Historical Deaths for Tomorrow

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - July 30, 2026

1943 Benjamin James Dale, composer, dies at 58

1992 Joe Shuster, co creator (Superman), dies at 78

1982 Frank Nicholson, S African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies

1977 JЃrgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered

1796 Nicolas the Pigage, French classical architect, dies

1918 Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies

0579 Benedict I, Italian Pope (575-79), dies

1936 Adolf Philipp, composer, dies at 72

1771 Thomas Gray, English poet, dies at 54

1914 Jean Jaur‚s, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris

1991 William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando), dies at 60

1832 Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies

1992 Titti Sotto, latin songwriter, dies at 48 of aids

1927 Robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau), dies

1995 Biggie Rodwell Tembo Marasha, musician, dies at 36

1784 Denis Diderot, writer, dies at 70

1652 John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist, dies at 68

1991 Leonardus S van Egerat, travel expert, dies at 68

1994 Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80

1968 Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69

1994 Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter, dies at 73

1966 Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94

1516 Johan V Nassau, earl of Nassau-Vianden/Dietz, dies

1914 Albert Trott, cricketer (3 Tests for Aus, 2 for Eng), commits suicide

1992 Brenda Marshall, actress (Highway West, Smiling Ghost), dies at 76

1655 Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47

1727 Franz Weichlein, composer, dies at 67

1977 Johanna Andersen-Nex”, wife of Danish poet Martin A-N, dies at 74

1947 George Challenor, cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies

1712 Abraham Elsevier, publisher, dies

1993 Jay Scott, [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], US/Canada movie critic, dies at 43

1965 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79

1993 Edward B A M Raczynski, Polish pres-in-exile (1979-86), dies at 97

1781 Augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35

1996 Magda Schneider, actress (Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), dies at 87

1979 Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 67

1957 Sem Dresden, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 76

1912 Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60

1984 Maurice Tremlett, cricketer (England pace bowler 1948-49), dies

1970 George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73

1974 Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer, dies at 75

1996 Claudette Colbert, actress (Happened One Night), dies of stroke at 93

1718 William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer (No cross, no crown), dies

1973 Guy Middleton, actor (Fur Collar, Now & Forever), dies at 65

1889 Charles Absolom, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies in an accident

1903 Servas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flem writer (Wheelbarrows), dies at 65

1994 Enid Balint-Edmonds, British psychoanalyst, dies at 90

1528 Jacopo d'antonio Negreti Palma, Italian painter, dies at about 48

1973 Erich Katz, composer, dies at 72

1980 Norman Lloyd, composer, dies at 70

1993 John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington NH in 200 years, killed at 45

1990 Karl Weber, dies of heart failure at 74

1967 John Macchia, actor (Beach Blanket Bingo), dies of stroke at 35

1995 Harry Shorto, linguist, dies at 75

1995 Charles James Dunn, japanese scholar, dies at 80

1980 Charles McGraw, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family), dies at 66

1983 Howard Deitz, MGM executive, dies at 86 of Parkinson's disease

1865 George Wright, US Union brig-general, dies at 61

1967 Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies at 59

1983 Lynn Fontanne, Broadway's premier actress (Emmy 1965), dies at 95

1962 Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54

1990 Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered

1712 Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies

1987 Mary Spinell, actress (Last Horror Film), dies

1958 Alexander Albrecht, composer, dies at 72

1996 Alan Cheales, dominican priest, dies at 83

1863 George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29

1741 Wierich PL count von Daun, gov-gen of Austria & Netherlands, dies

1653 Gabriel Naud‚, French librarian/ composer, dies at 53

1898 Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83

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