Famous people born in June - page 18

William Thomson was a renowned physicist from Britain who formulated the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and invented the Kelvin scale of temperature

Charles Parnell was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Irish Home Rule League

Robert Falcon Scott was a British naval officer and explorer who died on his attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.

Edward VIII was the shortest reigning King of United Kingdom and the only British sovereign to voluntarily retire from the throne

John Rennie was a Scottish civil engineer famous for building canals, harbours, and bridges

Karl Landsteiner was a Nobel Prize winning scientist from Austria who developed the classification of blood group

Edward I was the King of England from 1272 to 1307, also known as ‘Edward Longshanks’ and the ‘Hammer of the Scots’

Peter the Great was the Tsar and first Emperor of Russia known for his extensive expansion and reforms

John Constable was an English painter best known for his paintings of the English countryside

Barbara McClintock was a renowned American scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for her pioneering research on genetic transposition