April 30 - Deaths

Deaths

• 65 – Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
• 535 – Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths (b. c. 495)
• 1030 – Mahmud of Ghazni, Indian ruler of the Ghaznavid Dynasty (b. 971)
• 1063 – Emperor Renzong of Song (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)
• 1513 – Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (b. 1471 or 1472)
• 1524 – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
• 1544 – Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
• 1550 – Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (b. 1516)
• 1632 – King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland and Sweden (b. 1566)
• 1632 – Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
• 1642 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
• 1660 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (b. 1576)
• 1655 – Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
• 1672 – Marie de l'Incarnation, Roman Catholic nun, founder of the Ursulines of Quebec (b. 1599)
• 1696 – Robert Plot, Englishnaturalist (b. 1640)
• 1712 – Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian (b. 1633)
• 1736 – Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
• 1758 – François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
• 1792 – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (b. 1718)
• 1795 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
• 1806 – Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)
• 1841 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (b. 1758)
• 1847 – Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Austrian general (b. 1771)
• 1863 – Jean Danjou, French foreign legion captain (b. 1828)
• 1865 – Robert FitzRoy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)
• 1870 – Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop (b. 1792)
• 1875 – Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
• 1879 – Emma Hale Smith Bidamon, American religious leader, wife of Joseph Smith (b.1804)
• 1883 – Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
• 1891 – Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist (b. 1823)
• 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)
• 1939 – Frank Haller, American featherweight boxer (b. 1883)
• 1941 – Edgar Aabye, Danish tug of war competitor (b. 1865)
• 1943 – Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
• 1943 – Beatrice Webb, English economist (b. 1858)
• 1945 – Eva Braun, German photographer and office and lab assistant, wife of Adolf Hitler (b. 1912)
• 1945 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German politician and author, dictator of Nazi Germany (b. 1889)
• 1956 – Alben W. Barkley, American politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
• 1966 – Richard Farina, American author and singer (b. 1937)
• 1970 – Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
• 1972 – Gia Scala, English-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 – Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist, and translator (b. 1911)
• 1974 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, English film director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1980 – Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
• 1982 – Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (b. 1949)
• 1983 – George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
• 1983 – Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, musician, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Bangja, Crown Princess Euimin of Korea (b. 1901)
• 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, Myanma politician, 8th Prime Minister of Myanmar (b. 1920)
• 1996 – David Opatoshu, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
• 1999 – Darrell Sweet, English musician (Nazareth) (b. 1947)
• 2000 – Poul Hartling, Danish diplomat and politician (b. 1914)
• 2002 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German founder of the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)
• 2002 – Nitsa Tsaganea, Greek actress (b. 1899)
• 2003 – Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
• 2003 – Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Mark Berger, American economist and educator (b. 1955)
• 2005 – Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Ron Todd, English TGWU general secretary (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Lawrence Patrick, American bio-mechanics professor (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian novelist (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
• 2007 – Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
• 2007 – Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Zola Taylor, American singer (The Platters) (b. 1938)
• 2008 – John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Venetia Burney, English girl who named Pluto (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Henk Nijdam, Dutch road bicycle rider (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Gerry Ryan, Irish radio broadcaster (b. 1956)
• 2011 – Dorjee Khandu, Indian Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955)
• 2011 – Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer (b. 1911)
• 2012 – Ernst Bolldén, Swedish wheelchair table tennis player (b. 1966)
• 2012 – Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan politician and poet, co-founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (b. 1985)
• 2012 – Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Billy Neighbors, American football player (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Benzion Netanyahu, Israeli historian (b. 1910)
• 2012 – Achala Sachdev, Indian actress (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Sicelo Shiceka, South African politician (b. 1966)