Miguel Barnet (84)
January 28th, 1940

Cuban writer – Miguel Barnet was born in Havana (Capital and largest city of Cuba) on January 28th, 1940 and is 84 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 28

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

85

John M. Fabian

American pilot and astronaut

*January 28th, 1939, Baytown

33

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

86

Tomas Lindahl

Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist

*January 28th, 1938, Stockholm

71

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

*January 28th, 1949, Whakatāne †February 2nd, 2020, Auckland

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

76

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

52

Amy Coney Barrett

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2020

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

80

Dieter Bokeloh

East German ski jumper

*January 28th, 1942, Benneckenstein †March 24th, 2022, Nordhausen

80

Lewis Wilson

American actor (1920–2000)

*January 28th, 1920, New York City †August 9th, 2000, San Francisco

95

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva

44

Jackson Pollock

American painter (1912–1956)

*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton

78

Patricia Garwood

English actress (1941-2019)

*January 28th, 1941, Paignton †February 24th, 2019

88

Ismail Kadare

Albanian writer

*January 28th, 1936, Gjirokastër

43

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

74

Ilkka Kanerva

Finnish politician

*January 28th, 1948, Lokalahti †April 14th, 2022, Turku

82

Hans-Jürgen Bäumler

German figure skater

*January 28th, 1942, Dachau

84

Mario Masini

Italian director and cinematographer

*January 28th, 1939, Savona †March 13th, 2023, Stuttgart

77

Leonid Zhabotinsky

Ukrainian weightlifter

*January 28th, 1938, Kharkiv Oblast †January 14th, 2016, Zaporizhzhia

83

Jochen Busse

German actor

*January 28th, 1941, Iserlohn

81

Paul Henderson

Canadian former professional ice hockey player

*January 28th, 1943, Kincardine

87

Roxana Darín

Argentinian actor (1931-2018)

*January 28th, 1931, Buenos Aires †September 13th, 2018, Buenos Aires

71

Robert W. Holley

American biochemist (1922-1993)

*January 28th, 1922, Urbana †February 11th, 1993, Los Gatos

56

Marnie McBean

Canadian rower

*January 28th, 1968, Vancouver

80

Susan Howard

American actress

*January 28th, 1944, Marshall

79

Marthe Keller

Swiss actress

*January 28th, 1945, Basel

74

Hamad II of Bahrain

King of Bahrain since 2002 and Emir from 1999 to 2002

*January 28th, 1950, Riffa

Also born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

83

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

83

Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019

*July 6th, 1940, Ushqonyr

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

*June 1st, 1940, New York City †December 8th, 2019, Los Angeles

77

John Mahoney

American actor (1940–2018)

*June 20th, 1940, Blackpool †February 4th, 2018, Chicago

83

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

Miguel Barnet