January 6 - Births

Births

• 1367 – Richard II of England (d. 1400)
• 1412 – Joan of Arc, French military figure and Roman Catholic Saint (legendary date) (d. 1431)
• 1486 – Martin Agricola, German composer (d. 1556)
• 1488 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (d. 1540)
• 1525 – Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602)
• 1561 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)
• 1580 – (baptised) John Smith of Jamestown (d. 1631)
• 1587 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (d. 1645)
• 1595 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French man of letters (d. 1650)
• 1617 – Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)
• 1655 – Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
• 1655 – Empress Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1720)
• 1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English noble (d. 1744)
• 1714 – Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788)
• 1745 – Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799)
• 1793 – James Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862)
• 1795 – Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871)
• 1799 – Jedediah Strong Smith, American hunter and explorer (d. 1831)
• 1803 – Henri Herz, Austrian pianist, composer (d. 1888)
• 1807 – Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891)
• 1808 – Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)
• 1811 – Charles Sumner, American politician (d. 1874)
• 1812 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary figure (d. 1919)
• 1819 – Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
• 1822 – Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
• 1832 – Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
• 1836 – Ludwig Schüler, German politician (d. 1930)
• 1838 – Max Bruch, German composer (d. 1920)
• 1848 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1876)
• 1850 – Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1924)
• 1856 – Giuseppe Martucci, Italian composer (d. 1909)
• 1857 – Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)
• 1857 – William E. Russell, American politician and 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
• 1859 – Samuel Alexander, Australian-born British philosopher (d. 1938)
• 1861 – George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
• 1868 – Vittorio Monti, Italian composer (Csardas) (d. 1922)
• 1870 – Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)
• 1872 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915)
• 1874 – Fred Niblo, American film actor, director, producer (d. 1948)
• 1878 – Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)
• 1878 – Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina (d. 1970)
• 1880 – Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940)
• 1882 – Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949)
• 1882 – Sam Rayburn, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas and 48th, 50th & 52ndSpeaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)
• 1882 – Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965)
• 1883 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer (d. 1931)
• 1898 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (d. 1965)
• 1898 – Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)
• 1899 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (d. 1960)
• 1899 – Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (d. 1968)
• 1900 – Kathryn Hulme, American novelist (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (d. 1994)
• 1903 – Francis L. Sullivan, English actor (d. 1956)
• 1903 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Idris Davies, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
• 1907 – David Fleay, Australian naturalist (d. 1993)
• 1908 – Menachem Avidom, Austro-Hungarian born Israeli composer (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Wright Morris, American writer (d. 1998)
• 1910 – G. N. Balasubramaniam, Indian Carnatic musician (d. 1960)
• 1912 – Danny Thomas, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Edward Gierek, Polish politician (d. 2001)
• 1914 – Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-born American otolaryngologist (d. 1989)
• 1915 – Alan Watts, English writer/philosopher (d. 1973)
• 1915 – John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Don Edwards, American politician
• 1916 – Vincent Serventy, Australian writer and conservationist (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Eugene T. Maleska, American crossword puzzle creator and editor (d. 1993)
• 1917 – Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Early Wynn, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 1920 – John Maynard Smith, English biologist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist
• 1921 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (d. 1998)
• 1923 – Norman Kirk, New Zealander politician (d. 1974)
• 1923 – Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Earl Scruggs, American musician
• 1925 – John DeLorean, American auto maker (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Ralph Branca, American baseball player
• 1928 – George H. Ross, American businessman
• 1929 – Babrak Karmal, Afghani politician (d. 1996)
• 1929 – Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Vic Tayback, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1931 – E. L. Doctorow, American author
• 1931 – Juan Goytisolo, Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist
• 1931 – Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1931 – Capucine, French actress (d. 1990)
• 1932 – Stuart A. Rice, American chemist
• 1933 – Oleg Makarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2003)
• 1933 – Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian
• 1934 – Harry M. Miller, Australian entrepreneur
• 1934 – Sylvia Sims, English actress
• 1934 – John Wieners, American lyric poet (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Tsaritsa Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela of Bulgaria
