Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 28 November today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for November 28
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on November 28
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 741 | Pope Gregory III |
| 939 | Lady Ma, Chinese noblewoman (b. 890) |
| 1039 | Adalbero, duke of Carinthia (b. 980) |
| 1122 | Margrave Ottokar II of Styria |
| 1170 | Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (b. 1080) |
| 1290 | Eleanor of Castile (b. 1241) |
| 1317 | Yishan Yining, Zen monk and writer from China who taught in Japan (b. 1247) |
| 1476 | James of the Marches, Franciscan friar |
| 1499 | Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (b. 1475) |
| 1574 | Georg Major, German theologian and educator (b. 1502) |
| 1585 | Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532) |
| 1667 | Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (b. 1633) |
| 1675 | Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier and politician (b. 1608) |
| 1680 | Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1598) |
| 1694 | Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (b. 1644) |
| 1695 | Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1637) |
| 1698 | Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (b. 1622) |
| 1763 | Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734) |
| 1785 | William Whipple, American general and politician (b. 1730) |
| 1794 | Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730) |
| 1801 | Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (b. 1750) |
| 1815 | Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745) |
| 1852 | Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799) |
| 1859 | Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (b. 1783) |
| 1870 | Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841) |
| 1873 | Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808) |
| 1878 | Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805) |
| 1880 | Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837) |
| 1890 | Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827) |
| 1891 | Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826) |
| 1893 | Talbot Baines Reed, English author (b. 1852) |
| 1901 | Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824) |
| 1904 | Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847) |
| 1907 | Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869) |
| 1912 | Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870) |
| 1917 | Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844) |
| 1930 | Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859) |
| 1935 | Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877) |
| 1939 | James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (b. 1861) |
| 1943 | Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881) |
| 1945 | Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (b. 1879) |
| 1947 | Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902) |
| 1953 | Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910) |
| 1954 | Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) |
| 1960 | Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870) |
| 1962 | K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893) |
| 1968 | Enid Blyton, English author and poet (b. 1897) |
| 1971 | Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920) |
| 1972 | Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875) |
| 1973 | Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (b. 1886) |
| 1975 | Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (b. 1890) |
| 1976 | Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1907) |
| 1977 | Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (b. 1896) |
| 1978 | Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (b. 1902) |
| 1982 | Helen of Greece and Denmark (b. 1896) |
| 1983 | Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929) |
| 1987 | Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biologist and chemist (b. 1913) |
| 1992 | Sidney Nolan, Australian-English painter and academic (b. 1917) |
| 1993 | Jerry Edmonton, Canadian-American drummer (b. 1946) |
| 1994 | Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960) |
| 1995 | Joe Kelly, Irish race car driver (b. 1915) |
| 1997 | Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920) |
| 1998 | Kerry Wendell Thornley, American soldier and author (b. 1938) |
| 2001 | Kal Mann, American songwriter (b. 1917) |
| 2002 | Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915) |
| 2003 | Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (b. 1918) |
| 2005 | Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910) |
| 2007 | Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer (b. 1944) |
| 2008 | Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant (b. 1972) |
| 2009 | Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) |
| 2010 | Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1926) |
| 2011 | Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (b. 1933) |
| 2012 | Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (b. 1923) |
| 2013 | Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (b. 1925) |
| 2014 | Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 2015 | Wayne Bickerton, Welsh songwriter and producer (b. 1941) |
| 2018 | Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and political commentator (b. 1923) |
| 2020 | David Prowse, English weight-lifting champion, actor and Green Cross Man (b. 1935) |
| 2021 | Virgil Abloh, American fashion designer and entrepreneur (b. 1980) |
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