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Notable Deaths - 1930

1930Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 71

1930William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72

1930Fridtjof Nansen, Arctic explorer/diplomat (Nobel 1922), dies at 68

1930Alfred Wegener, German polar researcher and meteorologist (continental shift), dies while on an expedition to Greenland (date is approximate)

1930Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858)

1930William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (Victoria Cross recipient), dies in a training accident at 35

1930 Deaths
Date Event
Jan 2
Max Gold, Hello Lafayette 
Jan 2
Kenneth Hawks, Big Time 
Jan 3
Sunshine Hart, My Best Girl 
Jan 5
Robert Garrison, Michael 
Jan 6
Sven Lange, En forbryder 
Jan 7
Emilio Ghione, Il triangolo giallo 
Jan 7
Jacob Breda Bull, The Bride of Glomdal 
Jan 9
Edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66 
Jan 9
Annegrethe Antonsen, Dæmonen 
Jan 9
Lynn Pratt, A Virgin Paradise 
Jan 13
C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66 
Jan 13
Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, English Electrical Engineer and Inventor, dies at 65 
Jan 16
Al Fremont, The Fighting Streak 
Jan 16
Art Hickman, Music and Lyrics 
Jan 20
George LeMaire, Barbers' College 
Jan 20
Will D. Cobb, Forget Paris 
Jan 27
Jean Hure, composer, dies at 52 
Jan 28
Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies 
Jan 28
Emmy Destinn, The Lion's Bride 
Jan 28
Manuel Antonio, Continental 
Jan 31
Dorothy Seastrom, Oh, Teacher! 
Feb 3
Gus Sanberg, Fast Company 
Feb 6
Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17 
Feb 12
Eva Dell'Acqua, I Married an Angel 
Feb 19
Lyall Swete, Masks and Faces 
Feb 20
Frank Burbeck, Who's Your Brother? 
Feb 22
Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66 
Feb 22
Mabel Normand, Tillie's Punctured Romance 
Feb 23
Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 
Feb 23
Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35 
Feb 23
Horst Wessel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 
Feb 24
Jacobus van Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Night Cactus), dies at 74 
Feb 26
Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64 
Feb 27
Beverly Parrish, A Tough Winter 
Mar 2
David Herbert Lawrence (DH), English poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44 
Mar 2
D.H. Lawrence, Women in Love 
Mar 6
William Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies 
Mar 6
Arthur Twining Hadley, The Courage of the Common Place 
Mar 6
Alfred von Tirpitz,  
Mar 6
Herbert Gladstone, From Durban to Zululand 
Mar 7
Dore Davidson, Welcome Stranger 
Mar 7
Abraham L. Erlanger, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 
Mar 8
William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 
Mar 8
Edward Terry Sanford, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1865) 
Mar 8
Roman Zelazowski, Bartek zwyciezca 
Mar 8
William Howard Taft, Taft Playing Golf 
Mar 12
Alois Jirásek, Czech writer (b. 1851) 
Mar 12
William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (Victoria Cross recipient), dies in a training accident at 35 
Mar 12
Alois Jirásek, Dog's Heads 
Mar 12
Lóránd Fráter, Eladó birtok 
Mar 12
William George Barker,  
Mar 13
Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Pembroke), dies at 77 
Mar 13
Mary Eleanor Freeman, The House/Certain Shadows on the Wall 
Mar 14
Oscar Eagle, The Girl at the Cupola 
Mar 15
Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51 
Mar 16
Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60 
Mar 16
Hans Lackner, Between Twelve and One 
Mar 16
Miguel Primo de Rivera, Episode dated 29 December 2006 
Mar 17
Marcel Salzer, Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen 
Mar 19
Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81 
Mar 19
Arthur J. Balfour, A.J. Balfour at Bristol 
Mar 24
Ann McKnight, Kept Husbands 
Mar 25
Tina Di Lorenzo, The Gorgona 
Mar 27
Paula Blackton, The Littlest Scout 
Mar 29
Anton Bettelheim, writer, dies 
Mar 30
Walter Doyle, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery 
Mar 30
Thomas S. Hermansen, Aarhusianerne paa glatis 
Apr 1
Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92 
Apr 1
Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies 
Apr 2
Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876) 
Apr 2
Osmán Pérez Freire, Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 
Apr 3
Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (b. 1847) 
Apr 4
Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies 
Apr 4
Drottning Viktoria, Grundstensnedlæggelse ved Gustav Adolfs Kirke 
