Notable Deaths on March 30

Q: Who died on March 30?

Notable people who died on March 30 include: Quirinus of Neuss, Ai of Jin, Li Bian, Arnulf II, Al-Mustadi.

Q: What is S. M. Pandit known for?

S. M. Pandit, Indian painter (born 1916)

134 people 116 – 2026

March 30 has seen 134 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 116 – 2026. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · March 30 — Wikipedia

1993 — S. M. Pandit

Indian painter (born 1916)

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Most of his subjects oscillated between events from classical Indian literature including the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Puranas, and the contemporary cinema of his times

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Sambanand Monappa Pandit was an Indian painter from Karnataka, popular in the school of Realism in contrast to the contemporaneous net-traditionalist Bengal Renaissance and other Indian modern art movements of his time

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In these paintings he emphasised the physical forms of the heroes, heroines, gods and goddesses in marked contrast to traditional and classical styles of Indian painting

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In his paintings, Pandit depicted his subjects as handsome, muscular, valorous men and sensuously beautiful, voluptuous women set in surroundings suggestive of cinema settings and sceneries.

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In addition to his critically acclaimed masterpieces he also illustrated many popular film posters, film magazines and various other publications in what can collectively be termed as calendar art

Quirinus of Neuss

Roman martyr and saint

Year 116 (CXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lamia and Vetus. The denomination 116 for this year has been used since the early…

116

Ai of Jin

emperor of the Jin Dynasty (born 341)

Year 365 (CCCLXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the West as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Valens. The denomination 365 for this year has been…

365

Li Bian

emperor of Southern Tang (born 889)

Li Bian, courtesy name Zhenglun, known as Xu Gao between 937 and 939 and Xu Zhigao before 937, and possibly Li Pengnu during his childhood, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Liezu of Southern Tang, was the…

943

Arnulf II

Count of Flanders (born 960)

Arnulf II was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death.

987

Al-Mustadi

Caliph (born 1142)

Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Yusuf al-Mustanjid usually known by his regnal title al-Mustadi was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1170 to 1180. He succeeded his father al-Mustanjid.

1180

Joachim of Fiore

Italian mystic and theologian (born 1135)

Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora, was an Italian Christian theologian, a Catholic abbot, and the founder of the monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore. According to theologian Bernard McGinn, "Joachim…

1202

Isabella of Clermont

queen consort of Naples (born c. 1424)

Isabella of Clermont, also known as Isabella of Taranto, was Queen of Naples as the first wife of King Ferdinand I of Naples, and a feudatory of the kingdom as the holder and ruling Princess of the Principality of…

1465

Amadeus IX

Duke of Savoy (born 1435)

Amadeus IX, nicknamed the Happy, was the Duke of Savoy from 1465 to 1472. Known for his piety, charity, and gentle nature, he is venerated by the Catholic Church with a liturgical feast on 30 March. He was beatified by…

1472

Thomas Bourchier

English cardinal (born 1404)

Thomas Bourchier was a medieval English cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor of England.

1486

Konrad Mutian

German humanist (born 1471)

Konrad Mutian was a German Renaissance humanist.

1526

Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg

German cardinal (born 1469)

Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg was a statesman of the Holy Roman Empire, a Cardinal and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1519 to 1540.

1540

Adam Ries

German mathematician and academic (born 1492)

Adam Ries was a German mathematician. He is also known by the name Adam Riese. He is known as the "father of modern calculating" because of his decisive contribution to the recognition that Roman numerals are…

1559

Ralph Sadler

English politician, Secretary of State for England (born 1507)

Sir Ralph Sadler or Sadleir PC, Knight banneret was an English statesman, who served Henry VIII as Privy Councillor, Secretary of State and ambassador to Scotland. Sadler went on to serve Edward VI. Having signed the…

1587

François le Métel de Boisrobert

French poet and playwright (born 1592)

François le Métel de Boisrobert was a French poet, playwright, and courtier.

1662

Kazimierz Łyszczyński

Polish atheist and philosopher (born 1634)

Kazimierz Łyszczyński, also known in English as Casimir Liszinski, was a Polish nobleman, philosopher, and soldier in the ranks of the Sapieha family, who was accused, tried, and executed for atheism in 1689.

1689

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

French general and engineer (born 1633)

Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban was a French Royal Army officer who served under Louis XIV. One of the most important military engineers in European history, his defensive principles remained in use for nearly…

1707

Pietro Locatelli

Italian violinist and composer (born 1695)

Pietro Antonio Locatelli was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist.

