George M. Church

Geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist.

Born August 28th, 1954 (age 71 years) in MacDill Air Force Base.

Andrea Jung

President and ceo, avon products.

Born August 28th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Toronto.

Claudia Martín

Mexican actress.

Born August 28th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Oaxaca State.

Burton Malkiel

American economist.

Born August 28th, 1932 (age 93 years) in Boston.

Augustin Bizimungu

Rwandan general.

Born August 28th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Byumba Province.

Vilayat Khan

Indian musician (1928–2004).

Born August 28th, 1928 in Gauripur.

Died March 13th, 2004 at 75 years old in Mumbai (lung cancer).

Deshaun Thomas

American basketball player.

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

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs

German jurist, writer and gay rights activist (1825–1895).

Born August 28th, 1825 in Kirchdorf.

Died July 14th, 1895 at 69 years old in L'Aquila.

Maduka Okoye

German football player.

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

Wang Ming Chun Elizabeth

Hong kong entertainer and politician.

Born August 28th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Chongming County.

Sam Levene

American actor (1905–1980).

Born August 28th, 1905 in Russian Empire.

Died December 28th, 1980 at 75 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).

Abdelkarim Hassan

Qatari footballer.

Born August 28th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Doha.

Joe Osborn

American bassist.

Born August 28th, 1937 in Mound.

Died December 14th, 2018 at 81 years old in Greenwood (pancreatic cancer).

Julia Brownley

U.s. representative from california.

Born August 28th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Aiken.

Craig Anton

American actor and comedian.

Born August 28th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Omaha.

Morris Ankrum

American actor (1896–1964).

Born August 28th, 1897 in Danville.

Died September 2nd, 1964 at 67 years old in Pasadena.

Firaq Gorakhpuri

Urdu author (1896-1982).

Born August 28th, 1896 in Gorakhpur.

Died March 3rd, 1982 at 85 years old in New Delhi.

Bruno Nuytten

French cinematographer and director (born 1945).

Born August 28th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Melun.

Shaila Dúrcal

Spanish singer.

Born August 28th, 1979 (age 46 years) in Madrid.

Vera Jordanova

Bulgarian-finnish model and actress.

Born August 28th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Helsinki.

Nik Turner

English musician (1940–2022).

Born August 28th, 1940 in Oxford.

Died November 10th, 2022 at 82 years old in Pembrokeshire. ^[ref]

Maurizio Costanzo

Italian television presenter (1938–2023).

Born August 28th, 1938 in Rome.

Died February 24th, 2023 at 84 years old in Rome (bronchopneumonia). ^[ref]

Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon

Indian physicist.

Born August 28th, 1928 in Mangaluru.

Died November 22nd, 2016 at 88 years old in New Delhi. ^[ref]

Alexei Dyumin

Russian military officer and politician.

Born August 28th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Kursk.

Tom Fitzgerald

American ice hockey player and executive.

Born August 28th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Melrose.