Deaths on 6 July
2000s
Khyree Jackson
2024
American football player (1999–2024)
James Caan
2022
American actor (1940–2022)
Arnaldo Pambianco
2022
Italian cyclist (1935–2022)
Norah Vincent
2022
American writer (1968–2022)
Charlie Daniels
2020
American musician (1936–2020)
Mary Kay Letourneau
2020
American sex offender (1962–2020)
Ennio Morricone
2020
Italian composer and conductor (1928–2020)
Cameron Boyce
2019
American actor (1999–2019)
João Gilberto
2019
Brazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019)
Shoko Asahara
2018
Founder of Aum Shinrikyo (1955–2018)
Jerry Weintraub
2015
American film producer (1937–2015)
Alan J. Dixon
2014
American politician (1927–2014)
Lo Hsing Han
2013
Myanmar businessman and drug trafficker (1935–2013)
Hani al-Hassan
2012
Palestinian politician (1938–2012)
Carly Hibberd
2011
Australian cyclist
Harvey Fuqua
2010
American R&B singer and record producer (1929–2010)
Vasily Aksyonov
2009
Soviet and Russian novelist (1932–2009)
Robert McNamara
2009
American businessman and government official (1916–2009)
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
2007
American novelist
Kasey Rogers
2006
American actress (1925–2006)
Evan Hunter
2005
American author and screenwriter
Claude Simon
2005
French novelist (1913–2005)
Thomas Klestil
2004
President of Austria from 1992 to 2004
Syreeta Wright
2004
American singer-songwriter (1946–2004)
Buddy Ebsen
2003
American actor and dancer (1908–2003)
Çelik Gülersoy
2003
Turkish historical preservationist (1930–2003)
Dhirubhai Ambani
2002
Indian businessman (1932–2002)
John Frankenheimer
2002
American film and television director (1930–2002)
Władysław Szpilman
2000
Polish pianist, composer and Holocaust survivor (1911–2000)
1900s
Joaquín Rodrigo
1999
Spanish composer and pianist (1901–1999)
Roy Rogers
1998
American singer and actor (1911–1998)
Chetan Anand (director)
1997
Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director (1921–1997)
Aziz Nesin
1995
Turkish writer, humorist and author (1915–1995)
Ahmet Haxhiu
1994
Kosovo Albanian political activist
Marsha P. Johnson
1992
American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer (1945–1992)
Mudashiru Lawal
1991
Nigerian footballer (1954–1991)
János Kádár
1989
Leader of Hungary from 1956 to 1988
Elli Stenberg
1987
Finnish politician (1903–1987)
Jagjivan Ram
1986
Indian independence activist and politician (1908–1986)
Van McCoy
1979
American musician, producer and songwriter (1940–1979)
Babe Paley
1978
American editor and socialite (1915–1978)
Ödön Pártos
1977
Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer
Zhu De
1976
Chinese general and politician (1886–1976)
Fritz Lenz
1976
German geneticist and member of the Nazi Party (1887–1976)
Reşad Ekrem Koçu
1975
Turkish writer and historian
Otto Klemperer
1973
Conductor and composer (1885–1973)
Louis Armstrong
1971
American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)
Hilda Taba
1967
Estonian architect and educator (1902–1967)
Sad Sam Jones
1966
American baseball player (1892–1966)
Claude V. Ricketts
1964
United States Navy admiral
George, Duke of Mecklenburg
1963
Duke of Mecklenburg
Paul Boffa
1962
Maltese politician (1890–1962)
William Faulkner
1962
American writer and novelist (1897–1962)
Archduke Joseph August of Austria
1962
Archduke of Austria
Scott LaFaro
1961
American bassist (1936–1961)
Woodall Rodgers
1961
American politician
Aneurin Bevan
1960
Welsh politician (1897–1960)
George Grosz
1959
German artist (1893–1959)
Cornelia Sorabji
1954
Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer (1866–1954)
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
1952
Premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936
Adolfo Müller-Ury
1947
American painter (1862–1947)
Horace Pippin
1946
American painter (1888–1946)
Kenneth Grahame
1932
Scottish writer (1859–1932)
Mary Theresa Ledóchowska
1922
Polish Roman Catholic sister (1863–1922)
Wilhelm von Mirbach
1918
German diplomat (1871–1918)
Odilon Redon
1916
French painter (1840–1916)
Georges Legagneux
1914
French aviator (1882–1914)
August Bielenstein
1907
Baltic-German theologian
Abai Qunanbaiuly
1904
Kazakh poet and composer (1845–1904)
Maria Goretti
1902
Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
1901
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1894 to 1900
1800s
Guy de Maupassant
1893
French writer (1850–1893)
Harada Sanosuke
1868
Japanese samurai
Georg Ohm
1854
German mathematician and physicist (1789–1854)
John Marshall
1835
Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835
Samuel Whitbread (1764–1815)
1815
English politician (1764-1815)
Granville Sharp
1813
English scholar, philanthropist and abolitionist (1735–1813)
Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle
1809
French cavalry general (1775–1809)
Daniel Morgan
1802
American Revolutionary War soldier and politician (c. 1736–1802)
Before 1800
Conrad Beissel
1768
German-American religious leader (1691–1768)
George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe
1758
British Army officer
Peter Gunning
1684
English Royalist church leader, Bishop of Chichester and Bishop of Ely
Man Singh I
1614
Raja of Amber from 1589 to 1614
Thomas Aufield
1585
English Roman Catholic priest and martyr
Edmund Grindal
1583
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1576 to 1583
Edward VI
1553
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553
Thomas More
1535
English politician, author and philosopher (1478–1535)
Ludovico Ariosto
1533
Italian poet (1474–1533)
Antonio Squarcialupi
1480
Italian organist and composer
Regiomontanus
1476
German mathematician and astronomer (1436–1476)
Jan Hus
1415
Czech theologian, philosopher, and martyr (c. 1369–1415)
Alexander II of Scotland
1249
King of Alba from 1214 to 1249
Odo III, Duke of Burgundy
1218
Duke of Burgundy from 1192 to 1218
Henry II of England
1189
King of England from 1154 to 1189
Godelieve
1070
Flemish saint (1052–1070)
Genshin
1017
Japanese Buddhist monk (942–1017)
William I, Duke of Aquitaine
918
Duke of Aquitaine
Wang Chongrong
887
Goar of Aquitaine
649
French priest and hermit (c. 585–649)
Cleombrotus I
-371
Agiad King of Sparta from 380 to 371 BC