Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 30 April today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for April 30
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on April 30
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 0065 | Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39) |
| 125 | An, Chinese emperor (b. 94) |
| 535 | Amalasuntha, Ostrogothic queen and regent |
| 783 | Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Frankish queen |
| 1002 | Eckard I, German nobleman |
| 1030 | Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (b. 971) |
| 1063 | Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1010) |
| 1131 | Adjutor, French knight and saint |
| 1305 | Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer (b. 1267) |
| 1341 | John III, duke of Brittany (b. 1286) |
| 1439 | Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (b. 1382) |
| 1524 | Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473) |
| 1544 | Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1488) |
| 1550 | Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (b. 1516) |
| 1632 | Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559) |
| 1637 | Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (b. 1571) |
| 1655 | Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617) |
| 1660 | Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1576) |
| 1672 | Marie of the Incarnation, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (b. 1599) |
| 1696 | Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (b. 1640) |
| 1712 | Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633) |
| 1733 | Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (b. 1676) |
| 1736 | Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (b. 1668) |
| 1792 | John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718) |
| 1795 | Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716) |
| 1806 | Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758) |
| 1841 | Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758) |
| 1847 | Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771) |
| 1863 | Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828) |
| 1865 | Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805) |
| 1870 | Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792) |
| 1875 | Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766) |
| 1879 | Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804) |
| 1883 | Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832) |
| 1891 | Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823) |
| 1900 | Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (b. 1863) |
| 1903 | Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831) |
| 1910 | Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856) |
| 1926 | Bessie Coleman, American pilot (b. 1892) |
| 1936 | A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859) |
| 1939 | Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883) |
| 1943 | Eddy Hamel, American footballer (b. 1902) |
| 1945 | Eva Braun, German photographer and office and lab assistant, wife of Adolf Hitler (b. 1912) |
| 1953 | Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874) |
| 1956 | Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877) |
| 1970 | Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899) |
| 1972 | Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934) |
| 1973 | Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911) |
| 1974 | Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900) |
| 1980 | Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898) |
| 1982 | Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (b. 1949) |
| 1983 | George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904) |
| 1986 | Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
| 1989 | Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 1993 | Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962) |
| 1994 | Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960) |
| 1995 | Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920) |
| 1998 | Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (b. 1926) |
| 2000 | Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914) |
| 2002 | Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928) |
| 2003 | Mark Berger, American economist and academic (b. 1955) |
| 2005 | Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918) |
| 2006 | Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (b. 1924) |
| 2007 | Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971) |
| 2008 | Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician (b. 1923) |
| 2009 | Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (b. 1935) |
| 2011 | Dorjee Khandu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955) |
| 2012 | Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (b. 1930) |
| 2013 | Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1937) |
| 2014 | Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938) |
| 2016 | Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1921) |
| 2019 | Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (b. 1944) |
| 2020 | Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer and composer (b. 1940) |
| 2021 | Anthony Payne, English composer (b. 1936) |
| 2022 | Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1946) |
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