Birthdays Date 1937 June | History by KabAstro

Jun 1 Colleen McCullough, Australian author (Tim, Indecent Obsession, The Thorn Birds), born in Wellington, NSW, Australia (d. 2015)

Morgan Freeman (87 years old)

Jun 1 American Academy Award-winning actor (Driving Mrs Daisy, Glory), born in Memphis, Tennessee

Jun 1 Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress, born in Dublin, Ireland
Jun 2 Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter ("Handy Man"), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2012)
Jun 3 Grachan Moncur III, American post-bop and modern jazz trombonist and composer (Evolution; Exploration), born in New York City (d. 2022) [1]
Jun 3 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1978, 80), born in Caen, France (d. 2021)
Jun 3 Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1983-2011), born in Robstown, Texas
Jun 4 Freddy Fender [Baldemar Huerta], American rock, country and Tejano singer ("Wasted Days And Wasted Nights"; "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"; Texas Tornados - "A Man Can Cry"), born in San Benito, Texas (d. 2006)
Jun 4 Gorilla Monsoon, American pro wrestler (Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame) and commentator (WWF), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1999)
Jun 4 Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American media proprietor and CEO (US News & World Report, NY Daily News), born in Montreal, Quebec
Jun 4 Robert Fulghum, American author (All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten), born in Waco, Texas
Jun 5 Floyd Butler, American soul singer (Friends of Distinction - "Grazing In The Grass"), born in San Diego, California (d. 1990)
Jun 7 Bert Sugar, American sports writer (editor / publisher The Ring magazine; Sting like a Bee; The Ageless Warrior), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2012)
Jun 7 Neeme Järvi, Estonian-American conductor (Gothenburg Symphony, 1982-2004; Detroit Symphony, 1990-2005; Residentie Orkest, 2005-12), born in Tallinn, Estonia
Jun 8 Bruce McCandless II, American aviator, electrical engineer and astronaut who made the 1st untethered space walk (STS 41B, STS-31), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
Jun 8 Norma Shaw, English lawn bowler (World Outdoor C'ship gold 1981; Indoor C'ship gold 1997), born in Wakefield, England (d. 2009)
Jun 9 Harald Rosenthal, German biologist (lobbied against ballast water pollution), born in Berlin, Germany
Jun 9 Sven Conrad Stayers, Guyana cricketer (WI fast bowler 1962), born in Georgetown, Guyana (d. 2005)
Jun 10 Richard Foreman, American theatrical director (Daily Life), born in New York City
Jun 11 Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], American actor (Medical Center, Airplane II), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2012)
Jun 11 J. Robin Warren, Australian pathologist (Nobel 2005), born in Adelaide, Australia
Jun 11 Johnny Brown, American stage and screen comic actor (Good Times - "Bookman"; Laugh-In), and singer, born in St. Petersburg, Florida (d. 2022)
Jun 11 Luciana Paluzzi, Italian-American actress (Five Fingers, Thunderball), born in Rome, Italy
Jun 12 Antal Festetics, Austrian biologist and zoologist, born in Budapest, Hungary
Jun 12 Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician (Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 2010)
Jun 13 Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician (Rep-D-DC), born in Washington, D.C.
Jun 14 Jørgen Leth, Danish film director (A Sunday in Hell), born in Aarhus, Denmark
Jun 15 Curtis Cokes, American boxer (WBA/WBC world welterweight champion 1966-69), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2020)
Jun 15 Ray Coleman, British author (biographies of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Brian Epstein, and Phil Collins), and music journalist (Melody Maker), born in Leicester, England (d. 1996)
Jun 15 Rolf Riehm, German composer (Sirenen, Bilder des Begehrens und des Vernichtens (Sirens, images of desire and destruction)), born in Saarbrücken, Germany

Waylon Jennings (1937-2002)

Jun 15 American 'outlaw' country singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("This Time", "Good Hearted Woman", "I'm A Ramblin' Man"), born in Littlefield, Texas

Jun 16 August Busch III, American CEO (Anheuser-Busch, St Louis Cards)
Jun 16 Erich Segal, American author (Love Story, Oliver's Story), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2010)
Jun 16 Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria (1943-46) Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2001-5), born in Sofia, Bulgaria
Jun 17 Peter Lupus, American bodybuilder and actor (Mission Impossible), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Jun 18 Gail Godwin, American author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)
Jun 18 Jay Rockefeller, American politician (Sen-D-West Virginia 1985-2015), born in New York City
Jun 18 Varbara Ann Teer, American actress/director (National Black Theatre Company)
Jun 18 Vitaly Mikhailovich Zholobov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)
Jun 20 Jerry Keller, American pop singer-songwriter ("Here Comes Summer"), and actor (If Ever I See You Again), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Jun 21 Anna Davies, Italian philologist and Professor of Comparative Philology (Oxford U), born in Milan (d. 2014)
Jun 21 John Edrich, English cricket batsman (77 Tests, 12 x 100. 24 x 50, HS 310no; Norfolk CCC, Surrey CCC), born in Blofield, England (d. 2020)
Jun 21 Raphaël Sommer, Czech cellist, and educator, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2001)
Jun 22 Chris Blackwell, English businessman and record producer (Island Records), born in Westminster, London, England
Jun 23 Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish politician, and diplomat, President of Finland (1994-2000), Nobel Peace Prize 2008 for helping resolve international conflicts, born in Viipuri, Finland (d. 2023)
Jun 23 Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets), born in South Gate, California (d. 2004)
Jun 24 Baron Wolman, American photographer, founding chief photographer for Rolling Stone, born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2020)
Jun 25 Eddie Floyd, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Falcons, 1957-63; solo - "Knock on Wood", "Raise Your Hand"), born in Montgomery, Alabama
Jun 25 Marabel Morgan, American author (The Total Woman), born in Crestline, Ohio
Jun 26 Bob Thompson, African-American painter, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1966)
Jun 26 Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist (Nobel 1996), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2013)
Jun 26 Ruben "Baby" López Furst, Argentine jazz pianist, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2000)
Jun 26 Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor and director, born in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
Jun 27 Joseph P. Allen, American NASA astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A), born in Crawfordsville, Indiana
Jun 28 George Knudson, Canadian golfer (8 PGA Tour titles; Masters 1969 runner-up), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1989)
Jun 28 Georgios Zaimis, Greek sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1960), born in Piraeus, Attiki, Greece (d. 2020)
Jun 28 Richard Bright, American actor (Al Neri-Godfather), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
Jun 28 Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire in the American League (1969-79), born in Endicott, New York (d. 1995)
Jun 29 Joel Habener, American scientist who pioneered diabetes and obesity treatment methods based on GLP-1 [1]