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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.
Notable Deaths on July 28
1750 — Johann Sebastian Bach
German organist and composer (born 1685)
July 28 has 115 recorded notable deaths across history, from 450 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
115 source records
450 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on July 28
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- 1868 The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law. Source
- 2010 Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321. Source
- 1965 Vietnam War: U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. Source
- 1932 During the Great Depression, U.S. president Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. Source
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Dahlmeier started in her first World Cup races in the 2012–13 season.
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In 1938, Hahn, Meitner and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission, for which Hahn alone was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Flinders Petrie held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt in conjunction with his Irish-born wife, Hilda Urlin.
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William Clito was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy.
More major people who died on July 28
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2025
Laura Dahlmeier
German biathlete, Olympic champion (born 1993)
Laura Dahlmeier was a German biathlete. Dahlmeier started in her first World Cup races in the 2012–13 season. In 2014, she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
1968
Otto Hahn
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)
Otto Hahn was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the field of radiochemistry.
1942
Flinders Petrie
English archaeologist and academic (born 1853)
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, commonly known as simply Sir Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts.
1128
William Clito
English son of Sybilla of Conversano (born 1102)
William Clito was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy.
1969
Frank Loesser
American composer (born 1910)
Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others.
2000
Abraham Pais
Dutch-American physicist and historian (born 1918)
Abraham Pais was a Dutch-American physicist and science historian. Pais earned his Ph.D. from University of Utrecht just prior to a Nazi ban on Jewish participation in Dutch universities during World War II.
1957
Edith Abbott
American economist, social worker, and educator (born 1876)
Edith Abbott was an American economist, statistician, social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska.
1998
Consalvo Sanesi
Italian racing driver (born 1911)
Consalvo Sanesi was best known as the Alfa Romeo works' test driver in the period following World War II, but he also competed in races with the Alfa Romeo Tipo 158/159 cars in the period before the Formula One World…
1685
Henry Bennet
1st Earl of Arlington, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1618)
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington was an English politician and army officer.
1976
Maggie Gripenberg
Finnish dancer and choreographer (born 1881)
Margarita Maria “Maggie” Gripenberg was a pioneer of modern dance in Finland. She was the first to introduce Dalcroze Eurhythmics to Finland and modeled her early works on the improvisational style of Isadora Duncan.
1878
George Law Curry
American publisher and politician (born 1820)
George Law Curry was a predominant American political figure and newspaper publisher in the region that eventually became the state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he published a newspaper in St.
1488
Edward Woodville
Lord Scales (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier)
Sir Edward Woodville was a member of the Woodville family during the Wars of the Roses.
2006
David Gemmell
English author (born 1948)
David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984.
1998
Zbigniew Herbert
Polish poet and author (born 1924)
Zbigniew Herbert was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers.
1965
Attallah Suheimat
Jordanian politician (born 1875)
Sheikh Attallah Suheimat or Attlallah Pasha Suheimat was a Jordanian leader, politician, and a statesperson. Born in the historic city of Al Karak, south of Jordan.
2016
Mahasweta Devi
Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (born 1926)
Mahasweta Devi was an Indian Bengali language writer and activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar.
1794
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
French soldier and politician (born 1767)
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just, sometimes nicknamed the Archangel of Terror, was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention, a Jacobin club leader, and a…
2007
Karl Gotch
Belgian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1924)
Charles Istaz, known by the ring name Karl Gotch , was a Belgian and American professional wrestler, catch wrestler, amateur wrestler, and trainer.
450
Theodosius II
Roman emperor (born 401)
Theodosius II, called "the Calligrapher", was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. He was proclaimed Augustus as an infant and ruled as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death of his father Arcadius in 408.