8 notable people died on October 28, including Richard E. Smalley, Boniface V, Yōzei.
21st Century
1 death
Richard E. Smalley
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996)
19th Century
3 deaths
Johan August Arfwedson
chemistnotary
Swedish chemist (1792-1841)
Simeon Borden
civil engineerengineer
American civil engineer (1798-1856)
Milovan Vidaković
linguistpoet
Serbian writer
18th Century
1 death
Maria Clara Eimmart
astronomerprintmaker
German astronomer, engraver and illustrator (1676–1707)
14th Century
1 death
Musō Soseki
calligrapherphilosopher
Japanese Zen-Buddhist teacher and landscape architect (1275-1351)
10th Century
1 death
Yōzei
waka poetwriter
Emperor of Japan
7th Century
1 death
Boniface V
Catholic priestwriter
Pope
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