Famous people and celebrities who died in June 1955

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in June 1955. 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 1 Kathleen

  Duchess of newcastle, british duchess (born 1872)

• June 1 F Melius Christiansen

  Composer dies at 84

• June 3 Barbara Graham

  Barbara Graham was an American woman convicted of murder and executed in 1955, becoming one of the few women to receive the death penalty in California.

• June 6 Max Meldrum

  Scottish-australian painter and educator (b. 1875)

• June 10 Margaret Abbott

  Indian-american golfer (b. 1876)

• June 11 Walter Hampden

  American actor. he is known as the dean of shakespearean actors. in 1905, he played hamlet's first performance. the star was ill and he assumed the role. he was a success for 24 years.

• June 11 Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau

  Composer dies at 72

• June 11 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil

  French industrialist, murdered

• June 16 Ozias Leduc

  Canadian painter and educator (d.55)

• June 17 Carlyle Blackwell

  Carlyle Blackwell was a prominent American silent film actor.

• June 18 Walter Rein

  Composer dies at 61

• June 18 Willy Burkhard

  Komponist, who dies at 55

• June 22 Wyllis Cooper

  Television narrator (volume one) dies at 56

• June 26 Engelbert Zaschka

  The human-powered aircraft was invented by a german engineer and designer (d. 1955).

• June 29 Max Pechstein

  German painter and printmaker. he was a leader of the group of german expressionist artist known as die bra 1/4cke (aeuroethe bridgeaeur). his paintings of landscapes and nudes are his most well-known works.