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Walker Percy

  • Birmingham: May 28, 1916 celebration
  • Covington: May 10, 1990 celebration
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    Birmingham: May 28, 1916  

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    Covington: May 10, 1990  

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    1. Greenville High School
    2. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    4. Columbia University
     

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    1. National Book Award (1962)
    2. St. Louis Literary Award (1985)
    3. Laetare Medal (1989)
    4. Jefferson Lecture (1989)
     

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    1. The Moviegoer
     
  • American philosophical novelist | National Book Award (1962), St. Louis Literary Award (1985), Laetare Medal (1989), Jefferson Lecture (1989) | The Moviegoer

1. Boris Konrad

  • Bochum: May 28, 1984 celebration

German writer and physicist | Bochum: May 28, 1984 - Siversky: August 17, 1931 | Boris Konrad | Bochum: May 28, 1984 - Siversky: August 17, 1931

2. Benjamin Schlein

  • Lugano: May 28, 1975 celebration

Italo-American mathematician | Sofia Kovalevskaya Award (2006) | ETH Zurich | Lugano: May 28, 1975 - Hurworth-on-Tees: May 20, 1782 | Benjamin Schlein

3. Samir Mitragotri

  • Solapur: May 28, 1971 celebration

American biochemist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012), Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Fellow of the

4. Ivan Popov

  • Sofia: May 28, 1970 celebration
  • Sofia: August 1, 2019 deceased

Bulgarian writer | Sofia University | Sofia: May 28, 1970 - Sofia: August 1, 2019 | Ivan Popov | Sofia: May 28, 1970 - Sofia: August 1, 2019 | Sofia University

5. Francisco Santos Leal

  • Valladolid: May 28, 1968 celebration

Spanish mathematician | Fulkerson Prize (2015), Spanish National Team of Science (2018), Humboldt Prize (2013) | University of Cantabria | Valladolid: May 28

6. Beth Parks

  • Huntsville: May 28, 1966 celebration

American physicist | Huntsville: May 28, 1966 - September 10, 2020 | Beth Parks | Huntsville: May 28, 1966 - September 10, 2020

7. Rail Fäxretdinef (Rail Faxretdinef)

  • Kazan: May 28, 1962 celebration

Russian scientist | Tatar State University of Humanities and Education | Kazan: May 28, 1962 - Miami: February 10, 2005 | Rail Fäxretdinef (Rail Faxretdinef)

8. Syarhei Chyzhyk

  • Asmolava: May 28, 1959 celebration

Belarusian physicist | Order of Honor, State Prize of the Republic of Belarus (2016) | Belarusian State University | Asmolava: May 28, 1959 - Jakarta: July 12, 1994

9. C. Kenneth Waters

  • Vermont: May 28, 1956 celebration

philosopher | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2014) | University of Vermont, Indiana University | Vermont: May 28, 1956

10. Károly Bezdek (Karoly Bezdek)

  • Budapest: May 28, 1955 celebration

Hungarian-Canadian mathematician | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: May 28, 1955 - January 26, 1966 | Károly Bezdek (Karoly Bezdek) | Budapest: May 28

11. Tetiana Bolshakova

  • May 28, 1951 celebration

Honored Art Worker of Ukraine (2004) | Kharkiv Conservatory | May 28, 1951 - Christiania: November 27, 1869 | Tetiana Bolshakova | May 28, 1951

12. James Rodger Fleming

  • Windber: May 28, 1949 celebration

American historian, writer, and professor of science and technology studies | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003)

13. Silvio Funtowicz

  • Buenos Aires: May 28, 1946 celebration

Philosopher of science | Buenos Aires: May 28, 1946 - January 27, 2016 | Silvio Funtowicz | Buenos Aires: May 28, 1946 - January 27, 2016

14. Taha Abdurrahman

  • El Jadida: May 28, 1944 celebration

philosopher | Mohammed V University | El Jadida: May 28, 1944 - Auschwitz: August 9, 1942 | Taha Abdurrahman | El Jadida: May 28, 1944 - Auschwitz: August 9, 1942

15. Wilfried Schmid

  • Hamburg: May 28, 1943 celebration

American-German mathematician | Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | University of California, Berkeley | Hamburg: May

16. Jeffrey P. Buzen

  • Brooklyn: May 28, 1943 celebration

American computer scientist | Harvard University, Brown University | Brooklyn: May 28, 1943 - Hamburg: July 31, 1980 | Jeffrey P. Buzen | Brooklyn: May 28

17. Rostislav Grechishkin

  • Harbin: May 28, 1941 celebration
  • November 14, 2020 deceased

Soviet-Russian Physicist (1941-2020) | Ural State University | Harbin: May 28, 1941 - November 14, 2020 | Rostislav Grechishkin | Harbin: May 28, 1941

18. João Antonio Zuffo (Joao Antonio Zuffo)

  • São Paulo: May 28, 1939 celebration

Brazilian scientist | Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo | São Paulo: May 28, 1939 - Kraków: November 14, 1911 | João Antonio Zuffo (Joao

19. Henzel Geghamyan

  • Azatavan: May 28, 1938 celebration

Armenian scientist | Armenian National Agrarian University | Azatavan: May 28, 1938 - Buenos Aires: July 16, 1976 | Henzel Geghamyan | Azatavan: May 28, 1938

20. Nikolay Sobolev

  • Saint Petersburg: May 28, 1935 celebration
  • Novosibirsk: March 25, 2022 deceased

Soviet and Russian geologist, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1935–2022) | Lenin Prize, Order of the Badge of Honour, USSR State Prize, Order

21. Moshe Shapira

  • Petah Tikva: May 28, 1935 celebration
  • Jerusalem: January 7, 2017 deceased

Israeli Rabbi | Ponevezh Yeshiva, Hebron Yeshiva | Petah Tikva: May 28, 1935 - Jerusalem: January 7, 2017 | Moshe Shapira | Petah Tikva: May 28, 1935

22. Harold Sorgenti

  • New York City: May 28, 1934 celebration
  • Philadelphia: July 11, 2018 deceased

American engineer (1934-2018) | New York City: May 28, 1934 - Philadelphia: July 11, 2018 | Harold Sorgenti | New York City: May 28, 1934 - Philadelphia: July 11, 2018

23. Varadaraja V. Raman

  • Kolkata: May 28, 1932 celebration

American physicist | University of Calcutta | Kolkata: May 28, 1932 - Neustift bei Schlaining: July 8, 1950 | Varadaraja V. Raman | Kolkata: May 28, 1932

24. Jean-Pierre Legrand

  • May 28, 1930 celebration

College of Juilly, ESIEE Paris | May 28, 1930 - June 3, 1935 | Jean-Pierre Legrand | May 28, 1930 - June 3, 1935 | College of Juilly, ESIEE Paris

25. Leendert Ginjaar

  • Leiden: May 28, 1928 celebration
  • Goes: September 17, 2003 deceased

Dutch politician (1928-2003) | Leiden University | Leiden: May 28, 1928 - Goes: September 17, 2003 | Leendert Ginjaar | Leiden: May 28, 1928 - Goes: September 17, 2003

26. Edward Fraenkel

  • Kiel: May 28, 1927 celebration
  • April 27, 2019 deceased

mathematician | Fellow of the Royal Society, Senior Whitehead Prize (1989) | Queens' College, University of Toronto | Kiel: May 28, 1927 - April 27, 2019

27. Frank B. McDonald

  • Columbus: May 28, 1925 celebration
  • Ann Arbor: August 31, 2012 deceased

American astrophysicist (1925-2012) | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1978) | Duke University, University of Minnesota | Columbus: May 28, 1925

28. Anatoly Isachenko

  • Gomel: May 28, 1922 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: March 2, 2018 deceased

geographer and cartographer (1922–2018) | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | The Faculty of Geography and Geoecology | Gomel: May 28, 1922 - Saint

29. Walker Percy

  • Birmingham: May 28, 1916 celebration
  • Covington: May 10, 1990 deceased

American philosophical novelist | National Book Award (1962), St. Louis Literary Award (1985), Laetare Medal (1989), Jefferson Lecture (1989) | The Moviegoer

30. Hans Zassenhaus

  • Koblenz: May 28, 1912 celebration
  • Columbus: November 21, 1991 deceased

German mathematician (1912–1991) | Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards (1968), Jeffery–Williams Prize (1974) | Zassenhaus algorithm, Schur–Zassenhaus

31. Ruby Payne-Scott

  • Grafton: May 28, 1912 celebration
  • Mortdale: May 25, 1981 deceased

Australian radio astronomer (1912-1981) | Sydney Girls High School, University of Sydney | Grafton: May 28, 1912 - Mortdale: May 25, 1981 | Ruby Payne-Scott

32. Egbert van Kampen

  • Berchem: May 28, 1908 celebration
  • Baltimore: February 11, 1942 deceased

mathematician (1908–1942) | Seifert–van Kampen theorem, Van Kampen diagram | University of Hamburg, University of Göttingen, Leiden University | Berchem

33. Rudolf Koreska

  • May 28, 1907 celebration

May 28, 1907 - April 12, 1645 | Rudolf Koreska | May 28, 1907 - April 12, 1645

34. Wang Ganchang

  • Changshu: May 28, 1907 celebration
  • Beijing: December 10, 1998 deceased

physicist (1907-1998) | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955), HLHL Science and Technology Achievement Award (1994) | Tsinghua University

35. Stephan Cohn-Vossen

  • Wrocław: May 28, 1902 celebration
  • Moscow: June 25, 1936 deceased

Russian mathematician (1902–1936) | Cohn-Vossen's inequality, Geometry and the Imagination | University of Wrocław, University of Göttingen | Wrocław: May

36. D. C. Williams

  • Crows Landing: May 28, 1899 celebration
  • Fallbrook: January 16, 1983 deceased

American philosopher (1899-1983) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1937) | Occidental College, University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University | Crows Landing

37. Włodzimierz Mozołowski (Wlodzimierz Mozolowski)

  • Sanok: May 28, 1895 celebration
  • Gdańsk: June 6, 1975 deceased

Polish officer and chemist (1895-1975) | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Independence (1931), Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's

38. Friedrich Drenckhahn

  • Friedrichsruhe: May 28, 1894 celebration
  • Hamburg: December 20, 1977 deceased

German mathematician (1894–1977) | University of Rostock | Friedrichsruhe: May 28, 1894 - Hamburg: December 20, 1977 | Friedrich Drenckhahn | Friedrichsruhe

39. Johannes Droste

  • Grave: May 28, 1886 celebration
  • Leiden: September 16, 1963 deceased

Dutch mathematician | Leiden University | Grave: May 28, 1886 - Leiden: September 16, 1963 | Johannes Droste | Grave: May 28, 1886 - Leiden: September 16, 1963

40. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

  • Bhagur: May 28, 1883 celebration
  • Mumbai: February 26, 1966 deceased

Indian politician (1883-1966) | Hindutva | University of Mumbai, Fergusson College | Bhagur: May 28, 1883 - Mumbai: February 26, 1966 | Vinayak Damodar

41. Lajos Dávid (Lajos David)

  • Cluj-Napoca: May 28, 1881 celebration
  • Leányfalu: January 9, 1962 deceased

Hungarian mathematician (1881–1962) | University of Göttingen, Franz Joseph University | Cluj-Napoca: May 28, 1881 - Leányfalu: January 9, 1962 | Lajos

42. Milutin Milanković (Milutin Milankovic)

  • Dalj: May 28, 1879 celebration
  • Belgrade: December 12, 1958 deceased

Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958) | TU Wien | Dalj: May 28, 1879 - Belgrade: December 12, 1958

43. Katharine Blunt

  • Philadelphia: May 28, 1876 celebration
  • July 29, 1954 deceased

American Chemist | Vassar College, University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Philadelphia: May 28, 1876 - July 29, 1954 | Katharine Blunt

44. Ondřej Pukl (Ondrej Pukl)

  • Křeničná: May 28, 1876 celebration
  • Dejvice: February 9, 1936 deceased

Czech runner and chemist (1876–1936) | Křeničná: May 28, 1876 - Dejvice: February 9, 1936 | Ondřej Pukl (Ondrej Pukl) | Křeničná: May 28, 1876

45. Ernst Cassirer

  • Wrocław: May 28, 1874 celebration
  • New York City: April 13, 1945 deceased

German philosopher (1874–1945) | honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg, Kuno Fischer Award (1914) | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Marburg

46. Marian Smoluchowski

  • Vienna: May 28, 1872 celebration
  • Kraków: September 5, 1917 deceased

Polish physicist (1872–1917) | Haitinger Prize (1908), Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Smoluchowski coagulation equation, Smoluchowski factor

47. Louis Antoine Kriéger (Louis Antoine Krieger)

  • Paris: May 28, 1868 celebration
  • Paris: May 10, 1951 deceased

French inventor and automaker | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1904) | electric car, Krieger Company of Electric Vehicles | Collège Sainte-Barbe, École

48. Witold Rubczyński (Witold Rubczynski)

  • Lviv: May 28, 1864 celebration
  • Inowrocław: May 18, 1938 deceased

philosopher, university teacher (1864-1938) | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Lviv: May 28, 1864 - Inowrocław: May 18, 1938 | Witold Rubczyński

49. Siegfried Czapski

  • Koźmin Wielkopolski: May 28, 1861 celebration
  • Jena: June 19, 1907 deceased

German physicist (1861-1907) | Koźmin Wielkopolski: May 28, 1861 - Jena: June 19, 1907 | Siegfried Czapski | Koźmin Wielkopolski: May 28, 1861 - Jena: June 19, 1907

50. Carl Richard Nyberg

  • Arboga city parish: May 28, 1858 celebration
  • Lidingö Parish: March 25, 1939 deceased

Swedish aviation pioneer (1858–1939) | Arboga city parish: May 28, 1858 - Lidingö Parish: March 25, 1939 | Carl Richard Nyberg | Arboga city parish: May 28

51. Julien Dulait

  • Ghent: May 28, 1855 celebration
  • June 5, 1926 deceased

Belgian engineer (1855–1926) | Ghent: May 28, 1855 - June 5, 1926 | Julien Dulait | Ghent: May 28, 1855 - June 5, 1926

52. Innokenty Kanonnikov

  • May 28, 1854 celebration

Qazan Second Male Gymnasium | May 28, 1854 - Urbana: February 10, 1951 | Innokenty Kanonnikov | May 28, 1854 - Urbana: February 10, 1951

53. Severin Jolin

  • Jakob and Johannes parish: May 28, 1852 celebration
  • Adolf Fredriks parish: November 11, 1919 deceased

1852 - 1919 | Jakob and Johannes parish: May 28, 1852 - Adolf Fredriks parish: November 11, 1919 | Severin Jolin | Jakob and Johannes parish: May 28, 1852

54. Bennett Franklin Davenport

  • May 28, 1845 celebration

May 28, 1845 - Paris: April 19, 1895 | Bennett Franklin Davenport | May 28, 1845 - Paris: April 19, 1895

55. P.C.V. Hansen

  • Copenhagen: May 28, 1844 celebration
  • Copenhagen: March 24, 1917 deceased

Danish mathematician | University of Copenhagen | Copenhagen: May 28, 1844 - Copenhagen: March 24, 1917 | P.C.V. Hansen | Copenhagen: May 28, 1844

56. Robert Hasenclever

  • Aachen: May 28, 1841 celebration
  • Aachen: June 28, 1902 deceased

German chemist | Aachen: May 28, 1841 - Aachen: June 28, 1902 | Robert Hasenclever | Aachen: May 28, 1841 - Aachen: June 28, 1902

