Famous Deaths on 28 Apr

Famous Deaths on 28 Apr

1192 - Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s)
1498 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician
1533 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
1695 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
1710 - Thomas Betterton, English actor
1716 - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)
1726 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
1741 - Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668)
1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
1781 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
1813 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
1841 - Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
1853 - Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)
1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
1865 - Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)
1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
1936 - King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
1944 - Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)
1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882)
1945 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (b. 1912)
1945 - Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)
1946 - Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870)
1949 - Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (shot) (b. 1888)
1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
1957 - Heinz "Pritzl" Bär, German fighter pilot (b. 1913)
1964 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)
1970 - Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)
1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
1975 - Tom Donahue, American FM radio DJ (pioneer, freeform radio) (b. 1928)
1978 - Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
1988 - B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949)
1991 - Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (b. 1905)
1992 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909)
1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
1993 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (b. 1946)
1998 - Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)
1999 - Alf Ramsey, English football manager (b. 1920)
1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1921)
1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)
2000 - Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (b. 1925)
2002 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
2005 - Taraki Sivaram, Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka (b. 1959)
2005 - Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
2005 - Chris Candido, American wrestler (b. 1972)
2007 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
2007 - Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)
2007 - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)