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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[741]] – [[Leo III the Isaurian]], Byzantine emperor (b. 685) * [[908]] – [[Zhang Hao (general)|Zhang Hao]], general of [[Yang Wu]] *[[1095]] – [[Sophia of Hungary]] (b. c. 1050) *[[1164]] – [[Elisabeth of Schönau]], German Benedictine visionary (b. c. 1129)<ref>{{cite book |last=Nuth |first=Joan M. |chapter=Elisabeth of Schönau |editor-first=William M. |editor-last=Johnson |title=Encyclopedia of Monasticism |location=London |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |year=2000 |pages=442–443}}</ref> *[[1234]] – [[Emperor Chūkyō]] of Japan (b. 1218) *[[1250]] – [[Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León]] *[[1291]] – [[Alfonso III of Aragon]] (b. 1265)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alfonso III | king of Aragon |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-III-king-of-Aragon |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1333]] – [[Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1312) *[[1464]] – [[Rogier van der Weyden]], Flemish painter (b. 1400) *[[1588]] – [[Robert Crowley (printer)|Robert Crowley]], English minister and poet (b. 1517) ===1601–1900=== *[[1629]] – [[Piet Pieterszoon Hein]], Dutch admiral (b. 1577) *[[1650]] – [[Christoph Scheiner]], German priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1575) *[[1673]] – [[Jeanne Mance]], French-Canadian nurse, founded the [[Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal]] (b. 1606)<ref>{{cite book |first=Anne |last=Commire |title=Women in World History : A Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 10 |location=Waterford |publisher=Yorkin Publications |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-7876-3736-1 |page=140}}</ref> *[[1704]] – [[Tom Brown (satirist)|Tom Brown]], English author and translator (b. 1662) *[[1726]] – [[Michel Richard Delalande]], French organist and composer (b. 1657) *[[1742]] – [[John Aislabie]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1670) *[[1749]] – [[Ambrose Philips]], English poet and politician (b. 1674) *[[1772]] – [[Johann Ulrich von Cramer]], German jurist and scholar (b. 1706) * 1772 – [[Gerard van Swieten]], Dutch-Austrian physician and reformer (b. 1700) *[[1788]] – [[Adam Gib]], Scottish religious leader (b. 1714) *[[1794]] – [[François Buzot]], French lawyer and politician (b. 1760) * 1794 – [[James Murray (British Army officer, born 1721)|James Murray]], Scottish-English general and politician, 20th [[List of Governors General of Canada|Governor of the Province of Quebec]] (b. 1721) *[[1804]] – [[Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma]] (b. 1746)<ref>{{cite book |first=Hugh |last=Montgomery-Massingberd |title=Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume I: Europe & Latin America |location=London |publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-85011-023-4 |page=19}}</ref> *[[1815]] – [[Thomas Picton]], Welsh-English general and politician (b. 1758) *[[1833]] – [[Robert Hett Chapman]], American minister, missionary, and academic (b. 1771) *[[1835]] – [[William Cobbett]], English farmer and journalist (b. 1763)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Cobbett | British journalist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Cobbett-British-journalist |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=23 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck]], German army officer and writer (b. 1783) *[[1866]] – [[Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864–1866)|Prince Sigismund of Prussia]] (b. 1864) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Samuel Butler (novelist)|Samuel Butler]], English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835) *[[1905]] – [[Carmine Crocco]], Italian soldier (b. 1830) *[[1916]] – [[Max Immelmann]], German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890) *[[1917]] – [[Titu Maiorescu]], Romanian critic and politician, 23rd [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (b. 1840) *[[1921]] – [[Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri]], Indian Islamic scholar and author (b. 1867)<ref>{{cite Banglapedia |article=Jaunpuri, Abdul Awal |author=Afaz Uddin, Muhammad}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Jacobus Kapteyn]], Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851) *[[1926]] – [[Olga Constantinovna of Russia]], Queen consort of the Hellenes (b. 1851)<ref>{{cite book |last=Montgomery-Massingberd |first=Hugh |title=Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume I: Europe & Latin America |location=London |publisher=Burke's Peerage |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-85011-023-4 |page=471}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Roald Amundsen]], Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872) *[[1936]] – [[Maxim Gorky]], Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868) *[[1937]] – [[Gaston Doumergue]], French politician, 13th [[President of France]] (b. 1863) *[[1942]] – [[Arthur Pryor]], American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870) *[[1943]] – [[Elias Degiannis]], Greek commander (b. 1912) *[[1945]] – [[Florence Bascom]], American geologist and educator (b. 1862)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Florence-Bascom |title=Florence Bascom | American educator and scientist |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |access-date=2019-08-11}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.]], American general (b. 1886) *[[1947]] – [[Shigematsu Sakaibara]], Japanese admiral (b. 1898) *[[1948]] – [[Edward Brooker]], English-Australian politician, 31st [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1891) *[[1959]] – [[Ethel Barrymore]], American actress (b. 1879) *[[1963]] – [[Pedro Armendáriz]], Mexican-American actor (b. 1912) *[[1964]] – [[Giorgio