September 28 - Deaths

Deaths

• 48 BC – Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)
• 876 – Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804)
• 935 – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)
• 1104 – Pedro I, king of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1068)
• 1197 – Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
• 1429 – Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria
• 1582 – George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
• 1618 – Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
• 1687 – Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)
• 1694 – Gabriel Mouton, French scientist (b. 1618)
• 1702 – Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English statesman (b. 1640)
• 1742 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (b. 1663)
• 1781 – William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717)
• 1829 – Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky, Russian general (b. 1771)
• 1844 – Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and statesman (b. 1769)
• 1873 – Émile Gaboriau, French writer and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1891 – Herman Melville, American novelist (b. 1819)
• 1895 – Louis Pasteur, French scientist (b. 1822)
• 1914 – Richard Sears, American businessman (b. 1863)
• 1915 – Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
• 1918 – Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1918 – Freddie Stowers, American soldier (b. 1896)
• 1935 – W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (b. 1860)
• 1938 – Charles Duryea, American automobile manufacturer (b. 1861)
• 1943 – Sam Ruben, American chemist (b. 1913)
• 1953 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1889)
• 1956 – William Edward Boeing, American aviation manufacturer (b. 1881)
• 1957 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician (b. 1888)
• 1959 – Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
• 1964 – Harpo Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1888)
• 1966 – André Breton, French poet (b. 1896)
• 1970 – John Dos Passos, American novelist (b. 1896)
• 1970 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian statesman (b. 1918)
• 1978 – Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
• 1979 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist (b. 1921)
• 1981 – Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician (b. 1908)
• 1982 – Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1989 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino politician (b. 1917)
• 1991 – Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1926)
• 1993 – Peter De Vries, American novelist (b. 1910)
• 1993 – Fraser MacPherson, Canadian jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
• 1993 – Alexander A. Drabik, American soldier (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Urmas Alender, Estonian singer and musician (b. 1953)
• 1994 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician (b. 1946)
• 1994 – Harry Saltzman, American film producer (b. 1915)
• 1996 – Mohammad Najibullah, Afghanistani president (b. 1947)
• 1999 – Escott Reid, Canadian diplomat (b. 1905)
• 2000 – Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Patsy Mink, American politician (b. 1927)
• 2002 – Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman, politician, and sports executive (b. 1907)
• 2003 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film director (b. 1909)
• 2003 – George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1934)
• 2004 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Scott Muni, American disc jockey (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Constance Baker Motley, American judge (b. 1921)
• 2007 – René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Wally Parks, American car racing executive (b. 1913)
• 2009 – Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (b. 1956)
• 2009 – Guillermo Endara, Panamanian politician (b. 1936)
• 2010 – Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (b. 1928)