Famous Deaths on August 28

• 388 Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed
• 430 Augustine of Hippo, North African saint and theologian (Belijdenissen), dies at 75
• 770 Kōken [Shōtoku], 46th and 48th Empress of Japan (749-58, 764-70), first Crown Princess, and 6th woman to rule Japan, dies at 51 or 52 (b. 718)

• 876 Louis the German, 1st King of East Francia (843-76), dies at around 70
• 1065 Frederick of Luxembourg, Count of Moselgau, dies at about 53 or 54
• 1341 King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)

• 1528 Pedro Navarro, Navarrese general and engineer (invented the land mine), dies (b. c. 1460)
• 1539 Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75
• 1544 Alardus Aemstelredamus, Dutch priest and humanist, dies at about 53
• 1550 Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, French adviser to Emperor Charles V, dies

• 1646 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53
• 1647 Johann Dilliger, German composer, dies at 53
• 1654 Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (Lord High Chancellor and regent of Sweden), dies at 71
• 1677 Wallerant Vaillant, French painter and engraver, dies at 54
• 1678 John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602)
• 1680 Joan Cererols, Catalan musician, composer and monk, dies at 57
• 1689 Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer, dies at 67
• 1757 David Hartley, English philosopher and Founder of the Associationist School of Psychology, dies at 51
• 1767 Johann Schobert, German-French composer, dies after eating poison mushrooms at about 32
• 1778 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer and naval chaplain (My Son on the Galley), dies at 32

• 1793 Adam-Philippe Custine, French general (American Revolutionary War, French Army of the North), guillotined for treason during the Reign of Terror at 53
• 1798 James Wilson, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, dies at 55
• 1805 Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (Moderator of the General Assembly 1770), dies at 83
• 1818 Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies
• 1820 Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor of the District of Columbia and site of Washington D.C., dies at 66
• 1839 William Smith, British geologist who is credited with creating the first nationwide geological map (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils), dies at 70
• 1859 Leigh Hunt, English poet, critic and journalist (Romantic Movement, “Jenny Kissed Me”), dies at 74
• 1861 William Lyon Mackenzie, Canadian-American newspaper publisher, politician, and failed rebel leader, dies at 66
• 1880 Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist, dies at 75
• 1884 Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisonave, Guatemalan-Spanish Cardinal (Archbishop of Toledo, first Cardinal born in America and of Creole parents), dies at 66
• 1885 Julius Hopp, Austrian composer (Morilla; Margaret and Mitten), and translator of French operas, dies at 66
• 1900 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies at 62
• 1903 August Labitzky, Bohemian composer, dies at 70

• 1910 Allen Hill, English cricket fast bowler (took 1st wicket in Test cricket; 2 Tests, 7 wickets; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 64
• 1910 Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
• 1914 Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer (From the Apocalypse; Bewitched Lake), conductor, and pedagogue (St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1878-1914), dies at 59
• 1915 John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (1880-1915), dies at 76
• 1922 Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu, dies at 80
• 1927 Li Dazhao [Ta-chao], Chinese intellectual, revolutionary and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu, executed as a political prisoner at 37
• 1930 Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
• 1931 Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician, dies at 74
• 1933 Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
• 1934 Doris Ulmann, American photographer best known for her portraits of the people of Appalachia, dies aged 52
• 1937 Frederick Burr Opper, American pioneering cartoonist (Happy Hooligan), dies at 80

• 1944 Ernst Thälmann, German communist presidential candidate, dies at 58
• 1947 Manolete [Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez], Spanish bullfighter, dies at 30
• 1948 Eleni Gatzoyiannis, Greek heroine (subject of “Eleni” by son Nicholas Gage about how she saved her children), shot and killed by communists at 41
• 1951 Robert Walker, American actor and writer (Strangers on a Train, Bataan, Madame Curie), dies from an adverse reaction to prescription drugs at 32
• 1953 Nikolai Golovanov, Russian conductor and composer (Bolshoi Opera), dies at 61
• 1955 Bob Gordon, American cool jazz baritone saxophonist, dies in a car accident at 27

