People who died on December 28

2004

Susan Sontag, American writer and activist (b: January 28, 1933 ; d: December 28, 2004)
► Biography of Susan Sontag

Jerry Orbach, American actor (b: October 20, 1935 ; d: December 28, 2004)
► Biography of Jerry Orbach

2003

Benjamin Hacker, American naval aviator (b: September 19, 1935 ; d: December 28, 2003)
► Biography of Benjamin Thurman Hacker

2001

William X. Kienzle (d: December 28, 2001)
► Biography of William X. Kienzle

1999

Clayton Moore, American actor (b: September 14, 1914 ; d: December 28, 1999)
► Biography of Clayton Moore

1998

Claudia Benton (d: December 28, 1998)
► Biography of Claudia Benton

1991

Cassandra Harris Australian actress (b: December 15, 1952 ; d: December 28, 1991)
► Biography of Cassandra Harris

1989

Hermann Oberth, German physicist (b: June 25, 1894 ; d: December 28, 1989)
► Biography of Hermann Oberth

1986

Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director (b: April 4, 1932 ; d: December 28, 1986)
► Biography of Andrei Tarkovsky

1984

Sam Peckinpah, American director (b: February 21, 1925 ; d: December 28, 1984)
► Biography of Sam Peckinpah

1983

William Demarest, American actor (b: February 27, 1892 ; d: December 28, 1983)
► Biography of William Demarest

Dennis Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (b: December 4, 1944 ; d: December 28, 1983)
► Biography of Dennis Wilson

Jimmy Demaret (d: December 28, 1983)
► Biography of Jimmy Demaret

1981

Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American film director (b: April 3, 1885 ; d: December 28, 1981)
► Biography of Allan Dwan

1967

Katharine McCormick, American women's rights activist (b: August 27, 1875 ; d: December 28, 1967)
► Biography of Katharine McCormick

1963

Paul Hindemith, German composer (b: November 16, 1895 ; d: December 28, 1963)
► Biography of Paul Hindemith

1952

Fletcher Henderson, American musician (b: December 18, 1897 ; d: December 28, 1952)
► Biography of Fletcher Henderson

1949

Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (b: January 5, 1910 ; d: December 28, 1949)
► Biography of Jack Lovelock

1947

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b: November 11, 1869 ; d: December 28, 1947)
► Biography of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

1945

Theodore Dreiser, American author (b: August 27, 1871 ; d: December 28, 1945)
► Biography of Theodore Dreiser

1938

Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (b: January 2, 1886 ; d: December 28, 1938)
► Biography of Florence Lawrence

1937

Maurice Ravel, French composer (b: March 7, 1875 ; d: December 28, 1937)
► Biography of Maurice Ravel

1918

Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (b: December 16, 1865 ; d: December 28, 1918)
► Biography of Olavo Bilac

1916

Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (b: March 15, 1835 ; d: December 28, 1916)
► Biography of Eduard Strauss

1900

Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto (d: December 28, 1900)
► Biography of Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto

1859

Thomas Macaulay (d: December 28, 1859)
► Biography of Thomas Macaulay

1829

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (b: August 1, 1744 ; d: December 28, 1829)
► Biography of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

1736

Antonio Caldara (d: December 28, 1736)
► Biography of Antonio Caldara

1734

Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b: March 7, 1671 ; d: December 28, 1734)
► Biography of Robert Roy MacGregor

1715

William Carstares, Scottish minister (b: February 11, 1649 ; d: December 28, 1715)
► Biography of William Carstares

1708

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b: June 5, 1656 ; d: December 28, 1708)
► Biography of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort

1706

Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (b: November 18, 1647 ; d: December 28, 1706)
► Biography of Pierre Bayle

1703

Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d, 1703) (b: February 6, 1664 ; d: December 28, 1703)
► Biography of Mustafa II

1694

Queen Mary II of England (b: April 30, 1662 ; d: December 28, 1694)
► Biography of Mary II of England

1671

Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b: September 8, 1611 ; d: December 28, 1671)
► Biography of Johann Friedrich Gronovius

1663

Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b: April 2, 1618 ; d: December 28, 1663)
► Biography of Francesco Maria Grimaldi

1622

Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (b: August 21, 1567 ; d: December 28, 1622)
► Biography of Francis de Sales

1558

Hermann Finck, German composer (b: March 21, 1527 ; d: December 28, 1558)
► Biography of Hermann Finck

1503

Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b: February 15, 1471 ; d: December 28, 1503)
► Biography of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici

1367

Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b: July 4, 1330 ; d: December 28, 1367)
► Biography of Ashikaga Yoshiakira

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