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In the year 1928
217 Notable deaths
Hermann Sudermann
German dramatist and novelist.
Born September 30th, 1857 in Mažeikiai. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1928 at 71 years old in Berlin (pneumonia). [ref]
Sverre Hassel
Norwegian antarctic explorer (1876-1928).
Born July 30th, 1876 in Christiania.
Died June 6th, 1928 at 51 years old in Oslo.
Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov
Russian revolutionary, educator and politician.
Born March 8th, 1870 in Noginsk.
Died October 8th, 1928 at 58 years old in Sochi (typhoid fever).
Ivan Merz
Bosnian-croatian academic.
Born December 16th, 1896 in Banja Luka.
Died May 10th, 1928 at 31 years old in Zagreb (infectious disease).
George Earle Chamberlain
American politician (1854-1928).
Born January 1st, 1854 in Natchez.
Died July 9th, 1928 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C..
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]
José Eustasio Rivera
Colombian writer, politician and diplomat.
Born February 19th, 1888 in Neiva.
Died December 1st, 1928 at 40 years old in Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital.
Lu Rongting
Chinese warlord (1859-1928).
Born September 9th, 1859 in Si'en Fu.
Died June 11th, 1928 at 68 years old in Shanghai.
Jacob M. Dickinson
Confederate army soldier (1851-1928).
Born January 30th, 1851 in Columbus.
Died December 13th, 1928 at 77 years old in Nashville.
Paul van Ostaijen
Belgian poet, writer (1896-1928).
Born February 22nd, 1896 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1928 at 32 years old in Belgium (tuberculosis). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 217
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin