Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 7
Births
edit- 1848 - Paul Gauguin, (pictured) French painter (d. 1903)
- 1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000)
- 1937 - Neeme Järvi, Estonian conductor
- 1940 - Tom Jones, Welsh singer
- 1952 - Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor
- 1958 - Prince, (pictured) American musician (d. 2016)
- 1965 - Mick Foley, American professional wrestler and author
- 1975 - Allen Iverson, American basketball player
Deaths
edit- 1329 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b. 1274)
- 1821 - Tudor Vladimirescu, Romanian rebellion-leader (b. cca. 1780)
- 1937 - Jean Harlow, American actress (b. 1911)
- 1954 - Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1912)
- 1967 - Dorothy Parker, American writer (b. 1893)
- 1980 - Henry Miller, American writer (b. 1891)