In the year 1928
242 Notable deaths
Pierre Ruffey
French general (1851–1928).
Born March 19th, 1851 in Dijon.
Died December 14th, 1928 at 77 years old in French Third Republic.
Anna Bugge
Norwegian feminist (1862-1928).
Born November 17th, 1862 in Egersund. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1928 at 65 years old in Danderyd. [ref]
Marie Stritt
German feminist, editor (1855–1928).
Born February 18th, 1855 in Sighișoara. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1928 at 73 years old in Dresden. [ref]
Wilhelm Ramsay
Finnish geologist, mineralogist, petrographer, professor and politician (1865–1928).
Born January 20th, 1865 in Dragsfjärd.
Died January 8th, 1928 at 62 years old in Helsinki.
Ignác Alpár
Hungarian architect (1855-1928).
Born October 17th, 1855 in Pest.
Died April 27th, 1928 at 72 years old in Zurich (pneumonia).
Scott Sidney
American film director.
Born April 27th, 1874 in London.
Died July 20th, 1928 at 54 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Carl Axel Magnus Lindman
Swedish botanist (1856-1928).
Born April 6th, 1856 in Halmstad. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1928 at 72 years old in Adolf Fredriks parish. [ref]
Teodor Pejačević
Croatian politician (1855-1928).
Born September 24th, 1855 in Našice.
Died July 22nd, 1928 at 72 years old in Vienna.
George Earle Chamberlain
American politician (1854-1928).
Born January 1st, 1854 in Natchez. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1928 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C..
Konstantīns Pēkšēns
Latvian architect (1859–1928).
Born March 8th, 1859 in Mazsalaca.
Died June 23rd, 1928 at 69 years old in Bad Kissingen.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 242
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel