Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 28 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 28
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 28
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 925 | Wang Zongbi, general of the Chinese state of Former Shu |
| 1218 | Robert II, Count of Dreux (b. 1154) |
| 1297 | Hugh Aycelin, French cardinal (b. 1230) |
| 1326 | Sir David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, Constable of Scotland, and Chief Warden of Northumberland |
| 1367 | Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shōgun (b. 1330) |
| 1394 | Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, queen of Epirus (b. 1350) |
| 1446 | Antipope Clement VIII (b. 1369) |
| 1491 | Bertoldo di Giovanni, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435) |
| 1503 | Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (b. 1471) |
| 1538 | Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (b. 1455) |
| 1547 | Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465) |
| 1558 | Hermann Finck, German organist and composer (b. 1527) |
| 1622 | Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (b. 1567) |
| 1663 | Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) |
| 1671 | Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (b. 1611) |
| 1694 | Mary II of England (b. 1662) |
| 1706 | Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (b. 1647) |
| 1708 | Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656) |
| 1715 | William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649) |
| 1734 | Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (b. 1671) |
| 1736 | Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670) |
| 1785 | Peter Ernst Wilde, Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (b. 1732) |
| 1795 | Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747) |
| 1859 | Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800) |
| 1872 | James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808) |
| 1890 | Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861) |
| 1897 | William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833) |
| 1900 | Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846) |
| 1907 | Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812) |
| 1913 | Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844) |
| 1916 | Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835) |
| 1917 | Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892) |
| 1918 | Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865) |
| 1919 | Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854) |
| 1924 | Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866) |
| 1932 | Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b. 1854) |
| 1935 | Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (b. 1874) |
| 1937 | Maurice Ravel, French pianist and composer (b. 1875) |
| 1938 | Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (b. 1886) |
| 1942 | Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1869) |
| 1943 | Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885) |
| 1945 | Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (b. 1871) |
| 1946 | Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882) |
| 1947 | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869) |
| 1949 | Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910) |
| 1959 | Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (b. 1889) |
| 1960 | Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895) |
| 1963 | Paul Hindemith, German violist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895) |
| 1967 | Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875) |
| 1968 | David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893) |
| 1971 | Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888) |
| 1976 | Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903) |
| 1981 | Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885) |
| 1983 | Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944) |
| 1984 | Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925) |
| 1986 | John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916) |
| 1989 | Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894) |
| 1990 | Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946) |
| 1992 | Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917) |
| 1993 | William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (b. 1904) |
| 1994 | Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911) |
| 1999 | Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914) |
| 2001 | Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919) |
| 2003 | Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935) |
| 2004 | Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b. 1935) |
| 2006 | Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956) |
| 2008 | Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923) |
| 2009 | Jimmy Sullivan, American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (b. 1981) |
| 2010 | Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (b. 1921) |
| 2012 | Nicholas Ambraseys, Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929) |
| 2013 | Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927) |
| 2014 | Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician (b. 1956) |
| 2015 | John Bradbury, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1953) |
| 2016 | Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932) |
| 2017 | Rose Marie, American actress and comedienne (b. 1923) |
| 2021 | Grichka Bogdanoff, French television presenter and scientific essayist (b. 1949) |
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