Notable Deaths on June 22

David O. Selznick

1965 — David O. Selznick

American screenwriter and producer (born 1902)

June 22 has 79 recorded notable deaths across history, from 207 BC to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.

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Notable Deaths 79 source records 207 BC – 2025

Major events on June 22

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  1. 1793 Haitian Revolution: The Battle of Cap-Français ends with French Republican troops and black slave insurgents capturing the city. Source
  2. 1984 Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark. Source
  3. 1978 Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy. Source
  4. 1812 France declares war on Russia, starting Napoleon's invasion. Source

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David O. Selznick also won the Irving Thalberg Award at the 12th Academy Awards, Hollywood's top honor for a producer, in recognition of his shepherding Gone with the Wind through a long and troubled production and into a record-breaking blockbuster.

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Darius Milhaud was a member of Les Six—The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.

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Assigned with in-house producers Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, Gärdestad released his first single, "Hela världen runt," in late 1971 and worked closely with the four members of ABBA to create his debut album Undringar (1972).

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Howard Staunton was the principal organiser of the first international chess tournament in 1851, which made England the world's leading chess centre and caused Adolf Anderssen to be recognised as the world's strongest player.

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Heber Chase Kimball was an American religious leader who was a pioneer in the early Latter Day Saint movement.

More major people who died on June 22

Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.

1974 Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud
French composer and educator (born 1892)
Darius Milhaud was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.
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1997 Ted Gärdestad
Ted Gärdestad
Swedish singer-songwriter (born 1956)
Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad, known internationally as Ted, was a Swedish singer, songwriter, and actor. Gärdestad began his acting career in 1966 and began playing music in 1971, signing with Polar Music.
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1874 Howard Staunton
Howard Staunton
English chess player (born 1810)
Howard Staunton was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant.
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1868 Heber C. Kimball
Heber C. Kimball
American religious leader (born 1801)
Heber Chase Kimball was an American religious leader who was a pioneer in the early Latter Day Saint movement.
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431 Paulinus of Nola
Paulinus of Nola
Christian bishop and poet (born 354)
Paulinus of Nola born Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, was a Roman poet, writer, senator, and bishop.
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1521 Leonardo Loredan
Leonardo Loredan
Italian politician, 76th Doge of Venice (born 1436)
Leonardo Loredan was a Venetian nobleman and statesman who reigned as the 75th Doge of Venice from 1501 until his death in 1521. As a wartime ruler, he was one of the most important doges in the history of Venice.
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1276 Innocent V
Innocent V
pope of the Catholic Church (born 1225)
Pope Innocent V, born Pierre de Tarentaise, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 January to 22 June 1276.
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1905 Francis Lubbock
Francis Lubbock
American colonel and politician, 9th governor of Texas (born 1815)
Francis Richard Lubbock was a businessman, slaveholder, and politician from the American South who played a significant role in Texas history.
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1940 Monty Noble
Monty Noble
Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1873)
Montague Alfred Noble was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia.
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2025 Arnaldo Pomodoro
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Italian sculptor (born 1926)
Arnaldo Pomodoro was an Italian sculptor based in Milan. His signature works are Sphere Within Sphere, bronze spheres with smooth exterior and broken interiors.
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1938 C. J. Dennis
C. J. Dennis
Australian poet and author (born 1876)
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915).
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2018 Vinnie Paul
Vinnie Paul
American musician (born 1964)
Vincent Paul Abbott was an American musician best known for being the drummer and co-founder of the heavy metal band Pantera.
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2014 Rama Narayanan
Rama Narayanan
Indian director and producer (born 1949)
Rama Narayanan was an Indian film director, producer and politician.
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2004 Mattie Stepanek
Mattie Stepanek
American poet and author (born 1990)
Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek, known as Mattie J.T. Stepanek, was an American author and motivational speaker.
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1664 Katherine Philips
Katherine Philips
Anglo-Welsh poet (born 1631)
Katherine or Catherine Philips, also known as "The Matchless Orinda", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters.
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1987 Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
American actor and dancer (born 1899)
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years.
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1990 Ilya Frank
Ilya Frank
Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union.
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1925 Felix Klein
Felix Klein
German mathematician and academic (born 1849)
Felix Christian Klein was a German mathematician, mathematics educator and historian of mathematics, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and the associations between geometry…
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2022 Yves Coppens
Yves Coppens
French anthropologist (born 1934)
Yves Coppens was a French anthropologist and co-discoverer of "Lucy".
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