Died On January 28th
Discover the most famous people who died on January 28. The list includes people like Henry VIII of England, Charlemagne, Zora Neale Hurston, Klaus Fuchs, Joseph Brodsky. Famous personalities featured on this list, include astronauts, poets, novelists and playwrights and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
Henry VIII of England28 June 1491, British
King of England
Charlemagne02 April 0742, German
King of the Frank
Zora Neale Hurston07 January 1891, American
Folklorist, Anthropologist
Astrid Lindgren14 November 1907, Swedish
Writer
John Banner28 January 1910, American
Actor
Klaus Fuchs29 December 1911, German
Theoretical Physicist and Atomic Spy
Roza Shanina03 April 1924, Russian, Prussian
Sniper
Joseph Brodsky24 May 1940, Russian
Essayist & Poet
W B Yeats13 June 1865, Irish
Poet & Dramatist
Prudence Crandall03 September 1803, American
Connecticut's official State Heroine
Christa McAuliffe02 September 1948, American
Astronaut, Teacher
Paul Kantner17 March 1941, American
Rock musician
Panchen Lama19 February 1938, Chinese
Tenth Panchen Lama
Billy Fury17 April 1940, British
Actor, Singer, Songwriter
Jim Capaldi02 August 1944, British
Drummer
Ronald McNair21 October 1950, American
Physicist, Astronaut
Jerry Siegel17 October 1914, American
Comics artist, Writer
Billy Powell03 June 1952, American
Musician
Ellison Onizuka24 June 1946, American
Officer, Astronaut, Engineer
Dick Scobee19 May 1939, American
Officer, Astronaut
Joe Viterelli10 March 1937, American
Actor
William Butler Yeats13 June 1865, Irish
Poet
O. P. Nayyar16 January 1926, Indian
Music director, Composer, Singer, Film score
Maxime Weygand21 January 1867, French
Military personnel, Officer
Muhammad al-Baqir10 May 0677, Saudi Arabian
Imam
Gregory Jarvis24 August 1944, American
Engineer, Astronaut, Officer
Red Grange13 June 1903
actor, American football player
Isaac II Angelos31 August 1156, Turkish
Emperor
Carrie Buck03 July 1906, American
Plaintiff
Pope Paul V17 September 1550, Italian
Pope
Reynaldo Hahn09 August 1874, French, Venezuelan
Conductor, Composer, Choreographer, Music critic,
Frank Forde18 July 1890, Australian
Politician, Diplomat
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Dino Buzzati16 October 1906, Italian
Novelist
Ludvig Holberg03 December 1684, Danish, Norwegian
Writer, Philosopher, Playwright, Historian,
Antonín Novotný10 December 1904, Czech
Politician
Antonín Novotný10 December 1904, Czech
Politician
Johannes Hevelius28 January 1611, German, Polish
Astronomer, Entrepreneur, Cartographer
Hervey M. Cleckley25 January 1903, American
Psychiatrist, screenwriter
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez29 January 1867, Spanish
Journalist, politician
Guntram0532 AD, French
Saint
Marcel Broodthaers28 January 1924, Belgian
Poet, Sculptor, Painter
Beatrice Hsu13 November 1978, Taiwanese
Actor, Television actor
George Woodcock08 May 1912, Canadian
Writer, Literary critic, Poet, Historian,
Elliott P. Joslin06 June 1869, American
Physician
Hal Smith24 August 1916, American
actor, dub actor, screenwriter, disc jockey,
Jim Gray12 January 1944, American
Researcher, Computer scientist, Engineer
Michael J. Smith30 April 1945, American
Theophilos0813 AD, Turkish
Emperor
William Jaird Levitt11 February 1907, American
Real Estate Developer
Charles, The Great0742 AD