Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the filmmaking industry of the time for their works during the 1927 – 1928 period.

Percy Bysshe Shelley composed a " Hymn of Apollo " ( 1820 ), and the god's instruction of the Muses formed the subject of Igor Stravinsky's Apollon musagète ( 1927 – 1928 ).

Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 ) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

Leipzig, 1927 – 1928

* 1928 – James D. Watson, American geneticist, Nobel laureate

* 1851 – Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer ( d. 1928 )

* 1928 – Hardy Krüger, German actor

* 1928 – Jean-François Paillard, French conductor

* 1928 – Hugh Hood, Canadian author ( d. 2000 )

* 1928 – The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so.

* 1928 – Péter Boross, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary

* 1928 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician

* 1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player ( d. 2005 )

* 1928 – Andy Warhol, American artist ( d. 1987 )

* 1928 – Bob Cousy, American basketball player

* 1928 – Dolores Wilson, American soprano ( d. 2010 )

* 1928 – Camilla Wicks, American concert violinist

Australia's ageing post-war team broke up after 1926, with Collins, Charlie Macartney and Warren Bardsley all departing, and Gregory breaking down at the start of the 1928 – 29 series.

A single Test was held at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in 1928 – 29.

* 1928 – Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer ( d. 1990 )

* 1986 – Erik Bruhn, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer ( b. 1928 )

Iuliu Maniu ( 1873 – 1953 ) was prime minister with an agrarian cabinet from 1928 to 1930, but the Great Depression made proposed reforms impossible.

* 1928 – Cécile Aubry, French actress ( d. 2010 )

* 1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor ( d. 2012 )

* Friedensreich Hundertwasser ( 1928 – 2000 ): artist and architect

* 2006 – Dan Curtis, American television producer and director ( b. 1928 )

* May 13 – Dan Blocker, American actor ( Bonanza ) ( b. 1928 )

Daniel David " Dan " Rostenkowski ( January 2, 1928 – August 11, 2010 ) was a United States Representative from Illinois, serving from 1959 to 1995.

Dan Blocker ( December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972 ) was an American actor best remembered for his role as Eric " Hoss " Cartwright in the NBC western television series Bonanza.

* Dan Blocker ( 1928 – 1972 ) famous American actor ( Bonanza )

Initially a hobbyist, in 1928 he met Władysław Daniłowski Dan, who chose him as a soloist for his newly formed Dan's Choir.

# Grand Rabbi Yisrael Dan Taub of Modzitz ( 1928 – 2006 ), previous Modzitzer Rebbe, author of Nachalas Dan, son of the Imrei Aish.

In 1939 she married Dan Healy, whom she had worked with in Good Boy in 1928.

On December 4, 1928, Dapper Dan got behind the wheel of his Paige coupe and turned on the ignition.

Curtis ran for Vice-President with Herbert Hoover as President in 1928.

A widower when elected Vice President in 1928, Curtis had his half-sister " Dolly " Curtis Gann live with him in Washington, DC and act as his hostess for social events.

In 1928 Curtis ran with Herbert Hoover heading the Republican ticket for president and vice-president.

The country welcomes celebrities of Native American background, such as Will Rogers and Jim Thorpe, and elected a vice president with significant Native American ancestry, Charles Curtis, in 1928.

In 1928 he joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

She took Gian Carlo with her, and in 1928 she enrolled him at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, but she returned to Italy.

In 1928, Zimbalist began teaching at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

He was a pupil of Leopold Auer from 1925 and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1928 to 1936, continuing his studies with Efrem Zimbalist after Auer's death in 1930.

From 1928 to 1936, Landi was married to John Cecil Lawrence, and from 1943 to 1948, to Curtis Kinney Thomas ( 1905-2002 ).

* Charles Curtis ( botanist ) ( 1853 – 1928 ), an English botanist who became the first superintendent of the Penang Botanic Gardens

He was elected as a Republican to House of Representatives of the 60th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation from body of Charles Curtis — who was elevated to the Senate ; Anthony was re-elected in this capacity to the nine succeeding Congresses and served in the House from May 23, 1907 to March 3, 1929 ; well known for co-introducing along with Senator Curtis in December 1923 the first rendition of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution ; Chairman, Committee on Appropriations in the House during the 70th Congress ; was not a candidate for renomination in 1928 ; resumed his former business pursuits ; died in Leavenworth on August 4, 1931 ; interment in Mount Muncie Cemetery.

In 1928, he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for U. S. Vice President, yet was defeated by Charles Curtis, who would win with Herbert Hoover as President.