10 notable people died on August 28, including Melvin Schwartz, Emperor Saga, Ippolita Maria Sforza.
21st Century
1 death
Melvin Schwartz
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1988)
20th Century
5 deaths
Hans Hein Theodor Nysom
civil servantengineer
Norwegian politician (1845-1903)
Ragnar Skancke
engineerpolitician
Norwegian politician (1890-1948)
Georg Hellat
architectcivil engineer
Estonian architect (1870–1943)
Adolf Schmal
fencerjournalist
Austrian fencer and cyclist (1872–1919)
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
politician
Iraqi politician and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq (1892-1965)
19th Century
1 death
Ernst Anton Nicolai
chemistphysician
German chemist
18th Century
1 death
Imre Csáky
Catholic bishopCatholic deacon
Catholic cardinal (1672-1732)
15th Century
1 death
Ippolita Maria Sforza
poetwriter
Italian noble
9th Century
1 death
Emperor Saga
calligrapherpoet
Emperor of Japan
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