In the year 1930
334 Notable deaths
Hughie Ferguson
Scottish footballer (1898-1930).
Born March 2nd, 1898 in Glasgow.
Died January 9th, 1930 at 31 years old in Dundee (asphyxia).
Sigurd Ibsen
Norwegian politician (1859-1930).
Born December 23rd, 1859 in Christiania.
Died April 14th, 1930 at 70 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Emmy Destinn
Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-playwright voice (1878-1930).
Born February 20th, 1878 in Prague. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1930 at 52 years old in České Budějovice. [ref]
Florian Cajori
American mathematician (1859–1930).
Born February 28th, 1859 in Scharans.
Died August 15th, 1930 at 71 years old in Berkeley.
Otto Sverdrup
Norwegian sailor and arctic explorer (1854-1930).
Born October 31st, 1854 in Bindal Municipality.
Died November 26th, 1930 at 76 years old in Sandvika.
John Peter Russell
Australian artist (1858-1930).
Born July 16th, 1858 in Darlinghurst. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1930 at 71 years old in Randwick.
Bedrifelek Kadın
Consort of abdülhamid ii.
Born January 4th, 1851 in Poti.
Died February 6th, 1930 at 79 years old in Istanbul.
Christine Ladd-Franklin
Psychologist and logician (1847-1930).
Born December 1st, 1847 in Windsor.
Died March 5th, 1930 at 82 years old in New York City.
Friedrich von Bernhardi
Prussian cavalry general and military historian (1849-1930).
Born November 22nd, 1849 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 11th, 1930 at 81 years old in Kunnersdorf (Schöpstal).
Max Valier
Austrian physicist and rocketry pioneer (1895–1930).
Born February 9th, 1895 in Bolzano.
Died May 17th, 1930 at 35 years old in Berlin.
Allvar Gullstrand
Swedish ophthalmologist (1862-1930).
Born June 5th, 1862 in Landskrona Parish. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1930 at 68 years old in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Henry Dudeney
Puzzlist and mathematical games designer (1857–1930).
Born April 10th, 1857 in Mayfield.
Died April 24th, 1930 at 73 years old in Lewes (esophageal cancer).
Fritz Pregl
Slovene-austrian nobel prize laureate and scientist (1869-1930).
Born September 3rd, 1869 in Ljubljana.
Died December 13th, 1930 at 61 years old in Graz.
Diane Ellis
American actress (1909–1930).
Born December 20th, 1909 in Los Angeles.
Died December 15th, 1930 at 20 years old in Chennai (infectious disease).
Laura Muntz Lyall
Canadian artist (1860-1930).
Born June 18th, 1860 in Warwickshire, Radford Semele.
Died December 9th, 1930 at 70 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Adolf Engler
German botanist (1844-1930).
Born March 25th, 1844 in Żagań.
Died October 10th, 1930 at 86 years old in Berlin.
George Washington Lambert
Australian artist (1873–1930).
Born September 13th, 1873 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 29th, 1930 at 56 years old in Cobbitty.
Milton Sills
American stage and film actor (1882-1930).
Born January 12th, 1882 in Chicago.
Died September 15th, 1930 at 48 years old in Brentwood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ernest Henry Wilson
British botanist (1876-1930).
Born February 15th, 1876 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Died October 15th, 1930 at 54 years old in Worcester (traffic collision).
Václav Laurin
Czech entrepreneur (1865–1930).
Born September 27th, 1865 in Kamení. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1930 at 65 years old in New Town. [ref]
James H. Snook
American sportsperson, veterenarian, and executed murderer (1879–1930).
Born September 17th, 1879 in South Lebanon.
Died February 28th, 1930 at 50 years old in Ohio Penitentiary (electrocution).
Florbela Espanca
Portuguese poet (1894–1930).
Born December 8th, 1894 in Vila Viçosa.
Died December 8th, 1930 at 36 years old in Matosinhos (drug overdose).
Launceston Elliot
Scottish weightlifter (1874–1930).
Born June 9th, 1874 in Mumbai.
Died August 8th, 1930 at 56 years old in Melbourne.
Andon Zako Çajupi
Albanian nationalist poet and playwright (1866–1930).
Born March 27th, 1866 in Sheper.
Died July 11th, 1930 at 64 years old in Cairo.
Olga de Meyer
British socialite.
Born August 8th, 1871 in London.
Died July 16th, 1930 at 58 years old in London (disease).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe