Died On June 2nd

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Discover the most famous people who died on June 2. The list includes people like Lou Gehrig, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Rex Harrison, Andres Segovia, Karl Brandt. Famous personalities featured on this list, include actors, composers, playwrights and guitarists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & India and many more countries.
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 1 
Lou Gehrig
(One of the Most Durable Players in American Professional Baseball and One of its Great Hitters)
Lou Gehrig
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 19, 1903
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yorkville, New York, United States
Died: 1941
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 2 
Richard Dawson
(Actor, Comedian and Game Show Host)
Richard Dawson
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Birthdate: November 20, 1932
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gosport, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 2012
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 3 
Giuseppe Garibaldi
(Italian General Who Contributed to Italian Unification and the Creation of the Kingdom of Italy)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 4, 1807
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: 1882
 4 
Mel Ferrer
(Actor & Director Known for His Films: 'Scaramouche', 'Lili' and 'Knights of the Round Table')
Mel Ferrer
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Birthdate: August 25, 1917
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Long Branch, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2008
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 5 
Bo Diddley
(Guitarist, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Composer)
Bo Diddley
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 30, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: McComb
Died: 2008
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 6 
Rex Harrison
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Birthdate: March 5, 1908
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside, England
Died: 1990
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 7 
Bruce McLaren
(New Zealand Formula One Driver, Engineer & Inventor)
Bruce McLaren
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 30, 1937
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Died: 1970
 8 
Ray Combs
(Actor, Television actor)
Ray Combs
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Birthdate: April 3, 1956
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hamilton
Died: 1996
 9 
Wes Unseld
(Basketball Player)
Wes Unseld
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 14, 1946
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 10 
Jim Hutton
(Actor)
Jim Hutton
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Birthdate: May 31, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Binghamton, New York, USA
Died: 1979
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 11 
Imogene Coca
(Actress)
Imogene Coca
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Birthdate: November 18, 1908
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2001
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 12 
Dick Cusack
(American Actor, Filmmaker and Documentarist)
Dick Cusack
2
Birthdate: August 29, 1925
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 2003
 13 
Leo Gorcey
(Actor)
Leo Gorcey
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Birthdate: June 3, 1917
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1969
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 14 
Andres Segovia
(Spanish Guitarist Known for His Expressive Performances, Broad Tonal Palette, and Distinct Musical Personality)
Andres Segovia
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 21, 1893
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Linares, Spain
Died: 1987
 15 
Freddie Blassie
(Wrestler)
Freddie Blassie
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 8, 1918
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: 2003
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 16 
George S. Kaufman
(Theatre director, Screenwriter, Journalist, Playwright, Bridge player, Writer)
George S. Kaufman
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 16, 1889
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pittsburgh
Died: 1961
 17 
Kathryn Joosten
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Birthdate: December 20, 1939
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2012
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 18 
Karl Brandt
(Physician of German Dictator Adolf Hitler)
Karl Brandt
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: January 8, 1904
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mulhouse, France
Died: 1948
 19 
Amos Tversky
(Psychologist, Economist, University teacher)
Amos Tversky
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Birthdate: March 16, 1937
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Haifa
Died: 1996
 20 
Nile Kinnick
(American football player)
Nile Kinnick
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 9, 1918
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Adel, Iowa, United States
Died: 1943
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 21 
Helen Carter
(Singer-Songwriter)
Helen Carter
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: September 12, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Died: 1998
 22 
Raj Kapoor
(Actor Known for His Films, ‘Awaara’, ‘Boot Polish’ and Referred as 'The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema')
Raj Kapoor
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Birthdate: December 14, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Died: 1988
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 23 
Catherine of Lancaster
(Queen Consort of Castile and León)
Catherine of Lancaster
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Birthdate: March 13, 1373
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
Died: 1418
 24 
Albertina Sisulu
(Political activist)
Albertina Sisulu
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: October 21, 1918
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tsomo, South Africa
Died: 2011
 25 
David Eddings
(Novelist)
David Eddings
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 7, 1931
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Spokane
Died: 2009
 26 
Rino Gaetano
(Singer-songwriter)
Rino Gaetano
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 29, 1950
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Crotone, Italy
Died: 1981
 27 
Radivoj Korac
(Basketball player)
Radivoj Korac
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 5, 1938
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sombor, Serbia
Died: 1969
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 28 
Paul D. Boyer
(Biochemist)
Paul D. Boyer
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 31, 1918
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Provo, Utah, United States
Died: 2018
 29 
Giuseppe Ungaretti
(Italian Modernist Poet, Academic & Author)
Giuseppe Ungaretti
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 8, 1888
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Died: 1970
 30 
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
(Politician)
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 7, 1811
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Krauchenwies, Germany
Died: 1885
 31 
Jean Hersholt
(Danish-American Actor)
Jean Hersholt
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Birthdate: July 12, 1886
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1956
 32 
Bunny Berigan
(Trumpeter)
Bunny Berigan
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 2, 1908
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hilbert, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1942
 33 
Peter Sallis
(English Actor)
Peter Sallis
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Birthdate: February 1, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Died: 2017
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 34 
Tom Kibble
(British Physicist Best Known as One of the First to Describe the 'Higgs Mechanism')
Tom Kibble
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 23, 1932
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chennai, India
Died: 2016
 35 
Dorothy Stickney
(Actress)
Dorothy Stickney
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Birthdate: June 21, 1896
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dickinson, North Dakota, United States
Died: 1998
 36 
Jack Cornwell
Jack Cornwell
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 8, 1900
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Leyton
Died: 1916
 37 
Georges Doriot
(Educator, Venture capitalist)
Georges Doriot
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 24, 1899
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1987
 38 
R. Norris Williams
(Tennis player)
R. Norris Williams
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 29, 1891
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: 1968
 39 
Doc Cheatham
(Jazz Trumpeter)
Doc Cheatham
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: June 13, 1905
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: 1997
 40 
Ivan Bek
(Serbian Football Player)
Ivan Bek
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 29, 1909
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
Died: 1963
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 41 
John Frank Stevens
(American Civil Engineer Who Built the Great Northern Railway in the United States)
John Frank Stevens
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: April 25, 1853
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: West Gardiner, Maine, United States
Died: 1943
 42 
Louis Vierne
(Composer, Organist)
Louis Vierne
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 8, 1870
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Poitiers, France
Died: 1937
 43 
John Alton
(American Cinematographer)
John Alton
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Birthdate: October 5, 1901
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sopron, Hungary
Died: 1996
 44 
Nicolai Ghiaurov
(Opera Singer)
Nicolai Ghiaurov
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: September 13, 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Velingrad, Bulgaria
Died: 2004
 45 
Anthony De Mello
(Authored books related to spirituality, lectures and spiritual conferences)
Anthony De Mello
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 4, 1931
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: India
Died: 1987
 46 
John Hawkshaw
(British Civil Engineer Known for His Work on the Charing Cross and Cannon Street Railways)
John Hawkshaw
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: April 9, 1811
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Leeds, England
Died: 1891
 47 
Norton Simon
(Industrialist)
Norton Simon
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 5, 1907
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died: 1993
 48 
Melita Norwood
(Secretary and Spy)
Melita Norwood
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 25, 1912
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pokesdown, England
Died: 2005
 49 
Nobuyuki Idei
(Former CEO and Chairman of 'Sony Corporation')
Nobuyuki Idei
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: November 22, 1937
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Seijo, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2022
 50 
Paul Demayo
(American Professional Bodybuilder)
Paul Demayo
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 12, 1967
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Malden, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2005
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)