• 1958 Nikolay Golovanov, Soviet composer, dies at 67
• 1959 Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68
• 1960 Anton Lajovic, Slovenian composer, dies at 81
• 1961 Tom Connolly, American Baseball HOF umpire (AL-record 8 x World Series), dies at 90
• 1963 Bernard Silver, American co-inventor of the barcode, dies of leukemia at 38 [1]
• 1964 Lumsden Hare, Irish actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess), dies at 89
• 1965 Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)
• 1967 Bruce Smith, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1941, U of Minnesota; NFL: Green Bay Packers), dies of cancer at 47
• 1967 Charles Darrow, American businessman who modified and popularized Monopoly game, dies at 78
• 1968 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
• 1968 Nick Castle, American choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58
• 1969 Clarence Hennecke, American actor (The Strong Man, Murder by Television, Keystone Kops), dies at 74
• 1971 Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper and murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies at 66
• 1972 William, English Prince of Gloucester and grandson of George V, dies in accident at 30
• 1975 Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1976 Anissa Jones, American child actress (Family Affair – “Buffy”), dies of multiple drug intoxication at 18
• 1977 Ralph Samuelson, American outdoorsman considered the inventor of water-skiing, and later turkey farmer, dies of cancer at 74 [1]
• 1978 Bruce Catton, American historian and writer (Civil War), dies at 78
• 1978 F. Van Wyck Mason, American historian and author (Three Harbours), dies at 76
• 1978 Robert Shaw, British actor (The Sting; Jaws; The Deep), novelist (The Sun Doctor), and playwright (The Man in the Glass Booth), dies of a heart attack at 51
• 1979 Konstantin Simonov, Soviet journalist and poet (Wait Foe Me), dies at 73
• 1981 Béla Guttmann, Hungarian soccer midfielder (4 caps; MTK Hungária, Hakoah Wien) and coach (Benfica, AC Milan, FC Porto; Hungary, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Portugal), dies at 82
• 1981 Guy Stevens, British record company executive (Sue; Island), band manager (Mott the Hoople; Procol Harum), and record producer (The Clash – London Calling), dies from an overdose of anti-alcohol medication at 38
• 1981 Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (Olympic gold individual epée, team epée 1912), dies at 99
• 1982 Geoff Chubb, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets; Border), dies at 71
• 1982 Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
• 1983 Jan Clayton, American actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
• 1984 Mohamed Naguib, Egyptian general and revolutionary (one of the leaders of Egyptian Revolution, 1st President of Egypt 1952-54), dies at 83
• 1985 Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary’s Baby, The Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
• 1987 John Huston, US/Irish actor and director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
• 1988 Hazel Dawn [Henrietta Tout], American stage actress, singer, and violinist (The Pink Lady; The Debutante), and silent film actress (My Lady Incog), dies at 98
• 1988 Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), dies at 78
• 1989 Joseph Alsop, American political newspaper columnist (Men Around the President), dies at 78
• 1990 Larry Jackson, American baseball pitcher (5 × MLB All-Star; MLB wins leader 1964; St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies), dies from cancer at 59
• 1990 Pamela Harrison, British concert pianist and composer, dies at 74
• 1990 Patience Strong [Winifred Emma May], English poet and journalist, dies at 83
• 1990 Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies at 77
• 1991 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies
• 1992 Kenneth Buckley, British Royal Navy officer (WWII), promoted to rear-admiral (1958), dies at 88
• 1993 René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
• 1993 William Stafford, American poet (b. 1914)
• 1994 Alfonso Letelier (-Llona), Chilean composer and educator (El Hombre ante la Ciencia – (Man Before Science)), dies at 88
• 1994 David Wright, South African-British poet (Deafness: A Personal Account), dies of cancer at 74
