- Jun 1 António Feijó, Portuguese poet and diplomat, born in Ponte de Lima, Portugal (d. 1917)
- Jun 5 Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel 1911), born in Landskrona, Sweden (d. 1930)
- Jun 6 Henry John Newbolt, English poet and author (Studies Green & Gray), born in Bilston, Staffordshire, England (d. 1938)
- Jun 7 Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist (Nobel 1905), born in Pozsony, Austria-Hungary (d. 1947)
- Jun 10 Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress and writer (Rocky Mountain Mystery, The Heart of Maryland), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1937)
- Jun 21 Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince, son of King Mongkut and brother of King Chulalongkorn and historian, born in Bangkok, Thailand (d. 1943)
- Jun 21 Henry Holden Huss, American classical pianist, composer, and educator, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1953)
- Jun 21 Johannes Schlaf, German writer and translator, born in Querfurt, Germany (d. 1941)
- Jun 25 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1901)
- Jun 27 May Irwin, Canadian comedienne and singer ("Hot Time in the Old Town"), born in Whitby, Ontario (d. 1938)
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