11 notable people died on January 28, including Joseph Brodsky, William Butler Yeats, Ludvig Holberg.
20th Century
3 deaths
Joseph Brodsky
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1987)
William Butler Yeats
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1923)
Enrique Hermitte
engineergeologist
Argentine engineer and geologist (1871-1955)
19th Century
4 deaths
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron
engineerphysicist
French physicist (1799-1864)
Carl Adolph Agardh
botanical collectorbotanist
Swedish cleric and botanist (1785–1859)
Felipe Poey
ichthyologistlepidopterist
Cuban zoologist (1799–1891)
Bernardo Monteagudo
diplomatjournalist
Argentinian journalist and lawyer (1789-1825)
18th Century
1 death
Ludvig Holberg
autobiographeressayist
Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)
17th Century
1 death
Thomas Bodley
autobiographerdiplomat
English diplomat and scholar (1545-1613)
16th Century
2 deaths
Agostino Nifo
philosopheruniversity teacher
Italian philosopher
Francisco Hernández de Toledo
botanistnaturalist
Spanish naturalists and physician (1515-1587)
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