Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 21
Births
[edit]- 1812 - Moses Hess, Jewish socialist and nationalist (d. 1875)
- 1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (d. 1980)
- 1921 - Jane Russell, American actress (d. 2011)
- 1948 - Ian McEwan, English writer
- 1953 - Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2007)
- 1955 - Michel Platini, French footballer
- 1965 - Larry Wachowski, film director
- 1981 - Brandon Flowers, (pictured) American singer and keyboardist (The Killers)
- 1982 - Prince William of Wales
Deaths
[edit]- 1377 - King Edward III of England (b. 1312)
- 1527 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (b. 1469)
- 1582 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534)
- 1893 - Leland Stanford, American Business Tycoon and founder of Stanford University
- 1970 - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (b. 1901)