Famous Deaths on 28 Mar

Famous Deaths on 28 Mar

1072 - Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
1239 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
1285 - Pope Martin IV
1563 - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
1566 - Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (b. 1486)
1677 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born actor (b. 1607)
1687 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
1794 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
1850 - Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (b. 1788)
1866 - Solomon Foot, American politician (b. 1802)
1868 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader (b. 1797)
1870 - George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
1874 - Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795)
1881 - Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (b. 1839)
1910 - Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (b. 1838)
1910 - David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
1929 - Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)
193 - Pertinax, Roman Emperor (b. 126)
1939 - Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
1941 - Virginia Woolf, English feminist writer (b. 1882)
1942 - Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet, death in prison (b. 1910)
1943 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1873)
1944 - Stephen Leacock, Canadian humorist (b. 1869)
1946 - Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
1947 - Karol Åšwierczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
1949 - GrigoraÅŸ Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (b. 1889)
1953 - Jim Thorpe, American athlete (b. 1887)
1958 - W.C. Handy, American composer (b. 1873)
1962 - Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)
1965 - Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
1965 - Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1885)
1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
1974 - Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905)
1976 - Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905)
1976 - Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
1978 - Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)
1979 - Emmett Kelly, American clown (b. 1898)
1980 - Dick Haymes, Argentine-born singer and actor (b. 1918)
1982 - William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1984 - Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914)
1985 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (b. 1887)
1986 - Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
1987 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (b. 1905)
1987 - Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)
1993 - Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956)
1994 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (b. 1909)
1995 - Hugh O'Connor, American actor (b. 1962)
1999 - Freaky Tah, American rapper (Lost Boyz) (b. 1971)
2000 - Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
2001 - Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
2003 - Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
2004 - Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
2004 - Art James, American game show host (b. 1929)
2005 - Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
2006 - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
2006 - Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
2006 - Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
2006 - Proinsias Ã" Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)