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Famous People Born in June 1900

  • Jun 2 David Wynne, Welsh composer (Owain ab Urien), born in Penderyn, Wales (d. 1983)
  • Jun 3 Gerard den Brabander [Jan G Jofriet], Dutch poet (Nothing New) (d. 1968)

Dennis Gabor (1900-1979)

Jun 5 Hungarian-British engineer and physicist (invented holography, Nobel Prize 1971), born in Budapest, Hungary

  • Jun 6 Arthur Askey, British actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1982)
  • Jun 6 Lester Matthews, English actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), born in Nottingham, England (d. 1965)
  • Jun 6 Manfred Sakel, Polish neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, born in Nadvorna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)

Frederick Terman (1900-1982)

Jun 7 American professor of engineering at Stanford University known as the "father of Silicon Valley", born in English, Indiana

  • Jun 7 Glen Gray [Knoblauch], American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (Casa Loma Orchestra), born in Metamora, Illinois (d. 1963)
  • Jun 7 Jan Engelman, Dutch poet, translator and critic (Garden of Eros), born in Utrecht, the Netherlands (d. 1972)
  • Jun 8 H. J. Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), born in Stadskanaal, Netherlands (d. 1962)
  • Jun 8 Lena Baker, American domestic servant convicted of capital murder of her employer, Ernest Knight (first and only woman executed in state of Georgia; posthumously pardoned in 2005), born in Cuthbert, Georgia (d. 1945) [1]
  • Jun 9 Fred Waring, American musician and conductor (name behind the Waring Blender), born in Tyronne, Pennsylvania (d. 1984)
  • Jun 9 Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer and pilot, born in Astène, Belgium (d. 1954)
  • Jun 10 Henri Bruning, Dutch poet and literary, born in Amsterdam (d. 1983)
  • Jun 11 Lawrence E. Spivak, American news panelist (Meet the Press), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
  • Jun 12 Amadeo Roldán, Cuban composer and violinist, born in Paris (d. 1939)
  • Jun 12 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Sonna), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1955)
  • Jun 13 Ian Hunter, South African character actor (Dr. Blood's Coffin; White Unicorn), born in Capetown, South Africa (d. 1975)
  • Jun 14 June Walker, American stage actress (War Nurse, Unforgiven), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)
  • Jun 15 Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)
  • Jun 15 Otto Luening, German American conductor, composer and electronic music pioneer (Sonority Canon), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1996)
  • Jun 15 Paul J. Mares, American jazz trumpeter and composer ("Farewell Blues"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1949)
  • Jun 16 Jan van Tilburg, Dutch politician and Governor of Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977)
  • Jun 17 Hermann Reuter, German composer, born in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg (d. 1985)

Martin Bormann (1900-1945)

Jun 17 German Nazi leader (Hitler's secretary, chief of the Party Chancellery), born in Wegeleben, Germany

  • Jun 19 Laura Z. Hobson, American TV writer and panelist (I've Got a Secret), born in New York City (d. 1986)
  • Jun 21 Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer and musician, born in Asarum Blekinge, Sweden (d. 1981)
  • Jun 22 Jennie Tourel [Davidovich], Russian-American mezzo-soprano (Paris Opera, 1931-38; Metropolitan Opera,1937-47), born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (d. 1973)
  • Jun 22 Russell Vis, American Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold freestyle lightweight 1924), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1990)
  • Jun 24 Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician who pioneered network synthesis, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1945)
  • Jun 25 I. D. du Plessis, South African writer and director (3rd World), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1981)

Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979)

Jun 25 British naval officer and statesman, last Viceroy of India (1947), born in Windsor, England

  • Jun 26 Jo Spier [Joseph Spier], Dutch cartoonist and water color painter, born in Zutphen, Netherlands (d. 1978)
  • Jun 27 Otto Passman, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana (1947-77), born in Franklinton, Washington Parish Louisiana (d. 1988)
  • Jun 28 Alan Bunce, American radio and television actor (Homicidal, Ethel & Albert), born in Westfield, New Jersey (d. 1965)
  • Jun 28 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Kordian into Cham), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1962)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)

Jun 29 French writer, poet and pioneering aviator (The Little Prince), born in Lyon, France

  • Jun 30 Beatrix Loughran, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1924, 1928, 1932), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1975)

About June 1900

How Old? 124 years old
Generation: Lost Generation
Leap Year: No

Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Star Signs: Gemini (May 21 - Jun 20), Cancer (Jun 21 - Jul 22)