- Jun 1 Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (Bonkers!) and game show host (The Golden Shot; Celebrity Squares), born in Beckenham, Kent, England (d. 2003)
- Jun 1 Georgy Dobrovolsky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), born in Odessa, Ukraine, Soviet Union (d. 1971)
- Jun 2 J. A. Cuddon, English dictionary writer (Dictionary of Literary Terms), (d. 1996)
- Jun 3 Donald Judd, American minimalist sculptor and artist, born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri (d. 1994)
- Jun 3 John Reid, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and captain (58 Tests; 6 x 100s; 85 wickets) and ICC Match Referee (50 Tests 1993-2002), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2020)
- Jun 4 Lloyd Lambert, American bassist (Guitar Slim), born in Thilbodaux, Louisiana (d. 1995)
- Jun 4 Paul Greening, Royal Navy officer and master of Queen's household, born in Steyning, Sussex, England (d. 2008)
- Jun 4 Ruth Westheimer (née Karola Ruth Siegel) German-American sex therapist and media personality (Dr Ruth), born in Wiesenfeld, Germany (d. 2024) [1]
- Jun 4 Teddy Kotick, American jazz double bassist (Phil Woods; Charlie Parker; Bill Evans), born in Haverhill, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
- Jun 4 Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand Anglican clergyman (Archbishop of New Zealand, 2004-06; Bishop of Aotearoa, 1981-2004), and Māori rights advocate, born in Tōrere, North Island, New Zealand (d. 2007)
- Jun 5 Don Chargin, American boxing promoter (IBHOF; Bobby Chacon, Tony "The Tiger" Lopez, Loreto Garza), born in Santa Clara, California (d. 2018)
- Jun 5 Otto F. Walter, Swiss writer and publisher (Walter Verlag), born in Rickenbach (d. 1994)
- Jun 5 Robert Lansing [Brown], American stage and screen actor (12 O'Clock High; The Equalizer), born in San Diego, California (d. 1994)
- Jun 5 Tony Richardson, English theater and film director (Tom Jones), born in Shipley, England (d. 1991)
- Jun 6 George Deukmejian, American politician, 35th Governor of California (1983-91), born in Menands, New York (d. 2018)
- Jun 7 Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, American historian, born in New York (d. 1996)
- Jun 7 Anthony Ortega, American session and jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist (A Man and His Horns), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
Charles Strouse (96 years old)
Jun 7 American composer (Bye Bye Birdie; Annie), born in New York City
- Jun 7 Dave Bowen, Welsh soccer wing-half (19 caps; Arsenal) and manager (Wales 1964-74; Northampton Town), born in Maesteg, Wales (d. 1995)
- Jun 7 David Malcolm Lewis, English historian, expert in Greek Epigraphy, born in London (d. 1994)
- Jun 7 James Ivory, American film producer, director and screenwriter (Howard's End; Remains of the Day; A Room with a View), born in Berkeley, California
- Jun 7 James Jude, American thoracic surgeon (developed CPR), born in Maple Lake, Minnesota (d. 2015)
- Jun 7 Randy Turpin, British boxer (NYSAC, NBA and The Ring middleweight titles 1951-53), born in Leamington Spa, England (d. 1966)
- Jun 7 Reg Park, British bodybuilder (Mr Universe - 1951, 58, 65), born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (d. 2007)
- Jun 8 Kate Wilhelm, American fiction author (Hugo Award: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2018)
- Jun 9 Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh scholar (University of Wales), born in Tal-y-bont, Wales (d. 2015)
Jackie Mason (1928-2021)
Jun 9 American Emmy and Tony Award-winning stand-up comedian, stage, film and television actor (The World According To Me!), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin [1]
- Jun 9 Shelly Kurland, American educator, classically trained session violinist and string arranger for country music recordings (Shelly Kurland Strings), born in New York City (d. 2010)
Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)
Jun 10 American author and illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are), born in New York City
- Jun 11 Bob Gordon, American cool jazz baritone saxophonist, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1955)
- Jun 11 Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (CDA), born in Ede, Netherlands (d. 2001)
- Jun 11 Queen Fabiola of Belgium [Doña Fabiola de Mora], Spanish wife of King Baudouin, Queen consort of the Belgians (1960-93), born in Zurbano Palace, Madrid, Spain (d. 2014)
- Jun 12 Bob Davis, Australian football forward (All Australian captain 1958; VFL Premiership 1951, 52 Geelong FC), coach (VFL Premiership 1963 Geelong FC) and broadcaster (7 Network), born in Ballarat, Australia (d. 2011)
- Jun 12 Michael Wishart, British figurative painter, born in London (d. 1996)
- Jun 12 Richard Sherman, American Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist, with his brother Robert (Mary Poppins; Chitty Chtitty Bang Bang; "It's a Small World (After All)"), born in New York City (d. 2024) [1]
- Jun 12 Tom Rosqui, American stage and screen character actor (The Godfather - "Rocco Lampone"), born in Oakland, California (d. 1991)
- Jun 12 Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], American singer (On the Street Where You Live), entertainer, actor and TV presenter (Vic Damone Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2018)
- Jun 13 Jean Villain, Swiss writer, born in Zurich (d. 2006)
John Nash (1928-2015)
Jun 13 American mathematician (subject of movie "A Beautiful Mind") and Nobel laureate, born in Bluefield, West Virginia
- Jun 13 Ken Behring, American real estate developer, NFL team owner, philanthropist (Seattle Seahawks), born in Freeport, Illinois (d. 2019)
Che Guevara (1928-1967)
Jun 14 Argentine Marxist revolutionary (Cuban Revolution), author and physician, born in Rosario, Argentina
- Jun 16 Dagmar Rom, Austrian alpine ski racer (World C'ship gold slalom & giant slalom 1950; Olympic silver giant slalom 1952), born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 2022)
- Jun 16 John Cuneo, Australian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1972), born in Bulimba, Queensland, Australia (d. 2020)
- Jun 16 Sergiu Comissiona, Romanian-Israeli-American conductor (Haifa Symphony, 1959-64; Gothenburg Symphony, 1966-77; Philharmonic; Baltimore Symphony, 1969-84), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)
- Jun 18 David T. Lykken, American behavioral geneticist, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2006)
- Jun 18 Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara, American actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), born in New York City (d. 1978)
- Jun 18 Michael Blakemore, Australian Tony Award-winning theater director (Copenhagen; Kiss Me Kate), actor, and screenwriter, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2023)
- Jun 19 Barry Took, English comedy writer (d. 2002)
- Jun 19 Nancy Marchand, American actress (The Sopranos, Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2000)
- Jun 20 David Mitchell, British MP, born in rural Buckinghamshire, England (d. 2014)
- Jun 20 Eric Dolphy, American jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute player, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1964)
- Jun 20 Jean-Marie le Pen, French politician (leader of National Front party, 1972-2011), born in La Trinité-sur-Mer, France
- Jun 20 Martin Landau, American actor (Ed Wood; North By Northwest; Mission Impossible; Space 1999), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2017)
- Jun 20 William Berger, Austrian American actor (Face to Face, Adventure of Hercules), born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1993)
- Jun 21 Judith Raskin, American soprano (Le Nozze di Figaro - "Susanna"), born in New York City (d. 1984)
- Jun 21 Valentin Yershov, Soviet Russian cosmonaut, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1998)
- Jun 22 Ralph Waite, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand Luke, The Waltons), born in White Plains, New York (d. 2014)
- Jun 23 Michael Shaara, American writer (Killer Angels), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1988)
- Jun 25 Alexei Abrikosov, Russian-born American physicist (Nobel Prize 2003), born in Moscow (d. 2017)
- Jun 25 Jacob Druckman, American composer (Animus; Windows), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
- Jun 25 Michel Brault, Canadian filmmaker (Direct Cinema - pioneered hand-held camera work), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2013) [1]
- Jun 25 Peyo [Pierre Culliford], Belgian cartoonist (The Smurfs; Johan et Pirlouit), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1992)
- Jun 25 William Joseph Russo, American trombonist, jazz, classical and theater composer (Titans Symphony) and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
- Jun 26 Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jun 27 Rudy Perpich, American politician, 34th & 36th Governor of Minnesota, born in Carson Lake, Minnesota (d. 1995)
- Jun 28 Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, English cybernetician stage producer and lyricist, born in Derby (d. 1996)
- Jun 28 Cyril Smith, British Liberal Member of Parliament and alleged serial sex offender, born in Lancashire, England (d. 2010)
- Jun 28 Hans Blix, Swedish head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission 2000-2003, born in Uppsala, Sweden
- Jun 28 Harold Evans, English-American journalist, editor (The Sunday Times), and publisher (Random House), born in Patricroft, England (d. 2020) [1]
- Jun 28 Nick Virgilio, American Haiku poet, born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 1989)
- Jun 28 Peter Heine, South African cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950's), born in Winterton, Natal, South Africa (d. 2005)
- Jun 28 Ronald "Rags" Butler, British sailor, survivor on HMS Jervis Bay, born in Portsmouth, England (d. 1996)
- Jun 29 Ian Bannen, Scottish character actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park), born in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1999)
- Jun 30 Frank Marcus, German playwright and critic, born in Breslau, Silesia, Germany (d. 1996)
About June 1928
How Old? 96 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat/Sheep
Year of the Monkey