Died On June 1st

Discover the most famous people who died on June 1. The list includes people like Helen Keller, Lizzie Borden, James Buchanan, John Dewey, Reinhold Niebuhr. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, inventors and jazz musicians and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Canada and many more countries.
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 1 
Helen Keller
(American Author and First Deaf-Blind Person to Earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree)
Helen Keller
94
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: June 27, 1880
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States
Died: 1968
 2 
Yves Saint Laurent
(French Fashion Designer and Founder of His Eponymous Fashion Label)
Yves Saint Laurent
11
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 1, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oran, Algeria
Died: 2008
 3 
David Ruffin
(Singer)
David Ruffin
9
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 18, 1941
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Meridian
Died: 1991
 4 
John Dewey
(Philosopher)
John Dewey
14
Birthdate: October 20, 1859
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Burlington, Vermont, United States
Died: 1952
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 5 
James Buchanan
(15th President of the United States)
James Buchanan
16
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 23, 1791
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1868
 6 
Ann B. Davis
(Actress)
Ann B. Davis
4
Birthdate: May 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Schenectady, New York, United States
Died: 2014
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 7 
Tokugawa Ieyasu
(Military Leader)
Tokugawa Ieyasu
20
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 31, 1543
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Okazaki Castle, Mikawa (now Okazaki, Japan)
Died: 1616
 8 
George Mikan
(Basketball Player - Center )
George Mikan
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 18, 1924
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois, United States
Died: 2005
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
 9 
Birendra of Nepal
(King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001)
Birendra of Nepal
20
Birthdate: December 28, 1945
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kathmandu, Nepal
Died: 2001
 10 
Leslie Howard
(English Actor, Director, Producer and One of the Biggest Box-Office Draws and Movie Idols of the 1930s)
Leslie Howard
2
Birthdate: April 3, 1893
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Forest Hill, London, United Kingdom
Died: 1943
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 11 
Hansie Cronje
(South African Cricketer Who was Banned from Cricket for His Role in Match-Fixing Scandal)
Hansie Cronje
10
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 25, 1969
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Died: 2002
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 12 
Tito Puente
(actor, bandleader, conductor, composer, jazz musician, percussionist)
Tito Puente
11
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 20, 1922
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 2000
 13 
Junkyard Dog
(American Professional Wrestler)
Junkyard Dog
14
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 13, 1952
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States
Died: 1998
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 14 
Sean Flynn
(Actor, Photojournalist)
Sean Flynn
0
Birthdate: May 31, 1941
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 1971
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 15 
Curly Lambeau
(American Football Player)
Curly Lambeau
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 9, 1898
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1965
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 16 
Lizzie Borden
(American Woman Tried and Acquitted of the August 4, 1892 Axe Murders of Her Father and Stepmother)
Lizzie Borden
23
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 19, 1860
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1927
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 17 
Didius Julianus
(Roman Emperor for Nine Weeks (193))
Didius Julianus
4
Birthdate: January 29, 0133
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mediolanum
Died: 0193
 18 
Daniel Burnham
(Architect, Urban Designer)
Daniel Burnham
2
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: September 4, 1846
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Henderson
Died: 1912
 19 
Eduard Bloch
(Physician)
Eduard Bloch
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: January 30, 1872
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hluboká nad Vltavou
Died: 1945
 20 
Marjorie Finlay
(American Television Personality and Opera Singer)
Marjorie Finlay
1
Birthdate: October 5, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: 2003
 21 
Reinhold Niebuhr
(American Reformed Theologian, Ethicist and Commentator on Politics and Public Affairs)
Reinhold Niebuhr
8
Birthdate: June 21, 1892
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wright City, Missouri, United States
Died: 1971
 22 
Leah Chase
(Chef)
Leah Chase
1
Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: January 6, 1923
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2019
 23 
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(Sixth President of India)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 19, 1913
