On This Day — August 28
4114 noted people were born and 1844 died on August 28 in our archive, including Antoine Augustin Cournot, Emil Goeldi and Irénée-Jules Bienaymé.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 28
Antoine Augustin Cournot
1801 – 1877
Emil Goeldi
1859 – 1917
Irénée-Jules Bienaymé
1796 – 1878
Tjalling Koopmans
1910 – 1985
Alexander Animalu
b. 1938
Alexander Nesmeyanov
1899 – 1980
Alexei Dyumin
b. 1972
Andrea Jung
b. 1959
Antoine Veil
1926 – 2013
Carol Bartz
b. 1948
Dariusz Grabowski
b. 1950
Enrique Guerrero Salom
b. 1948
Gabriel Anton
1858 – 1933
George M. Church
b. 1954
Gilad Shalit
b. 1986
Giuseppe Mingione
b. 1972
Hienadz Buraukin
1936 – 2014
Ivo Josipović
b. 1957
Keijo Virtanen
b. 1945
Kenneth Berrill
1920 – 2009
Leroy Chiao
b. 1960
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon
1928 – 2016
Maxime Bôcher
1867 – 1918
Michael Arthur
b. 1950
Michael Matthews
b. 1950
Natalya Gundareva
1948 – 2005
Paul Brummell
b. 1965
Rita Dove
b. 1952
Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh
1875 – 1947
Sheryl Sandberg
b. 1969
Shizuo Kakutani
1911 – 2004
W. G. Unruh
b. 1945
William Cohen
b. 1940
Yakir Aharonov
b. 1932
Zhou Peiyuan
1902 – 1993
Abd al-Aziz Ziari
b. 1945
Albert Fuller Ellis
1869 – 1951
Alejandro Agustín Lanusse
1918 – 1996
Allen Apsley
1616 – 1683
Andreas Peter Bernstorff
1735 – 1797
André Blondel
1863 – 1938
Angela Ianaro
b. 1967
Anthony Branker
b. 1958
Anton Yugov
1904 – 1991
Arcisse de Caumont
1801 – 1873
Arthur Calwell
1896 – 1973
Arthur Casagrande
1902 – 1981
Auguste-François Perrinon
1812 – 1861
Ben Gazzara
1930 – 2012
Benoît Peeters
b. 1956
Boris Keller
1874 – 1945
C. Wright Mills
1916 – 1962
Caspar Klein
1865 – 1941
Cassie Mackin
1939 – 1982
Chang Myon
1899 – 1966
Cheng Shewo
1898 – 1991
Cheryl Saunders
b. 1944
Christopher Sembroski
b. 1979
Cristina Deutekom
1931 – 2014
David Melding
b. 1962
David Waksman
b. 1957
Edmund Brocklebank
1882 – 1949
Eduardo Santos
1888 – 1974
Edward Ryan
1793 – 1875
Eiichi Nishimura
1897 – 1987
Elizabeth Wilmshurst
b. 1948
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
1861 – 1934
Emma Samms
b. 1960
Ernst Küster
1874 – 1953
Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko
1842 – 1903
Francis Clergue
1856 – 1939
Francis Wogan Festing
1902 – 1976
Francisco Camps
b. 1962
Frank Koester
1876 – 1927
Fuhito Kojima
b. 1979
Gareth Jones
b. 1940
George Whipple
1878 – 1976
Godfrey Hounsfield
1919 – 2004
Gustaf Hellström
1882 – 1953
Henri Boulad
1931 – 2023
Heorhii Khodorovskyi
1938 – 2025
Hermann Glaser
1928 – 2018
Hugh Cudlipp
1913 – 1998
Ichirō Satō
1889 – 1958
Ilario Pantano
b. 1971
Irinej
1930 – 2020
Ivan Vilela
b. 1962
Jack Vance
1916 – 2013
Jagdish Singh Khehar
b. 1952
Jaime Aparicio Otero
b. 1955
James Luce Kingsley
1778 – 1852
Jan Arnoldus Schouten
1883 – 1971
Jane Grimson
b. 1949
Janet Frame
1924 – 2004
Javier Ortega Smith-Molina
b. 1968
Jean Favard
1902 – 1965
Jean Gaumy
b. 1948
Jennie George
b. 1947
Jesper Swedberg
1653 – 1735
Joann Sfar
b. 1971
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 – 1832
John Betjeman
1906 – 1984
Jonathan Reynolds
b. 1980
Joseph G. Hakobyan
b. 1931
Joseph Luns
1911 – 2002
Joseph T. McNarney
1893 – 1972
José Eduardo dos Santos
