Famous Deaths on June 6

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1980)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985)

Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster

Canadian chemist (1920–2006)

Belgian industrial designer (1930–2011)

Israeli architect and urban designer (1930–2011)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1912)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1980)

Filipino politician (1891-1951)

Scholar and economist (1892-1978)

Romanian historian, memoirist, and Land Forces officer

Hungarian actor (1891–1976)

Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist (1873–1950)

Canadian writer (1845-1924)

Finnish film director, set designer and executive at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (1910–1997)

Canadian politician

Brazilian writer (1843-1914)

Indian writer (1891–1986)

Canadian architect (1841-1921)

Australian poet (1873–1926)

Finnish politician and journalist

Polish officer

Austrian mountain climber (1910–1954)

New Zealand politician

Belgian water polo player

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

German scholar

American writer (1795-1868)

Romanian politician

Hungarian military officer (1830–1860)

Painter and musician (1799-1886)

Chilean businessman, conservative politician and admiral (1793-1837)

German philosopher and physicist (1673-1731)

American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)

King of Majorca