1764

William Hunter

Scottish anatomist and physician (born 1718)

William Hunter was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was a leading teacher of anatomy, and the outstanding obstetrician of his day. His guidance and training of his equally famous brother, John Hunter, was also of…

1783

Victor-François

2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1718)

Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie was an officer of the French Army. He served with his father, François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie, at Parma and Guastalla, and in 1734 obtained a colonelcy.

1804

Georgiana Cavendish

Duchess of Devonshire (born 1757)

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family and married into the Cavendish family, she was the first wife of…

1806

Louis I

Grand Duke of Baden (born 1763)

Ludwig I succeeded as Grand Duke of Baden on 8 December 1818. He was the uncle of his predecessor Karl Ludwig Friedrich, and his death marked the end of the Zähringen line of the House of Baden. He was succeeded by his…

1830

Beau Brummell

English-French fashion designer (born 1778)

George Bryan "Beau" Brummell was an important figure in Regency England, and for many years he was the arbiter of British men's fashion. At one time, he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George…

1840

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

French painter (born 1755)

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

1842

Louis Schindelmeisser

German clarinet player, composer, and conductor (born 1811)

Louis (Ludwig) Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser was a nineteenth-century German clarinetist, conductor and composer. He was born Königsberg, Prussia, and studied in Berlin and Leipzig. He was an early and…

1864

Bénédict Morel

Austrian-French psychiatrist and physician (born 1809)

Bénédict Augustin Morel was a French psychiatrist born in Vienna, Austria. He was an influential figure in the field of degeneration theory during the mid-19th century.

1873

Carl Julian (von) Graba

German lawyer and ornithologist who visited and studied the Faroe Islands (born 1799)

Carl Julian (von) Graba was a German lawyer and Royal Danish judicial councillor, and was also a keen ornithologist and one of the first modern researchers to visit and study the Faroe Islands, where he described the…

1874

Thomas Couture

French painter and educator (born 1815)

Thomas Couture was a French history painter and teacher. He taught many notable contemporary figures of the art world, such as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, John Ward…

1879

Joseph-Alfred Mousseau

Canadian judge and politician, 6th Premier of Quebec (born 1838)

Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who served in the federal Cabinet and also as the sixth premier of Quebec.

1886

Charilaos Trikoupis

Greek politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1832)

Charilaos Trikoupis was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895.

1896

Aurora von Qvanten

Swedish writer and artist (born 1816)

Aurora Magdalena von Qvanten was a Swedish writer, translator and artist who used the pseudonym Turdus Merula.

1907

Karl May

German author (born 1842)

Karl Friedrich May was a German author known for writing often in first-person narrative about travels and adventures, mostly set in the American Old West or the Orient and Middle East, but also in Latin America, China…

1912

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian philosopher and author (born 1861)

Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian New Age guru, philosopher, occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth…

1925

Romanos Melikian

Armenian composer (born 1883)

Romanos Hovakimi Melikian was an Armenian composer, conductor, and educator. He played a significant role in the developing Armenian classical music and established Armenian musical institutions such as Komitas State…

1935

Conchita Supervía

Spanish soprano and actress (born 1895)

Conchita Supervía was a highly popular Spanish mezzo-soprano singer who appeared in opera in Europe and America and also gave recitals.

1936

Sir John Gilmour

2nd Baronet Scottish soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1876)

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish Unionist politician. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1932 to 1935.

1940

Jan Bytnar

Polish lieutenant; WWII resistance fighter (born 1921)

Jan Roman Bytnar, nom de guerre "Rudy" (Ginger) was a Polish scoutmaster, a member of Polish scouting anti-Nazi resistance, and a lieutenant in the Home Army during the Second World War.

1943

Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski

Polish sergeant; WWII resistance fighter (born 1920)

Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski codenames: Alek, Glizda, Kopernicki, Koziorożec was a Polish scoutmaster (podharcmistrz), Polish Scouting resistance activist and Second Lieutenant of the Armia Krajowa during the Second World…

1943

Béla Balogh

Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1885)

Béla Balogh was a Hungarian film director, one of the most prominent of the early 20th century. He was prominent in both silent and voiced productions and is most known for movies like Havi 200 fix, Ópiumkeringő, and…

1945

Friedrich Bergius

German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)

Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius was a German chemist known for the Bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of contributions to the invention and development of…

1949

Dattaram Hindlekar

Indian cricketer (born 1909)

Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar was a cricketer who kept wicket for India in Test cricket.

