13 notable people died on June 1, including Werner Forssmann, Hristo Botev, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
20th Century
4 deaths
Werner Forssmann
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1956)
José Alejandrino
ministerpolitician
Filipino general and senator (1870–1951)
Lorenzo Taezaz
diplomatminister
Ethiopian diplomat
Alphonse Dubois
botanistcurator
Belgian naturalist and ornithologist
19th Century
3 deaths
Hristo Botev
journalistpoet
Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (1847–1876)
René Just Haüy
crystallographermineralogist
French mineralogist
Nicolas Appert
businesspersonconfectioner
French inventor of airtight food preservation (1749–1841)
17th Century
2 deaths
Tokugawa Ieyasu
samurai
Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)
Johann Schröder
chemistpharmacist
German chemist (1600-1664)
16th Century
2 deaths
Martín de Azpilcueta
Catholic priesteconomist
Spanish theologian and economist
Bernardino Scardeone
historianRenaissance humanist
Italian priest and historian (died 1574)
15th Century
1 death
Hafiz-i Abru
geographerhistorian
Persian historian at the court of Timurid rulers of Central Asia
3rd Century
1 death
Cornelius
authorCatholic priest
Pope Saint (251 to 253)
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