On This Day — May 28
4008 noted people were born and 1881 died on May 28 in our archive, including Montserrat Aguadé i Porres, Wang Ganchang and Anatoly Shalyto.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on May 28
Montserrat Aguadé i Porres
b. 1949
Wang Ganchang
1907 – 1998
Anatoly Shalyto
b. 1948
Armen Takhtajan
1910 – 2009
Augustin Bea
1881 – 1968
Awadh Kishore Narain
1925 – 2013
Bernardine Evaristo
b. 1959
Božidara Turzonovová
b. 1942
Clarence Crafoord
1899 – 1984
Edvard Beneš
1884 – 1948
Edward Seaga
1930 – 2019
Ehab Bessaiso
b. 1978
Frank B. McDonald
1925 – 2012
Frank Drake
1930 – 2022
François-Henri Pinault
b. 1962
Fred Chappell
1936 – 2024
George Macovescu
1913 – 2002
Gerrit Grijns
1865 – 1944
Henryk Leon Strasburger
1887 – 1951
Ivan Đikić
b. 1966
Joseph Greenberg
1915 – 2001
Karl Vaino
1923 – 2022
Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz
b. 1941
Lyndal Roper
b. 1956
Marco Rubio
b. 1971
Marian Smoluchowski
1872 – 1917
Mark Sanford
b. 1960
Michael Bronstein
b. 1980
Nicolae Robu
b. 1955
Nikolai Levichev
b. 1953
Nikolai Polikarpov
1892 – 1944
Paul Pelliot
1878 – 1945
Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk
b. 1971
Roger Lhermitte
1920 – 2016
Ruzena Bajcsy
b. 1933
Samir Mitragotri
b. 1971
Stanley B. Prusiner
b. 1942
Tikhon Khrennikov
1913 – 2007
Vladimir Bogdanov
b. 1951
Édouard Hervé
1835 – 1899
Željko Reiner
b. 1953
Abby Leach
1855 – 1918
Ahmed Gamal El-Din Moussa
b. 1951
Alan Giles
1902 – 1975
Alan Khazei
b. 1961
Alastair Morgan
b. 1958
Albert Bazeyan
b. 1956
Alfred Otto Carl Nier
1911 – 1994
Anat Maor
b. 1945
Andrés Torres Queiruga
b. 1940
Anna Alchuk
1955 – 2008
April McClain-Delaney
b. 1964
Aslak Sira Myhre
b. 1973
Ayşegül Sarıca
1935 – 2023
Barry Commoner
1917 – 2012
Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore
1736 – 1805
Ben Moore
b. 1966
Benjamin Schlein
b. 1975
Bert Koenders
b. 1958
Boaz Keysar
b. 1958
Boris Palmer
b. 1972
Bronisław Pieracki
1895 – 1934
Bülent Ecevit
1925 – 2006
C. Kenneth Waters
b. 1956
Carl Wood
1929 – 2011
Carlos Solchaga Catalán
b. 1944
Carlos Zorrinho
b. 1959
Carroll Baker
b. 1931
Cesare Ruperto
1925 – 2026
Corine Mauch
b. 1960
D. C. Williams
1899 – 1983
Dai Li
1897 – 1946
David Baddiel
b. 1964
David Brewer
1940 – 2023
Dina Feitelson
1926 – 1992
Driss Benhima
b. 1954
Edgar Benson
1923 – 2011
Edward Fraenkel
1927 – 2019
Edward Hopkinson
1859 – 1922
Edward Impey
b. 1962
Egbert van Kampen
1908 – 1942
Eliezer Rivlin
b. 1942
Elisa Silva
b. 1975
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
1941 – 2007
Elizabeth Spelke
b. 1949
Ernst Cassirer
1874 – 1945
Eugen Loderer
1920 – 1995
Francisco Santos Leal
b. 1968
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
b. 1947
Frank B. Wynn
1859 – 1922
Frederic William Maitland
1850 – 1906
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
1748 – 1825
Gabriela Michetti
b. 1965
Gemma Galdon Clavell
b. 1976
George Ashlin
1837 – 1921
Gilda A Barabino
b. 1956
Gleb Makarevich
1920 – 1999
Gustav Heinrich Tammann
1861 – 1938
György Ligeti
1923 – 2006
Gösta Gärdin
1923 – 2015
Hans Zassenhaus
1912 – 1991
Harold Joachim
