Famous people and celebrities who died in June 1922

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in June 1922. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• June 4 W. H. R. Rivers

  English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)

• June 4 William Halse Rivers

  British psychologist/anthropologist

• June 6 Lillian Russell

  American actress and singer (b. 1860)

• June 9 Albert Baertsoen

  Flemish painter / etcher, dies at 56

• June 12 Wolfgang Kapp

  German politician (kapp putsch 1920), dies at 63

• June 18 Jacobus Kapteyn

  Known for his studies of the Milky Way and the Kapteyn Universe theory.

• June 18 John C Kapteyn

  Astronomer dies at 71

• June 19 Hitachiyama Taniemon

  The 19th yokozuna, a japanese sumo wrestler (born 1874)

• June 20 Vittorio Monti

  Italian violinist composer and orchestra conductor (d.1922)

• June 22 Henry H Wilson

  Field marshal, killed in london

• June 24 Walther Rathenau

  German businessman and politician, 7th german minister for foreign affairs (b. 1867)

• June 25 Satyendranath Dutta

  Indian poet and author (b. 1882)

• June 26 Albert I

  Prince of monaco (b. 1848)

• June 26 Albert H K

  Monarch of monaco (1889-1922), is killed at 73

• June 28 Velimir Khlebnikov

  Russian playwright and poet (d. 1922)