December 6 - Births

Births

  • 846 – Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)
  • 1285 – King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
  • 1421 – King Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
  • 1478 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)
  • 1550 – Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (baptism) (d. 1605)
  • 1586 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)
  • 1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (d. 1670)
  • 1637 – Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)
  • 1640 – Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)
  • 1642 – Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
  • 1685 – Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France (d. 1712)
  • 1721 – James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809)
  • 1721 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794)
  • 1752 – Gabriel Duvall, American jurist, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1844)
  • 1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
  • 1792 – King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
  • 1805 – Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
  • 1805 – Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)
  • 1812 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884)
  • 1823 – Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900)
  • 1833 – John S. Mosby, American Civil War figure (d. 1916)
  • 1841 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter (d. 1870)
  • 1849 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
  • 1853 – Haraprasad Shastri, Indian scholar and historian (d. 1931)
  • 1863 – Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (d. 1914)
  • 1872 – Arthur Henry Adams, Australian writer (d. 1936)
  • 1872 – William S. Hart, American actor (d. 1946)
  • 1874 – Lucien Démanet, French gymnast (d. 1979)
  • 1875 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer (d. 1946)
  • 1875 – Evelyn Underhill, British poet (d. 1941)
  • 1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German-born American automobile maker (d. 1932)
  • 1886 – Joyce Kilmer, American poet (d. 1918)
  • 1887 – Joseph Lamb, American ragtime composer (d. 1960)
  • 1887 – Lynn Fontanne, British-American actress (d. 1983)
  • 1888 – Will Hay, English comedian and actor (d. 1949)
  • 1890 – Dion Fortune, British occultist (d. 1946)
  • 1890 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951)
  • 1890 – Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)
  • 1892 – Osbert Sitwell, British author (d. 1969)
  • 1893 – Homer N. Wallin, American vice-admiral (d. 1984)
  • 1896 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983)
  • 1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born American photojournalist (d. 1995)
  • 1898 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (d. 1987)
  • 1900 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974)
  • 1903 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946)
  • 1904 – Ève Curie, French writer (d. 2007)
  • 1905 – Elizabeth Yates, American children's author (d. 2001)
  • 1908 – Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2003)
  • 1908 – Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber (d. 1934)
  • 1909 – Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (d. 2002)
  • 1913 – Karl Haas, German-American music educator (d. 2005)
  • 1913 – Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (d. 2004)
  • 1916 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (d. 1986)
  • 1916 – Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic museum curator and politician (d. 1982)
  • 1917 – Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977)
  • 1917 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-born American entrepreneur (d. 2008)
  • 1919 – Paul de Man, Belgian literary critic (d. 1983)
  • 1920 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer
  • 1920 – George Porter, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
  • 1921 – Otto Graham, American football player (d. 2003)
  • 1921 – Piero Piccioni, Italian musician and composer (d. 2004)
  • 1922 – John Brunt, English soldier, Victoria Cross holder (d. 1944)
  • 1922 – Benjamin A. Gilman, American politician
  • 1924 – Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973)
  • 1928 – Bobby Van, American singer (d. 1980)
  • 1929 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor
  • 1929 – Frank Springer, American comics artist
  • 1929 – Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker
  • 1930 – Daniel Lisulo, Zambian Prime Minister of Zambia
  • 1931 – Zeki Müren, Turkish, singer, actor, and composer (d. 1996)
  • 1932– Kamleshwar.Indian writer.(d.2007)
  • 1933 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (d. 2010)
  • 1933 – Donald J. Kutyna, former United States air force officer
  • 1934 – Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler
  • 1935 – Jean Lapointe, Quebec singer and senator
  • 1936 – Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist
  • 1936 – David Ossman, American comedian
  • 1937 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2006)
  • 1938 – Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor
  • 1940 – Lawrence Bergman, Quebec politician
  • 1940 – Richard Edlund, American special effects photographer
  • 1941 – Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991)
  • 1941 – Bill Thomas, American politician
  • 1942 – Peter Handke, Austrian writer
  • 1945 – Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager
  • 1945 – Dan Harrington, American poker player
  • 1945 – Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker
  • 1946 – Frankie Beverly, American singer-songwriter and record producer
  • 1946 – Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer
  • 1947 – Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician
  • 1947 – Miroslav Vitous, Czech jazz musician
  • 1947 – Henk van Woerden, Dutch painter and writer (d. 2005)
  • 1948 – Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and musician
  • 1948 – Don Nickles, American politician
  • 1948 – Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
  • 1948 – JoBeth Williams, American actress
  • 1949 – Linda Creed, American songwriter (d. 1986)
  • 1949 – Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (d. 2007)
  • 1949 – Gregory Venables, British Anglican bishop
  • 1950 – Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
  • 1950 – Sonia Manzano, American actress and writer
  • 1950 – Karlheinz Subklewe, German footballer
  • 1951 – Gerry Francis, English football player and manager
  • 1952 – Ric Charlesworth, Australian field hockey player
  • 1952 – Craig Newmark, American internet entrepreneur
  • 1953 – Tom Hulce, American actor
  • 1953 – Gary Ward, American baseball player
  • 1953 – Gary Goodman, Australian cricket player
  • 1953 – Kin Shriner, American actor
  • 1953 – Masami Kurumada, Japanese manga artist
  • 1955 – Rick Buckler, British drummer (The Jam)
  • 1955 – Steven Wright, American comedian
  • 1956 – Peter Buck, American guitarist (R.E.M.)
  • 1956 – Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (d. 1982)
  • 1957 – Adrian Borland, English musician (The Sound) (d. 1999)
  • 1958 – Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator
  • 1959 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese video game industry executive
  • 1961 – David Lovering, American drummer (Pixies)
  • 1961 – Manuel Reuter, German race car driver
  • 1962 – Janine Turner, American actress
  • 1963 – Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor
  • 1965 – Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer
  • 1966 – Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete
  • 1967 – Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer
  • 1967 – Judd Apatow, American film director, and screenwriter
  • 1967 – Lucia Rijker, Dutch boxer and actress
  • 1969 – Torri Higginson, Canadian actress
  • 1970 – Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer
  • 1970 – Jeff Rouse, American swimmer
  • 1970 – Adrian Fenty, American politician
  • 1970 – Ulf Ekberg, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
  • 1970 – Michaela Schaffrath, German actress
  • 1971 – José Contreras, Cuban baseball player
  • 1971 – Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
  • 1971 – Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese voice actor
  • 1971 – Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
  • 1971 – Ryan White, American AIDS victim (d. 1990)
  • 1972 – Heather Mizeur, American politician
  • 1972 – Monica Santa Maria, Peruvian model and TV host (Nubeluz) (d. 1994)
  • 1972 – Rick Short, American baseball player
  • 1974 – Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist
  • 1974 – Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Noel Clarke, English actor and writer
  • 1975 – Adrián García Arias, Mexican footballer
  • 1976 – Colleen Haskell, American television personality
  • 1976 – Alicia Machado, Venezuelan actress and former Miss Universe
  • 1976 – Lindsay Price, American actress
  • 1977 – Kevin Cash, American baseball player
  • 1977 – Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
  • 1977 – Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
  • 1978 – K. D. Aubert, American actress
  • 1978 – Chris Basak, American baseball player
  • 1978 – Darrell Jackson, American football player
  • 1978 – Ramiro Pez, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
  • 1979 – Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
  • 1979 – Yanina González, Paraguayan model
  • 1980 – Steve Lovell, British footballer
  • 1980 – Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player
  • 1981 – Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer
  • 1982 – Ryan Carnes, American actor
  • 1982 – Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
  • 1982 – Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 1982 – Susie Stoddart, Scottish racing driver
  • 1984 – Syndric Steptoe, American football player
  • 1985 – Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player
  • 1985 – Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer
  • 1985 – Dulce María, Mexican actress and singer
  • 1985 – Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer
  • 1986 – Georgia Horsley, English model
  • 1986 – Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player
  • 1988 – Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian musician
  • 1988 – Nils Petersen, German footballer
  • 1989 – Felix Schiller, German footballer
  • 1990 – Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player
  • 1995 – Joy Gruttmann, German singer
  • 1996 – Stefanie Scott, American actress
  • 2000 – Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal

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