27 notable people died on June 1, including Werner Forssmann, Hristo Botev, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
21st Century
1 death
Fausto Calderazzo
chemistuniversity teacher
Italian chemist (1930-2014)
20th Century
14 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
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Thomas Newbigging
engineerhistorian
British historian
Jerzy Łoś
economistmathematician
Polish mathematician (1920-1998)
Kadmi Cohen
lawyerwriter
French-Jewish writer
Maria Elise Turner Lauder
philanthropisttravel writer
Canadian author, philanthropist, teacher (1833–1922)
Leo Slezak
actorautobiographer
Austrian opera singer (1873–1946)
Jonas Vileišis
diplomatjournalist
Lithuanian lawyer, politician, and diplomat (1872–1942)
Heikki Renvall
journalistjurist
Finnish jurist, journalist and politician (1872–1955)
Halil Mutran
journal editorjournalist
Egyptian poet and journalist (1872–1949)
Muhammed Mehdi Senusi
clericwriter
Senussi cleric and leader
Teodoro Picado Michalski
journalistlawyer
President of Costa Rica (1900-1960)
19th Century
4 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)
Osbert Salvin
biologistbotanical collector
English naturalist (1835–1898)
18th Century
1 death
James MacArdell
engravergraphic artist
Irish engraver
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
3 deaths
Martín de Azpilcueta
Catholic priesteconomist
Spanish theologian and economist
Bernardino Scardeone
historianRenaissance humanist
Italian priest and historian (died 1574)
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
3rd Century
1 death
Cornelius
authorCatholic priest
Pope Saint (251 to 253)
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