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. 6 William Henry Grattan Flood

  Composer dies at 68

• Aug. 8 Stjepan Radić

  Croatian politician (b. 1871)

• Aug. 9 Frederik II W

  Grand duke of baden (1907-18), is killed at 71

• Aug. 10 Rex Cherryman

  American actor (born 1897).

• Aug. 12 Leoš Janáček

  Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)

• Aug. 12 Leos Janacek

  Czech composer (born 1854)

• Aug. 13 Fernand de La Tombelle

  Composer dies at 74

• Aug. 14 Klabund

  German author and poet (b. 1890)

• Aug. 14 Klabund [Alfred Henschke]

  German writer (spuk/rasputin), dies at 37

• Aug. 14 Alfred Henschke

  German writer, poet (born 1890)

• Aug. 15 Anatole von Hügel

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

• Aug. 19 Stephanos Skouloudis

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

• Aug. 29 Richard B Haldane

  British viscount/ lord-chancellor dies at 72

• Aug. 30 Wilhelm Wien

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