Famous people born on 21 June

21 of the people we track were born on 21 June, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646German mathematician and philosopherdied aged 70
2. Jean-Paul Sartre 1905French philosopherdied aged 74
3. Lana Del Rey 1985American singer-songwriterliving, 41
4. Benazir Bhutto 1953Pakistani politician who served as Prime Minister of Pakistandied aged 54
5. Chris Pratt 1979American actorliving, 47
6. Joko Widodo 1961Indonesian politician who served as President of Indonesialiving, 65
7. Edward Snowden 1983American whistleblowerliving, 43
8. Shirin Ebadi 1947Iranian lawyer and activistliving, 79
9. William, Prince of Wales 1982British aircraft pilotliving, 44
10. Michel Platini 1955French footballerliving, 71
11. Zuzana Čaputová 1973Slovak politician and activist who served as President of Slovakialiving, 53
12. Françoise Sagan 1935French writerdied aged 69
13. Viktor Tsoi 1962Soviet rock musiciandied aged 28
14. YSYingluck Shinawatra 1967Thai politician who served as Prime Minister of Thailandliving, 59
15. Pope Martin I AD 598Politician who served as Popedied aged 57
16. PLPope Leo IX 1002Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 51
17. Anne Carson 1950Canadian poet and essayistliving, 76
18. Siméon Denis Poisson 1781French mathematician and physicistdied aged 58
19. Machado de Assis 1839Brazilian writerdied aged 69
20. Andrzej Sapkowski 1948Polish writerliving, 78
21. Ian McEwan 1948British author and novelistliving, 78