| 146341 | December 28 | Death | 1956 – Louis Handley, Italian-American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1874) |
| 146342 | December 28 | Death | 1959 – Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist leader and Nazi collaborationist who led the Independent State of Croatia (b. 1889) |
| 146343 | December 28 | Death | 1960 – Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895) |
| 146344 | December 28 | Death | 1962 – Kathleen Clifford, American actress (b. 1887) |
| 146345 | December 28 | Death | 1963 – Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895) |
| 146346 | December 28 | Death | 1967 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875) |
| 146347 | December 28 | Death | 1968 – David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893) |
| 146348 | December 28 | Death | 1971 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888) |
| 146349 | December 28 | Death | 1976 – Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903) |
| 146350 | December 28 | Death | 1976 – Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934) |
| 146351 | December 28 | Death | 1977 – Karen Grech, Maltese terrorism victim (b. 1962) |
| 146352 | December 28 | Death | 1981 – Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885) |
| 146353 | December 28 | Death | 1983 – William Demarest, American actor and singer (b. 1892) |
| 146354 | December 28 | Death | 1983 – Jimmy Demaret, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1910) |
| 146355 | December 28 | Death | 1983 – Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Beach Boys) (b. 1944) |
| 146356 | December 28 | Death | 1984 – Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925) |
| 146357 | December 28 | Death | 1986 – John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916) |
| 146358 | December 28 | Death | 1986 – Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922) |
| 146359 | December 28 | Death | 1989 – Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894) |
| 146360 | December 28 | Death | 1990 – Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946) |
| 146361 | December 28 | Death | 1991 – Cassandra Harris, Australian-American actress (b. 1952) |
| 146362 | December 28 | Death | 1992 – Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917) |
| 146363 | December 28 | Death | 1993 – Howard Caine, American actor (b. 1926) |
| 146364 | December 28 | Death | 1993 – William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (b. 1904) |
| 146365 | December 28 | Death | 1994 – Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911) |
| 146366 | December 28 | Death | 1999 – Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914) |
| 146367 | December 28 | Death | 2001 – Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919) |
| 146368 | December 28 | Death | 2001 – William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (b. 1928) |
| 146369 | December 28 | Death | 2003 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935) |
| 146370 | December 28 | Death | 2004 – Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b. 1935) |