13 notable people died on July 28, including Otto Hahn, Francis Crick, Al-Mahdi.
21st Century
1 deathFrancis Crick
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962)
20th Century
4 deathsOtto Hahn
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1944)
Kevin Budden
biologistherpetologist
Australian herpetologist
Mehmed-beg Kapetanović Ljubušak
politicianwriter
Bosnia and Herzegovina mayor and writer (1839-1902)
María Raquel Adler
poetwriter
Argentinian poet
19th Century
2 deathsGaspard Monge
chemistengineer
French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)
María Josefa García Granados
journalistpoet
Guatemalan writer
18th Century
3 deathsJakub Kresa
astronomerChristian minister
Czech mathematician
John Peter Zenger
journalistpublisher
German printer and journalist in New York City
Lőrinc Orczy
military officerpoet
Hungarian soldier, poet, politician (1718–1789)
17th Century
1 deathFelix Platter
anatomistbotanist
Swiss physician (1536-1614)
8th Century
1 deathAl-Mahdi
caliphpoet
3rd Abbasid caliph (r. 775–785)
5th Century
1 deathCelestine I
Catholic priestwriter
Pope
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