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John Barry came to the notice of the filmmakers of the first James Bond film Dr.
Notable Deaths on January 30
2011 — John Barry
English composer and conductor (born 1933)
January 30 has 95 recorded notable deaths across history, from 680 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
95 source records
680 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on January 30
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- 1956 In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott. Source
- 2013 Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea. Source
- 1975 The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary. Source
- 1835 In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself. Source
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The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (1911–1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (1916–1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie Andrews (1918–2013).
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Peter II of Russia (born 1715) was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
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Button is credited as having been the first skater to successfully land the double Axel jump in competition in 1948, as well as the first triple jump of any kind – a triple loop – in 1952.
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Julius Chan was Member of Parliament for New Ireland Province, having won the seat in the 2007 national election.
More major people who died on January 30
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2013
Patty Andrews
American singer (born 1918)
The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras.
1730
Peter II of Russia (born 1715)
Peter II Alexeyevich was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until 1730, when he died at the age of 14. He was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
2025
Dick Button
American figure skater and actor (born 1929)
Richard Totten Button was an American figure skater and skating analyst. He was a two-time Olympic champion and five-time consecutive world champion (1948–1952).
2025
Julius Chan
Papua New Guinean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (born 1939)
Sir Julius Chan was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997.
970
Peter I of Bulgaria
Peter I was the emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 27 May 927 to 969.
1606
Robert Wintour
English conspirator (born 1565)
Robert Wintour and Thomas Wintour, also spelt Winter, were members of the Gunpowder Plot, a failed conspiracy to assassinate King James I.
1606
John Grant
English conspirator (born 1570)
John Grant was a member of the failed Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant King James I of England with a Catholic monarch. Grant was born around 1570, and lived at Norbrook in Warwickshire.
2025
Edcel Lagman
Filipino politician (born 1942)
Edcel Castelar Lagman Sr. was a Filipino human rights lawyer and politician from the province of Albay. He was elected as a member of the House from 1987 to 1998 and 2004 to 2013 and from 2016 up until his death.
2014
Russell D. Hemenway
American political activist (born 1925)
Russell D. Hemenway was an American political activist. He is most well-known for his activities with the National Committee for an Effective Congress, a political action committee that he served as the national…
1606
Everard Digby
English criminal (born 1578)
Sir Everard Digby was a member of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
2015
Gerrit Voorting
Dutch cyclist (born 1923)
Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1947 and 1960. As an amateur he won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
2007
Sidney Sheldon
American author and screenwriter (born 1917)
Sidney Sheldon was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947),…
2015
Zhelyu Zhelev
Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (born 1935)
Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev was a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who served as the first democratically elected and non-Communist president of Bulgaria, from 1990 to 1997.
1948
Orville Wright
American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (born 1871)
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.
1948
Arthur Coningham
Australian air marshal (born 1895)
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham,, nicknamed "Mary", was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.
1968
Makhanlal Chaturvedi
Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (born 1889)
Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi, also called Pandit ji, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and who is particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for independence and his…
2016
Frank Finlay
English actor (born 1926)
Francis Finlay was an English actor. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Iago in Othello (1965). His first leading television role came in 1971 in Casanova.
2019
Dick Miller
American actor (born 1928)
Richard Miller was an American character actor who appeared in more than 180 films, including many produced by Roger Corman.
1999
Ed Herlihy
American journalist (born 1909)
Edward Joseph Herlihy was an American newsreel narrator for Universal-International.