| 11341 | January 28 | Birth | 1784 – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860) |
| 11342 | January 28 | Birth | 1797 – Charles Gray Round, English barrister and politician (d. 1867) |
| 11343 | January 28 | Birth | 1818 – George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905) |
| 11344 | January 28 | Birth | 1822 – Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian soldier, journalist, and politician 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892) |
| 11345 | January 28 | Birth | 1833 – Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (d. 1885) |
| 11346 | January 28 | Birth | 1841 – Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American explorer and journalist (d. 1904) |
| 11347 | January 28 | Birth | 1843 – Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1890) |
| 11348 | January 28 | Birth | 1853 – José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895) |
| 11349 | January 28 | Birth | 1853 – Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900) |
| 11350 | January 28 | Birth | 1857 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898) |
| 11351 | January 28 | Birth | 1858 – Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934) |
| 11352 | January 28 | Birth | 1861 – Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944) |
| 11353 | January 28 | Birth | 1863 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (d. 1918) |
| 11354 | January 28 | Birth | 1864 – Charles Williams Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948) |
| 11355 | January 28 | Birth | 1864 – Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer invented the Hot bulb engine and Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine (d. 1927) |
| 11356 | January 28 | Birth | 1865 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928) |
| 11357 | January 28 | Birth | 1865 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952) |
| 11358 | January 28 | Birth | 1873 – Colette, French journalist and author (d. 1954) |
| 11359 | January 28 | Birth | 1875 – Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965) |
| 11360 | January 28 | Birth | 1878 – Walter Kollo, German composer (d. 1940) |
| 11361 | January 28 | Birth | 1884 – Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962) |
| 11362 | January 28 | Birth | 1885 – Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920) |
| 11363 | January 28 | Birth | 1886 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973) |
| 11364 | January 28 | Birth | 1886 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976) |
| 11365 | January 28 | Birth | 1887 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (d. 1982) |
| 11366 | January 28 | Birth | 1890 – Robert Stroud, American ornithologist (d. 1963) |
| 11367 | January 28 | Birth | 1892 – Ernst Lubitsch, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1947) |
| 11368 | January 28 | Birth | 1897 – Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1986) |
| 11369 | January 28 | Birth | 1899 – Elias Simojoki, Finnish priest and activist (d. 1940) |
| 11370 | January 28 | Birth | 1900 – Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984) |