18 notable people died on April 30, including Sir Harold Kroto, Édouard Manet, Mahmud of Ghazni.
21st Century
4 deaths
Sir Harold Kroto
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996)
Sverre Bergh
engineerspy
Norwegian spy
Tomás Borge
diplomatjournalist
Nicaraguan revolutionary (1930-2012)
Lúcia Machado de Almeida
novelistwriter
Brazilian writer and journalist
20th Century
3 deaths
Worm Darre-Jenssen
mechanical engineerpolitician
Norwegian politician and engineer (1870-1945)
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Mabel Brookes
charity workersocialite
Australian writer (1890–1975)
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Roman Maciejewski
composerconductor
Polish composer (1910-1998)
19th Century
3 deaths
Édouard Manet
architectural draftspersonartist
French painter (1832–1883)
Sarah Josepha Hale
editoreditorial columnist
American writer and editor (1788–1889)
Christina Robertson
editorpainter
Scottish artist, editor (1796-1854)
18th Century
2 deaths
Pedro Peralta y Barnuevo
astronomermathematician
Peruvian polymath
Bernardo De Dominici
art historianpainter
Italian painter, art historian and biographer
17th Century
3 deaths
Fran Krsto Frankopan
military personnelpoet
Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician (1643-1671)
Petar Zrinski
military personnelpoet
Croatian military commander and a writer
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Nguyễn Phúc Tần
monarch
Fourth Nguyễn lord
15th Century
1 death
Frederick VII of Toggenburg
aristocratmilitary leader
Count of Toggenburg
13th Century
1 death
Inge II of Norway
monarch
King of Norway
11th Century
1 death
Mahmud of Ghazni
king
Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 998 to 1030
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