1949

Léon Blum

French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1872)

André Léon Blum was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France. As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century.

1950

Nikos Beloyannis

Greek resistance leader and politician (born 1915)

Nikos Beloyannis was a Greek resistance leader and leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party.

1952

Jigme Wangchuck

Bhutanese king (born 1905)

Jigme Wangchuck was King of Bhutan from 26 August 1926 until his death in 1952. He pursued legal and infrastructural reform during his reign. Bhutan continued to maintain almost complete isolation from the outside world…

1952

Harl McDonald

American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1899)

Harl McDonald was an American composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. McDonald was born in Boulder, Colorado, and studied at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Redlands, and the Leipzig…

1955

Edmund Clerihew Bentley

English author and poet (born 1875)

Edmund Clerihew Bentley, who generally published under the names E. C. Bentley and E. Clerihew Bentley, was an English novelist and humorist and inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on…

1956

Daniil Andreyev

Russian mystic and poet (born 1906)

Daniil Leonidovich Andreyev was a Russian writer, poet, and Christian mystic.

1959

John Auden

English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (born 1894)

John Lorimer Auden MC, was an English solicitor, deputy coroner for Staffordshire and a territorial soldier who served in the First World War. He was a collector of natural history.

1959

Riccardo Zanella

Italian politician (born 1875)

Riccardo Zanella was a Fiuman politician who was the only elected president of the short-lived Free State of Fiume.

1959

Joseph Haas

German composer and educator (born 1879)

Joseph Haas was a German late romantic composer and music teacher.

1960

Philibert Jacques Melotte

English astronomer (born 1880)

Philibert Jacques Melotte was a British astronomer.

1961

Aleksandr Gauk

Russian conductor and composer (born 1893)

Alexander Vassilievich Gauk was a Soviet conductor and composer.

1963

Nella Larsen

American nurse and author (born 1891)

Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen was an American novelist. Working as a nurse and a librarian, she published two novels, Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929), and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, she…

1964

Philip Showalter Hench

American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)

Philip Showalter Hench was an American physician. Hench, along with his Mayo Clinic co-worker Edward Calvin Kendall and Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for…

1965

Newbold Morris

American lawyer and politician (born 1902)

Augustus Newbold Morris was an American politician, lawyer, president of the New York City Council, and two-time candidate for mayor of New York City.

1966

Maxfield Parrish

American painter and illustrator (born 1870)

Maxfield Parrish was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century. His works featured distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. The National Museum of American…

1966

Erwin Piscator

German director and producer (born 1893)

Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator was a German theatre director and producer. Along with Bertolt Brecht, he was the foremost exponent of epic theatre, a form that emphasizes the socio-political content of drama,…

1966

Frank Thorpe

Australian public servant (born 1885)

Frank Gordon Thorpe, was a senior Australian public servant. He was Public Service Commissioner between 1936 and 1947.

1967

Jean Toomer

American poet and novelist (born 1894)

Jean Toomer was an American poet and novelist commonly associated with modernism and the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the latter association. His reputation stems from his novel Cane (1923), which…

1967

Lucien Bianchi

Belgian racing driver (born 1934)

Luciano "Lucien" Bianchi was an Italian-born Belgian racing driver who raced for the Cooper, ENB, UDT Laystall and Scuderia Centro Sud teams in Formula One. He entered a total of 19 Formula One World Championship races,…

1969

Heinrich Brüning

German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1885)

Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning was a German Centre Party politician and academic, who served as the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1930 to 1932. His use of deflation in an attempt to…

1970

Mahir Çayan

Turkish politician (born 1946)

Mahir Çayan was a Turkish Marxist–Leninist revolutionary who co-founded and led the People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey (THKP-C), one of the main armed left-wing organizations in Turkey in the early 1970s.

1972

Gabriel Heatter

American radio commentator (born 1890)

Gabriel Heatter was an American radio commentator whose World War II-era sign-on, "There's good news tonight," became both his catchphrase and his caricature.

1972

Douglas Douglas-Hamilton

14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish pilot and politician (born 1903)

Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, was a Scottish aristocrat, politician and aviator. He was the first man to fly over Mount Everest. A member of the Unionist Party,…

1973

Yves Giraud-Cabantous

French racing driver (born 1904)

Yves Aristide Marius Giraud-Cabantous was a racing driver from France. He drove in Formula One from 1950 to 1953, participating in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, plus numerous non-Championship Formula One and…

1973

Peter Bamm

German journalist and author (born 1897)

Peter Bamm was a German writer.