1868 – 1938
Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood
1893 – 1967
Héctor Recalde
1938 – 2024
Ian Fleming
1908 – 1964
Isao Matsumiya
b. 1944
Jacopo Riccati
1676 – 1754
Jan Rypka
1886 – 1968
Jay Winter
b. 1945
Jean-Marc Sauvé
b. 1949
Jeffrey P. Buzen
b. 1943
Jeremy Akerman
b. 1942
Jessica Tan
b. 1966
Joachim Wundrak
b. 1955
Johann II Bernoulli
1710 – 1790
John Alderson
1922 – 2011
John Marshall Hamilton
1847 – 1905
John McKeithen
1918 – 1999
John O'Donoghue
b. 1956
John Tory
b. 1954
John Waters
b. 1955
Jorge Prelorán
1933 – 2009
Joseph William Chitty
1828 – 1899
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
1738 – 1814
Judith Rousseau
b. 1970
Jyeshtharaj Joshi
b. 1949
Kaarel Eenpalu
1888 – 1942
Kajsa Ollongren
b. 1967
Kao Kim Hourn
b. 1966
Kasaija Matia
b. 1944
Kirk Gibson
b. 1957
Leendert Ginjaar
1928 – 2003
Leili Anvar
b. 1967
Leonid Sobolev
1844 – 1913
Louis McLane
1786 – 1857
Lowell McAdam
b. 1954
Luigi Dossena
1925 – 2007
Mahmoud Jibril
1952 – 2020
Malcolm Burrows
1943 – 2026
Marco Bussetti
b. 1962
Margaret Reid
b. 1935
Matthias Jarke
1952 – 2024
Michael K. Dorsey
b. 1971
Mikhail Babich
b. 1969
Morton Smith
1915 – 1991
Muriel Barbery
b. 1969
N. T. Rama Rao
1923 – 1996
Nathaniel Chapman
1780 – 1853
Nobuhiro Suwa
b. 1960
Oliver Allison
1908 – 1989
Orator Fuller Cook
1867 – 1949
Otto Bahr Halvorsen
1872 – 1923
Patrick French
1966 – 2023
Paul Scully-Power
b. 1944
Pedro Santisteve
b. 1958
Perry Rotella
b. 1963
Pierre Séguier
1588 – 1672
Piet Zwart
1885 – 1977
Randolph Churchill
1911 – 1968
Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle
b. 1983
Rob Ford
1969 – 2016
Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness
1868 – 1955
Ronald Ribman
1932 – 2025
Rudy Giuliani
b. 1944
Ryan Tubridy
b. 1973
Saul Hayes
1906 – 1980
Saul Lieberman
1898 – 1983
Senji Yamamoto
1889 – 1929
Shlomo Riskin
b. 1940
Stephan Cohn-Vossen
1902 – 1936
Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews
b. 1957
Theodor Fischer
1862 – 1938
Tom Uren
1921 – 2015
Tong Dizhou
1902 – 1979
Tristram Dalton
1738 – 1817
Vladimir Polukhin
1932 – 2009
Václav Talich
1883 – 1961
Walker Percy
1916 – 1990
Wilfried Schmid
b. 1943
William Edward Colby
1875 – 1964
Zahi Hawass
b. 1947
Aaron Schock
b. 1981
Abdul Rahman
b. 1959
Ahn Sang-soo
b. 1946
Akim Galimov
b. 1985
Al Frazier
1935 – 2018
Alan Barillaro
b. 1977
Albert G. Riddle
1816 – 1902
Alberto Maria Genovese
b. 1977
Aleksandr Voloshin
b. 1983
Alexander von Kotzebue
1815 – 1889
Alexandre de Beauharnais
1760 – 1794
Ali Këlcyra
1891 – 1963
Allen Thiele
1940 – 2017
Alon Abutbul
1965 – 2025
Amparo Moraleda
b. 1964
Andrea Marcucci
b. 1965
Andrei Panin
1962 – 2013
Andrew Bowie
b. 1987
Andrew Telegdi
1946 – 2017
… and 3,808 more
Died on May 28
Rolf Nevanlinna
1895 – 1980
Boris Chirkov
1901 – 1982
Carlo Miranda
1912 – 1982
Carsten Smith
1932 – 2026
Chung-Yao Chao
1902 – 1998
David E. Kuhl
1929 – 2017
Edward Seaga
1930 – 2019
Eugène Burnouf
1801 – 1852
Frédéric Barbier
1952 – 2023
George E. Smith
1930 – 2025
George Hamilton Kenrick
1850 – 1939
Giovanni Capellini
1833 – 1922
Henryk Samsonowicz
1930 – 2021
Ilya Prigogine
