In the year 1930
258 Notable deaths
William Howard Taft
President of the united states from 1909 to 1913.
Born September 15th, 1857 in Cincinnati.
Died March 8th, 1930 at 72 years old in Washington metropolitan area (heart failure).
Arthur Conan Doyle
Scottish author and physician.
Born May 22nd, 1859 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1930 at 71 years old in Windlesham Manor (cardiac arrest). [ref]
D. H. Lawrence
English writer and poet (1885–1930).
Born September 11th, 1885 in Eastwood.
Died March 2nd, 1930 at 44 years old in Vence (tuberculosis).
Carl Panzram
American serial killer.
Born June 28th, 1891 in East Grand Forks.
Died September 5th, 1930 at 39 years old in United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth (hanging).
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; nobel peace prize laureate (1861-1930).
Born October 10th, 1861 in Vestre Aker. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1930 at 68 years old in Polhøgda (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lon Chaney
American actor (1883–1930).
Born April 1st, 1883 in Colorado Springs.
Died August 26th, 1930 at 47 years old in Los Angeles (laryngeal cancer).
Horst Wessel
Sa officer (1907-1930).
Born October 9th, 1907 in Bielefeld.
Died February 23rd, 1930 at 22 years old in Berlin.
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Russian and soviet poet (1893–1930).
Born July 19th, 1893 in Baghdati. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1930 at 36 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Ahmad Shah Qajar
The seventh and last shah of iran qajar (1909–1925).
Born January 21st, 1898 in Tabriz.
Died February 21st, 1930 at 32 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Mabel Normand
American actress (1893–1930).
Born November 10th, 1892 in Staten Island. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1930 at 37 years old in Monrovia (tuberculosis). [ref]
Giuseppe Morello
American mobster.
Born May 2nd, 1867 in Corleone.
Died August 15th, 1930 at 63 years old in New York City.
Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella
Spanish politician; dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as prime minister of spain from 1923 to 1930.
Born January 8th, 1870 in Jerez de la Frontera.
Died March 16th, 1930 at 60 years old in Paris (diabetes). [ref]
Gauhar Jaan
Indian singer and dancer (1873-1930).
Born June 26th, 1873 in Azamgarh.
Died January 17th, 1930 at 56 years old in Mysore.
Zewditu I of Ethiopia
Empress of ethiopia (1876-1930).
Born April 29th, 1876 in Ejersa Goro.
Died April 2nd, 1930 at 53 years old in Addis Ababa.
Sakichi Toyoda
Japanese inventor and industrialist (1867–1930).
Born March 19th, 1867 in Fuchi district.
Died October 30th, 1930 at 63 years old in Kakuōzan (pneumonia, intracranial hemorrhage).
Glenn Curtiss
American aviator and industrialist (1878-1930).
Born May 21st, 1878 in Hammondsport.
Died July 23rd, 1930 at 52 years old in Buffalo (appendicitis).
Yang Kaihui
Wife of mao zedong (1901-1930).
Born November 6th, 1901 in Kaihui.
Died November 14th, 1930 at 29 years old in Changsha (gunshot wound).
Hans Max Gamper-Haessig
Swiss football pioneer, player and club president (1877-1930).
Born November 22nd, 1877 in Winterthur. [ref]
Died July 30th, 1930 at 52 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Gaetano Reina
Sicilian-born american gangster and founder of the lucchese crime family in new york city.
Born September 27th, 1889 in Corleone.
Died February 26th, 1930 at 40 years old in The Bronx (gunshot wound).
Victoria of Baden
Queen consort of sweden (1907-1930).
Born August 7th, 1862 in Karlsruhe.
Died April 4th, 1930 at 67 years old in Rome.
Peter Warlock
British composer and music critic (1894-1930).
Born October 30th, 1894 in Savoy Hotel.
Died December 17th, 1930 at 36 years old in London (coal gas poisoning).
Shyamji Krishna Varma
An indian revolutionary, lawyer and journalist who founded the indian home rule society, india house and the indian sociologist in london (1857-1930).
Born October 4th, 1857 in Cutch State, Mandvi, British Raj.
Died March 30th, 1930 at 72 years old in Switzerland, Geneva.
Eugen Goldstein
German physicist and the great science-history maker (1850-1930).
Born September 5th, 1850 in Gliwice.
Died December 26th, 1930 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Arthur Wharton
Ghanaian footballer (1865-1930).
Born October 28th, 1865 in Accra.
Died December 13th, 1930 at 65 years old in Edlington.
Mary Harrison McKee
Daughter of president benjamin harrison (1858-1930).
Born April 3rd, 1858 in Indianapolis.
Died October 28th, 1930 at 72 years old in Indianapolis.
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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein