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January 28th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on January 28th

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2021

  • Legendary actress known for her powerful performances.

  • Cicely Tyson

    American actress (b. 1924)

  • Sicily Tyson was a renowned American actress known for her pioneering roles in film, television, and theater.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

  • Asunción Balaguer was a Spanish actress who had a long and successful career in film, television, and theater.

  • Conceptual artist known for her innovative and thought-provoking works.

  • Filipino rock musician (b. 1947)

2017

2016

  • American singer, guitarist and songwriter. he is best known for founding jefferson airplane, a prominent psychedelic rock band in the counterculture era.

  • Former Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.

  • American singer known for her work with the band Jefferson Airplane.

  • American lawyer and politician, 32nd mayor of providence (b. 1941)

  • New zealand lawyer and politician, 6th deputy prime minister of new zealand (b. 1924)

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

  • Julya Vorontsova was a Soviet and Russian actress who appeared in numerous films and television shows.

2010

  • Gabryela Kownacka was a Polish children's author known for her popular book series featuring the character Plastuś.

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

2008

2007

2006

  • British actor, straight man to benny hill (d.2006)

2005

  • French actor best known for his role in "le da(r]ner de cons", a comedy about france. he was awarded many awards during his career, including the prestigious title and medal of chevalier de la la (c)gion de honneur).

  • English songwriter and drummer (traffic), (d. 2005).

  • Lucien Carr was a key figure in the Beat Generation literary movement, known for his friendships with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

2004

2003

  • Austrian journalist known for his work in radio broadcasting and political commentary.

  • Dutch runner (b. 1957)

2002

2001

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

1998

1997

1996

  • Joseth Brodsky was a Russian-American poet and essayist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987.

  • Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist.

  • Russian-born poet and essayist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987.

  • Russian-american poet and essayist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1940)

  • American comic book writer superman dies at the age of 81 (b. 1914).

1995

  • American engineer who co-founded the technology company Data General.

  • Canadian historian and political biographer, an anarchist thinker and essayist, and a canadian literary critic. he was also a poet, and published many volumes of travel writing. he was also the founder editor of "canadian literature", the first academic journal to exclusively focus on canadian writing. his book, "anarchism - a history of libertarian ideas and movements", (1962) is his …

  • Writer/critic dies at the age of 83.

  • Academic, dies at the age of 59.

  • At 72 years old, the us unicef director (1980-1995) dies.

1994

1993

  • Renowned actor known for his roles in classic films.

  • American-canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1993)

  • Actor, gator, fade to black, dies from a lung infection at 83

  • Screenwriter (dinner at eight), dies at 96 from heart failure

1992

  • Dancer/choreographer, dies at age 37.

  • Israeli archaeologist (discovering jerusalem), died at the age of 86.

1991

  • Iconic American football player who played for the Chicago Bears.

  • Hit hrs in 8 consecutive matches, dies at age 66

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

1988

  • Klaus Fuchs was a German-born physicist who played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

  • German physicist and politician (b. 1911)

1986

  • Christa McAuliffe was a teacher and the first private citizen selected to go into space on the Space Shuttle Challenger, tragically perishing in the Challenger disaster.

  • American astronaut. honor student, she graduated with a b.a. she received a b.a. in electrical engineering in honor and began her training to become an astronaut in march 1978. she flew six days on her first shuttle flight aboard the discovery on 8/30/1984. her solar experiments won her accolades.

  • American astronaut aboard challenger that lifted off from cape kennedy, fl on 1/28/86 at 11:39 am est. it exploded one minute and twelve seconds later.

  • Beaufort nc, cmdr usn, astr, dies in challenger

  • American sociologist and author known for his work on community studies.

1984

1983

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

1978

  • Ormand Beach was an American athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay.

  • American author known for his science fiction novel 'Bring the Jubilee'.

1977

  • Actor (all in the family andy griffith show), died at 92

1976

1975

1974

  • Italian dramatist, journalist and novelist, called "an italian kafka." his most famous novel, "the tartar steppe," was published in 1940. it is both realistically and allegorically. he also wrote "larger than life," 1960 a sci-fi novel and "a love affair," 1962.

1973

1972

1971

  • Maize Barker was a Canadian painter known for her landscape and still life paintings.

  • English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1966

  • Adriaan Janssen was a Dutch physicist who made contributions to the field of optics.

1965

  • Belgian soldier who was both a general in ww i and commander of the french forces during ww ii. he later became a collaborator with vichy france. rumours claimed he was the son of empress carlotta.

  • English cricketer (d. 1965)

  • Dutch actor/director dies at the age of 63

  • Composer dies at 57

1963

  • He was a french professional racing cyclist and one of the greatest of his time. he won the tour de france once and rode it eight times. he won eight of the 117 stages and was in the top 10 96 times. he also finished 65 times in his first five. he died 23 january 1963.

  • On his 79th birthday, the swiss explorer dies.

1960

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

1957

  • Television panelist (live begins at 1980), dies at the age of 88

1953

  • British homicide accomplice. he suffered a head injury when he fell 15ft at age four. the injury left him learning disabled, severely epileptic and retarded. in 1948, he was placed in juvenile court for theft and attended reform school for three more years. he was a dustman, one of his many jobs.

  • Australian journalist and politician, 9th prime minister of australia (b. 1876)

  • Turkish poet and composer, turkish philosopher (d. 1953).

  • Australian politician and journalist 9th prime minister of australia (d. 53).

1951

1950

  • Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (d. 1950).

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

1948

1947

  • Venezuelan-naturalised french composer, conductor and music critic. he is also a diarist, theatre director, salon singer, and music critic. he is best known for his songs. he met madeleine lemaire in 1894 at his home. marcel proust, a "highly strung and snobby" writer at the time, was the one who became famous. proust and hahn shared a love of literature, …

  • American philosopher and logician known for his work in the field of epistemology.

1946

  • Antoinette Perry was an American theatrical producer and director, best known as the namesake of the Tony Awards.

1945

1944

  • Renowned American painter known for her landscapes and portraits.

1942

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1939

  • Irish poet and playwright, nobel prize laureate (b. 1865)

1938

  • German race car driver killed in an accident while driving on 1/28/1938 at 11:50 am in frankfurt, germany.

1937

1935

1933

1932

1930

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1928

  • Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and politician who is best known for his novels such as 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'.

1927

  • English poet and writer associated with the Bloomsbury Group.

1924

1921

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1918

1917

  • American politician who served as the Mayor of Boston.

1915

1912

1911

  • Christana Phelps was an American novelist and short story writer, known for her works exploring social and moral issues.

  • French astronomer who made contributions to the study of celestial mechanics.

1910

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on January 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1903

1902

  • German novelist known for his historical novels set in the Middle Ages.

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