Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 21

Births

 * 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

 * 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)

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