Deaths on 28 November
2000s
Prince Johnson
2024
Liberian politician (1952–2024)
Ananda Krishnan
2024
Malaysian entrepreneur (1938–2024)
Silvia Pinal
2024
Mexican actress (1931–2024)
Kioumars Pourhashemi
2024
Iranian brigadier general (died 2024)
Charlie Munger
2023
American businessman (1924–2023)
Virgil Abloh
2021
American fashion designer and entrepreneur (1980–2021)
Frank Williams (Formula One)
2021
British businessman and motorsport executive (1942–2021)
David Prowse
2020
English actor, bodybuilder and weightlifter (1935–2020)
Harry Leslie Smith
2018
British writer, political commentator, and World War II veteran (1923–2018)
Wayne Bickerton
2015
British songwriter and record producer (1941–2015)
Luc Bondy
2015
Swiss theatre and film director (1948–2015)
Gerry Byrne (footballer, born 1938)
2015
English footballer (1938-2015)
Marjorie Lord
2015
American actress (1918–2015)
Olene Walker
2015
American politician (1930–2015)
Chespirito
2014
Mexican actor, comedian, filmmaker (1929–2014)
Said Akl
2014
Lebanese poet and language reformer (1911–2014)
Dale Armstrong
2014
Canadian drag racer and crew chief
Jack Matthews (author)
2013
American novelist (1925–2013)
Mitja Ribičič
2013
Slovenian and Yugoslav politician
Jean-Louis Roux
2013
Canadian politician, entertainer and playwright
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
2013
Yiddish poet and songwriter (1920–2013)
Knut Ahnlund
2012
Swedish literary historian and writer
Spain Rodriguez
2012
American cartoonist (1940–2012)
Franco Ventriglia
2012
American opera singer (1922–2012)
Zig Ziglar
2012
American author, salesman, and motivational speaker (1926–2012)
Lloyd J. Old
2011
20th-century American immunology researcher
Leslie Nielsen
2010
Canadian-American actor (1926–2010)
Gilles Carle
2009
Canadian filmmaker and painter (1928-2009)
Gajender Singh Bisht
2008
Ashoka Chakra recipient (1972–2008)
Sandeep Unnikrishnan
2008
Indian army officer (1977–2008)
Gudrun Wagner
2007
Marc Lawrence
2005
American actor (1910–2005)
Jack Concannon
2005
American football player (1943–2005)
Ted Bates (footballer)
2003
English footballer (1918–2003)
Antonia Forest
2003
English children's writer (1915–2003)
Mihkel Mathiesen
2003
Estonian politician
Melih Cevdet Anday
2002
Turkish poet and author (1915–2002)
Kal Mann
2001
American rock and roll lyricist (1917–2001)
William Reid (VC)
2001
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
1900s
Kerry Wendell Thornley
1998
American author (1938–1998)
Rita Hester
1998
Trans woman (1963–1998); murder inspired Transgender Day of Remembrance
Georges Marchal
1997
French actor
Joe Kelly (racing driver)
1995
Irish racing driver (1913–1993)
Jeffrey Dahmer
1994
American serial killer (1960–1994)
Buster Edwards
1994
British criminal (1931–1994)
Jerry Rubin
1994
American social activist and counterculture icon (1938–1994)
Jerry Edmonton
1993
Canadian drummer (1946–1993)
Garry Moore
1993
American entertainer, comedian, and game show host (1915–1993)
Sidney Nolan
1992
Australian artist (1917–1992)
Choh Hao Li
1987
Chinese-American biochemist (1913–1987)
Kazuharu Sonoda
1987
Japanese professional wrestler (1956-1987)
Christopher George
1983
American actor (1931–1983)
Helen of Greece and Denmark
1982
Queen Mother of Romania (1896–1982)
Antonio Liberti
1978
Argentine football executive (1902–1978)
Bob Meusel
1977
American baseball player (1896–1977)
Rosalind Russell
1976
American actress, model, comedian, screenwriter and singer (1907–1976)
Peder Furubotn
1975
Norwegian cabinetmaker, politician and resistance member
Marthe Bibesco
1973
Romanian writer (1886–1973)
Havergal Brian
1972
English composer (1876–1972)
Wasfi Tal
1971
Prime Minister of Jordan in 1962–63, 1965–67 and 1970–71
Enid Blyton
