Explore notable deaths.

Fred Thomson

1890–1928

actor, theologian, athletics competitor

Official cause

tetanus

Alberto della Valle

1851–1928

photographer, painter, illustrator

Official cause

gunshot wound

Henry Burchard Fine

1858–1928

mathematician, university teacher

Official cause

bicycle accident

Stacy Aumonier

1877–1928

writer

Official cause

tuberculosis

J. Hartley Manners

1870–1928

playwright, actor

Official cause

esophageal cancer

Leung Ying

Unknown–1928

Official cause

hanging to death

Mary Ingalls

1865–1928

writer

Official cause

stroke; pneumonia

William Edward Hickman

1908–1928

Official cause

hanging to death

William Borthwick

1848–1928

politician, grocer

Official cause

pneumonia

Hirotsu Ryurō

1861–1928

novelist, writer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Olga FitzGeorge

1877–1928

socialite, businessperson

Official cause

embolism

William James Flynn

1867–1928

U.S. Secret Service agent

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Wilhelm Fliess

1858–1928

surgeon, physician

Official cause

cancer

Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov

1870–1928

politician, historian, economist

Official cause

typhoid fever

Larry Semon

1889–1928

actor, film director, screenwriter

Official cause

pneumonia; tuberculosis

E. J. Mather

1887–1928

basketball coach, American football coach

Official cause

cancer

Aurel Băeșu

1896–1928

painter

Official cause

tuberculosis

William James Dawson

1854–1928

Christian minister, writer

Official cause

gastric ulcer

Jacques Durand

1865–1928

publisher, composer

Official cause

cerebrovascular disease

Emma Carelli

1877–1928

opera singer

Official cause

car collision

Frank Urson

1887–1928

film director, screenwriter, cinematographer

Official cause

drowning

Antonín Sova

1864–1928

writer, poet, librarian

Official cause

syphilis

Yuzo Saeki

1898–1928

painter

Official cause

tuberculosis

Hermine Moos

1888–1928

painter, dollmaker

Official cause

barbiturate overdose