March 6 - Births

Births

• 1340 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
• 1405 – King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
• 1459 – Jakob 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)
• 1724 – Henry Laurens, American merchant, slave trader, and political leader (d. 1792)
• 1761 – Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828)
• 1779 – Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
• 1785 – Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer (d. 1857)
• 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)
• 1823 – Charles I of Württemberg, King of Württemberg from 1864 (d. 1891)
• 1831 – Philip Sheridan, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. 1888)
• 1834 – George du Maurier British illustrator and writer (d. 1896)
• 1849 – Georg Luger, Austrian inventor (d. 1923)
• 1870 – Oscar Straus, Viennese composer (d. 1954)
• 1871 – Afonso Costa, Portuguese politician (d. 1937)
• 1872 – Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
• 1882 – John January, American soccer player (d. 1917)
• 1882 – Guy Kibbee, American actor (d. 1956)
• 1884 – Molla Mallory, Norwegian-born American tennis player (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Ring Lardner, American writer (d. 1933)
• 1886 – Henry Jamison Handy, American breaststroke swimmer, water polo player and filmmaker (d. 1983)
• 1893 – Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (d. 1981)
• 1895 – Albert Tessier, French Canadian priest and film maker (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Henri Jeanson, French writer and journalist (d. 1970)
• 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)
• 1909 – Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian politician (d. 1987)
• 1909 – Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish author (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Ejler Bille, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Louise Latimer, American actress (d. 1973)
• 1914 – Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (d. 1981)
• 1915 – Mohammed Burhanuddin, Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader
• 1917 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
• 1918 – Leslie Charles Smith, English businessman (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Olive Dickason, Canadian historian (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Lewis Gilbert, English film director, producer and screenwriter
• 1921 – Julius Rudel, American orchestra conductor
• 1923 – Herman Leonard, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Ed McMahon, American television personality (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Wes Montgomery, American jazz musician (d. 1968)
• 1924 – William H. Webster, American lawyer, former FBI and CIA director
• 1926 – Alan Greenspan, American economist, former Federal Reserve chairman
• 1926 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
• 1927 – William J. Bell, creator and executive producer of soap operas (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 – Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (d. 1975)
• 1930 – Lorin Maazel, French-born American conductor
• 1931 – Hal Needham, American stuntman
• 1932 – Marc Bazin, Haitian politician (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician.
• 1933 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1934 – John Noakes, British television presenter
• 1934 – Keith Spicer, Canadian academic, public servant, journalist and writer
• 1935 – Ron Delany, Irish athlete
• 1936 – Marion Barry Jr., American politician
• 1936 – Sylvia Robinson, American singer, musician and record producer (Mickey & Sylvia) (d. 2011)
• 1936 – Choummaly Sayasone, president of Laos
• 1937 – Ivan Boesky, American stock trader
• 1937 – Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1938 – Keishu Tanaka, Japanese politician
• 1939 – Christopher "Kit" Bond, American politician
• 1939 – Infanta Margarita of Spain
• 1939 – Adam Osborne, British author and computer designer (d. 2003)
• 1939 – Cookie Rojas, Cuban baseball player
• 1940 – Ken Danby, Canadian realist painter (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Joanna Miles, American actress
• 1940 – Willie Stargell, American baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1941 – Peter Brötzmann, German jazz saxophonist
• 1942 – Ben Murphy, American actor
• 1942 – Flora Purim, Brazilian jazz singer (Return to Forever)
• 1944 – Richard Corliss, American film critic
• 1944 – Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander opera singer
• 1944 – Mary Wilson, American singer (The Supremes)
• 1945 – Hugh Grundy, British drummer (The Zombies)
• 1946 – David Gilmour, British musician (Pink Floyd, Joker's Wild and Deep End)
• 1946 – Martin Kove, American actor
• 1947 – Kiki Dee, British singer
• 1947 – Dick Fosbury, American athlete
• 1947 – Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
• 1947 – Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer
• 1947 – John Stossel, American author and pundit
• 1948 – Stephen Schwartz, American musical theatre lyricist and composer
• 1949 – Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani statesman
• 1949 – Martin Buchan, Scottish soccer player
• 1950 – Hirotaka Suzuoki, Japanese voice actor (d. 2006)
• 1951 – Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1953 – Phil Alvin, American singer and guitarist (The Blasters)
• 1953 – Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
• 1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal, former Prime Minister of Nepal
• 1953 – Carolyn Porco, American planetary scientist
• 1954 – Joey DeMaio, American bass guitarist
• 1954 – Jeff Greenwald, American travel author, photographer, and monologist
• 1954 – Harald Schumacher, German footbal goalkeeper
• 1955 – Alberta Watson, Canadian actress
• 1957 – Yves Bolduc, Canadian doctor and politician
• 1958 – Eddie Deezen, American actor
• 1959 – Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
• 1960 – Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player
• 1962 – Erika Hess, Swiss alpine ski racer
• 1963 – Suzanne Crough, American actress
• 1963 – D. L. Hughley, American comedian and actor
• 1964 – Paul Bostaph, American drummer (Forbidden, Slayer and Systematic)
• 1964 – Skip Ewing, American country music singer and songwriter
• 1964 – Madonna Wayne Gacy (Stephen Gregory Bier Jr.), American musician
• 1964 – Yvette Wilson, American comedian and actress (d. 2012)
• 1966 – Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
• 1967 – Julio Bocca, Argentine ballet dancer
• 1967 – Connie Britton, American actress
• 1967 – Shuler Hensley, American singer and actor
• 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
• 1970 – Chris Broderick, American musician (Megadeth and Jag Panzer)
• 1971 – Darrick Martin, American basketball player
• 1971 – Sean Morley, American professional wrestler
• 1972 – Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player
• 1972 – Jaret Reddick, American musician (Bowling For Soup and People on Vacation)
• 1973 – Michael Finley, American basketball player
• 1973 – Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist (Opeth)
• 1973 – Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
• 1973 – Trent Willmon, American country music artist
• 1974 – Beanie Sigel (Dwight Grant), American rapper
• 1974 – Guy Garvey, British musician (Elbow)
• 1975 – Aracely Arambula, Mexican actress and singer
• 1975 – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, French Canadian conductor
• 1976 – Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
• 1977 – Giorgos Karagounis, Greek soccer player
• 1977 – Bubba Sparxxx (Warren Anderson Mathis), American rapper
• 1977 – Marcus Thames, American baseball player
• 1978 – Lara Cox, Australian actress
• 1978 – Sage Rosenfels, American football player
• 1979 – Clint Barmes, American baseball player
• 1979 – Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
• 1979 – David Flair, American professional wrestler
• 1979 – Rufus Hound, British comedian
• 1979 – Tim Howard, American soccer player
• 1980 – Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor
• 1980 – Kristina Triska, Swedish tennis player
• 1980 – Emílson Cribari, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Ellen Muth, American actress
• 1983 – Andranik Teymourian, Iranian footballer
• 1983 – Tommaso Berni, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Becky, Japanese-British entertainer
• 1984 – Eskil Pedersen, Norwegian politician and leader of the Worker's Youth League
• 1984 – Daniël de Ridder, Dutch footballer
• 1984 – Chris Tomson, American musician (Vampire Weekend)
• 1984 – Edmund Yeo, Malaysian filmmaker
• 1985 – Bakaye Traoré, French-born Malian footballer
• 1986 – Jake Arrieta, American baseball pitcher
• 1986 – Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish football player
• 1986 – Eli Marienthal, American actor
• 1986 – Francisco Cervelli, Italian baseball player
• 1986 – Traphik, American rapper, comedian, and videographer
• 1987 – Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian/German footballer
• 1987 – José Manuel Flores, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
• 1988 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish singer
• 1989 – Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player
• 1990 – Linn Haug, Norwegian snowboarder
• 1990 – Kirk Urso, American soccer player (d. 2012)
• 1991 – Nicole Fox, American model
• 1991 – Lex Luger, American producer
• 1991 – Tyler the Creator, American rapper (OFWGKTA)
• 1992 – Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese actress and singer (Berryz Kobo, ZYX and Buono!)
• 1994 – Nathan Redmond, English footballer
• 1996 – Savannah Stehlin, American actress
• 2001 – Aryana Engineer, Canadian actress