| 97741 | August 28 | Birth | 1906 – John Betjeman, English poet and academic (d. 1984) |
| 97742 | August 28 | Birth | 1908 – Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author (d. 1996) |
| 97743 | August 28 | Birth | 1910 – Morris Graves, American painter and academic (d. 2001) |
| 97744 | August 28 | Birth | 1910 – Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| 97745 | August 28 | Birth | 1911 – Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2002) |
| 97746 | August 28 | Birth | 1913 – Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1995) |
| 97747 | August 28 | Birth | 1913 – Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (d. 2009) |
| 97748 | August 28 | Birth | 1913 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1993) |
| 97749 | August 28 | Birth | 1913 – Robert Irving, English conductor and director (d. 1991) |
| 97750 | August 28 | Birth | 1913 – Terence Reese, English bridge player and author (d. 1996) |
| 97751 | August 28 | Birth | 1913 – Richard Tucker, American tenor and actor (d. 1975) |
| 97752 | August 28 | Birth | 1915 – Max Robertson, Bangladeshi-English sportscaster and author (d. 2009) |
| 97753 | August 28 | Birth | 1915 – Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (d. 2008) |
| 97754 | August 28 | Birth | 1916 – Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1997) |
| 97755 | August 28 | Birth | 1916 – C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962) |
| 97756 | August 28 | Birth | 1916 – Jack Vance, American author (d. 2013) |
| 97757 | August 28 | Birth | 1917 – Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (d. 1994) |
| 97758 | August 28 | Birth | 1918 – L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995) |
| 97759 | August 28 | Birth | 1919 – Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 97760 | August 28 | Birth | 1921 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979) |
| 97761 | August 28 | Birth | 1921 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007) |
| 97762 | August 28 | Birth | 1921 – Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier (d. 1991) |
| 97763 | August 28 | Birth | 1924 – Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2004) |
| 97764 | August 28 | Birth | 1924 – Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010) |
| 97765 | August 28 | Birth | 1924 – Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (d. 2004) |
| 97766 | August 28 | Birth | 1924 – Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014) |
| 97767 | August 28 | Birth | 1925 – Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011) |
| 97768 | August 28 | Birth | 1925 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003) |
| 97769 | August 28 | Birth | 1925 – Philip Purser, English author and critic |
| 97770 | August 28 | Birth | 1926 – Dixie Evans, American model and dancer (d. 2013) |