List of Famous people born on August 28th

Wilhelm Nowack was a German economist who became a journalist and, more briefly, a radio producer. He was also politically engaged. A committed believer in democracy and supporter of the German republic, in 1924 he was a co-founder of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold movement. Much later, between 1949 and 1952, he served as a member of the ”Bundestag”, based at that time in Bonn. In 1951 he accepted an appointment as State Minister for Finance and Reconstruction for Rhineland-Palatinate, and just over a year later he resigned his seat in the Bundestag.

Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach (1657–1737) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1705 to 1737.

Albert Hermann Dietrich, was a German composer and conductor, remembered less for his own achievements than for his friendship with Johannes Brahms.

Emil Johann Rudolf Puhl was a Nazi economist and banking official during World War II.