History Deaths on May 30

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)

#Rosalyn_Sussman_Yalow

John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)

#John_Catron

Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lankan physician and politician (b. 1953)

#Jayalath_Jayawardena

Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (b. 1936)

#Ziaur_Rahman

Marek Siemek, Polish philosopher and historian (b. 1942)

#Marek_Siemek

Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)

#Louis_Slotin

L. Tom Perry, American religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1922)

#L._Tom_Perry

Kalju Lepik, Estonian poet and author (b. 1920)

#Kalju_Lepik

Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian-French actor and director (b. 1933)

#Jean-Claude_Brialy

Claude Rains, English-American actor (b. 1889)

#Claude_Rains

Ferdinand III, king of Castile and León (b. 1199)

#Ferdinand_III_of_Castile

Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

#Andrew_Huxley

Albert Norden, German journalist and politician (b. 1904)

#Albert_Norden

Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1891)

#Rafael_Trujillo

Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch-English general (b. 1670)

#Arnold_van_Keppel,_1st_Earl_of_Albemarle

Tex Beneke, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1914)

#Tex_Beneke

Larry Jones, American football player and coach (b. 1933)

#Larry_Jones_(American_football_coach)

John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1957)

#John_Fox_(comedian)

François Boucher, French painter and set designer (b. 1703)

#François_Boucher

Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1564)

#Christopher_Marlowe

Max Carey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)

#Max_Carey

James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (b. 1765)

#James_Mackintosh

José de la Borda, French/Spanish mining magnate in colonial Mexico (b. ca. 1700)

#José_de_la_Borda

Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (b. 1916)

#Ephraim_Katzir

Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)

#Mary_H._Gray_Clarke

Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (b. 1412)

#Joan_of_Arc

Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (b. 1902)

#Mitsuo_Fuchida

Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (b. 1688)

#Alexander_Pope

Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (b. 1774)

#Philibert_Jean-Baptiste_Curial

Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)

#Victor_D'Hondt

Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)

#Jack_Twyman

Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (b. 1961)

#Alo_Mattiisen

Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886)

#Marcel_Dupré

Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1957)

#Joël_Champetier

Robert Sterling, American actor (b. 1917)

#Robert_Sterling

Joan Lorring, British actress (b. 1926)

#Joan_Lorring

Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)

#Boris_Pasternak

Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (b. 1969)

#Beau_Biden

Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1950)

#Rick_MacLeish

Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1909)

#Jean_Deslauriers

Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)

#Prajadhipok

Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1936)

#Hienadz_Buraukin

Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1638)

#Henry_Capell,_1st_Baron_Capell_of_Tewkesbury

Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)

#Arthur_Moeller_van_den_Bruck

Charles IX of France (b. 1550)

#Charles_IX_of_France

Tom Lysiak, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1953)

#Tom_Lysiak

Lope de Barrientos, Castilian bishop (b. 1389)

#Lope_de_Barrientos

Jerome of Prague, Czech martyr and theologian (b. 1379)

#Jerome_of_Prague

John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (b. 1597)

#John_Davenport_(minister)

Gerhard Pohl, German economist and politician (b. 1937)

#Gerhard_Pohl

Xiao Tong, prince of the Liang Dynasty (b. 501)

#Xiao_Tong

Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)

#Ezra_Taft_Benson

Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)

#Vladimir_Steklov_(mathematician)

Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (b. 1886)

#Hermann_Broch

Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)

#Sun_Ra

József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (b. 1874)

#József_Klekl_(politician)

Peter Paul Rubens, German-Belgian painter (b. 1577)

#Peter_Paul_Rubens

Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)

#Milton_Bradley

Prokop the Great, Czech general (b. 1380)

#Prokop_the_Great

Léon-Étienne Duval, French cardinal (b. 1903)

#Léon-Étienne_Duval

Piero Carini, Italian race car driver (b. 1921)

#Piero_Carini

Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (b. 1912)

#Ted_Drake

Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)

#Georgi_Plekhanov

T?g? Heihachir?, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)

#T?g?_Heihachir?

Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (b. 1880)

#Georg_von_Trapp

Voltaire, French philosopher and author (b. 1694)

#Voltaire

Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (b. 1895)

#Michel_Simon

Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)

#Mary_Reibey

Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer (b. 1955)

#Agostino_Di_Bartolomei

Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (b. 1645)

#Andrea_Lanzani

Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral (b. 1932)

Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)

Clarice Taylor, American actress (b. 1917)

Saleem Shahzad, Pakistani journalist (b. 1970)

Isikia Savua, Fijian police officer and diplomat (b. 1952)

Dufferin Roblin, Canadian commander and politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1917)

Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1933)

Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (b. 1966)

Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1926)

Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (b. 1927)

Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (b. 1907)

David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist and academic (b. 1938)

Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and stenographer (b. 1918)

Tomasz Pacy?ski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1958)

Gérald Leblanc, Acadian poet (b. 1945)

Denis Whitaker, Canadian general and historian (b. 1915)

Bobby Stokes, English footballer (b. 1951)

Lofty England, English-Austrian engineer (b. 1911)

Marcel Bich, Italian-French businessman, co-founded Société Bic (b. 1914)

Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded his own eponymous fashion brand (b. 1940)

Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)

Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (b. 1942)

Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ry? (b. 1908)

Steve Prefontaine, American runner (b. 1951)

Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1899)

Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1898)

Eddie Sachs, American race car driver (b. 1927)

Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian king (b. 1882)

Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (b. 1918)

Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (b. 1886)

Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874)

Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)

Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)

Guru Arjan Dev, fifth of the Sikh gurus (executed) (b. 1563)

Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (b. 1416)

Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of Epernon, French noblewoman

John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, English peer (b. 1290)

W?adys?aw II the Exile, High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia (b. 1105)

Baldwin IV, count of Flanders (b. 980)

Ma Xifan, king of Chu (b. 899)

Hubertus, bishop Liège