Famous people and celebrities who died in June 1949

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in June 1949. 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 2 Ernest Ford

  Composer dies at 91

• June 2 Dynam-Victor Fumet

  Composer dies at 82

• June 3 Amedos Peter Giannine

  Bank of america founder, who dies at 79.

• June 10 Sigrid Undset

  LIT - Danish-norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, nobel prize laureate (b. 1882)

• June 11 Koci Xoxe

  Albanian vice premier, executed

• June 11 Oton Zupanic

  Slavs poet (zimzelenpod snegom), is killed at 71

• June 14 Albert II

  Rhesus macaque and pioneering animal astronaut, recognized as the first mammal sent into space, marking a significant milestone in space exploration.

• June 19 Syed Zafarul Hasan

  Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)

• June 23 Aristidis Stergiadis

  Greek governor-general in smyrna (born 1861)

• June 25 James Steen

  American water polo player (b. 1876)

• June 25 Buck Freeman

  American baseball player (born in 1871)

• June 26 Kim Koo

  South korean educator and politician, 13th president of the provisional government of the republic of korea (b. 1876)

• June 26 Kim Gu

  President of the provisional government of the republic of korea, born 1876

• June 27 Frank Smythe

  English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)

• June 29 Themistoklis Sofoulis

  Greek politician, 115th prime minister of greece (b. 1860)

• June 30 Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild

  French financier and polo player (b. 1868)