Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 30 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 30
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 30
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 274 | Pope Felix I |
| 717 | Egwin of Evesham, bishop of Worcester |
| 903 | Tian Jun, Chinese warlord (b. 858) |
| 925 | Wang Shenzhi, founder of Min (b. 862) |
| 1115 | Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine |
| 1331 | Bernard Gui, inquisitor (b. 1261 or 1262) |
| 1435 | Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (b. 1362) |
| 1436 | Louis III, Elector Palatine (b. 1378) |
| 1460 | Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Irish politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1443) |
| 1525 | Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (b. 1459) |
| 1572 | Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (b. 1512) |
| 1573 | Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (b. 1504) |
| 1591 | Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519) |
| 1621 | Job of Manyava, Ukrainian monk and saint (b. 1550) |
| 1640 | John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (b. 1597) |
| 1643 | Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (b. 1566) |
| 1644 | Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577) |
| 1662 | Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628) |
| 1769 | Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (b. 1685) |
| 1777 | Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1727) |
| 1788 | Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1702) |
| 1803 | Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (b. 1713) |
| 1879 | Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806) |
| 1885 | Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (b. 1824) |
| 1896 | José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861) |
| 1906 | Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828) |
| 1908 | Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844) |
| 1916 | Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869) |
| 1928 | Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874) |
| 1937 | Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852) |
| 1940 | Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878) |
| 1941 | El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890) |
| 1944 | Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866) |
| 1945 | Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889) |
| 1947 | Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889) |
| 1954 | Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863) |
| 1955 | Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913) |
| 1967 | Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887) |
| 1968 | Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896) |
| 1970 | Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932) |
| 1971 | Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914) |
| 1979 | Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (b. 1902) |
| 1982 | Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1896) |
| 1983 | Violette Cordery, English race car driver (b. 1900) |
| 1986 | Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905) |
| 1988 | Yuli Daniel, Russian author and poet (b. 1925) |
| 1990 | Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and critic (b. 1929) |
| 1992 | Romeo Muller, American actor, screenwriter, for screenplays like the 1964, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) (b. 1928) |
| 1993 | İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, Turkish lawyer and politician, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1908) |
| 1994 | Dmitri Ivanenko, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904) |
| 1995 | Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914) |
| 1996 | Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908) |
| 1997 | Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1926) |
| 1998 | Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (b. 1905) |
| 1999 | Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (b. 1915) |
| 2000 | Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909) |
| 2002 | Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906) |
| 2003 | John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1932) |
| 2004 | Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910) |
| 2005 | Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1940) |
| 2006 | Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, fifth President of Iraq (b. 1937) |
| 2009 | Rowland S. Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1959) |
| 2010 | Bobby Farrell, Dutch dancer and performer from Aruba (b. 1949) |
| 2011 | Ronald Searle, English-French cartoonist (b. 1920) |
| 2012 | Philip Coppens, Belgian-American journalist and author (b. 1971) |
| 2013 | Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (b. 1929) |
| 2014 | Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921) |
| 2015 | Doug Atkins, American football player (b. 1930) |
| 2017 | Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (b. 1990) |
| 2020 | Dawn Wells, American actress, (b. 1938) |
| 2022 | Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (b. 1929) |
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