- Jun 1 Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
- Jun 1 Szymon Goldberg, Polish-American violinist, and conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra), born in Włocławek, Poland (d. 1993)
- Jun 2 Robin Orr, Scottish composer, born in Brechin (d. 2006)
- Jun 4 Paul Nordoff, American composer (Every Soul Is a Circus), and music therapist (Nordoff-Robbins method), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
- Jun 4 William M. Batten, American businessman and CEO (NY Stock Exchange 1976-84), born in Parkersburg, West Virginia (d. 1999)
- Jun 5 Alfred Uhl, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1992)
- Jun 6 Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-British philosopher, born in Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
- Jun 6 M. J. Gopalan, Indian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 1 wicket; Madras) and hockey representative, born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2003)
Jessica Tandy (1909-1994)
Jun 7 British actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included), born in London, England
- Jun 7 Peter W. Rodino, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey (1949-89), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2005)
- Jun 7 Virginia Apgar, American physician and childbirth specialist, born in Westfield, New Jersey (d. 1974)
- Jun 8 Ferhunde Erkin (née Remzi) Turkish concert pianist and pedagogue, born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) (d. 2007)
- Jun 8 Mary van de Berg, Flemish actress (Moutarde van Sonaansee), born in Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 2003)
- Jun 8 William Odling, major-general
- Jun 9 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, Spanish philosopher, born in Avila, Spain (d. 1996)
- Jun 10 Erwin Dressel, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1972)
- Jun 12 Archie Bleyer, American orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey), born in Queens, New York (d. 1989)
- Jun 12 Mansel Treharne Thomas, Welsh composer, born in Tylorstown, Rhondda, Wales (d. 1986)
- Jun 14 Burl Ives, American folk singer ("A Little Bitty Tear"; "Silver And Gold"), actor (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof), and snowman (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), born in Hunt City, Illinois (d. 1995)
- Jun 16 Archie Carr, American ecologist and zoologist (conservation of sea turtles), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1987)
- Jun 16 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (New Year's Concert)
- Jun 17 Elmer L. Andersen, 30th Governor of Minnesota (1961-63), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
- Jun 17 Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2004)
- Jun 19 Edwin Gerschefski, American pianist, composer and teacher (Saugauck Suite), born in Meriden, Connecticut (d. 1992)
- Jun 19 Joe Thomas, American jazz tenor saxophonist, vocalist (Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra), bandleader, and undertaker, born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
- Jun 19 Osamu Dazai, Japan, novelist (Tsugaru, No Longer Human)
- Jun 20 Errol Flynn, Australian actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (d. 1959)
- Jun 20 Joan Harrison, English screenwriter and producer who often worked with Alfred Hitchcock (Rebecca, They Won't Believe Me), born in Guildford, England (d. 1994)
- Jun 20 Robert Marley, Jamaican cricketer (Jamaican batsman 1928-1946, WICBC pres), born in Half Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1995)
- Jun 21 Kurt Schwaen, German composer, born in Katowice, Poland (d. 2007)
- Jun 22 Katherine Dunham, American dancer (Casbah; Stormy Weather), choreographer (Metroplitan Opera, 1963; Joplin's Treemonisha, 1972), and social activist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
- Jun 22 Michael "Mike" Todd [Avrom Goldbogen], American producer (Around the World in 80 Days) and 3rd husband of Elizabeth Taylor (1957-58), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1958)
- Jun 23 Li Xiannian, President of the People's Republic of China (1983-88), born in Hong'an, Hubei, China (d. 1992)
- Jun 23 Sam Parks Jr., American golfer (US Open 1935), born in Bellevue, Pennsylvania (d. 1997)
- Jun 24 Milton Katims, American conductor/violist (WOR-NYC), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 24 William Penney, British physicist (developed Britain's 1st atom bomb), born in Gibraltar (d. 1991)
- Jun 25 Daniel Fuchs, American screenwriter (Summer in Williamsburg), born in Lower East Side, Manhattan (d. 1993)
- Jun 26 Betty Askwith, British writer and biographer (d. 1995)
- Jun 26 Colonel Tom Parker [Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk], Dutch-born talent manager (Elvis Presley), born in Breda, Netherlands (d. 1997)
- Jun 26 Nicholas Polunin, British botanist and environmentalist, born in Checkendon, Oxfordshire (d. 1997)
- Jun 28 Arnold Shaw, American writer on popular music and composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
- Jun 28 Eric Ambler, suspense writer (Epitaph for a Spy), born in London, England
- Jun 28 French van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, born in Borsbeek, Antwerp
- Jun 30 Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (1962-63) and writer, born in La Vega, Dominican Republic (d. 2001)
About June 1909
How Old? 113 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No