Famous Deaths on 30th April

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65 - Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
313 - Gaius G V Maximus, [Daia], Emperor of Rome, dies
535 - Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered
1030 - Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies
1063 - Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
1131 - Adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint
1196 - Boudouin II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies
1214 - Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa, Italian bishop, dies
1328 - ... Eckhard, German theologist/mystic, dies
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
1630 - Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
1632 - Jean de Tilly, fieldmarshal, dies
1632 - Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65
1642 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
1655 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
1660 - Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84
1696 - Robert Plot, British naturalist (b. 1640)
1708 - Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
1712 - Philippus van Limborch, remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at 78
1736 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
1743 - Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian playwright/poet, dies
1758 - François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
1784 - Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies
1785 - Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65
1792 - Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer, dies at 36
1792 - John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73
1793 - Lorenzo Fago, composer, dies at 88
1795 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
1800 - John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46
1828 - Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed
1829 - George Washington Adams, son of John Q Adams, dies on City Is NYC
1841 - Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (b. 1758)
1847 - Charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies
1848 - Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
1855 - Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68
1859 - Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67
1865 - Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)
1875 - Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
Impressionist painter Edouard Manet (1883) 1883 - Édouard Manet, French impressionist painter dies at 61
1887 - Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71
1893 - Gyula Beliczay, composer, dies at 57
1895 - Gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78
1896 - Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68
1900 - John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck
1903 - Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1831)
1912 - František Kmoch, Czech composer, dies at 63
1919 - Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies
1922 - David M Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet, dies
1931 - Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies
1933 - Luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
1934 - William Henry Welch, dies at 75
1936 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
1942 - Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51
1942 - J van Hoddis, writer, dies at 54
1943 - Beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85
1943 - Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist, dies in Auschwitz
1943 - Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolph Hitler (1945) 1945 - Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
1945 - Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33
1952 - Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies
1956 - Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
1957 - Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
1959 - Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
1963 - Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74
1965 - Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56
1966 - Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
1970 - Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
1970 - Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35
1970 - Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at 71
1971 - Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70
1972 - Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38
1972 - Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered
1973 - Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75
1973 - Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. 1911)
1976 - Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer, dies at 51
1977 - Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73
1980 - Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies
1980 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
1982 - Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies
1982 - Herman Tholen, Dutch cabaret performer (Juveniles), dies
1982 - Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
1982 - Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
Ballet choreographer George Balanchine (1983) 1983 - George Balanchine, Russian/US ballet composer/choreographer, dies from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease at 79
1983 - Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa, actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71
1983 - Muddy Waters, US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 70
1984 - Arthur T "Bomber" Harris, bombed nazi-Germany, dies
1987 - Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies
1988 - James McCracken, US tenor, dies at 61
1989 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 60
1989 - Yi, Bang-ja, Crown Princess of Korea (b. 1901)
1991 - George Sperti Sperti, inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91
1991 - Michael G Hagerty, actor (Overboard), dies at 39
1992 - Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies
1993 - David Waymer, NFLer (Saints, 49'ers, Raiders), dies at 34
1993 - Eric Rowan, cricketer (26 Tests for South Africa), dies
1993 - Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
1994 - David Langton, dies of a heart at 81
1994 - Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
1994 - Geoffery Michael Roberts, vintner, dies at 46
1994 - Richard McClure Scarry, US kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74
1994 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
1995 - Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59
1995 - Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival king, dies at 34
1996 - David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46
1996 - David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at 78
1996 - Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at 71
1996 - Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at 78
1996 - Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, pres of Guatemala (1966-70), dies
1998 - Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
2002 - Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. (b. 1928)
2003 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
2003 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
2003 - Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
2005 - Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)
2006 - Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject
2006 - Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian novelist
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 (b. 1938)
2008 - John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
2010 - Gerry Ryan, Irish radio broadcaster (b. 1956)
2011 - Dorjee Khandu, Indian, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955)