Top 10 Famous People Born On June 1st

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Top 10 Famous People Born On June 1st

June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of four months to have 30 days. June contains the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Some of the month-long observances include African-American Music Appreciation Month, Great Outdoors Month, ALS Awareness Month,  LGBTQ+ Awareness, and Pride Month. This article speaks about Adam Garcia, Morgan Freeman, Amy Schumer, Brian Box, Marilyn Monroe, Brian Goodman, and Danielle Harris among others.

1. Adam Garcia

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Adam was born on June 1, 1973, he is an Australian stage, film, and television actor. He is widely known for lead roles in musicals such as Saturday Night Fever and Kiss Me, Kate. His performance in the latter film earned him a nomination at the 2013 Laurence Oliver Awards under the category Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical. 

In 2019, Adam filmed Death on the Nile and later in December he starred in a pantomime in Ipswich, England. In 2021, Adam played the father of the main character in the teen movie Afterlife of the Party. His latest work was in 2022 when he appeared in the second UK series of The Masked Dancer.

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2. Amy Schumer

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Amy was born on June 1, 1981. She is an American actress, comedian, stand-up comedian, writer, and director. She ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing on the fifth season of the NBC reality competition series Last Comic Standing. Amy was the creator, co-producer, star, and co-writer of the Comedy Central sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer from 2013 to 2016. She was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and won a Peabody Award. In 2015, she won the Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.

Her role in Trainwreck earned her nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. In 2016, she was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album and Best Spoken Word Album. In 2018, Amy starred in the comedy film I Feel Pretty.

3. Brian Cox

Brian is a Scottish actor born on June 1, 1946. He has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He is known for his roles in Rob Roy and Academy Award-winning Braveheart. Brian is the winner of two Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. 

He has been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a British Academy Television Award. In 2003, Brian was appointed to the Order of the British Empire at the rank of Commander. His portrayal in Nuremberg won him the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series. The show also earned him nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Golden Globe Awards.

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4. Brian Goodman

American film director, writer, actor, and television director, Brian, was born on June 1, 1963. He is known for co-writing and directing the film What Doesn’t Kill You. Brian also guest-starred in a number of films and television series including Line of Fire, Lost, Jack & Bobby, Day Break, and Drop Dead Diva. Brian also appeared in The Last Castle, Catch Me If You Can, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

5. Danielle Harris

Born on June 1, 1977, Danielle is an American actress and film director. She is known for her roles in the Halloween series, Urban Legend, Hatchet, and Stake Land. Danielle has been labeled Scream Queen and in 2012, she was inducted into the Fangoria Hall of Fame. Her career began at a young age with roles in Marked for Death, Daylight, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, and The Last Boy Scout.

6. Marilyn Monroe

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Norma Jeane Mortenson was born on June 1, 1926, she was an American actress, singer, and model. She is widely known as Marilyn Monroe and is famous for playing comic blonde bombshell characters. Marilyn became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. Her films grossed $200 million which is equivalent to $2 billion in 2021. By the time of her death in 1962, she was known as the top-billed actress.

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her sixth on their list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood. As of the 20th century, she was crowned as a major icon of pop culture and the queen of light feminine energy which is a modern way to praise her elegance and soft personality. She is remembered by millennials and gen-z.

7. Morgan Freeman

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American actor, narrator, and director were born on June 1, 1937. Morgan is known for his distinctively deep voice and various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Over the span of five decades, he has received multiple awards and nominations including a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Academy Award. In 2008, he was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor. 

Morgan won the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B, DeMille Award in 2012, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement in 2018. Morgan rose to fame in the 1970s when he appeared in the children’s television series The Electric Company.

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8. Powers Boothe

Boothe was born on June 1, 1948, he was an American actor known for his commanding character actor role on film and television. He received nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. He is known for his performances in Red Dawn, Nixon, Tombstone, Blue Sky, Sudden Death, Sin City, and the sequel of the latter. 

In 2012, Powers portrayed Gideon Malick in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s The Avengers and in the ABC series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. from 2015 to 2016.

9. Sarah Wayne Callies

She is an American actress born on June 1, 1977. Sarah is known for starring in Fox’s Prison Break and in AMC’s The Walking Dead. Her career began in 2003 when she landed her first television role as Kate O’Malley on the CBS show Queens Supreme. Some of her other projects include The Celestine Prophecy, Fox drama House, Whisper, Black Gold, Pay the Ghost, and Colony.

10. Tom Holland

Thomas Stanely Holland was born on June 1, 1996. He is an English actor who is majorly known for his role as Spider-Man in six Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films. Some of his awards include three Saturn Awards,  a British Academy Film Award, and a BAFTA Rising Star Award.

His films Far From Home and No Way Home each grossed more than $1 billion worldwide while the latter became the highest-grossing film of the year. Tom has been labeled as one of the most popular actors of his generation.

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