Famous People Who Died In 1930

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1930. This list includes people like William Howard Taft, D. H. Lawrence, Carl Panzram, Alfred Wegener, Arthur Balfour and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, composers, novelists and poets who died in 1930. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany and many more countries.
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William Howard Taft
(27th President of the United States)
William Howard Taft
32
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 15, 1857
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: March 8
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 2 
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(British Writer Who Created the Character of Sherlock Holmes)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
30
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 22, 1859
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Scotland
Died: July 7
 3 
D. H. Lawrence
(English Writer and Poet Known for His Novels: ‘Sons and Lovers’, ‘The Rainbow’ and ‘Women in Love’)
D. H. Lawrence
13
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 11, 1885
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eastwood, England, United Kingdom
Died: March 2
 4 
Alfred Wegener
(German Climatologist and Geophysicist Known for His 'Continental Drift Theory')
Alfred Wegener
6
Birthdate: November 1, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: November 1
 5 
Fridtjof Nansen
(Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and the First High Commissioner for Refugees Appointed by the League of Nations)
Fridtjof Nansen
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 10, 1861
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Died: May 13
 6 
Lon Chaney
(Actor)
Lon Chaney
6
Birthdate: April 1, 1883
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Died: August 26
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 7 
Vladimir Mayakovsky
(Russian Poet and Playwright Who was a Prominent Figure of the Russian Futurist Movement)
Vladimir Mayakovsky
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 19, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Baghdati, Georgia
Died: April 14
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 8 
Mary Harris Jones
(Irish-born American Schoolteacher and Activist)
Mary Harris Jones
6
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 1, 1830
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: November 30
 9 
Ilya Repin
(Russian Painter Who was One of the Most Renowned Artists in Russia During the 19th Century)
Ilya Repin
0
Birthdate: August 5, 1844
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chuhuiv, Ukraine
Died: September 29
 10 
Mabel Normand
(Actress)
Mabel Normand
4
Birthdate: November 9, 1892
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Brighton, Staten Island,
Died: February 23
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 11 
Rebecca Latimer Felton
(First Woman Who was Appointed to the United States Senate)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: June 10, 1835
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Decatur, Georgia, United States
Died: January 24
 12 
Glenn Curtiss
(American Aviation and Motorcycling Pioneer & Founder of the U.S. Aircraft Industry)
Glenn Curtiss
0
Birthdate: May 21, 1878
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hammondsport, New York, United States
Died: July 23
 13 
Eugen Goldstein
(Physicist)
Eugen Goldstein
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 5, 1850
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Gliwice, Poland
Died: December 25
 14 
Zewditu
(Empress of Ethiopia (1916 - 1930))
Zewditu
6
Birthdate: April 28, 1876
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Werreyimenu, Wollo
Died: April 2
 15 
Frank P. Ramsey
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Economist)
Frank P. Ramsey
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 22, 1903
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cambridge
Died: January 19
 16 
Victoria of Baden
(Queen)
Victoria of Baden
0
Birthdate: August 7, 1862
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: April 4
 17 
Cosima Wagner
(Composer)
Cosima Wagner
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 24, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bellagio, Italy
Died: April 1
 18 
Rube Foster
(Former Baseball pitcher, Founder of Negro National League)
Rube Foster
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 17, 1879
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Calvert, Texas, United States
Died: December 9
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 19 
Peter Warlock
(Composer)
Peter Warlock
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 30, 1894
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London
Died: December 17
 20 
Herbert Henry Dow
(American Chemical Industrialist and Founder of the Multinational Conglomerate 'Dow Chemical')
Herbert Henry Dow
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 26, 1866
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Belleville, Canada
Died: October 15
 21 
Henry Faulds
(Scientist)
Henry Faulds
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: June 1, 1843
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Beith
Died: March 19
 22 
Harvey Washington Wiley
(Chemist)
Harvey Washington Wiley
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 18, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kent, Indiana, United States
Died: June 30
 23 
Leopold Auer
(Hungarian Composer, Conductor and Violinist)
Leopold Auer
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 7, 1845
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Veszprém, Hungary
Died: July 15
 24 
William George Barker
(Fighter pilot)
