Deaths on 28 August
2000s
Obi Ndefo
2024
American actor (1972–2024)
Steve Silberman
2024
American writer and journalist (1957–2024)
Chadwick Boseman
2020
American actor (1976–2020)
Mireille Darc
2017
French model and actress (1938-2017)
Juan Gabriel
2016
Mexican singer and songwriter (1950–2016)
Mr. Fuji
2016
American professional wrestler and manager (1934–2016)
Al Arbour
2015
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive (1932-2015)
Mark Krasniqi
2015
Ethnographist from Kosovo (1920–2015)
Nelson Shanks
2015
American painter
Glenn Cornick
2014
British bass player (1947–2014)
Hal Finney (computer scientist)
2014
Cryptograph and cypherpunk (1956–2014)
John Anthony Walker
2014
American spy for Soviet Union
John Bellany
2013
Scottish painter (1942–2013)
Lorella Cedroni
2013
Italian political philosopher
Edmund B. Fitzgerald
2013
American businessman (1926–2013)
Frank Pulli
2013
American baseball umpire (1935-2013)
Barry Stobart
2013
English footballer (1938-2013)
Rafael Díaz Ycaza
2013
Ecuadorian poet, novelist, short story writer and columnist
Rhodes Boyson
2012
British politician (1925–2012)
Shulamith Firestone
2012
Radical feminist activist (1945–2012)
Dick McBride (poet)
2012
American poet
Saul Merin
2012
Israeli ophthalmologist
Ramón Sota
2012
Spanish golfer
Bernie Gallacher
2011
Scottish footballer
William P. Foster
2010
American bandmaster, composer, and author (1919–2010)
DJ AM
2009
American disc jockey (1973–2009)
Richard J. Egan
2009
American businessman and diplomat (1936–2009)
Phil Hill
2008
American racing driver (1927–2008)
Arthur Jones (inventor)
2007
American inventor (1926–2007)
Hilly Kristal
2007
American club owner and musician (1931–2007)
Paul MacCready
2007
American aeronautical engineer (1925–2007)
Francisco Umbral
2007
Spanish writer (1932–2007)
Miyoshi Umeki
2007
Japanese-American actress and singer (1929–2007)
Heino Lipp
2006
Estonian decathlete
Benoît Sauvageau
2006
Canadian politician
Melvin Schwartz
2006
American physicist
Jacques Dufilho
2005
French actor
Esther Szekeres
2005
Hungarian–Australian mathematician
George Szekeres
2005
Hungarian-Australian mathematician
1900s
Earl W. Bascom
1995
American-Canadian painter and cowboy (1906–1995)
Michael Ende
1995
German writer (1929–1995)
William Stafford (poet)
1993
American poet
Alekos Sakellarios
1991
Greek writer and director
Willy Vandersteen
1990
Flemish comics author (1913–1990)
John Steptoe
1989
American writer and illustrator (1950–1989)
Jean Marchand
1988
Quebec politician and trade unionist
Max Shulman
1988
American writer and humorist (1919–1988)
John Huston
1987
American filmmaker and actor (1906–1987)
Russell Lee (photographer)
1986
American photographer and photojournalist (1903–1986)
Ruth Gordon
1985
American actress, playwright and screenwriter (1896–1985)
Mohamed Naguib
1984
President of Egypt from 1953 to 1954
Geoff Chubb
1982
South African cricketer
Béla Guttmann
1981
Hungarian football player and manager (1899–1981)
Bruce Catton
1978
U.S. historian, author, and journalist (1899–1978)
Robert Shaw
1978
English actor and writer (1927–1978)
Anissa Jones
1976
American child actress (1958–1976)
Fritz Wotruba
1975
Austrian sculptor (1907–1975)
Prince William of Gloucester
1972
British prince (1941–1972)
Reuben Margolies
1971
Israeli author (1889–1971)
Dimitris Pikionis
1968
Twentieth century Greek architect and painter
Giulio Racah
1965
Italian–Israeli physicist and mathematician (1909–1965)
Bohuslav Martinů
1959
Czech composer (1890–1959)
Emmett Till
1955
American lynching victim (1941–1955)
Georg Hellat
1943
Estonian architect
Boris III of Bulgaria
1943
Tsar of Bulgaria from 1918 to 1943
George Prendergast
1937
Australian politician
Edgeworth David
1934
Welsh-Australian geologist (1858–1934)
Adolf Schmal
1919
Austrian fencer and cyclist (1872–1919)
Frederick Law Olmsted
1903
American landscape architect (1822–1903)
Henry Sidgwick
1900
British philosopher and economist (1838–1900)
1800s
Robert Caldwell
1891
British orientalist
Julius Krohn
1888
Finnish academic and writer (1835–1888)
William Smith (geologist)
1839
English geologist (1769–1839)
Edward Dando
1832
Thief and glutton in London (c. 1803 – 1832)
Andrew Ellicott
1820
American surveyor (1754–1820)
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
1818
Early founder of Chicago (died 1818)
Alexander Carlyle
1805
Scottish church leader and autobiographer
Before 1800
Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine
1793
French Army officer (1740–1793)
Junípero Serra
1784
Christian missionary (1713–1784)
Melchor de Navarrete
1761
Spanish soldier and administrator
David Hartley (philosopher)
1757
English philosopher
Edwin Stead
1735
English cricketer (1701–1735)
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
1678
English peer, royalist soldier, politician and diplomat (1602–1678)
Elisabetta Sirani
1665
Italian artist (1638–1665)
Axel Oxenstierna
1654
Swedish statesman (1583–1654)
George Lisle (Royalist)
1648
Charles Lucas
1648
English army officer
Johannes Banfi Hunyades
1646
Hungarian alchemist and metallurgist
Hugo Grotius
1645
Dutch philosopher and jurist (1583–1645)
Francis Vere
1609
English army officer and politician (1560–1609)
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
1540
Marquis of Mantua
Afonso V of Portugal
1481
King of Portugal from 1438 to 1481
John Sutton V
1406
English noble (1380–1406)
Leo IV of Armenia
1341
King of Armenia from 1320 to 1341
Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark
1231
Junior queen of Denmark from 1229 to 1231
Mu'in ad-Din Unur
1149
Ruler of Damascus from 1140 to 1149
Emperor Xingzong of Liao
1055
Emperor of the Liao dynasty from 1031 to 1055
He Gui
919
Chinese general (858–919)
Louis the German
876
King of East Francia from 843 to 876
Empress Kōken
770
Empress of Japan (749–758; 764–770)
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal
683
Ajaw of Palenque from 615 to 683
Fatima
632
Daughter of Muhammad (died 632)
Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)
476
Roman politician and general (420–476)
Augustine of Hippo
430
Christian theologian and philosopher (354–430)
Magnus Maximus
388
Roman emperor from 383 to 388