Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Aug-30

Died on This Day (Aug-30)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
  Simone Roganti Italian cyclist 21 1
Mohamed Al-Fayed Mohamed Al-Fayed Mohamed Al-Fayed is an Egyptian-born businessman whose residence and chief business interests have been in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. Egyptian businessman 94 2
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. Soviet leader 91 3
John Thompson John Thompson John Robert Thompson Jr. was an American college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's team. American college basketball coach 78 5
Hans Rausing Hans Rausing Hans Anders Rausing, KBE was a Swedish industrialist and philanthropist based in the United Kingdom. Swedish businessman and philanthropist 93 6
Ray Ray Ray was a Hong Kong professional wrestler. After being trained by Emi Sakura, Ray made her professional wrestling debut in September 2003 and would for the next several years wrestle under different masks, before she began working for Smash in March 2010, unmasked under the ring name Lin Byron . Hong Kong wrestler 36 7
Louise Hay Louise Hay Louise Lynn Hay was an American motivational author and the founder of Hay House. American motivational author 90 8
Věra Čáslavská Věra Čáslavská Vera Cáslavská was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official. Czechoslovakian artistic gymnast 74 9
Wes Craven Wes Craven Wesley Earl Craven was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and editor. American film director 76 10
Alain Corneau Alain Corneau Alain Corneau was a French film director and writer. French film director 67 15
Robin Bullough Robin Bullough Robin K. Bullough was a British mathematical physicist known for his contributions to the theory of solitons, in particular for his role in the development of the theory of the optical soliton, now commonly used, for example, in the theory of trans-oceanic optical fibre communication theory, but first recognised in Bullough's work on ultra-short optical pulses. British mathematical physicist 78 17
Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael James Jackson was an English writer and journalist. British writer 65 18
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper was a Dutch supercentenarian, who lived to the age of 115 years, 62 days. Dutch supercentenarian 115 20
Hideo Sasaki Hideo Sasaki Hideo Sasaki was a Japanese American landscape architect. American landscape architect 80 25
Sterling Morrison Sterling Morrison Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. was an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock group the Velvet Underground, usually playing electric guitar, occasionally bass guitar, and singing backing vocals. American guitarist 53 30
Ch Ch'ien Mu Ch'ien Mu or Qian Mu was a Chinese historian, philosopher and writer. Chinese academic 95 35
Taylor Caldwell Taylor Caldwell Janet Miriam Caldwell was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. British-born American novelist and prolific author 84 40
Cathcart William Methven Cathcart William Methven Cathcart William Methven FRSE was Engineer-in-Chief at Greenock on the Clyde, and appointed in 1888 as Harbour Engineer in Durban. British artist 75 100
Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen, Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia was the fourth of six sons born into the reigning family of the Principality of Reuss. Austrian Field Marshal 74 200
Duchess Anna of Prussia Duchess Anna of Prussia Duchess Anna of Prussia and Jülich-Cleves-Berg was Electress consort of Brandenburg and Duchess consort of Prussia by marriage to John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. Electress consort of Brandenburg 49 400