William George Barker
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 3, 1894
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dauphin, Canada
Died: March 12
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 25 
Horst Wessel
(Nazi Party Stormtrooper Who Was Hailed Asa Nazi Hero & Martyr)
Horst Wessel
7
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 9, 1907
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bielefeld
Died: February 23
 26 
Alfred von Tirpitz
(Politician, Officer)
Alfred von Tirpitz
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 19, 1849
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kostrzyn nad Odrą
Died: March 6
 27 
Joan Gamper
(Former Football Executive Who Founded Football Clubs in Switzerland and Spain)
Joan Gamper
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 22, 1877
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Winterthur, Switzerland
Died: July 30
 28 
Luigi Facta
(Former Prime Minister of Italy (February 1922 - October 1922))
Luigi Facta
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 16, 1861
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pinerolo, Italy
Died: November 5
 29 
Pierina Legnani
(Ballerina)
Pierina Legnani
0
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: September 30, 1868
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Italy
Died: November 15
 30 
Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera
(Duke)
Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 23, 1866
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Seville, Spain
Died: December 24
 31 
Christiaan Eijkman
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: August 11, 1858
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nijkerk
Died: November 5
 32 
Frankie Campbell
(Boxer)
Frankie Campbell
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 1904 AD
Birthplace: Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
Died: August 25
 33 
Siegfried Wagner
(Composer)
Siegfried Wagner
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 6, 1869
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tribschen, Lucerne, Switzerland
Died: August 4
 34 
Mary Whiton Calkins
(Psychologist, University teacher)
Mary Whiton Calkins
1
Birthdate: March 30, 1863
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hartford
Died: February 26
 35 
Horace Smith-Dorrien
(Autobiographer, Military personnel)
Horace Smith-Dorrien
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 26, 1858
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berkhamsted
Died: August 12
 36 
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
(American Inventor and Entrepreneur Who Invented 'Gyrocompass')
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
0
Birthdate: October 12, 1860
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cincinnatus, New York, United States
Died: June 16
 37 
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
(British Conservative Politician and Secretary of State for India)
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: July 12, 1872
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Died: September 30
 38 
Adolf Wölfli
(Swiss Artist Who was One of the First Artists to Be Associated with the Art Brut)
Adolf Wölfli
1
Birthdate: February 29, 1864
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bern, Switzerland
Died: November 6
 39 
Joseph Ward
(17th Prime Minister of New Zealand)
Joseph Ward
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 26, 1856
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Died: July 8
 40 
Jules Pascin
(Painter)
Jules Pascin
1
Birthdate: March 31, 1885
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vidin, Bulgaria
Died: June 5
 41 
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
(Author)
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 31, 1852
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Randolph, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 13
 42 
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
(Painter)
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
0
Birthdate: August 8, 1863
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 18
 43 
Friedrich von Bernhardi
(Prussian General and Military Historian Best Known for His Bellicose Book 'Deutschland und der Nächste Krieg')
Friedrich von Bernhardi
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 22, 1849
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: December 11
 44 
Joseph Wright
(English Philologist and Academic)
Joseph Wright
1
Birthdate: October 31, 1855
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Idle, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: February 27
 45 
Silvio Gesell
(Economist, Merchant, Politician, Entrepreneur, Esperantist)
Silvio Gesell
0
Birthdate: March 17, 1862
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sankt Vith
Died: March 11
 46 
Habiba Msika
(Singer, Dancer)
Habiba Msika
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 1903 AD
Birthplace: Tunis, Tunisia
Died: February 21
 47 
Henry Clay Folger
(Business executive)
Henry Clay Folger
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: June 18, 1857
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: June 11
 48 
Eduard Polón
(Finnish Business Leader and Founder of the 'Nokia' Group)
Eduard Polón
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: June 16, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nastola, Finland
Died: September 30
 49 
Daniel Guggenheim
(Industrialist and philanthropist)
Daniel Guggenheim
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 9, 1856
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: September 28
 50 
John Wheatley
(Politician)
John Wheatley
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 19, 1869
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bonmahon, Ireland
Died: May 12