Deaths on 30 August
2000s
Tūheitia
2024
Māori King from 2006 to 2024
Fatman Scoop
2024
American hip-hop artist (1968–2024)
Mikhail Gorbachev
2022
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
Valerie Harper
2019
American actress (1939–2019)
Louise Hay
2017
American author (1926–2017)
Skip Prokop
2017
Canadian musical artist (1943–2017)
Wes Craven
2015
American filmmaker (1939–2015)
Edward Fadeley
2015
American judge (1929–2015)
M. M. Kalburgi
2015
Indian scholar and writer (1938–2015)
Marvin Mandel
2015
56th Governor of Maryland
Oliver Sacks
2015
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
Charles Bowden
2014
American writer (1945–2014)
Bipan Chandra
2014
Indian historian (1928–2014)
Igor Decraene
2014
Belgian cyclist
Andrew V. McLaglen
2014
British-American film director (1920–2014)
Felipe Osterling
2014
Peruvian lawyer, writer and politician
William C. Campbell (golfer)
2013
American amateur golfer (1923–2013)
Howie Crittenden
2013
American basketball player (1933–2013)
Allan Gotthelf
2013
American philosopher
Seamus Heaney
2013
Irish poet (1939–2013)
Leo Lewis (running back)
2013
American gridiron football player (1933–2013)
J. C. Bailey
2010
American professional wrestler
Alain Corneau
2010
French film director and writer (1943–2010)
Myrtle Edwards (sportswoman)
2010
Australian cricketer and softball player
Francisco Varallo
2010
Argentine footballer (1910–2010)
Klaus-Peter Hanisch
2009
German footballer
Brian Hambly
2008
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Killer Kowalski
2008
Canadian professional wrestler (1926–2008)
Michael Jackson (writer)
2007
Beer and whisky expert
Charles Vanik
2007
American politician (1913–2007)
Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon
2006
New Zealand judge (1926–2006)
Glenn Ford
2006
American actor (1916–2006)
Naguib Mahfouz
2006
Egyptian writer (1911–2006)
Fred Lawrence Whipple
2004
American astronomer (1906–2004)
Charles Bronson
2003
American actor (1921–2003)
Donald Davidson (philosopher)
2003
American philosopher (1917–2003)
J. Lee Thompson
2002
British film director (1914–2002)
Govan Mbeki
2001
South African politician (1910–2001)
1900s
Reindert Brasser
1999
Dutch athlete
Raymond Poïvet
1999
French cartoonist
Christine Pascal
1996
French actress, writer and director
Fischer Black
1995
American financial economist (1938–1995)
Sterling Morrison
1995
American guitarist (1942–1995)
Lindsay Anderson
1994
English filmmaker, theatre director, and film critic (1923–1994)
Richard Jordan
1993
American film and theatrical actor (1937–1993)
Cyril Knowles
1991
England international footballer (1944–1991)
Vladimír Padrůněk
1991
Czech musician (1952–1991)
Jean Tinguely
1991
Swiss sculptor (1925–1991)
Bernard D. H. Tellegen
1990
Dutch electrical engineer (1900–1990)
Seymour Krim
1989
American writer (1922–1989)
Jack Marshall
1988
Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1972
Taylor Caldwell
1985
American novelist (1900–1985)
Vera-Ellen
1981
American actress, singer and dancer (1921–1981)
Mohammad-Ali Rajai
1981
President of Iran in 1981
Jean Seberg
1979
American actress (1938–1979)
Ali Hadi Bara
1971
Turkish sculptor
Del Moore
1970
American actor, comedian and radio announcer (1916–1970)
Abraham Zapruder
1970
Witness to the John F. Kennedy assassination (1905–1970)
William Talman (actor)
1968
American actor (1915–1968)
Ad Reinhardt
1967
American painter and printmaker
Salme Pekkala-Dutt
1964
Estonian-British communist politician
Guy Burgess
1963
British diplomat and Soviet agent (1911–1963)
Cristóbal de Losada y Puga
1961
Charles Coburn
1961
American film, theater actor (1877–1961)
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
1954
Italian Catholic Benedictine monk and prelate
Konstantin Märska
1951
Estonian cinematographer and film director
Arthur Fielder
1949
English cricketer (1877–1949)
Alice Salomon
1948
German social reformer (1872–1948)
Gunnar Sommerfeldt
1947
Danish actor and film maker
Konstantin Rodzaevsky
1946
Russian fascist and politician
Alfréd Schaffer
1945
Hungarian footballer and manager
Eddy de Neve
1943
Dutch footballer (1885–1943)
Eustáquio van Lieshout
1943
Peder Oluf Pedersen
1941
Danish engineer and physicist
J. J. Thomson
1940
British physicist (1856–1940)
Max Factor Sr.
1938
Polish beautician and founder of Max Factor
Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn
1936
British soldier and peer (1886–1936)
Henri Barbusse
1935
French author (1873–1935)
Namık İsmail
1935
Turkish painter
Wilhelm Wien
1928
German physicist (1864–1928)
Alexander P. Stewart
1908
Confederate general, mathematician and philosopher
Richard Mansfield
1907
English actor-manager (1857–1907)
Hans Auer
1906
Swiss-Austrian architect (1847–1906)
1800s
Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky
1896
Russian statesman (1824–1896)
Ferris Jacobs Jr.
1886
American military officer (1836–1886)
John Bell Hood
1879
Confederate Army general (1831–1879)
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett
1856
English barrister and humorist (1811–1856)
John Ross (Royal Navy officer)
1856
British naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)
Before 1800
Narayan Rao
1773
Peshwa of Maratha Empire from 1772 to 1773
Christopher Polhem
1751
Swedish inventor and industrialist (1661–1751)
Baha al-Din al-Amili
1621
Iranian Shia Islamic scholar (1547–1621)
Shimazu Yoshihiro
1619
Samurai of the Sengoku period
John Juvenal Ancina
1604
Italian Roman Catholic prelate
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
1580
Duke of Savoy from 1553 to 1580
Victor, Duke of Münsterberg
1500
15th century Czech nobleman
Louis XI
1483
King of France from 1461 to 1483
Emperor Shōkō
1428
Emperor of Japan from 1412 to 1428
Khutughtu Khan Kusala
1329
13th Khagan of the Mongol Empire
Pope Alexander III
1181
Head of the Catholic Church from 1159 to 1181
Hervey le Breton
1131
12th-century Bishop of Ely and Bangor
Cui Qun
832
Chinese chancellor
Theodoric the Great
526
King of Italy from 493 to 526