August 28 - Deaths

Deaths

• 388 – Magnus Maximus, Roman Emperor (b. 335)
• 430 – Augustine of Hippo, Algerian saint and theologian (b. 354)
• 476 – Orestes, Roman general and politician
• 683 – K'inich Janaab' Pakal, Mayan ruler (b. 603)
• 876 – Louis the German, Frankish king (b. 804)
• 1341 – Leo V, King of Armenia (b. 1309)
• 1481 – Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432)
• 1645 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583)
• 1654 – Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583)
• 1678 – John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602)
• 1757 – David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705)
• 1784 – Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713)
• 1793 – Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740)
• 1805 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722)
• 1818 – Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American founder of Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 – Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754)
• 1839 – William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769)
• 1900 – Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 – Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and landscape designer (b. 1822)
• 1919 – Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1928 – Karl Röderer, Swiss target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1933 – Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
• 1934 – Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1943 – Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 – George Underwood, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1955 – Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 – Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890)
• 1960 – Julius Frey, German swimmer (b. 1881)
• 1960 – Edward Hennig, American gymnast (b. 1879)
• 1965 – Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)
• 1971 – Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972 – Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
• 1975 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1976 – Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958)
• 1978 – Robert Shaw, English actor and author (b. 1927)
• 1981 – Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)
• 1982 – Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911)
• 1985 – Ruth Gordon, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1987 – John Huston, American director (b. 1906)
• 1988 – Jean Marchand, Canadian politician (b. 1918)
• 1988 – Max Shulman, American comedian and writer (b. 1919)
• 1990 – Willy Vandersteen, Belgian writer and illustrator (b. 1913)
• 1991 – Alekos Sakellarios, Greek writer and director (b. 1913)
• 1993 – William Stafford, American poet (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo performer (b. 1906)
• 1995 – Carl Giles, English cartoonist (b. 1916)
• 1997 – Masaru Takumi, Japanese mobster (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Brian Douglas Wells, American pizza delivery man forced bank robber (b. 1956)
• 2005 – Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910)
• 2005 – George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Benoît Sauvageau, Canadian politician (b. 1963)
• 2006 – Melvin Schwartz, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Arthur Jones, American inventor and businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
• 2007 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and novelist (b. 1935)
• 2007 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Phil Hill, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Adam Goldstein, American drummer, DJ, and producer (Crazy Town and TRV$DJAM) (b. 1973)
• 2009 – Wayne Tippit, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2010 – William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (b. 1967)
• 2012 – Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Rhodes Boyson, English politician and author (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli, Italian bishop (b. 1918)
• 2012 – William Pascal Kikoti, Tanzanian bishop (b. 1957)
• 2012 – K. Pankajakshan, Indian politician (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Ramón Sota, Spanish golfer (b. 1938)