🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - April 30, 2026
1934 William Henry Welch, dies at 75
1991 Michael G Hagerty, actor (Overboard), dies at 39
1982 Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
1792 John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73
1994 Geoffery Michael Roberts, vintner, dies at 46
1943 Beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85
1976 Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer, dies at 51
1996 David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at 78
1996 Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at 78
1970 Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at 71
1893 Edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61
1828 Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed
1887 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71
1995 Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival king, dies at 34
1963 Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74
1933 Luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
1959 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
1977 Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73
1671 P‚ter Zrinyi, Hungarian banished to Croatia, beheaded at 49
1972 Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered
1632 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65
1847 Charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies
1784 Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies
1965 Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56
1922 David M Chumaceiro, Cura‡aos poet, dies
1893 Gyula Beliczay, composer, dies at 57
1994 Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
1630 Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
1956 Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
1970 Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35
1971 Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70
1632 Jean de Tilly, fieldmarshal, dies
1942 Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51
1972 Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38
1896 Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68
1973 Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75
1900 John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck
1942 J van Hoddis, writer, dies at 54
1992 Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies
1793 Lorenzo Fago, composer, dies at 88
1974 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67
1912 Frantisek Kmoch, composer, dies
1785 Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65
1993 David Waymer, NFLer (Saints, 49'ers, Raiders), dies at 34
0313 Gaius G V Maximus, [Daia], Emperor of Rome, dies
1982 Herman Tholen, Dutch cabaret performer (Juveniles), dies
1991 George Sperti Sperti, inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91
1968 Frankie Lymon, rocker, dies of a heroin overdose
1966 Richard Farina, rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
1989 Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 60
1855 Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68
1994 Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
1931 Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies
1985 George Pravada, actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66
1929 Friedrich Lienhard, German publisher (TЃrmer), dies at 63
1988 James McCracken, US tenor, dies at 61
1982 Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies
1983 Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa, actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71
1980 Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies
1792 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer, dies at 36
1984 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris, bombed nazi-Germany, dies
1970 Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
1708 Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
1952 Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies
1994 David Langton, dies of a heart at 81
1957 Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
1848 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
1994 Richard McClure Scarry, US kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74
1919 Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies
1214 Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa, Italian bishop, dies
1996 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, pres of Guatemala (1966-70), dies
1795 Jean-Jacques Barth‚lemy, French historian (Ancient Greece), dies
1859 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67
1987 Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies
1660 Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84
1995 Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59
1196 Boudouin II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies
1943 Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist, dies in Auschwitz
1983 George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79
1829 George Washington Adams, son of John Q Adams, dies on City Is NYC
1743 Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian playwright/poet, dies
1895 Gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78
1983 Muddy Waters, US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68
1996 David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46
1993 Eric Rowan, cricketer (26 Tests for South Africa), dies
1996 Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at 71
1030 Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies
1712 Philippus van Limborch, remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at 78
1945 Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33
0535 Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered
1328 ... Eckhard, German theologist/mystic, dies
1800 John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46
1984 Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68
1945 Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
1903 Fran‡ois Cr‚pin, Belgian botany, dies at 72
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