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June 1 birthdays

297 notable historical figures were born on June 1, and 219 died on this day. Everyone born on June 1 is a Gemini.

18% of June 1 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (61) than any other country.

Born on June 1

• Morgan Freeman (born 1937. American actor and producer (born 1937))
• Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961 to 2023. Russian oligarch and mercenary leader (1961–2023))
• Marilyn Monroe (1926 to 1962. American actress and model (1926–1962))
• Brandi Carlile (born 1981. American singer-songwriter (born 1981))
• Brigham Young (1801 to 1877. American religious leader (1801–1877))
• R. Madhavan (born 1970. Indian actor (born 1970))
• Carl von Clausewitz (1780 to 1831. Prussian army officer and military theorist (1780–1831))
• René Auberjonois (1940 to 2019. American actor (1940–2019))
• Nikol Pashinyan (born 1975. Prime Minister of Armenia since 2018)
• Kip Thorne (born 1940. American physicist, writer, and Nobel Laureate (born 1940))
• Alanis Morissette (born 1974. Canadian and American musician (born 1974))
• Otto of Greece (1815 to 1867. King of Greece from 1832 to 1862)
• Norman Foster (born 1935. English architect (born 1935))
• Amanullah Khan (1892 to 1960. Leader of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929)
• Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882 to 1960. Grand Duchess of Russia (1882-1960))
• Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661 to 714. Umayyad governor and viceroy (c.661-714))
• Frank Whittle (1907 to 1996. British Royal Air Force engineer and air officer (1907–1996))
• Colleen McCullough (1937 to 2015. Australian author (1937–2015))
• Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796 to 1832. French physicist and engineer (1796–1832))
• Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563 to 1612. English government minister (1563–1612))
• Guy Scott (1944 to 2026. Acting President of Zambia from 2014 to 2015)
• Henry Jackman (born 1974. English film and television music composer, music conductor and music arranger)
• Christopher Lasch (1932 to 1994. American historian (1932–1994))
• John Masefield (1878 to 1967. English poet and writer (1878–1967))
• Jacques Marquette (1637 to 1675. 17th-century French Jesuit missionary and explorer in North America)
• Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings (born 1978. Ghanaian politician (b. 1978))
• Deposed Queen Yun (1455 to 1482. Queen of Joseon from 1476 to 1479)
• Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956. Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and essayist)
• Rafael Viñoly (1944 to 2023. Uruguayan architect (1944–2023))
• Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1905 to 1989. Emirati politician (1905–1989))
• Berengaria (1180 to 1246. Queen of Castile and Toledo in 1217)
• Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895 to 1966. Polish military leader (1895–1966))
• Francis V (1819 to 1875. Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1846 to 1859)
• Ferdinand Charles of Austria-Este (1754 to 1806. Duke of Breisgau)
• Javier Hernánde (born 1988. Mexican footballer (born 1988))
• Joan Copeland (1922 to 2022. American actress (1922–2022))
• Gary L. Harrell (1951 to 2023. United States Army general (1951–2023))
• Paul Landowski (1875 to 1961. French sculptor (1875–1961))
• Heidi Klum (born 1973. German-American model and TV host (born 1973))
• Princess Yolanda of Savoy (1901 to 1986. Eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1901–1986))
• Satyendranath Tagore (1842 to 1923. First Indian ICS officer)
• Sami Frashëri (1850 to 1904. Albanian writer, philosopher, playwright and activist (1850–1904))
• Siggy Flicker (born 1967. Israeli American relationship specialist)
• Hassan Diab (born 1959. Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2020 to 2021)
• Louise Françoise, Princess of Condé (1673 to 1743. Princess of Condé; legitimized daughter of Louis XIV)
• Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1938 to 2024. President of Somaliland from 2010 to 2017)
• Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (1300 to 1338. English prince and nobleman (1300–1338))
• Nambaryn Enkhbayar (born 1958. 3rd President of Mongolia from 2005 to 2009)
• Toyo Ito (born 1941. Japanese architect)
• Charles Davenport (1866 to 1944. American biologist and eugenicist (1866–1944))
• David Hatcher Childress (born 1957. American author)
• Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia (1860 to 1919. Russian grand duke (1860–1919))
• Félix Moloua (born 1957. Prime Minister of the Central African Republic since 2022)
• Dragoljub Ojdanić (1941 to 2020. Serbian general (1941–2020))
• Jules Chéret (1836 to 1932. French painter and lithographer (1836–1932))
• al-Radi (909 to 940. 20th Abbasid Caliph (r. 934–940))
• Mangubhai C. Patel (born 1944. 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh)
• Vasily Polenov (1844 to 1927. Russian artist)
• Kuki Gallmann (born 1943. Italian-born Kenyan author)
• Brandon Taylor (writer) (born 1989. American writer (born 1989))

Died on June 1

• Helen Keller (1880 to 1968. American author and activist (1880–1968))
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 to 1616. Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1603 to 1605)
• James Buchanan (1791 to 1868. President of the United States from 1857 to 1861)
• John Dewey (1859 to 1952. American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952))
• Ion Antonescu (1882 to 1946. Dictator of Romania from 1940 to 1944)
• Didius Julianus (133 to 193. Roman emperor in 193)
• Hong Xiuquan (1814 to 1864. Chinese revolutionary (1814–1864))
• Birendra of Nepal (1945 to 2001. King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001)
• Swaminarayan (1781 to 1830. Founder of Swaminarayan Sampradaya (1781–1830))
• Louis-Napoléon (1856 to 1879. Son of Napoleon III (1856–1879))
• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913 to 1996. President of India from 1977 to 1982)
• Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 to 1971. American Reformed theologian (1892–1971))
• Gregory XVI (1765 to 1846. Head of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846)
• Jogaila (1362 to 1434. Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434); King of Poland (1386–1434))
• Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661 to 714. Umayyad governor and viceroy (c.661-714))
• Daniel Burnham (1846 to 1912. American architect and urban designer (1846– 1912))
• Amedeo (1943 to 2021. Disputed head of the house of Savoy)
• Luis Alejandro Berthier (1753 to 1815. General and politician of the First French Empire (1753–1815))
• Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949 to 2001. Queen of Nepal from 1972 to 2001)
• Norwich, John Julius (1929 to 2018. British historian (1929–2018))
• Yves Saint Laurent (1936 to 2008. French fashion designer (1936–2008))
• Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671 to 1748. Nizam of Hyderabad from 1724 to 1748)
• Carl Vinson (1883 to 1981. American politician (1883–1981))
• Marguerite Porete (1250 to 1310. French mystic and poet (died 1310))
• Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770 to 1832. French army officer and politician (1770–1832))
• Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903 to 1983. Regent of Belgium from 1944 to 1950)
• Anastasius II (emperor) (700 to 719. Byzantine emperor from 713 to 715)
• Princess Shruti of Nepal (1976 to 2001. Nepalese princess (1976–2001))
• Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903 to 1970. Dictator of Argentina from 1955 to 1958)
• Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 to 1970. Italian poet and writer (1888–1970))

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