Famous June Birthdays

Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June. ~Al Bernstein

June is that wonderful month in which the blossoms of late spring burst into the brilliant colors of summer. If you were privileged to be born on the first of this glorious month, then you share that honor with Marilyn Monroe and Morgan Freeman. June ends with the birthdays of Lena Horne and Harry Blackstone, Jr.

June 1

Marilyn Monroe (1926) -- glamorous, but troubled, blonde bombshell

Morgan Freeman (1937) -- Oscar-winning actor for The Shawshank Redemption

June 2

Brooke White (1983) – the fifth-place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol

Johnny Weissmuller (1904) – Olympic gold medalist and Tarzan actor

June 3

Suzi Quatro (1950) – hard rock singer and bass guitarist

Jefferson Davis (1808) – President of the Confederacy during the Civil War

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June 4

Angelina Jolie (1975) – award-winning actress, goodwill ambassador and mother of six

Todd Marinovich (1969) – quarterback for the Oakland Raiders

June 5

Suze Orman (1951) – financial advistor, writer and TV personality

Kenny G (1956) – well-known light jazz soprano saxophonist

June 6

Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies (1772) – Holy Roman Empire Empress consort

Bjorn Borg (1956) – Swedish tennis ace, won Wimbledon five years in a row

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June 7

Jessica Tandy (1909) – Oscar-winning actress married to Hume Cronyn

Liam Neeson (1952) – Irish star of Schindler’s List

June 8

Nancy Sinatra (1940) – singer, daughter of Frank Sinatra

Jerry Stiller (1927) – comic actor, husband of Anne Meara and father of Ben Stiller

June 9

Natalie Portman (1981) – Academy Award-winning actress for Black Swan

Dick Vitale (1939) – beloved TV sports commentator and former basketball coach

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June 10

Judy Garland (1922) – best known for playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz

Maurice Sendak (1928) – children’s author of Where the Wild Things Are

June 11

Adrienne Barbeau (1945) – Playboy Playmate and actress            

Jacques Cousteau (1910) – world-renowned oceanographer and TV host

June 12

Anne Frank (1929) – Jewish teen who’s WWII diary posthumously became a worldwide bestseller

George Bush (1924) – 41^st President of the United States

All-American names for boys

June 13

Ally Sheedy (1962) – Brat Pack actress, starred in a number of 1980s films

Richard Thomas (1951) – best-known as John-Boy on The Waltons

June 14

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811) – antislavery advocate and author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Donald Trump (1946) – wealthy NYC real estate developer

June 15

Courteney Cox (1964) – Friends actress discovered in a Bruce Springsteen video

Mario Cuomo (1932) – liberal Democratic governor of New York from 1982-1994

Animal-inspired baby names for boys and girls

June 16

Joan Van Ark (1943) – best known as Val Ewing on Dallas and Knot’s Landing

Stan Laurel (1890) – early movie comedian with partner Oliver Hardy

June 17

Connie Fisher (1983) – English stage actress

Barry Manilow (1946) – singer/songwriter and entertainer

June 18

Isabella Rossellini (1952) – Italian actress and model, daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini

Roger Ebert (1942) – Chicago Sun-Times movie critic, worked with Gene Siskel

Classic fairy tale names

June 19

Paula Abdul (1962) – singer, dancer and former American Idol judge

Guy Lombardo (1902) – New Year’s Eve bandleader famous for Auld Lang Syne

June 20

Nicole Kidman (1967) – Academy Award-winning actress, once married to Tom Cruise and now married to Keith Urban

Brian Wilson (1942) – singer, songwriter and founding member of The Beach Boys

June 21

Jane Russell (1921) – voluptuous actress and pin-up girl

Ray Davies (1944) – British singer and guitarist with The Kinks

Hippie names for baby girls

June 22

Lindsay Wagner (1949) – best known as The Bionic Woman

John Dillinger (1903) – Depression-era bank robber, FBI Public Enemy #1

June 23

June Carter Cash (1929) – country singer married to Johnny Cash for 35 years

Johannes Gutenberg (1400) – invented the first printing press with moveable type

June 24

Pearl Witherington (1914) – British WWII secret agent

Jack Dempsey (1895) – heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926

Heavenly baby names

June 25

Phyllis George (1949) – Miss America 1971, became CBS sportscaster

George Orwell (1903) – British author of 1984

June 26

Pamela Bellwood (1951) – best known as Claudia on Dynasty

Abner Doubleday (1819) – the inventor of baseball

June 27

Helen Keller (1880) – deaf-blind girl saved by “The Miracle Worker” Annie Sullivan

Ross Perot (1930) – Texas multimillionaire and former U.S. Presidential candidate

Cool baby names from movies

June 28

Kathy Bates (1948) – award-winning character actress

Henry King of England VIII (1491) – brutal monarch, beheaded two of his six wives

June 29

Nicole Scherzinger (1978) – Pussycat Dolls singer, winner of 2010 Dancing with the Stars

Slim Pickens (1919) – Western actor starred in Blazing Saddles and Dr. Strangelove

June 30

Lena Horne (1917) -- African-American actress/ singer best known for singing Stormy Weather

Harry Blackstone, Jr. (1934) -- talented stage magician, son the The Great Blackstone

Unisex baby names

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