Famous people born in June include American businessman, founder of Tesla Motors and the world’s richest man Elon Musk, president of China Xi Jinping, and Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. Another famous politician born in June is Ban Ki-Moon, the South Korean politician & diplomat who is famous as the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.
Also born in June are former U.S. vice presidents Garret Hobart (under President William McKinley) and Mike Pence (under President Trump), and Barack Obama’s daughter Sasha Obama. The president of Benin, Romuald Wadagni, and former presidents Joseph Kabila (DRC) and Raúl Castro (Cuba) also have June birthdays.
Other famous people born in June are actors Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy), Chris Evans (Captain America in MCU), and actress Zoe Saldana (Avatar & Avengers: Endgame). Football players Lionel Messi, Mohamed Salah, and tennis champion Venus Williams also celebrate their birthdays in June.
Celebs with birthday in June
Died aged 83
Husband and royal consort of the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II of Denmark, from her accession on 14 January 1972 to his death in 2018
Died aged 49
American singer who sang the hits I Get the Sweetest Feeling (1968), Baby Workout (1963), and Lonely Teardrops (1958)
Died aged 92
American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, entomologist, and author of the 1975 book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
53 years old
American singer who sang I'll Be Missing You in 1997 (with Sean Combs), actress, and ex-wife of rapper The Notorious B.I.G.
73 years old
American politician, former North Carolina senator, 2004 Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee under Senator John Kerry
41 years old
Indian actress and fashion icon who starred in Hindi films such as the 2013 Hindi romantic film Raanjhanaa (as Zoya Haider)
43 years old
American actress in the movies Joan of Arc (1999), Deep Impact (1998), and The Glass House (2001)
66 years old
American TV presenter famous in The Dr. Oz Show as Dr. Oz, physician, author, and government official
51 years old
South Korean actress whose top shows include as Cha Geum-joo in South Korean series Woman with a Suitcase
Died aged 93
8th U.S. secretary of defense at the height of the Cold War from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
June Historical Events
1st June 1963: Kenya attained internal self rule (partial independence). The East African country had been a British colony since 1920. But on 12 December 1964 Kenya became fully independent and was named a republic.June 1 is a national holiday in Kenya, known as Madaraka Day. Moreover, the 12th of December is Jamhuri Day, a day of recognition of Kenya's independence.
2nd June 1953: Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, at the age of 25, at a ceremony held at Westminster Abbey. This was after the death of her father, King George VI. King George VI had died the previous year on 6 February 1952.After her coronation, Elizabeth took an oath and was anointed with holy oil. She became the Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and celebrations were held across the Commonwealth nations.
2nd June 1875: Telephone inventor and Canadian-American scientist Alexander Graham Bell (born on March 3, 1847) and his assistant Watson made the first sound transmission from one device to another device in a second room.This led to the patenting of the first telephone on March 7, 1876 by Bell. He later co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.
4th June 1989: Chinese troops opened fire on demonstrators who had been protesting and demonstrating in the Tiananmen Square, a city square in Beijing, China. The Tiananmen Square protests and massacre led to the deaths of many demonstrators, bystanders and soldiers.The protests had started on April 16, a day after pro-reform leader Hu Yaobang died of a heart attack.
Over 1,000 students started demonstrations against corruption, and the resulting fatalities on the 4th of June are estimated to be several hundreds or thousands, and many more wounded. Although the Tiananmen Square protests are the most famous, there were major protests in many other Chinese cities.
