to 2025, during which he won five NBA championships, and was the longest-tenured active coach in the NBA as well as all other major sports leagues in the United States.
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Mo Rocca was the moderator of the National Geographic Society's National Geographic Bee from 2016 until its final competition in 2019, as the 2020 and 2021 competitions were cancelled and the competition was ended in 2021.
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Major-General Charles George Gordon CB, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, Gordon of Khartoum and General Gordon, was a British Army officer and administrator.
More major people born on January 28
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1994
Maluma
Colombian singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor
Juan Luis Londoño Arias, known professionally as Maluma, is a Colombian rapper, singer, songwriter and actor.
1949
Gregg Popovich
American basketball player and coach
Gregg Charles Popovich is an American professional basketball executive and former coach who is the president for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1969
Mo Rocca
American comedian and television journalist
Maurice Alberto "Mo" Rocca is an American humorist, journalist, and actor.
1833
Charles George Gordon
English general and politician (died 1885)
Major-General Charles George Gordon CB, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, Gordon of Khartoum and General Gordon, was a British Army officer and administrator.
1853
José Martí
Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (died 1895)
José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his…
1784
George Hamilton-Gordon
4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1860)
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British statesman, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite politician and specialist in foreign…
1964
David Lawrence
English cricketer (died 2025)
David Valentine Lawrence was an English cricketer, who mainly played for Gloucestershire and briefly featured for England, becoming the first British-born black player to represent the country.
1927
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
Hiroshi Teshigahara was a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and artist from the Japanese New Wave era. He is best known for the 1964 film Woman in the Dunes.
1985
Daniel Carcillo
Canadian ice hockey player
Daniel Carcillo is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He most recently played under contract to the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1608
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Italian physiologist and physicist (died 1679)
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli was a Italian physiologist, physicist, and mathematician who is often described as the father of biomechanics.
1903
Kathleen Lonsdale
Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS (died 1971)
Dame Kathleen Lonsdale was an Irish crystallographer, pacifist, and prison reform activist.
1991
Calum Worthy
Canadian actor
Calum Worthy is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Dez Wade on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally, Alex Trimboli in the Netflix series American Vandal, Nicholas Godejohn in the Hulu series The Act, and…
1912
Jackson Pollock
American painter (died 1956)
Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, he was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal…
1998
Payton Pritchard
American basketball player
Payton Michael Pritchard is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1717
Mustafa III
Ottoman sultan (died 1774)
Mustafa III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I (1774–89).
2007
That Girl Lay Lay
American rapper
Alaya High, known professionally as That Girl Lay Lay, is an American rapper, singer, social media personality, and actress who began her career at the age of 6 on YouTube and is best known for starring in the…
1966
Michal Pivoňka
Czech ice hockey player
Michal Pivoňka is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. He played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Washington Capitals.
1976
Mark Madsen
American basketball player and coach
Mark Ellsworth Madsen is an American basketball coach and former NBA player who is the head coach of the California Golden Bears of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
1943
Paul Henderson
Canadian ice hockey player and author
Paul Garnet Henderson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.