- Jun 2 Charles Miller, American rock-funk flutist, saxophonist, and singer (War - "Why Can't We Be Friends?"; "Low Rider"), born in Olathe, Kansas (d. 1980)
- Jun 2 Janie Bradford, American songwriter for Motown ("Money (That's What I Want)"), born in Charleston, Missouri
- Jun 3 David Stock, American composer (Rosewood Reflections), and conductor (Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, 1976-99), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
- Jun 3 Ian Hunter [Patterson], British rock singer (Mott the Hoople - "All The Young Dudes"; "Roll Away The Stone"; solo - "Just Another Night"), born in Oswestry, England
- Jun 6 Gary U.S. Bonds [Anderson], American blues singer and songwriter (New Orleans), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- Jun 6 Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (Reconstruction), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2021)
- Jun 6 Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, American R&B and soul pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2008)
- Jun 7 Eri Klas, Estonian conductor (Netherlands Radio Symphony; Aarhus Symphony; Estonian National Opera, 1975-95), and educator, born in Tallinn, Estonia (d. 2016)
- Jun 7 Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist (Borodin Trio, 1976-91), conductor (I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra, 1983-2011), and teacher, born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2013)
- Jun 8 Laurence Cook, American jazz drummer, percussionist, and avant garde composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jun 8 William "Bill" Watrous, American jazz trombonist, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 2018)
- Jun 9 Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano, born in Galați, Romania
- Jun 11 Bernard Purdie, American jazz and session drummer, born in Elkton, Maryland
- Jun 11 Wilma Burgess, American country-pop singer ("Baby"; "Misty Blue"), born in Orlando, Florida (d. 2003)
- Jun 16 Billy "Crash" Craddock, American country singer ("Boom Boom Baby"; "Rub It In"), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Jun 17 James Gadson, American drummer and session musician, born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jun 19 Al Wilson, American soul singer ("Show and Tell"; "The Snake"), born in Meridian, Mississippi (d. 2008)
- Jun 21 Charles Boone, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Jun 22 Bobby Harrison, British rock drummer (Procol Harum, 1967), born in West Ham, England
- Jun 25 Harold Melvin, American soul and R&B singer (The Blue Notes - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"), born in Philadelphia (d. 1997)
- Jun 27 R. D. Burman, Indian film score composer (1942: A Love Story), born in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 1994)
- Jun 30 Lindembergue Cardoso, Brazilian composer, and music educator (Brazilian Contemporary Music Ensemble), born in Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil (d. 1989)
About June 1939
How Old? 84 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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