Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1928

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1928. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Aug. 2 Fred Sanderson
• Aug. 8 Stjepan Radić

  Croatian politician (b. 1871).

• Aug. 10 Rex Cherryman

  Rex Cherryman was an American stage and silent film actor in the 1920s best remembered for his performances on Broadway and in several notable films before his untimely death at age 31. [bio]

• Aug. 12 Leoš Janáček

  Czech composer and educator (b. 1854).

• Aug. 14 Klabund

  German author and poet (b. 1890).

• Aug. 15 Anatole von Hügel

  Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded st edmund's college, cambridge (b. 1854).

• Aug. 15 Guido Novak von Arienti
• Aug. 16 Carlo Del Prete
• Aug. 17 Emma Carelli
• Aug. 17 Francesco Ghittoni
• Aug. 17 George Otto Trevelyan
• Aug. 17 Frank Urson
• Aug. 18 Giuseppe Prato
• Aug. 19 Stephanos Skouloudis

  Greek politician and banker, 97th prime minister for greece (d. 288).

• Aug. 19 Richard Burdon Haldane
• Aug. 20 Vincenzo Riccio
• Aug. 21 Flaminio Avet
• Aug. 21 Vladimir Fran Mažuranić
• Aug. 23 Giovanni Faini
• Aug. 24 Oskar Jerschke
• Aug. 27 Marie Émile Fayolle
• Aug. 28 Hannah Chaplin
• Aug. 28 Conrad Karl Röderer
• Aug. 29 William Easton
• Aug. 30 Wilhelm Wien

  German physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1864).

• Aug. 30 Robert Reinert
• Aug. 30 Franz von Stuck