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Famous People Born in June 1882

  • Jun 1 John Drinkwater, English poet and playwright (Abraham Lincoln), born in Leytonstone, Essex (d. 1937)
  • Jun 4 Karl Valentin, Bavarian comedian and film producer, born in Munich (d. 1948)
  • Jun 9 Robert Kerr, Canadian sprinter (1909 Olympics), born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland (d. 1963)
  • Jun 10 Neville Henderson, British diplomat and Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Nazi Germany (1937-39), born in Sedgwick, Sussex, England (d. 1942)
  • Jun 14 Ion Antonescu, Romanian army officer (Marshall; Cheif of Staff, 1933-34), authoritarian politician (Prime Minister and Conducător, 1940-44), and war criminal, born in Argeș County, Romania (d. 1946)
  • Jun 14 Michael Zadora, American pianist and composer, born in New York City (d. 1946)
  • Jun 16 Josef Christiaens, Belgian auto racer (first foreigner to enter Indianapolis Motor Speedway "Harvest Classic"), born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium (d. 1919)

Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882-1967)

Jun 16 Prime Minister of Iran (1951-53) who was overthrown in a coup d'état aided by the CIA and the British SIS, born in Tehran, Persia

  • Jun 17 Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, born in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (d. 1918)

Harold Gillies (1882-1960)

Jun 17 New Zealand father of modern plastic surgery who pioneered skin graft techniques on injured soldiers in WWI, born in Dunedin, New Zealand [1]

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Jun 17 Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps - The Rite of Spring; The Firebird), born in Oranienbaum, Russia

  • Jun 18 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader (Prime Minister 1946-49), born in Kovachevtsi, Bulgaria (d. 1949)
  • Jun 21 Lluís Companys, Spanish politician, 123rd President of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1933-40), born in El Tarròs, Urgell, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1940)
  • Jun 21 Rockwell Kent, American artist, painter and illustrator (Canterbury Tales), born in Tarrytown, New York (d. 1971)
  • Jun 24 Athanase David, Canadian politician and businessman, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1953)
  • Jun 24 Carl Diem, German sports executive (Sec Gen Organising Committee 1936 Berlin Olympics; creator Olympic torch relay), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1962)
  • Jun 27 Eduard Spranger, German psychologist and educator, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1963)