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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 (b. 1328) *[[1411]] – [[Leopold IV, Duke of Austria]] (b. 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 (b. 1468) *[[1553]] – [[Wolf Huber]], Austrian painter, printmaker and architect (b. 1485) *[[1594]] – [[John Aylmer (bishop)|John Aylmer]], English bishop and scholar (b. 1521) ===1601–1900=== *[[1615]] – [[Sanada Yukimura]], Japanese samurai (b. 1567) *[[1640]] – [[Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk]], English politician, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (b. 1584) *[[1649]] – [[Manuel de Faria e Sousa]], Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590) *[[1657]] – [[William Harvey]], English physician and academic (b. 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 (b. 1619) *[[1780]] – [[Thomas Hutchinson (governor)|Thomas Hutchinson]], American businessman and politician, [[Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay]] (b. 1711) *[[1826]] – [[Nikolay Karamzin]], Russian historian and poet (b. 1766) *[[1858]] – [[Julius Reubke]], German pianist and composer (b. 1834) *[[1861]] – [[Stephen A. Douglas]], American lawyer and politician, 7th [[Secretary of State of Illinois]] (b. 1813) *[[1865]] – [[Okada Izō]], Japanese samurai (b. 1838) *[[1875]] – [[Georges Bizet]], French pianist and composer (b. 1838) *[[1877]] – [[Ludwig Ritter von Köchel]], Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800) *[[1882]] – [[Christian Wilberg]], German painter and illustrator (b. 1839) *[[1894]] – [[Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal]], German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812) *[[1899]] – [[Johann Strauss II]], Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825) *[[1900]] – [[Mary Kingsley]], English explorer and author (b. 1862) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Vital-Justin Grandin]], French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829) *[[1906]] – [[John Maxwell (golfer)|John Maxwell]], American golfer (b. 1871) *[[1921]] – [[Coenraad Hiebendaal]], Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879) *[[1924]] – [[Franz Kafka]], Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 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]] (b. 1864) *[[1933]] – [[William Muldoon]], American wrestler (b. 1852) *[[1938]] – [[John Flanagan (hammer thrower)|John Flanagan]], Irish-American hammer thrower and [[tug of war]] competitor (b. 1873) *[[1946]] – [[Mikhail Kalinin]], Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875) *[[1963]] – [[Edmond Decottignies]], French weightlifter (b. 1893) * 1963 – [[Pope John XXIII]] (b. 1881) * 1963 – [[Nâzım Hikmet]], Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 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]] (b. 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]] (b. 1887) * 1964 – [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää]], Finnish author and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888) *[[1969]] – [[George Edwin Cooke]], American soccer player (b. 1883) *[[1970]] – [[Hjalmar Schacht]], Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877) *[[1971]] – [[Heinz Hopf]], German-Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1894) *[[1973]] – [[Jean Batmale]], French footballer and manager (b. 1895) * 1974 – [[Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)|Michael Gaughan]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] died on hunger strike (b. 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 (b. 1906) * 1975 – [[Eisaku Satō]], Japanese and politician, [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 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 (b. 1886) * 1977 – [[Roberto Rossellini]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906) *[[1981]] – [[Carleton S. Coon]], American anthropologist and academic (b. 1904) *[[1986]] – [[Anna Neagle]], English actress and singer (b. 1904) *[[1987]] – [[Will Sampson]], American actor and painter (b. 1933) *[[1989]] – [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st [[Supreme Leader of Iran]] (b. 1900) *[[1990]] – [[Robert Noyce]], American physicist and businessman, co-founded the [[Intel Corporation]] (b. 1927) *[[1991]] – [[Brian Bevan]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1924) * 1991 – [[Katia Krafft]], French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1942) * 1991 – [[Maurice Krafft]], French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1946) * 1991 – [[Lê Văn Thiêm]], Vietnamese mathematician and academic (b. 1918) *[[1992]] – [[Robert Morley]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908) *[[1993]] – [[Yeoh Ghim Seng]], Singaporean politician, acting [[President of Singapore]] (b. 1918) *[[1994]] – [[Puig Aubert]], German-French rugby player and coach (b. 1925) *[[1997]] – [[Dennis James]], American actor and game show host (b. 1917) *[[2001]] – [[Anthony Quinn]], Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1915) *[[2002]] – [[Lew Wasserman]], American talent agent and manager (b. 1913) *[[2003]] – [[Felix de Weldon]], Austrian-American sculptor, designed the [[Marine Corps War Memorial]] (b. 1907) *[[2005]] – [[Harold Cardinal]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1945) *[[2006]] – [[Clinton Jones (priest)|Clinton Jones]], American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (b. 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 (b. 1936) * 2009 – [[Koko Taylor]], American singer (b. 1928) *[[2010]] – [[Rue McClanahan]], American actress (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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]] (b. 1930) * 2011 – [[Jack Kevorkian]], American pathologist, author, and activist (b. 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 (b. 1925) *[[2012]] – [[Carol Ann Abrams]], American producer, author, and academic (b. 1942) * 2012 – [[Roy Salvadori]], English racing driver and manager (b. 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]] (b. 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 (b. 1962) * 2013 – [[Józef Czyrek]], Polish economist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)|Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Frank Lautenberg]], American soldier and politician (b. 1924) *[[2014]] – [[Svyatoslav Belza]], Russian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1942) * 2014 – [[Gopinath Munde]], Indian politician, 3rd [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (b. 1949) *[[2015]] – [[Avi Beker]], Israeli political scientist and academic (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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> <!--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.-->
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