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

Belgian industrial designer (1930–2011)

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

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1912)

Filipino politician (1891-1951)

Scholar and economist (1892-1978)

Romanian historian, memoirist, and Land Forces officer

Hungarian actor (1891–1976)

Canadian writer (1845-1924)

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

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

Brazilian writer (1843-1914)

Indian writer (1891–1986)

Canadian politician

Canadian architect (1841-1921)

Australian poet (1873–1926)

Finnish politician and journalist

Austrian mountain climber (1910–1954)

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

German scholar

American writer (1795-1868)

Romanian politician

Painter and musician (1799-1886)

German philosopher and physicist (1673-1731)

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

King of Majorca