Famous Deaths on July 30

Maria Theresa of Spain (1638-1683)

queen of Louis XIV of France, dies at 44

1691 Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)

William Penn (1644-1718)

English Philosopher, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (No cross, no crown), dies at 73

1741 Wierich PL count von DauWirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian nobleman and field marshal, Viceroy of Naples, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, dies at 71
1771 Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard), dies at 54
1781 Augustin Ullinger, German composer, dies at 35
1796 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect, dies at 72
1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Spanish Catholic priest, and leader Mexican independence, executed at 58
1832 Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies
1849 Jacob Perkins, American inventor (father of the refrigerator), dies at 83
1863 George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29
1865 George Wright, US Union brigadier general, dies at 61
1875 George Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
1889 Charles Absolom, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies in an accident
1894 Walter Pater, English aesthete and writer (Plato & Platonism), dies of rheumatic fever at 54

Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)

German chancellor (1866-90) who helped unify Germany, dies at 83

1900 Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, dies at 55
1901 Herbert Baxter Adams, American historian (American Historical Association), dies at 51
1903 Servas Daems [Peeter Klein], Flem writer (Wheelbarrows), dies at 65
1912 Emperor Meiji [Mutsuhito], 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60
1914 Albert Trott, cricketer (3 Tests for Aus, 2 for Eng), commits suicide
1914 Jean Jaurès, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris
1916 Albert Neisser, German physician who discovered the bacteria that cause gonorrhea and leprosy, dies of septicemia at 61
1918 Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies

Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)

American poet (Trees), dies at 31

1927 James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, Ghanaian-American missionary, educator and scholar, dies of meningococcal meningitis at 51
1927 Robert de Flers, French writer and playwright (Monsieur Bretonneau), dies at 54
1930 Joan Gamper, Swiss-Catalan businessman and founder of FC Barcelona, dies at 52
1936 Adolf Philipp, composer, dies at 72
1941 Mickey Welch, American Baseball HOF pitcher (third to 300 career wins; Troy Trojans, New York Giants), dies from complications of gangrene of the foot at 82
1943 Benjamin Dale, British composer (Before the Paling of the Stars; The Flowing Tide), and educator (Royal Academy), dies at 58
1943 Owen Nares [Ramsay], British actor and manager (Maiden Erleigh), dies from a heart attack at 54
1947 George Challenor, West Indian cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies at 59
1947 Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, dies at 86
1948 Sophonisba Breckenridge, American professor, teacher and social activist (1st woman to graduate from Chicago Uni Law School), dies at 82 [1]
1956 Maude Royden, English suffragist and preacher, dies at 79
1957 Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76
1958 Alexander Albrecht, Slovak composer, dies at 72
1962 Myron McCormick, American actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54
1965 Alan Washbond, American 2-man bobsledder (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 65
1965 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79
1966 Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On the art of theatre), dies at 94
1967 Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, German arms manufacturer and Olympic yacht competitor, dies at 59
1967 John Macchia, American actor (Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party), dies of stroke at 35
1968 Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69
1969 Oda Blinder [Yolanda Corsen], Curaçao-Dutch poet (Doorstep), dies at 50
1970 George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), dies at 73
1970 Louis Lomax, African-American author and journalist, dies in a car accident 47
1970 Maud Lewis (née Dowley), Canadian folk artist and painter, dies from pneumonia at 67
1971 Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (b. 1901)
1973 Erich Katz, German-born American composer and musicologist, dies at 72
1973 Guy Middleton, British actor (Oh! What a Lovely War, Laughter in Paradise), dies following a heart attack at 66
1974 Lev Knipper, Soviet composer, dies at 75
1976 Emil Solomon "Solly" Sachs, South African socialist, dies in London
1977 Jorgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered
1978 Aasan Ferit Alnar, Turkish classical composer, dies at 72
1978 Umberto Nobile, Italian aviator and polar explorer (designed and flew 1st airship across the polar air cap), dies at 93
1979 Beppie Nooij, Dutch actress and director (Red Sien, Zeemansvrouwen), dies at 60
1980 Charles McGraw [Butters], American actor (Spartacus, The Birds, The Killers, Smith Family), dies after falling through a glass shower door at 66
1980 Norman Lloyd, American pianist, author and composer, dies at 70
1981 Daisy Kennedy, Australian concert violinist, dies at 88
1982 Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies
1982 Roberta Pedon, American glamour model, dies at 28
1983 Howard Dietz, American lyricist and librettist ("Dancing In The Dark"; "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans"), and MGM executive, dies of Parkinson's disease at 86
1983 Lynn Fontanne, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, and radio actress, dies of pneumonia at 95
1983 Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 56
1984 Maurice Tremlett, cricketer (England pace bowler 1948-49), dies
1985 Julia Hall Bowman Robinson, American mathematician (b. 1919)
1985 Peter Knight, English musical arranger, conductor, and composer, dies at 68
1987 Mary Spinell, actress (Last Horror Film), dies
1987 Ramón González Barrón, Spanish composer, dies at 89
1989 Lane Frost, American bull rider, dies from injuries sustained by being gored by a bull at 25
1990 Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered
1990 Karl Weber, dies of heart failure at 74
1991 Leonardus S van Egerat, travel expert, dies at 68
1991 William Ball, American actor, director and founder of the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), dies at 60
1992 Brenda Marshall [Ardis Ankerson], American actress (The Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark), dies of throat cancer at 76
1992 Joe Shuster, Canadian-American cartoonist (co-creator, with Jerry Siegel, of "Superman"), dies of congestive heart failure at 78
1993 Donald Myrick, American saxophonist ("If Leaving Me Is Easy, One More Night), is fatally shot by police during a narcotics investigation at 53
1993 Edward Bernard Raczyński, Polish President-in-exile (1979-86), dies at 101
1993 Frank L. Howley, American general (Commander of American sector of Berlin after WWII), dies at 90
1993 Jay Scott [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], American-Canadian movie critic, dies at 43
1993 John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington NH in 200 years, killed at 45
1994 Enid Balint-Edmonds, British psychoanalyst, dies at 90
1994 Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter, dies at 73
1994 Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80
1995 Biggie Tembo [Rodwell Marasha], Zimbabwean musician (Bhundu Boys), takes his own life at 36
1995 Charles Dunn, British Japanese scholar, dies at 80
1995 Harry Shorto, British philologist and linguist (A Dictionary of the Mon Inscriptions), dies at 75

