51 notable people died on June 1, including Werner Forssmann, Hristo Botev, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
21st Century
3 deaths
Fausto Calderazzo
chemistuniversity teacher
Italian chemist (1930-2014)
HK
Han Kuang-wei
engineermilitary personnel
Republic of China Navy admirals & Taiwanese military officer and engineer
CM
Christobel Mattingley
librarianwriter
Australian author
20th Century
25 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
Thomas Newbigging
engineerhistorian
British historian
Jerzy Łoś
economistmathematician
Polish mathematician (1920-1998)
Leo Slezak
actorautobiographer
Austrian opera singer (1873–1946)
Halil Mutran
journal editorjournalist
Egyptian poet and journalist (1872–1949)
Heikki Renvall
journalistjurist
Finnish jurist, journalist and politician (1872–1955)
Jonas Vileišis
diplomatjournalist
Lithuanian lawyer, politician, and diplomat (1872–1942)
Kadmi Cohen
lawyerwriter
French-Jewish writer
Dezső Bokányi
journalistpolitician
Hungarian communist and stonemason
Maria Elise Turner Lauder
philanthropisttravel writer
Canadian author, philanthropist, teacher (1833–1922)
Muhammed Mehdi Senusi
clericwriter
Senussi cleric and leader
Teodoro Picado Michalski
journalistlawyer
President of Costa Rica (1900-1960)
Leon Geršković
journalistlawyer
Croatian lawuer and politician (1910–1992)
F. Melius Christiansen
choir directorcomposer
American conductor (1871-1955)
Antonio Dattilo Rubbo
painterteacher
Italian-Australian artist (1870-1955)
Roderic Dallas
aircraft pilotmilitary officer
Australian fighter ace of World War I (1891–1918)
Arno Berg
architect
Architect (1890-1974)
TA
Thomas William Adams
farmerforester
Farmer, forester, churchman, educationalist (1842–1919)
MB
Maria Bird
composerscreenwriter
British television producer (1891–1979)
JH
Jozef van Hoorde
journalistwriter
Writer (1843-1916)
CB
Carlos Castelo Branco
journalistnovelist
Brazilian journalist and writer (1920-1993)
VM
Vladimir Mitkevich
physicist
Russian-Soviet-Belarus physicist
19th Century
8 deaths
Hristo Botev
journalistpoet
Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (1847–1876)
Nicolas Appert
businesspersonconfectioner
French inventor of airtight food preservation (1749–1841)
René Just Haüy
crystallographermineralogist
French mineralogist
Sugita Genpaku
linguisttranslator
Japanese scholar
Osbert Salvin
biologistbotanical collector
English naturalist (1835–1898)
David Wilkie
actorartist
Scottish painter (1785-1841)
FD
Frank Dobson
naturalistpolitician
Australian politician and naturalist
Te Mamaku
military leader
Maori Chief
18th Century
5 deaths
James MacArdell
engravergraphic artist
Irish engraver
NC
Nguyễn Phúc Chu
monarch
Vietnamese ruler
AP
Andrea Procaccini
engravergraphic artist
Italian painter (1671-1734)
PH
Philip Hussey
painter
Irish artist (1713-1783)
JP
Jacob Potma
painter
Painter from the Northern Netherlands
17th Century
3 deaths
Tokugawa Ieyasu
samurai
Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)
Johann Schröder
chemistpharmacist
German chemist (1600-1664)
Rupertus Meldenius
theologianwriter
German theologian
16th Century
4 deaths
Martín de Azpilcueta
Catholic priesteconomist
Spanish theologian and economist
Bernardino Scardeone
historianRenaissance humanist
Italian priest and historian (died 1574)
Bernt Notke
paintersculptor
German painter and sculptor (1440–1509)
Felipe de Guevara
art collectorart historian
Spanish humanist, art writer and patron
15th Century
1 death
Hafiz-i Abru
geographerhistorian
Persian historian at the court of Timurid rulers of Central Asia
12th Century
1 deathRE
Reishi-naishinnō
empress consort
[令子] daughter of emperor Shirakawa; entitled Empress consort
3rd Century
1 death
Cornelius
authorCatholic priest
Pope Saint (251 to 253)
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