Aged 30
Famous people who died at 30
50 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 30, including Nero, Emily Brontë and Catullus.
- NeroFifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty · AD 37–68
- Emily BrontëEnglish novelist and poet · 1818–1848
- CatullusLyric Latin poet of the Roman Republic · c. 84–54 BC
- Sylvia PlathAmerican poet and writer · 1932–1963
- Sergei YeseninRussian poet · 1895–1925
- Pumpuang DuangjanThai female singer · 1961–1992
- Steve BikoSouth African anti-apartheid activist · 1946–1977
- BábFounder of Bábism and, according to the Baháʼís, predecessor of Baháʼu'lláh · 1819–1850
- Sviatoslav I of KievPrince of Kiev · c. AD 942–972
- James V of ScotlandKing of Scotland from 1513 to 1542 · 1512–1542
- Robert E. Howard ↗American author · 1906–1936
- Saint Cecilia ↗Roman Catholic saint, martyr and patron saint of music · c. AD 200–230
- Constans ↗Roman emperor from 337 to 350 · c. AD 320–350
- Eazy-E ↗American rapper · 1964–1995
- Ptolemy V Epiphanes ↗Fifth ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt · c. 210–180 BC
- Patsy Cline ↗American country singer · 1932–1963
- Numerian ↗Roman emperor · c. AD 254–284
- Leo IV the Khazar ↗Byzantine emperor · AD 750–780
- Jeff Buckley ↗American musician · 1966–1997
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria ↗Austrian archduke · 1858–1889
- Tokutaro Ukon ↗Japanese association football player · 1913–1944
- Noor Inayat Khan ↗WW2 SOE British agent · 1914–1944
- Xavier Bichat ↗French anatomist and pathologist · 1771–1802
- Xianfeng Emperor ↗The ninth emperor (and the seventh after defeating Ming) of the Qing Dynasty · 1831–1861
- Koji Kondo ↗Japanese association football player · 1972–2003
- Zaynab bint Khuzayma ↗Muhammad's fifth wife · c. AD 595–625
- Sibylla ↗Queen of Jerusalem (c.1160-1190) · c. 1160–1190
- Stephen II of Hungary ↗King of Hungary from 1116 to 1131 · c. 1101–1131
- Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain ↗Queen consort of Spain · 1549–1580
- Emeric, King of Hungary ↗Hungarian king · 1174–1204
- Xiang Yu ↗Chinese military leader · c. 232–202 BC
- Cheick Tioté ↗Ivorian footballer · 1986–2017
- Magnus Barefoot ↗King of Norway · c. 1073–1103
- Marina Raskova ↗Soviet pilot · 1912–1943
- Edivaldo Martins Fonseca ↗Brazilian association football player · 1962–1993
- John Sigismund Zápolya ↗King of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania · 1540–1571
- Michael Wittmann ↗German Waffen-SS tank commander · 1914–1944
- Sergey Bodrov, Jr. ↗Russian actor · 1971–2002
- Zainab bint Muhammad ↗Eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad · c. AD 599–629
- Valentino Mazzola ↗Italian footballer · 1919–1949
- Ahhotep I ↗Queen consort of Egypt, c. 1560–1530 BCE · c. 1560–1530 BC
- Eric II of Norway ↗Norwegian king · 1268–1299
- Henry I of Navarre ↗King of Navarre · c. 1244–1274
- John Harvard ↗English-American clergyman and philanthropist · 1607–1638
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune ↗Samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period · c. 1159–1189
- Sakuramachi ↗Emperor of Japan · 1720–1750
- Yonatan Netanyahu ↗Military officer and national hero of the State of Israel · 1946–1976
- Ar-Radi ↗20th Abbasid Caliph · c. AD 910–940
- Damdin Sükhbaatar ↗Mongolian military leader · 1893–1923
- Meena Keshwar Kamal ↗Afghan activist · 1956–1987
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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