January 28th Birthdays

Sarah McLaughlan, singer, songwriter and musician, was born on this day in 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Also born on January 28th:

• 1936
  Alan Alda, American actor, writer, director
• 1943
  John Beck, American actor
  Dick Taylor, English musician
• 1944
  Susan Howard, American actress
• 1945
  Robert Wyatt, English musician
• 1948
  Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet-born dancer, actor
• 1949
  Gregg Popovich, American basketball coach
• 1950
  Barbi Benton, American actress
  Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain
• 1950
  Bob Hay, American songwriter, musician
• 1953
  Chris Carter, English musician
• 1954
  Rick Warren, American pastor, author
• 1955
  Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France
• 1959
  Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist
• 1962
  Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor
  Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
  Sam Phillips, American singer
• 1963
  Dan Spitz, American musician, guitarist
• 1965
  Lynda Boyd, American actress
• 1967
  Chance Kelly, American actor
• 1968
  DJ Muggs, American musician
  Rakim, American rapper
• 1969
  Kathryn Morris, American actress
  Mo Rocca, American writer, comedian
• 1971
  Anthony Hamilton, American soul singer
• 1972
  Nicky Southall, English footballer
• 1974
  Tony Delk, American basketball player
• 1974
  Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
• 1975
  Terri Colombino, American actress
• 1975
  Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer
  Junior Spivey, American baseball player
• 1976
  Lee Ingleby, British actor
  Mark Madsen, American basketball player
  Jarrod Montague, American drummer
  Rick Ross, rapper
• 1977
  Daunte Culpepper, American football player
  Matt DeVries, American guitarist
  Joey Fatone, American singer
  Lyle Overbay, American baseball player
• 1980
  Nick Carter, American singer
• 1981
  Elijah Wood, American actor
• 1984
  Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
  Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
• 1985
  J. Cole, American rapper
• 1987
  Chelsea Brummet, American actress
• 1991
  Calum Worthy, Canadian actor, musician

January Birthday Calendar

Died on January 28th:

• 1918
  John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, poet (age 45)
• 1939
  W. B. Yeats, Irish poet, playwright (age 73)
• 1960
  Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, folklorist (age 69)
• 1983
  Billy Fury, English pop star (age 42)
• 1986
  Space Shuttle Challenger crew
• 2002
  Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author, screenwriter (age 94)
• 2005
  Jim Capaldi, English singer, drummer (Traffic) (age 60)
• 2009
  Billy Powell, American keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), (age 56)
• 2013
  Bernard Horsfall, British actor (age 82)
• 2016
  Paul Kantner, American singer, guitarist (Jefferson Airplane), (age 74)
• 2020
  Nicholas Parsons, English actor (age 96)
• 2021
  Cicely Tyson, American actress (age 96)
• 2023
  Viola Léger, American-Canadian actress, politician (age 92)
  Lisa Loring, American actress (age 64)