1917 – 2003
Jens Christian Skou
1918 – 2018
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
1834 – 1913
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
1792 – 1878
Leonard Doncaster
1877 – 1920
Ludlow Griscom
1890 – 1959
Maria Rosa Miracle Solé
1945 – 2017
Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
1936 – 2026
Mihai Drăgănescu
1929 – 2010
Richard Assmann
1845 – 1918
Tatsuo Morito
1888 – 1984
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
1561 – 1626
Vissarion Shebalin
1902 – 1963
Vittore Branca
1913 – 2004
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland
1745 – 1814
Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi
1945 – 2025
Adolf Kußmaul
1822 – 1902
Albert Lavignac
1846 – 1916
Alfred Adler
1870 – 1937
Anton Reicha
1770 – 1836
Antoni Julian Nowowiejski
1858 – 1941
Antonio Gala
1930 – 2023
Apolo Nsibambi
1940 – 2019
Armen Sarvazyan
1939 – 2026
Arnold Kohlschütter
1883 – 1969
Assar Gabrielsson
1891 – 1962
Avigdor Dagan
1912 – 2006
Avner Shaki
1926 – 2005
Azlan Shah I of Perak
1928 – 2014
Bashir Badr
1935 – 2026
Benoît Sokal
1954 – 2021
Bujar Nishani
1966 – 2022
Charles Frederick Hughes
1866 – 1934
Charles Spry
1910 – 1994
Claude Goasguen
1945 – 2020
Daihachiro Sato
1932 – 2008
David Brewer
1940 – 2023
Dietrich Brandis
1824 – 1907
Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell
1786 – 1865
Edward VIII
1894 – 1972
Elisabeth Chojnacka
1939 – 2017
Elizabeth S. Russell
1913 – 2001
Erastus Corning 2nd
1909 – 1983
Francisco Varela
1946 – 2001
Freddy Buache
1924 – 2019
Frederic H. Smith, Jr.
1908 – 1980
George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
1770 – 1836
Giorgos Provopoulos
1950 – 2024
Gracia Barrios
1926 – 2020
Helena Krzemieniewska
1878 – 1966
Henri Grégoire
1750 – 1831
Henrik Enderlein
1974 – 2021
Ingemar Skogö
1949 – 2019
Ion Agârbiceanu
1882 – 1963
Iuliu Hossu
1885 – 1970
Jacques Seydoux
1870 – 1929
James Cantlie
1851 – 1926
Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville
1776 – 1858
Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula, Baron of Thugut
1736 – 1818
John H. Sengstacke
1912 – 1997
Julian Parks Boyd
1903 – 1980
Lawrence Heisey
1930 – 2009
Leo Rangell
1913 – 2011
Lowell Fitz Randolph
1894 – 1980
M.P. Veerendra Kumar
1937 – 2020
Marc Sangnier
1873 – 1950
Mary Lou Williams
1910 – 1981
Matthew Quay
1833 – 1904
Maurice Agulhon
1926 – 2014
Maya Angelou
1928 – 2014
Mordechai Breuer
1918 – 2007
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
1938 – 2025
Nic Waal
1905 – 1960
Noah Webster
1758 – 1843
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov
1933 – 2003
Oleg Shenin
1937 – 2009
Oleksandr Martynenko
1960 – 2024
Olof Fåhræus
1796 – 1884
Olof af Acrel
1717 – 1806
Parren Mitchell
1922 – 2007
Paul Johnsgard
1931 – 2021
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
1838 – 1912
Phil Holloway
1917 – 2003
Raoul Warocqué
1870 – 1917
Serge Dassault
1925 – 2018
Simion Bărnuţiu
1808 – 1864
Stephen D. Lee
1833 – 1908
Taiichi Ohno
1912 – 1990
Theodosius
1927 – 2016
Thomas Blackburn
1844 – 1912
Tuulikki Ukkola
1943 – 2019
William F. Clinger, Jr.
