March 6 - Births

Births

  • 1340 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
  • 1405 – King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
  • 1459 – Jacob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
  • 1475 – Michelangelo, Italian artist and sculptor (d. 1564)
  • 1483 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian statesman and historian (d. 1540)
  • 1495 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (d. 1556)
  • 1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier, poet (d. 1655)
  • 1663 – Francis Atterbury, British man of letters (d. 1732)
  • 1706 – George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
  • 1716 – Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
  • 1761 – Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828)
  • 1779 – Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
  • 1787 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (d. 1826)
  • 1806 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, British poet (d. 1861)
  • 1812 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison American watch manufacturer (d. 1895)
  • 1817 – Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
  • 1818 – William Claflin, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
  • 1831 – Philip Sheridan, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. 1888)
  • 1834 – George du Maurier British illustrator and writer (d. 1896)
  • 1846 – Henry Radcliffe Crocker, British dermatologist (d. 1909)
  • 1870 – Oscar Straus, Viennese operetta composer (d. 1954)
  • 1882 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (d. 1980)
  • 1885 – Ring Lardner, American writer (d. 1933)
  • 1893 – Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (d. 1981)
  • 1900 – Lefty Grove, American Baseball Player (d. 1975)
  • 1903 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (d. 2000)
  • 1904 – José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (d. 1960)
  • 1905 – Bob Wills, American singer (d. 1975)
  • 1906 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959)
  • 1910 – Ejler Bille, Danish artist, member of the COBRA group (d. 2004)
  • 1914 – Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (d. 1981)
  • 1915 – Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, 52nd Da'i al Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras
  • 1915 – Pete Gray, American baseball player (d. 2002)
  • 1917 – Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
  • 1917 – Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
  • 1917 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher (d. 2003)
  • 1919 – Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (d. 2006)
  • 1923 – Ed McMahon, American television personality (d. 2009)
  • 1923 – Herman Leonard, American photographer (d. 2010)
  • 1925 – Wes Montgomery, American musician (d. 1968)
  • 1926 – Alan Greenspan, American economist
  • 1926 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
  • 1927 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1927 – Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (d. 2004)
  • 1927 – Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (d. 1975)
  • 1927 – Jim Owens, American college football head coach (d. 2009)
  • 1930 – Lorin Maazel, French-born American conductor
  • 1931 – Hal Needham, American stuntman
  • 1932 – Marc Bazin, Haitian politician (d. 2010)
  • 1933 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
  • 1934 – John Noakes, British television presenter
  • 1935 – Ron Delany, Irish athlete
  • 1936 – Bob Akin, American industrialist and race car driver (d. 2002)
  • 1936 – Elmira Zherzdeva, Soviet singer and voice actress
  • 1936 – Marion Barry Jr., American politician
  • 1936 – Jean Boht, English actress
  • 1937 – Ivan Boesky, American stock trader
  • 1937 – Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut
  • 1939 – Adam Osborne, British author and computer designer (d. 2003)
  • 1939 – Infanta Margarita of Spain, duchess of Soria
  • 1939 – Cookie Rojas, Cuban baseball player
  • 1939 – Kit Bond, American politician
  • 1940 – Joanna Miles, American actress
  • 1940 – Willie Stargell, American baseball player (d. 2001)
  • 1942 – Ben Murphy, American actor
  • 1944 – Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander opera singer
  • 1944 – Mary Wilson, American singer (The Supremes)
  • 1946 – David Gilmour, British musician (Pink Floyd)
  • 1947 – Kiki Dee, British singer
  • 1947 – Dick Fosbury, American athlete
  • 1947 – Martin Kove, American actor
  • 1947 – Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
  • 1947 – Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer
  • 1948 – Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
  • 1949 – Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani statesman
  • 1949 – Martin Buchan, Scottish soccer player
  • 1950 – Hirotaka Suzuoki, Japanese Seiyu (d. 2006)
  • 1951 – Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
  • 1952 – John David Carson, American actor (d. 2009)
  • 1953 – Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
  • 1953 – Jacklyn Zeman, American actress
  • 1955 – Alberta Watson, Canadian actress
  • 1958 – Eddie Deezen, American actor
  • 1959 – Saul Anuzis, American politician
  • 1959 – Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
  • 1960 – Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player
  • 1962 – Jonathan Scott-Taylor, English actor
  • 1963 – D. L. Hughley, American comedian and actor
  • 1964 – Skip Ewing, American country music singer and songwriter
  • 1964 – Madonna Wayne Gacy, American musician
  • 1965 – Amparo Noguera, Chilean actress
  • 1966 – Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
  • 1967 – Connie Britton, American actress
  • 1967 – Julio Bocca, Argentine ballet dancer
  • 1968 – Moira Kelly, American actress
  • 1968 – Michael Romeo, American musician (Symphony X)
  • 1969 – Andrea Elson, American actress
  • 1969 – Tari Phillips, American basketball player
  • 1969 – Amy Pietz, American actress
  • 1969 – Greg Scott, British TV personality
  • 1970 – Chris Broderick, American musician (Megadeth)
  • 1971 – Sean Morley, American professional wrestler
  • 1971 – Darrick Martin, American basketball player
  • 1972 – Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player
  • 1972 – Jaret Reddick, American musician (Bowling For Soup)
  • 1973 – Terry Adams, American baseball player
  • 1973 – Michael Finley, American basketball player
  • 1973 – Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
  • 1973 – Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist (ex-Opeth)
  • 1975 – Aracely Arambula, Mexican actress and singer
  • 1976 – Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
  • 1977 – Giorgos Karagounis, Greek soccer player
  • 1977 – Marcus Thames, American baseball player
  • 1978 – Lara Cox, Australian actress
  • 1978 – Salvatore Perugini, Italian rugby player
  • 1978 – Sage Rosenfels, American Football Player
  • 1979 – David Flair, American professional wrestler
  • 1979 – Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
  • 1979 – Ryan Nyquist, American BMX rider
  • 1979 – Clint Barmes, American baseball player
  • 1980 – Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor
  • 1981 – Ellen Muth, American actress
  • 1983 – Andranik Teymourian, Iranian soccer player
  • 1983 – Coby Karl, American basketball player; son of George Karl
  • 1984 – Becky, Japanese-British entertainer
  • 1984 – Paolo Facchinetti, Italian footballer
  • 1984 – Alex Pederzoli, Italian footballer
  • 1985 – Albert Reed, American model
  • 1986 – Eli Marienthal, American actor
  • 1986 – Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish football player
  • 1987 – Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
  • 1988 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish singer
  • 1989 – Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player
  • 1990 – Patricia Rodríguez, Spanish model
  • 1992 – Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
  • 2001 – Aryana Engineer, Canadian actress

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