Died On June 7th
Discover the most famous people who died on June 7. The list includes people like Alan Turing, Richard Ramirez, Jean Harlow, E. M. Forster, Judy Holliday. Famous personalities featured on this list, include soldiers, novelists, actresses and political leaders and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
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Alan Turing(English Mathematician Who is Considered as the Father of Theoretical Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence)
Birthdate: June 23, 1912
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Maida Vale, London, England
Died: 1954
Regarded as the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, Alan Turing was a distinguished mathematician and logician. During WWII, he successfully broke the challenging German Enigma machine codes thereby reducing the duration of war by a couple of years. The scientist, who was convicted for being gay, has been an inspiration for numerous films, plays and novels.
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Christopher Lee(Actor and Singer Known for His Role as ‘Count Dracula’ in ‘Hammer Horror’ Films)
Birthdate: May 27, 1922
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Belgravia, London, United Kingdom
Died: 2015
Christopher Lee was one of the most respected actors of his generation. Such was his impact on the British and American film industries that David Cameron described him as a titan of the golden age of cinema following his death in 2015. Famous for his deep, strong voice, Christopher Lee was also a popular singer who worked with several metal bands.
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Jean Harlow(American Actress Who was the Leading Sex Symbol of the Early 1930s)
Birthdate: March 3, 1911
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Died: 1937
Jean Harlow was an actress and sex symbol. Nicknamed the Platinum Blonde and Blonde Bombshell, Harlow was famous for her femme fatale screen persona. She became one of the biggest Hollywood stars despite being in the industry for not more than nine years. Her life and career inspired several movies, such as Harlow and Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell.
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Dražen Petrović
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: October 22, 1964
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Šibenik, Croatia
Died: 1993
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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E. M. Forster(English Author Known for His Novels: ‘A Room with a View’, ‘Howards End’ and ‘A Passage to India’)
Birthdate: January 1, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Marylebone, London, United Kingdom
Died: 1970
Best known for his iconic novels Howard’s End and A Passage to India, British author E. M. Forster dealt with themes such as class division and gender. Born in England and educated at Cambridge, he had also spent some time as a secretary to Maharaja Tukojirao III of India.
Birthdate: 1786 AD
Birthplace: Suquamish, Washington, United States
Died: 1866
Chief Seattle was a Suquamish and Duwamish chief who was a close friend of David Swinson "Doc" Maynard and is remembered for his amicable relationship with the white settlers. The city of Seattle was named after him. He is widely known for his speech on Native American land rights.
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Dorothy Parker(American Poet, Critic & Satirist Who Was Known for Her Wit, Wisecracks, and Eye for 20th-Century Urban Foibles)
Birthdate: August 22, 1893
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Long Branch, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1967
Poet and author Dorothy Parker rose to fame with her published works in The New Yorker. She later formed the Algonquin Round Table. She also wrote for Hollywood films such as A Star Is Born and earned two Academy Award nominations. However, her association with left-wing politics got her blacklisted.
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Dan Duryea(Known for His Roles in the Films: ‘The Pride of the Yankees’ and ‘None But the Lonely Heart’)
Birthdate: January 23, 1907
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: White Plains, New York, United States
Died: 1968
Dan Duryea was an American actor best remembered for portraying negative roles. However, he was also renowned for his versatility as he played a wide variety of leading roles as well. He also became famous as a TV actor and played important roles in series like China Smith and The New Adventures of China Smith.
Birthdate: December 26, 1891
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yorkville, Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 1980
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Trevor Goddard(Best Known for His Role as ‘Kano’ in the Martial Arts Action Film ‘Mortal Kombat’)
Birthdate: October 14, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Croydon, Surrey, England
Died: 2003
Apart from being an actor, best known for the film Mortal Kombat and the series JAG, Trevor Goddard had also been a talented light heavyweight boxer. He also played cricket and football in his youth. He died of an accidental drug overdose at age 40, in his North Hollywood home.
Birthdate: October 21, 1891
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: St. Johns, Michigan U.S.
Died: 1971
Birthdate: January 3, 1894
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Parsons, Kansas, United States
Died: 1963
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Jim McKay
(American Sportscaster and Sportswriter)
Birthdate: September 24, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2008
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Terry Long
(American football player)
Birthdate: July 21, 1959
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Died: 2005
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Anne of Bohemia
(Queen of England)
Birthdate: May 11, 1366
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
Died: 1394
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Jean Arp
(German-French-Sculptor Best Known for His Biomorphic Sculptures)
Birthdate: September 16, 1886
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: 1966
Jean Arp was born in Strasbourg, to a German father and a French mother. After studying art in Paris and Switzerland, he co-created The Modern Alliance and participated in the Dada and Abstraction-Création movements. An avant-garde painter and sculptor, he also experimented with media such as embroidery.
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Friedrich Hölderlin
(German Poet and Philosopher Best Known for His Novel 'Hyperion')
Birthdate: March 20, 1770
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lauffen am Neckar, Germany
Died: 1843
German lyric poet and dramatist Friedrich Hölderlin was a significant figure of German Romanticism. Initially pushed to join a Christian ministry by his mother, he later ditched the idea and was inspired by Greek mythology. He later suffered from schizophrenia and spent 36 years in a tower, later named the Hölderlinturm.
