Famous People: June
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All Figures for June (28 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)
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
Hongwu Emperor
Founding Emperor of China's Ming Dynasty (1368–1398), Peasant Revolutionary & Reformer
James K. Baxter
Celebrated New Zealand Poet, Playwright, Social Reformer & Cultural Prophet