Deaths on 30 January
2000s
Catherine O'Hara
2026
Canadian and American actress (1954–2026)
Dick Button
2025
American figure skater (1929–2025)
Julius Chan
2025
Papua New Guinean politician (1939–2025)
Marianne Faithfull
2025
English singer and actress (1946–2025)
Edcel Lagman
2025
Filipino politician (1942–2025)
Chita Rivera
2024
American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)
Bobby Beathard
2023
American football executive (1937–2023)
Bobby Hull
2023
Canadian ice hockey player (1939–2023)
Cheslie Kryst
2022
American television correspondent, model, Miss USA 2019 (1991–2022)
Sophie (musician)
2021
English music producer and DJ (1986–2021)
Dick Miller
2019
American actor (1928–2019)
Mark Salling
2018
American actor and musician (1982–2018)
Frank Finlay
2016
English actor (1926–2016)
Francisco Flores Pérez
2016
President of El Salvador from 1999 to 2004
Georgia Davis Powers
2016
American politician
Gaston Mialaret
2016
French pedagogist and psychologist
Carl Djerassi
2015
American pharmaceutical chemist and writer (1923–2015)
Ülo Kaevats
2015
Estonian statesman, academic, and philosopher
Geraldine McEwan
2015
English actress (1932–2015)
Gerrit Voorting
2015
Dutch cyclist (1923–2015)
Zhelyu Zhelev
2015
President of Bulgaria from 1990 to 1997
Stefan Bałuk
2014
Polish general and photographer (1914–2014)
The Mighty Hannibal
2014
American singer-songwriter and record producer (1939–2014)
Russell D. Hemenway
2014
American political activist (1925–2014)
William Motzing
2014
Musical artist
Arthur Rankin Jr.
2014
American director, writer and producer (1924–2014)
Greater (flamingo)
2014
Oldest known flamingo, died in captivity in Adelaide Zoo
Gamal al-Banna
2013
Egyptian writer and trade unionist (1920–2013)
The Andrews Sisters
2013
American vocal group
George Witt (baseball)
2013
American baseball player (1931–2013)
Frank Aschenbrenner
2012
American football player (1925–2012)
Doeschka Meijsing
2012
Dutch novelist (1947–2012)
John Barry (composer)
2011
English composer and conductor (1933–2011)
Fadil Ferati
2010
Political leader from Kosovo
H. Guy Hunt
2009
American politician (1933–2009)
Marcial Maciel
2008
Mexican priest, founder of the Legion of Christ, sexual abuser
Sidney Sheldon
2007
American writer (1917–2007)
Coretta Scott King
2006
American civil rights leader (1927–2006)
Wendy Wasserstein
2006
American playwright (1950–2006)
Martyn Bennett
2005
Canadian-Scottish musician (1971–2005)
Egon Mayer (sociologist)
2004
Jean-Pierre Aumont
2001
French actor and soldier (1911–2001)
Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)
2001
RAF flying ace in the Second World War
Joseph Ransohoff
2001
1900s
Huntz Hall
1999
American actor (1920–1999)
Ed Herlihy
1999
American newsreel narrator, radio and television announcer (1909–1999)
Pierre Boulle
1994
French novelist (1912–1994)
Alexandra of Yugoslavia
1993
Queen of Yugoslavia from 1944 to 1945
John Bardeen
1991
American condensed matter physicist (1908–1991)
Clifton C. Edom
1991
Lightnin' Hopkins
1982
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist (1912–1982)
Professor Longhair
1980
American blues musician (1918–1980)
Paul Marais de Beauchamp
1977
French zoologist (1883–1977)
Olav Roots
1974
Estonian musician
Elizabeth Baker (economist)
1973
American economist
Titina Silá
1973
Bissau-Guinean resistance fighter (1943–1973)
Dominique Pire
1969
Belgian Dominican friar (1910–1969)
Makhanlal Chaturvedi
1968
Indian writer (1889–1969)
Jaan Hargel
1966
Estonian conductor and musician
Francis Poulenc
1963
French composer and pianist (1899–1963)
Manuel de Abreu
1962
Brazilian physician (1892–1962)
Jean Crotti
1958
French painter
Ernst Heinkel
1958
Aircraft designer and manufacturer (1888–1958)
Ferdinand Porsche
1951
Austrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor (1875-1951)
Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)
1948
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1895-1948)
Mahatma Gandhi
1948
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
Wright brothers
1948
American aviation pioneers, inventors of the airplane
Frederick Blackman
1947
British plant physiologist (1866–1947)
Frank Nelson Doubleday
1934
American publisher (1862–1934)
Johannes Fibiger
1928
Danish physician (1867–1928)
Barbara La Marr
1926
American actress (1896–1926)
Columba Marmion
1923
Irish abbot (1858–1923)
1800s
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
1889
Heir to the Austrian throne (1858–1889)
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
1881
British poet and herpetologist
William Carleton
1869
Irish author (1794–1869
Emperor Kōmei
1867
Emperor of Japan from 1846 to 1867
Coenraad Jacob Temminck
1858
Dutch zoologist (1778–1858)
Osceola
1838
Seminole leader (1804–1838)
Betsy Ross
1836
American upholsterer (1752–1836)
Before 1800
Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis
1770
Maltese lawyer, historian, and linguist (1712–1770)
Peter II of Russia
1730
Emperor of Russia from 1727 to 1730
Cornelis de Graeff
1664
Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam (1599–1664)
Charles I of England
1649
King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649
Everard Digby
1606
16th- and 17th-century English conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
John Grant (Gunpowder Plot)
1606
Member of the failed Gunpowder Plot
Robert and Thomas Wintour
1606
Members of the Gunpowder Plot
Damião de Góis
1574
16th-century Portuguese humanist philosopher (1502 - 1574)
Louis II, Count of Flanders
1384
Count of Flanders from 1346 to 1384
William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury
1344
English nobleman (1301–1344)
Nicholas III of Saint-Omer
1314
Lord of one half of Thebes
Pelagio Galvani
1240
Leonese cardinal and canon lawyer (c.1165–1230)
Emperor Takakura
1181
Emperor of Japan from 1168 to 1180
William V, Duke of Aquitaine
1030
Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 990 to 1030
Peter I of Bulgaria
970
Tsar of Bulgaria from 927 to 969
Balthild of Chelles
680
Wife of Clovis II, Queen consort of Burgundy and Neustria, Christian saint