57. Alexander Mitscherlich

  • Berlin: May 28, 1836 celebration
  • Oberstdorf: May 31, 1918 deceased

German chemist (1836–1918) | Berlin: May 28, 1836 - Oberstdorf: May 31, 1918 | Alexander Mitscherlich | Berlin: May 28, 1836 - Oberstdorf: May 31, 1918

58. Gabriel Sibbern

  • Copenhagen: May 28, 1824 celebration
  • Copenhagen: May 2, 1903 deceased

Danish philosopher | Østre Borgerdyd school | Copenhagen: May 28, 1824 - Copenhagen: May 2, 1903 | Gabriel Sibbern (Arild Homo | Harmonikos) | Copenhagen: May

59. Gustav Wittiber

  • Jawor: May 28, 1821 celebration
  • March 1, 1886 deceased

German teacher and mathematician | Jawor: May 28, 1821 - March 1, 1886 | Gustav Wittiber | Jawor: May 28, 1821 - March 1, 1886

60. Wilhelm Erler

  • Hamburg: May 28, 1820 celebration
  • Sulechów: April 15, 1896 deceased

German teacher in Berlin and Züllichau, Germany | Hamburg: May 28, 1820 - Sulechów: April 15, 1896 | Wilhelm Erler | Hamburg: May 28, 1820 - Sulechów: April 15, 1896

61. P. G. T. Beauregard

  • St. Bernard Parish: May 28, 1818 celebration
  • New Orleans: February 20, 1893 deceased

Confederate Army general (1818-1893) | United States Military Academy | St. Bernard Parish: May 28, 1818 - New Orleans: February 20, 1893 | P. G. T. Beauregard

62. Louis Agassiz

  • Môtiers: May 28, 1807 celebration
  • Cambridge: December 14, 1873 deceased

Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873) | Wollaston Medal (1836), Pour le Mérite, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Foreign Member of the

63. Jakob Pierling

  • Saint Petersburg: May 28, 1784 celebration
  • Rome: April 10, 1870 deceased

1784-1870) | Jesuit College in Polotsk | Saint Petersburg: May 28, 1784 - Rome: April 10, 1870 | Jakob Pierling | Saint Petersburg: May 28, 1784 - Rome: April 10, 1870

64. Edward Charles Howard

  • Sheffield: May 28, 1774 celebration
  • September 27, 1816 deceased

British chemist (1774-1816) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal (1800) | Sheffield: May 28, 1774 - September 27, 1816 | Edward Charles Howard

65. Maria Angela Ardinghelli

  • Naples: May 28, 1728 celebration
  • Naples: February 17, 1825 deceased

Italian mathematician, physicist, and translator | Naples: May 28, 1728 - Naples: February 17, 1825 | Maria Angela Ardinghelli | Naples: May 28, 1728 - Naples

66. Johann II Bernoulli

  • Basel: May 28, 1710 celebration
  • Basel: July 17, 1790 deceased

Swiss mathematician (1710-1790) | University of Basel | Basel: May 28, 1710 - Basel: July 17, 1790 | Johann II Bernoulli | Basel: May 28, 1710 - Basel: July 17, 1790

67. Joseph Butler

  • Wantage: May 28, 1692 celebration
  • Bath: June 27, 1752 deceased

English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752) | Whole Works of Joseph Butler | Oriel College | Wantage: May 28, 1692 - Bath: June 27, 1752 | Joseph Butler

68. Jacopo Riccati

  • Venice: May 28, 1676 celebration
  • Treviso: April 15, 1754 deceased

Italian mathematician (1676-1754) | Riccati equation, algebraic Riccati equation | Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, University of Padua | Venice: May 28

69. Antonio de Monforte

  • Laurito: May 28, 1644 celebration
  • Naples: April 5, 1717 deceased

astronomer | Laurito: May 28, 1644 - Naples: April 5, 1717 | Antonio de Monforte | Laurito: May 28, 1644 - Naples: April 5, 1717

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