28 December Deaths

December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are three days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

Deaths

925 – Wang Zongbi, general of the Chinese state of Former Shu
1218 – Robert II, Count of Dreux (b. 1154)
1297 – Hugh Aycelin, French cardinal (b. 1230)
1326 – Sir David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, Constable of Scotland, and Chief Warden of Northumberland
1367 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)
1394 – Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, queen of Epirus (b. 1350)
1446 – Antipope Clement VIII (b. 1369)
1491 – Bertoldo di Giovanni, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435)
1503 – Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (b. 1471)
1547 – Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465)
1558 – Hermann Finck, German organist and composer (b. 1527)
1622 – Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (b. 1567)
1663 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
1671 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (b. 1611)
1694 – Mary II of England (b. 1662)
1703 – Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
1706 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (b. 1647)
1708 – Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656)
1715 – William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)
1734 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (b. 1671)
1736 – Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670)
1785 – Peter Ernst Wilde, Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (b. 1732)
1795 – Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747)
1859 – Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
1872 – James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
1890 – Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
1897 – William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
1900 – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
1913 – Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
1916 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
1917 – Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
1918 – Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
1919 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854)
1924 – Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)
1932 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
1935 – Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (b. 1874)
1937 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist and composer (b. 1875)
1938 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (b. 1886)
1942 – Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1869)
1943 – Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885)
1945 – Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (b. 1871)
1946 – Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)
1947 – Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
1949 – Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)
1959 – Ante Pavelić, Croatian war criminal, Holocaust/Porajmos perpetrator; Prime Minister of the Independent State of Croatia (b. 1889)
1960 – Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)
1963 – Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
1967 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)
1968 – David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)
1971 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)
1976 – Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
1981 – Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1983 – William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)
1983 – Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
1984 – Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
1984 – Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (b. 1903)
1986 – John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916)
1986 – Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
1989 – Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894)
1990 – Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
1992 – Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
1993 – William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (b. 1904)
1994 – Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
1999 – Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914)
2001 – Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919)
2001 – William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (b. 1928)
2003 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935)
2004 – Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
2004 – Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933)
2006 – Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)
2008 – Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)
2009 – Jimmy Sullivan, American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (b. 1981)
2010 – Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
2012 – Nicholas Ambraseys, Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929)
2012 – Mark Crispin, American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (b. 1956)
2012 – Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (b. 1980)
2012 – Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1936)
2013 – Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927)
2013 – Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (b. 1913)
2013 – Harry C. Goode Jr., American soldier and politician, 51st Mayor of Melbourne, Florida (b. 1938)
2013 – Andrew Jacobs, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (b. 1919)
2013 – Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer (b. 1924)
2013 – Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1969)
2014 – Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician (b. 1956)
2014 – Frankie Randall, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2014 – Leelah Alcorn, American transgender teenager (b. 1997)
2015 – John Bradbury, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1953)
2015 – Eloy Inos, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 8th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b. 1949)
2015 – Lemmy, English musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1945)
2016 – Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)
2016 – Jean-Christophe Victor, French political scientist (b. 1947)

Source: wikipedia