December 28th
228 Notable deaths
Lee Barnes
American athletics competitor.
Born July 16th, 1906 in Salt Lake City.
Died December 28th, 1970 at 64 years old in Oxnard.
Tarleton Hoffman Bean
American ichthyologist (1846-1916).
Born October 8th, 1846 in Bainbridge.
Died December 28th, 1916 at 70 years old in Albany.
Yevgeni Zimin
Ice hockey player (1947–2018).
Born August 6th, 1947 in Moscow.
Died December 28th, 2018 at 71 years old in Moscow (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]
John Norton
American athlete (1893-1979).
Born April 16th, 1893 in Santa Clara.
Died December 28th, 1979 at 86 years old in New York City.
Frank Hayes
Actor (1871-1923).
Born May 17th, 1871 in San Francisco.
Died December 28th, 1923 at 52 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
Russian film director (1909–1980).
Born February 21st, 1909 in Vovchansk.
Died December 28th, 1980 at 71 years old in Zheleznodorozhny.
Erzsébet Szőnyi
(1924–2019) composer.
Born April 25th, 1924 in Budapest. [ref]
Died December 28th, 2019 at 95 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Carlo Agostini
Italian prelate (1888-1952).
Born April 22nd, 1888 in San Martino di Lupari.
Died December 28th, 1952 at 64 years old in Venice (leukemia).
Valda Osborn
British figure skater (1934–2022).
Born September 17th, 1934 in Hendon.
Died December 28th, 2022 at 88 years old in Horsham. [ref]
Klavdiya Nikolayeva
Russian revolutionary and women's rights activist (1893-1944).
Born June 13th, 1893 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 28th, 1944 at 51 years old in Moscow.
Sergey Tolstov
Soviet-russian art historian, archaeologist and university teacher (1907-1976).
Born February 7th, 1907 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 28th, 1976 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Edgar Hovhannisyan
Armenian composer (1930–1998).
Born January 14th, 1930 in Yerevan.
Died December 28th, 1998 at 68 years old in Yerevan.
Sun Daolin
Chinese actor and film director (1921-2007).
Born December 18th, 1921 in Beijing.
Died December 28th, 2007 at 86 years old in Shanghai. [ref]
Jiří Pauer
Czech music educator, composer and manager (1919–2007).
Born February 22nd, 1919 in Libušín. [ref]
Died December 28th, 2007 at 88 years old in Prague. [ref]
Nikolay Shirshov
Uzbekistani association football player (1974–2021).
Born June 22nd, 1974 in Tashkent.
Died December 28th, 2021 at 47 years old in Rostov-on-Don. [ref]
Carl Friedrich Rammelsberg
German chemist and university teacher (1813-1899).
Born April 1st, 1813 in Berlin.
Died December 28th, 1899 at 86 years old in Groß-Lichterfelde.
Jon Mirande
Basque writer from france.
Born November 10th, 1925 in Paris, 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1972 at 47 years old in Paris, 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Alfonso Balcázar
Spanish screenwriter, film director and film producer (1926–1993).
Born March 2nd, 1926 in Barcelona.
Died December 28th, 1993 at 67 years old in Sitges.
Josef Lense
Austrian physicist (1890-1985).
Born October 28th, 1890 in Vienna.
Died December 28th, 1985 at 95 years old in Munich.
José de Obaldía
Vice president of colombia (1806–1889).
Born July 19th, 1806 in Santiago de Veraguas. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1889 at 83 years old in David. [ref]
Franz Xaver Kraus
German catholic theologian, art and church historian, and founder of christian archaeology (1840–1901).
Born September 18th, 1840 in Trier.
Died December 28th, 1901 at 61 years old in Sanremo (stomach cancer).
Léopold Leau
French mathematician and linguist (1868–1943).
Born April 6th, 1868 in France. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1943 at 75 years old in France. [ref]
Vassily Solomin
Boxer (1953-1997).
Born January 5th, 1953 in Perm.
Died December 28th, 1997 at 44 years old in Perm (lung cancer).
Fernando Guidicelli
Brazilian footballer and manager (1906-1968).
Born March 1st, 1906 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 28th, 1968 at 62 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 228
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi