Famous Birthdays for March 6th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1340 – John of Gaunt (probable; d. 1399)
• 1405 – John II of Castile (d. 1454)
• 1459 – Jakob Fugger, German merchant and banker (d. 1525)
• 1475 – Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1564)^[14]
• 1483 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (d. 1540)
• 1493 – Juan Luis Vives, Spanish scholar and humanist (d. 1540)
• 1495 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and diplomat (d. 1556)
• 1536 – Santi di Tito, Italian painter (d. 1603)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French author and playwright (d. 1655)^[15]
• 1663 – Francis Atterbury, English bishop and poet (d. 1732)
• 1706 – George Pocock, English admiral (d. 1792)
• 1716 – Pehr Kalm, Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer (d. 1779)
• 1724 – Henry Laurens, English-American merchant and politician, 5th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1792)
• 1761 – Antoine-François Andréossy, French general and diplomat (d. 1828)
• 1779 – Antoine-Henri Jomini, Swiss-French general (d. 1869)
• 1780 – Lucy Barnes, American writer (d. 1809)^[16]
• 1785 – Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1857)
• 1787 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1826)
• 1806 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English-Italian poet and translator (d. 1861)
• 1812 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman, co-founded the Waltham Watch Company (d. 1895)
• 1817 – Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
• 1818 – William Claflin, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
• 1823 – Charles I of Württemberg (d. 1891)
• 1826 – Annie Feray Mutrie, British painter (d. 1893)^[17]
• 1831 – Philip Sheridan, Irish-American general (d. 1888)
• 1834 – George du Maurier, French-English author and illustrator (d. 1896)^[18]
• 1841 – Viktor Burenin, Russian author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1926)
• 1849 – Georg Luger, Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol (d. 1923)
• 1864 – Richard Rushall, British businessman (d. 1953)
• 1865 – Duan Qirui, Chinese warlord and politician (d. 1936)^[19]
• 1870 – Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor (d. 1954)^[20]
• 1871 – Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1937)
• 1872 – Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
• 1877 – Rose Fyleman, English writer and poet (d. 1957)^[21]
• 1879 – Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1962)
• 1882 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya (d. 1980)
• 1882 – Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer (d. 1956)
• 1884 – Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (d. 1933)^[22]
• 1892 – Bert Smith, English international footballer (d. 1969)^[23]
• 1893 – Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
• 1893 – Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist (d. 1987)^[24]
• 1895 – Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler (d. 1944)
• 1900 – Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress (d. 2001)
• 1900 – Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Henri Jeanson, French journalist and author (d. 1970)

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (d. 2000)
• 1904 – José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (d. 1960)
• 1905 – Bob Wills, American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1975)
• 1906 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959)
• 1909 – Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
• 1909 – Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish poet and author (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Emma Bailey, American auctioneer and author (d. 1999)^[25]
• 1912 – Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 2014)
• 1913 – Ella Logan, Scottish-American singer and actress (d. 1969)
• 1917 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Will Eisner, American illustrator and publisher (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
• 1918 – Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Lewis Gilbert, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
• 1921 – Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Ed McMahon, American comedian, game show host, and announcer (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1968)
• 1924 – Ottmar Walter, German footballer (d. 2013)
• 1924 – William H. Webster, American lawyer and jurist, 14th Director of Central Intelligence
• 1926 – Ann Curtis, American swimmer (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician
• 1926 – Ray O'Connor, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1927 – William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Gordon Cooper, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2013)
• 1929 – David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (d. 2005)
• 1930 – Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1933 – William Davis, German-English journalist and economist (d. 2019)
• 1933 – Augusto Odone, Italian economist and inventor of Lorenzo's oil (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Red Simpson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
• 1935 – Ron Delany, Irish runner and coach
• 1935 – Derek Kevan, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (d. 2002)
• 1936 – Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Choummaly Sayasone, Laotian politician, 5th President of Laos
• 1937 – Ivan Boesky, American businessman
• 1937 – Valentina Tereshkova, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1938 – Keishu Tanaka, Japanese politician, 17th Japanese Minister of Justice
• 1939 – Kit Bond, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri
• 1939 – Adam Osborne, Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Ken Danby, Canadian painter (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Joanna Miles, French-born American actress
• 1940 – R. H. Sikes, American golfer
• 1940 – Willie Stargell, American baseball player and coach (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Jeff Wooller, English accountant and banker
• 1941 – Peter Brötzmann, German saxophonist and clarinet player
• 1941 – Marilyn Strathern, Welsh anthropologist and academic
• 1942 – Ben Murphy, American actor
• 1944 – Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
• 1944 – Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano and actress
• 1944 – Mary Wilson, American singer (d. 2021)
• 1945 – Angelo Castro Jr., Filipino actor and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1946 – David Gilmour, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Richard Noble, Scottish race car driver and businessman
• 1947 – Kiki Dee, English singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Dick Fosbury, American high jumper
• 1947 – Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
• 1947 – Rob Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and activist
• 1947 – Jean Seaton, English historian and academic
• 1947 – John Stossel, American journalist and author
• 1948 – Stephen Schwartz, American composer and producer
• 1949 – Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1949 – Martin Buchan, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1950 – Arthur Roche, English archbishop
• 1951 – Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1952 – Denis Napthine, Australian politician, 47th Premier of Victoria^[26]
• 1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepali banker and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Nepal
• 1953 – Carolyn Porco, American astronomer and academic
• 1953 – Phil Alvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – Jeff Greenwald, American author, photographer, and monologist
• 1954 – Harald Schumacher, German footballer and manager
• 1955 – Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (d. 1994)
• 1955 – Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (d. 2015)
• 1956 – Peter Roebuck, English cricketer, journalist, and sportcaster (d. 2011)
• 1956 – Steve Vizard, Australian television host, actor, and producer
• 1960 – Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Alison Nicholas, British golfer
• 1963 – D. L. Hughley, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Linda Pearson, Scottish sport shooter^[27]
• 1965 – Allan Bateman, Welsh rugby player
• 1965 – Jim Knight, English politician
• 1966 – Alan Davies, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
• 1967 – Julio Bocca, Argentinian ballet dancer and director
• 1967 – Connie Britton, American actress
• 1967 – Glenn Greenwald, American journalist and author
• 1967 – Shuler Hensley, American actor and singer
• 1968 – Moira Kelly, American actress and director
• 1971 – Darrick Martin, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 – Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player, actor, and rapper
• 1972 – Jaret Reddick, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1973 – Michael Finley, American basketball player
• 1973 – Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 – Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
• 1973 – Trent Willmon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Guy Garvey, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Matthew Guy, Australian politician
• 1974 – Brad Schumacher, American swimmer
• 1974 – Beanie Sigel, American rapper
• 1975 – Aracely Arámbula, Mexican actress and singer
• 1975 – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Canadian pianist and conductor
• 1976 – Ken Anderson, American wrestler and actor
• 1977 – Nantie Hayward, South African cricketer
• 1977 – Giorgos Karagounis, Greek international footballer^[28]
• 1977 – Shabani Nonda, DR Congolese footballer
• 1977 – Marcus Thames, American baseball player and coach
• 1978 – Sage Rosenfels, American football player
• 1978 – Chad Wicks, American wrestler
• 1979 – Clint Barmes, American baseball player
• 1979 – Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
• 1979 – David Flair, American wrestler
• 1979 – Tim Howard, American soccer player
• 1980 – Emílson Cribari, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Ellen Muth, American actress
• 1983 – Andranik Teymourian, Armenian-Iranian footballer
• 1984 – Daniël de Ridder, Dutch footballer^[29]
• 1984 – Eskil Pedersen, Norwegian politician
• 1984 – Chris Tomson, American drummer
• 1985 – Bakaye Traoré, French-Malian footballer
• 1986 – Jake Arrieta, American baseball player
• 1986 – Francisco Cervelli, Venezuelan-Italian baseball player
• 1986 – Ross Detwiler, American baseball player
• 1986 – Eli Marienthal, American actor
• 1986 – Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
• 1987 – Chico Flores, Spanish footballer
• 1988 – Agnes, Swedish singer
• 1988 – Marina Erakovic, New Zealand tennis player
• 1988 – Simon Mignolet, Belgian footballer
• 1989 – Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player
• 1990 – Derek Drouin, Canadian athlete^[30]
• 1991 – Lex Luger, American keyboard player and producer
• 1991 – Emma McDougall, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1991 – Tyler Gregory Okonma, American rapper
• 1992 – Sam Bankman-Fried, American businessman^[31]
• 1993 – Andrés Rentería, Colombian footballer
• 1994 – Marcus Smart, American basketball player
• 1995 – Georgi Kitanov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1996 – Christian Coleman, American sprinter^[32]
• 1996 – Tyrell Fuimaono, Australian rugby player
• 1996 – Timo Werner, German footballer
• 1999 – Ylena In-Albon, Swiss tennis player^[33][34]