28 November Deaths

November 28 is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

741 – Pope Gregory III
939 – Lady Ma, Chinese noblewoman (b. 890)
1122 – Margrave Ottokar II of Styria
1170 – Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (b. 1080)
1290 – Eleanor of Castile (b. 1241)
1317 – Yishan Yining, Zen monk and writer from China who taught in Japan (b. 1247)
1476 – James of the Marches, Franciscan friar
1499 – Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (b. 1475)
1574 – Georg Major, German theologian and educator (b. 1502)
1585 – Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
1667 – Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (b. 1633)
1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
1675 – Leonard Hoar, English minister and academic (b. 1630)
1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1598)
1680 – Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian painter and architect (b. 1606)
1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German priest, philologist, and scholar (b. 1601)[1]
1694 – Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (b. 1644)
1695 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1637)
1695 – Anthony Wood, English historian and author (b. 1632)
1698 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (b. 1622)
1763 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)
1785 – William Whipple, American general and politician (b. 1730)
1794 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730)
1794 – Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet, English politician (b. 1736)
1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (b. 1750)
1815 – Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)
1852 – Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)
1852 – Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)
1859 – Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (b. 1783)
1870 – Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841)
1872 – Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
1873 – Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808)
1878 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805)
1880 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)
1890 – Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)
1891 – Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)
1901 – Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)
1904 – Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847)
1907 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869)
1912 – Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)
1917 – Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844)
1921 – `Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
1930 – Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
1935 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
1939 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (b. 1861)
1943 – Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
1945 – Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (b. 1879)
1947 – Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
1953 – Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
1960 – Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
1960 – Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1908)
1962 – K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
1962 – Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
1968 – Enid Blyton, English author and poet (b. 1897)
1971 – Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920)
1972 – Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)
1973 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (b. 1886)
1976 – Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
1977 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (b. 1896)
1978 – Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (b. 1902)
1982 – Helen of Greece and Denmark (b. 1896)
1983 – Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
1987 – Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biologist and chemist (b. 1913)
1987 – Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler
1992 – Sidney Nolan, Australian-English painter and academic (b. 1917)
1993 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian-American drummer (b. 1946)
1993 – Garry Moore, American comedian, television personality, and game show host (b. 1915)
1994 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
1994 – Buster Edwards, English boxer and criminal (b. 1932)
1994 – Jerry Rubin, American businessman and activist (b. 1938)
1995 – Joe Kelly, Irish race car driver (b. 1915)
1997 – Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920)
1998 – Kerry Wendell Thornley, American soldier and author (b. 1938)
2001 – Kal Mann, American songwriter (b. 1917)
2001 – William Reid, Scottish lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1921)
2002 – Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
2003 – Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (b. 1918)
2003 – Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915)
2003 – Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (b. 1918)
2005 – Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
2005 – Jack Concannon, American football player and actor (b. 1943)
2007 – Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer (b. 1944)
2008 – Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant (b. 1972)
2008 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (b. 1977)
2009 – Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1926)
2011 – Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (b. 1933)
2012 – Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2012 – Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator (b. 1940)
2012 – Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922)
2012 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author (b. 1926)
2013 – Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (b. 1925)
2013 – Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1919)
2013 – Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1923)
2013 – Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Austrian-American poet and songwriter (b. 1920)
2014 – Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2014 – Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (b. 1912)
2014 – Dale Armstrong, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)
2015 – Wayne Bickerton, Welsh songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
2015 – Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (b. 1948)
2015 – Gerry Byrne, English-Welsh footballer (b. 1938)
2015 – Marjorie Lord, American actress (b. 1918)
2015 – Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (b. 1930)

Source: wikipedia