History Deaths on January 28

Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)

#Anastasios_Metaxas

Dervorguilla of Galloway, Scottish noble, mother of king John Balliol of Scotland (b. c. 1210)

#Dervorguilla_of_Galloway

John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)

#John_Hart_(South_Australian_colonist)

Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1924)

#Bob_Tizard

F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)

#F._J._Robinson,_1st_Viscount_Goderich

Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)

#Hans_Aumeier

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1697)

#Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon_d'Anville

William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany (b. 1227)

#William_II_of_Holland

Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930)

#Harry_Gamble

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)

#Mikhail_Ippolitov-Ivanov

Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)

#Tich_Freeman

John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, English baron and Lord High Treasurer (b. 1433)

#John_Dynham,_1st_Baron_Dynham

Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)

#Frank_Forde

Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)

#Gustaaf_Deloor

Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)

#Zora_Neale_Hurston

Geoff Nicholls, British musician (b. 1948)

#Geoff_Nicholls

Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)

#Thomas_Bodley

Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954)

#Suraj_Abdurrahman

Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952)

#Roman_Juszkiewicz

Spytihn?v II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)

#Spytihn?v_II,_Duke_of_Bohemia

Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)

#Choekyi_Gyaltsen,_10th_Panchen_Lama

Pope Paul V (b. 1550)

#Pope_Paul_V

Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)

#Roza_Shanina

Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (b. 1928)

#Hattie_N._Harrison

Guntram, French king (b. 532)

#Guntram

Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)

#Marcel_Broodthaers

Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)

#Paul_Kantner

John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)

#John_Banner

Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist and author (b. 1911)

#Burne_Hogarth

Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)

#Lionel_Gilbert

Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)

#Robert_Drinan

Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)

#Jean-Pierre_Wimille

Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)

#Neyzen_Tevfik

Old?ich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1940)

#Old?ich_Kulhánek

Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)

#Maxime_Weygand

Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and politician (b. 1911)

#Klaus_Fuchs

Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (b. 1947)

#Pepe_Smith

Lloyd M. Bucher, American captain (b. 1927)

#Lloyd_M._Bucher

Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)

#Ferdinand_Verbiest

Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)

#Helen_Sawyer_Hogg

W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

#W._B._Yeats

Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (b. 1947)

#Jorge_Obeid

James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)

#James_Scullin

Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)

#Reynaldo_Hahn

Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (b. 1929)

#Carlo_Clerici

Billy Fury. English pop star (b. 1940)

#Billy_Fury

Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor (pleurisy; b. 742)

#Charlemagne

Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)

#Jerry_Siegel

Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)

#Gustave_de_Molinari

Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938)

#Shotaro_Ishinomori

Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)

#Donald_Winnicott

John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)

#John_McCrae

Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (b. 1941)

#Signe_Toly_Anderson

John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)

#John_Cacavas

Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)

#Ludvig_Holberg

Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)

#Bernd_Rosemeyer

Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)

#Nikolai_Luzin

Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)

#Pierre_Séguier

Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)

#Gustave_Garrigou

Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (b. 1941)

#Buddy_Cianci

Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)

#Dwight_Gustafson

Space Shuttle Challenger crew Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944) Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (b. 1948) Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950) Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946) Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949) Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939) Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)

#Space_Shuttle_Challenger

Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (b. 1963)

#Yelena_Romanova

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)

#Isabella_of_Aragon,_Queen_of_France

Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)

#Richard_Allestree

Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)

#Yves_Chauvin

Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)

#Emmy_Destinn

Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1952)

#Billy_Powell

Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)

#Augustin_Daniel_Belliard

Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)

#Astrid_Lindgren

Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)

#Johannes_Hevelius

Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)

#Joseph_Brodsky

Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)

#Augusta_Holmès

Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (b. 1940)

Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (b. 1926)

Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949)

Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (b. 1936)

Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (b. 1932)

Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (b. 1938)

Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944)

Mel Pritchard, English drummer (b. 1948)

Mieke Pullen, Dutch runner (b. 1957)

Ay?e Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)

Ranko Marinkovi?, Croatian author and playwright (b. 1913)

Valery Gavrilin, Russian composer (b. 1939)

Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)

Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)

Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)

Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)

Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)

Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)

Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)

Henry VIII, king of England (b. 1491)

Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (b. 1365)

Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (b. 892)

Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (b. 858)

Zhou Dewei, Chinese general