Deaths on 28 April
2000s
Brian McCardie
2024
Scottish actor and writer (1965–2024)
Michael Collins (astronaut)
2021
American astronaut (1930–2021)
El Risitas
2021
Spanish comedian and actor (1956–2021)
Richard Lugar
2019
American politician (1932–2019)
John Singleton
2019
American filmmaker (1968–2019)
James Hylton
2018
American stock car racing driver
Mariano Gagnon
2017
American missionary and author
Jenny Diski
2016
English writer
Antônio Abujamra
2015
Brazilian actor and director
Marcia Brown
2015
American children's illustrator and writer (1918–2015)
Michael J. Ingelido
2015
United States Air Force general
Barbara Fiske Calhoun
2014
American cartoonist (1919–2014)
William Honan
2014
American journalist and author
Dennis Kamakahi
2014
Hawaiian musician (1953–2014)
Edgar Laprade
2014
Canadian ice hockey player (1919-2014)
Jack Ramsay
2014
American basketball coach and broadcaster (1925–2014)
Idris Sardi
2014
Frederic Schwartz
2014
American architect
Ryan Tandy
2014
Australian rugby league footballer
Brad Lesley
2013
American baseball player (1958–2013)
Fredrick McKissack
2013
American writer (1939–2013)
John C. Reynolds
2013
American computer scientist (1935–2013)
Jack Shea (director)
2013
American television director (1928–2013)
János Starker
2013
Hungarian-American cellist (1924–2013)
Paulo Vanzolini
2013
Brazilian composer and herpetologist (1924–2013)
Bernie Wood
2013
Fred Allen (rugby union)
2012
New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach
Matilde Camus
2012
Spanish poet (1919–2012)
Al Ecuyer
2012
American gridiron football player (1937–2012)
Patricia Medina
2012
British actress (1919–2012)
Milan N. Popović
2012
Serbian psychiatrist
Aberdeen Shikoyi
2012
Rugby player
Erhard Loretan
2011
Swiss mountaineer (1959–2011)
Ekaterina Maximova
2009
Russian ballet dancer
Richard Pratt (businessman)
2009
Australian businessman (1934–2009)
Dabbs Greer
2007
American actor (1917–2007)
René Mailhot
2007
Canadian journalist
Tommy Newsom
2007
American musician (1929-2007)
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
2007
German physicist (1912–2007)
Bertha Wilson
2007
First woman judge on Supreme Court of Canada
Steve Howe (baseball)
2006
American baseball player (1958–2006)
Percy Heath
2005
American jazz bassist (1923–2005)
Chris Candido
2005
American professional wrestler (1972–2005)
Taraki Sivaram
2005
Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka
Alexander Lebed
2002
Soviet and Russian military officer and politician (1950–2002)
Lou Thesz
2002
American professional wrestler (1916–2002)
Jerzy Einhorn
2000
Polish-born Swedish doctor (1925–2000)
Penelope Fitzgerald
2000
English biographer and novelist (1916–2000)
1900s
Rory Calhoun
1999
American actor (1922–1999)
Rolf Landauer
1999
American-German physicist, engineer (1927–1999)
Alf Ramsey
1999
English footballer (1920–1999)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
1999
American physicist (1921–1999)
Jerome Bixby
1998
American writer
Ann Petry
1997
American writer (1908–1997)
Lester Sumrall
1996
American evangelist (1913–1996)
Berton Roueché
1994
American journalist
Diva Diniz Corrêa
1993
Brazilian marine zoologist
Jim Valvano
1993
American basketball player, coach, and broadcaster (1946–1993)
Francis Bacon (artist)
1992
Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)
Steve Broidy
1991
American motion picture industry executive
Esa Pakarinen
1989
Finnish actor and musician (1911–1989)
Ben Linder
1987
American engineer killed by Contras
Tommy Caldwell (musician)
1980
American musician (1949–1980)
Mohammad Daoud Khan
1978
Afghan military officer and politician (1909–1978)
Ricardo Cortez
1977
American actor (1900–1977)
Sepp Herberger
1977
German football player and manager (1897–1977)
Richard Hughes (British writer)
1976
British writer (1900–1976)
Clas Thunberg
1973
Finnish speed skater
Ed Begley
1970
American actor (1901–1970)
Wilhelm Weber (gymnast)
1963
German gymnast
Bennie Osler
1962
South African rugby union player
Heinrich Bär
1957
German Luftwaffe flying ace
Fred Marriott
1956
American race car driver
Léon Jouhaux
1954
French trade unionist and activist (1879 - 1954)
Louis Bachelier
1946
French pioneer in mathematical economics (1870-1946)
Roberto Farinacci
1945
Italian fascist politician (1892–1945)
Hermann Fegelein
1945
German Nazi Waffen-SS commander (1906–1945)
Benito Mussolini
1945
Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan
1944
Last Emir of Bukhara from 1911 to 1920
Frank Knox
1944
47th Secretary of the Navy of the United States (1874–1944)
Anne Walter Fearn
1939
American physician
Fuad I of Egypt
1936
Sultan/King of Egypt from 1917 to 1936
Hendrik van Heuckelum
1929
Dutch footballer (1879–1929)
May Jordan McConnel
1928
Australian trade unionist and suffragist
Richard Butler (Australian politician)
1925
Australian politician (1850–1925)
Maurice Moore (Irish republican)
1921
Fitzhugh Lee
1905
American general and politician (1835–1905)
Josiah Willard Gibbs
1903
American scientist (1839–1903)
Cyprien Tanguay
1902
French Canadian priest and historian (1819-1902)
1800s
Jack Russell (priest)
1883
British priest
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon
1881
French sculptor and photographer (1818–1881)
Samuel Cunard
1865
British-Canadian shipping magnate (1787–1865)
Johannes Peter Müller
1858
German zoologist (1801–1858)
Ludwig Tieck
1853
German poet, writer, and critic (1773–1853)
Peter Chanel
1841
19th-century French Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr
Johann Heinrich Abicht
1816
German philosopher (1762–1816)
Mikhail Kutuzov
1813
Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)
Before 1800
Cornelius Harnett
1781
American Founding Father and politician
Johann Friedrich Struensee
1772
Danish physician, philosopher and statesman (1737–1772)
Magnus Julius De la Gardie
1741
Swedish general and statesman
Thomas Pitt
1726
British merchant, colonial administrator and politician (1653–1726)
Louis de Montfort
1716
French religious priest and saint
Thomas Betterton
1710
17th-century English actor
Francisco de Lucena
1643
Nicholas West
1533
English bishop and diplomatist (1461–1533)
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
1489
English aristocrat (c.1449–1489)
Baldus de Ubaldis
1400
Italian jurist
Luchesius Modestini
1260
Shajar al-Durr
1257
Ayyubid sultan of Egypt in 1250
Rhys ap Gruffudd
1197
Prince of Deheubarth from 1155 to 1197
Conrad of Montferrat
1192
Italian nobleman and crusader, King of Jerusalem from 1190 to 1192
Hugh of Cluny
1109
Abbot of Cluny (1024–1109)
Jawhar (general)
992
Fatimid military officer (died 992)
Adaldag
988
German archbishop (died 988)
Hu Jinsi
948
Wuyue general (d. 948)
Artabanus IV of Parthia
224
Ruler of Parthian Empire from c. 213 to 224