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Deaths on 7 June

2000s

Uriah Rennie

Uriah Rennie

2025

English football referee (1959–2025)

William Anders

William Anders

2024

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)

The Iron Sheik

The Iron Sheik

2023

Iranian-American professional wrestler and actor (1942–2023)

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

2015

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

Pierre Mauroy

Pierre Mauroy

2013

Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984

Richard Ramirez

Richard Ramirez

2013

American serial killer and sex offender (1960–2013)

Phillip Tobias

Phillip Tobias

2012

South African palaeoanthropologist (1925–2012)

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

2006

Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)

Signe Hasso

Signe Hasso

2002

Swedish actress (1915–2002)

Víctor Paz Estenssoro

Víctor Paz Estenssoro

2001

President of Bolivia variously in the 20th century

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Betty Neels

2001

British writer

1900s

Hsuan Hua

Hsuan Hua

1995

Chinese Chan Buddhist monk

Bill France Sr.

Bill France Sr.

1992

American racecar driver and NASCAR founder (1909–1992)

Cahit Zarifoğlu

Cahit Zarifoğlu

1987

Turkish poet and writer (1940–1987)

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Klaudia Taev

1985

Estonian vocal pedagogue

Elizabeth Craig (writer)

Elizabeth Craig (writer)

1980

Scottish writer and home economist (1883–1980)

Philip Guston

Philip Guston

1980

Canadian-American painter and printmaker (1913–1980)

Henry Miller

Henry Miller

1980

American novelist (1891–1980)

Ronald George Wreyford Norrish

Ronald George Wreyford Norrish

1978

British chemist (1897–1978)

E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster

1970

English novelist and writer (1879–1970)

Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea

1968

American actor (1907–1968)

Anatoly Maltsev

Anatoly Maltsev

1967

Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker

1967

American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893–1967)

Jean Arp

Jean Arp

1966

German-French sculptor and poet (1886–1966)

Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday

1965

American actress, singer (1921–1965)

John Willcock

John Willcock

1956

Australian politician

Alan Turing

Alan Turing

1954

English computer scientist (1912–1954)

Kitarō Nishida

Kitarō Nishida

1945

Japanese philosopher

Alan Blumlein

Alan Blumlein

1942

English electronics engineer (1903–1942)

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

1937

American actress (1911–1937)

Mirko and Stjepan Seljan

Mirko and Stjepan Seljan

1936

Croatian explorers

Dragutin Domjanić

Dragutin Domjanić

1933

Croatian poet

John Verran

John Verran

1932

Australian politician (1856–1932)

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Archie Birkin

1927

British motorcycle racer (1905–1927)

Edmund James Flynn

Edmund James Flynn

1927

Premier of Quebec from 1896 to 1897

William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie

William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie

1924

British shipbuilder and businessman (1847–1924)

Patrick Maher (Irish republican)

Patrick Maher (Irish republican)

1921

Irish republican (c.1889–1921)

Edmond Foley

Edmond Foley

1921

Irish IRA member (1895–1921)

Émile Faguet

Émile Faguet

1916

French author and literary critic

Charles Reed Bishop

Charles Reed Bishop

1915

American businessman, politician, and philanthropist (1822–1915)

Maurice Rouvier

Maurice Rouvier

1911

French statesman (1842–1911)

1800s

Pavlos Carrer

Pavlos Carrer

1896

Greek composer

William Tilbury Fox

William Tilbury Fox

1879

English dermatologist

Chief Seattle

Chief Seattle

1866

Suquamish and Duwamish chief (1790–1866)

Antonio Valero de Bernabé

Antonio Valero de Bernabé

1863

Puerto Rican general

Patrick Brontë

Patrick Brontë

1861

Irish clergyman and writer (1777–1861)

David Cox (artist)

David Cox (artist)

1859

English landscape painter (1783–1859)

Charles Baudin

Charles Baudin

1854

French admiral

Norbert Provencher

Norbert Provencher

1853

Canadian clergyman and missionary (1787–1853)

Friedrich Hölderlin

Friedrich Hölderlin

1843

German poet and philosopher (1770–1843)

Frederick William III of Prussia

Frederick William III of Prussia

1840

King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840

Joseph von Fraunhofer

Joseph von Fraunhofer

1826

German physicist (1787–1826)

Luigi Schiavonetti

Luigi Schiavonetti

1810

Italian engraver

Before 1800

Benjamin Tupper

Benjamin Tupper

1792

American soldier and pioneer (1738–1792)

William Warburton

William Warburton

1779

English writer and critic (1698–1779)

Alexander Spotswood

Alexander Spotswood

1740

British army officer and colonial administrator (1676–1740)

Henry Dodwell

Henry Dodwell

1711

Anglo-Irish scholar, theologian and controversial writer

George II Rákóczi

George II Rákóczi

1660

Prince of Transylvania

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

1618

English colonial administrator (1576–1618)

Roderigo Lopes

Roderigo Lopes

1594

Portuguese physician (c.1517–1594)

Casimir IV Jagiellon

Casimir IV Jagiellon

1492

King of Poland (1447–1492) and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1440–1492)

Anne of Bohemia

Anne of Bohemia

1394

Queen of England from 1382 to 1394

Ashikaga Takauji

Ashikaga Takauji

1358

Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1338 to 1358

Al-Nasir Muhammad

Al-Nasir Muhammad

1341

Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 1293 to 1294

William I, Count of Hainaut

William I, Count of Hainaut

1337

Count of Hainaut from 1304 to 1337

Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce

1329

King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329

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Lu Wenji

951

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Qian Hongzun

940

Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders

Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders

929

Countess consort of Flanders

Al-Muntasir

Al-Muntasir

862

11th Abbasid Caliph (r. 861–862)

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Pope Vigilius

555

Head of the Catholic Church from 537 to 555