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In the year 1928
242 Notable deaths
Klabund
German writer (1890-1928).
Born November 4th, 1890 in Krosno Odrzańskie.
Died August 14th, 1928 at 37 years old in Davos (tuberculosis).
Léon Duguit
French legal scholar (1859–1928).
Born February 4th, 1859 in Libourne.
Died December 18th, 1928 at 69 years old in Bordeaux.
Maurice Bloomfield
American classical philologist (1855-1928).
Born February 23rd, 1855 in Bielsko.
Died June 12th, 1928 at 73 years old in Baltimore.
Georges Sagnac
French physicist who lent his name to the sagnac effect (1869–1928).
Born October 14th, 1869 in Périgueux.
Died February 26th, 1928 at 58 years old in Meudon.
Ramón González Valencia
President of colombia.
Born May 24th, 1851 in Chitagá.
Died October 3rd, 1928 at 77 years old in Pamplona.
Moritz von Auffenberg
Austrian-hungarian general and minister of war (1852-1928).
Died May 18th, 1928 at 75 years old in Vienna.
John Merle Coulter
U.s. botanist (1851-1928).
Born November 20th, 1851 in Ningbo.
Died December 23rd, 1928 at 77 years old in Yonkers.
Charles Henry Gilbert
American ichthyologist (1859–1928).
Born December 5th, 1859 in Rockford.
Died April 20th, 1928 at 68 years old in Palo Alto.
Edward Connelly
Actor (1858-1928).
Born December 30th, 1858 in New York City.
Died November 21st, 1928 at 69 years old in Hollywood (influenza).
Arthur Moritz Schoenflies
German mathematician.
Born April 17th, 1853 in Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Died May 27th, 1928 at 75 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 242
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