June 16th famous deaths

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

Gino Mäder
Swiss cyclist (b. 1997)

2021

Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm was an American journalist and author known for her work in The New Yorker.

2020

Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.
Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1935)[51]

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2017

Chanceler Kohl
Former Chancellor of Germany known for reunification efforts.
Helmut Kohl
German politician, chancellor of germany (d. 2017)

2016

Jo Cox
English political activist and mp (b. 1974)
Dick Snyder
American television news anchor and reporter.

2015

Jean Vautrin
French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933)
Vaneta Frazier
Vaneta Frazier was an American actress known for her roles in television shows and films.
Chancellor Helmut
Longest-serving Chancellor of Germany.
Charles Correa
Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930)

2014

Danuta Gleed
Canadian writer known for her short stories and novels.
Lauriel Ellison
Lauriel Ellison was an American poet and essayist known for her exploration of themes of identity, race, and feminism.
Tony Gwynn
In 2007, an american baseball player was elected to the hall of fame.
Cándido Muatetema Rivas (b. 1960)
Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, prime minister of equatorial guinea

2013

Nguyen Nghia
Nguyen Nghia was a Vietnamese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1988 to 1991.
Ottmar Walter
German footballer (d. 2013)
Hans Hass
Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013)
Norman Ian MacKenzie
English journalist and author (b. 1921)
Sam Farber
Oxo was founded by an american businessman (d. 2013).

Khondakar Ashraf Hossain

Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013)

2012

Naif bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
Former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and Minister of Interior.
Nils Karlsson
Swedish skier (d. 2012)
Sławomir Petelicki
Polish general (b. 1946)
Jorge Lankenau
Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944)
Susan Tyrrell
American actress (d. 2012)

2011

Yuan Xuefen
Yuan Xuefen was a renowned Peking Opera singer who was known for her mastery of the laosheng (older male) role type.
Carel Boshoff
A South African politician and academic who was a prominent figure in the apartheid movement.
Östen Mäkitalo
Swedish engineer and academic (b. 1938)

2010

Maureen Forrester
Canadian opera singer and a formidable contralto. she was awarded the governor general arts award 1995, as well as canada's grand dame of song.
Holden Shepard
American author known for his novel 'Young in the Hamptons'.
Ronald Neame
English-american director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
Marc Bazin
Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th president of haiti (d. 2010)
Marc Bazin
Haitian politician and lawyer 49th president of haiti (d.2010)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2008

Babbette Kramer
Renowned chemist known for her work in organic chemistry.
Caylee Anthony
American child disappeared. his remains were discovered on december 11, 2008. the mother of the child was taken into custody and tried in a media sensation trial. her guilt of murdering the child was not found by the jury.
Tom Compernolle
Belgian athlete (born 1975)
Mario Rigoni Stern
Italian soldier and author (b. 1921)
Mario Rigoni Stern
Italian writer, world war ii veteran, and nazi concentration camp survivor (born in 1921).

2007

Mikhail Kononov
Soviet actor (born 1940)
Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani
Iranian cleric (born 1931).

2006

Nyron Asgarali
Trinidadian cricketer who played for the West Indies in the 1940s.
Igor Smia?owski
Polish actor (born 1917).
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi
Iranian archaeologist, (born 1942)

2005

Enrique Laguerre
Puerto rican journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2005)

2004

Wyler Babb
American football player known for his exceptional skills on the field.
Herman Goldstine
Contributed to the development of ENIAC, one of the earliest electronic general-purpose computers.
Durward Jones
Durward Jones was a pioneering computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence.
Thanom Kittikachorn
Thai field marshal and politician, 10th prime minister of thailand (b. 1911)
Jacques Miquelon
Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911)

2003

Georg Henrik von Wright
Finnish-swedish philosopher (born 1966)
Pierre Bourgault
Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2003)
Pierre Bourgault
Canadian politician and journalist (d. 2003).

2001

Genia Niemeyer
Renowned painter known for her abstract works.

2000

Elvin Kabat
Renowned immunologist known for his work on antibodies and immune responses.

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

Screaming Lord Sutch
English singer and activist (b. 1940)

1998

Fred Wacker
American race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)

1997

Emilio Azcarraga Milmo
Mexican businessman who was the chairman and CEO of Grupo Televisa, one of the largest media companies in the Spanish-speaking world.
Emileo Azcarraga Milmo
Emileo Azcarraga Milmo was a Mexican businessman and media mogul who served as the chairman and CEO of Grupo Televisa, one of the largest media companies in the Spanish-speaking world.
Jacquelyn Gill
Jacquelyn Gill was a pioneering biologist who made significant contributions to the field of genetics.
Dal Stivens
Australian soldier and author (d. 1997).

1996

Curt Swan
American soldier and illustrator (d. 1996).
Mel Allen
Legendary sportscaster known for his work on baseball broadcasts.
David Mourao-Ferreira
At 69, a poet/politician dies
Mel Allen
Birmingham, alabama -- sportscaster (voice for new york yankees).

1994

Kristen Pfaff
American bass player and songwriter (b. 1967)
Eileen Way
Actress (les miserables, rainbow, vikings), dies at 82
Terence de Vere White
At 82, a novelist/critic dies
Boris Alexandrov
Conductor (red army song / dance ensemble), dies at 88

1993

Lindsay Hassett
Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1993)
John B Connally
Governor of texas / shot with jfk 1963, dies at 75

1991

Vicky Brown
Us singer power of love

1990

Gertrude Baniszewski
Sylvia likens, american murderer (born 1929).
Megan Leigh
American porn star (born 1964)
Eva Turner
British soprano

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1988

Gardiner Means
Pioneered the concept of the administered price and was a leading figure in the development of institutional economics.
Miguel Piñero
Puerto rican-american actor and playwright (b. 1946)
Miguel Pinero
Puerto rican actor, playwright, and co-founder of nuyorican poetry cafe (born 1946).

1987

Marguerite de Angeli
American author and illustrator (b. 1889)

1986

Maurice Duruflé
French organist, composer and recitalist. he was made a chorister at rouen cathedral choir school in 1912. there he studied organ and piano with jules haelling. he moved to paris at 17 and began lessons in organ with charles tournemire. he was a member of the basilique ste-clotilde from paris until 1927. durufla(c), who was then 17 years old, entered …
Maurice Durufle
French composer and organist (born in 1902)

1984

Webster Booth
Renowned English tenor and actor.
Lew Andreas
American basketball player and coach (d.1984)
Erni Krusten
Estonian poet and author (d. 1984).

1983

Fay Crocker
Fay Crocker was a professional golfer from Uruguay who won the U.S. Women's Open in 1955.

1982

James Honeyman-Scott
English guitarist and songwriter (the pretenders), (born 1956).
John Honeyman-Scott
Overdose of drugs kills guitarist for the pretenders.

1981

Jule Charney
Jule Charney was a prominent meteorologist known for his work in numerical weather prediction.
Vir Chakra
Vir Chakra was an Indian military officer who was posthumously awarded the Vir Chakra for his bravery during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Jule Gregory Charney
Jule Gregory Charney was a physicist who made significant contributions to the field of atmospheric science.
Thomas Playford IV
Australian politician, 33rd premier of south australia (b. 1896)
Humphrey Keervelt
Director (suriname planning bureau), murdered

John S Knight

At 86, a us newspaper magnate dies

Jule Gregory Charney

American meteorologist (born 1917)

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

Nicholas Ray
American actor and director, best known for "johnny guitar", 1954, "the lusty men", 1954, "rebel without a cause," 55, and "king of kings," 1962. ray was a dynamic visual storyteller and channeled his feelings of alienation, emotional upheaval and frustration onto the screen. his oscar nomination for "rebel without a cause" was his only.
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Ghanaian military leader who served as head of state from 1972 to 1978.
Nicholas Ray
American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Ghanaian general and politician, 6th head of state of ghana (b. 1931)
Ben Weber
Us composer (thorne music award 1965), dies at 62

Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong

Ghanaian dictator (born 1931)

Liselotte Welskopf-Heinrich

Writer dies at 77

1977

Wernher von Braun
German-American aerospace engineer and space architect, one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and, later, the United States.
Wernher von Braun
Rocket scientist (v1/v2) dies after 65 years of smoking
Von Braun
Key figure in the development of rocket technology.
Werner Von Braun
German-American aerospace engineer who played a key role in the development of rocket technology.

1976

Francis E Meloy Jr
Ambassador of the united states to lebanon, kidnapped, killed
Victor Dalby Lord
One life to live: ficticious character

1975

Don Robey
Us gospel / impresario / producer, dies at 71

1974

Olaf Hassel
Swedish physicist known for his work on the quantum theory of solids.
Amalie Sara Colquhoun
Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)

1971

John Reith
Scottish executive and general manager of british broadcasting company, 1922-1938. he was then the first director-general for the bbc 1927-1938. he was made baron 1940. the principles of broadcasting were associated with lord reith. these principles include equal consideration of all viewpoints and probity, universality, and a commitment of public service. they still form part the bbc's mission statement.
Lord Reith
British broadcast executive (born 1889)

1970

Ota Pavel
Czech playwright and screenwriter known for his absurdist plays.
Sydney Chapman
Sydney Chapman was a mathematician who made significant contributions to geophysics and atmospheric science.
Pal Gyulai
Pal Gyulai was a Hungarian physicist who made contributions to the field of solid-state physics.
Hilding Faxén
Swedish physicist who made contributions to the field of fluid mechanics.
Sydney Chapman
Sydney Chapman was a mathematician who made significant contributions to geophysics and atmospheric science.

Brian Piccolo

American football player (b. 1943)

Elsa Triolet

Writer dies at 73

Brian Piccolo

American football player (born 1943).

Heino Eller

Estonian composer and educator (d. 70)

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

Harold Alexander
1st earl alexander of tunis, english field marshal and politician, 17th governor general of canada (b. 1891)
Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
British field marshal dies at 78
John Scott
Rocker with the pretenders, who dies at the age of 25.
Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske
Composer dies at 53
John BMR "John" Hanlo
Poet (oote-oote boe), is killed at 57

Harold Alexander

1st earl alexander, tunis english field marshal, politician 17th governor general canada (d. 1969).

1967

Regginald Denny
Renowned actor in early Hollywood films.
Reginald Denny
Reginald Denny was an English actor who appeared in many Hollywood films during the early 20th century.

1963

J C Powys
Writer dies at the age of 90

1961

Marcel Junod
Swiss anesthesiologist and physician (d. 1961).

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

George Reeves
Actor in superman, gone with the wind. self-shoots at 45
Witney Griswold
Witney Griswold was an American literary critic and professor of English at Yale University.
George Reeves
Played Superman in the 1950s TV series and later ran for political office.
George Reeve
Actor best known for playing Superman in the 1950s TV series.

1958

Imre Nagy
Hungarian journalist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Greycen Sinclair
Greycen Sinclair was a pioneering British scientist who made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics.
Breylen Sinclair
Breylen Sinclair was a pioneering American physicist who made important contributions to the field of quantum mechanics.
Pál Maléter
Hungarian general and politician, minister of defence of hungary (b. 1917)
Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia
Composer dies at 45

1955

Ozias Leduc
Canadian painter and educator (d.55)

1953

Margaret Bondfield
English politician, secretary of state for work and pensions (b. 1873)
Margaret Bondfield
English feminist and politician (born in 1873)

1952

Andrew Lawson
Scottish-american geologist and academic (b. 1861)
Andrew Lawson
Scottish-american geologist who was the first to map all of the san andreas fault (born 1861).

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1947

Jean-Francois Capart
Belgian egyptologist, memphis, dies at 86

1946

Gordon Brewster
Irish cartoonist (d. 1946).
Ludwig Winder
Writer
Miloje Milojevic
Composer dies at 61

1945

Aris Velouchiotis
Leader of the greek guerrilla resistance (born 1905).
Aris Velouchiotis
Greek guerrilla leader during World War II.

1944

Jean-Marc Bloch
A French historian and journalist who was a co-founder of the Annales school of historical analysis.
Kazuma Kondō
Kazuma Kondō was a Japanese poet active during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods.
Oriya Prafulla Chandra Ray
He was an Indian chemist and educator who is considered the father of chemical science in India.
Marc Bloch
French historian who used a comparative approach to historical problems. he was a professor at strasbourg university between 1919-1936 and co-founded, with febvre one of the most influential journals for modern historical studies. his most significant books are "the royal touch," 1924, "french rural history," 1931, and "feudal society," 1939-1940.
Marc Bloch
French historian and Resistance fighter.

George Stinney Jr.

African-american scapegoat, youngest with an exact known age executed by the united states (b. 1929)[47][48]

1942

Ignatz Sahula
Czech composer known for his orchestral and chamber music.

1941

Lodo of Hamel
1. first dutch secret affiliate

1940

Willi Münzenberg
German politician, a communist political activist. ma 1/4 nzenberg, the first leader of the young communist international (19 1919-20), established the famine relief and propaganda organization workers international relief (1921). he was a prominent propagandist for the communist party of germany (kpd), but he became disillusioned with communism after the great purge of 1930s. stalin sentenced ma 1/4 nzenberg to …
DuBose Heyward
American author and lyricist. his 1925 novel "porgy," co-written with dorothy, was the basis of the hit musical "porgy and bess." in 1927, the heywards book was a popular play. the lyrics to the gershwin opera, which opened on broadway in 1935, were written by heywards. many of his books are the result of his time on charleston's docks, where …
Vitezslava Kapralova
Composer dies at 25

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1939

Chick Webb
American jazz drummer and leader of big bands (born in 1905)

1936

Murphy A. Bell
American politician who served as the 38th Governor of Texas.
Leib Malach
Yiddish writer

1933

Chayim Arlosoroff
Key figure in the Labor Zionist movement in Mandate Palestine.

1932

Frederik W Van Oaths
Psychiatrist / writer for blades of grass

1931

George Mead
Pioneering American biologist known for his work on chromosomes and heredity.

1930

Elmer Sperry
Inventor known for developing gyrocompass and other maritime technologies.
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Engineer and inventor who co-founded the Sperry Corporation and developed gyroscopic technology.
Ezra Fitch
American lawyer and businessman, co-founded abercrombie & fitch (b. 1866)
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
American co-inventor the gyrocompass (born in 1860).

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on June 16th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

Vernon Louis Parrington
American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
Bramwell Booth
British-american evangelist and the first son of william booth. his father's work was carried to the usa by him. as commander of the salvation army between 1887-1896. booth created "the volunteers of america" after the high council requested his resignation.