People who died on October 28 102
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Maxentius
d. 312 (b. 278)
Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. 278)
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Ibas of Edessa
d. 457
Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop
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Beggo, Count of Toulouse
d. 816
Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
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Remigius of Lyon
d. 875
Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop
Bolesław III Wrymouth
d. 1138 (b. 1086)
King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
Jien
d. 1225 (b. 1155)
Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (b. 1155)
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Arsenije Sremac
d. 1266
Saint Arsenije I Sremac
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Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople
d. 1310 (b. 1230)
Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (b. 1230)
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Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany
d. 1312 (b. 1262)
Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (b. 1262)
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Margaret I of Denmark
d. 1412 (b. 1353)
Margaret I of Denmark (b. 1353)
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Bianca Maria Visconti
d. 1468 (b. 1425)
Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (b. 1425)
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Ashikaga Yoshihide
d. 1568 (b. 1539)
Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)
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Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
d. 1592
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
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Ōkubo Tadayo
d. 1594 (b. 1532)
Ōkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (b. 1532)
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Jahangir
d. 1627 (b. 1569)
Jahangir, Mughal emperor (b. 1569)
Stefano Landi
d. 1639 (b. 1587)
Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (b. 1587)
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William Dobson
d. 1646 (b. 1610)
William Dobson, English painter (b. 1610)
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Agustín Moreto y Cavana
d. 1661 (b. 1618)
Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (b. 1618)
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Jean Desmarets
d. 1676 (b. 1595)
Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1595)
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John Wallis
d. 1703 (b. 1616)
John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1703)
John Locke
d. 1704 (b. 1632)
John Locke, English physician and philosopher (b. 1632)
Prince George of Denmark
d. 1708 (b. 1653)
Prince George of Denmark (b. 1653)
Stephen Fox
d. 1716 (b. 1627)
Stephen Fox, English politician (b. 1627)
Anna of Russia
d. 1740 (b. 1693)
Anna of Russia (b. 1693)
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Friedrich von Hagedorn
d. 1754 (b. 1708)
Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
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Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
d. 1755 (b. 1689)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)
Heinrich von Brühl
d. 1763 (b. 1700)
Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (b. 1700)
Michel Blavet
d. 1768 (b. 1700)
Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (b. 1700)
Johann Karl August Musäus
d. 1787 (b. 1735)
Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (b. 1735)
Paul Möhring
d. 1792 (b. 1710)
Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (b. 1710)
John Smeaton
d. 1792 (b. 1724)
John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (b. 1724)
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Artemas Ward
d. 1800 (b. 1727)
Artemas Ward, American general and politician (d. 1800)
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Charlotte Turner Smith
d. 1806 (b. 1749)
Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (b. 1749)
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Abigail Adams
d. 1818 (b. 1744)
Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)
Johan August Arfwedson
d. 1841 (b. 1792)
Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
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Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
d. 1857 (b. 1802)
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
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Robert Swinhoe
d. 1877 (b. 1835)
Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
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Marie Roch Louis Reybaud
d. 1879 (b. 1799)
Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
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Ottmar Mergenthaler
d. 1899 (b. 1854)
Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
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Max Müller
d. 1900 (b. 1823)
Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
Richard Heuberger
d. 1914 (b. 1850)
Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
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Cleveland Abbe
d. 1916 (b. 1838)
Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (d. 1916)
Oswald Boelcke
d. 1916 (b. 1891)
Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
d. 1917 (b. 1831)
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
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Dimitrios Votsis
d. 1917 (b. 1841)
Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
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Ulisse Dini
d. 1918 (b. 1845)
Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
Bernhard von Bülow
d. 1929 (b. 1849)
Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
Newton Moore
d. 1936 (b. 1870)
Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
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Alice Brady
d. 1939 (b. 1892)
Alice Brady, American actress (d. 1939)
Kesago Nakajima
