History Deaths on July 28

Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1909)

#Jack_Renshaw

Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)

#Gaspard_Monge

Abraham Cowley, English poet and author (b. 1618)

#Abraham_Cowley

Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)

#Edogawa_Ranpo

Lenny McLean, English boxer, actor, and author (b. 1949)

#Lenny_McLean

Shi Jingtang, emperor of Later Jin (b. 892)

#Shi_Jingtang

William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1917)

#William_Scranton

Nishinoumi Kajir? III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)

#Nishinoumi_Kajir?_III

Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (b. 1926)

#Mahasweta_Devi

Keran, Queen of Armenia

#Keran,_Queen_of_Armenia

Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1685)

#Johann_Sebastian_Bach

Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)

#Joseph_Bonaparte

Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist and historian (b. 1918)

#Abraham_Pais

Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)

#Clemens_Brentano

Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Committee of Public Safety (b. 1758)

#Maximilien_Robespierre

Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish playwright (b. 1569)

#Guillén_de_Castro_y_Bellvis

Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (b. 1911)

#Consalvo_Sanesi

Étienne Baluze, French scholar and academic (b. 1630)

#Étienne_Baluze

Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi poet, author, and critic (b. 1943)

#Ahmed_Sofa

Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)

#Edward_Beecher

Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (b. 1932)

#Eileen_Brennan

Theodosius II, Roman emperor (b. 401)

#450

Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet and author (b. 1924)

#Zbigniew_Herbert

Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (b. 1882)

#Ramón_Grau

Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (b. 1176)

#Leopold_VI,_Duke_of_Austria

Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)

#Charles_Shadwell_(musician)

Jim LeRoy, American soldier and pilot (b. 1961)

#Jim_LeRoy

Jan Evangelista Purkyn?, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)

#Jan_Evangelista_Purkyn?

Thomas Cromwell, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1495)

#Thomas_Cromwell

Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (b. 1914)

#Ersilio_Tonini

Margot Adler, American journalist and author (b. 1946)

#Margot_Adler

Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be Canonization as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)

#Saint_Alphonsa

John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)

#John_DeWitt_(athlete)

Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1949)

#Clive_Rice

Jill Esmond, English actress (b. 1908)

#Jill_Esmond

George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)

#George_Law_Curry

Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)

#Nathan_Mayer_Rothschild

William Clito, English son of Sybilla of Conversano (b. 1102)

#William_Clito

George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1691)

#George_Dodington,_1st_Baron_Melcombe

Rita Reys, Dutch jazz singer (b. 1924)

#Rita_Reys

Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (b. 1527)

#Francis_Russell,_2nd_Earl_of_Bedford

Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890)

#Lawrence_Moore_Cosgrave

Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

#Allvar_Gullstrand

Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)

#Charles_Albert_of_Sardinia

Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)

#Antonio_Vivaldi

Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer and politician (b. 1605)

#Bulstrode_Whitelocke

Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)

#Edith_Abbott

Keith Green, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953)

#Keith_Green

Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (b. 1950)

#Jan_Kulczyk

Émile Derlin Zinsou, Beninese politician (b. 1918)

#Émile_Derlin_Zinsou

Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish explorer, founded the city of Santa Marta (b. 1460)

#Rodrigo_de_Bastidas

Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (b. 1921)

#Theodore_Van_Kirk

Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

#Trygve_Haavelmo

Seni Pramoj, Thai lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)

#Seni_Pramoj

Selim III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1761)

#Selim_III

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (b. 1767)

#Louis_Antoine_de_Saint-Just

Alakbar Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930)

#Alakbar_Mammadov

Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)

#Otto_Hahn

Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)

#Marie_Dressler

Cyrano de Bergerac, French poet and playwright (b. 1619)

#Cyrano_de_Bergerac

Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)

#Meletius_IV_of_Constantinople

Sancia of Majorca, queen regent of Naples (b. c. 1285)

#Sancia_of_Majorca

Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1954)

#Edward_Natapei

Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)

#Moses_Montefiore

Victor II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1018)

#Pope_Victor_II

Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)

#Isaac_Heinemann

Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942)

#Karl_W._Richter

Francis Crick, English biologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

#Francis_Crick

Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)

#Louis_Tancred

Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)

#Myril_Hoag

John II, king of Cyprus and Armenia

#John_II_of_Cyprus

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1618)

#Henry_Bennet,_1st_Earl_of_Arlington

Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (b. 1220)

#Walter_de_Burgh,_1st_Earl_of_Ulster

Edward Woodville, Lord Scales (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier)

#Edward_Woodville,_Lord_Scales

Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)

#Flinders_Petrie

Wanny van Gils, Dutch footballer (b. 1959)

Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925)

Mustafa Adrisi, Ugandan general and politician, 3rd Vice President of Uganda (b. 1922)

William F. Milliken Jr., American race car driver and engineer (b. 1911)

Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1937)

Colin Horsley, New Zealand-English pianist and educator (b. 1920)

Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan general (b. 1944)

Jim Johnson, American football player and coach (b. 1941)

Karl Gotch, Belgian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924)

David Gemmell, English author (b. 1948)

Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist and author (b. 1938)

Valerie Goulding, Irish activist and politician (b. 1918)

Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920)

Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and academic (b. 1908)

Stanley Woods, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1903)

Sulev Nõmmik, Estonian actor and director (b. 1931)

Stanley Rother, American priest and missionary (b. 1935)

Rose Rand, Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (b. 1903)

Don Miller, American football player and coach (b. 1902)

Helen Traubel, American soprano and actress (b. 1903)

Charles E. Pont, French-American minister and painter (b. 1898)

Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)

Attallah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1875)

Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)

Richard Beckett, English cricketer and captain (b.1772)

Robert Blackadder, bishop of Glasgow

Guy VIII of Viennois, Dauphin of Vienne (b. 1309)

Thankmar, half-brother of Otto I (during Siege of Eresburg) (b. c. 908)