29 notable people died on January 28, including William Butler Yeats, Joseph Brodsky, Ludvig Holberg.
21st Century
3 deaths
Dagfinn Grønoset
biographerjournalist
Norwegian journalist
Max Weiler
painteruniversity teacher
Austrian painter (1910-2001)
Hugo Orellana Bonilla
painter
Peruvian artist (1932-2007)
20th Century
15 deaths
William Butler Yeats
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1923)
Joseph Brodsky
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1987)
Enrique Hermitte
engineergeologist
Argentine engineer and geologist (1871-1955)
Gustav von Escherich
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Austrian mathematician (1849–1935)
Mina Thiis
cookcookbook writer
Norwegian houshold teacher and cookbook writer (1871–1965)
George Saintsbury
literary criticuniversity teacher
British critic and literary historian (1845–1933)
Frederick George Hall-Jones
historianlawyer
New Zealand lawyer, historian, and community leader (1891–1982)
Alfred Sinding-Larsen
juristliterary critic
Norwegian critic
Ellen Hagen
politiciansuffragist
Swedish politician (1873-1967)
Friedrich Kuhlbars
children's writerconductor
Estonian writer (1841-1924)
Teófilo Braga
anthropologistphilosopher
Portuguese politician (1843–1924)
Ferenc Helbing
graphic designerlithographer
Hungarian artist (1870-1958)
Rafael Canaro
composerguitarist
Uruguayan guitarist (1890-1972)
Benito Quinquela Martín
painter
Argentinian painter (1890-1977)
HP
Helgi Pjeturss
geologistnon-fiction writer
Icelandic geologist and philosopher (1872–1949)
19th Century
6 deaths
Carl Adolph Agardh
botanical collectorbotanist
Swedish cleric and botanist (1785–1859)
Felipe Poey
ichthyologistlepidopterist
Cuban zoologist (1799–1891)
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron
engineerphysicist
French physicist (1799-1864)
Bernardo Monteagudo
diplomatjournalist
Argentinian journalist and lawyer (1789-1825)
William Hickling Prescott
historianjurist
American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859)
TB
Thomas Conrad von Baldenstein
beekeeperentomologist
Swiss naturalist (1784-1878)
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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