June 6 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1134 – Norbert of Xanten Holy Roman priest, saint, and founder of the Premonstratensian order of Canons Regular (b. 1060)
• 1393 – Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (b. 1359)
• 1480 – Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect (b. 1412)
• 1548 – João de Castro, Portuguese noble and explorer (b. 1500)
• 1563 – Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)
• 1583 – Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)
• 1730 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, French marshal (b. 1646)
• 1740 – Alexander Spotswood, English-American lieutenant and politician, Governor of Virginia (b. 1676)
• 1784 – Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741)
• 1799 – Patrick Henry, American attorney, planter, and politician, Governor of Virginia (b. 1736)
• 1813 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (b. 1739)
• 1832 – Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)
• 1840 – Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and saint, founder of the Marist Brothers (b. 1789)
• 1843 – Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and dramatist (b. 1770)
• 1861 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
• 1862 – Turner Ashby, American confederate commander (b. 1828)
• 1865 – William Quantrill, American confederate general (b. 1837)
• 1878 – Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor, inventor of the stirling engine (b. 1790)
• 1881 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (b. 1820)
• 1891 – John A. Macdonald, Canadian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
• 1916 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese military officer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1922 – Lillian Russell, American actress (b. 1860)
• 1924 – William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish shipbuilder and businessman (b. 1847)
• 1934 – Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (b. 1864)
• 1935 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English army officer, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1941 – Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founder of Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1943 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek communist (b. 1900)
• 1946 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 – James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 – Louis Lumière, French director, writer, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1951 – Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1954 – Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1910)
• 1954 – Alan Turing, English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. (b. 1912)
• 1955 – Max Meldrum, Scottish painter (b. 1875)
• 1961 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875)
• 1961 – Ioannis Theotokis, Greek politician, 146th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1880)
• 1962 – Yves Klein, French artist (b. 1928)
• 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, American politician, 64th United States Attorney General (b. 1925)
• 1968 – Randolph Churchill, English journalist and politician, son of Winston Churchill (b. 1911)
• 1975 – Larry Blyden, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1976 – J. Paul Getty, American industrialist, founded the Getty Oil Company (b. 1892)
• 1976 – Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (b. 1891)
• 1979 – Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1898)
• 1981 – Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (b. 1904)
• 1982 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (b. 1905)
• 1984 – A. Bertram Chandler, Australian author (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
• 1992 – Larry Riley, American actor (b. 1952)
• 1994 – Mark McManus, Scottish actor (b. 1935)
• 1994 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (b. 1912)
• 1995 – Savely Kramarov, Soviet-American actor (b. 1934)
• 1996 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1999 – Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b. 1930)
• 2000 – Frédéric Dard, French writer (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (Ratt) (b. 1959)
• 2003 – Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
• 2003 – Dave Rowberry, English singer-songwriter and pianist (The Animals) (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Dana Elcar, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (b. 1946)
• 2006 – Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican pianist (b. 1952)
• 2006 – Arnold Newman, American photographer (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Jean Dausset, French immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2009 – Mary Howard de Liagre, American actress (b. 1913)
• 2009 – Jim Owens, American football player and coach (b. 1927)
• 2010 – Marvin Isley, American singer-songwriter, bassist, and composer (The Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley) (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Nemanja Nešić, Serbian rower (b. 1988)
• 2012 – Cotton Owens, American race car driver (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Agostinho José Sartori, Brazilian bishop (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Mykola Volosyanko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
• 2012 – Li Wangyang, Chinese activist (b. 1950)