June 1 - Deaths

Deaths

• 195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256)
• 193 – Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133)
• 1432 – Dan II of Wallachia
• 1434 – Jogaila of Poland (b. 1362)
• 1571 – John Story, English martyr (b. 1504)
• 1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
• 1625 – Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
• 1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
• 1660 – Mary Dyer, English quaker (b. 1611)
• 1710 – David Mitchell, English admiral (b. 1642)
• 1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
• 1769 – Edward Holyoke, American clergyman, 9th President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
• 1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
• 1815 – Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1753)
• 1823 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
• 1826 – Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740)
• 1830 – Swaminarayan, Indian Hindu figure (b. 1781)
• 1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785)
• 1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
• 1861 – John Quincy Marr, American soldier (b. 1825)
• 1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
• 1868 – James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
• 1879 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial French son of Napoleon III of France (b. 1856)
• 1927 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
• 1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
• 1934 – Alfred Rawlinson, British soldier and polo player (b. 1867)
• 1935 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1857)
• 1938 – Ödön von Horváth, Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist (b. 1901)
• 1941 – Hans Berger, German scientist (b. 1873)
• 1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893)
• 1943 – Wilfrid B. Israel, German activist (b. 1899)
• 1946 – Ion Antonescu, Romanian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
• 1947 – Anna Hoffman-Uddgren, Swedish director and actor (b. 1868)
• 1948 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1914)
• 1948 – Alex Gard, Russian cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1952 – John Dewey, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1859)
• 1953 – Emanuel Vidović, Croatian artist (b. 1870)
• 1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
• 1955 – Kathleen, Duchess of Newcastle (b. 1872)
• 1959 – Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Paula Hitler, Austrian-German sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 1965 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
• 1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American bandleader and musician (b. 1873)
• 1968 – Helen Keller, American author, activist, and lecturer (b. 1880)
• 1968 – André Laurendeau, Canadian writer, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
• 1969 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (b. 1904)
• 1971 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
• 1973 – Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1979 – Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1904)
• 1980 – Rube Marquard, American baseball player (b. 1886)
• 1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded the ACNielsen company (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Carl Vinson, American politician (b. 1883)
• 1983 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Richard Greene, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (b. 1958)
• 1987 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian designer and engineer (b. 1917)
• 1991 – David Ruffin, American singer and drummer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
• 1994 – Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
• 1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer and inventor, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Aishwarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
• 2001 – Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
• 2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
• 2004 – William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
• 2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Arn Shein, American writer (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Tony Thompson, American singer (Hi-Five) (b. 1975)
• 2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
• 2009 – Thomas Berry, American theologian (b. 1914)
• 2009 – Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (b.1917)
• 2010 – William H. Ginn Jr., American Air Force officer (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian activist (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist, composer, and poet (Griot Galaxy) (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish politician (b. 1918)