Deaths on 28 July
2000s
Laura Dahlmeier
2025
German biathlete (1993–2025)
John Anderson (television personality)
2024
Scottish television personality, teacher and coach (1931–2024)
Doug Creek
2024
American baseball player (1969–2024)
Reyes Moronta
2024
Dominican baseball player (1993–2024)
Francine Pascal
2024
American author (1932–2024)
Bernard Cribbins
2022
British actor (1928–2022)
Dusty Hill
2021
American musician (1949–2021)
Junrey Balawing
2020
Filipino record holder for shortness
Wanny van Gils
2018
Dutch footballer and coach
Émile Derlin Zinsou
2016
Beninese politician; President of Benin (1968-1969)
Mahasweta Devi
2016
Indian writer and activist
Jan Kulczyk
2015
Polish businessman (1950–2015)
Edward Natapei
2015
Former Prime Minister of Vanuatu
Clive Rice
2015
South African cricketer
Alex Forbes
2014
Scottish footballer and manager
Alakbar Mammadov
2014
Soviet footballer (1930–2014)
Mustafa Adrisi
2013
Vice President of Uganda from 1977 to 1979
Eileen Brennan
2013
American actress and singer (1932–2013)
Rita Reys
2013
Dutch jazz singer (1924–2013)
William Scranton
2013
Governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967
Ersilio Tonini
2013
Italian cardinal
Colin Horsley
2012
New Zealand classical pianist (1920–2012)
Sepp Mayerl
2012
Austrian mountaineer
William F. Milliken Jr.
2012
Aeronautical and Automotive Engineer
Abdul Fatah Younis
2011
Libyan general
Jim Johnson (American football)
2009
American football player and coach (1941–2009)
Karl Gotch
2007
Belgian professional wrestler, amateur wrestling, and coach (1924–2007)
Jim LeRoy
2007
United States Marine (1961–2007)
David Gemmell
2006
British author of heroic fantasy (1948–2006)
Francis Crick
2004
English physicist and biologist (1916–2004)
Tiziano Terzani
2004
Italian author and journalist
Valerie Goulding
2003
Irish politician and campaigner (1918–2003)
Archer Martin
2002
British chemist (1910-2002)
Ahmed Sofa
2001
Bangladeshi writer and poet (1943–2001)
Abraham Pais
2000
Dutch-American physicist and science historian
1900s
Trygve Haavelmo
1999
Norwegian economist and Nobel Laureate (1911–1999)
Zbigniew Herbert
1998
Polish poet (1924–1998)
Lenny McLean
1998
English boxer
Consalvo Sanesi
1998
Italian racing driver (1911–1998)
Rosalie Crutchley
1997
British actress (1920–1997)
Seni Pramoj
1997
Prime Minister of Thailand (1945–1946; 1975; 1976)
Roger Tory Peterson
1996
American naturalist, ornithologist and writer (1908–1996)
Stanley Woods
1993
Irish motorcycle rider
Sulev Nõmmik
1992
Estonian theatre and movie director, actor, humorist and comedian
Jill Esmond
1990
English actress (1908–1990)
Jack Renshaw
1987
Australian politician (1909–1987)
Keith Green
1982
American contemporary Christian musician and songwriter (1953–1982)
Stanley Rother
1981
20th-century American Catholic Priest and Martyr
Rose Rand
1980
American philosopher
Don Miller (American football, born 1902)
1979
American football player and coach (1902–1979)
Charles Shadwell (musician)
1979
British conductor and bandleader
Maggie Gripenberg
1976
Finnish dancer (1881–1976)
Helen Traubel
1972
American opera singer (1899–1972)
Lawrence Moore Cosgrave
1971
Canadian diplomat (1890–1971)
Myril Hoag
1971
American baseball player (1908–1971)
Charles E. Pont
1971
American painter
Ramón Grau
1969
Two-time president of Cuba (1881 - 1969)
Frank Loesser
1969
American songwriter (1910–1969)
Otto Hahn
1968
German nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate (1879–1968)
Karl W. Richter
1967
American fighter pilot (1942–1967)
Edogawa Ranpo
1965
Japanese author (1894–1965)
Attallah Suheimat
1965
Jordanian leader, politician, and a statesperson
Carl F. W. Borgward
1963
German engineer and designer and the creator of the Borgward group, based in Bremen
Edith Abbott
1957
American economist
Isaac Heinemann
1957
Israeli rabbinical scholar and professor
Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception
1946
Catholic saint (1910–1946)
Flinders Petrie
1942
British Egyptologist (1853–1942)
Meletius Metaxakis
1935
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1921 to 1923
Marie Dressler
1934
Canadian-American actress (1868–1934)
Louis Tancred
1934
South African cricketer
Nishinoumi Kajirō III
1933
Japanese sumo wrestler
John DeWitt (athlete)
1930
American athlete (1881–1930)
Allvar Gullstrand
1930
Swedish ophthalmologist and optician
Édouard-Henri Avril
1928
French artist (1849–1928)
1800s
Edward Beecher
1895
American theologian (1803–1895)
Moses Montefiore
1885
British financier and Jewish activist (1784–1885)
George Law Curry
1878
American politician and journalist (1820–1878)
Jan Evangelista Purkyně
1869
Czech scientist (1787–1869)
Charles Albert of Sardinia
1849
King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849
Joseph Bonaparte
1844
King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13)
Clemens Brentano
1842
German poet and novelist (1778–1842)
Bernhard Crusell
1838
Finnish composer and clarinettist (1775–1838)
Nathan Mayer Rothschild
1836
German-born British financier (1777–1836)
Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso
1835
French Marshal and diplomat
Gaspard Monge
1818
French mathematician (1746–1818)
Richard Beckett (cricketer)
1809
English cricketer
Selim III
1808
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807
Before 1800
Maximilien Robespierre
1794
French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
1794
French revolutionary politician (1767–1794)
George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe
1762
British politician (1691–1762)
Johann Sebastian Bach
1750
German composer (1685–1750)
Antonio Vivaldi
1741
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
Étienne Baluze
1718
French scholar
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington
1685
English politician and army officer (1618–1685)
Bulstrode Whitelocke
1675
English politician (1605–1675)
Abraham Cowley
1667
17th-century English writer
Cyrano de Bergerac
1655
French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)
Guillén de Castro y Bellvis
1631
Spanish dramatist (1569–1631)
Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford
1585
English nobleman and politician (c. 1527–1585)
Thomas Cromwell
1540
English statesman (1485–1540)
Rodrigo de Bastidas
1527
Spanish conquistador
Robert Blackadder
1508
Scottish cleric
Edward Woodville, Lord Scales
1488
15th-century English knight
John II of Cyprus
1458
King of Cyprus from 1432 to 1458
Sancia of Majorca
1345
Queen consort of Naples
Guigues VIII of Viennois
1333
French noble
Keran, Queen of Armenia
1285
Queen consort of Armenia
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
1271
Anglo-Irish noble (c. 1210 – 1271)
Leopold VI, Duke of Austria
1230
Duke of Austria from 1198 to 1230
William Clito
1128
Count of Flanders from 1127 to 1128
Pope Victor II
1057
Head of the Catholic Church from 1055 to 1057
Shi Jingtang
942
Emperor of Later Jin from 936 to 942
Thankmar
938
Prince (c. 908–938)
Athanasius I Gammolo
631
42nd Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (600 - 641)
Theodosius II
450
Eastern Roman emperor from 402 to 450