- Jun 1 Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer and historian, dies at 85
- Jun 2 Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher and writer, dies at 83
- Jun 2 John Erskine, American poet and writer (Private Life of Helen of Troy), dies at 71
- Jun 4 Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American conductor (Boston Symphony, 1924-49), dies at 76
- Jun 6 Lionel Hallam, English cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests, 4 x 50; Hampshire CCC) and politician (Member House of Lords, Lord Temporal 1928–51), dies at 61
- Jun 6 Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
- Jun 7 Nazi war criminals Paul Blobel, Werner Braune, Erich Naumann, Otto Ohlendorf, Oswald Pohl, George Schallenmair & Otto Schmidt, hanged at Landsberg Prison in Germany
- Jun 7 Oswald Pohl, German head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, executed by hanging for his war crimes at 58
- Jun 8 Eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874)
- Jun 11 Gamzat Tsadasa, Avar-Russian poet, dies at 63
- Jun 13 Ben Chifley, Australian politician and the 16th Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1945-49), dies of a heart attack at 65
- Jun 14 Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73
- Jun 17 Carl Vogler, Swiss composer, dies at 77
- Jun 17 Vin Coutie, Australian rules footballer, dies at 69
- Jun 19 Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet (b. 1884)
- Jun 21 Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer, dies at 83
- Jun 23 Armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70
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