Deaths on 28 May
2000s
David Brewer (broker)
2023
English broker and politician (1940–2023)
Patricia Brake
2022
English actress (1942–2022)
Mark Eaton
2021
American basketball player (1957–2021)
Neale Cooper
2018
Scottish footballer and manager (1963–2018)
Jens Christian Skou
2018
Danish chemist (1918–2018)
Cornelia Frances
2018
English-Australian actress (1941–2018)
Harambe
2016
Captive gorilla (1999–2016)
Steven Gerber
2015
American composer (1948–2015)
Johnny Keating
2015
Scottish songwriter, arranger and trombonist (1927–2015)
Reynaldo Rey
2015
American actor and comedian (1940–2015)
Maya Angelou
2014
American writer and activist (1928–2014)
Stan Crowther (footballer)
2014
English footballer
Oscar Dystel
2014
Malcolm Glazer
2014
American sports team owner (1928–2014)
Bob Houbregs
2014
Canadian basketball player (1932–2014)
Isaac Kungwane
2014
South African soccer player (1971–2014)
Viktor Kulikov
2013
Soviet marshal (1921–2013)
Eddie Romero
2013
Filipino film director (1924–2013)
Gerd Schmückle
2013
German general and author
Bob Edwards (British journalist)
2012
British journalist
Yuri Susloparov
2012
Soviet footballer (1958–2012)
Gino Valenzano
2011
Italian racing driver
Gary Coleman
2010
American actor (1968–2010)
Beryl Cook
2008
British artist (1926–2008)
Jörg Immendorff
2007
German artist (1945–2007)
Toshikatsu Matsuoka
2007
Japanese politician
Thorleif Schjelderup
2006
Norwegian ski jumper
Michael Buonauro
2004
American webcomic artist and author (1979–2004)
John Tolos
2004
Greek-Canadian professional wrestler and manager (1931-2009)
Oleg Makarov (cosmonaut)
2003
Soviet engineer and cosmonaut (1933–2003)
Ilya Prigogine
2003
Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003)
Martha Scott
2003
American actress (1912–2003)
Mildred Benson
2002
American writer (1905–2002)
Joe Moakley
2001
American politician (1927–2001)
Francisco Varela
2001
Chilean scientist and philosopher
George Irving Bell
2000
American physicist, biologist and mountaineer (1926–2000)
1900s
Michael Barkai
1999
B. Vittalacharya
1999
Indian film director, producer (1920–1999)
Phil Hartman
1998
Canadian-American actor (1948–1998)
Julius Boros
1994
American professional golfer (1920–1994)
Ely Jacques Kahn Jr.
1994
American writer (1916–1994)
Julius Eastman
1990
American composer (1940–1990)
Sy Oliver
1988
American trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader (1910–1988)
Edip Cansever
1986
Turkish poet
Eric Morecambe
1984
English comedian (1926–1984)
D'Urville Martin
1984
American actor and director (1939–1984)
Erastus Corning 2nd
1983
American politician (1909–1983)
H. Jones
1982
British Army officer (1940–1982)
Mary Lou Williams
1981
American jazz pianist and composer (1910–1981)
Stefan Wyszyński
1981
Polish Roman Catholic cardinal (1901–1981)
Rolf Nevanlinna
1980
Finnish mathematician (1895–1980)
Zainul Abedin
1976
Bangladeshi painter and pioneer of the modern art movement
Ezzard Charles
1975
American boxer (1921–1975)
Edward VIII
1972
King of the United Kingdom in 1936
Audie Murphy
1971
American soldier and actor (1925–1971)
Fyodor Okhlopkov
1968
Soviet sniper (1908–1968)
Terry Dillon
1964
American football player (1941–1964)
Tatsuo Hori
1953
Japanese writer (1904–1953)
Philippe Desranleau
1952
Catholic archbishop
August Eigruber
1947
Austrian-born Nazi politician and war criminal (1907–1947)
Carter Glass
1946
American politician (1858–1946)
Alfred Adler
1937
Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)
Frank Cowper
1930
British writer and journalist (1849–1930)
Boris Kustodiev
1927
Russian painter and stage designer (1878–1927)
Ivan Franko
1916
Ukrainian poet and writer (1856–1916)
Kicking Bear
1904
Lakota military leader (1845–1904)
1800s
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
1878
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846–1852, 1865–1866)
Simion Bărnuțiu
1864
Romanian historian, academic, philosopher, jurist, and liberal politician
Anne Brontë
1849
English novelist and poet (1820–1849)
Noah Webster
1843
American lexicographer and author (1758–1843)
William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk
1831
Royal Navy Admiral (1756–1831)
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
1811
British politician (1742–1811)
Richard Hurd (bishop)
1808
18th-century English bishop, divine, and writer
Luigi Boccherini
1805
Italian composer and cellist (1743–1805)
Before 1800
Leopold Mozart
1787
German composer (1719–1787)
Emperor Sakuramachi
1750
Emperor of Japan from 1735 to 1747
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues
1747
French writer, nobleman and moralist (1715–1747)
Juan de Ayala y Escobar
1727
Spanish soldier and administrator
John Trevor (1626–1672)
1672
Welsh politician (1626–1672)
Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent
1651
English politician
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
1626
English sailor, politician, and courtier (1561–1626)
Saitō Dōsan
1556
Sengoku period Japanese samurai
Henry IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
1427
German noble (1397–1427)
Afonso IV of Portugal
1357
King of Portugal from 1325 to 1357
Robert Baldock
1327
14th-century Bishop of Norwich-elect and Chancellor of England
William Wishart
1279
Wulfstan (died 1023)
1023
Archbishop of York from 1002 to 1023
Kong Qian
926
Li Jiji
926
Later Tang prince
Uchaʼan Kʼin Bʼalam
741
Ajaw
Germain of Paris
576
6th-century Bishop of Paris