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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[628]] – [[Liang Shidu]], Chinese rebel leader<ref>{{cite book |last1=Graff |first1=David |title=Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900 |date=2 September 2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-55353-2 |page=178 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gpmBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA178 |language=en}}</ref> * [[734]] – [[Simeon of the Olives]], Syriac bishop of [[Harran]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tannous |first1=Jack |editor1-last=Kreiner |editor1-first=J. |editor2-last=Reimitz |editor2-first=H. |title=Motions of Late Antiquity: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Society in Honour of Peter Brown |date=2016 |publisher=Turnhout: Brepols |pages=315–316 |chapter=The Life of Simeon of the Olives: A Christian Puzzle from Islamic Syria}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barsoum |first1=Aphrem |author1-link=Ignatius Aphrem I |editor1-last=Moose |editor1-first=Matti |title=The Collected Historical Essays of Aphram I Barsoum |date=2009 |publisher=Gorgias Press |isbn=978-1-60724-535-3|page=33 |chapter=Bishops of the City of Harran}}</ref> * [[800]] – [[Staurakios (eunuch)|Staurakios]], Byzantine general<ref>{{cite web |title=Staurakios |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20120104130352165 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=26 October 2020 |language=en }}</ref> *[[1052]] – Prince [[Guaimar IV of Salerno]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rogers |first1=Clifford J. |last2=DeVries |first2=Kelly |last3=France |first3=John |title=Journal of Medieval Military History |date=19 September 2013 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |isbn=978-1-84383-860-9 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqgTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1397]] – [[William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury]], English commander (born 1328) *[[1411]] – [[Leopold IV, Duke of Austria]] (born 1371) *[[1453]] – [[Loukas Notaras]], last [[megas doux]] of the Byzantine Empire *[[1511]] – [[Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah]], Islamic scholar, author of the [[Oran fatwa]]<ref>{{cite journal|author-link1=Devin J. Stewart|last1=Stewart|first1=Devin|journal=Al-Qanṭara|volume=27|issue=2|year=2007|page=279|issn=1988-2955|doi=10.3989/alqantara.2006.v27.i2.2|title=The Identity of "the Muftī of Oran", Abū l-'Abbās Aḥmad b. Abī Jum'ah al-Maghrāwī al-Wahrānī|doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1548]] – [[Juan de Zumárraga]], Spanish-Mexican archbishop (born 1468) *[[1553]] – [[Wolf Huber]], Austrian painter, printmaker and architect (born 1485) *[[1594]] – [[John Aylmer (bishop)|John Aylmer]], English bishop and scholar (born 1521) ===1601–1900=== *[[1615]] – [[Sanada Yukimura]], Japanese samurai (born 1567) *[[1640]] – [[Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk]], English politician, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (born 1584) *[[1649]] – [[Manuel de Faria e Sousa]], Portuguese historian and poet (born 1590) *[[1657]] – [[William Harvey]], English physician and academic (born 1578)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - William Harvey |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/harvey_william.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1659]] – [[Morgan Llwyd]], Welsh minister and poet (born 1619) *[[1780]] – [[Thomas Hutchinson (governor)|Thomas Hutchinson]], American businessman and politician, [[Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay]] (born 1711) *[[1826]] – [[Nikolay Karamzin]], Russian historian and poet (born 1766) *[[1858]] – [[Julius Reubke]], German pianist and composer (born 1834) *[[1861]] – [[Stephen A. Douglas]], American lawyer and politician, 7th [[Secretary of State of Illinois]] (born 1813) *[[1865]] – [[Okada Izō]], Japanese samurai (born 1838) *[[1875]] – [[Georges Bizet]], French pianist and composer (born 1838) *[[1877]] – [[Ludwig Ritter von Köchel]], Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (born 1800) *[[1882]] – [[Christian Wilberg]], German painter and illustrator (born 1839) *[[1894]] – [[Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal]], German lawyer and jurist (born 1812) *[[1899]] – [[Johann Strauss II]], Austrian composer and educator (born 1825) *[[1900]] – [[Mary Kingsley]], English explorer and author (born 1862) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Vital-Justin Grandin]], French-Canadian bishop and missionary (born 1829) *[[1906]] – [[John Maxwell (golfer)|John Maxwell]], American golfer (born 1871) *[[1921]] – [[Coenraad Hiebendaal]], Dutch rower and physician (born 1879) *[[1924]] – [[Franz Kafka]], Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (born 1883)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Franz Kafka, Party Animal |first1=Becca |last1=Rothfeld |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/16/the-diaries-of-franz-kafka-party-animal |date=9 January 2023 |access-date=13 January 2023 |volume=98 |issue=45 |issn=0028-792X |pages=66–67 |magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Li Yuanhong]], Chinese general and politician, 2nd [[President of the Republic of China]] (born 1864) *[[1933]] – [[William Muldoon]], American wrestler (born 1852) *[[1938]] – [[John Flanagan (hammer thrower)|John Flanagan]], Irish-American hammer thrower and [[tug of war]] competitor (born 1873) *[[1946]] – [[Mikhail Kalinin]], Russian civil servant and politician (born 1875) *[[1963]] – [[Edmond Decottignies]], French weightlifter (born 1893) * 1963 – [[Pope John XXIII]] (born 1881) * 1963 – [[Nâzım Hikmet]], Turkish poet, author, and playwright (born 1902)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kismet Bell |first1=İpek |title=Hikmet, Nâzım (1902–1963) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM998-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> * 1963 – [[Samuel Rocke]], Australian politician who served as an [[Independent politician|independent]] member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Western Australia]] (born 1874)<ref>[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/FCB25216403E3420482577E50028A7A2?OpenDocument Samuel Matthew Rocke] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2023.</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Kâzım Orbay]], Turkish general and politician, 9th [[List of Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey|Turkish Speaker of the Parliament]] (born 1887) * 1964 – [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää]], Finnish author and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1888) *[[1969]] – [[George Edwin Cooke]], American soccer player (born 1883) *[[1970]] – [[Hjalmar Schacht]], Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (born 1877) *[[1971]] – [[Heinz Hopf]], German-Swiss mathematician and academic (born 1894) *[[1973]] – [[Jean Batmale]], French footballer and manager (born 1895) * 1974 – [[Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)|Michael Gaughan]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] died on hunger strike (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/hunger-strike-roll-of-honour/|title=Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers|date=6 May 2014}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Ozzie Nelson]], American actor and bandleader (born 1906) * 1975 – [[Eisaku Satō]], Japanese and politician, [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (born 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1974 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1974/sato/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Archibald Hill]], English physiologist and politician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1886) * 1977 – [[Roberto Rossellini]], Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906) *[[1981]] – [[Carleton S. Coon]], American anthropologist and academic (born 1904) *[[1986]] – [[Anna Neagle]], English actress and singer (born 1904) *[[1987]] – [[Will Sampson]], American actor and painter (born 1933) *[[1989]] – [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st [[Supreme Leader of Iran]] (born 1900) *[[1990]] – [[Robert Noyce]], American physicist and businessman, co-founded the [[Intel Corporation]] (born 1927) *[[1991]] – [[Brian Bevan]], Australian rugby league player (born 1924) * 1991 – [[Katia Krafft]], French volcanologist and geologist (born 1942) * 1991 – [[Maurice Krafft]], French volcanologist and geologist (born 1946) * 1991 – [[Lê Văn Thiêm]], Vietnamese mathematician and academic (born 1918) *[[1992]] – [[Robert Morley]], English actor and screenwriter (born 1908) *[[1993]] – [[Yeoh Ghim Seng]], Singaporean politician, acting [[President of Singapore]] (born 1918) *[[1994]] – [[Puig Aubert]], German-French rugby player and coach (born 1925) *[[1997]] – [[Dennis James]], American actor and game show host (born 1917) *[[2001]] – [[Anthony Quinn]], Mexican-American actor and producer (born 1915) *[[2002]] – [[Lew Wasserman]], American talent agent and manager (born 1913) *[[2003]] – [[Felix de Weldon]], Austrian-American sculptor, designed the [[Marine Corps War Memorial]] (born 1907) *[[2005]] – [[Harold Cardinal]], Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1945) *[[2006]] – [[Clinton Jones (priest)|Clinton Jones]], American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (born 1916)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clinton Jones |url=https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/clinton-jones |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=LGBTQ Religious Archives Network}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[David Carradine]], American actor (born 1936) * 2009 – [[Koko Taylor]], American singer (born 1928) *[[2010]] – [[Rue McClanahan]], American actress (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rue McClanahan, 76, Actress and Golden Girl, Dies|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=June 3, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 18, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[James Arness]], American actor and producer (born 1923)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/arts/television/james-arness-marshal-on-gunsmoke-dies-at-88.