List of Famous people who died in 1928

Gerald C. Duffy was a screenwriter of the silent film era, as well as a journalist, and short story writer and copyeditor. He is best known for his many contributions to Redbook magazine, which he edited, as well as being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Title Writing in the 1st Academy Awards for the film The Private Life of Helen of Troy. His prolific fiction career brought him to the attention of First National Pictures who hired him on as a writer.

Lawrence "Larry" Semon was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian, but he is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together.

Sir Charles James Jessel, 1st Baronet DL, JP, was a British barrister, magistrate and businessman.

Ferdinando Martini was an Italian writer and politician. He was governor of Eritrea for ten years, from 1897 to 1907.

Emil Ritterling was a German historian and archaeologist.

Captain Blair Onslow Cochrane was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was helmsman of the British boat Cobweb, which won the gold medal in the 8-metre class.

Prince Witold Adam Czartoryski was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), Duke of Klewán and Zuków. Witold married Maria Grocholska on October 30, 1851 in Paris.

Piotra Krecheuski was a Belarusian statesman and president of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile.