Famous People: June
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All Figures for June (31 results)
Alan Turing
Mathematician, Computer Scientist & Cryptanalyst
Albertina Sisulu
South African Anti-Apartheid Leader, Human Rights Champion & Revered "Mother of the Nation"
Banda Singh Bahadur
Legendary Sikh General, Commander of the Khalsa Army & Agrarian Reformer
Charles Glover Barkla
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1917) for the Discovery of Characteristic X-Radiation of Elements
Charles Gounod
Master French Romantic Opera Composer, Renowned for Faust, Roméo et Juliette, and the Immortal Méditation (Ave Maria)
Colin Meads
Rugby Union Titan & New Zealand Player of the Century
Daniel G. Quillen
Mathematician & Fields Medalist
Dante Quinterno
Argentine Comic Strip Creator, Animator, Creator of "Patoruzú" & Pioneer of Latin American Color Animation
Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Economist, Social Entrepreneur & Nobel Peace Laureate
Dražen Petrović
Hall of Fame Basketball Legend, EuroLeague Champion & NBA All-NBA Guard ("The Mozart of Basketball")
Elon Musk
Tech Entrepreneur, Engineer & Industrial Designer
Frederick III
German Emperor & King of Prussia, Acclaimed Liberal Reformer & Commander of the Franco-Prussian War
Georges Bizet
Immense French Romantic Composer, Virtuoso Pianist & Creator of the Masterpiece Opera Carmen
Gideon Sundback
Swedish-American Electrical Engineer & Inventor of the Modern Zipper (Hookless Fastener)
Gustavo Gutiérrez
Peruvian Theologian, Dominican Priest & Founding Father of Liberation Theology
Hans Leo Hassler
German Late Renaissance / Early Baroque Composer & Organist Who Synthesized Italian and German Polyphony