Famous people and celebrities who died in June 1976

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in June 1976. 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 Pieter Balledux

  Actor, stage manager/ resistance fighter, died at 89

• June 2 Kenneth Mason

  English soldier and geographer (b. 1887)

• June 2 Juan José Torres

  Bolivian general and politician, 61st president of bolivia (b. 1920)

• June 2 Bartoes [Albertus J Wijstma]

  At 73, a comedian and cabaret performer dies.

• June 5 Walter Field

  Entertainer dies at 101

• June 5 Violet Wilkey

  American actress (born in 1903)

• June 6 J. Paul Getty

  American businessman, founded the getty oil company (b. 1892)

• June 6 Victor Varconi

  Hungarian-american actor, director (d. 1976).

• June 8 Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe

  Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (d. 1976)

• June 9 Sybil Thorndike

  British actress who can play both stage and movie roles. after breaking her wrist, she switched to theatre and began her career as a concert pianist. she rose to prominence in leading roles ranging from comedy to comedy to melodrama. one of her most famous performances was "saint joan" in the early '20s.

• June 9 James A Farley

  Us postmaster general (1932-1938) dies at 88

• June 9 Paul T B Rodenko

  Dutch poet / writer (never marry a witch) dies at 55

• June 10 Adolph Zukor

  Paramount pictures was founded by paramount pictures, a hungarian-american film producer (d. 1976).

• June 12 Gopinath Kaviraj

  Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1887)

• June 15 Jimmy Dykes

  American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)

• June 16 Francis E Meloy Jr

  Ambassador of the united states to lebanon, kidnapped, killed

• June 21 Margaret Herrick

  American director of academy of motion picture arts and sciences (born in 1902)

• June 24 Imogen Cunningham

  American educator and photographer (d. 1976).

• June 25 Johnny Mercer

  Legendary American lyricist, songwriter, and co-founder of Capitol Records who wrote numerous popular songs during the Golden Age of American popular music, including Academy Award-winning compositions.

• June 28 Stanley Baker

  Welsh actor known for his roles in war films like 'The Guns of Navarone', who died at a relatively young age of 49.

• June 29 Leonora Summers

  Entertainer

• June 30 Firpo Marberry

  American baseball manager and player (d. 1976).