Deaths on 1 June
2000s
Jonathan Joss
2025
American actor and musician (1965–2025)
Tin Oo
2024
Burmese general and politician (1927–2024)
Ani Yudhoyono
2019
First Lady of Indonesia
Charles Kennedy
2015
British politician (1959–2015)
Joan Kirner
2015
Premier of Victoria from 1990 to 1992
Nicholas Liverpool
2015
President of Dominica
Jacques Parizeau
2015
Premier of Quebec from 1994 to 1996
Jean Ritchie
2015
American folk singer, songwriter and musician (1922–2015)
Ann B. Davis
2014
American actress (1926–2014)
Valentin Mankin
2014
Soviet sailor
Timofei Moșneaga
2014
Moldovan physician and politician (1932–2014)
James Kelleher
2013
Canadian politician
Faruq Z. Bey
2012
Musical artist
Pádraig Faulkner
2012
Irish politician (1918–2012)
Milan Gaľa
2012
Slovak politician
Haleh Sahabi
2011
Iranian humanitarian activist (1958–2011)
Kazuo Ohno
2010
Japanese dancer (1906–2010)
Andrei Voznesensky
2010
Soviet and Russian poet
Vincent O'Brien
2009
Irish racehorse trainer (1917–2009)
Tommy Lapid
2008
Israeli journalist and politician (1931–2008)
Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
2008
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
Tony Thompson (singer)
2007
American singer-songwriter (1975–2007)
Hilda Crosby Standish
2005
George Mikan
2005
American basketball player (1924–2005)
William Manchester
2004
American author, journalist and historian (1922–2004)
Hansie Cronje
2002
South African cricketer (1969–2002)
Hank Ketcham
2001
American cartoonist (1920–2001)
Queen Aishwarya of Nepal
2001
Queen of Nepal from 1972 to 2001
Birendra of Nepal
2001
King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001
Prince Dhirendra of Nepal
2001
Prince of Nepal
Prince Nirajan of Nepal
2001
Prince of Nepal
Princess Shruti of Nepal
2001
Nepalese princess (1976–2001)
Tito Puente
2000
American Latin jazz and mambo musician (1923–2000)
1900s
Christopher Cockerell
1999
English engineer, inventor of the Hovercraft
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
1996
President of India from 1977 to 1982
David Ruffin
1991
American singer (1941–1991)
Aurelio Lampredi
1989
Italian engineer
Herbert Feigl
1988
Austrian-American philosopher
Rashid Karami
1987
Lebanese politician
Jo Gartner
1986
Austrian racing driver (1954–1986)
Richard Greene
1985
English film and TV actor (1918–1985)
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
1983
Regent of Belgium from 1944 to 1950
Anna Seghers
1983
German writer (1900–1983)
Carl Vinson
1981
American politician (1883–1981)
Arthur Nielsen
1980
American market researcher (1897–1980)
Werner Forssmann
1979
German physician, Nobel prize winner (1904–1979)
Reinhold Niebuhr
1971
American Reformed theologian (1892–1971)
Ivar Ballangrud
1969
Norwegian speed skater
Helen Keller
1968
American author and activist (1880–1968)
André Laurendeau
1968
Canadian politician
Papa Jack Laine
1966
American musician and pioneering band leader (1873-1966)
Curly Lambeau
1965
American football player, coach, and executive (1898–1965)
Walter Lee (Australian politician)
1963
Australian politician
Adolf Eichmann
1962
German SS officer and war criminal (1906–1962)
Lester Patrick
1960
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Paula Hitler
1960
Younger sister of Adolf Hitler (1896–1960)
Martin Andersen Nexø
1954
Danish writer (1869–1954)
Emanuel Vidović
1953
Croatian painter (1870–1953)
John Dewey
1952
American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)
Alex Gard
1948
Russian-American cartoonist (1898–1948)
Ion Antonescu
1946
Dictator of Romania from 1940 to 1944
Leslie Howard
1943
English actor and writer (1893–1943)
Wilfrid Israel
1943
Jewish Anglo-German businessman active in the Kindertransport
Hans Berger
1941
German psychiatrist (1873-1941)
Hugh Walpole
1941
English writer (1894–1941)
Ödön von Horváth
1938
Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist (1901–1938)
Arthur Arz von Straußenburg
1935
Austro-Hungarian general
Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet
1934
British intelligence officer and sportsman
Lizzie Borden
1927
American acquitted murder suspect (1860–1927)
J. B. Bury
1927
Anglo-Irish historian and classical scholar (1861–1927)
Thomas R. Marshall
1925
Vice President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
Allen Butler Talcott
1908
American painter
1800s
Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial
1879
Son of Napoleon III (1856–1879)
Hristo Botev
1876
Bulgarian poet and revolutionary
Joseph Howe
1873
Canadian politician (1804–1873)
James Gordon Bennett Sr.
1872
Scottish-born American businessman (1795–1872)
James Buchanan
1868
President of the United States from 1857 to 1861
Hong Xiuquan
1864
Chinese revolutionary (1814–1864)
John Quincy Marr
1861
First Confederate officer killed in the American Civil War (1825–1861)
Pope Gregory XVI
1846
Head of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846
David Wilkie (artist)
1841
Scottish painter (1785–1841)
Oliver Wolcott Jr.
1833
American judge and politician (1760–1833)
Jean Maximilien Lamarque
1832
French army officer and politician (1770–1832)
Swaminarayan
1830
Founder of Swaminarayan Sampradaya (1781–1830)
J. F. Oberlin
1826
Alsatian pastor and philanthropist (1740–1826)
Louis-Nicolas Davout
1823
French Marshal (1770–1823)
Louis-Alexandre Berthier
1815
General and politician of the First French Empire (1753–1815)
Before 1800
Pierre-Joseph Desault
1795
French anatomist and surgeon
Wolraad Woltemade
1773
Cape Dutch dairy farmer; famous for saving lives in a shipwreck in 1773
Edward Holyoke
1769
President of Harvard College
Samuel Werenfels
1740
Swiss theologian
David Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)
1710
Royal Navy officer and courtier (1650–1710)
Cornelis Saftleven
1681
Dutch painter (c. 1607–1681)
Yongli Emperor
1662
Emperor of Southern Ming from 1646 to 1662
Mary Dyer
1660
American Quaker martyr (c. 1611 – 1660)
Melchior Franck
1639
German composer
Honoré d'Urfé
1625
French novelist (1568–1625)
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1616
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1603 to 1605
John Story (martyr)
1571
English politician and Roman Catholic martyr (1504–1571)
Polissena Sforza
1449
Italian noblewoman
Władysław II Jagiełło
1434
Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434); King of Poland (1386–1434)
Kitabatake Chikafusa
1354
14th-century Japanese court noble, author, and historian
Marguerite Porete
1310
French mystic and poet (died 1310)
Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford
1220
Anglo-Norman nobleman
Minamoto no Yukiie
1186
Ermengarde of Anjou (died 1146)
1146
French noblewoman
Thietmar, Count of Merseburg
932
German noble (d. 932)
Theodosius Romanus
896
57th Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
Empress Dowager Xiao (Tang dynasty)
847
Li Tongjie
829
Pyrrhus of Constantinople
654
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 638 to 641 and in 654
Ran Min
352
Emperor of the Chinese state of Ran Wei from 350 to 352
Didius Julianus
193
Roman emperor in 193
Emperor Gaozu of Han
-195
Founder and Emperor of Han Dynasty of China from 202 to 195 BC