History Deaths on April 30

Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)

#Inger_Stevens

George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)

#George_Balanchine

Václav Ren?, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)

#Václav_Ren?

Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)

#Ben_E._King

Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (b. 1935)

#Henk_Nijdam

Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898)

#Luis_Muñoz_Marín

Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician (b. 1923)

#Juancho_Evertsz

Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)

#Emma_Smith

Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)

#Harry_Kroto

Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Frankish queen

#Hildegard_of_the_Vinzgau

Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (b. 1640)

#Robert_Plot

Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (b. 1924)

#Jean-François_Revel

Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (b. 1958)

#Giannis_Gravanis

Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimy? (b. 1571)

#Niwa_Nagashige

Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (b. 1985)

#Alexander_Dale_Oen

Tom Poston, American actor, comedian, and game show panelist (b. 1921)

#Tom_Poston

Casey Jones, American engineer (b. 1863)

#Casey_Jones

Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (b. 1946)

#Julian_Lewis_(biologist)

Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)

#Thomas_Cooke_(bishop)

Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913)

#Muddy_Waters

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)

#Johann_Tserclaes,_Count_of_Tilly

Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)

#Alben_W._Barkley

Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (b. 1930)

#Tomás_Borge

Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)

#Charlotte_von_Mahlsdorf

Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)

#Jean_Danjou

Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (b. 1566)

#Sigismund_III_Vasa

Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633)

#Philipp_van_Limborch

Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer (b. 1267)

#Roger_de_Flor

Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914)

#Poul_Hartling

Marie of the Incarnation, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (b. 1599)

#Marie_of_the_Incarnation_(Ursuline)

Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)

#Lucan

Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

#Sergio_Leone

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)

#John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_of_Sandwich

Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1010)

#Emperor_Renzong_of_Song

Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)

#Roland_Ratzenberger

Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)

#Otto_Jespersen

Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist, author, and painter (b. 1911)

#Ernesto_Sabato

Onogawa Kisabur?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)

#Onogawa_Kisabur?

Eckard I, German nobleman

#Eckard_I,_Margrave_of_Meissen

Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)

#Jean_Moréas

Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)

#Agnes_Moorehead

Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)

#Emily_Stowe

Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)

#Édouard_Manet

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (b. 1925)

#Pramoedya_Ananta_Toer

Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1921)

#Daniel_Berrigan

Benzion Netanyahu, Russian-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1910)

#Benzion_Netanyahu

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)

#Jean-Frédéric_Waldeck

Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1488)

#Thomas_Audley,_1st_Baron_Audley_of_Walden

Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1576)

#Petrus_Scriverius

Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)

#Peter_Andreas_Heiberg

Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)

#Gia_Scala

Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)

#Jacques_Presser

Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)

#Beatrice_Webb

François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (b. 1684)

#François_d'Agincourt

A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)

#A._E._Housman

Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)

#Robert_FitzRoy

Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918)

#Phil_Rasmussen

Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897)

#Edouard_Wyss-Dunant

Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (b. 1516)

#Tabinshwehti

Gordon Scott, American film and television actor (b. 1926)

#Gordon_Scott

Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)

#Pierre_Terrail,_seigneur_de_Bayard

Dorjee Khandu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955)

#Dorjee_Khandu

John III, duke of Brittany (b. 1286)

#John_III,_Duke_of_Brittany

Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)

#Joseph_Leidy

Peter Mayhew, English-American actor played Chewbacca in the Star Wars films (b. 1944)

#Peter_Mayhew

Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)

#Eustache_Le_Sueur

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)

#Jean-Jacques_Barthélemy

Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (b. 1668)

#Johann_Albert_Fabricius

Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)

#Archduke_Charles,_Duke_of_Teschen

Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (b. 971)

#Mahmud_of_Ghazni

Steven Goldmann, Canadian director and producer (b. 1961)

Lennart Bodström, Swedish politician (b. 1928)

Ian Ross, Australian journalist (b. 1940)

Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)

Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919)

Mike Gray, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935)

Viviane Forrester, French author and critic (b. 1925)

Shirley Firth, Canadian skier (b. 1953)

Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1937)

Sicelo Shiceka, South African politician (b. 1966)

Evald Okas, Estonian painter (b. 1915)

John Cargher, English-Australian journalist and author (b. 1919)

Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)

Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)

Mark Berger, American economist and academic (b. 1955)

Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (b. 1926)

Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)

Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (b. 1919)

Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)

Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)

Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (b. 1949)

Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)

Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (b. 1382)

Adjutor, French knight and saint

Amalasuntha, Ostrogothic queen and regent

An, Chinese emperor (b. 94)