| 11521 | January 28 | Death | 1672 – Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588) |
| 11522 | January 28 | Death | 1681 – Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619) |
| 11523 | January 28 | Death | 1687 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611) |
| 11524 | January 28 | Death | 1697 – Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645) |
| 11525 | January 28 | Death | 1754 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684) |
| 11526 | January 28 | Death | 1832 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769) |
| 11527 | January 28 | Death | 1859 – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) |
| 11528 | January 28 | Death | 1864 – Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799) |
| 11529 | January 28 | Death | 1903 – Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847) |
| 11530 | January 28 | Death | 1912 – Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819) |
| 11531 | January 28 | Death | 1918 – John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872) |
| 11532 | January 28 | Death | 1921 – Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883) |
| 11533 | January 28 | Death | 1930 – Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano (b. 1878) |
| 11534 | January 28 | Death | 1935 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859) |
| 11535 | January 28 | Death | 1937 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862) |
| 11536 | January 28 | Death | 1938 – Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909) |
| 11537 | January 28 | Death | 1939 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) |
| 11538 | January 28 | Death | 1942 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881) |
| 11539 | January 28 | Death | 1945 – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant (b. 1924) |
| 11540 | January 28 | Death | 1947 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875) |
| 11541 | January 28 | Death | 1948 – Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906) |
| 11542 | January 28 | Death | 1948 – Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (b. 1902) |
| 11543 | January 28 | Death | 1948 – Arthur Liebehenschel, German SS officer (b. 1901) |
| 11544 | January 28 | Death | 1949 – Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908) |
| 11545 | January 28 | Death | 1950 – Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883) |
| 11546 | January 28 | Death | 1953 – James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876) |
| 11547 | January 28 | Death | 1953 – Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879) |
| 11548 | January 28 | Death | 1959 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899) |
| 11549 | January 28 | Death | 1960 – Zora Neale Hurston, American anthropologist and author (b. 1891) |
| 11550 | January 28 | Death | 1962 – Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (b. 1884) |