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.