Kaj Leo Johannesen

Prime minister of the faroe islands from 2008 until 2015 and former soccer and handball player.

Born August 28th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Tórshavn.

Matthew Stirling

American mesoamericanist (1896–1975).

Born August 28th, 1896 in Salinas.

Died January 23rd, 1975 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..

Dema Kovalenko

Ukrainian footballer.

Born August 28th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Kyiv.

John Shirley-Quirk

English bass-baritone.

Born August 28th, 1932 in Liverpool.

Died April 7th, 2014 at 81 years old in Bath (disease).

Bernard Wolfe

American writer (1915–1985).

Born August 28th, 1915 in New Haven.

Died October 28th, 1985 at 70 years old in Calabasas.

Rydell Poepon

Dutch footballer.

Born August 28th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Amsterdam.

Vittorio Sella

Italian photographer (1859–1943).

Born August 28th, 1859 in Biella. ^[ref]

Died August 12th, 1943 at 83 years old in Biella. ^[ref]

Farhad Ghaemi

Iranian volleyball player.

Born August 28th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Gonbad-e Kavus.

Harry Lane

American politician (1855-1917).

Born August 28th, 1855 in Corvallis.

Died May 23rd, 1917 at 61 years old in San Francisco.

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Iraqi-palestinian author, artist, and translator (1920-1994).

Born August 28th, 1919 in Bethlehem.

Died December 12th, 1994 at 75 years old in Baghdad.

Natalya Gundareva

Soviet and russian actress (1948—2005).

Born August 28th, 1948 in Moscow.

Died May 15th, 2005 at 56 years old in Moscow (stroke).

Vladimir Ivashov

Soviet and russian actor (1939-1995).

Born August 28th, 1939 in Moscow.

Died March 23rd, 1995 at 55 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Roger Pingeon

French racing cyclist (1940–2017).

Born August 28th, 1940 in Hauteville-Lompnes.

Died March 19th, 2017 at 76 years old in Beaupont (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Boris Hessen

Russian philosopher and physicist (1893-1936).

Born August 28th, 1893 in Kropyvnytskyi.

Died December 20th, 1936 at 43 years old in Moscow.

Walid Atta

Swedish football player.

Born August 28th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Riyadh.

Jan Arnoldus Schouten

Dutch mathematician (1883-1971).

Born August 28th, 1883 in Nieuwer-Amstel.

Died January 20th, 1971 at 87 years old in Epe.

Daniel Gygax

Swiss footballer.

Born August 28th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Zurich.

Maxime Bôcher

American mathematician (1867–1918).

Born August 28th, 1867 in Boston.

Died September 12th, 1918 at 51 years old in Cambridge.

Karolina Styczynska

Polish professional shogi player.

Born August 28th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Warsaw.

Albert Dietrich

German composer and conductor (1829–1908).

Born August 28th, 1829 in Meissen.

Died November 20th, 1908 at 79 years old in Berlin.

Takumu Kawamura

Japanese association football player.

Born August 28th, 1999 (age 26 years) in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Darian Townsend

South african and american swimmer, olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder.

Born August 28th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Pinetown.

Miria Matembe

Ugandan politician.

Born August 28th, 1953 (age 72 years).

Jun Tazaki

Japanese actor (1913-1985).

Born August 28th, 1913 in Aomori. ^[ref]

Died October 18th, 1985 at 72 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).

Christian Pander

German footballer.

Born August 28th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Münster.