In the year 1928
313 Notable deaths
Thomas Hardy
English novelist and poet (1840–1928).
Born June 2nd, 1840 in Dorchester. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1928 at 87 years old in Dorchester. [ref]
Arnold Rothstein
American mobster (1882–1928).
Born January 17th, 1882 in Manhattan.
Died November 6th, 1928 at 46 years old in Manhattan, Ottendorfer Library.
Maria Feodorovna
Empress consort of russia (1847–1928).
Born November 26th, 1847 in Yellow Palace.
Died October 13th, 1928 at 80 years old in Hvidøre.
Emmeline Pankhurst
English suffragist.
Born July 15th, 1858 in Manchester, Moss Side.
Died June 14th, 1928 at 69 years old in Hampstead.
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the south pole (1872–1928).
Born July 16th, 1872 in Borge Municipality.
Died June 18th, 1928 at 55 years old in Arctic Ocean (aviation accident).
Myrtle Corbin
American sideshow performer (1868–1928).
Born May 12th, 1868 in Lincoln County.
Died May 6th, 1928 at 59 years old in Cleburne.
Lala Lajpat Rai
Indian author and politician (1865-1928).
Born January 28th, 1865 in Dhudike.
Died November 17th, 1928 at 63 years old in Lahore (blunt trauma).
H. H. Asquith
British politician; prime minister of the united kingdom from 1908 to 1916 (1852–1928).
Born September 12th, 1852 in Morley.
Died February 15th, 1928 at 75 years old in The Wharf (cerebrovascular disease).
Mary Ingalls
Elder sister of author laura ingalls wilder (1865–1928).
Born January 10th, 1865 in Wisconsin.
Died October 20th, 1928 at 63 years old in Keystone (pneumonia, stroke).
Édouard-Henri Avril
French painter (1849-1928).
Born May 21st, 1849 in Algiers.
Died July 28th, 1928 at 79 years old in Le Raincy. [ref]
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
British senior officer during the first world war (1861-1928).
Born June 19th, 1861 in Charlotte Square.
Died January 29th, 1928 at 66 years old in Princes Gate.
Lewis Howard Latimer
American inventor (1848–1928).
Born September 4th, 1848 in Chelsea.
Died December 11th, 1928 at 80 years old in Flushing.
Ruth Snyder
American murderer (1895-1928).
Born March 27th, 1895 in New York City.
Died January 12th, 1928 at 32 years old in Sing Sing (electrocution).
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist (1868-1928).
Born June 7th, 1868 in Glasgow, Townhead. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1928 at 60 years old in London (tongue cancer). [ref]
Hendrik Lorentz
Dutch physicist (1853–1928).
Born July 18th, 1853 in Arnhem.
Died February 4th, 1928 at 74 years old in Haarlem.
Frankie Yale
Italian american mob boss (1893–1928).
Born January 22nd, 1893 in Longobucco.
Died July 1st, 1928 at 35 years old in Brooklyn (gunshot wound). [ref]
Zhang Zuolin
Chinese warlord and politician (1875-1928).
Born March 19th, 1875 in Haicheng.
Died June 4th, 1928 at 53 years old in Shenyang (railway accident).
Hannah Chaplin
English stage and musical actress (1866–1928).
Born August 6th, 1865 in London. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1928 at 63 years old in Glendale (syphilis).
Pyotr Wrangel
Russian army general of baltic german origin (1878-1928).
Born August 27th, 1878 in Zarasai.
Died April 25th, 1928 at 49 years old in Brussels (poisoning).
Alexander Bogdanov
Russian physician, philosopher and revolutionary (1873–1928).
Born August 22nd, 1873 in Sokółka.
Died April 7th, 1928 at 54 years old in Moscow (infectious disease).
Leoš Janáček
Czech composer (1854–1928).
Born July 3rd, 1854 in Hukvaldy. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1928 at 74 years old in Ostrava, Moravská Ostrava (pneumonia). [ref]
Jose Sanchez del Rio
Niño martil (1913–1928).
Born March 28th, 1913 in Sahuayo Municipality. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1928 at 14 years old in Michoacán (execution by shooting). [ref]
Earle Nelson
American serial killer (1897–1928).
Born May 12th, 1897 in San Francisco.
Died January 13th, 1928 at 30 years old in Winnipeg (hanging to death).
Ellen Terry
English actress (1847–1928).
Born February 27th, 1847 in Coventry.
Died July 21st, 1928 at 81 years old in Small Hythe (stroke).
Loïe Fuller
American dancer (1862–1928).
Born January 15th, 1862 in Fullersburg.
Died January 1st, 1928 at 65 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (pneumonia).
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir