17 notable people died on January 28, including Joseph Brodsky, William Butler Yeats, Ludvig Holberg.
20th Century
8 deaths
Joseph Brodsky
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1987)
William Butler Yeats
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1923)
Gustav von Escherich
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Austrian mathematician (1849–1935)
Enrique Hermitte
engineergeologist
Argentine engineer and geologist (1871-1955)
Friedrich Kuhlbars
children's writerconductor
Estonian writer (1841-1924)
Alfred Sinding-Larsen
juristliterary critic
Norwegian critic
Teófilo Braga
anthropologistphilosopher
Portuguese politician (1843–1924)
Frederick George Hall-Jones
historianlawyer
New Zealand lawyer, historian, and community leader (1891–1982)
19th Century
4 deaths
Carl Adolph Agardh
botanical collectorbotanist
Swedish cleric and botanist (1785–1859)
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron
engineerphysicist
French physicist (1799-1864)
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
3 deaths
Agostino Nifo
philosopheruniversity teacher
Italian philosopher
Francisco Hernández de Toledo
botanistnaturalist
Spanish naturalists and physician (1515-1587)
Antonio Campi
architectgeneral contractor
Italian painter, engraver and architect (c.1524-1587)
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