- Jun 2 John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw)
- Jun 2 Dez Cadena, American punk musician (Black Flag), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Jun 4 El Debarge, American rocker (Debarge-All this Love), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
- Jun 6 Dee C. Lee [Diane Catherine Sealy], British rock musician (Wham!, Style Council), born in London, England
- Jun 6 Tom Araya, Chilean American musician (bass guitarist and lead singer of American thrash metal band Slayer), born in Viña del Mar, Chile
- Jun 6 Nir Brand, Israeli conductor and musician, born in Beersheba, Israel
- Jun 7 Dave Catching, American musician
- Jun 8 Keti Garbi, Greek pop singer (To Kati), born in Athens, Greece
- Jun 10 Maxi Priest [Max Elliott], Jamaican/English singer (Wild World)
- Jun 10 Kim Deal, American musician (Pixies), (The Breeders)
- Jun 10 Kelley Deal, American musician (The Breeders)
Boy George
Jun 14 Boy George [O'Dowd], British singer-songwriter (Culture Club), born in Bexley, Kent, England
Boy George
- Jun 15 Kai Eckhardt, German musician (Garaj Mahal)
- Jun 15 Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer/actress
- Jun 18 [Genevieve] Alison Moyet, English rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf), born in Essex, England
- Jun 21 Kip Winger, rocker (Winger-17)
- Jun 21 Manu Chao, Spanish musician
- Jun 21 Sascha Konietzko, German musician
- Jun 22 Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream)
- Jun 22 Jimmy Somerville, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards), born in Glasgow, Soctland
- Jun 23 Mark Drillich, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
- Jun 24 Curt Smith, British-American rock bassist/vocalist (Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The Word), born in Bath, Somerset, England
- Jun 26 Terri Nunn, American singer (Berlin-Take My Breath Away), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 29 Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist (Circle Jerks), born in Brooklyn, New York
About June 1961
How Old? 59 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No