Deaths on 30 July
2000s
David Argue
2025
Australian actor (1959–2025)
George Nigh
2025
American politician (1927–2025)
Onyeka Onwenu
2024
Nigerian singer, actress and politician (1952–2024)
Paul Reubens
2023
American actor and comedian (1952–2023)
Pat Carroll
2022
American actress and comedian (1927–2022)
Nichelle Nichols
2022
American actress (1932–2022)
Shona Ferguson
2021
Motswana actor and film producer (1974–2021)
Lee Teng-hui
2020
President of the Republic of China from 1988 to 2000
Herman Cain
2020
American businessman (1945–2020)
Michael A. Sheehan
2018
American author and former government official
Gloria DeHaven
2016
American actress and singer (1925–2016)
Lynn Anderson
2015
American country music singer (1947–2015)
Stuart Baggs
2015
English businessman and entrepreneur
Endel Lippmaa
2015
Estonian scientist and politician (1930–2015)
Francis Paul Prucha
2015
American historian (1921–2015)
Alena Vrzáňová
2015
Czech figure skater
Robert Drew
2014
American documentary filmmaker
Harun Farocki
2014
German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film (1944–2014)
Julio Grondona
2014
Argentine football executive
Peter Hall (urbanist)
2014
Town planner, urbanist and geographer
Dick Smith (make-up artist)
2014
American prosthetic makeup artist (1922–2014)
Dick Wagner
2014
American guitarist (1942–2014)
Cecil Alexander (architect)
2013
American architect
Berthold Beitz
2013
German industrialist
Robert N. Bellah
2013
American sociologist (1927–2013)
Harry F. Byrd Jr.
2013
American politician (1914–2013)
Antoni Ramallets
2013
Spanish footballer
Ossie Schectman
2013
American basketball player (1919–2013)
Benjamin Walker (author)
2013
British author and diplomatic attaché
Maeve Binchy
2012
Irish novelist (1939–2012)
Bill Doss
2012
American musician (1968–2012)
Stig Ossian Ericson
2012
Swedish actor, screenwriter, film director (1923–2012)
Les Green
2012
English footballer & manager (1941-2012)
Jonathan Hardy
2012
New Zealand actor (1940–2012)
Bill Kitchen (ice hockey)
2012
Canadian ice hockey player
Mary Louise Rasmuson
2012
American military officer
Bob Peterson (basketball)
2011
American basketball player
Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram)
2009
Islamist terrorist leader (1970–2009)
Peter Zadek
2009
German director (1926–2009)
Anne L. Armstrong
2008
American diplomat (1927–2008)
Michelangelo Antonioni
2007
Italian filmmaker (1912–2007)
Teoctist Arăpașu
2007
Patriarch of Romania from 1986 to 2007
Ingmar Bergman
2007
Swedish filmmaker (1918–2007)
Bill Walsh
2007
American football coach (1931–2007)
Duygu Asena
2006
Turkish journalist, best-selling author and activist (1946-2006)
Al Balding
2006
Canadian professional golfer (1924–2006)
Murray Bookchin
2006
American social theorist (1921–2006)
Anthony Galla-Rini
2006
American accordionist and composer
Akbar Mohammadi (student)
2006
Iranian political activist (1969–2006)
Ray Cunningham
2005
American baseball player (1905–2005)
John Garang
2005
Sudanese politician (1945–2005)
Steve Hislop
2003
Scottish motorcycle racer (1962–2003)
Sam Phillips
2003
American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer (1923–2003)
Anton Schwarzkopf
2001
German engineer of amusement rides
1900s
Buffalo Bob Smith
1998
American television show host (1917–1998)
Claudette Colbert
1996
American actress (1903–1996)
Konstantin Kalser
1994
American film producer (1920–1994)
Brenda Marshall
1992
American actress (1915–1992)
Joe Shuster
1992
Comic book artist (1914–1992)
Ian Gow
1990
British politician (1937–1990)
Lane Frost
1989
American bull rider (1963-1989)
Julia Robinson
1985
American mathematician (1919–1985)
Howard Dietz
1983
Musical artist
Lynn Fontanne
1983
English actress (1887–1983)
Emory Holloway
1977
American literary scholar-educator (1885 – 1977)
James Blish
1975
American science fiction and fantasy author (1921–1975)
Thomas Hollway
1971
Australian politician (1906–1971)
Walter Murdoch
1970
Australian academic and essayist (1874-1970)
George Szell
1970
Classical conductor and composer (1897–1970)
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
1965
Japanese author (1886–1965)
Joseph Cook
1947
Prime Minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914
Hugo Celmiņš
1941
Latvian politician (1877–1941)
John Derbyshire (swimmer)
1938
British swimmer
Joan Gamper
1930
Spanish-Swiss football executive and athlete (1877–1930)
Albert Gustaf Dahlman
1920
Swedish executioner (1848–1920)
Joyce Kilmer
1918
American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier (1886–1918)
Emperor Meiji
1912
Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1900
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900
1800s
Otto von Bismarck
1898
Chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890
Charlie Absolom
1889
English cricketer (1846–1889)
George Pickett
1875
Confederate States Army general (1825–1875)
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
1870
Norwegian poet and journalist (1818–1870)
Lê Văn Duyệt
1832
Vietnamese general (1763/64–1832)
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
1811
Mexican Catholic preacher (1753–1811)
Before 1800
Thomas Gray
1771
English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771)
William Penn
1718
English writer and religious thinker (1644–1718)
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester
1700
British prince (1689–1700)
Daniel Georg Morhof
1691
German writer and scholar
Maria Theresa of Spain
1683
Queen of France from 1660 to 1683
Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
1680
Irish soldier (1634–1680)
Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours
1652
Duke of Nemours
Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox
1624
Scottish nobleman (1579–1624)
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
1608
Irish nobleman (1575–1608)
Guillaume Rondelet
1566
French physician (1507–1566)
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton
1550
English politician (1505–1550)
Thomas Abel (martyr)
1540
English Roman Catholic priest and martyr
Robert Barnes (martyr)
1540
Martyr in the English Reformation (c. 1495 – 1540)
John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1516
German count (1455–1516)
Albert V d'Este
1393
Marquis of Ferrara and Modena
Barhebraeus
1286
Scholar, polymath, and primate of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (1226–1286)
Shi Xiancheng
829
Tatwine
734
Archbishop of Canterbury from 731 to 734, Christian saint
Pope Benedict I
579
Head of the Catholic Church from 575 to 579
Jacob Baradaeus
578
Syriac Orthodox Bishop of Edessa (c. 500–578)