List of Famous people born on January 28th

Sergio Ezequiel Araujo, commonly known as Chino Araujo or El Chino, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Las Palmas.

Elizarov Mikhail Yuryevich – is a modern Russian writer and singer-songwriter, laureate of the Russian Booker Prize in 2008 for the novel The Librarian.

Roman Ivanovich Khudyakov is a Transnistrian-born Russian politician. On 1 August 2006 he was elected chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Pridnestrovie at the party's founding congress.

Leonel Di Plácido is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Lanús.

Paola Verenice Pabón Caranqui is an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician and feminist, who in the course of her career, has served as a representative to the National Assembly for the PAIS Alliance movement from 2009 and 2015 and has also worked under the presidencies of Rafael Correa and Lenin Moreno.

Ghani Yalouz is a French former wrestler who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal is a Catholic saint, who was beatified in 1751 and canonized in 1767. She founded the religious Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. The order accepted women who were rejected by other orders because of poor health or age. When people criticized her, Chantal famously said, "What do you want me to do? I like sick people myself; I'm on their side." During its first eight years, the new order also was unusual in its public outreach, in contrast to most female religious who remained cloistered and adopted strict ascetic practices.

Gilbert Facchinetti was an Italian-Swiss entrepreneur. He was best known as president of Neuchâtel Xamax.

Wolfgang Klein was a German athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He later became a lawyer and served as the president of the football club Hamburger SV between 1979 and 1987.

Heidi Mittermaier is a German alpine skier. She competed in two events at the 1964 Winter Olympics.