1942 – 2022
Judit Vihar
b. 1944
Józef Kowalczyk
1938 – 2025
Karl Joseph Simrock
1802 – 1876
Karl Otfried Müller
1797 – 1840
Kashetu Kyenge
b. 1964
Katharine Abraham
b. 1954
Keith Boykin
b. 1965
Khalid Shameem Wynne
1953 – 2017
Kim Ok
b. 1964
Konrad Heresbach
1496 – 1576
Konrad Nielsen
1875 – 1953
Larisa Petrik
b. 1949
Leo Tolstoy
1828 – 1910
Louis Wirth
1897 – 1952
Lucy Webb Hayes
1831 – 1889
Marc Lackenby
b. 1972
Mariano Rajoy Sobredo
1921 – 2018
Mariusz Haładyj
b. 1978
Marty Linsky
b. 1940
Mati Hint
1937 – 2019
Mercedes Marcó del Pont
b. 1959
Michael Aizenman
b. 1945
Michael Bassett
b. 1938
Michael Craig-Martin
b. 1941
Milan Kňažko
b. 1945
Miloš Minić
1914 – 2003
Orlando Smith
b. 1944
Pablo Echenique
b. 1978
Paolo Budinich
1916 – 2013
Patricia J. Williams
b. 1951
Paul Martin
b. 1938
Peder Madsen
1843 – 1911
Pedro del Valle
1893 – 1978
Peter M. Gruber
1941 – 2017
Purushottama Lal
1929 – 2010
Rafał Augustyn
b. 1951
Richard Farmer
1735 – 1797
Robert Battle
b. 1972
Robert Cooper
b. 1947
Robertson Davies
1913 – 1995
Robin Hanson
b. 1959
Roger Blandford
b. 1949
Roman Şäyxetdinef
b. 1974
Rona Fairhead
b. 1961
Rudolf Staehelin
1875 – 1943
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny
1903 – 1969
Rudy de Leon
b. 1952
Ruslan Balbek
b. 1977
Saket Kushwaha
b. 1963
Sam Levene
1905 – 1980
Selin Sayek Böke
b. 1972
Siti Nurbaya Bakar
b. 1956
Sonia Kruger
b. 1965
Stefan Olszowski
1931 – 2023
Stephen Kurkjian
b. 1943
Surayud Chulanont
b. 1943
T. V. Rajeswar
1926 – 2018
Theaster Gates
b. 1973
Theodor Weber
1829 – 1914
Thomas Edward Scrutton
1856 – 1934
Tibor Szilágyi
1942 – 2026
Tobias Frere-Jones
b. 1970
Toivo Jürgenson
b. 1957
Vernon Huber
1899 – 1967
Victor Khristenko
b. 1957
Viola Florence Barnes
1885 – 1979
Vittorio de Miro d'Aieta
1918 – 1987
Vladimir Ivashov
1939 – 1995
Vladimir Kuzmin-Karavaev
1859 – 1927
Vladimir Shukhov
1853 – 1939
W. A. B. Coolidge
1850 – 1926
Wang Ming Chun Elizabeth
b. 1947
Warren M. Washington
1936 – 2024
Wendelin Wiedeking
b. 1952
William Alexander Hammond
1828 – 1900
William Ifould
1877 – 1969
William J. Rutter
1927 – 2025
William Lumley
1769 – 1850
Witold Abramowicz
b. 1874
Élcio Álvares
1932 – 2016
Abhay Manohar Sapre
b. 1954
Agathon Léonard
1841 – 1923
Agnieszka Kobus
b. 1990
Agostinho José Freire
1780 – 1836
Agostino Marchetto
b. 1940
Ahmed Sareer
b. 1965
Ai Weiwei
b. 1957
Albert Dauphin
1827 – 1898
Albert O. Connor
1914 – 1989
Alberto Elmore Fernández de Córdoba
1844 – 1916
Alec Berg
b. 1969
Alejandro Junco de la Vega
b. 1948
Aleksandar Tsanov Staliyski
1893 – 1945
… and 3,914 more
Died on August 28
George Szekeres
1911 – 2005
Raphael Lemkin
1900 – 1959
Émile Haug
1861 – 1927
Alexander Macfarlane
1851 – 1913
Alfredo Rocco
1875 – 1935
Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier
1787 – 1867
David Wilkie
1882 – 1938
Eilhard Mitscherlich
1794 – 1863
Ernst Anton Nicolai
1722 – 1802
Francis Humphrys
1879 – 1971
Frank Pierce Hill
1855 – 1941
Gustav Meyer
1850 – 1900
Guy von Dardel
1919 – 2009
Hans Lenz
1907 – 1968
Herbert Ritchie Spencer
1860 – 1941
Janet Dean Fodor
1942 – 2023
Manara Valgimigli
1876 – 1965
Margaret Clay Ferguson
1863 – 1951
Martín Almagro Basch
1911 – 1984
Maxie Clarence Maultsby, Jr.
1932 – 2016
Melvin Schwartz
1932 – 2006
Priit Aimla
1941 – 2026
Tsutomu Hata
1935 – 2017
Adolphe Landry
1874 – 1956
Aleksey Kovalev
1989 – 2022
Alfred Schmidt
1931 – 2012
Andrew Edmiston, Jr.
1892 – 1966
Antoinette Spaak
1928 – 2020
Anton Handlirsch
1865 – 1935
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany
1872 – 1942
Bernd Michael Rode
1946 – 2022
Bohuslav Martinů
1890 – 1959
Boris III of Bulgaria
1894 – 1943
C. A. L. Reed
1856 – 1928
Carl Gustaf Estlander
1834 – 1910
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery
1674 – 1731
Charles Forbes
1880 – 1960
Charles Patrick John Coghlan
1863 – 1927
Charles S. Murphy
1909 – 1983
Dan Margalit
1938 – 2025
DeWitt Stetten Jr.
1909 – 1990
Dimitris Kitsikis
1935 – 2021
Dirce Tutu Quadros
1943 – 2014
Don Bacon
1926 – 2020
Don Chipp
1925 – 2006
E. P. Thompson
1924 – 1993
Edgeworth David
1858 – 1934
Edith Hughes
1888 – 1971
Edmond Privat
1889 – 1962
Emilio Frugoni
1880 – 1969
Eugenio González Rojas
1903 – 1976
Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff
1749 – 1827
François Missoffe
1919 – 2003
Gavriil Ksenofontov
1888 – 1938
Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey
1880 – 1971
Georg Beseler
1809 – 1888
Georg Steindorff
1861 – 1951
George Büchi
1921 – 1998
Georges Lefebvre
1874 – 1959
Gerard Nederhorst
1907 – 1979
Giulio Racah
1909 – 1965
Günter Kießling
1925 – 2009
Hans Hein Theodor Nysom
1845 – 1903
Harald V of Norway
1937 – 2026
Henry Lumley Drayton
1869 – 1950
Henry Smith Pritchett
1857 – 1939
Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.
1780 – 1848
Herzl Berger
1904 – 1962
Jan Klenberg
1931 – 2020
Jean Marchand
1918 – 1988
Jean-Camille Formigé
1845 – 1926
John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare
1792 – 1851
John Huston
1906 – 1987
Jonas Collin
1776 – 1861
Josep Fontana
1931 – 2018
José Balmes
1927 – 2016
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld
1882 – 1963
Kofi Abrefa Busia
1913 – 1978
Konstantin Simonov
1915 – 1979
Leonid Vladimirovich Sherwood
1871 – 1954
Michel Aumont
1936 – 2019
Miguel Otero Silva
1908 – 1985
Mohamed Naguib
1901 – 1984
Nathan Raw
1866 – 1940
Nyapathi Madhava Rao
1887 – 1972
Oleg Ivanovich Mamayev
1925 – 1994
Pavel Rybalko
1894 – 1948
Peter Hacks
1928 – 2003
Rhodes Boyson
1925 – 2012
Robert Caldwell
1814 – 1891
Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan
1865 – 1946
Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet
1783 – 1870
Steve Silberman
1957 – 2024
Teresa Gorman
1931 – 2015
Teresa Żylis-Gara
1935 – 2021
Tina Howe
1937 – 2023
Tom Drake-Brockman
1919 – 1992
Umberto Zanotti Bianco
1889 – 1963
Werner Krauss
1900 – 1976
William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle
1832 – 1894
William P. Foster
1919 – 2010
Zhanna Kolodub
1930 – 2025
Adah Elizabeth Verder
1900 – 1997
Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine
1740 – 1793
Adelaide Anderson
1863 – 1936
Afonso V of Portugal
1432 – 1481
Agostino Petitti Bagliani di Roreto
1814 – 1890
Akatsuki Kambayashi
1902 – 1980
Al Arbour
1932 – 2015
Alan Haworth, Baron Haworth
1948 – 2023
Albrecht Adam
1786 – 1862
Aleksander Jędrzejewski
1903 – 1974
Alexander Carlyle
1722 – 1805
Alfonso Litta
1608 – 1679
Anatoly Lyadov
1855 – 1914
Andrew Ellicott
1754 – 1820
André Colin
1910 – 1978
Anna Greta Wide
1920 – 1965
Antoine Clot
1793 – 1868
Antoine VIII de Gramont
1755 – 1836
Anton Lajovic
1878 – 1960
Anton Naum
1829 – 1917
Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski
1713 – 1784
Augoustinos Kantiotes
1907 – 2010
Augustus Spencer
1807 – 1893
Axel Oxenstierna
1583 – 1654
Baxter Edwards Perry
1826 – 1906
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
1936 – 2016
Bernard Becker
1920 – 2013
Billy Drake
1917 – 2011
Bronislav Kaminski
1899 – 1944
Bruce Catton
1899 – 1978
Bruce Smith
1920 – 1967
Bruno Gamberini
1950 – 2011
Carl Johann Lasch
1822 – 1888
Chadwick Boseman
1976 – 2020
Charles Farrar Forster
1848 – 1894
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
1617 – 1680
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
1764 – 1819
Charles Lucas
1613 – 1648
Charles Talbot Porter
1826 – 1910
Charles Thomas Jackson
1805 – 1880
Cruz López Aguilar
1947 – 2021
David Hartley
1705 – 1757
David Truman
1913 – 2003
David Zolotarev
1885 – 1935
Dimitrije Milaković
1805 – 1858
Donald Norton Yates
1909 – 1993
Edda Fagni
1927 – 1996
Edgar Heilbronner
1921 – 2006
Edgar Reynolds
1878 – 1965
Edith Graef McGeer
1923 – 2023
Edward Delos Churchill
1895 – 1972
Eliahu Stern
1948 – 2026
Ellen Darwin
1856 – 1903
Emmanuel Metter
1878 – 1941
Ernest Charles Snow
1886 – 1959
F. Mason Sones
1918 – 1985
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
1500 – 1540
Francesc Burrull
1934 – 2021
Francis Bellamy
1855 – 1931
Francisco Umbral
1932 – 2007
Franklin Booth
1874 – 1948
Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke
1797 – 1882
Frīdrihs Briedis
1888 – 1918
Geneviève Aclocque
1884 – 1967
George Hardy
1895 – 1979
George Holden Tinkham
1870 – 1956
George Matheson
1842 – 1906
Georges Hayem
1841 – 1933
Georgios Kafantaris
1873 – 1946
Georgios Roilos
1867 – 1928
Gerard Salton
1927 – 1995
Greta Magnusson-Grossman
1906 – 1999
Guy Hocquenghem
1946 – 1988
Hal Finney
1956 – 2014
Harry Gold
1910 – 1972
Hemendra Mohan Bose
1864 – 1916
Henri Joseph Bouchard d'Esparbès de Lussan d'Aubeterre
1714 – 1788
Henry Hubert Hayden
1869 – 1923
Henry Sidgwick
1838 – 1900
Henry Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford
1892 – 1974
Hilly Kristal
1931 – 2007
Hippolyte Copaux
1872 – 1934
Hugo Grotius
1583 – 1645
Hà Huy Tập
1906 – 1941
Icilio Bacci
1879 – 1945
Ioannis Apostolou
1860 – 1905
Irvin Abell
1876 – 1949
Jackson Stitt Wilson
1868 – 1942
Jacques Drouin
1943 – 2021
James Hopper
1876 – 1956
James M. Slattery
1878 – 1948
James T. Ramey
1914 – 2010
Jan Szkodoń
1946 – 2025
Jeanne Paquin
1869 – 1936
Jin Renqing
1944 – 2021
Johan Frederik Holleman
1915 – 2001
Johan Nordhagen
1856 – 1956
Johannes Lauristin
1899 – 1941
… and 1,644 more