Apr 10
Johanne Dinesen, Den døde Rotte 
Apr 14
W Majakowski, writer, dies at 36 
Apr 14
Vladimir Mayakovsky, The Young Lady and the Holligan 
Apr 14
Charles Darvas, The Bridge 
Apr 16
José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, political philosopher and activist (b. 1894) 
Apr 17
Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (b. 1863) 
Apr 17
Louis Leon Hall, Man and Morality 
Apr 19
Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian senator (b. 1827) 
Apr 21
Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79 
Apr 21
Robert S Bridges, poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85 
Apr 22
Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866) 
Apr 22
Jeppe Aakjær, The People of the Hogbo Farm 
Apr 25
David Smith, Pampered Youth 
Apr 26
Beth Slater Whitson, Out of Sight 
Apr 27
Orla Bock, Sommerspøg og Rævestreger 
Apr 30
Ben Hendricks Sr., The Angel of the Slums 
May 1
Lorna Moon, Min and Bill 
May 1
Maria Tenazi, Zare 
May 2
Edfrid A. Bingham, The Johnstown Flood 
May 2
A.W.G. van Riemsdijk, Alexandra 
May 3
William J. Ferguson, John Smith 
May 6
Charles Gilpin, Ten Nights in a Barroom 
May 7
Will M. Cressy, Stateroom Secrets 
May 8
Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61 
May 8
Julia Crawford Ivers, The Heart of Paula 
May 10
Edward Stratemeyer, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries 
May 12
Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70 
May 13
Fridtjof Nansen, Arctic explorer/diplomat (Nobel 1922), dies at 68 
May 13
Helena Lange, German feminist, dies 
May 13
Fridtjof Nansen, Vår egen tid 
May 15
William J. Locke, Ladies in Lavender 
May 16
Maria Orska, Dämon und Mensch 
May 17
Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61 
May 18
Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68 
May 24
Henry Wallace Phillips, The Fighting Gringo 
May 25
Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) 
May 27
Elmore Elliott Peake, His Divorced Wife 
May 27
Alice Knowland, No Wedding Bells for Me 
May 31
Arpad Viragh, Mad Love 
Jun 1
Herbert Hall Winslow, The Decoy 
Jun 5
Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies 
Jun 10
Adolf Harnack, German theologian (b. 1851) 
Jun 11
George Alexander, cricketer (two early Tests for Australia), dies 
Jun 11
Henry Clay Folger Jr, CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72 
Jun 11
Anton-Zako Çajupi, Përralle Nga e Kaluara 
Jun 12
Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies 
Jun 13
Henry Segrave, British racing driver who held land speed records and the water speed record (b. 1896) 
Jun 16
Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies 
Jun 16
Ezra Fitch, Abercrombie & Fitch founder (b. 1866) 
Jun 16
Mason Mitchell, Battle of Mafeking 
Jun 20
Bob Slater, Square Joe 
Jun 21
Hans Hedemark, Lodsens datter 
Jun 21
Lajos Szalkai, Szép Ilonka 
Jun 22
Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82 
Jun 23
Melville Davisson Post, The Doomdorf Mystery 
Jun 24
Russ Whytal, Argentine Love 
Jun 26
Márton Garas, Little Fox 
Jun 28
Joe Schenck, Gus Van and Joe Schenck 
Jul 2
Anders Randolf, actor (Love of Sunya, Dangerous Curves), dies at 59 
Jul 2
George Tulley, Jimmy 
Jul 2
Anders Randolf, The Black Pirate 
Jul 3
Nap de la Mar, The M.P. Case 
Jul 7
Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 71 
Jul 7
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes 
Jul 8
Augusto Mastripietri, High Treason 
Jul 10
Knut Weckman, Rautakylän vanha parooni 
Jul 14
W H Ashley, cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies 
Jul 14
George Stillwell, In the Name of the Prince of Peace 
Jul 15
Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies 
Jul 15
Rudolph Schildkraut, A Ship Comes In 
Jul 18
Oscar Brimberton Figman, Manhattan 
Jul 19
Robert Stout, NZ prime minister (1884-87), dies at 85 
Jul 23
Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52 
Jul 23
Stephen Grattan, Other Men's Shoes 
Jul 23
Glenn Curtiss, Our Mutual Girl, No. 29 
Jul 29
Alexander von Fielitz, composer, dies at 69 
Jul 30
Joan Gamper, Swiss-Catalan businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (b. 1877) 
Aug 4
Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61 
Aug 4
Sinhô, The Mandarin 
Aug 4
Sigfried Wagner, Blazing Sand 
Aug 8
William Colvin, The Ranger 
Aug 8
Ilija Stanojevic-Cica, Ulrih Celjski i Vladislav Hunjadi 
Aug 8
Les Bates, Big Stakes 
Aug 9
Charles Allen Dealey, A Waiting Game 
Aug 10
William H Taft, US president (1909-13), dies 
Aug 10
Irving Weil, Puppets 
Aug 20
Charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies 
Aug 21
Eugene Silvain, The Passion of Joan of Arc 
Aug 21
