Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 30-Jul

Died on This Day (30-Jul)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Nick Buoniconti Nick Buoniconti Nicholas Anthony Buoniconti was an American professional football player who was a middle linebacker in the American Football League and National Football League . American football player 78 1
Gloria DeHaven Gloria DeHaven Gloria Mildred DeHaven was an American actress and singer who was a contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . American actress and singer 91 4
Antoni Ramallets Antoni Ramallets Antoni Ramallets Simón was a Spanish football goalkeeper and manager. Spanish football player/manager 89 7
Robert M. Chanock Robert M. Chanock Robert Merritt Chanock was an American pediatrician and virologist who made major contributions to the prevention and treatment of childhood respiratory infections in more than 50 years spent at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. American virologist 86 10
Wolfgang Ullmann Wolfgang Ullmann Wolfgang Ullmann was a German journalist, theologian, politician. German theologian 74 16
Phil Smith Phil Smith Philip Arnold Smith was an American professional basketball player who played for 9 seasons in the National Basketball Association . American basketball player 50 18
Derek Hill Derek Hill Arthur Derek Hill, CBE, HRHA was an English portrait and landscape painter, long resident in Ireland. British artist 83 20
Jimmy Hoffa Jimmy Hoffa James Riddle Hoffa was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1957 until 1971. Union leader 62 45
Jun Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Jun'ichiro Tanizaki was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. Japanese writer 79 55
Alston G. Dayton Alston G. Dayton Alston Gordon Dayton was a United States representative from West Virginia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. United States federal judge 62 100
Person Person Description Age Anniv
Ron Dellums Ron Dellums Ronald Vernie Dellums was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. Mayor of Oakland 82 2
Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson Lynn Renée Anderson was an American country singer and television personality. American country music singer 67 5
Maeve Binchy Maeve Binchy Anne Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Irish novelist 72 8
John Garang John Garang John Garang de Mabior was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. President of Southern Sudan 60 15
Foday Sankoh Foday Sankoh Foday Saybana Sankoh was the founder of the Sierra Leone rebel group Revolutionary United Front , which was supported by Charles Taylor-led NPFL in the 11-year-long Sierra Leone Civil War, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002. Sierra Leone rebel leader 80 17
Amir-Hossein Aryanpour Amir-Hossein Aryanpour Amir-Hossein Aryanpour was an Iranian lexicographer, writer, translator, philosopher, sociologist, and literary figure. Iranian academic 76 19
Julia Robinson Julia Robinson Julia Hall Bowman Robinson was an American mathematician noted for her contributions to the fields of computability theory and computational complexity theory—most notably in decision problems. American mathematician 65 35
George Szell George Szell George Szell , originally György Széll, György Endre Szél, or Georg Szell, was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer. American conductor 73 50
Alfonza W. Davis Alfonza W. Davis Alfonza W. Davis was the first African-American aviator from North Omaha, Nebraska, to be awarded his "wings. American World War II pilot 25 75
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje Aasmund Olavsson Vinje Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål . Norwegian writer 52 150