d. 1945 (b. 1881)
Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
Billy Hughes
d. 1952 (b. 1862)
Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
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Ernst Gräfenberg
d. 1957 (b. 1881)
Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
Camilo Cienfuegos
d. 1959 (b. 1932)
Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
Mart Saar
d. 1963 (b. 1882)
Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
Thomas Graham Brown
d. 1965 (b. 1882)
Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)
Constance Dowling
d. 1969 (b. 1920)
Constance Dowling, American model and actress (b. 1920)
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Baby Huey (singer)
d. 1970 (b. 1944)
Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
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Taha Hussein
d. 1973 (b. 1889)
Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (b. 1889)
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Sergio Tofano
d. 1973 (b. 1883)
Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1883)
Georges Carpentier
d. 1975 (b. 1894)
Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (b. 1894)
Oliver Nelson
d. 1975 (b. 1932)
Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1932)
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Rukmani Devi
d. 1978 (b. 1923)
Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (b. 1923)
Otto Messmer
d. 1983 (b. 1892)
Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1892)
John Braine
d. 1986 (b. 1922)
John Braine, English author (b. 1922)
André Masson
d. 1987 (b. 1896)
André Masson, French soldier and painter (b. 1896)
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Henry Hall (bandleader)
d. 1989 (b. 1898)
Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1898)
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Erich Göstl
d. 1990 (b. 1925)
Erich Göstl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1925)
Yuri Lotman
d. 1993 (b. 1922)
Yuri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (b. 1922)
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Paul Jarrico
d. 1997 (b. 1915)
Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1915)
Ted Hughes
d. 1998 (b. 1930)
Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (b. 1930)
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Antonios Katinaris
d. 1999 (b. 1931)
Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
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Andújar Cedeño
d. 2000 (b. 1969)
Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (b. 1969)
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Gerard Hengeveld
d. 2001 (b. 1910)
Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1910)
Margaret Booth
d. 2002 (b. 1898)
Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1898)
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Erling Persson
d. 2002 (b. 1917)
Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (b. 1917)
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Eugene K. Bird
d. 2004 (b. 1926)
Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (b. 1926)
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Bob Broeg
d. 2005 (b. 1918)
Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (b. 1918)
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Raymond Hains
d. 2005 (b. 1926)
Raymond Hains, French photographer (b. 1926)
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Tony Jackson (basketball, born 1942)
d. 2005 (b. 1942)
Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
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Fernando Quejas
d. 2005 (b. 1922)
Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
Richard Smalley
d. 2005 (b. 1943)
Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
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Ljuba Tadić
d. 2005 (b. 1929)
Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
Red Auerbach
d. 2006 (b. 1917)
Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (b. 1917)
Trevor Berbick
d. 2006 (b. 1954)
Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (b. 1954)
Marijohn Wilkin
d. 2006 (b. 1920)
Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)
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Takao Fujinami
d. 2007 (b. 1932)
Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
Porter Wagoner
d. 2007 (b. 1927)
Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1927)
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Taylor Mitchell
d. 2009 (b. 1990)
Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1990)
Liang Congjie
d. 2010 (b. 1932)
Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (b. 1932)
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James MacArthur
d. 2010 (b. 1937)
James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010)
Jonathan Motzfeldt
d. 2010 (b. 1938)
Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938)
Ehud Netzer
d. 2010 (b. 1934)
Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (b. 1934)
Tom Addington
d. 2011 (b. 1919)
Tom Addington, English soldier (b. 1919)
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Gordon Bilney
d. 2012 (b. 1939)
Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (b. 1939)
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John Cheffers
d. 2012 (b. 1936)
John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1936)
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Jack Dellal
d. 2012 (b. 1923)
Jack Dellal, English businessman (b. 1923)
Tetsuharu Kawakami
d. 2013 (b. 1920)
Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
d. 2013 (b. 1927)
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1927)
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Aleksandar Tijanić
d. 2013 (b. 1949)
Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (b. 1949)
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Rajendra Yadav
d. 2013 (b. 1929)
Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (b. 1929)
Galway Kinnell
d. 2014 (b. 1927)
Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (b. 1927)
Michael Sata
d. 2014 (b. 1937)
Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)