List of Famous people who died at 28

Karl Jochen Rindt was a German-born racing driver who represented Austria during his career, the first Austrian to take part in a Formula One Grand Prix. In 1970, he was killed during practice for the Italian Grand Prix and became the only driver to be posthumously awarded the Formula One World Drivers' Championship.

Beatrice Hsu Wei-lun was a Taiwanese actress.

Maxim Kaibkhanovich Dadashev was a Russian boxer who competed in the light-welterweight division. A participant of the 2015 European Games, Dadashev was a Russian amateur champion. Born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, he was of Lezgin descent.

Igor Vladimirovich Sorin, was a Russian poet, musician and artist. He was part of the Russian boy band Ivanushki International, which he left in 1998, striving for a solo career. He died in September 1998 when he committed suicide by jumping out of his high-rise apartment building, dying three days later.

Dražen Petrović was a Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s, before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1989.

Andrew S. Cray was an American LGBT rights activist and political figure. Cray played a central role in securing new nationwide LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections as part of the Affordable Care Act, partnering with the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services to create the Out2Enroll initiative to connect LGBTQ people with health insurance coverage options, assisting with the passage of the HOPE Act to make organ donation and transplantation more accessible to people with HIV, and drafting new provisions addressing the needs of LGBTQ youth for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.

Mitchell Adam "Mitch" Lucker was an American vocalist and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist for the American deathcore band Suicide Silence.

Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov was a Russian pair skater. Together with his wife Ekaterina Gordeeva, he was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and a four-time World Champion.

Qiao Renliang, also known as Kimi Qiao, was a Chinese singer and actor. He took part in the second season of My Hero (加油好男儿) and finished the competition as the runner-up for that season in 2007, and released his first EP in 2008. On September 16, 2016, Qiao was found dead in his Shanghai apartment, after investigation, the police and his company confirmed that the case was a suicide because of depression. He was 28 years old that year.

Josef Šural was a Czech professional footballer who played as a forward.