• 1935 – Nino Tempo, American singer and actor
• 1936 – Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player
• 1936 – Darlene Hard, American tennis player
• 1936 – Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay
• 1937 – Doris Troy, American singer (d. 2004)
• 1937 – Paolo Conte, Italian singer
• 1937 – Lou Holtz, American football coach
• 1938 – Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor
• 1938 – Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and politician
• 1938 – Mario Rodríguez Cobos, Argentine writer and spiritual leader
• 1939 – Murray Rose, Australian swimmer
• 1940 – Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979)
• 1940 – Penny Lernoux, American journalist (d. 1989)
• 1943 – Hak Ja Han, Korean church leader
• 1943 – Terry Venables, English football manager
• 1944 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress
• 1944 – Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel laureate
• 1945 – Allen Appel, American novelist
• 1946 – Syd Barrett, English guitarist, singer and songwriter Pink Floyd (d. 2006)
• 1947 – Sandy Denny, English singer and songwriter (d. 1978)
• 1947 – Ian Millar, Canadian equestrian
• 1948 – Guy Gardner, American astronaut
• 1950 – Louis Freeh, American jurist, and 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 1951 – Don Gullett, American baseball player
• 1951 – Kim Wilson, American musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• 1952 – Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
• 1952 – Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor
• 1953 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
• 1954 – Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect
• 1954 – Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer
• 1954 – Anthony Minghella, British film director (d. 2008)
• 1954 – Karen Moras, Australian swimmer
• 1954 – Trudie Styler, English actress
• 1955 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
• 1955 – Richard Corbett, British politician
• 1956 – Angus Deayton, English comedian, actor and television presenter
• 1957 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer
• 1957 – C. Michael Foale, American astronaut
• 1958 – Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist and newspaper editor
• 1958 – Scott Bryce, American actor
• 1959 – Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer
• 1959 – Kathy Sledge, American singer
• 1960 – Paul Azinger, American golfer
• 1960 – Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1960 – Nigella Lawson, English chef and writer
• 1960 – Howie Long, American football player and analyst
• 1960 – Andrea Thompson, American actress
• 1962 – Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (d. 2002)
• 1963 – Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (d. 2010)
• 1964 – Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005)
• 1964 – Charles Haley, American football player
• 1964 – Henry Maske, German boxer
• 1964 – Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler
• 1964 – Mark O'Toole, English bass guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
• 1964 – Yuri, Mexican actress and singer
• 1964 – Denise Borino, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1965 – Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer
• 1965 – Konnan, Cuban-born professional wrestler
• 1965 – Bjørn Lomborg, Danish political scientist and public policy activist
• 1966 – Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)
• 1966 – Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
• 1966 – Sharon Cuneta, Filipina singer and actress
• 1966 – A. R. Rahman, Indian composer
• 1968 – John Singleton, American film director
• 1969 – Norman Reedus, American model and actor
• 1970 – José Carabalí, Venezuelan track and field athlete
• 1970 – Julie Chen, American television presenter
• 1970 – Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player
• 1971 – Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer
• 1971 – Irwin Thomas, Australian singer (Southern Sons)
• 1972 – Nek, Italian singer
• 1973 – Scott Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
• 1974 – Paul Grant, American basketball player
• 1974 – Daniel Cordone, Argentine footballer
• 1975 – Nicole DeHuff, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1975 – James Farrior, American football player
• 1975 – Nick Clarke, Pro Bull Rider
• 1975 – Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1)
• 1975 – Yukana, Japanese seiyū
• 1976 – Danny Pintauro, American actor
• 1976 – Lu Yi, Chinese actor
• 1976 – Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1976 – Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, and musician
• 1976 – Daniel Tynell, Swedish cross-country skier
• 1977 – Marc Johnson, American skateboarder
• 1978 – Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer
• 1978 – Bubba Franks, American football player
• 1978 – Casey Fossum, American baseball player
• 1978 – Tara Spencer-Nairn, Canadian actress
• 1980 – Steed Malbranque, French footballer
• 1981 – Mike Jones, American rapper
• 1981 – Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
• 1981 – Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor
• 1981 – Asante Samuel, American football player
• 1982 – Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
• 1982 – Brian Bass, American baseball player
• 1982 – Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality
• 1983 – Mithra Jin, South-Korean hip hop musician
• 1983 – Adam Burish, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Sean O'Brien, Australian windsurfer
• 1986 – Paul McShane, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Benjamin Simm, German rugby player
• 1986 – Mike Teel, American football player
• 1986 – Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
• 1986 – Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys)
• 1987 – Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
• 1989 – Andrew Carroll, English footballer