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Illur, Anantapur District, Madras Presidency, British India
Died: 1996
 24 
Werner Forssmann
(Military physician, Surgeon, Urologist, Cardiologist)
Werner Forssmann
1
Birthdate: August 29, 1904
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin
Died: 1979
 25 
Nkosi Johnson
(Activist)
Nkosi Johnson
7
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 4, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Daveytown, South Africa
Died: 2001
 26 
William Manchester
(American Author, Biographer and Historian)
William Manchester
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 1, 1922
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2004
 27 
Hristo Botev
(One of the Heroes of the Bulgarian National Revolution and Poet)
Hristo Botev
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 6, 1848
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kalofer, Bulgaria
Died: 1876
 28 
Gaozu of Han
(Political leader)
Gaozu of Han
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 0256 BC
Birthplace: Pei County
Died: 0195
 29 
Sonny Boy Williamson I
(Singer)
Sonny Boy Williamson I
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 30, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Madison County, Tennessee, United States
Died: 1948
 30 
Hank Ketcham
(Cartoonist)
Hank Ketcham
0
Birthdate: March 14, 1920
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: 2001
 31 
Louis-Nicolas Davout
(Military commander)
Louis-Nicolas Davout
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 10, 1770
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Annoux, France
Died: 1823
 32 
Queen Aishwarya of Nepal
(Queen Consort of Nepal from 1972 to 2001)
Queen Aishwarya of Nepal
6
Birthdate: November 7, 1949
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lazimpat Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died: 2001
 33 
Maurice Wilson
(Mountaineer)
Maurice Wilson
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 21, 1898
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bradford
Died: 1934
 34 
James Gordon Bennett, Sr.
(Founder of New York Herald, Publisher)
James Gordon Bennett, Sr.
2
Birthdate: September 1, 1795
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newmill, Scotland
Died: 1872
 35 
Rocío Jurado
(Former Singer and recording artist who was named Best Female Voice of the Twentieth Century for The Voice of the Millennium Prize)
Rocío Jurado
0
Birthdate: September 18, 1946
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chipiona, Spain
Died: 2006
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 36 
Rouzan al-Najjar
(Nurse)
Rouzan al-Najjar
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 13, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Khuza'a, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip
Died: 2018
 37 
R. G. LeTourneau
R. G. LeTourneau
0
Birthdate: November 30, 1888
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Richford
Died: 1969
 38 
Ödön von Horváth
(Writer)
Ödön von Horváth
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 9, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rijeka, Croatia
Died: 1938
 39 
Jelena Genčić
(Legendary Serbian Tennis and Handball Player Who Was Novak Djokovic's First Coach)
Jelena Genčić
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
Died: 2013
 40 
Hugh Walpole
(British Novelist)
Hugh Walpole
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 13, 1884
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Died: 1941
 41 
Arthur Nielsen
(Market-research executive)
Arthur Nielsen
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: September 5, 1897
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Died: 1980
 42 
Kazuo Ohno
(Dancer)
Kazuo Ohno
0
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: October 27, 1906
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Died: 2010
 43 
Geoffrey Toone
(Actor)
Geoffrey Toone
0
Birthdate: November 15, 1910
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 2005
 44 
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
(Prince)
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 10, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: 1983
 45 
Giovanni Giustiniani
(Byzantine Soldier Who Tried to Defend Constantinople against the Turks)
Giovanni Giustiniani
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1418 AD
Birthplace: Genoa, Italy
Died: 1453
 46 
James Gillray
(Political cartoonist)
James Gillray
1
Birthdate: August 13, 1756
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1815
 47 
Thomas Sumter
(General)
Thomas Sumter
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 14, 1734
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hanover County, Virginia, United States
Died: 1832
 48 
Sax Rohmer
(Novelist)
Sax Rohmer
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 15, 1883
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Birmingham, England, UK
Died: 1959
 49 
Eric Partridge
(New Zealand-British Lexicographer Best Known for His a Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English)
Eric Partridge
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 6, 1894
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Waimata Valley, New Zealand
Died: 1979
 50 
David Wilkie
(Painter)
David Wilkie
0
Birthdate: November 18, 1785
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cults, Scotland
Died: 1841