Birthdate: March 17, 1777
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Died: 1861
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Josephine of Leuchtenberg
(Queen)
Birthdate: March 14, 1807
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: 1876
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Ken Riley
(American football player)
Birthdate: August 6, 1947
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bartow, Florida, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Philip Guston
(Painter and Printmaker Whose Work Bridged the Gap Between Abstract Expressionism and Neo-Expressionism)
Birthdate: June 27, 1913
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Died: 1980
Birthdate: December 23, 1916
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: 2008
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Charles Templeton
(Canadian Evangelist and Journalist)
Birthdate: October 7, 1915
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: 2001
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William Williams Keen
(American Physician and the First Brain Surgeon in the United States)
Birthdate: January 19, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1932
William Williams Keen pioneered brain surgery in the U.S. Working on neurological injuries as an army surgeon, he discovered many previously unknown neurological ailments. He was also part of a secret operation on a yacht to remove a tumor from the upper jaw of U.S. president Grover Cleveland.
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Joseph von Fraunhofer
(Physicist, Astronomer, Chemist)
Birthdate: March 6, 1787
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Straubing
Died: 1826
Joseph von Fraunhofer was a Bavarian optical lens manufacturer and physicist. He is credited with developing diffraction grating and inventing the spectroscope. He is also credited with discovering the Fraunhofer lines, the dark absorption lines produced in the spectrum of the sun. The Fraunhofer Society, Europe's biggest Society for the Advancement of Applied Research, is named in his honor.
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Franz Xaver Gruber
(Organist)
Birthdate: November 25, 1787
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hochburg-Ach, Austria
Died: 1863
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Tudor Vladimirescu
(Romanian Hero and Revolutionary Leader Who Led the 1821 Wallachian Uprising)
Birthdate: 1780 AD
Birthplace: Vladimiri, Romania
Died: 1821
Romanian revolutionary leader and a national hero, Tudor Vladimirescu led the Wallachian uprising of 1821. Initially part of the Greek Friendly Brotherhood, to overturn the Turkish rule in the Balkans, he later formed his own Wallachian revolt. He was eventually executed on the orders of Greek nationalist politician Alexander Ypsilantis.
Birthdate: September 4, 1905
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1964
Birthdate: August 18, 1904
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: 1996
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Lynika Strozier
(Biologist)
Birthdate: August 28, 1984
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Died: 2020
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Cotton Owens
(American Race Car Driver)
Birthdate: May 21, 1924
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Union, South Carolina, United States
Died: 2012
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Nara Leão
(Singer, Musician)
Birthdate: January 19, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Vitoria, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Died: 1989
Nara Leão was a Brazilian singer specializing in bossa nova and popular music. As a young girl, she was trained under composer Patricio Teixeira and classical guitarist Solon Ayala. After launching her professional career, she often toured with musician Sérgio Mendes. She shifted to political music during the period of military dictatorship in Brazil.
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Bobby Hackett
(Jazz musician, Trumpeter)
Birthdate: January 31, 1915
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died: 1976
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Don the Beachcomber
(Military personnel)
Birthdate: February 22, 1907
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Limestone County, Texas, United States
Died: 1989
Birthdate: August 15, 1915
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 2002
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Victoire of France
(Princess)
Birthdate: May 11, 1733
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Palace of Versailles, France
Died: 1799
Birthdate: October 25, 1955
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: United States
Died: 2003
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Alan Blumlein
(English Electronics Engineer)
Birthdate: June 29, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England
Died: 1942
Best known as the inventor of stereo sound, electronic engineer Alan Blumlein had 128 patents in his kitty. He died at age 38, when the Halifax bomber carrying him and his colleagues crashed during World War II. He was apparently part of a secret radar experiment back then.
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Alexis Bouvard
(French Astronomer Who is Noted for Discovering Eight Comets and Writing Tables Astronomiques of Jupiter and Saturn)
Birthdate: June 27, 1767
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Contamines, France
Died: 1843
Alexis Bouvard was a French astronomer, particularly noted for predicting the existence of an eighth planet in the solar system. Also known for discovering eight comets, he wrote Tables astronomiques of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus; but when his tables for Uranus failed, he correctly hypothesized that an unknown planet, later discovered as Neptune, is causing irregularity in its movement.
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Augustus Washington
(Photographer, Politician)
Birthdate: 1820 AD
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1875
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Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès
(Writer)
Birthdate: November 6, 1784
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: 1838
Birthdate: July 11, 1274
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Turnberry Castle, Scotland
Died: 1329
King of Scots Robert I, better known as Robert the Bruce, is revered as a Scottish national hero. He successfully led his country against England in the First War of Scottish Independence. Legends state he was inspired by a spider’s relentless effort to spin a web, to ultimately defeat England.
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Paul Blobel
(Military leader, Criminal)
Birthdate: August 13, 1894
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: 1951
Birthdate: November 9, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Died: 1978
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Ashikaga Takauji
(samurai, bushi)
Birthdate: August 18, 1305
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ayabe
Died: 1358
Ashikaga Takauji is remembered as the founder of the Ashikaga shogunate. Apart from showcasing his military exploits, Takauji had also excelled in waka, a form of Japanese poetry with 31 syllables, and renga, or linked verse. He also promoted the Zen philosophy and built several temples.
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Louise de La Vallière
(Duchy of La Vallière)
Birthdate: August 6, 1644
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tours, France
Died: 1710
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Vissarion Belinsky
(Literary critic)
Birthdate: June 11, 1811
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
Died: 1848
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Stanley Schachter
(Psychologist)
Birthdate: April 15, 1922
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Flushing, New York, United States
Died: 1997
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Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: February 28, 1923
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Marianowo, Mazovia, Poland
Died: 2014
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka was a Polish American phenomenologist and philosopher. She is credited with founding the World Phenomenology Institute (WPI) where she remained as the president until her death in 2014. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka also contributed immensely to the popular book series Analecta Husserliana, serving as its editor since its inception in 1968.
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Alfred Newton
(Ornithologist)
Birthdate: June 11, 1829
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: 1907