| 11401 | January 28 | Birth | 1937 – Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (d. 2013) |
| 11402 | January 28 | Birth | 1938 – Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 11403 | January 28 | Birth | 1938 – Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter |
| 11404 | January 28 | Birth | 1939 – John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut |
| 11405 | January 28 | Birth | 1940 – Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman founded Grupo Carso |
| 11406 | January 28 | Birth | 1941 – King Tubby, Jamaican DJ, producer, and engineer (d. 1989) |
| 11407 | January 28 | Birth | 1942 – Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater |
| 11408 | January 28 | Birth | 1943 – John Beck, American actor |
| 11409 | January 28 | Birth | 1943 – Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and minister |
| 11410 | January 28 | Birth | 1944 – Bobby Ball, English comedian, actor, and singer |
| 11411 | January 28 | Birth | 1944 – Tim Heald, English journalist and author |
| 11412 | January 28 | Birth | 1944 – Susan Howard, American actress and screenwriter |
| 11413 | January 28 | Birth | 1944 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman co-founded Inditex and Zara (d. 2013) |
| 11414 | January 28 | Birth | 1944 – John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013) |
| 11415 | January 28 | Birth | 1945 – Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player (d. 2013) |
| 11416 | January 28 | Birth | 1945 – Karen Lynn Gorney, American actress and singer |
| 11417 | January 28 | Birth | 1945 – Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director |
| 11418 | January 28 | Birth | 1945 – John Perkins, American author and activist |
| 11419 | January 28 | Birth | 1945 – Robert Wyatt, English singer-songwriter and drummer |
| 11420 | January 28 | Birth | 1947 – Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician 78th Governor of New Hampshire |
| 11421 | January 28 | Birth | 1948 – Bob Moses, American drummer |
| 11422 | January 28 | Birth | 1948 – Charles Taylor, Liberian politician 22nd President of Liberia |
| 11423 | January 28 | Birth | 1949 – Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach |
| 11424 | January 28 | Birth | 1950 – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king |
| 11425 | January 28 | Birth | 1950 – Barbi Benton, American model, actress, and singer |
| 11426 | January 28 | Birth | 1950 – David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut |
| 11427 | January 28 | Birth | 1950 – Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic |
| 11428 | January 28 | Birth | 1951 – Brian Bilbray, American politician |
| 11429 | January 28 | Birth | 1951 – Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut |
| 11430 | January 28 | Birth | 1952 – Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |