List of Famous people who died in 1928

Álvaro Obregón Salido was a general in the Mexican Revolution, who became the 46th President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. He supported Sonora's decision to follow Governor of Coahuila Venustiano Carranza as leader of a revolution against the Victoriano Huerta regime. Carranza appointed Obregón commander of the revolutionary forces in northwestern Mexico and in 1915 appointed him as his minister of war. In 1920, Obregón launched a revolt against Carranza, in which Carranza was assassinated. Obregón won the subsequent election with overwhelming support.

Édouard-Jean Niermans was a famous Dutch-born French architect during the Belle Époque.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was a journalist, politician and bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that were adapted from his works.

Lucien Louis Capet was a French violinist, pedagogue and composer.

Edwin Thomas Meredith was an American entrepreneur, founder of the Meredith Corporation and also served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in President Woodrow Wilson's administration.

Frank Stallworth Lockhart was an American automobile racing driver active in the 1920s, considered by many historians to be a legend in the sport on par with 1960s British World Driving Champion Jim Clark. During a "remarkable if all too short" career, Lockhart won numerous races on dirt, board tracks, the 1926 Indianapolis 500, and set a world land speed record for a distance average. In all, he had nine AAA wins and two vice-championships in two years of competition.

Jovan Avakumović was a Serbian lawyer, criminologist, statesman, and Prime Minister of Serbia.