July 30 - Deaths

Deaths

• 578 – Jacob Baradaeus, Mesopotamian Bishop of Edessa
• 579 – Pope Benedict I
• 1540 – Thomas Abel, English priest (b. 1497)
• 1540 – Robert Barnes, English reformer and martyr (b. 1495)
• 1550 – Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
• 1652 – Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, French soldier (b. 1624)
• 1680 – Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Irish naval commander (b. 1634)
• 1683 – Maria Theresa of Spain (b. 1638)
• 1691 – Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
• 1718 – William Penn, English businessman and philosopher, founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (b. 1644)
• 1771 – Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar (b. 1716)
• 1789 – Giovanna Bonanno, Italian poisoner and alleged witch (b. c. 1713)
• 1811 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and independence leader (b. 1753)
• 1875 – George Pickett, American general (b. 1825)
• 1889 – Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (b. 1846)
• 1898 – Otto von Bismarck, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1815)
• 1900 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
• 1912 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
• 1918 – Joyce Kilmer, American poet (b. 1886)
• 1920 – Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
• 1930 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founder of FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
• 1938 – John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1947 – Joseph Cook, Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
• 1965 – Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese novelist (b. 1886)
• 1970 – Walter Murdoch, Australian academic and essayist (b. 1874)
• 1970 – George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)
• 1982 – Roberta Pedon, American model (b. 1954)
• 1983 – Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
• 1985 – Julia Robinson, American mathematician (b. 1919)
• 1989 – Lane Frost, American bull rider (b. 1963)
• 1992 – Brenda Marshall, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1992 – Joe Shuster, Canadian writer and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1994 – Ryszard Riedel, Polish singer-songwriter (Dżem) (b. 1956)
• 1996 – Claudette Colbert, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1997 – Bao Dai, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (b. 1932)
• 1998 – Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (b. 1917)
• 2001 – Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Andre Noble, Canadian actor (b. 1979)
• 2005 – Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)
• 2005 – John Garang, Sudanese politician, 11th Vice President of Sudan (b. 1945)
• 2005 – Anthony Walker, English murder victim (b. 1987)
• 2006 – Al Balding, Canadian golfer (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Murray Bookchin, American philosopher and author (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist, composer, and author (b. 1904)
• 2006 – Akbar Mohammadi, Iranian activist (b. 1972)
• 2007 – Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Teoctist Arăpaşu, Romanian patriarch (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Anne Armstrong American diplomat and politician (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Maeve Binchy, Irish author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Les Green, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Jonathan Hardy, New Zealand actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Chris Marker, French writer, photographer, and journalist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Héctor Tizón, Argentinian writer and diplomat (b. 1929)