Famous Deaths on 28 Jan

Famous Deaths on 28 Jan

1061 - Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)
1271 - Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)
1443 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
1547 - King Henry VIII of England (b. 1491)
1596 - Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and soldier
1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
1613 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545)
1621 - Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
1672 - Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
1681 - Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)
1687 - Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b. 1611)
1697 - John Fenwick, English conspirator
1754 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (b. 1684)
1832 - Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
1859 - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
1864 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)
1903 - Augusta Holmès, French composer (b. 1847)
1912 - Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
1915 - Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846)
1918 - John McCrae, Canadian poet (b. 1872)
1935 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (b. 1859)
1937 - Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862)
1938 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German racecar driver (b. 1909)
1939 - William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1865)
1947 - Reynaldo Hahn, French composer (b. 1875)
1949 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
1950 - Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (b. 1883)
1951 - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)
1953 - James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
1953 - Derek Bentley (b. 1933) (executed)
1959 - Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
1960 - Zora Neale Hurston, American author (b. 1891)
1963 - Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
1965 - Maxime Weygand, French soldier (b. 1867)
1965 - Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
1971 - Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
1973 - John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
1975 - Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887)
1979 - Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (b. 1901)
1983 - Billy Fury, British singer (b. 1940)
1983 - Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
1986 - Michael J. Smith - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1945)
1986 - Francis R. Scobee - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1939)
1986 - Judith Resnik - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1949)
1986 - Ellison Onizuka - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1946)
1986 - Ronald McNair - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1950)
1986 - Christa McAuliffe - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1948)
1986 - Greg Jarvis - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1944)
1988 - Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911)
1994 - Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916)
1996 - Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Laureate (b. 1940)
1996 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914)
1996 - Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
1999 - Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b. 1918)
1999 - Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908)
2001 - Curt Blefary, American baseball player (b. 1943)
2002 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (b. 1907)
2004 - Don Stansauk, American professional wrestler (b. 1936)
2004 - Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. Navy officer (b. 1927)
2004 - Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923)
2004 - Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923)
2004 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (b. 1937)
2005 - Karen Lancaume, French actress (suicide) (b. 1973)
2005 - Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2005 - Jacques Villeret, French actor (b. 1951)
2006 - Henry McGee, English comedian (b. 1929)
2006 - Yitzchak Kaduri, rabbi (b. around 1900)
2007 - Carlo Clerici, Swiss professional road racing cyclist (b. 1929)
2007 - Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic Priest and American politician (b. 1920)
2007 - Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
2007 - Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
2007 - Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
2007 - Emma Tillman, the world's oldest living person from January 24-28, 2007 (b. 1892)
2008 - Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (b. 1939)
2008 - Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)
814 - Charlemagne (b. 742)