Notable Deaths on June 29

Katharine Hepburn

2003 — Katharine Hepburn

American actress (born 1907)

June 29 has 109 recorded notable deaths across history, from 226 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.

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Notable Deaths 109 source records 226 – 2025

Major events on June 29

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  1. 2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law. Source
  2. 1950 Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea. Source
  3. 1194 Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war. Source
  4. 1620 English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound. Source

Did you know

Katharine Hepburn's accolades include a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress, two British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards and eight Golden Globe Awards.

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In the mid-1940s, she was one of the highest-paid American actresses, and one of MGM's biggest stars, with her films earning over one billion dollars in 2026 currency for the studio during her 18-year contract with them.

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Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense.

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Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1920 with Paramount Pictures for $1 million a year.

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Clay unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 elections.

More major people who died on June 29

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

1995 Lana Turner
Lana Turner
American actress (born 1921)
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life.
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2021 Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1932)
Donald Henry Rumsfeld was an American politician, businessman, naval officer, and diplomat who served as the 13th United States secretary of defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again as the 21st…
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1933 Roscoe Arbuckle
Roscoe Arbuckle
American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887)
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter.
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1852 Henry Clay
Henry Clay
American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (born 1777)
Henry Clay was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who represented Kentucky in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
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1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
English poet and translator (born 1806)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death.
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226 Cao Pi
Cao Pi
Chinese emperor (born 187)
Cao Pi, courtesy name Zihuan, was the first emperor of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period of China.
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2017 Dave Semenko
Dave Semenko
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)
David John Semenko was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, scout, and colour commentator.
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1919 José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician and educator (born 1864)
José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician and educator (born 1864)
José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, O.F.S. was a Venezuelan physician and active member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Born in Isnotú, Trujillo State, he became a highly renowned doctor, more so after his death.
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2025 Sandy Gall
Sandy Gall
Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author (born 1927)
Henderson Alexander Gall was a Scottish journalist, author and Independent Television News (ITN) news presenter whose career as a journalist spanned more than 50 years.
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1960 Frank Patrick
Frank Patrick
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1885)
Francis Alexis Patrick was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, head coach, manager, and executive.
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2006 Fabián Bielinsky
Fabián Bielinsky
Argentine director and screenwriter (born 1959)
Fabián Bielinsky was an Argentine film director and screenwriter.
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2004 Alvin Hamilton
Alvin Hamilton
Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1912)
Francis Alvin George Hamilton was a Canadian politician. Hamilton led the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1949 until he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1957 general election.
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1941 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (born 1860)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist, composer, philanthropist, and statesman.
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1153
Óláfr Guðrøðarson
King of the Isles
Óláfr Guðrøðarson was a twelfth-century King of Mann and the Isles.
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2002 Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney
American singer and actress (born 1928)
Rosemary Clooney was an American pop and jazz singer and actress.
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1992 Mohamed Boudiaf
Mohamed Boudiaf
Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (born 1919)
Mohamed Boudiaf, also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian politician and statesman, and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) that led the Algerian War of Independence…
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1315 Ramon Llull
Ramon Llull
Spanish philosopher (born 1235)
Ramon Llull, sometimes anglicized as Raymond Lully, was a Catholic philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, apologist and former knight, born in Palma de Mallorca.
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1764 Ralph Allen
Ralph Allen
English businessman and philanthropist (born 1693)
Ralph Allen was a British postmaster, merchant and philanthropist best known for his reforms to Britain's postal system.
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1967 Primo Carnera
Primo Carnera
Italian boxer and actor (born 1906)
Primo Carnera was the first Italian Heavyweight Champion boxer, holding the title from 1933 to 1934.
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