Ahmed Achour
Tunisian composer and conductorDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Deaths on January 28
This archive lists notable deaths associated with January 28 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on January 28, 2026.
Grady Gaines
American blues saxophonistDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Ica Naga
Indonesian comedianDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Carmen Vázquez
American LGBT activist and writerDied on Friday January 29th 2021
John Chaney
American college basketball coach (Temple Owls)Died on Friday January 29th 2021
Roberto Fernando Frojuelo
Brazilian footballer (São PauloDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Goddess Bunny
American drag queen and actress (Hollywood Vice SquadDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Beatriz Barba
Mexican archaeologistDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Alice Recoque
French computer scientistDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Kathleen Ann Goonan
American science fiction authorDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Eddie Connachan
Scottish footballer (Dunfermline AthleticDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Cédric Demangeot
French poetDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Sheung-Wai Tam
Hong Kong academic administratorDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Lai Xiaomin
Chinese businessman and convicted embezzlerDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Gert Blomé
Swedish ice hockey playerDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Guillermo Galeote
Spanish doctor and politicianDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Chico Borja
Ecuadorian-American soccer player (New York CosmosDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Tochinoumi Teruyoshi
Japanese sumo wrestlerDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Efim Josanu
Moldovan writer and journalistDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Marie Harmon
American actressDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Abu Yasser al-Issawi
Iraq senior ISIS commanderDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Vasily Lanovoy
Soviet and Russian actor (ColleaguesDied on Friday January 29th 2021
Shirley Murray
New Zealand hymn writerDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Xana Antunes
American business journalistDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Harry Harrison
American radio personalityDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
James Houra
Ivorian painterDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Lorenzo Ghiglieri
American sculptorDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Jack Burns
American comedian (The Andy Griffith Show) and actor (The Night They Raided Minsky'sDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Léon Mokuna
Congolese football player (SportingDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Michele McDonald
American model and beauty pageant contestantDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Wes Wilson
American psychedelic artistDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
David Adam
British priest and authorDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Derek Edwards
British rugby league player (CastlefordDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Michael Wheeler
British sprinterDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Monique van Vooren
Belgian-born American actress (Tarzan and the She-DevilDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Yang Xiaobo
56–57Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Payton Chester
13Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Alyssa Altobelli
-Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Christina Mauser
38Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Giorgos Kotanidis
Greek actor (Captain Corelli's Mandolin)Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
John Kottoly
Indian actor (Yuddham SharanamDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Bernard de Give
Belgian Jesuit priestDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Allen Brown
American football player (Green Bay Packers)Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Nicholas Parsons
British actorDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Patrick Mitchell
British Anglican priestDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Lovemore Matombo
Zimbabwean trade unionistDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Rathin Datta
Indian physicianDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Gennaro Olivieri
Italian football player (SPALDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Alberto Naranjo
Venezuelan musicianDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Flamarion Nunes
Brazilian football player and trainerDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Jameela Malik
Indian actressDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Holger Romander
Swedish civil servantDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Reed Mullin
American rock drummer (Corrosion of ConformityDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
William Esper
American acting teacherDied on Monday January 28th 2019
JoJo Smith
American choreographerDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Charles Harper
American politicianDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Gerry Plamondon
Canadian ice hockey playerDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Brian Glover
American baseball team owner (Fresno Grizzlies)Died on Monday January 28th 2019
Tony Flynn
American sports broadcaster (Green Bay Packers)Died on Monday January 28th 2019
James F. Parker
American lawyer and airline executiveDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Duane Benson
American football player (Oakland Raiders) and politicianDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Henry Saavedra
American politicianDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Julius Campbell
American football playerDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Mary Lou Robinson
American district judgeDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Jurrie Koolhof
Dutch footballer (PSVDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Harold A. Hopkins Jr.
American Episcopal prelateDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Joseph Buttigieg
Maltese-American literary scholarDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Turhan Erdoğan
Turkish civil engineerDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Alexia Mupende
Rwandan modelDied on Monday January 28th 2019
A. Brian Deer
Canadian librarianDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Barbara Tsakirgis
64–65Died on Monday January 28th 2019
Henry Horwitz
80–81Died on Monday January 28th 2019
Marcellin Theeuwes
Dutch Carthusian monkDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Roger Bastié
French rugby union player and coach (CA Brive)Died on Monday January 28th 2019
Adam Watson
Scottish scientist and mountaineerDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Dick Dolman
Dutch politician (Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)Died on Monday January 28th 2019
Pierre Delaunay
General Secretary of UEFADied on Monday January 28th 2019
Mourad Medelci
Algerian politicianDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Tahseen Said
Iraqi politicianDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Emmanuel Hocquard
French poetDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Robert Budak
Croatian actorDied on Monday January 28th 2019
David Abel
Burmese economistDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Ivan Hrintsov
Ukrainian politicianDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Antoni Zambrowski
Polish journalistDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Ivan Grintzov
Ukrainian politicianDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Nina Fyodorova
Russian cross-country skierDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Wulf Steinmann
German physicistDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Helmut Berding
German historianDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Arturo Rojas de la Cámara
Spanish cartoonistDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Julen Roselló
Spanish childDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Roger Cuvillier
French engineer and inventorDied on Monday January 28th 2019
Johnny Walker
Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton WanderersDied on Monday January 28th 2019