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Dausset received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 along with Baruj Benacerraf and George Davis Snell for their discovery and characterisation of the genes making the major histocompatibility complex
Notable Deaths on June 6
53 people
184 – 2016
June 6 has seen 53 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 184 – 2016. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2009 — Jean Dausset
French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (born 1916)
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Using the money from his Nobel Prize and a grant from the French Television, Dausset founded the Human Polymorphism Study Center (CEPH) in 1984, which was later renamed the Foundation Jean Dausset-CEPH in his honour
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He married Rose Mayoral in 1963, with whom he had two children, Henri and Irène
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Jean Dausset died on June 6, 2009, in Mallorca, Spain, at the age of 92.
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Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset was a French immunologist born in Toulouse, France
184
vizier to the Abbasid Caliphate
Abu Musa Utamish was a Turkic military officer of the Abbasid Caliphate. He played an important role in the first years of the period known as the Anarchy at Samarra, during which he rapidly became one of the most…
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863
Byzantine emperor (born 870)
Alexander was briefly Byzantine emperor from 912 to 913, and the third emperor of the Macedonian dynasty.
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913
Queen of Aragon and Navarre
Agnes of Aquitaine was a queen consort of Navarre. She was a daughter of William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine, and his third wife, Hildegarde of Burgundy.
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1097
German bishop and saint (born 1060)
Norbert of Xanten, O. Praem, also known as Norbert Gennep, was a German Catholic bishop who was the Archbishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint in the…
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1134
1217
Count of Flanders
William III was the lord of Dampierre from 1231 and count of Flanders from 1247 until his death. He was the son of William II of Dampierre and Margaret II of Flanders.
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1251
Bishop of Chichester
Robert Passelewe was a medieval Bishop of Chichester elect as well as being a royal clerk and Archdeacon of Lewes.
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1252
Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1412)
Lorenzo di Pietro, known as Vecchietta, was an Italian Sienese School painter, sculptor, goldsmith, and architect of the Renaissance. He is among the artists profiled in Vasari's Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori,…
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1480
Portuguese soldier and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (born 1500)
Dom João de Castro was a Portuguese nobleman, scientist, writer and colonial administrator, who served as the fourth Portuguese Viceroy of India from 1545 to 1548. He was called Strong Castro by the poet Luís de Camões.…
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1548
Japanese daimyo (born 1556)
Nakagawa Kiyohide was a daimyō in Azuchi–Momoyama period. His childhood name was Nakagawa Toranosuke. His common name was Nakagawa Sebe.
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1583
Italian Jesuit missionary (born 1614)
Martino Martini was a Jesuit missionary in China. Born and raised in Trento, he worked as a cartographer and historian of ancient imperial China.
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1661
American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (born 1736)
Patrick Henry was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial…
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1799
Maltese architect, engineer and archaeologist (born 1739)
Antonio Cachia (1739–1813) was a Maltese architect, civil and military engineer and archaeologist who was active in the late 18th and early 19th century.
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1813
English jurist and philosopher (born 1748)
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
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1832
Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (born 1810)
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri, generally known as the Count of Cavour or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and noble, and a leading…
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1861
American Confederate guerrilla band leader (born 1837)
William Clarke Quantrill was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
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1865
Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (born 1790)
Robert Stirling was a Scottish clergyman and engineer. He invented the Stirling engine and was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2014.
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1878
Belgian violinist and composer (born 1820)
Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century.…
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1881
Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (born 1815)
Sir John Alexander Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, and had a political career that…
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1891
Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (born 1859)
Yuan Shikai was a Chinese general and statesman. As leader of the Beiyang Army, he played a decisive role in securing the abdication of the Qing court. He served as the second provisional president and the first formal…
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1916
American actress and singer (born 1860)
Lillian Russell was an American actress and singer. She became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, praised for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage…
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1922
1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (born 1862)
Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian Confederation.
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1935
Megleno-Romanian editor and professor (born 1883)
Constantin Noe was a Megleno-Romanian editor and professor. He was born in 1883 in the Megleno-Romanian village of Lagkadia, then in the Ottoman Empire and now in Greece. He was one of the best students of the Romanian…
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1939
American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (born 1878)
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss-born American racing driver, mechanic, and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911.
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1941
German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862)
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He received the…
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1946
English author and critic (born 1877)
James Evershed Agate was an English diarist and theatre critic between the two world wars. He took up journalism in his late twenties and was on the staff of The Manchester Guardian in 1907–1914. He later became a drama…
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1947
French film director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1864)
The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière and Louis Jean Lumière, were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they…
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1948
Scottish-Australian painter and educator (born 1875)
Duncan Max Meldrum was a Scottish-born Australian artist and art teacher, best known as the founder of Australian tonalism, a representational painting style that became popular in Melbourne during the interwar period.…
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1955
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (born 1875)
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. He was a prolific author of over twenty books, illustrator, and correspondent, and academic,…
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1961
French painter (born 1928)
Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme, founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein was a…
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1962
Australian motorcycle racer (born 1934)
Thomas Edward Phillis was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 1961 125cc motorcycle road racing World Championship and was the first person to lap the Isle of Man TT mountain circuit…
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1962
American painter and academic (born 1912)
William Baziotes was an American painter influenced by Surrealism and was a contributor to Abstract Expressionism.
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1963
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (born 1925)
Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to 1964, and as a U.S.…
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1968
American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (born 1892)
Jean Paul Getty Sr. was an American petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of pioneer oilman…
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1976
American actor (born 1897)
John Joseph Haley Jr. was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. He is most notable for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 1939…
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1979
American poet and academic (born 1905)
Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth was an American poet, translator, and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement. Although he did not…
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1982
1983
1991
Scottish actor (born 1935)
Mark McManus was a Scottish actor known for his roles in the British television series Sam, Bulman, The Brothers, Strangers, and Dramarama and the feature film 2000 Weeks. He was best known for playing the tough…
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1994
American film actor (born 1912)
Patrick Barry Sullivan was an American actor of film, television, theatre, and radio. In a career that spanned over 40 years, Sullivan appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s to the 1980s, primarily as a leading…
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1994
American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (born 1903)
George Davis Snell NAS was an American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist.
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1996
American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (born 1931)
Anne Bancroft was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a…
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2005
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946)
William Everett Preston was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richard, Sam…
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2006
Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (born 1960)
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov, nicknamed "The Tank", was a Russian professional ice hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line. He is considered one of the best ice…
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2012
American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (born 1918)
Jerome Karle was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scattering techniques.
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2013
American swimmer and actress (born 1921)
Esther Jane Williams was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics…
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2013
English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (born 1928)
Lorna Gladys Wing was a British psychiatrist who conducted research into autism. She coined the term Asperger's syndrome and helped found the National Autistic Society.
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2014
American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate–LaBianca murders case (born 1934)
Vincent T. Bugliosi Jr. was an American prosecutor and author who served as Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office between 1964 and 1972. He became best known for successfully…
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2015
Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (born 1926)
Ludvík Vaculík was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born in Brumov, Moravian Wallachia. A prominent samizdat writer, he was best known as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968.
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2015
Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (born 1931)
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
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2016
English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (born 1926)
Sir Peter Levin Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. His best-known works are the plays Equus and Amadeus, both of which earned him the Tony Award for Best Play. They were later adapted for the…
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2016
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Notable deaths
Who died on June 6?
Jean Dausset — French immunologist (1916–2009)
FeaturedJean Dausset
Death year2009
Known forDausset received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 along with Baruj Benacerraf and George Davis Snell for their discovery and characterisation of the genes making the major histocompatibility complex
Deaths on this date53 (184 – 2016)
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