Morandi]], Italian painter (b. 1890) *[[1967]] – [[Geki (racing driver)|Geki]], Italian race car driver (b. 1937) * 1967 – [[Beat Fehr]], Swiss race car driver (b. 1942) *[[1971]] – [[Thomas Gomez]], American actor (b. 1905) * 1971 – [[Paul Karrer]], Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1889) *[[1974]] – [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza]], Brazilian mathematician and academic (b. 1896) * 1974 – [[Georgy Zhukov]], Russian marshal and politician, [[Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)|Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union]] (b. 1896) *[[1975]] – [[Hugo Bergmann]], German-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1883) *[[1978]] – [[Walter C. Alvarez]], American physician and author (b. 1884) *[[1980]] – [[Terence Fisher]], English director and screenwriter (b. 1904) * 1980 – [[André Leducq]], French cyclist (b. 1904) *[[1982]] – [[Djuna Barnes]], American novelist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1892) * 1982 – [[John Cheever]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1912) * 1982 – [[Curd Jürgens]], German-Austrian actor and director (b. 1915) *[[1984]] – [[Alan Berg]], American lawyer and radio host (b. 1934) *[[1985]] – [[Paul Colin (artist)|Paul Colin]], French illustrator (b. 1892) *[[1986]] – [[Frances Scott Fitzgerald]], American journalist (b. 1921) *[[1989]] – [[I. F. Stone]], American journalist and author (b. 1907) *[[1992]] – [[Kofoworola Abeni Pratt]], the first black [[Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria)|Chief Nursing Officer]] of Nigeria (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite news |title=In the estate of Kofoworola Abeni Pratt deceased |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/newspaperRetrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DateAscend&tabID=T003&prodId=TTDA&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R1&searchType=BasicSearchForm¤tPosition=1&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28tx%2CNone%2C22%29Kofoworola+Abeni+Pratt%24&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&userGroupName=lancs&inPS=true&contentSet=LTO&&docId=&docLevel=FASCIMILE&workId=&relevancePageBatch=IF501975871&contentSet=TDA&callistoContentSet=TDA&docPage=article&hilite=y |access-date=11 July 2016 |work=The Times |date=24 April 1993 |page=16 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]], Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944) * 1992 – [[Mordecai Ardon]], Polish-Israeli painter and educator (b. 1896) *[[1993]] – [[Craig Rodwell]], American activist, founded the [[Oscar Wilde Bookshop]] (b. 1940) *[[1996]] – [[Endel Puusepp]], Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (b. 1909) *[[1997]] – [[Lev Kopelev]], Ukrainian-German author and academic (b. 1912) *[[1998]] – [[Felix Knight]], American actor and tenor (b. 1908) *[[2000]] – [[Nancy Marchand]], American actress (b. 1928) *[[2003]] – [[Larry Doby]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1923) *[[2005]] – [[Mushtaq Ali]], Indian cricketer (b. 1914) * 2005 – [[Manuel Sadosky]], Argentinian mathematician and academic (b. 1914) *[[2006]] – [[Vincent Sherman]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906) * 2006 – [[Joseph Zobel]], Martinique-French author (b. 1915) *[[2007]] – [[Bernard Manning]], English comedian and actor (b. 1930) * 2007 – [[Hank Medress]], American singer and producer (b. 1938) * 2007 – [[Georges Thurston]], Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1951) *[[2008]] – [[Jean Delannoy]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908) * 2008 – [[Tasha Tudor]], American author and illustrator (b. 1915) * 2008 – [[Hans Steinbrenner (sculptor)|Hans Steinbrenner]], German sculptor (b. 1928) *[[2010]] – [[Trent Acid]], American wrestler (b. 1980) * 2010 – [[José Saramago]], Portuguese novelist [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1922) * 2010 – [[Okan Demiriş]], Turkish composer (b. 1942) *[[2011]] – [[Yelena Bonner]], Russian activist (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stanley |first1=Alessandra |last2=Schwirtz |first2=Michael |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/world/europe/20bonner.html |title=Yelena Bonner, Russian Rights Activist, Dies at 88 |work=The New York Times |date=19 June 2011 |access-date=2 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625212338/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/world/europe/20bonner.html |archive-date=25 June 2011}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Frederick Chiluba]], Zambian politician, 2nd [[President of Zambia]] (b. 1943) * 2011 – [[Clarence Clemons]], American saxophonist (b. 1942) *[[2012]] – [[Horacio Coppola]], Argentinian photographer and director (b. 1906) * 2012 – [[Lina Haag]], German author and activist (b. 1907) * 2012 – [[Tom Maynard]], Welsh cricketer (b. 1989) * 2012 – [[Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín]], Peruvian general and politician, 109th [[Prime Minister of Peru]] (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Alketas Panagoulias]], Greek footballer and manager (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[William Van Regenmorter]], American businessman and politician (b. 1939) *[[2013]] – [[Brent F. Anderson]], American engineer and politician (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Alastair Donaldson]], Scottish bass player (b. 1955) * 2013 – [[Garde Gardom]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th [[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Michael Hastings (journalist)|Michael Hastings]], American journalist and author (b. 1980) * 2013 – [[David Wall (dancer)|David Wall]], English ballet dancer (b. 1946) *[[2014]] – [[Stephanie Kwolek]], American chemist and engineer (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite book |first=Ellen |last=Labrecque |title=Stephanie Kwolek and Bulletproof Material |location=Ann Arbor |publisher=Cherry Lake Publishing |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-63472-183-7 |page=21}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Johnny Mann]], American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1928) * 2014 – [[Claire Martin (writer)|Claire Martin]], Canadian author (b. 1914) * 2014 – [[Vladimir Popovkin]], Russian general (b. 1957) * 2014 – [[Horace Silver]], American pianist and composer (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Horace Silver obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/19/horace-silver |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en |date=19 June 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Phil Austin]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1941) * 2015 – [[Ralph J. Roberts]], American businessman, co-founded [[Comcast]] (b. 1920) * 2015 – [[Danny Villanueva]], American football player and broadcaster, co-founded [[Univision]] (b. 1937) * 2015 – [[Allen Weinstein]], American historian and academic (b. 1937) *[[2016]] – [[Jeppiaar]], Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of [[Sathyabama University]] (b. 1931) *[[2018]] – [[XXXTentacion]], American rapper (b. 1998)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon |last2=Coscarelli |first2=Joe |title=XXXTentacion, Rapper Accused of Violent Crimes, Shot Dead at 20 (Published 2018) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/arts/music/xxxtentacion-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/arts/music/xxxtentacion-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The New York Times |access-date=17 November 2020 |date=18 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-06-19 |title=Rapper Jimmy Wopo shot dead within hours of XXXTentacion killing |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jimmy-wopo-dead-rapper-shooting-xxxtentacion-dies-drive-florida-how-latest-a8405686.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032833/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jimmy-wopo-dead-rapper-shooting-xxxtentacion-dies-drive-florida-how-latest-a8405686.html |archive-date=2020-11-09 |access-date=2021-06-18 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Big Van Vader]] (also known as Vader) American professional wrestler (b. 1955) * 2018 – [[Jimmy Wopo]], American rapper (b. 1997)<ref name=":0" /> *[[2020]] – [[Vera Lynn]], English singer who was the "Forces' Sweetheart" in World War II (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53091856 |title=Dame Vera Lynn: Forces' Sweetheart dies aged 103 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |location=London |date=18 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Uffe Ellemann-Jensen]], Danish politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)|minister of foreign affairs]] (b. 1941)<ref name="Stephensen 2022">{{cite web |last=Stephensen |first=Emma Klinker |title=Uffe Ellemann-Jensen bisættes |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |date=June 28, 2022 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/2022-06-28-uffe-ellemann-jensen-bisaettes |language=da |access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Adibah Noor]], Malaysian actress, singer, [[master of ceremonies]] (b. 1970)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2022/06/18/malaysian-singer-actress-adibah-noor-dies |title=Malaysian singer-actress Adibah Noor passes away |date=18 June 2022 |accessdate=18 June 2022 |author=Gordon Kho |website=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Adibah Noor laid to rest |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/06/19/adibah-noor-laid-to-rest |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)]]}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> * [[2023]] – Notable victims of the [[Titan submersible implosion|''Titan'' submersible implosion]]:<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65993579 All five people on missing Titan sub are dead - Coast Guard]</ref> ** [[Shahzada Dawood]], Pakistani-British businessman (b. 1975) ** [[Hamish Harding]], British businessman (b. 1964) ** [[Paul-Henri Nargeolet]], French [[French Navy|navy]] commander and explorer (b. 1946) ** [[Stockton Rush]], American businessman, CEO and founder of [[OceanGate]] (b. 1962) *[[2024]] – [[James Chance]], American musician (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Pat Saperstein, Jem |last2=Saperstein |first2=Pat |last3=Aswad |first3=Jem |date=2024-06-19 |title=James Chance, No Wave Icon and Saxophonist of the Contortions, Dies at 71 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/james-chance-dead-no-wave-contortions-1236041979/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Anouk Aimée]], French actress (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=2024-06-18 |title=Anouk Aimée, Enigmatic Star of ‘A Man and a Woman,’ Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/obituaries/anouk-aimee-dead.html |access-date=2024-06-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Yoyong Martirez]], Filipino basketball player (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Acar |first=Aedrianne |title=PBA legend-comedian Yoyong Martires dies at 77 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/20780/pba-legend-comedian-yoyong-martires-dies-at-77/photo |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.gmanetwork.com |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Willie Mays]], American baseball player (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shea |first=John |date=June 18, 2024 |title=Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giants/article/willie-mays-dead-obituary-17815215.php |access-date=June 18, 2024 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref>
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