1975

Levko Revutsky

Ukrainian composer and educator (born 1889)

Levko Mykolaiovych Revutsky was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer, pedagogue, and public figure.

1977

George Paine

English cricketer and coach (born 1908)

George Alfred Edward Paine was an English cricketer who played in four Test matches in 1934–35.

1978

Memduh Tağmaç

Turkish general (born 1904)

Memduh Tağmaç was a Turkish general. He was the 14th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey during the 1971 Turkish coup d'état, and previously Commander of the Turkish Army (1968-1969) and Commander of the First Army of…

1978

Airey Neave

English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (born 1916)

Lieutenant Colonel Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, was a British soldier, lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1953 until his assassination in 1979.

1979

Ray Ventura

French pianist and bandleader (born 1908)

Raymond Ventura was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel.

1979

DeWitt Wallace

American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (born 1889)

William Roy DeWitt Wallace, publishing as DeWitt Wallace, was an American magazine publisher.

1981

Karl Rahner

German-Austrian priest and theologian (born 1904)

Karl Rahner was a German Jesuit priest and theologian who, alongside Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Yves Congar, is considered to be one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th-century. He…

1984

Harold Peary

American actor and singer (born 1908)

Harold "Hal" Peary was an American actor, comedian and singer in radio, films, television, and animation. His most memorable role was as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, which began as a supporting character on radio's…

1985

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (born 1899)

James Francis Cagney Jr. was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major…

1986

John Ciardi

American poet and etymologist (born 1916)

John Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet and translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, he also wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology,…

1986

Edgar Faure

French historian and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1908)

Edgar Jean Faure was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956. Prior to his election to the National Assembly for Jura…

1988

Harry Bridges

Australian-born American activist and trade union leader (born 1901)

Harry Bridges was an Australian-born American union leader, first with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). In 1937, he led several Pacific Coast chapters of the ILA to form a new union, the International…

1990

Athanasios Ragazos

Greek long-distance runner (born 1913)

Athanasios Ragazos was a Greek long-distance runner.

1991

Manolis Andronikos

Greek archaeologist and academic (born 1919)

Manolis Andronikos was a Greek archaeologist and a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

1992

Richard Diebenkorn

American painter (born 1922)

Richard Diebenkorn was an American painter and printmaker. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In the late 1960s, he began his extensive…

1993

Rozelle Claxton

American pianist (born 1913)

Rozelle Claxton was an American jazz pianist and arranger.

1995

Tony Lock

English-Australian cricketer and coach (born 1929)

Graham Anthony Richard Lock was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. He played in 49 Test matches for England taking 174 wickets.

1995

Paul A. Rothchild

American record producer (born 1935)

Paul Allen Rothchild was a prominent American record producer of the 1960s and 1970s, widely known for his historic work with the Doors, producing Janis Joplin's final album Pearl and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band's…

1995

Hugh Falkus

English pilot and author (born 1917)

Hugh Falkus was a British writer, filmmaker and presenter, World War II pilot and angler. In an extremely varied career, he is perhaps best known for his seminal books on angling, particularly salmon and sea trout…

1996

Ryoei Saito

Japanese businessman (born 1916)

Ryoei Saito was the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing in Japan.

1996

Rudolf Kirchschläger

Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (born 1915)

Rudolf Kirchschläger was an Austrian diplomat, politician and judge. From 1974 to 1986, he served as the president of Austria.

2000

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (born 1900)

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was also the last Empress…

2002

Anand Bakshi

Indian poet and lyricist (born 1930)

Anand Bakshi was an Indian poet and lyricist. He won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist four times during his career. He wrote more than 6,000 film songs in more than 300 films.

2002

Michael Jeter

American actor (born 1952)

Michael Jeter was an American actor. Known for his career on stage and screen, Jeter played diverse characters. He won a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. He portrayed Herman Stiles on the sitcom Evening Shade from…

2003

Valentin Pavlov

Russian banker and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (born 1937)

Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov was a Soviet official who became a Russian banker following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Born in the city of Moscow, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic,…

2003

Alistair Cooke

English-American journalist and author (born 1908)

Alistair Cooke, KBE was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter…

2004

Michael King

New Zealand historian and author (born 1945)

Michael King was a New Zealand historian, author, and biographer. He wrote or edited over 30 books on New Zealand topics, including the best-selling Penguin History of New Zealand, which was the most popular New Zealand…

2004

Timi Yuro

American singer and songwriter (born 1940)

Rosemary Victoria Yuro, known professionally as Timi Yuro, was an American singer. Sometimes called "the little girl with the big voice", she is considered to be one of the first blue-eyed soul stylists of the rock era.…

2004

Robert Creeley

American novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1926)

Robert White Creeley was an American poet and author of more than 60 books. He is associated with the Black Mountain poets, although his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. Creeley was close with Charles Olson,…

2005

Milton Green

American hurdler and soldier (born 1913)

Milton G. Green was a Jewish American track and field athlete who was a world record holder in high hurdles during the 1930s.

2005

Fred Korematsu

American political activist (born 1919)

Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu was an American civil rights activist who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Shortly after the Imperial Japanese Navy launched its attack on Pearl Harbor,…

2005

Chrysanthos Theodoridis

Greek singer and songwriter (born 1934)

Chrysanthos Theodoridis, or simply Chrysanthos was a Greek singer and songwriter. He was born in Oinoi, Kozani to a Pontic Greek family from Kars and he wrote several songs for the Pontic music. He became a symbol for…

2005

O. V. Vijayan

Indian author and illustrator (born 1930)

Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan, commonly known as O. V. Vijayan, was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam literature. Best known for his first novel Khasakkinte Itihasam…

2005

Mitch Hedberg

American stand-up comedian (born 1968)

Mitchell Lee Hedberg was an American stand-up comedian and filmmaker known for his surreal humor and deadpan delivery. His comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes mixed with absurd elements and non…

2005

Red Hickey

American football player and coach (born 1917)

Howard Wayne "Red" Hickey was an American professional football player and coach. He played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1941 and the Cleveland / Los Angeles Rams from 1945 to…

2006

John McGahern

Irish author and educator (born 1934)

John McGahern was an Irish writer and novelist.

2006

John Roberts

Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician, 46th Secretary of State for Canada (born 1933)

John Moody Roberts, was a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament for 13 years interspersed between 1968 and 1984. He was a member of cabinet in the government of Pierre Trudeau.

2007

Roland Fraïssé

French mathematical logician (born 1920)

Roland Fraïssé was a French mathematical logician.

2008

David Leslie

Scottish racing driver (born 1953)

David William Leslie was a British racing driver. He was most associated with the British Touring Car Championship, in which he was runner-up in 1999. He was particularly noted for his development skill, helping both…

2008

Richard Lloyd

English racing driver (born 1945)

Richard Hugh Lloyd was a British racing car driver and founder of multiple sports car and touring car teams. He drove in multiple championships himself, including the British Saloon Car Championship and the World…

2008

Dith Pran

Cambodian-American photographer and journalist (born 1942)

Dith Pran was a Cambodian-American photojournalist. He was a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian genocide and one of the subjects of the Academy Award–winning film The Killing Fields (1984), in which he was portrayed…

2008

Jaime Escalante

Bolivian-American educator (born 1930)

Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez was a Bolivian-American educator known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. Escalante was the subject of the 1988 film Stand and…

2010

Morris R. Jeppson

American lieutenant and physicist (born 1922)

Morris Richard Jeppson was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He served as assistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima,…

2010

Martin Sandberger

German SS officer and convicted war criminal (born 1911)

Martin Sandberger was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era and a convicted Holocaust perpetrator. He was the commander of Sonderkommando 1a of Einsatzgruppe A, as well as of the Sicherheitspolizei and SD at the…

2010

Janet Anderson Perkin

Canadian baseball player and curler (born 1921)

Janet Margaret Anderson was a Canadian pitcher and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during the 1946 season. She batted and threw right handed. Anderson was one of the…

2012

Aquila Berlas Kiani

Indian-Canadian sociologist and academic (born 1921)

Aquila Berlas Kiani, also known as Aquila Kiani was a Professor of Sociology and an educator in social work. Born in British India, she later worked in Pakistan, the UK and the US. She served as Chairman of the…

2012

Francesco Mancini

Italian footballer and coach (born 1968)

Francesco Mancini was an Italian football player and coach. A goalkeeper, he spent most of his career with Foggia during the 1990s.

