Did you know
A trained architect, Abloh founded his own line of luxury streetwear clothing under the moniker Pyrex Vision in 2012, which he transformed into the Milan based fashion label Off-White in 2013.
Notable Deaths on November 28
2021 — Virgil Abloh
American fashion designer and entrepreneur (born 1980)
November 28 has 117 recorded notable deaths across history, from 741 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
117 source records
741 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 28
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1893 Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election. Source
- 1920 FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France. Source
- 1983 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module. Source
- 1967 The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish. Source
Did you know
Enrico Fermi was an Italian-American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project.
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As of June 2019, Blyton was the fourth-most translated author.
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Russell has been honored with a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1973 and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1975.
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Olson's death is one of the most mysterious outcomes of the CIA mind control project MKUltra.
More major people who died on November 28
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1954
Enrico Fermi
Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
Enrico Fermi was an Italian-American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project.
1968
Enid Blyton
English author and poet (born 1897)
Enid Mary Blyton was an English children's writer. She is one of the best-selling and most prolific writers of all time, particularly in the realm of children's literature.
1976
Rosalind Russell
American actress and singer (born 1907)
Catherine Rosalind Russell was an American actress, model, comedian, screenwriter, and singer, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday…
1953
Frank Olson
American biologist and chemist (born 1910)
Frank Rudolph Emmanuel Olson was an American bacteriologist, biological warfare scientist, and an employee of the United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories (USBWL) who worked at Camp Detrick in Maryland.
2024
Silvia Pinal
Mexican actress (born 1931)
Silvia Pinal Hidalgo was a Mexican actress and politician. She began her career in theatre before venturing into cinema in 1949.
1680
Athanasius Kircher
German priest, philologist, and scholar (born 1601)
Athanasius Kircher was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works of comparative religion, geology, and medicine.
2013
Jack Matthews
American author, playwright, and academic (born 1925)
John Harold "Jack" Matthews was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright and former professor. He published 7 novels, 11 story collections, a novella, and 8 volumes of essays.
1962
K. C. Dey
Indian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1893)
Krishna Chandra Dey, better known as K. C. Dey, was an Indian music director, music composer, musician, singer, actor, and music teacher born in Calcutta. He was S.D. Burman's first musical teacher and mentor.
2018
Harry Leslie Smith
British writer and political commentator (born 1923)
Harry Leslie Smith was an English writer and political commentator. He grew up in poverty in Yorkshire, served in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, and emigrated to Canada in 1953.
1317
Yishan Yining
Zen monk and writer from China who taught in Japan (born 1247)
Yishan Yining was a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled to Japan. Before monkhood his family name was Hu. He was born in 1247 in Linhai, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
2014
Dale Armstrong
Canadian race car driver (born 1941)
Dale Armstrong was a Canadian drag racer and crew chief. After winning 12 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and 12 International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) events in the 1970s, including the Pro Comp title in 1975, he…
1994
Jerry Rubin
American businessman and activist (born 1938)
Jerry Clyde Rubin was an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon during the 1960s and early 1970s.
2014
Said Akl
Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (born 1912)
Said Akl was a Lebanese poet, linguist, philosopher, writer, playwright and language reformer. He is considered one of the most important Lebanese poets of the modern era.
741
Pope Gregory III
Pope Gregory III was the bishop of Rome from 11 February 731 to his death on 28 November 741.
1859
Washington Irving
American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (born 1783)
Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
1973
Marthe Bibesco
Romanian-French author and poet (born 1886)
Princess Martha Bibescu, also known outside of Romania as Marthe Bibesco, was a Romanian-French writer, socialite, known for her literary work and social involvement in political circles.
1998
Kerry Wendell Thornley
American soldier and author (born 1938)
Kerry Wendell Thornley was an American author. He is known as the co-founder of Discordianism, in which context he is usually known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst or simply Lord Omar.
1960
Richard Wright
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (born 1908)
Richard Nathaniel Wright (1908–1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction.
2020
David Prowse
English weight-lifting champion, actor and Green Cross Man (born 1935)
David Charles Prowse was an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. He portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange.