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Famous Deaths on May 30

9 notable people died on May 30, including Boris Pasternak, Andrew Huxley, Rosalyn Yalow.

Total Deaths
9
Avg Age at Death
75
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

2 deaths
Andrew Huxley
Andrew Huxley
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1963)
Rosalyn Yalow
Rosalyn Yalow
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977)

20th Century

2 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1958)
Rafael Trujillo
Rafael Trujillo
dictatormilitary officer
President of the Dominican Republic (1891-1961)

19th Century

2 deaths
Johann Georg Bodmer
Johann Georg Bodmer
entrepreneurinventor
Swiss inventor
Esprit Requien
Esprit Requien
botanical collectorbotanist
French naturalist (1788-1851)

18th Century

1 death
Voltaire
Voltaire
autobiographercorrespondent
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)

17th Century

1 death
Simon Vollant
Simon Vollant
architectmilitary engineer
French architect (1622-1696)

15th Century

1 death
Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union (1426-1481)

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