Famous people born on 21 June

• Jean-Paul SartreFrench existentialist philosopher · 1905–1980
  74 yrs
• Benazir Bhutto11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan · 1953–2007
  54 yrs
• Ben JonsonEnglish playwright, poet, and actor · 1572–1637
  65 yrs
• Françoise SaganFrench writer · 1935–2004
  69 yrs
• Viktor TsoiSoviet rock musician · 1962–1990
  28 yrs
• Machado de Assis ↗Brazilian writer · 1839–1908
  69 yrs
• Siméon Denis Poisson ↗French mathematician, mechanician and physicist · 1781–1840
  58 yrs
• Jane Russell ↗American actress · 1921–2011
  89 yrs
• Daniel D. Tompkins ↗American politician; sixth vice president of the United States · 1774–1825
  50 yrs
• Judy Holliday ↗American actress, comedian and singer · 1921–1965
  43 yrs
• Max Wolf ↗German astrophotography pioneer · 1863–1932
  69 yrs
• William Vickrey ↗Canadian-American professor of economics and Nobel Laureate · 1914–1996
  82 yrs
• Maureen Stapleton ↗American actress · 1925–2006
  80 yrs
• Tony Scott ↗British film director and producer · 1944–2012
  68 yrs
• Nimr al-Nimr ↗Saudi Shia Sheikh in al-Awamiyah in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province · 1959–2016
  56 yrs
• Joe Flaherty ↗American actor, writer, and comedian · 1941–2024
  82 yrs
• Lluís Companys ↗123rd President of Catalonia · 1882–1940
  58 yrs
• Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ↗The sixth Shah of Iran Qajar · 1872–1925
  52 yrs
• Reinhold Niebuhr ↗American Protestant theologian · 1892–1971
  78 yrs
• Giovanni Spadolini ↗45th Prime Minister of Italy · 1925–1994
  69 yrs
• Clara Immerwahr ↗German chemist · 1870–1915
  44 yrs
• Adam Zagajewski ↗Polish poet · 1945–2021
  75 yrs
• Cheick Tioté ↗Ivorian footballer · 1986–2017
  30 yrs
• Claude Auchinleck ↗British World War II Army commander · 1884–1981
  96 yrs
• Lalo Schifrin ↗Argentine-American composer · 1932–2025
  93 yrs
• Akaki Tsereteli ↗Georgian writer · 1840–1915
  74 yrs
• Aleksandr Tvardovsky ↗Soviet poet · 1910–1971
  61 yrs
• Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ↗German musician and composer · 1732–1795
  62 yrs
• Mary McCarthy ↗American writer · 1912–1989
  77 yrs
• Yuri Kondratyuk ↗Ukrainian Soviet scientist · 1897–1942
  44 yrs
• Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ↗British army officer and diplomat, 1st Secretary General of NATO · 1887–1965
  78 yrs
• Heinrich Wölfflin ↗Swiss art critic and art historian · 1864–1945
  81 yrs

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