1968
English children's writer (1897–1968)
K. C. Dey
1962
Indian actor and singer (1893–1962)
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
1962
Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948
Dirk Jan de Geer
1960
Dutch politician (1870–1960)
Tsunenohana Kan'ichi
1960
Japanese sumo wrestler
Richard Wright (author)
1960
American novelist and poet (1908–1960)
Enrico Fermi
1954
Italian-American physicist (1901–1954)
Frank Olson
1953
American bacteriologist (1910-1953)
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
1947
French general (1902–1947)
Dwight F. Davis
1945
American politician and tennis player
Aleksander Hellat
1943
Estonian politician
James Naismith
1939
Inventor of basketball (1861–1939)
Erich von Hornbostel
1935
German-Ashkenazi Jewish musicologist (1877-1935)
Constantine VI of Constantinople
1930
Encumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1924 to 1925
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
1921
Head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 to 1921
Ionian school (literature)
1917
Walter Benona Sharp
1912
American businessman, oil drilling pioneer (1870–1912)
Stanisław Wyspiański
1907
Polish playwright, painter and poet (1869–1907)
Hermann de Pourtalès
1904
Swiss sailor (1847–1904)
Moses Dickson
1901
American abolitionist (April 5 1824– November 28 1901)
1800s
Talbot Baines Reed
1893
English author (1852-1893)
Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet
1891
Irish politician
Jyotirao Phule
1890
Indian social activist and reformer (1827–1890)
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos
1880
19th-century Roman Catholic bishop in Portuguese India
Orson Hyde
1878
American religious leader (1805–1878)
Caterina Scarpellini
1873
Italian astronomer
Frédéric Bazille
1870
French painter (1841–1870)
Washington Irving
1859
American writer, historian, and diplomat (1783–1859)
Ludger Duvernay
1852
Canadian politician
Emmanuil Xanthos
1852
Greek revolutionary
Johann Peter Salomon
1815
German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
1801
18th-century French geologist, namesake of Dolomite
Before 1800
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1794
Prussian military officer (1730–1794)
James Tylney-Long
1794
English politician
William Whipple
1785
American Founding Father (1730–1785)
Naungdawgyi
1763
King of Konbaung, Prince of Dabayin, Dabayin King, Royal Eldest Brother
Louis de Buade de Frontenac
1698
French soldier and governor (1622–1698)
Giovanni Paolo Colonna
1695
Italian composer
Anthony Wood (antiquary)
1695
English antiquarian (1632–1695)
Matsuo Bashō
1694
Japanese poet (1644–1694)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1680
Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
1680
Italian painter (1606–1680)
Athanasius Kircher
1680
German Jesuit scholar and polymath (1602–1680)
Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh
1675
English diplomat and politician (1608–1675)
Leonard Hoar
1675
American academic administrator
Jean de Thévenot
1667
French traveller in the East, linguist and botanist
Hernando Franco
1585
Spanish composer
Georg Major
1574
German Lutheran theologian (1502–1574)
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
1499
English nobleman
James of the Marches
1476
Christian saint
Yishan Yining
1317
Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled to Japan
Eleanor of Castile
1290
Queen of England from 1272 to 1290
Owain Gwynedd
1170
King of Gwynedd from 1137 to 1170
Ottokar II of Styria
1122
Margrave of Styria
Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia
1039
Duke of Carinthia
Lady Ma (Qian Yuanguan's wife)
939
Chinese queen
Pope Gregory III
741
Head of the Catholic Church from 731 to 741