History Deaths on September 28

Elia Kazan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)

#Elia_Kazan

Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)

#Wally_Parks

Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)

#Nikolay_Raevsky

Gloria Naylor, American novelist (b. 1950)

#Gloria_Naylor

Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1938)

#Petr_Skoumal

René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)

#René_Desmaison

Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)

#Pyotr_Aleksandrovich_Tolstoy

Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881)

#Archbishop_Chrysanthus_of_Athens

Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)

#Freddie_Stowers

Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)

#Rudolf_Caracciola

Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia

#Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia

George Buchanan, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1506)

#George_Buchanan

Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (b. 1918)

#Gamal_Abdel_Nasser

Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)

#Pompey

Gertrude of Merania, queen consort of Hungaria (b. 1185)

#Gertrude_of_Merania

Pierre Trudeau, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)

#Pierre_Trudeau

Predrag Ejdus, Serbian actor (b. 1947)

#Predrag_Ejdus

Sait? Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)

#Sait?_Hajime

Chris Economaki, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)

#Chris_Economaki

Daniel Pe'er, Israeli television host and newsreader (b. 1943)

#Daniel_Pe'er

Walter Dale Miller, American rancher and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1925)

#Walter_Dale_Miller

Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)

#Pope_John_Paul_I

Avraham Adan, Israeli general (b. 1926)

#Avraham_Adan

Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1888)

#Harpo_Marx

Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)

#Constance_Baker_Motley

Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan journalist and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)

#Rómulo_Betancourt

José José, 71, Mexican singer (El Principe de la Canción or The Prince of Song), pancreas cancer (b. 1948)

#José_José

Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)

#Émile_Gaboriau

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)

#Robert_Spencer,_2nd_Earl_of_Sunderland

Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (b. 1922)

#Agnes_Nixon

Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (b. 1917)

#Ferdinand_Marcos

Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)

#Carl_Ritter

Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (b. 1861)

#Charles_Duryea

Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (b. 1939)

#Ignacio_Zoco

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)

#Louis_Pasteur

Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (b. 1907)

#Hartland_Molson

Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)

#Jean_Baptiste_Massillon

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)

#Henry_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (b. 1928)

#Brajesh_Mishra

Cymburgis of Masovia, duchess consort of Austria (b. 1394)

#Cymburgis_of_Masovia

Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (b. 1927)

#Althea_Gibson

Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)

#Herman_Melville

Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (b. 1936)

#Guillermo_Endara

Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)

#Georg_Simmel

Larry O'Brien, American businessman and politician, 57th United States Postmaster General (b. 1917)

#Larry_O'Brien

Alexander A. Drabik, American sergeant (b. 1910)

#Alexander_A._Drabik

André Breton, French author and poet (b. 1896)

#André_Breton

Leoba, Anglo-Saxon nun

#Leoba

Patsy Mink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

#Patsy_Mink

William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)

#William_Kennedy_Dickson

Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)

#Giovanni_Segantini

John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (b. 1896)

#John_Dos_Passos

Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli statesman and politician, 9th President of Israel (b. 1923)

#Shimon_Peres

Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (b. 1889)

#Edwin_Hubble

Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)

#Richard_Warren_Sears

Josuah Sylvester, English poet and translator (b. 1563)

#Josuah_Sylvester

Kurt Albert, German mountaineer and photographer (b. 1954)

#Kurt_Albert

Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1926)

#Miles_Davis

Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (b. 1966)

Alexander Faris, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1921)

Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (b. 1932)

Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (b. 1928)

Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (b. 1938)

Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (b. 1923)

George Amon Webster, American singer and pianist (b. 1945)

Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricketer and rugby player (b. 1932)

James Emanuel, American-French poet and scholar (b. 1921)

Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (b. 1928)

Arthur Penn, American director and producer (b. 1922)

Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor and director (b. 1956)

Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924)

George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (b. 1934)

Escott Reid, Canadian academic and diplomat (b. 1905)

K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (b. 1917)

Harry Saltzman, Canadian production manager and producer (b. 1915)

José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Guerrero (b. 1946)

Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (b. 1953)

Peter De Vries, American editor and novelist (b. 1910)

Cihad Baban, Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1911)

Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)

John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (b. 1921)

Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (b. 1925)

Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (b. 1888)

William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (b. 1881)

Filippo Illuminato, Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (b. 1930)

Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (b. 1913)

Paul Vermoyal, French actor (b. 1888)

Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)

Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)

Margaret Clifford, countess of Derby (b. 1540)

Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (b. 1292)

Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (b. 918)