January 28 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 28, your zodiac sign is Aquarius ♒, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Nicolas Sarkozy and Jackson Pollock.
- Zodiac sign
- ♒ Aquarius
- Element
- Air
- Ruling planet
- Uranus and Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 28th
- Popularity
- 297th of 366
- Half birthday
- July 28
- Next January 28
- January 28
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January 28 zodiac: Aquarius ♒
People born on January 28 fall under Aquarius, the 11th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from January 20 to February 18. Aquarius is a fixed air sign ruled by Uranus and Saturn, and its symbol is the water-bearer.
Aquarius is an air sign associated with originality, community and the future. Despite its name, the Water-Bearer is not a water sign; it is linked with ideas, innovation and a strong sense of fairness.
Famous people born on January 28
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 28, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 195523rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012
- Born 1912American painter (1912–1956)
- Born 1978Former Italian footballer (born 1978)
- Born 1853Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
- Born 1873French novelist (1873–1954)
- Born 1936Albanian writer (1936–2024)
- Born 1981American actor (born 1981)
- Born 1600Pope from 1667, lived 1600-1669
- Born 1940Mexican business magnate and investor
- Born 1841British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)
- Born 1950King of Bahrain
- Born 1887Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)
- Born 171726th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1757–1774)
- Born 1936American actor (born 1936)
- Born 1978English associiation football player and sportcaster
- Born 1980Japanese association football player
- Born 1938Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist
- Born 2000Serbian footballer
- Born 1922American biochemist (1922–1993)
- Born 1993British actor
- Born 1784British politician (1784-1860)
- Born 1865President of Finland (1865–1952)
- Born 194822nd president of Liberia
- Born 1768King of Denmark and Norway (1768–1839)
- Born 1986Indian actress
- Born 1985American rapper and record producer (born 1985)
- Born 1972American lawyer and jurist (born 1972)
- Born 1994Colombian singer
- Born 1959American film director, screenwriter and producer
- Born 1973Croatian association football player
- Born 1977Japanese race car driver
- Born 1980American singer (born 1980)
- Born 1985Japanese association football player
- Born 1931Italian-born Spanish actress (1931-2020)
- Born 1833British army officer and administrator
- Born 1976American rapper and record executive
- Born 1935English writer (1935–2025)
- Born 18222nd Prime Minister of Canada (1822-1892)
- Born 1929American sculptor and printmaker (1929–2022)
- Born 1884Swiss physicist (1884–1962)
January 28 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 28 birthday facts
- January 28 is the 28th day of the year (28th in leap years), leaving 337 days until the end of the year.
- January 28 is the 297th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,875 babies born on an average January 28(3% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 28 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 28 were most likely conceived around May 7 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 28, six months after January 28.
- Chinese New Year can fall before or after January 28, so check your exact year with the Chinese zodiac calculator.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is January 28?
January 28 falls under Aquarius ♒, which runs from January 20 to February 18.
What is the birthstone for January 28?
The birthstone for January 28 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 28?
Famous people born on January 28 include Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Jackson Pollock (1912), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), José Martí (1853), Colette (1873), Ismail Kadare (1936).
How common is a January 28 birthday?
January 28 is the 297th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,875 babies born on an average January 28.
What day of the year is January 28?
January 28 is the 28th day of the year in common years and the 28th day in leap years.