William 'Cap' Anderson Hatfield,  
Aug 24
Algernon Boyesen, The Greater Woman 
Aug 25
Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61 
Aug 25
William H. Post, Never Say Die 
Aug 25
Ben F. Wilson, Officer '444' 
Aug 26
Lon Chaney, actor (Thunder, Big City, Unholy 3), dies at 47 
Aug 26
Elisa Severi, Amleto e il suo clown 
Aug 26
Lon Chaney, The Phantom of the Opera 
Aug 27
Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62 
Aug 27
Elizabeth Baker Bohan, The Argonauts of California - 1849 
Aug 28
Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies 
Aug 29
William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844) 
Aug 29
Georgette Méliès, Une partie de cartes 
Aug 30
William H Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), dies 
Sep 4
Vladimir Arsenev, Dersu Uzala 
Sep 5
Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer (b. 1849) 
Sep 5
Robert M. Thompson, Nice and Friendly 
Sep 7
Theodore Babcock, The Girl Who Can Cook 
Sep 10
G A Faulkner, cricketer (S Afr googly all-rounder), commits suicide 
Sep 13
Duncan Penwarden, The Bishop's Candlesticks 
Sep 15
Milton Sills, American actor (b. 1882) 
Sep 15
J.W. Coleman, Injustice 
Sep 15
Milton Sills, The Sea Hawk 
Sep 16
Margarethe Koeppke, Murder for Sale 
Sep 22
Clarke Silvernail, Behind That Curtain 
Sep 23
Jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62 
Sep 24
William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857) 
Sep 29
Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter (b. 1844) 
Oct 1
Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84 
Oct 1
Riccardo Drigo, Pappa ante Portas 
Oct 2
Leopold Krenn, Die Landstreicher 
Oct 3
Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73 
Oct 5
Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b. 1875) 
Oct 5
Stina Berg, Säg det i toner 
Oct 5
William S. Rising, The Musician's Daughter 
Oct 10
Adolf Engler, German botanist (b. 1844) 
Oct 10
Armitage Trail, Scarface 
Oct 13
Sidney Paxton, The Girl from Downing Street 
Oct 14
Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies 
Oct 14
Henry Creamer, The Aviator 
Oct 14
Giovanni Grasso Sr., Cavalleria rusticana 
Oct 15
Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (b. 1866) 
Oct 16
John L. Shine, The Lie 
Oct 18
Josiah Zuro, Holiday 
Oct 21
Wlodzimierz Perzynski, Tajemnica lekarza 
Oct 24
Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Dr Faustus), dies at 26 
Oct 25
Stanislaw Knake-Zawadzki, Sad bozy 
Oct 26
Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872) 
Oct 27
William Bechtel, Spite Marriage 
Nov 2
Oliver Perry Hay, American Paleontologist, dies at 84 
Nov 3
Alfred Wegener, German polar researcher and meteorologist (continental shift), dies while on an expedition to Greenland (date is approximate) 
Nov 5
Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858) 
Nov 6
Holger Pedersen, Jeg er slet ikke vant til at synge 
Nov 6
Frederick Heck, Rose of the Alley 
Nov 8
Clare Eames, The New Commandment 
Nov 9
Anselma Heine, Eerie Tales 
Nov 11
W W Whysall, cricketer (4 Tests for England 1924-30), dies 
Nov 14
Edmund Meisel, Battleship Potemkin 
Nov 20
Jimmy Hussey, Jim Hussey 
Nov 27
J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies 
Nov 30
Karel Stapfer, Yorickova lebka 
Dec 3
William S. Adams, Won in the Clouds 
Dec 5
Manfred Noa, Nathan der Weise 
Dec 5
Umberto Fracchia, La volete sapere la novità? 
Dec 6
Jean Börlin, Entr'acte 
Dec 7
Reverend William E. Barton, The King of Kings 
Dec 9
Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies 
Dec 11
Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 
Dec 13
Fritz Pregl, Slovenian/Austrian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869) 
Dec 13
Thibault Bigot Jr., Het wrak van de Noorzee 
Dec 14
F. Richard Jones, Bulldog Drummond 
Dec 15
Diane Ellis, Laughter 
Dec 17
Peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36 
Dec 17
Peter Warlock, Voices 
Dec 19
Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns 
Dec 19
I.C. Christensen, Islands Altings besög i Köbenhavn 
Dec 19
Robert Fortson, Injustice 
Dec 20
Samuel N. Niblack, Barnaby Lee 
Dec 22
Charles Harris, Driving Miss Daisy 
Dec 23
Johannes H Been, Brielle archivist, dies at 71 
Dec 23
Ferdinand Martini, The Pleasure Garden 
Dec 24
Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 
Dec 24
Oskar Nedbal, composer, dies at 56 
Dec 24
Oskar Nedbal, Criminal Lovers 
Dec 25
Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer, dies at 65 
Dec 25
Johnnie Podmore, Oliver Twist 
Dec 27
William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63 
Dec 27
William Courtleigh, Ashes 
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