Famous people and celebrities who died in June 1972

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in June 1972. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• June 5 Louis Mottiat
• June 6 Chen Yi
• June 6 Marcello Morelli
• June 7 Andrej Budal
• June 7 Umberto Vittorio Cavassa
• June 8 Jimmy Rushing

  Influential American jazz singer and bandleader known for his powerful blues-infused vocal style with the Oklahoma City Blue Devils.

• June 9 Rudolf Belling
• June 12 Saul Alinsky

  Influential community organizer and author of 'Rules for Radicals', who significantly impacted social activism and political organizing.

• June 12 Edmund Wilson

  American literary critic and essayist known for his works on American literature.

• June 12 Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar

  Indian writer and documentary filmmaker (b. 1909).

• June 12 Al Koran
• June 13 Georg von Békésy

  Hungarian biophysicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1899).

• June 13 Stephanie von Hohenlohe

  Austrian-born german world war ii spy (born in 1891).

• June 13 Clyde McPhatter
• June 13 Robert Sherbrooke
• June 14 Dündar Taşer

  Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925).

• June 22 Paul Czinner
• June 22 Sergio Sergi
• June 23 Akaki Khorava
• June 23 Johannes Hendrik Olav Smit
• June 25 Jan Matulka

  Czech-american painter and illustrator (b. 1890).

• June 25 Nat Fleischer
• June 25 Ado Kraemer
• June 25 Günther Simon
• June 25 Jan Wils
• June 26 Luigi Bianchi D'Espinosa
• June 27 Thomy Bourdelle
• June 28 Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
• June 29 Giulio Confalonieri