• 1994 Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered
• 1994 Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies of cancer at 25
• 1995 Carl Ronald Giles, British cartoonist (Daily Express), dies at 78
• 1995 Earl Bascom, American rodeo pioneer (b. 1906)
• 1995 Michael Ende, German writer (The Neverending Story), dies at 65
• 1995 Michael VerMeulen, American journalist and magazine editor (British GQ), dies at 38
• 1996 Al Zarilla, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1948; St. Louis Browns), dies of cancer at 77
• 1996 Phyllis Pearsall, British painter and writer (A to Z Map Company), dies at 89
• 2001 Reo Stakis, Anglo-Cypriot hotel magnate (Stakis hotels and casinos), dies at 88
• 2003 Brian Wells, American who dies when an explosive collar explodes while he is being forced to rob a bank at 46
• 2003 Peter Hacks, German playwright (Tie Windloch) and essayist, dies at 75
• 2005 Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910)
• 2005 George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911)
• 2005 Jacques Dufilho, French actor (Le Crabe-tambour), dies at 91
• 2006 Benoît Sauvageau, French Canadian politician (b. 1963)
• 2006 Melvin Schwartz, American Physicist and Nobel Laureate (neutrinos – subatomic particles with no electric charge and virtually no mass), dies at 73
• 2006 William F. Quinn, American lawyer, politician (1st Governor of the State of Hawaii, 1959-62), and businessman (CEO of Dole Pineapple Company, 1965-72), dies at 87
• 2007 Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman (AntarChile), South America’s richest man worth $6 billion, dies at 93
• 2007 Arthur Jones, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines, dies at 80
• 2007 Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist, journalist and essayist, dies at 75
• 2007 Hilly Kristal, American Founder of CBGB/Punk rock legend (b. 1932)
• 2007 Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American Academy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actress (Sayonara; Flower Drum Song; Courtship of Eddie’s Father – “Mrs. Livingston”), dies of cancer at 78
• 2007 Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
• 2007 Paul MacCready, American aeronautical engineer and inventor (1st man-powered aircraft), dies at 81
• 2008 Phil Hill, American auto racer (F1 world champion 1961; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1958, 1961, 1962), dies at 81
• 2009 DJ AM [Adam Goldstein], American DJ and musician, dies of a drug overdose at 36
• 2010 William P. Foster, notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University
• 2011 George Green, American songwriter (“Hurts So Good”, “Rain On The Scarecrow”), dies of lung cancer at 59
• 2012 Rhodes Boyson, British politician and author (Black Papers), dies at 87
• 2013 Rob du Bois, Dutch composer, dies at 79
• 2014 Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor (Hancock’s Half Hour), dies at 92
• 2014 Glenn Cornick, British rock bassist (Jethro Tull, 1967-70; Wild Turkey), dies from heart failure at 67
• 2014 Joe Bethancourt, American multi-instrumentalist folk and bluegrass musician (Naked Banjo; String Concert), dies at 68

• 2016 Juan Gabriel [Alberto Aguilera Valadez], Mexican singer,-songwriter dies of a heart attack at 66
• 2017 Bobby Boyd, American NFL cornerback (5 × All-Pro 1964–1968; NFL interceptions leader 1965; Baltimore Colts), dies of bladder cancer at 79
• 2017 Willie Duggan, Irish rugby union no. 8 (41 Tests Ireland, 4 British & Irish Lions; Blackrock College RFC, Sunday’s Well RFC), dies from an aneurysm at 67
• 2018 Tatyana Kuznetsova, Soviet cosmonaut (youngest person selected for space training at 20 but never flew), dies at 77

• 2021 Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek academic, Turkologist, Sinologist, and poet, dies at 86
• 2022 Manzoor Hussain, Pakistani field hockey striker (Olympic gold 1986; World Cup gold 1978, 82; 175 caps, 86 goals), dies at 63
• 2023 Len Chandler, American folk music singer-songwriter (“Beans in Ears”), and civil rights activist, dies at 88
• 2024 (Herman) “Pete” Wade, American country and pop session guitarist (Nashville A-Team; Lynn Anderson – “Rose Garden”; Crystal Gayle – “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”), dies of complications after hip surgery at 89

August 28 Highlights