Editing 1940 (section)

===June===
[[File:Rene Auberjonois, by Kyle Cassidy (Cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[René Auberjonois]]]]
[[File:Kip Thorne by Christopher Michel copy 2022.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kip Thorne]]]]
[[File:King Constantine.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Constantine II of Greece]]]]
[[File:Sir Tom Jones at The Queen's Birthday Party (cropped-2).jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]]]
[[File:Nancy Sinatra.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Nancy Sinatra]]]]
[[File:Wilma Rudolph 1960.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wilma Rudolph]]]]
*[[June 1]]
**[[René Auberjonois]], American screen actor (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ren-auberjonois-dead-star-trek-benson-actor-dies-at-79-1260677 |title=René Auberjonois, 'Star Trek' and 'Benson' Actor, Dies at 79 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 8, 2019}}</ref>
**[[Kip Thorne]], American gravitational physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[June 2]] – [[Constantine II of Greece]] (d. [[2023]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Constantine II {{!}} king of Greece |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constantine-II-king-of-Greece |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=31 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[June 4]] – [[Ludwig Schwarz]], Austrian prelate 
*[[June 7]]
**[[Samuel Little]], American serial killer (d. [[2020]])
**Sir [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], Welsh singer
**[[Ronald Pickup]], English actor (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb/26/ronald-pickup-a-theatrical-great-from-a-golden-generation | title= Ronald Pickup: a theatrical great from a golden generation | work=The Guardian | first=Michael | last=Billington | date=26 February 2021 | access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[June 8]] – [[Nancy Sinatra]], American singer
*[[June 9]] – [[Barry McDonald (rugby union)|Barry McDonald]], Papua New Guinea-Australian rugby union player (d. [[2020]])
*[[June 13]] – [[Bobby Freeman]], American singer, songwriter (d. [[2017]])
*[[June 14]] – [[Jack Bannon (American actor)|Jack Bannon]], American actor (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/10/27/arts/ap-us-obit-jack-bannon.html |title=Jack Bannon, Cool-Headed Co-Star of 'Lou Grant,' Dies at 77 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 27, 2017}}</ref>
*[[June 16]]
**[[Neil Goldschmidt]], American politician, Governor of Oregon (d. [[2024]])
**[[Taylor Gun-Jin Wang]], Chinese-American astronaut
**[[Thea White]], American voice actress (d. [[2021]])
*[[June 17]]
**[[George Akerlof]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
**[[Ali Saibou]], 3rd President of Niger (d. [[2011]])
*[[June 18]] – [[Phillip E. Johnson]], American lawyer and author (d. [[2019]])
*[[June 20]] 
**[[Eugen Drewermann]], German theologian, activist and priest
**[[John Mahoney]], English-born American actor (d. [[2018]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/obituaries/john-mahoney-actor-best-known-for-frasier-is-dead-at-77.html|title=John Mahoney, Actor Best Known for 'Frasier,' Dies at 77|first=Anita|last=Gates|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 6, 2018|access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>
*[[June 21]] – [[Michael Ruse]], British-Canadian philosopher (d. [[2024]])
*[[June 22]]
**[[Egon Henninger]], German swimmer
**[[Abbas Kiarostami]], Iranian film director, screenwriter and producer (d. [[2016]])
**Dame [[Esther Rantzen]], British broadcaster
**Joyce Herboltzheimer, American grandma for a family (d. [[2025]])
*[[June 23]]
**[[Willie Wallace]], Scottish football player, coach
**[[Wilma Rudolph]], American Olympic athlete (d. [[1994]])
*[[June 24]]
**[[Hope Cooke]], American socialite, Queen Consort of Sikkim
**[[Murali Mohan]], Indian film actor, producer, politician and business executive
**[[Walter Ofonagoro]], Nigerian scholar, politician and businessman
**[[Ian Ross (newsreader)|Ian Ross]], Australian newsreader (d. [[2014]])
**[[Vittorio Storaro]], Italian cinematographer
*[[June 25]] 
**[[Thomas Köhler]], East German luger
**[[Mary Beth Peil]], American actress and singer
*[[June 26]] – [[Jerry Fujio]], Japanese singer, actor and tarento (d. [[2021]])
*[[June 27]] – [[Anil Karanjai]], Indian painter of the [[Hungry generation]] movement (d. [[2001]])
*[[June 28]]
**[[Karpal Singh]], Malaysian politician, lawyer (d. [[2014]])
**[[Muhammad Yunus]], Bangladeshi founder of [[Grameen Bank]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[June 29]] – [[Vyacheslav Artyomov]], Russian composer
*[[June 30]] – [[Neelo]], Indian actress (d. [[2021]])