Died on
Who died on December 30
105 figures who shaped history died on December 30.
- 105deaths
- 48events
Best known
Best known
Pope Felix I
Head of the Catholic Church from 269 to 274
Egwin of Evesham
8th-century Benedictine bishop and saint
Wang Shenzhi
Prince of Min from 909 to 925
Bernard Gui
French Roman Catholic bishop (1260s–1331)
Bonne of Berry
Countess of Savoy
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York
Claimant to the English throne
Pope Felix I — Head of the Catholic Church from 269 to 274, who died on December 30 274.
Egwin of Evesham — 8th-century Benedictine bishop and saint, who died on December 30 717.
Wang Shenzhi — Prince of Min from 909 to 925, who died on December 30 925.
Bernard Gui — French Roman Catholic bishop (1260s–1331), who died on December 30 1331.
Bonne of Berry — Countess of Savoy, who died on December 30 1435.
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York — Claimant to the English throne, who died on December 30 1460.
All entries
- 903TTian JunChinese military general, politician and warlord
- 1115TTheodoric II of LorraineDuke of Lorraine
- 1436
Louis III, Elector PalatineElector Palatine from 1410 to 1436 - 1460EEdmund, Earl of RutlandEnglish nobleman
- 1525
Jakob FuggerGerman merchant, mining entrepreneur and banker - 1572
Galeazzo AlessiItalian architect - 1573
Giovanni Battista GiraldiItalian novelist and poet - 1591
Pope Innocent IXHead of the Catholic Church in 1591 - 1606
Heinrich BüntingGerman pastor and cartographer - 1621
Job of ManyavaUkrainian Orthodox saint
- 1640
John Francis RegisFrench Jesuit priest and Roman Catholic saint - 1643
Giovanni BaglioneItalian painter and art historian - 1644
Jan Baptist van HelmontChemist and physician - 1662
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of AustriaArchduke of Further Austria - 1769NNicholas, Count of Taaffe
- 1777
Maximilian III JosephElector of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777 - 1788
Francesco ZuccarelliItalian painter - 1803
Francis LewisFounding Father - 1879
Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo ÂngeloBrazilian poet, playwright and painter - 1885
Martha Darley MutrieBritish painter - 1896
José RizalFilipino nationalist, writer, and polymath - 1906
Josephine ButlerEnglish feminist and social reformer - 1908
Thomas-Alfred BernierCanadian politician - 1916
Grigori RasputinRussian mystic - 1928
Jean CollasFrench rugby union player - 1937
Hans Niels AndersenDanish shipping magnate, businessman and diplomat - 1940
C. Harold WillsAmerican engineer and businessman - 1941
El LissitzkySoviet Avantgarde artist - 1944
Romain RollandFrench author - 1945
Song Jin-woo (journalist)Korean independence activist - 1947
Han van MeegerenDutch painter and art forger - 1947
Alfred North WhiteheadEnglish mathematician and philosopher - 1954
Archduke Eugen of AustriaArchduke of Austria and a Prince of Hungary and Bohemia - 1955
Rex IngamellsAustralian poet - 1967
Vincent MasseyGovernor General of Canada from 1952 to 1959 - 1968
Trygve LieUN Secretary-General from 1946 to 1952 - 1970
Sonny ListonAmerican boxer (c. 1930–1970) - 1971
Jo CalsPrime Minister of the Netherlands from 1965 to 1966 - 1971
Vikram SarabhaiIndian physicist and astronomer - 1979
Richard RodgersAmerican composer - 1982
Alberto VargasPeruvian-American painter - 1983
Violette CorderyBritish racing driver - 1986
Era Bell ThompsonAmerican journalist - 1988
Yuli DanielSoviet Russian writer, translator and dissident - 1988
Isamu NoguchiAmerican artist and landscape architect - 1990
Raghuvir SahayIndian writer - 1992
Romeo MullerAmerican dramatist - 1993
İhsan Sabri ÇağlayangilTurkish politician - 1993
Irving Paul LazarAmerican lawyer - 1993
Giuseppe OcchialiniItalian experimental physicist (1907–1993 - 1994DDmitri IvanenkoUkrainian physicist
- 1995
Ralph FlanaganAmerican bandleader and composer
- 1995
Doris GrauAmerican actress - 1996
Lew AyresAmerican actor
- 1997
Shinichi HoshiJapanese artist and writer - 1998
Sam MuchnickAmerican professional wrestling promoter - 1999JJoff EllenAustralian entertainer, actor and comedian
- 1999FFritz LeonhardtGerman engineer
- 1999DDes RenfordAustralian swimmer
- 1999
Sarah KnaussAmerican supercentenarian - 2000
Julius J. EpsteinAmerican screenwriter - 2002
Mary BrianAmerican actress - 2002
Eleanor J. GibsonAmerican psychologist and academic - 2002
Mary WesleyEnglish writer - 2003
John Gregory DunneAmerican writer - 2004
Artie ShawAmerican clarinetist and bandleader - 2005
Eddie BarlowSouth African cricketer - 2005
Rona JaffeAmerican novelist - 2006
Saddam HusseinPresident of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 - 2006TTerry PeckFalkland Islands soldier and police officer
- 2006
Michel PlasseCanadian ice hockey player
- 2009
Rowland S. HowardAustralian musician and songwriter - 2009
Abdurrahman WahidPresident of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001 - 2010
Bobby FarrellAruban dancer and singer - 2011
Ronald SearleEnglish artist and cartoonist - 2012PPhilip Coppens (author)Belgian writer
- 2012
Beate Sirota GordonAustrian and American activist - 2012
Rita Levi-MontalciniItalian neurologist - 2012
Carl WoeseAmerican microbiologist - 2012
Dennis FergusonAustralian sex offender - 2013
Kinnaird R. McKeeUnited States admiral - 2013JJosé María MagureguiSpanish footballer and coach
- 2013
Eiichi OhtakiJapanese musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer - 2013
Johnny Orr (basketball, born 1927)American basketball player and coach - 2013
Paul SallyAmerican mathematician - 2014
Terry BeckerAmerican actor, director, and producer
- 2014
Jim GallowayScottish jazz clarinetist and saxophonist - 2014
Luise RainerGerman-born actress - 2015
Doug AtkinsAmerican football player - 2015
Howard Davis Jr.American boxer - 2015
Mangesh PadgaonkarIndian poet - 2015
Howard PawleyPremier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988 - 2017
Erica GarnerAmerican activist - 2020
Dawn WellsAmerican actress - 2022
Barbara WaltersAmerican journalist - 2023BBryan AnsellBritish role-playing/wargame designer
- 2023
Tom WilkinsonEnglish actor - 2023
Aki YashiroMusical artist - 2025
Khaleda ZiaPrime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996; 2001–2006)
Frequently asked questions
Who died on December 30?
105 people with a Wikipedia article died on December 30, including Pope Felix I, Egwin of Evesham, Wang Shenzhi. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on December 30?
48 documented historical events happened on December 30, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: In Ireland, the combined forces of Munster and Meath crushed a rebellion by Leinster and Dublin. On the same day, in another year: Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Wakefield, Lancastrian forces destroyed the Yorkist army and killed Richard of York at Sandal Magna in West Yorkshire, England. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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