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Famous Deaths on July 28

13 notable people died on July 28, including Otto Hahn, Francis Crick, Al-Mahdi.

Total Deaths
13
Avg Age at Death
61
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

1 death
Francis Crick
Francis Crick
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962)

20th Century

4 deaths
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1944)
Kevin Budden
Kevin Budden
biologistherpetologist
Australian herpetologist
Bosnia and Herzegovina mayor and writer (1839-1902)
Argentinian poet

19th Century

2 deaths
Gaspard Monge
Gaspard Monge
chemistengineer
French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)
Guatemalan writer

18th Century

3 deaths
Jakub Kresa
Jakub Kresa
astronomerChristian minister
Czech mathematician
John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger
journalistpublisher
German printer and journalist in New York City
Lőrinc Orczy
Lőrinc Orczy
military officerpoet
Hungarian soldier, poet, politician (1718–1789)

17th Century

1 death
Felix Platter
Felix Platter
anatomistbotanist
Swiss physician (1536-1614)

8th Century

1 death
Al-Mahdi
Al-Mahdi
caliphpoet
3rd Abbasid caliph (r. 775–785)

5th Century

1 death
Celestine I
Celestine I
Catholic priestwriter
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