March 30 - Deaths

Deaths

• 365 – Jin Aidi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 341)
• 987 – Arnulf II of Flanders
• 1202 – Joachim of Fiore
• 1486 – Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1526 – Konrad Mutian, German humanist (b. 1471)
• 1540 – Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469)
• 1559 – Adam Ries, German mathematician (b. 1492)
• 1587 – Ralph Sadler, English statesman (b. 1507)
• 1662 – François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b. 1592)
• 1707 – Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French architect (b. 1633)
• 1764 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (b. 1695)
• 1783 – William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b. 1718)
• 1804 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French aristocrat and soldier, Marshal of France (b. 1718)
• 1806 – Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1757)
• 1830 – Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1763)
• 1840 – Beau Brummell, English fashion arbiter (b. 1778)
• 1842 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (b. 1755)
• 1864 – Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinetist, conductor and composer (b. 1811)
• 1873 – Bénédict Morel, French physician (b. 1809)
• 1879 – Thomas Couture, French painter and teacher (b. 1815)
• 1886 – Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, French Canadian politician (b. 1838)
• 1896 – Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician, seven times prime minister (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Chester Gillette, American convicted murderer of Grace Brown (b. 1883)
• 1912 – Karl May, German author (b. 1842)
• 1925 – Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1935 – Romanos Melikian, Armenian composer (b. 1883)
• 1936 – Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (b. 1895)
• 1940 – Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Scottish politician (b. 1876)
• 1943 – Jan Bytnar, Polish activist (b. 1921)
• 1943 – Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish activist (b. 1920)
• 1945 – Béla Balogh, Hungarian film director (b. 1885)
• 1949 – Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1950 – Léon Blum, French prime minister (b. 1872)
• 1952 – Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutan King (b. 1905)
• 1954 – Pauline Brunius, Swedish stage and film actress, theatre and film director (b. 1881)
• 1955 – Harl McDonald, American composer, conductor, pianist and teacher (b. 1899)
• 1956 – Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English novelist and humorist, inventor of the clerihew (b. 1875)
• 1959 – Daniil Andreev, Russian writer and mystic (b. 1906)
• 1959 – Riccardo Zanella, Italian-Slovenen politician, president of Free State of Fiume (b. 1875)
• 1960 – Joseph Haas, German composer and teacher (b. 1879)
• 1960 – Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor (b. 1870)
• 1961 – Philibert Jacques Melotte, British astronomer (b. 1880)
• 1963 – Aleksandr Gauk, Russian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1965 – Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)
• 1966 – Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1966 – Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1966 – Newbold Morris, American politician (b. 1902)
• 1967 – Jean Toomer, American writer (b. 1894)
• 1968 – Bobby Driscoll, American actor (b. 1937)
• 1969 – Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (b. 1934)
• 1970 – Heinrich Brüning, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
• 1971 – Selmer Jackson, American actor (b. 1888)
• 1972 – Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890)
• 1972 – Peter Whitney, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish aviator (b. 1903)
• 1975 – Peter Bamm, German writer (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)
• 1977 – Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer, teacher, and activist (b. 1889)
• 1978 – George Paine, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1979 – Airey Neave, British politician (b.1916)
• 1979 – Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (b. 1908)
• 1981 – DeWitt Wallace, American publisher (b. 1889)
• 1983 – Pál Kadosa, Hungarian composer (b. 1903)
• 1984 – Karl Rahner, German theologian (b. 1904)
• 1985 – Harold Peary, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
• 1986 – James Cagney, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1986 – John Ciardi, American poet, translator, and etymologist (b. 1916)
• 1988 – Edgar Faure, French politician (b. 1908)
• 1990 – Harry Bridges, Australian-American union leader (b. 1901)
• 1992 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist and professor (b. 1919)
• 1993 – Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (b. 1922)
• 1994 – Sid Weiss, American jazz double-bassist (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Rozelle Claxton, American jazz pianist (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Tony Lock, English cricketer (b. 1929)
• 1995 – Paul A. Rothchild, American music producer (b. 1935)
• 1996 – Hugh Falkus, British writer, film maker, World War II pilot and angler (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Ryoei Saito, Japanese businessman (b. 1916)
• 1999 – Gary Morton, American producer (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian politician, President of Austria (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Anand Bakshi, Indian lyricist (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, of the United Kingdom (b. 1900)
• 2003 – Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952)
• 2003 – Valentin Pavlov, Soviet politician (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (b. 1914)
• 2004 – Michael King, New Zealand historian (b. 1945)
• 2004 – Timi Yuro, American singer (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Milton Green, American athlete (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968)
• 2005 – Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Derrick Plourde, American drummer (Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Ataris, Mad Caddies, and Rich Kids on LSD) (b. 1971)
• 2005 – Don Rose, American radio personality (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Chrysanthos Theodoridis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
• 2005 – O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and cartoonist (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Red Hickey, American football coach (b. 1917)
• 2006 – John McGahern, Irish novelist (b. 1934)
• 2007 – John Roberts, Canadian politician (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer (b. 1942)
• 2008 – David Leslie, British race car driver (b. 1953)
• 2008 – Richard Lloyd, British race car driver (b. 1945)
• 2010 – Jaime Escalante, Bolivian educator (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Martin Sandberger, German military officer (b. 1911)
• 2012 – Robert R. Beezer, American federal judge (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Ron Gaunt, Australian cricketer (b. 1934)