In the year 1928
246 Notable deaths
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).
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.
Sverre Hassel
Norwegian antarctic explorer (1876-1928).
Born July 30th, 1876 in Christiania.
Died June 6th, 1928 at 51 years old in Oslo.
Lu Rongting
Chinese warlord (1859-1928).
Born September 9th, 1859 in Si'en Fu.
Died June 11th, 1928 at 68 years old in Shanghai.
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.
José Eustacio Rivera
Colombian writer, politician and diplomat (1888–1928).
Born February 19th, 1888 in Rivera.
Died December 1st, 1928 at 40 years old in New York City.
Ferdinand Schmutzer
Austrian photographer (1870-1928).
Born May 21st, 1870 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1928 at 58 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Emil Wiechert
German geophysicist and seismologist (1861-1928).
Born December 26th, 1861 in Sovetsk.
Died March 19th, 1928 at 66 years old in Göttingen.
Ivan Merz
Bosnian-croatian academic, catholic layperson, writer, schoolteacher, polyglot and blessed of the catholic church (1896–1928).
Born December 16th, 1896 in Banja Luka.
Died May 10th, 1928 at 31 years old in Zagreb (infectious disease).
Edward Walter Maunder
English astronomer studying sunspots.
Born April 12th, 1851 in London.
Died March 21st, 1928 at 76 years old in London.
Théodore Reinach
French archaeologist (1860-1928).
Born July 3rd, 1860 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1928 at 68 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Mihail Savov
Bulgarian general (1857–1928).
Born December 8th, 1857 in Stara Zagora.
Died July 21st, 1928 at 70 years old in Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey.
Adolfo Hohenstein
Painter and decorative artist (1854-1928).
Born March 18th, 1854 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1928 at 74 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Ernesto Schiaparelli
Italian egyptologist (1856-1928).
Born July 12th, 1856 in Occhieppo Inferiore. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1928 at 71 years old in Turin. [ref]
Jacob M. Dickinson
Confederate army soldier (1851-1928).
Born January 30th, 1851 in Columbus.
Died December 13th, 1928 at 77 years old in Nashville.
August von Hayek
Austrian botanist (1871-1928).
Born December 14th, 1871 in Vienna.
Died June 11th, 1928 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Adela Zamudio
Bolivian writer.
Born October 11th, 1854 in Cochabamba.
Died June 2nd, 1928 at 73 years old in Cochabamba.
Viktor Oliva
Czech illustrator and painter (1861-1928).
Born April 24th, 1861 in Nové Strašecí.
Died April 24th, 1928 at 67 years old in Prague.
Ernst Steinitz
German mathematician.
Born June 13th, 1871 in Siemianowice Śląskie.
Died September 29th, 1928 at 57 years old in Kiel.
Paul van Ostaijen
Belgian poet, writer (1896–1928).
Born February 22nd, 1896 in Antwerp.
Died March 18th, 1928 at 32 years old in Belgium, Miavoye (tuberculosis).
Alexander Spendiaryan
Russian composer of armenian descent (1871-1928).
Born November 1st, 1871 in Kakhovka.
Died May 7th, 1928 at 56 years old in Yerevan.
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore
American writer and photographer (1856-1928).
Born October 14th, 1856 in Clinton.
Died November 3rd, 1928 at 72 years old in Geneva.
Aleksandar Protogerov
Bulgarian general, politician and revolutionary (1867–1928).
Born February 28th, 1867 in Ohrid. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1928 at 61 years old in Sofia. [ref]
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer