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Famous Deaths on June 6

14 notable people died on June 6, including Jean Dausset, George D. Snell, Jerome Karle.

Total Deaths
14
Avg Age at Death
81
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

2 deaths
Jean Dausset
Jean Dausset
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1980)
Jerome Karle
Jerome Karle
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985)

20th Century

7 deaths
GS
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1980)
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1912)
Tomás Confesor
Tomás Confesor
ministerpolitician
Filipino politician (1891-1951)
Moisés Bensabat Amzalak
Moisés Bensabat Amzalak
economisthistorian
Scholar and economist (1892-1978)
Laure Conan
Laure Conan
essayisthagiographer
Canadian writer (1845-1924)
Gheorghe Eminescu
Gheorghe Eminescu
historianmemoirist
Romanian historian, memoirist, and Land Forces officer
Hannu Leminen
Hannu Leminen
film directorscreenwriter
Finnish film director, set designer and executive at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (1910–1997)

19th Century

3 deaths
Jeremy Bentham Rollweiser
Jeremy Bentham Rollweiser
animal rights advocateeconomist
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
German scholar
Romanian politician

18th Century

1 death
Andreas Rüdiger
Andreas Rüdiger
philosopherphysicist
German philosopher and physicist (1673-1731)

14th Century

1 death
King of Majorca

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