Famous people and celebrities who died in June 1974

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in June 1974. 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 Elliott Sullivan

    Actor (sergeant), died at 66

  • June 3 Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)

    Irish republican died on hunger strike (b. 1949)

  • June 6 Blanche Yurka

    Actress (tale of 2 cities and cry of werewolf), is killed at 86

  • June 9 Miguel Angel Asturias

    Nobel Prize laureate for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America

  • June 9 M A Asturias

    Writer

  • June 10 Prince Henry

    Duke of gloucester (b. 1900)

  • June 10 Henry WFA

    English duke of gloucester/baron culloden dies at 74

  • June 11 Julius Evola

    Italian philosopher and esotericist. evola considered his spiritual views and perspectives to be aristocratic and masculine. he was traditionalist, heroic, and defiantly reactive.

  • June 11 Eurico Gaspar Dutra

    Brazilian general and politician, 16th president of brazil (b. 1883)

  • June 14 Knud Christian Jeppesen

    Composer dies at 81

  • June 16 Amalie Sara Colquhoun

    Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)

  • June 17 Refik Koraltan

    Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th speaker of the grand national assembly of turkey (b. 1889)

  • June 18 Júlio César de Mello e Souza

    Brazilian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)

  • June 18 Georgy Zhukov

    Russian marshal and politician, minister of defence for the soviet union (b. 1896)

  • June 20 Horace Lindrum

    Australian snooker and billiards player (born 1912).

  • June 22 Darius Milhaud

    French composer known for his prolific output and association with the group of composers known as Les Six.

  • June 25 Cornelius Lanczos

    Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893)

  • June 28 Vannevar Bush

    American engineer and academic (b. 1890)

  • June 28 Frank Sutton

    Actor (sgt vince carter gomer pyle usmc), died at 50

  • June 30 Alberta King

    Alberta King was a prominent civil rights activist and the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., who played a significant role in supporting her son's work and the African American civil rights movement.