Deaths on 16 June
2000s
Kim Woodburn
2025
English television personality and expert cleaner (1942–2025)
Ludwig Adamovich Jr.
2024
Austrian constitutional scholar (1932–2024)
Barbara Gladstone
2024
American art dealer and film producer (1935–2024)
Gino Mäder
2023
Swiss cyclist (1997–2023)
Tyler Sanders
2022
American actor (2004–2022)
Frank Bonner
2021
American actor and director (1942–2021)
Danding Cojuangco
2020
Filipino politician and businessman (1935–2020)
Helmut Kohl
2017
Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998
Jo Cox
2016
British politician (1974–2016)
Charles Correa
2015
Indian architect and urban planner (1930–2015)
Jean Vautrin
2015
French writer, filmmaker and film critic
Tony Gwynn
2014
American baseball player (1960–2014)
Cándido Muatetema Rivas
2014
Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (1960–2014)
Sam Farber
2013
American businessman
Hans Hass
2013
Austrian biologist, film-maker, and underwater diving pioneer
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain
2013
Bangladeshi writer
Norman MacKenzie (journalist)
2013
British writer, journalist and educationalist (1921–2013)
Ottmar Walter
2013
German footballer (1924–2013)
Nils Karlsson
2012
Swedish cross-country skier
Jorge Lankenau
2012
Mexican banker and businessman (1944–2012)
Sławomir Petelicki
2012
Polish general (1946–2012)
Susan Tyrrell
2012
American actress (1945–2012)
Östen Mäkitalo
2011
Swedish electrical engineer (1938–2011)
Marc Bazin
2010
Haitian politician (1932–2010)
Maureen Forrester
2010
Canadian operatic contralto (1930–2010)
Ronald Neame
2010
English filmmaker and cinematographer (1911–2010)
Mario Rigoni Stern
2008
Italian writer
Enrique Laguerre
2005
Puerto Rican writer
Thanom Kittikachorn
2004
Prime Minister of Thailand (1958; 1963–1973)
Jacques Miquelon
2004
Canadian politician (1911–2004)
Pierre Bourgault
2003
Canadian politician (1934–2003)
Georg Henrik von Wright
2003
Finnish philosopher (1916–2003)
1900s
Screaming Lord Sutch
1999
English satirical politician (1940–1999)
Fred Wacker
1998
American racing driver (1918–1998)
Mel Allen
1996
American sports announcer (1913–1996)
Kristen Pfaff
1994
American musician (1967–1994)
Lindsay Hassett
1993
Australian cricketer (1913–1993)
Miguel Piñero
1988
Puerto Rican writer (1946–1988)
Marguerite de Angeli
1987
American novelist (1889–1987)
Maurice Duruflé
1986
French classical composer and organist (1902–1986)
Lew Andreas
1984
American football player, coach, and administrator (1895–1983)
Erni Krusten
1984
Estonian writer (1900–1984)
James Honeyman-Scott
1982
English guitarist and songwriter (1956–1982)
Thomas Playford IV
1981
20th-century Australian politician and fruit grower (1896–1981)
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
1979
Head of State of Ghana from 1972 to 1978
Nicholas Ray
1979
American film director (1911–1979)
Wernher von Braun
1977
German American aerospace engineer (1912–1977)
Amalie Sara Colquhoun
1974
Australian artist
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
1971
British broadcasting executive and politician (1889–1971)
Sydney Chapman (mathematician)
1970
British mathematician and geophysicist
Brian Piccolo
1970
American football player (1943–1970)
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
1969
British field marshal; Governor General of Canada (1891–1969)
Reginald Denny (actor)
1967
English actor (1891–1967)
Marcel Junod
1961
Swiss medical doctor
George Reeves
1959
American actor (1914–1959)
Pál Maléter
1958
20th-century Hungarian military officer and leader of the 1956 revolution
Imre Nagy
1958
Hungarian politician and leader of the 1956 revolution (1896–1958)
Ozias Leduc
1955
Margaret Bondfield
1953
British feminist and trade unionist (1873–1953)
Andrew Lawson
1952
Canadian geologist
Gordon Brewster
1946
Aris Velouchiotis
1945
Greek resistance fighter (1905–1945)
Marc Bloch
1944
French historian (1886–1944)
George Stinney
1944
Black American wrongfully convicted of murder (1929–1944)
DuBose Heyward
1940
American dramatist (1885–1940)
Chick Webb
1939
American jazz and swing drummer and bandleader (1905–1939)
Lucie Lagerbielke
1931
Swedish author and painter (1865–1931)
Ezra Fitch
1930
American lawyer
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
1930
American industrialist (1860–1930)
Bramwell Booth
1929
General of The Salvation Army (1856–1929)
Vernon Louis Parrington
1929
American literary historian (1871-1929)
Chittaranjan Das
1925
Indian politician, poet, author and leader of the Bengali Swaraj Party (1870–1925)
Bazil Assan
1918
Romanian engineer, explorer and economist
Ernst Schröder (mathematician)
1902
German mathematician (1841–1902)
1800s
Alexander Stuart (Australian politician)
1886
Australian politician
Wilhelm Camphausen
1885
German painter (1818–1885)
Josiah Mason
1881
British businessman (1795–1881)
Crawford Long
1878
American physician (1815–1878)
Kikuchi Yōsai
1878
Japanese painter (1788–1878)
Norman Macleod (minister, born 1812)
1872
Scottish clergyman and author (1812–1872)
Charles Sturt
1869
Australian explorer (1795–1869)
Hidenoyama Raigorō
1862
Japanese sumo wrestler
John Snow
1858
English epidemiologist and physician (1813–1858)
William Lawson (explorer)
1850
English born Australian explorer and politician (1774–1850)
Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette
1849
German theologian and biblical scholar
Charles-François Lebrun
1824
French nobleman, lawyer and statesman (1739–1824)
Johann Adam Hiller
1804
German musical artist (1728–1804)
Before 1800
Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
1779
British colonial administrator
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset
1777
French poet and dramatist (1709–1777)
Anne Russell, Duchess of Bedford
1762
English peer (1705-1762)
Joseph Butler
1752
English Anglican bishop (1692–1752)
Louise Françoise, Princess of Condé
1743
Princess of Condé; legitimized daughter of Louis XIV
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
1722
British army officer and statesman (1650–1722)
Tomás Yepes
1674
Spanish painter (1595–1674)
Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet
1666
17th-century English diplomat, politician, poet, and translator
Christian the Younger of Brunswick
1626
German Protestant military leader during the Thirty Years' War
Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline
1622
Scottish judge and politician (1555–1622)
Konrad von Thüngen
1540
Prince-Bishop of Wurzburg
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
1487
English Yorkist nobleman (died 1487)
Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy
1468
Johannes Ambundii
1424
German ecclesiastic
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
1397
Count of Eu (1358–1397)
Johannes Tauler
1361
German theologian (died 1361)
Adam de Brome
1332
Almoner and founder of Oriel College, Oxford
Hugh de Balsham
1286
Bishop of Ely (died 1286)
Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile
1185
Queen of Castile and León from 1152 to 1157
Hugh the Great
956
Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris (c. 898–956)
Li Cunshen
924
Tang general
Rorgon I, Count of Maine
840
French count (died c. 840)