Did you know
From April 1984 to August 1985, Ramirez murdered at least fifteen people during various break-ins.
Notable Deaths on June 7
2013 — Richard Ramirez
American serial killer and sex offender (born 1960)
June 7 has 71 recorded notable deaths across history, from 555 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
71 source records
555 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on June 7
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1862 The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade. Source
- 1971 The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Source
- 1776 American Revolution: Richard Henry Lee proposes the "Lee Resolution" to the Second Continental Congress, with the motion being seconded by John Adams and leading to the United States Declaration of Independence. Source
- 1975 Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format. Source
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Robert led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.
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Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars, whose image has endured in the public eye.
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E. M. Forster is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924).
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Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist.
More major people who died on June 7
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1329
Robert the Bruce
Scottish king (born 1274)
Robert I, popularly known as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.
1937
Jean Harlow
American actress and singer (born 1911)
Jean Harlow was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema.
1970
E. M. Forster
English novelist, short story writer, essayist (born 1879)
Edward Morgan Forster was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924).
1980
Henry Miller
American novelist and essayist (born 1891)
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist.
1861
Patrick Brontë
Anglo-Irish priest and author (born 1777)
Patrick Brontë was an Irish Anglican clergyman and author who spent most of his adult life in England.
2024
William Anders
American astronaut and lunar explorer (born 1933)
William Alison Anders was a United States Air Force major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman.
1740
Alexander Spotswood
Moroccan-American colonial and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (born 1676)
Major General Alexander Spotswood was a British army officer, explorer, and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722.
1980
Philip Guston
Canadian-American painter and educator (born 1913)
Philip Guston was a Canadian and American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman.
1924
William Pirrie
1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (born 1847)
William James Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie was a leading British shipbuilder and businessman.
1945
Kitaro Nishida
Japanese philosopher and academic (born 1870)
Kitarō Nishida was a Japanese moral philosopher, philosopher of mathematics and science, and religious scholar. He was the founder of what has been called the Kyoto School of philosophy.
1341
An-Nasir Muhammad
Egyptian sultan (born 1285)
Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun, commonly known as an-Nasir Muhammad, or by his kunya: Abu al-Ma'ali or as Ibn Qalawun (1285–1341) was the ninth Mamluk sultan of the Bahri dynasty who ruled Egypt…
1792
Benjamin Tupper
American general and surveyor (born 1738)
Benjamin Tupper was an American soldier in the French and Indian War, and an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, achieving the rank of brevet brigadier general.
1594
Rodrigo Lopez
physician of Queen Elizabeth I (born 1525)
Roderigo Lopes was a Portuguese physician who served as a physician-in-chief to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 1581 until his death by execution, having been found guilty of plotting to poison her.
2015
Christopher Lee
English actor (born 1922)
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was an English actor and singer.
2001
Víctor Paz Estenssoro
Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (born 1907)
Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a Bolivian politician who served as the 45th president of Bolivia for three nonconsecutive and four total terms from 1952 to 1956, 1960 to 1964 and 1985 to 1989.
862
Al-Muntasir
Abbasid caliph (born 837)
Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muntasir biʾLlāh, better known by his regnal title al-Muntasir biʾLlāh was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 861 to 862, during the "Anarchy at Samarra".
1863
Antonio Valero de Bernabé
Latin American liberator (born 1790)
Antonio Vicente Miguel Valero de Bernabé Pacheco, a.k.a. The Liberator from Puerto Rico, was a Puerto Rican military leader.
1915
Charles Reed Bishop
American banker and politician, founded the First Hawaiian Bank (born 1822)
Charles Reed Bishop was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist in Hawaii.
1358
Ashikaga Takauji
Japanese shōgun (born 1305)
Ashikaga Takauji also known as Minamoto no Takauji was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.