1929 – 2021
William Gregory
1625 – 1696
William Herbert
1778 – 1847
William Ross Macdonald
1891 – 1976
William Thayer
1918 – 2018
Włodzimierz Ptak
1928 – 2019
Yitzhak Apeloig
1944 – 2026
Zainul Abedin
1914 – 1976
Albert Heinrich Brendel
1827 – 1895
Albert Kookesh
1948 – 2021
Aleksander Michał Sapieha
1730 – 1793
Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Evlakhov
1880 – 1966
Alexander John McLachlan
1872 – 1956
Alice Stopford Green
1847 – 1929
Anton Friedrich Büsching
1724 – 1793
Antoni Uniechowski
1903 – 1976
Antonius Triest
1577 – 1657
Arthur Browne, 8th Marquess of Sligo
1867 – 1951
Arthur Gardiner Butler
1844 – 1925
Arthur Kreindler
1900 – 1988
August Eigruber
1907 – 1947
August von Nostitz
1777 – 1866
B. F. Adair
1852 – 1902
Bernard R. Hubbard
1888 – 1962
Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías
1783 – 1851
Bohuslav Chňoupek
1925 – 2004
Bryce Dejean-Jones
1992 – 2016
Carl August, Crown Prince of Sweden
1768 – 1810
Carl Roth
1909 – 1966
Carter Glass
1858 – 1946
Catherine Dean May
1914 – 2004
Charles Piot
1812 – 1899
Charles Pritchard
1808 – 1893
Christian Kay
1940 – 2016
Christopher Lintrup Paus
1881 – 1963
Clair Armstrong Callan
1920 – 2005
Claire Kelly Schultz
1924 – 2015
Claude Heater
1927 – 2020
Corbett Davis
1914 – 1968
Cornelia Frances
1941 – 2018
Dan Crane
1936 – 2019
Daniel Flood
1903 – 1994
David B. Champagne
1932 – 1952
Donald Davies
1924 – 2000
Eddie Romero
1924 – 2013
Edward Everett Dale
1879 – 1972
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich
1625 – 1672
Elizabeth D. A. Cohen
1820 – 1921
Emil Zuckerkandl
1849 – 1910
Enrico Simonetti
1924 – 1978
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
1802 – 1869
Eugène Brillié
1863 – 1940
Ferdinand Thielemann
1803 – 1863
Fermín Chávez
1924 – 2006
Forrest Goodwin
1862 – 1913
Frank Berryman
1894 – 1981
Frank Deford
1938 – 2017
Frank Sherwood Cocheu
1871 – 1959
Friedrich Bernhard Ferdinand Michelis
1815 – 1886
Friedrich Sigmund Merkel
1845 – 1919
Fritz Schösser
1947 – 2019
Fyodor Okhlopkov
1908 – 1968
Gabor Sztehlo
1909 – 1974
Georg Gottlob Richter
1694 – 1773
George Allen
1808 – 1876
George Devereux
1908 – 1985
George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford
1737 – 1819
George Grove
1820 – 1900
George Irving Bell
1926 – 2000
George Kojac
1910 – 1996
George Washington Lambert
1873 – 1930
Giacomo Gaglione
1896 – 1962
Gideon Lane Soule
1796 – 1879
Gifford S. Robinson
1843 – 1936
Giorgio Albertazzi
1923 – 2016
Glover Edwin Ruckstell
1891 – 1963
Gregorio Baro
1928 – 2012
Guy Bedos
1934 – 2020
Hans Georg Wunderlich
1928 – 1974
Hardwicke Rawnsley
1851 – 1920
Harry Friedmann
1931 – 2018
Heleen Sancisi Weerdenburg
1944 – 2000
Helena de Kay Gilder
1846 – 1916
Heliodoro Dols
1933 – 2025
Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Verneuil
1601 – 1682
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
1742 – 1811
Herbert A. Wagner
1900 – 1982
Hermann von Spaun
1833 – 1919
Ibrahim Shihata
1937 – 2001
Inna Gulaya
1940 – 1990
Ivan Franko
1856 – 1916
Ivan Kovalyov
1901 – 1993
Jacques Normand
1848 – 1931
Jacques Robert
1928 – 2025
James A. Frear
1861 – 1939
James K. Randall
1929 – 2014
… and 1,681 more