Died On May 30th
Discover the most famous people who died on May 30. The list includes people like Joan of Arc, Voltaire, Peter Paul Rubens, Alexander Pope, Boris Pasternak. Famous personalities featured on this list, include poets, novelists, historians and political leaders and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & India and many more countries.
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Joan of Arc(Best Remembered as 'The Heroine of France' for Her Role During the 'Hundred Years' War' Against England)
Birthdate: January 6, 1412
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France
Died: 1431
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Voltaire(French Historian and Philosopher Known for His Wit and His Pointed Social Critique)
Birthdate: November 21, 1694
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1778
Birthdate: January 25, 1951
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Coos Bay, Oregon, United States
Died: 1975
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Alexander Pope(One of the Most Prominent English Poets of the Early 18th Century)
Birthdate: May 21, 1688
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1744
Height: 4'6" (137 cm)
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Peter Paul Rubens(One of the Most Influential Artists of the Flemish Baroque Tradition)
Birthdate: June 28, 1577
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Siegen, Germany
Died: 1640
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Claude Rains(One of the Greatest Character Stars on the Big Screen)
Birthdate: November 10, 1889
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Clapham, London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1967
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: February 26, 1564
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Canterbury, Kent, England
Died: 1593
Birthdate: June 27, 1550
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died: 1574
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Leon Redbone
(Former singer-songwriter and musician best recognized for his songs "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" and "Ain't Misbehaving".)
Birthdate: August 26, 1949
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cyprus
Died: 2019
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Boris Pasternak(Russian Poet & Novelist Who Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958)
Birthdate: February 10, 1890
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 1960
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Sun Ra
(American composer)
Birthdate: May 22, 1914
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died: 1993
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Perry Ellis
(Fashion designer)
Birthdate: March 3, 1940
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Died: 1986
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Paul Desmond
(Jazz musician)
Birthdate: November 25, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 1977
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Louis Slotin(Canadian Physicist and Chemist Who Took Part in the Manhattan Project)
Birthdate: December 1, 1910
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
Died: 1946
Birthdate: October 24, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Cristóbal Province, Dominican Republic
Died: 1961
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Georg von Trapp
(Naval officer)
Birthdate: April 4, 1880
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Zadar, Croatia
Died: 1947
Birthdate: November 13, 1917
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2006
Birthdate: February 11, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Budapest
Died: 1964
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Doris Hare
(Best Known for Her Portrayal of ‘Mrs. Mabel "Mum" Butler’ in ‘On the Buses’)
Birthdate: March 1, 1905
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bargoed, Wales
Died: 2000
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Birthdate: August 6, 1920
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Fall City, Washington, United States
Died: 1988
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Milton Bradley
(Publisher, Writer)
Birthdate: November 8, 1836
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Maine, United States
Died: 1911
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John S. Mosby
(Confederate army cavalry battalion commander)
Birthdate: December 6, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Powhatan County, Virginia, United States
Died: 1916
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Glenn Burke
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: November 16, 1952
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States
Died: 1995
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Peter Orlovsky
(Poet, Actor)
Birthdate: July 8, 1933
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lower East Side, New York, United States
Died: 2010
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Ziaur Rahman
(President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981)
Birthdate: January 19, 1936
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bangladesh
Died: 1981
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Andrew Huxley(English Physiologist, Biophysicist and Winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physiology / Medicine)
Birthdate: November 22, 1917
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England
Died: 2012
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Mickie Most
(Record producer)
Birthdate: June 20, 1938
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Died: 2003
Birthdate: February 12, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas United States
Died: 2000
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Jacquetta of Luxembourg
(Eldest daughter of Peter I of Luxembourg)
Birthdate: 1416 AD
Birthplace: Palace of Westminster, London, England
Died: 1472
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Ferdinand III of Castile
(Former King of Castile and Toledo (1217 - 1252))
Birthdate: August 5, 1199
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Monastery of ValparaÃso, Peleas de Arriba, Spain
Died: 1252
Birthdate: July 19, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2011
Birthdate: December 7, 1937
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
Died: 2019
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Wilbur Wright(One of the Wright Brothers Who Built the World's First Successful Motor-Operated Airplane)
Birthdate: April 16, 1867
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Millville, Indiana
Died: 1912
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Hermann Broch
(Former writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers (Die Schlafwandler, 1930–32) and The Death of Virgil (Der Tod des Vergil, 1945))
Birthdate: November 1, 1886
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1951
Birthdate: June 30, 1908
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Le Creusot, France
Died: 2007
Birthdate: November 8, 1893
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bangkok, Siam, Thailand
Died: 1941
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Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
(General)
Birthdate: July 1, 1725
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vendôme, France
Died: 1807
Birthdate: April 15, 1563
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Goindwal Sahib, India
Died: 1606
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Marcel Bich
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: July 29, 1914
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: 1994
Birthdate: March 21, 1947
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wolverhampton, England
Died: 2007
Birthdate: 1474 AD
Birthplace: Cuautitlan, Mexico
Died: 1548
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Jaafar Nimeiry
(4th President of Sudan)
Birthdate: April 26, 1928
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Omdurman, Sudan
Died: 2009
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Juan Carlos Onetti
(Uruguayan Novelist and Short Story Writer)
Birthdate: July 1, 1909
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: 1994
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Zinka Milanov
(Opera singer)
Birthdate: May 17, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Died: 1989
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Bill Vukovich
(American Automobile Racing Driver)
Birthdate: December 13, 1918
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fresno, California, United States
Died: 1955
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Claude Pepper
(Politician)
Birthdate: September 8, 1900
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dudleyville, Alabama, United States
Died: 1989
Birthdate: October 9, 1943
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2012
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Gwendolyn B. Bennett
(Former artist, writer, and journalist who contributed to Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, which chronicled cultural advancements during the Harlem Renaissance)
Birthdate: July 8, 1902
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Giddings, Texas, United States
Died: 1981
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Robin Jackson
(Military Leader)
Birthdate: September 27, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Donaghmore, County Down, Northern Ireland
Died: 1998
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Michael Davitt
(Political leader)
Birthdate: March 25, 1846
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Straide, Ireland
Died: 1906