2012

Granville Semmes

American businessman, founded 1-800-Flowers (born 1928)

Granville Martin Semmes II was an American businessman, entrepreneur and gemcutter. Semmes was the founder of 1-800-Flowers, a floral retailer, gift and distribution company in the United States.

2012

Leonid Shebarshin

Russian KGB officer (born 1935)

Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin was an intelligence officer and spy for the Soviet Union. He served in the First Chief Directorate (FCD), the foreign intelligence arm of the KGB. In January 1989, he was promoted to the…

2012

Daniel Hoffman

American poet and academic (born 1923)

Daniel Gerard Hoffman was an American poet, essayist, and academic. He was appointed the twenty-second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1973.

2013

Bobby Parks

American basketball player and coach (born 1962)

Bobby Ray Parks Sr. was an American professional basketball player from Grand Junction, Tennessee. He played for Memphis State University from 1980 to 1984 and played internationally in the Philippines, Indonesia and…

2013

Phil Ramone

South African-American songwriter and producer, co-founded A & R Recording (born 1934)

Philip Rabinowitz, better known as Phil Ramone, was a South African-born American recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer, and co-founder of A & R recording studio. Its success led to expansion into…

2013

Edith Schaeffer

Chinese-Swiss religious leader and author, co-founded L'Abri (born 1914)

Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer was a Christian author and co-founder of L'Abri, a Christian organization which hosts guests. She was the wife of Francis Schaeffer, and the mother of Frank Schaeffer and three other…

2013

Bob Turley

American baseball player and coach (born 1930)

Robert Lee Turley, known as "Bullet Bob", was an American professional baseball player and financial planner. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a pitcher from 1951 through 1963. After his retirement from…

2013

Kate O'Mara

English actress (born 1939)

Kate O'Mara was an English film, stage and television actress, and writer. O'Mara made her stage debut in a 1963 production of The Merchant of Venice. Her other stage roles included Elvira in Blithe Spirit (1974),…

2014

Alice Raftary

American educator of blind adults (born 1927)

Alice Geisler Raftary was an American educator, based in Detroit, who specialized in education and rehabilitation for newly blind adults.

2014

Helmut Dietl

German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)

Helmut Dietl was a German film director and author from Bad Wiessee.

2015

Roger Slifer

American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (born 1954)

Roger Allen Slifer was an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and television producer who co-created the character Lobo for DC Comics. Among the many comic-book series for which he wrote was DC's Omega Men for a…

2015

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1921)

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld was a Dutch astronomer.

2015

Bill Maynard

English actor (born 1928)

Walter Frederick George Williams, better known by his stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor. He began working in television in the 1950s, notably starring alongside Terry Scott in Great Scott – It's…

2018

Manolis Glezos

Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and folk hero (born 1922)

Manolis Glezos was a Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and guerrilla fighter most famous for his role in the Greek Resistance during World War II. After the end of the war, Glezos became a journalist and…

2020

Bill Withers

American singer-songwriter (born 1938)

William Harrison Withers Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. Born in Slab Fork, West Virginia, and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, he is known for having several hits over a career spanning 18…

2020

G. Gordon Liddy

chief operative in the Watergate scandal (born 1930)

George Gordon Battle Liddy was an American lawyer and FBI agent who was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.

2021

Myra Frances

British actress (born 1942)

Myra Frances was a British actress known for her role in the drama series Survivors and in Doctor Who.

2021

Doug Mulray

Australian radio and television host (born 1951)

Douglas John Mulray was an Australian comedian, radio, and television presenter. Nicknamed Uncle Doug, he grew up in Dee Why on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Mulray was well-known for his bawdy humor and charismatic…

2023

Tim McGovern

American visual effects artist (born 1955)

Tim McGovern was an American visual effects artist. He won a Special Achievement Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Total Recall.

2024

Chance Perdomo

British-American actor (born 1996)

Chance Perdomo was an American and British actor. He earned a British Academy Television Award nomination for his performance in the BBC Three film Killed by My Debt (2018). He gained further prominence through his…

2024

Chan Santokhi

Surinamese politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1959)

Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi was a Surinamese politician and police officer who served as the ninth president of Suriname from 2020 to 2025. After winning the 2020 elections, Santokhi was the sole nominee for…

2026

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Reagan Assassination Attempt — March 30, 1981

1981: President Ronald Reagan shot by John Hinckley Jr. outside Washington Hilton Hotel, a bizarre act to impress actress Jodie Foster

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S. M. Pandit — Indian painter from Karnataka (1916–1993)

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