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
62 years old
French racing driver in Formula One from 1989 to 2001 and who won the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix while driving a Ferrari
77 years old
American drummer famous as long-time drummer of U.S. rock band ZZ Top that was formed in 1969
Died aged 79
American jazz pianist and composer who was a member of the Miles Davis band and composed songs such as 500 Miles High (1973)
56 years old
American actor famous as Jerry Best in comedy show The Bernie Mac Show, and Louis Litt in legal drama series Suits
39 years old
Australian model and actress (The Dag on Mad Max: Fury Road) who started her modeling career in 2008
38 years old
American actress who starred as Michelle in the 2015 horror thriller Demonic, Brooke in 2012 comedy-drama movie Magic Mike
40 years old
American actor who starred in Transformers movies as Sam Witwicky, Henry Jones III in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
36 years old
Kenyan rapper whose famous singles include Yego (2015), Mazishi (2016), King Khali (2015), and Kwame ft. Harmonize (2023)
57 years old
Spanish model famous on the covers of top magazines such as Elle, Marie Claire, and TV presentor, entrepreneur and actress
41 years old
American TV personality and famous in reality TV series The Girls Next Door, and as Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner's girlfriend
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.
