August 28th
142 Notable deaths
Leberecht Maass
German admiral.
Born November 24th, 1863 in Budzieszowce.
Died August 28th, 1914 at 50 years old in Heligoland.
Nicolás Leoz
Football administrator (1928–2019).
Born September 10th, 1928 in Pirizal.
Died August 28th, 2019 at 90 years old in Asunción (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Tatyana Kuznetsova
Cosmonaut.
Born July 14th, 1941 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died August 28th, 2018 at 77 years old in Russia. [ref]
Francisco Umbral
Spanish writer.
Born May 11th, 1932 in Madrid. [ref]
Died August 28th, 2007 at 75 years old in Boadilla del Monte (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Pavel Rybalko
Soviet military commander (1894-1948).
Born November 4th, 1894 in Malii Vistorop.
Died August 28th, 1948 at 53 years old in Moscow (kidney disease).
Miguel Otero Silva
Venezuelan politician and writer (1908–1985).
Born October 26th, 1908 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1985 at 76 years old in Caracas. [ref]
Fritz Wotruba
Austrian sculptor (23 april 1907, vienna – 28 august 1975, vienna).
Born April 23rd, 1907 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1975 at 68 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Esther Szekeres
Hungarian-australian mathematician.
Born February 20th, 1910 in Budapest.
Died August 28th, 2005 at 95 years old in Adelaide.
Giulio Racah
Israeli mathematician (1909-1965).
Born February 9th, 1909 in Florence.
Died August 28th, 1965 at 56 years old in Florence (asphyxia).
Rinchen Barsbold
Mongolian paleontologist and geologist (1935–2025).
Born December 21st, 1935 in Ulaanbaatar.
Died August 28th, 2025 at 89 years old in Ulaanbaatar. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 142
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace