Editing June (section)

== People ==
[[June (given name)|June]] is a female given name that can be given to a person born in June.<ref>{{cite book|last=Navarro|first=Yvonne|author-link=Yvonne Navarro|year=2015|title=First Name Reverse Dictionary: Given Names Listed by Meaning|edition=2|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=978-1-4766-0996-6|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite dictionary|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/june|title=June|dictionary=[[Dictionary.com]]|publisher=IXL Learning|access-date=26 September 2024|quote=a female given name}}</ref> In [[astrology]], the [[Zodiac sign]]s for people born between 21 May and 21 June is [[Gemini (astrology)|Gemini]] (♊︎); for those born between 22 June and 22 July, their sign is [[Cancer (astrology)|Cancer]] (♋︎).<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=William F.|year=2013|chapter=Astrology|title=Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: From Alien Abductions to Zone Therapy|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|isbn=978-1-135-95522-9|pages=18–19}}</ref> The [[birthstone]]s associated with June in the United States are [[pearl]], [[moonstone (gemstone)|moonstone]] and [[alexandrite]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gia.edu/birthstones|title=Birthstones For Each Month|publisher=[[Gemological Institute of America]]|date=n.d.|access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> The [[birth flowers]] of June are [[rose]] and [[honeysuckle]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Binney|first=Ruth|year=2019|title=Plant Lore and Legend: The Wisdom and Wonder of Plants and Flowers Revealed|publisher=[[Dover Publications]]|isbn=978-0-486-82874-9|page=17}}</ref>

===Births===
[[File:Che Guevara - Guerrillero Heroico by Alberto Korda.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Che Guevara]] was born on 14 June 1928]]
[[File:After Hans Holbein the Younger - Portrait of Henry VIII - Google Art Project.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Henry VIII]] was born on 28 June 1491]]
Noteworthy people born in June include:{{efn|name="people"|Attributed to various sources:<ref>{{cite book|last=Hart|first=Michael|author-link=Michael H. Hart|year=1992|orig-year=1978|title=[[The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History]]|publisher=[[Hart Publishing Company]]|isbn=978-0-8065-1350-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Steven|last1=Skiena|author1-link=Steven Skiena|first2=Charles|last2=Ward|year=2013|title=[[Who's Bigger?: Where Historical Figures Really Rank]]|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-04137-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The 100 Most Influential People of All Time|year=2012|publisher=[[Time Inc.|Time Inc. Books]]|isbn=978-1-60320-997-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Historic-Birthdates-in-June/|last=Johnson|first=Ben|date=n.d.|title=Historic Birthdates in June|publisher=Historic UK|access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref>}}
*[[1 June|1st]] – [[Frank Whittle]], English engineer and [[Royal Air Force]] air officer who invented the [[turbojet]] engine (1907).<ref>{{cite book|first=Ernest Henry|last=Wakefield|year=1998|title=History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid Electric Vehicles|publisher=[[SAE International]]|isbn=978-0-7680-3749-4|page=152}}</ref>
*[[8 June|8th]] – [[Tim Berners-Lee]], English computer scientist who invented the [[World Wide Web]] (1955).<ref>{{cite book|last=Witzel|first=Morgen|year=2005|title=Encyclopedia of History of American Management|volume=1|chapter=BERNERS-LEE, Tim (1955–)|publisher=[[Thoemmes Continuum]]|isbn=978-1-84714-469-0|page=37}}</ref>
*[[9 June|9th]]:
**[[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]], [[Holy Roman Emperor]] and King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia (1640).<ref>{{cite book|last=Spielman|first=John Philip|year=1977|title=Leopold I of Austria|publisher=[[Thames and Hudson]]|isbn=978-0-500-87005-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/leopoldiofaustri0000spie/mode/2up?q=%229+June+1640%22 32]}}</ref>
**[[Peter the Great]], [[Tsar of Russia|Tsar]] and later the first [[Emperor of all Russia]] (1627).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Anderson|first1=M. S.|author-link=Matthew Smith Anderson|year=1995|title=Peter the Great|edition=2|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-87485-0|page=1}}</ref>
*[[14 June|14th]] – [[Che Guevara]], Argentine [[Marxist]] revolutionary, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist; a major figure of the [[Cuban Revolution]] (1928).<ref>{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Jon Lee|author-link=Jon Lee Anderson|year=1998|title=Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life|publisher=[[Grove Press]]|isbn=978-0-8021-3558-2|pages=3, 9}}</ref>
*[[17 June|17th]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian composer (1882).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Walsh|first1=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Walsh (writer)|year=1999|title=Stravinsky: A Creative Spring: Russia and France, 1882-1934|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|isbn=978-0-520-22749-1|page=3}}</ref>
*[[18 June|18th]] – [[Paul McCartney]], English singer, songwriter and musician, former member of [[the Beatles]] (1942).<ref>{{cite book|last=Spitz|first=Bob|author-link=Bob Spitz|title=The Beatles: The Biography|url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesbiography00spit|url-access=registration|year=2005|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|isbn=978-0-316-80352-6|page=75}}</ref>
*[[19 June|19th]] – [[José Rizal]], Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath, a [[National hero of the Philippines|national hero (''pambansang bayani'') of the Philippines]] (1861).<ref>{{cite book|first=José Barón|last=Fernández|year=1980|title=José Rizal, Filipino Doctor and Patriot|editor-first=Teodoro|editor-last=Locsin|editor-link=Teodoro Locsin Sr.|publisher=M. L. Morató|isbn=978-971-23-1963-1|page=2}}</ref>
*[[24 June|24th]] – [[Lionel Messi]], Argentine footballer (1987).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lionel Messi |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/lionel-messi/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

*[[28 June|28th]]:
**[[Henry VIII]], [[King of England]] known for his [[wives of Henry VIII|six marriages]] and commencement of the [[English Reformation]] (1491).<ref>{{cite book|last=Scarisbrick|first=J. J.|author-link=J. J. Scarisbrick|year=1997|title=Henry VIII|edition=2|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|isbn=978-0-300-07158-0|page=3}}</ref>
**[[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], Genevan philosopher influential in the [[Age of Enlightenment]] (1712).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Jacques-Rousseau|first1=Maurice|last1=Cranston|first2=Brian|last2=Duignan|date=20 August 2024|title=Jean-Jacques Rousseau|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[29 June|29th]] – [[Yusuf I of Granada]], seventh [[Nasrid]] ruler of the [[Emirate of Granada]] who preceded over its golden age (1318).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Vidal Castro|first=Francisco|title=Yusuf I|encyclopedia=Diccionario Biográfico electrónico|publisher=[[Royal Academy of History]]|url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6215/yusuf-i|date=n.d.|access-date=27 September 2024|language=Spanish}}</ref>

===Deaths===
[[File:Dark vignette Al-Masjid AL-Nabawi Door800x600x300 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Muhammad]] died on 8 June 632]]
Noteworthy people who died in June include:{{efn|name="people"}}
*[[1 June|1st]] – [[Emperor Gaozu of Han]], founder and first emperor of the [[Han dynasty]] of China (195 BC).<ref>[[Sima Qian]] (c.91 BC). "Liu Bang". ''[https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B2%E8%A8%98/%E5%8D%B7008 史記]'' "Historical Records" (''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]''). (in Mandarin). Vol. 8. "四月甲辰，高祖崩長樂宮。" [On the first day of the fourth month, Emperor Gaozu collapsed in Changle Palace.]</ref>
*[[3 June|3rd]] – [[William Harvey]], English physician, first known to describe the [[circulatory system]] of the human body (1657).<ref>{{cite ODNB |id=12531|first=Roger|last=French|author-link=Roger Kenneth French|title=William Harvey|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12531|date=23 September 2004|access-date=26 September 2024|freearticle=yes}}</ref>
*[[4 June|4th]]:
**[[Antonio José de Sucre]], Venezuelan general and politician, influential in the [[Spanish American wars of independence]] (1830).<ref>{{cite book|last=Aken|first=Mark J. Van|year=1989|title=King of the Night: Juan José Flores and Ecuador, 1824-1864|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|isbn=978-0-520-33669-8|page=35}}</ref>
**[[Wilhelm II]], final [[German Emperor]] and King of [[Prussia]] (1941).<ref>{{cite book|last=Hull|first=Isabel V.|author-link=Isabel V. Hull|year=2004|title=The Entourage of Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1888-1918|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-53321-8|page=157}}</ref>
*[[8 June|8th]]:
**[[Andrew Jackson]], American lawyer and general who served as the seventh [[president of the United States|president]] of the United States (1845).<ref>{{cite book|last=Meacham|first=Jon|year=2008|title=American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House |url=https://archive.org/details/americanlionandr00meac_0|url-access=registration|publisher=[[Random House Publishing Group]]|isbn=978-0-8129-7346-4|author-link=Jon Meacham|page=345}}</ref>
**[[Muhammad]], Arab religious, social and political leader, founder of [[Islam]] (632).<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldman|first=Elizabeth|year=1995|title=Believers: Spiritual Leaders of the World|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-508240-1|url=https://archive.org/details/believersspiritu00gold|url-access=registration|page=63}}</ref>
*[[9 June|9th]]:
**[[Nero]], [[Roman emperor]], last of the [[Julio-Claudian dynasty]] (AD 68).<ref>{{cite book|last=Shotter|first=David|author-link=David Shotter|year=2012|title=Nero|publisher=Routledge|series=Lancaster Pamphlets in Ancient History|isbn=978-1-134-36431-2|page=78}}</ref>
**[[Charles Dickens]], English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic (1870).<ref>{{cite news|first=Margaret|last=Holborn|date=8 June 2017|title=Charles Dickens dies - archive, June 1870|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/from-the-archive-blog/2017/jun/08/charles-dickens-dies-june-1870|access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[10 June|10th]] – [[Frederick Barbarossa]], [[Holy Roman Emperor]] regarded as among the empire's greatest of the medieval era (1190).<ref>{{cite book|last=Kamenzin|first=Manuel|year=2020|title=Die Tode der römisch-deutschen Könige und Kaiser (1150-1349)|trans-title=The Deaths of the Roman-German Kings and Emperors (1150-1349)|language=German|publisher=Jan Thorbecke Verlag|isbn=978-3-7995-4385-9|pages=355–380}}</ref>
*10th or [[11 June|11th]] – [[Alexander the Great]], King of [[Macedon]], regarded as one of the greatest and most successful military commanders (323 BC).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Depuydt |first=Leo |date=1997 |title=The Time of Death of Alexander the Great: 11 June 323 B.C. (–322), ca. 4:00–5:00 PM |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25683643 |journal=Die Welt des Orients |volume=28 |pages=117–135 |jstor=25683643 |access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref>
[[File:James Madison 1816.jpg|110px|thumb|[[James Madison]] died on 28 June 1836]]
*[[14 June|14th]] – [[Max Weber]], German sociologist and historian, central figure in the development of [[sociology]] and the [[social sciences]] (1920).<ref>{{cite book|last=Honigsheim|first=Paul|editor-last=Sica|editor-first=Alan|year=2017|title=The Unknown Max Weber|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-30224-1|page=239}}</ref>
*[[17 June|17th]] – [[Uthman]], third [[caliph]] of the [[Rashidun Caliphate]] who ordered the official compilation of the [[Uthman's Quran|standardised version]] of the Quran (656).<ref>{{The History of al-Tabari|volume=15|page=190–191}}</ref>
*[[18 June|18th]] – [[Leo III the Isaurian]], first [[Byzantine emperor]] of the [[Isaurian dynasty]] (741).<ref>{{cite book|last=Carr|first=John|year=2015|title=Fighting Emperors of Byzantium|publisher=[[Pen and Sword Books]]|isbn=978-1-78383-116-6|pages=110–111}}</ref>
*[[21 June|21st]]:
**[[Edward III of England|Edward III]], [[King of England]] who restored royal authority (1377).<ref>{{cite book|last=Ormrod |first=W. Mark|title=The Reign of Edward III |year=1990 |publisher=[[The History Press|Tempus]]|isbn=978-0-7524-1434-8|edition=1|page=45}}</ref>
**[[Niccolò Machiavelli]], Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher and historian regarded as the father of modern [[political philosophy]] and [[political science]] (1527).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Black|first1=Robert|year=2013|title=Machiavelli|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1317699583|page=283}}</ref>
<!--*[[22 June|22nd]] – [[Avicenna]], philosopher and early physician of the [[Muslim World]], described as the father of early [[modern medicine]] (1037).

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*[[24 June|24th]] – [[Hongwu Emperor]], founding emperor of the [[Ming dynasty]] of China (1398).<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Goodrich |editor-first1=Luther Carrington |editor-link1=Luther Carrington Goodrich |editor2=Fang Chaoying |editor-link2=Fang Chao-ying |year=1976 |title=Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644 |volume=1 |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |isbn=978-0-231-03801-0 |page=381}}</ref>
*[[25 June|25th]] – [[Michael Jackson]], American singer, songwriter and dancer, among the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling music artists of all time]] (2009).<ref>{{cite press release|title=Michael Jackson dead at 50 after cardiac arrest|date=25 June 2009|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=26 September 2024|url=https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/happy-55th-birthday-michael-jackson-top-10-moments/story?id=20100037|title=Happy 55th Birthday Michael Jackson - His Top 10 Moments|last=Rothman|first=Michael|date=29 August 2013|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[27 June|27th]] – [[Joseph Smith]], American religious leader, founder of [[Mormonism]] and the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] (1844).<ref>{{cite book|last=Bushman|first=Richard Lyman|author-link=Richard Bushman|year=2005|title=Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling|publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]]|isbn=1-4000-4270-4 |title-link=Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling|pages=549–550}}</ref>
*[[28 June|28th]] – [[James Madison]], American [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] and fourth president of the United States (1836).<ref>{{cite book|last=Ketcham|first=Ralph|author-link=Ralph Ketcham|year=1990|title=James Madison: A Biography |publisher=[[University of Virginia Press]]|url=https://archive.org/details/jamesmadisonbiog00ketc|isbn=978-0-8139-1265-3|pages=669–670}}</ref>