Famous Deaths on 30 Apr

Famous Deaths on 30 Apr

1063 - Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
1131 - Adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint
1341 - John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
1439 - Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English military leader (b. 1382)
1524 - Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
1544 - Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
1555 - Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
1632 - King Sigismund I of Sweden (b. 1561)
1632 - Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
1642 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
1655 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
1660 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (b. 1576)
1696 - Robert Plot, British naturalist (b. 1640)
1712 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (b. 1633)
1736 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
1758 - François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
1792 - John Montagu, supposed inventor of the sandwich (b. 1718)
1795 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
1841 - Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (b. 1758)
1847 - Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (b. 1771)
1865 - Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)
1875 - Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
1883 - Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
1900 - Casey Jones, American train engineer (b. 1863)
1903 - Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1831)
1936 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
1943 - Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
1943 - Beatrice Webb, British economist (b. 1858)
1945 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (b. 1889)
1945 - Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's new wife (b. 1912)
1956 - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
1970 - Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
1973 - Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. 1911)
1974 - Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
1980 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
1982 - Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
1983 - Muddy Waters, American musician (b. 1915)
1983 - George Balanchine, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
1985 - George Pravda, Czechoslovakian actor (b. 1918)
1989 - Yi, Bang-ja, Crown Princess of Korea (b. 1901)
1989 - Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1929)
1993 - Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
1994 - Richard Scarry, American author (b. 1919)
1994 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
1995 - Maung Maung Kha, Prime minister of Burma (b. 1920)
1996 - David Opatoshu, American actor (b. 1918)
1998 - Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
2002 - Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. (b. 1928)
2003 - Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
2003 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
2003 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
2005 - Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)
2006 - Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject
2007 - Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
2007 - Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
2007 - Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
2007 - Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
2007 - Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
2008 - John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
65 - Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)