Claudette Colbert (1903-1996)

French-born American actress (It Happened One Night, Texas Lady), dies of a stroke at 93

1996 Father Alan Cheales, British Dominican priest (served 33 years at St Dominic's priory, London), dies at 83
1996 Magda Schneider, actress (Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), dies at 87

Bảo Đại (1913-1997)

Vietnamese emperor and chief of state (Annam 1926-1945; State of Vietnam, 1949-1955), dies at 85

1998 Buffalo Bob Smith [Robert Emil Schmidt], American TV host (Howdy Doody), dies of cancer at 80
1998 David Hunt, British diplomat winner of the BBC's Mastermind television quiz (1977), dies at 84
1998 Laila Schou Nilsen, Norwegian alpine skier (Olympic bronze combined; won non-medal downhill 1936) and speed skater (unofficial World C'ship gold 1935, 37, 38; 5 x WR), dies at 79
2000 Max Showalter (sometimes known as Casey Adams), American actor (Kansas; Niagara: Hello Dolly!; 10), pianist and composer, dies of cancer at 83
2000 Nan Leslie [Nan Coppage], American actress (Kings Row, The Californians), dies of pneumonia at 74
2003 Sam Phillips, American record producer and founder of Sun Records and Sun Studios, dies at 80
2004 Andre Noble, Canadian actor (b. 1979)
2004 Jan Hanus, Czech composer, dies at 89
2005 Anthony Walker, English hate crime murder victim (b. 1987)
2005 John Garang, Vice President of Sudan (b. 1945)
2005 Lucky [Eli] Thompson, American jazz musician (Cuban Fire!), dies at 81
2006 Al Balding, Canadian golfer (first Canadian to win PGA Tour event in US, 4-time winner), dies of cancer at 82
2006 Anthony Galla-Rini, American concert accordionist,and arranger, dies at 102
2006 Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (b. 1921)

Bill Walsh (1931-2007)

American Pro Football HOF coach (Super Bowl 1981, 84, 88; NFL Coach of the Year 1981; SF 49ers; Stanford University 1977–78), dies of leukemia at 75

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)

Swedish stage and film director (Cries & Whispers), dies at 89

2007 Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (Red Dessert, Blowup), dies at 94
2007 Nigel Althaus, British government broker, dies at 77
2007 Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (b. 1915)
2007 William Balchin, English geographer, dies at 91
2008 Anne Armstrong U.S. ambassador to Britain and first female counsel to the President, dies at 80
2009 Peter Zadek, German theatre director (b. 1926)
2010 Otto Joachim, German-Canadian composer, dies at 99
2010 Zlatko Pibernik, Croatian composer and music teacher, dies at 83
2012 Maeve Binchy [Snell], Irish novelist (Light a Penny Candle), dies at 72
2014 Dick Wagner, American rock guitarist (the Frost), dies at 71
2015 Lynn Anderson, American country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garden), dies of a heart attack at 67
2016 Gloria DeHaven, American musical actress (Step Lively), dies at 91
2018 Ron Dellums, American politician (D-House representative from California, 1971-1998), dies of cancer at 82
2019 Nick Buoniconti, American NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins) and sportscaster (NBC), dies at 78
2020 Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese statesman (Taiwan's 1st popularly elected President 1988–2000), dies at 97 [1]
2021 Jacob Desvarieux, French zouk singer, and guitarist (Kassav'), dies of COVID-19 at 65
2022 Archie Roach, Aboriginal Australian blues singer-songwriter (Took The Children Away), dies at 66
2022 Pat Carroll, American comedienne and Emmy Award-winning actress (The Little Mermaid - "Ursula"; Make Room for Daddy), dies at 95
2022 [Grace] Nichelle Nichols, American actress (Star Trek - "Lt. Uhura") and singer (Down To Earth; "Fly Me To The Moon"), dies at 89
2023 Jorge Domínguez, Argentine soccer striker (3 caps; CA Boca Juniors, OGC Nice, SC Toulon, Nîmes), dies at 64

Paul Reubens (1952-2023)

American comic actor and screenwriter, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman (Pee-wee's Big Adventure; Pee-wee's Playhouse), dies of cancer at 70 [1]