| 97711 | August 28 | Birth | 1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author, poet, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1832) |
| 97712 | August 28 | Birth | 1770 – Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Livonian philologist and academic (d. 1852) |
| 97713 | August 28 | Birth | 1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (d. 1821) |
| 97714 | August 28 | Birth | 1789 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, French wife of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1860) |
| 97715 | August 28 | Birth | 1801 – Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1877) |
| 97716 | August 28 | Birth | 1814 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (d. 1873) |
| 97717 | August 28 | Birth | 1827 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894) |
| 97718 | August 28 | Birth | 1831 – Lucy Webb Hayes, American wife of Rutherford B. Hayes, 20th First Lady of the United States (d. 1889) |
| 97719 | August 28 | Birth | 1837 – Francis, Duke of Teck (d. 1900) |
| 97720 | August 28 | Birth | 1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club (d. 1900) |
| 97721 | August 28 | Birth | 1853 – Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse (d. 1939) |
| 97722 | August 28 | Birth | 1859 – Matilda Howell, American archer (d. 1938) |
| 97723 | August 28 | Birth | 1859 – Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943) |
| 97724 | August 28 | Birth | 1867 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic (d. 1948) |
| 97725 | August 28 | Birth | 1878 – George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976) |
| 97726 | August 28 | Birth | 1884 – Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1950) |
| 97727 | August 28 | Birth | 1885 – Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic (d. 1959) |
| 97728 | August 28 | Birth | 1887 – August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (d. 1973) |
| 97729 | August 28 | Birth | 1887 – István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922) |
| 97730 | August 28 | Birth | 1888 – Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985) |
| 97731 | August 28 | Birth | 1891 – Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984) |
| 97732 | August 28 | Birth | 1894 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1981) |
| 97733 | August 28 | Birth | 1896 – Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982) |
| 97734 | August 28 | Birth | 1898 – Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1983) |
| 97735 | August 28 | Birth | 1899 – Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1978) |
| 97736 | August 28 | Birth | 1899 – Andrei Platonov, Russian author and poet (d. 1951) |
| 97737 | August 28 | Birth | 1903 – Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (d. 1990) |
| 97738 | August 28 | Birth | 1904 – Secondo Campini, Italian-American engineer (d. 1980) |
| 97739 | August 28 | Birth | 1904 – Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 97740 | August 28 | Birth | 1905 – Cyril Walters, Welsh-English cricketer (d. 1992) |