Deaths on 21 June
2000s
Frederick Crews
2024
American essayist and literary critic (1933–2024)
Winnie Ewing
2023
Scottish politician (1929–2023)
Charles Krauthammer
2018
American psychiatrist and journalist (1950–2018)
Pierre Lalonde
2016
Canadian entertainer (1941–2016)
Darryl Hamilton
2015
American baseball player and analyst (1964–2015)
Veijo Meri
2015
Finnish writer
Remo Remotti
2015
Italian actor, playwright, artist, and poet
Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski
2015
East German politician (1932–2015)
Gunther Schuller
2015
American musician (1925–2015)
Yozo Ishikawa
2014
Japanese politician (1925–2014)
Walter Kieber
2014
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1974 to 1978
Wong Ho Leng
2014
Malaysian politician
James P. Gordon
2013
American physicist
Elliott Reid
2013
American actor (1920–2013)
Richard Adler
2012
American lyricist, writer, composer and producer (1921–2012)
Abid Hussain
2012
Indian economist, civil servant and diplomat (1926–2012)
Sunil Janah
2012
Indian-American photojournalist and documentary photographer
Anna Schwartz
2012
American economist (1915–2012)
Robert Kroetsch
2011
Canadian novelist, poet and nonfiction writer (1927 – 2011)
Russell Ash
2010
British writer (1946-2010)
Irwin Barker
2010
Canadian comedian
İlhan Selçuk
2010
Turkish journalist, lawyer
Scott Kalitta
2008
American drag racer
Bob Evans (restaurateur)
2007
American restaurateur
Jared C. Monti
2006
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1975–2006)
Jaime Sin
2005
Filipino Catholic prelate (1928–2005)
Leonel Brizola
2004
Brazilian politician (1922–2004)
Ruth Leach Amonette
2004
American businesswoman, author, and educator (1916–2004)
Roger Neilson
2003
Canadian ice hockey coach (1934–2003)
Leon Uris
2003
American author (1924–2003)
Timothy Findley
2002
Canadian novelist and playwright
John Lee Hooker
2001
American blues musician (1912 or 1917–2001)
Soad Hosny
2001
Egyptian actress (1943–2001)
Carroll O'Connor
2001
American actor (1924–2001)
Alan Hovhaness
2000
American composer (1911–2000)
1900s
Kami (musician)
1999
Musical artist
Harry Cranbrook Allen
1998
British historian
Anastasio Ballestrero
1998
Italian cardinal
Al Campanis
1998
American baseball player and executive (1916–1998)
Shintaro Katsu
1997
Japanese actor (1931–1997)
Fidel Velázquez Sánchez
1997
Mexican politician
William Wilson Morgan
1994
American astronomer
Ben Alexander (rugby league)
1992
Australian rugby league footballer (1971–1992)
Arthur Gorrie
1992
Australian hobbyist (1922–1992)
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
1992
Bangladeshi poet (1956–1991)
Li Xiannian
1992
President of China from 1983 to 1988
Cedric Belfrage
1990
English writer and activist (1904–1990)
June Christy
1990
American singer (1925–1990)
Bobby Dodd
1988
American football coach, player, and athletic director (1908–1988)
Madman Muntz
1987
American businessman and engineer (1914–1987)
Assi Rahbani
1986
Lebanese composer, musician, and producer (1923–1986)
Ettore Boiardi
1985
Italian-American chef (1897–1985)
Tage Erlander
1985
Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969
Don Figlozzi
1981
American cartoonist
Bert Kaempfert
1980
German composer (1923–1980)
Margaret Herrick
1976
American librarian (1902–1976)
Sukarno
1970
President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967
Piers Courage
1970
British racing driver (1942–1970)
Maureen Connolly
1969
American tennis player (1934–1969)
Constance Georgina Adams
1968
South African collector and housewife
Theodore Sizer (art historian)
1967
American art historian (1892–1967)
James Chaney
1964
American civil rights activist and murder victim (1943–1964)
Andrew Goodman (activist)
1964
American civil rights activist and murder victim (1943–1964)
Michael Schwerner
1964
American activist and murder victim (1939–1964)
Claude Farrère
1957
French Navy officer and writer
Johannes Stark
1957
German physicist (1874–1957)
Gideon Sundback
1954
Swedish-American inventor (1880-1954)
Wop May
1952
Canadian flying ace (1896–1952)
Charles Dillon Perrine
1951
American astronomer (1867–1951)
Gustave Sandras
1951
French gymnast
Ville Kiviniemi
1951
Finnish politician (1877–1951)
Smedley Butler
1940
United States Marine Corps officer, author, and lecturer (1881–1940)
Édouard Vuillard
1940
French painter (1868–1940)
Thorne Smith
1934
American writer (1892–1934)
Leonard Hobhouse
1929
Early twentieth-century political theorist, rational atheist, and social liberal
Bertha von Suttner
1914
Austrian novelist and pacifist (1843–1914)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1908
Russian composer (1844–1908)
1800s
Leland Stanford
1893
Governor of California from 1862 to 1863
Theophilus Holmes
1880
Confederate States Army Lt General
Antonio López de Santa Anna
1876
President of Mexico many times, 1833 to 1855
Anders Jonas Ångström
1874
Swedish physicist (1814–1874)
Frances Adeline Seward
1865
First Lady of New York
Étienne Aignan
1824
French translator, political writer, librettist and playwright (1773–1824)
Before 1800
Richard Gridley
1796
British and Continental Army officer (1710–1796)
Nachman of Horodenka
1765
Hasidic rabbi (approximately 1680-1765)
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
1738
British Whig statesman (1674–1738)
Mathieu Marais
1737
French jurist and lawyer
Andrea Sacchi
1661
Italian painter
Inigo Jones
1652
English architect (1573–1652)
John Smith (explorer)
1631
English soldier, explorer and writer (1580–1631)
Salomon Schweigger
1622
German theologian and orientalist (1551–1622)
Louis III, Cardinal of Guise
1621
Catholic cardinal (1575–1621)
Kryštof Harant
1621
Czech nobleman, traveler, humanist, soldier, writer and composer
Jean Liebault
1596
French doctor and agronomist
Aloysius Gonzaga
1591
Italian Jesuit seminarian and saint (1568–1591)
Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland
1585
English nobleman and conspirator
Oda Nobunaga
1582
Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)
Piero Strozzi
1558
Italian military leader
Sebastiano del Piombo
1547
Italian painter (c. 1485 – 1547)
John Skelton (poet)
1529
English poet and tutor (1463-1529)
Niccolò Machiavelli
1527
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
Jean II Le Maingre
1421
French knight, marshal and crusader (1366–1421)
Edward III
1377
King of England from 1327 to 1377
Erik Magnusson, King of Sweden
1359
King of Sweden from 1356 to 1359
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
1305
King of Bohemia from 1278 to 1305
Philip of Swabia
1208
King of Germany from 1198 to 1208
Walter de Luci
1171
12th-century Anglo-Norman Abbot of Battle Abbey
Fulk III, Count of Anjou
1040
11th-century Frankish nobleman
Zhang Li (Liao dynasty)
947
Al-Muhtadi
870
14th Abbasid Caliph (r. 869–870)
Ali al-Hadi
868
Tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
Rodulf (archbishop of Bourges)
866
Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei
532
Emperor of Northern Wei