Historical Deaths

🏥 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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