Famous Birthdays for June 1st

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1134 – Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (d. 1158)^[14]
• 1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician, Lord Marshal of England (d. 1338)^[15]
• 1451 – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (d. 1508)^[16]
• 1460 – Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1491)
• 1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (d. 1550)
• 1498 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (d. 1574)
• 1522 – Dirck Coornhert, Dutch writer and scholar (d. 1590)
• 1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England (d. 1612)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1612 – Frans Post, Dutch painter (d. 1680)
• 1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1687)
• 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
• 1653 – Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (d. 1704)
• 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (d. 1755)
• 1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers (d. 1844)
• 1765 – Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (d. 1816)^[17]
• 1770 – Friedrich Laun, German author (d. 1849)
• 1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1836)
• 1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (d. 1832)
• 1800 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (d. 1879)
• 1801 – Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1877)^[18]
• 1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)^[19]
• 1808 – Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1881)
• 1815 – Otto of Greece (d. 1862)^[20]
• 1819 – Francis V, Duke of Modena (d. 1875)
• 1822 – Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, English portrait photographer (d. 1865)
• 1825 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (d. 1864)^[21]
• 1831 – John Bell Hood, American general (d. 1879)
• 1833 – John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and politician; Attorney General of Kentucky (d. 1911)
• 1843 – Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (d. 1930)
• 1869 – Richard Wünsch, German philologist (d. 1915)
• 1873 – Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician (d. 1955)
• 1874 – Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist (d. 1931)
• 1878 – John Masefield, English author and poet (d. 1967)
• 1879 – Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast (d. 1956)
• 1887 – Clive Brook, English actor (d. 1974)
• 1889 – Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
• 1892 – Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, (d. 1960)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (d. 1990)
• 1901 – Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player (d. 1978)^[22]
• 1901 – John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director (d. 1957)
• 1903 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (d. 1973)
• 1903 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Robert Newton, English-American actor (d. 1956)
• 1907 – Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher (d. 1977)
• 1907 – Frank Whittle, English airman and engineer, developed the jet engine (d. 1996)
• 1909 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (d. 1971)
• 1910 – Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (d. 1996)^[23]
• 1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (d. 2007)
• 1915 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1917 – William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)^[24]
• 1920 – Robert Clarke, American actor and producer (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985)^[25]
• 1922 – Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (d. 1991)
• 1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
• 1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (d. 2006)^[26]
• 1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher (d. 2017)
• 1926 – Johnny Berry, English footballer (d. 1994)^[27]
• 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (d. 1962)^[28]
• 1926 – George Robb, English international footballer and teacher (d. 2011)^[29]
• 1926 – Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2015)
• 1928 – Georgy Dobrovolsky, Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (d. 1971)
• 1928 – Steve Dodd, Australian actor and composer (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2003)^[30]
• 1929 – Nargis, Indian actress (d. 1981)^[31]
• 1929 – James H. Billington, American academic and Thirteenth Librarian of Congress (d. 2018)
• 1930 – Matt Poore, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2020)^[32]
• 1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)^[33]
• 1931 – Walter Horak, Austrian footballer (d. 2019)
• 1932 – Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer^[34]
• 1932 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994)
• 1933 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
• 1933 – Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor^[35]
• 1934 – Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2018)
• 1934 – Doris Buchanan Smith, American author (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners
• 1935 – Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Percy Adlon, German director, screenwriter and producer
• 1935 – John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Anatoly Albul, Soviet and Russian wrestler (d. 2013)
• 1936 – André Bourbeau, Canadian politician (d. 2018)
• 1936 – Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian actor (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator^[36]
• 1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
• 1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
• 1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist and author (d. 2015)
• 1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor and comedian (d. 1992)^[37]
• 1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor (d. 2019)^[38]
• 1940 – Katerina Gogou, Greek writer and actress (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic^[39]
• 1941 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
• 1941 – Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira
• 1941 – Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian physicist and astronomer
• 1942 – Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic
• 1943 – Orietta Berti, Italian singer and actress
• 1943 – Richard Goode, American pianist^[40]
• 1943 – Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
• 1944 – Colin Blakemore, British neurobiologist
• 1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
• 1945 – Jim McCarty, American blues rock guitarist
• 1945 – Linda Scott, American singer^[41]
• 1945 – Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Frederica von Stade, American soprano and actress
• 1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
• 1947 – Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group
• 1947 – Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
• 1947 – Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor (d. 2017)
• 1948 – Tomáš Halík, Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian and scholar
• 1948 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Juhan Viiding, Estonian poet and actor (d. 1995)
• 1950 – Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1950 – Charlene, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
• 1950 – Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1952 – Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1952 – David Lan, South African-English director and playwright
• 1952 – Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
• 1953 – Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Ted Field, American entrepreneur and race car driver
• 1954 – Jill Black, English lawyer and judge
• 1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2016)
• 1955 – Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
• 1955 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)
• 1956 – Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist
• 1956 – Petra Morsbach, German author^[42]
• 1958 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia^[43]
• 1958 – Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper (d. 2019)
• 1959 – Martin Brundle, English racing driver and sportscaster
• 1959 – Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1960 – Simon Gallup, English musician
• 1960 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1960 – Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1960 – Lucy McBath, American politician^[44]
• 1960 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (d. 2006)
• 1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Mark Curry, American actor
• 1961 – Werner Günthör, Swiss shot putter and bobsledder
• 1961 – John Huston, American golfer
• 1961 – Peter Machajdík, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
• 1963 – Vital Borkelmans, Belgian footballer
• 1963 – Miles J. Padgett, Scottish physicist and academic
• 1963 – David Westhead, English actor and producer
• 1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier
• 1965 – Olga Nazarova, Russian sprinter
• 1966 – Greg Schiano, American football player and coach
• 1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer^[45]
• 1968 – Mathias Rust, German aviator
• 1969 – Luis García Postigo, former Mexican footballer
• 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
• 1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster^[46]
• 1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer
• 1973 – Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
• 1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
• 1973 – Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer^[47]
• 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress^[48]
• 1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
• 1974 – Sarah Teather, English politician
• 1975 – Michal Grošek, Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 – Frauke Petry, German politician
• 1976 – Marlon Devonish, English sprinter and coach
• 1977 – Arsen Gitinov, Russian and Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler
• 1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress^{[citation needed]}
• 1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player and coach^[49]
• 1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress^[50]
• 1978 – Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper
• 1979 – Santana Moss, American football player
• 1979 – Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang
• 1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – Amy Schumer, American actress^[51]
• 1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1981 – Aleksei Mikhailovich Uvarov, Russian footballer
• 1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player^[52]
• 1984 – Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
• 1984 – Olivier Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
• 1984 – Nikki Glaser, American comedian^[53]
• 1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
• 1985 – Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
• 1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
• 1985 – Sam Young, American basketball player
• 1986 – Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
• 1986 – Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
• 1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
• 1987 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter^[54]
• 1988 – Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
• 1989 – Nataliya Goncharova, Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player
• 1989 – Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
• 1990 – Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer
• 1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
• 1991 – Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 – Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1996 – Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1996 – Tom Holland, English actor