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries|title=James Arness, Marshal on 'Gunsmoke,' Dies at 88|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 3, 2011|first=Robert D.|last=McFadden|author-link=Robert D. McFadden}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Andrew Gold]], American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger (born 1951)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/arts/music/andrew-gold-singer-and-songwriter-dies-at-59.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/arts/music/andrew-gold-singer-and-songwriter-dies-at-59.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Andrew Gold, Singer and songwriter, Dies at 59 |first=Paul |last=Vitello |date=June 7, 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Bhajan Lal Bishnoi|Bhajan Lal]], Indian politician, 6th [[Chief Minister of Haryana]] (born 1930) * 2011 – [[Jack Kevorkian]], American pathologist, author, and activist (born 1928)<ref>{{cite news| title=Dr. Jack Kevorkian dead at 83| date=June 3, 2011|url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/03/report-dr-jack-kevorkian-dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605111423/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/03/report-dr-jack-kevorkian-dead/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2011| publisher=CNN}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Jan van Roessel]], Dutch footballer (born 1925) *[[2012]] – [[Carol Ann Abrams]], American producer, author, and academic (born 1942) * 2012 – [[Roy Salvadori]], English racing driver and manager (born 1922)<ref>Tremayne, D. (2012). 'Roy Salvadori: Racing driver who triumphed at Le Mans'. ''Independent''. Sunday 10 June 2012. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/roy-salvadori-racing-driver-who-triumphed-at-le-mans-7834572.html]</ref> * 2012 – [[Brian Talboys]], New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th [[Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (born 1921)<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10810672 |title=Former Deputy PM Sir Brian Talboys Dies |newspaper=New Zealand Herald |date= 4 June 2012|access-date=4 June 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Atul Chitnis]], German-Indian technologist and journalist (born 1962) * 2013 – [[Józef Czyrek]], Polish economist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)|Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1928) * 2013 – [[Frank Lautenberg]], American soldier and politician (born 1924) *[[2014]] – [[Svyatoslav Belza]], Russian journalist, author, and critic (born 1942) * 2014 – [[Gopinath Munde]], Indian politician, 3rd [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (born 1949) *[[2015]] – [[Avi Beker]], Israeli political scientist and academic (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/327927#.VXA5adLtlHw|title=For WJC Secretary-General Dr. Avi Beker Passes Away|website=Israeli National News|date=June 4, 2015|access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Muhammad Ali]], American boxer (born 1942)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/muhammad-ali-dies-greatest-boxer-dead-74/story?id=18391211 |title=Muhammad Ali Dies: 'The Greatest' Boxer Dead at 74 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=June 4, 2016 |access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[F. Lee Bailey]], American attorney (born 1933)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/03/metro/f-lee-bailey-brilliant-brash-lawyer-high-profile-trials-dies/|title = F. Lee Bailey, brilliant, brash lawyer in high-profile trials, dies|last = Kahn|first = Joseph|work = [[The Boston Globe]]|date = June 3, 2021|accessdate = June 3, 2021}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Brigitte Bierlein]], former Austrian chancellor (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |title= Ex-Bundeskanzlerin Brigitte Bierlein gestorben |url= https://orf.at/stories/3359553/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |date=2024-06-03 |website=[[ORF.at]] |language=de}}</ref> * 2024 – [[William Russell (English actor)|William Russell]], English actor (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coveney |first1=Michael |title=William Russell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jun/04/william-russell-obituary |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604203351/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jun/04/william-russell-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref>
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