Deaths on 30 April
2000s
Paul Auster
2024
American writer and film director (1947–2024)
Jock Zonfrillo
2023
Scottish TV presenter and chef (1976–2023)
Naomi Judd
2022
American country singer, songwriter, and actress (1946–2022)
Mino Raiola
2022
Italian-Dutch football agent (1967–2022)
Anthony Payne
2021
English composer, critic and musicologist (1936–2021)
Tony Allen (musician)
2020
Nigerian musician (1940–2020)
Rishi Kapoor
2020
Indian actor (1952–2020)
Peter Mayhew
2019
British-American actor (1944–2019)
Belchior (singer)
2017
Musical artist
Daniel Berrigan
2016
American Catholic priest and activist (1921–2016)
Harry Kroto
2016
English chemist (1939–2016)
Ben E. King
2015
American singer (1938–2015)
Khaled Choudhury
2014
Indian artist (1919–2014)
Julian Lewis (biologist)
2014
English developmental biologist
Carl E. Moses
2014
American politician
Ian Ross (newsreader)
2014
Australian newsreader (1940–2014)
Roberto Chabet
2013
Filipino artist and architect (1937–2013)
Shirley Firth
2013
Canadian cross-country skier (1953–2013)
Viviane Forrester
2013
French author (1925–2013)
Tomás Borge
2012
Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician
Alexander Dale Oen
2012
Norwegian swimmer (1985–2012)
Giannis Gravanis
2012
Greek footballer
Benzion Netanyahu
2012
Israeli encyclopedist and historian (1910–2012)
Dorjee Khandu
2011
5th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Evald Okas
2011
Estonian painter
Ernesto Sabato
2011
Argentine writer and physicist (1911–2011)
Henk Nijdam
2009
Dutch cyclist (1935–2009)
Juancho Evertsz
2008
Kevin Mitchell (linebacker)
2007
American football player (1971–2007)
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk
2007
Inuk writer (1931-2007)
Tom Poston
2007
American actor (1921–2007)
Gordon Scott
2007
American actor (1926–2007)
Jean-François Revel
2006
French writer and philosopher (1924–2006)
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
2006
Indonesian novelist and writer (1925–2006)
Philip Rasmussen (pilot)
2005
American Pilot
Mark Berger (economist)
2003
Possum Bourne
2003
New Zealand rally driver (1956–2003)
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
2002
German transgender woman (1928–2002)
Poul Hartling
2000
Danish politician and diplomat
1900s
Nizar Qabbani
1998
Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher (1923–1998)
Maung Maung Kha
1995
Roland Ratzenberger
1994
Austrian racing driver (1960–1994)
Richard Scarry
1994
American author and illustrator (1919–1994)
Tommy Caton
1993
English footballer (1962–1993)
Sergio Leone
1989
Italian filmmaker (1929–1989)
Robert Stevenson (filmmaker)
1986
British-American film director (1905–1986)
George Balanchine
1983
Georgian-American ballet choreographer (1904–1983)
Muddy Waters
1983
American blues musician (1913–1983)
Edouard Wyss-Dunant
1983
Swiss physician and alpinist
Lester Bangs
1982
American music critic (1948–1982)
Luis Muñoz Marín
1980
First elected governor of Puerto Rico (1949–1965)
Agnes Moorehead
1974
American actress (1900–1974)
Václav Renč
1973
Czech poet, dramatist and translator
Gia Scala
1972
British-American actress (1934–1972)
Jacques Presser
1970
Dutch historian, writer and poet (1899–1970)
Inger Stevens
1970
Swedish and American actress (1934–1970)
Alben W. Barkley
1956
Vice President of the United States from 1949 to 1953
Jakob Linzbach
1953
Estonian linguist
Eva Braun
1945
Wife of Adolf Hitler (1912–1945)
Adolf Hitler
1945
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
Eddy Hamel
1943
American soccer player and Holocaust victim
Otto Jespersen
1943
Danish linguist (1860–1943)
Beatrice Webb
1943
English sociologist, economist, feminist and social reformer (1858–1943)
Frank Haller
1939
American boxer
A. E. Housman
1936
English classicist and poet (1859–1936)
Bessie Coleman
1926
Afro-Indigenous pioneer in aviation (1892–1926)
Jean Moréas
1910
Greek poet, essayist, and art critic (1856–1910)
Emily Stowe
1903
Canadian physician
Casey Jones
1900
American railroad engineer (1864–1900)
1800s
Joseph Leidy
1891
American anatomist and paleontologist (1823-1891)
Édouard Manet
1883
French painter (1832–1883)
Emma Smith
1879
Wife of Joseph Smith Jr. and Latter Day Saint leader (1804–1879)
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
1875
Thomas Cooke (bishop)
1870
Robert FitzRoy
1865
Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)
John B. Cocke
1864
Confederate States Army officer (c. 1833–1864)
Jean Danjou
1863
French Foreign Legion officer (1828–1863)
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
1847
Austrian archduke and general (1771–1847)
Peter Andreas Heiberg
1841
Danish-Norwegian author and philologist
Onogawa Kisaburō
1806
Japanese sumo wrestler
Before 1800
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
1795
French writer and numismatist (1716–1795)
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
1792
British statesman, patron of exploration, and inventor (1718–1792)
François d'Agincourt
1758
French harpsichordist, organist and composer
Johann Albert Fabricius
1736
German classical scholar and bibliographer (1668–1736)
Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes
1733
Portuguese nobleman and diplomat
Philipp van Limborch
1712
Dutch Remonstrant theologian
Robert Plot
1696
English naturalist and antiquarian (1640–1696)
Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline)
1672
French Catholic nun (1599–1672)
Petrus Scriverius
1660
Dutch writer and scholar (1576–1660)
Eustache Le Sueur
1655
French artist and one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting (1617–1655)
Niwa Nagashige
1637
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
1632
Catholic marshal of the Thirty Years' War (1559–1632)
Sigismund III Vasa
1632
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1587–1632), King of Sweden (1592–1599)
Tabinshwehti
1550
Founder of the First Toungoo Empire
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden
1544
English politician (1488–1544)
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
1524
French knight (c. 1476–1524)
Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
1439
14th/15th-century English noble
John III, Duke of Brittany
1341
Duke of Brittany from 1312 to 1341
Roger de Flor
1305
Italian military adventurer and condottiere
Adjutor
1131
12th-century French Catholic saint
Emperor Renzong of Song
1063
Chinese emperor from 1022 to 1063
Mahmud of Ghazni
1030
Ghaznavid sultan from 998 to 1030 (971–1030)
Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen
1002
Margrave of Meissen from 985 to 1002
Hildegard (queen)
783
Queen of the Franks from 771 to 783
Amalasuintha
535
Regent and queen regnant of the Ostrogoths
AD 125
125
Calendar year
AD 65
65
Calendar year