Famous Birthdays for May 6th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 973 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1024)^[11]
• 1464 – Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (d. 1512)
• 1493 – Girolamo Seripando, Italian theologian and cardinal (d. 1563)
• 1501 – Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1555)
• 1574 – Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1655)
• 1580 – Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble (d. 1637)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1635 – Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (d. 1682)
• 1668 – Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (d. 1747)
• 1680 – Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)
• 1713 – Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (d. 1780)
• 1714 – Anton Raaff, German tenor (d. 1797)
• 1742 – Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)
• 1758 – André Masséna, French general (d. 1817)
• 1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French politician (d. 1794)^[12]
• 1769 – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
• 1769 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
• 1781 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (d. 1832)
• 1797 – Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
• 1800 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (d. 1881)
• 1827 – Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (d. 1891)
• 1836 – Max Eyth, German engineer and author (d. 1906)
• 1843 – Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918)
• 1848 – Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)
• 1851 – Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (d. 1925)
• 1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)
• 1856 – Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (d. 1920)
• 1861 – Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)
• 1868 – Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)
• 1869 – Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (d. 1932)
• 1870 – Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (d. 1936)
• 1871 – Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1871 – Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet (d. 1914)
• 1872 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)
• 1872 – Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general (d. 1922)
• 1879 – Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)
• 1879 – Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (d. 1929)
• 1880 – Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (d. 1959)
• 1880 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
• 1883 – Alberto Collo, Italian actor (d. 1955)
• 1895 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1946)
• 1895 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)
• 1896 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)
• 1897 – Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (d. 1979)
• 1898 – Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (d. 1945)

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)
• 1903 – Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)
• 1904 – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Catherine Lacey, English actress (d. 1979)
• 1904 – Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
• 1905 – Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer (d. 1999)
• 1906 – André Weil, French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Peter Barnes, Executed Irish Republican (d. 1940)^[13]
• 1907 – Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Stewart Granger, English-American actor (d. 1993)
• 1915 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1918 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (d. 2004)
• 1919 – André Guelfi, French race car driver (d. 2016)
• 1920 – Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator (d. 1988)
• 1922 – Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
• 1924 – Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Patricia Helen Kennedy, American socialite, activist, and author (d. 2006)^[14]
• 1924 – Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1926 – Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic
• 1929 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 1929 – John Taylor, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)
• 1931 – Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach
• 1931 – Louis Gambaccini, American government official (d. 2018)
• 1932 – Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (d. 1994)
• 1932 – Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician (d. 2020)
• 1934 – Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
• 1937 – Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Eddie C. Campbell, American singer and guitarist (d. 2018)
• 1939 – Chet Allen, American child actor (d. 1984)
• 1942 – Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic
• 1943 – Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
• 1943 – Milton William Cooper, American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 2001)
• 1943 – Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter (d. 2011)
• 1943 – James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator
• 1944 – Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director (d. 1991)
• 1944 – Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1945 – Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
• 1945 – Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
• 1947 – Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author
• 1947 – Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author
• 1951 – Samuel Doe, Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)
• 1952 – Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1953 – Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986)
• 1953 – Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1953 – Michelle Courchesne, Canadian urban planner and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1953 – Ülle Rajasalu, Estonian politician
• 1953 – Graeme Souness, Scottish international footballer and manager^[15]
• 1954 – Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
• 1954 – Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 1954 – Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet
• 1954 – Ain Lutsepp, Estonian actor and politician
• 1955 – Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
• 1955 – Tom Bergeron, American television host
• 1955 – John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1956 – Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter
• 1956 – Cindy Lovell, American educator and writer
• 1956 – Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach
• 1958 – Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (d. 2014)
• 1959 – Andreas Busse, German runner
• 1959 – Charles Hendry, English politician
• 1960 – Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
• 1960 – Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
• 1960 – Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer
• 1960 – John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 – Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician
• 1960 – Anne Parillaud, French actress
• 1961 – Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach
• 1961 – George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist^[16]
• 1961 – Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission
• 1962 – Tom Brake, English politician
• 1962 – Brad Izzard, Australian rugby league player
• 1963 – Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina
• 1965 – Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Worku Bikila, Ethiopian runner
• 1968 – Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player
• 1969 – Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1970 – Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
• 1970 – Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
• 1971 – Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
• 1974 – Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
• 1974 – Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
• 1975 – Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach
• 1976 – Dean Chandler, English footballer
• 1976 – Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
• 1977 – Marc Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1977 – Chantelle Newbery, Australian diver
• 1978 – John Abraham, American football player
• 1978 – Tony Estanguet, French slalom canoeist^[17]
• 1978 – Fredrick Federley, Swedish journalist and politician
• 1978 – Alexandr Fedorov, Russian bodybuilder
• 1979 – Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
• 1979 – Jan Erik Mikalsen, Norwegian composer
• 1979 – Jon Montgomery, Canadian skeleton racer and television host
• 1980 – Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
• 1980 – Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek professional basketball player
• 1980 – Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Matthew Whiley, English cricketer
• 1982 – Jason Witten, American football player^[18]
• 1983 – Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Ingrid Jonach, Australian author
• 1983 – Doron Perkins, American basketball player^[19]
• 1983 – Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
• 1983 – Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama
• 1983 – Fredrik Sjöström, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1984 – Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Juan Pablo Carrizo, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Chris Paul, American basketball player
• 1986 – Goran Dragic, Slovenian basketball player
• 1987 – Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Meek Mill, American rapper
• 1987 – Adrienne Warren, American actress
• 1988 – Ryan Anderson, American basketball player^[20]
• 1988 – Dakota Kai, New Zealander professional wrestler
• 1989 – Dominika Cibulková, Slovak tennis player
• 1989 – Jesse Hughes, Canadian DJ and producer
• 1990 – José Altuve, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1992 – Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Byun Baekhyun, South Korean musician and actor
• 1992 – Jonas Valančiūnas, Lithuanian professional basketball player^[21]
• 1993 – Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
• 1994 – Mateo Kovačić, Austrian-Croatian footballer
• 1997 – Duncan Scott, Scottish swimmer
• 2019 – Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, British royal^[22]