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Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
Notable Deaths on April 30
1945 — Adolf Hitler
Austrian-German politician and author, dictator of Nazi Germany (born 1889)
April 30 has 108 recorded notable deaths across history, from 65 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
108 source records
65 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on April 30
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- 1937 The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative. Source
- 1859 Charles Dickens publishes the first edition of his literary magazine, All the Year Round, containing the first installment of his best-selling classic, A Tale of Two Cities. Source
- 1939 NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address. Source
- 1598 Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. Source
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In 1980, she and her daughter Wynonna formed the duo known as The Judds, who became a successful country music act, winning five Grammy Awards and nine Country Music Association awards.
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Charles was considered one of Napoleon's most formidable opponents and one of the greatest generals of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
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A. E. Housman showed early promise as a student at the University of Oxford, but he failed the final examination in literae humaniores and took employment as a patent examiner in London in 1882.
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Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield was an English sociologist, economist, feminist and social reformer.
More major people who died on April 30
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2022
Naomi Judd
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)
Naomi Judd was an American country music singer and actress. In 1980, she and her daughter Wynonna formed the duo known as The Judds, who became a successful country music act, winning five Grammy Awards and nine…
1847
Charles
Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (born 1771)
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Lawrence of Austria, Duke of Teschen was an Austrian field marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and Maria Luisa of Spain.
1936
A. E. Housman
English poet and scholar (born 1859)
Alfred Edward Housman was an English classical scholar and poet.
1943
Beatrice Webb
English sociologist and economist (born 1858)
Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield was an English sociologist, economist, feminist and social reformer.
1998
Nizar Qabbani
Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (born 1926)
Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani was a Syrian poet, diplomat, and publisher who is widely regarded as Syria’s national poet.
535
Amalasuntha
Ostrogothic queen and regent
Amalasuintha was a ruler of the Ostrogothic Kingdom from 526 to 535. Initially serving as regent for her son Athalaric, she became queen regnant after his premature death.
2012
Tomás Borge
Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (born 1930)
Tomás Borge Martínez, often spelled as Thomas Borge in American newspapers, was a cofounder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua and was Interior Minister of Nicaragua during one of the…
1131
Adjutor
French knight and saint
Adjutor is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He is credited to be the patron saint of swimmers, boaters, and drowning victims, and the patron saint of Vernon, France.
2007
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk
Inuk writer (born 1931)
Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk was an Inuk author, educator, and sculptor from Kangiqsujuaq in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. She was noted for writing Sanaaq, one of the first Inuktitut-language novels.
2017
Belchior
Brazilian singer and composer (born 1946)
Belchior (Portuguese pronunciation: [bew.kiˈɔɾ], born Antônio Carlos Belchior, was a Brazilian singer, poet, songwriter, musician, record producer, biology teacher, illustrator and visual artist.
2021
Anthony Payne
English composer (born 1936)
Anthony Edward Payne was an English composer, music critic and musicologist. He is best known for his acclaimed completion of Edward Elgar's third symphony, which gained wide acceptance into Elgar's oeuvre.
1632
Johann Tserclaes
Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (born 1559)
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War.
1841
Peter Andreas Heiberg
Danish philologist and author (born 1758)
Peter Andreas Heiberg was a Danish-Norwegian author and philologist. He was born in Vordingborg, Denmark-Norway.
1632
Sigismund III Vasa
Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (born 1566)
Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.
2012
Benzion Netanyahu
Russian-Israeli historian and academic (born 1910)
Benzion Netanyahu was a Polish-born Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. Born in Warsaw, he served as a professor of history at Cornell University.
1758
François d'Agincourt
French organist and composer (born 1684)
François d'Agincourt was a French harpsichordist, organist, and composer. He spent most of his life in Rouen, his native city, where he worked as organist of the Rouen Cathedral and of three smaller churches.
2014
Julian Lewis
English biologist and academic (born 1946)
Julian Hart Lewis FRS was an English developmental biologist and researcher whose work shed light on the nature of cellular timing mechanisms and their role in animal development.
1030
Mahmud of Ghazni
Ghaznavid emir (born 971)
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sabuktigin, usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi, was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, ruling from 998 to 1030.
1792
John Montagu
4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1718)
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten.