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June 5, 2022Died on Monday June 6, 2022
- Gerrit Jan Woelders (74), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
- Jantje Geitz (84), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Cely Martins Bertolaso (88), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
- Artur Kwast (90), Borken, Westfalen
- Maria Sterken (97), Montenaken, België
- Elisabeth Cornelia KLAUI (82), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
- Machiel Pronk (91), Scheveningen
- Isabella Johanna Maria de Groot (89), California, Verenigde Staten
- Holkje Berber van der Veer (61), Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
- Arthur Ottenburghs (90), Vliermaal, België
Born on June 6
- 1947 » Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968.
- 1947 » David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004.
- 1947 » Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street.
- 1948 » Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate.
- 1949 » Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter.
- 1954 » Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; twice a winner at the Tony Awards.
- 1954 » Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
- 1955 » Sam Simon, American director, producer and screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons († 2015).
- 1956 » Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons.
- 1972 » Natalie Morales, American television journalist and NBC News anchor.
Died on June 6
- 2006 » Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1946)
- 2009 » Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (b. 1916)
- 2012 » Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (b. 1960)
- 2013 » Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (b. 1921)
- 2013 » Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (b. 1918)
- 2014 » Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (b. 1928)
- 2015 » Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (b. 1926)
- 2015 » Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate–LaBianca murders case (b. 1934)
- 2016 » Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (b. 1926)
- 2016 » Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (b. 1931)
Names that were popular for boys in 2022
- Sem
- Mayson
- Klaas
- Jan
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Lucas
- Hendrik
- Noah
- Willem
- James
- Finn
- Siem
- Liam
- Bram
- Mats
Names that were popular for girls in 2022
- Sophie
- Nora
- Anna
- Maria
- Julia
- Saar
- Thalya
- Emma
- Loïs
- Zoë
- Lina
- Sarah
- Tess
- Marretje
- Milou
- Hannah