In the year 1928
313 Notable deaths
Gaston Bussière
French painter (1862-1928).
Born April 24th, 1862 in Cuisery. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1928 at 66 years old in Saulieu.
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
American geologist and educator (1843–1928).
Born September 25th, 1843 in Mattoon. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1928 at 85 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Gu Hongming
Chinese writer (1857–1928).
Born July 18th, 1857 in Penang.
Died April 30th, 1928 at 70 years old in Beijing.
Pádraic Ó Conaire
Irish writer (1882–1928).
Born February 28th, 1882 in Galway.
Died October 6th, 1928 at 46 years old in Dublin.
Émile Fayolle
French general, marshal of france (1852–1928).
Born May 14th, 1852 in Le Puy-en-Velay. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1928 at 76 years old in Paris.
Frederick Arthur Bridgman
American artist (1847-1928).
Born November 10th, 1847 in Tuskegee.
Died January 13th, 1928 at 80 years old in Rouen.
Juan Vázquez de Mella
Spanish politician (1861-1928).
Born June 8th, 1861 in Cangues d'Onís.
Died February 26th, 1928 at 66 years old in Paseo del Prado.
George Frampton
British sculptor (1860-1928).
Born June 16th, 1860 in London.
Died May 21st, 1928 at 67 years old in London.
Otto Nordenskjöld
Swedish geologist and polar researche (1869–1928).
Born December 6th, 1869.
Died June 2nd, 1928 at 58 years old in Annedals parish (traffic collision).
Ludwig von Pastor
German historian and austrian diplomat (1854-1928).
Born January 31st, 1854 in Aachen.
Died September 30th, 1928 at 74 years old in Innsbruck.
Arthur Gore
British tennis player (1868–1928).
Born January 2nd, 1868 in Lyndhurst.
Died December 1st, 1928 at 60 years old in Kensington.
Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau
German diplomat (1869-1928).
Born May 29th, 1869 in Schleswig.
Died September 8th, 1928 at 59 years old in Berlin (esophageal cancer).
A. B. Frost
American artist; (1851-1928).
Born January 17th, 1851 in Philadelphia.
Died June 22nd, 1928 at 77 years old in Pasadena.
Medardo Rosso
Italian artist (1858–1928).
Born June 21st, 1858 in Turin. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1928 at 69 years old in Milan. [ref]
Henrietta Rae
English painter (1859–1928).
Born December 30th, 1859 in London. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1928 at 68 years old in Upper Norwood.
Elsie Mackay
British actress and aviator (1893-1928).
Born August 21st, 1893 in Shimla.
Died March 14th, 1928 at 34 years old in Atlantic Ocean.
Alvin Kraenzlein
American athletics competitor (1876-1928).
Born December 12th, 1876 in Milwaukee.
Died January 6th, 1928 at 51 years old in Wilkes-Barre (endocarditis).
John Burnet
Scottish classicist (1863-1928).
Born December 9th, 1863 in Edinburgh.
Died May 26th, 1928 at 64 years old in St Andrews.
Eilif Peterssen
Norwegian painter (1852-1928).
Born September 4th, 1852 in Christiania.
Died December 29th, 1928 at 76 years old in Lysaker.
Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov
Russian revolutionary, educator and politician (1870–1928).
Born March 8th, 1870 in Noginsk.
Died October 8th, 1928 at 58 years old in Sochi (typhoid fever).
William Rutherford Mead
American architect (1846–1928).
Born August 20th, 1846 in Brattleboro.
Died June 19th, 1928 at 81 years old in Paris.
Theodore Roberts
American film and stage actor (1861-1928).
Born October 8th, 1861 in San Francisco.
Died December 14th, 1928 at 67 years old in Hollywood.
Hermann Sudermann
German dramatist and novelist (1857–1928).
Born September 30th, 1857 in Mažeikiai.
Died November 21st, 1928 at 71 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Arthur Bowen Davies
American painter (1862-1928).
Born September 26th, 1862 in Utica.
Died October 24th, 1928 at 66 years old in Florence.
Alfred Meyer-Waldeck
German officer (1864-1928).
Born November 27th, 1864 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 25th, 1928 at 63 years old in Bad Kissingen.
Deaths 101 to 125 of 313
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker