People born on May 6 175
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
b. 973 – d. 1024
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 973)
Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
b. 1464 – d. 1512
Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (d. 1512)
Girolamo Seripando
b. 1493 – d. 1563
Girolamo Seripando, Italian theologian and cardinal (d. 1563)
Pope Marcellus II
b. 1501 – d. 1555
Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1555)
Pope Innocent X
b. 1574 – d. 1655
Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1655)
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
b. 1580 – d. 1637
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble (d. 1637)
Johann Joachim Becher
b. 1635 – d. 1682
Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (d. 1682)
Alain-René Lesage
b. 1668 – d. 1747
Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (d. 1747)
Jean-Baptiste Stuck
b. 1680 – d. 1755
Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)
Charles Batteux
b. 1713 – d. 1780
Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (b. 1713)
Anton Raaff
b. 1714 – d. 1797
Anton Raaff, German tenor (d. 1797)
Jean Senebier
b. 1742 – d. 1809
Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)
André Masséna
b. 1758 – d. 1817
André Masséna, French general (d. 1817)
Maximilien Robespierre
b. 1758 – d. 1794
Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Committee of Public Safety (b. 1758)
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
b. 1769 – d. 1824
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette
b. 1769 – d. 1834
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause
b. 1781 – d. 1832
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (b. 1781)
Joseph Brackett
b. 1797 – d. 1882
Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
Roman Sanguszko
b. 1800 – d. 1881
Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (d. 1881)
Hermann Raster
b. 1827 – d. 1891
Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
Max Eyth
b. 1836 – d. 1906
Max Eyth, German engineer and author (d. 1906)
Grove Karl Gilbert
b. 1843 – d. 1918
Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918)
Henry Edward Armstrong
b. 1848 – d. 1937
Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)
Aristide Bruant
b. 1851 – d. 1925
Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (d. 1925)
Sigmund Freud
b. 1856 – d. 1939
Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
Robert Peary
b. 1856 – d. 1920
Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (d. 1920)
Motilal Nehru
b. 1861 – d. 1931
Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)
Gaston Leroux
b. 1868 – d. 1927
Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)
Junnosuke Inoue
b. 1869 – d. 1932
Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (d. 1932)
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Walter Rutherford
b. 1870 – d. 1936
Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (d. 1936)
Victor Grignard
b. 1871 – d. 1935
Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
Christian Morgenstern
b. 1871 – d. 1914
Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet (d. 1914)
Willem de Sitter
b. 1872 – d. 1934
Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)
Djemal Pasha
b. 1872 – d. 1922
Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general (d. 1922)
Bedřich Hrozný
b. 1879 – d. 1952
Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)
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Hendrik van Heuckelum
b. 1879 – d. 1929
Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (d. 1929)
Winifred Brunton
b. 1880 – d. 1959
Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (d. 1959)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
b. 1880 – d. 1938
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
Alberto Collo
b. 1883 – d. 1955
Alberto Collo, Italian actor (d. 1955)
Júlio César de Mello e Souza
b. 1895 – d. 1974
Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
Fidél Pálffy
b. 1895 – d. 1946
Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1946)
Rudolph Valentino
b. 1895 – d. 1926
Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
Rolf Maximilian Sievert
b. 1896 – d. 1966
Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
Paul Alverdes
b. 1897 – d. 1979
Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (d. 1979)
Konrad Henlein
b. 1898 – d. 1945
Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
Harry Golden
b. 1902 – d. 1981
Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
Max Ophüls
b. 1902 – d. 1957
Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)
Toots Shor
b. 1903 – d. 1977
Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)
Moshé Feldenkrais
b. 1904 – d. 1984
Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1904)
Catherine Lacey
b. 1904 – d. 1979
Catherine Lacey, English actress (b. 1904)
Harry Martinson
b. 1904 – d. 1978
Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
Philip N. Krasne
b. 1905 – d. 1999
Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer (d. 1999)
André Weil
b. 1906 – d. 1998
André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
Weeb Ewbank
b. 1907 – d. 1998
Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
Guy des Cars
b. 1911 – d. 1993
Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (d. 1993)
Carmen Cavallaro
b. 1913 – d. 1989
Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
Stewart Granger
b. 1913 – d. 1993
Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913)
Orson Welles
b. 1915 – d. 1985
Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
Theodore H. White
b. 1915 – d. 1986
Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
Robert H. Dicke
b. 1916 – d. 1997
Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997)
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Kal Mann
b. 1917 – d. 2001
Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
b. 1918 – d. 2004
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (d. 2004)
André Guelfi
b. 1919 – d. 2016
André Guelfi, French race car driver (d. 2016)
Ross Hunter
b. 1920 – d. 1996
Ross Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1996)
Kamisese Mara
b. 1920 – d. 2004
Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004)
Marguerite Piazza
b. 1920 – d. 2012
Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (b. 1920)
Erich Fried
b. 1921 – d. 1988
Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator (d. 1988)
Camille Laurin
b. 1922 – d. 1999
Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999)
Harry Watson (ice hockey b. 1923)
b. 1923 – d. 2002
Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
Nestor Basterretxea
b. 1924 – d. 2014
Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924)
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
b. 1924 – d. 2006
Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite, activist, and author (d. 2006)
Denny Wright
b. 1924 – d. 1992
Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992)
Gilles Grégoire
b. 1926 – d. 2006
Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
Rosemary Cramp
b. 1929
Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic
Paul Lauterbur
b. 1929 – d. 2007
Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
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John Taylor (bishop of St Albans)
b. 1929 – d. 2016
John Taylor, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)
Sonia Rykiel
b. 1930 – d. 2016
Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (d. 2016)
Willie Mays
b. 1931
Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach
Ahmet Haxhiu
b. 1932 – d. 1994
Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
b. 1932
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician
Richard Shelby
b. 1934
Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
Rubin Carter
b. 1937 – d. 2014
Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (d. 2014)
Jean Garon
b. 1938 – d. 2014
Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1938)
Eddie C. Campbell
b. 1939
Eddie C. Campbell, American singer and guitarist
Chet Allen (actor, 1939-1984)
b. 1939 – d. 1984
Chet Allen, American child actor (d. 1984)
Ariel Dorfman
b. 1942
Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic
Andreas Baader
b. 1943 – d. 1977
Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
Milton William Cooper
b. 1943 – d. 2001
Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author (d. 2001)
Wolfgang Reinhardt (athlete)
b. 1943 – d. 2011
Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter (d. 2011)
James Turrell
b. 1943
James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator
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Anton Furst
b. 1944 – d. 1991
Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director (d. 1991)
Masanori Murakami
b. 1944
Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
b. 1945
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
Bob Seger
b. 1945
Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alan Dale
b. 1947
Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
Martha Nussbaum
b. 1947
Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author
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Ljubomir Vračarević
b. 1947 – d. 2013
Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (d. 2013)
Frankie Librán
b. 1948 – d. 2013
Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1948)
Jeffery Deaver
b. 1950
Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author
Samuel Doe
b. 1951 – d. 1990
Samuel Doe, Liberian field marshal and politician, 21st President of Liberia (b. 1951)
Gerrit Zalm
b. 1952
Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Alexander Akimov
b. 1953 – d. 1986
Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986)
Tony Blair
b. 1953
Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Michelle Courchesne
b. 1953
Michelle Courchesne, Canadian urban planner and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
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Ülle Rajasalu
b. 1953
Ülle Rajasalu, Estonian politician
Graeme Souness
b. 1953
Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
Lynn Whitfield
b. 1953
Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer
Tom Abernethy
b. 1954
Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
Dora Bakoyannis
b. 1954
Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Angela Hernández Nuñez
b. 1954
Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet
Ain Lutsepp
b. 1954
Ain Lutsepp, Estonian actor and politician
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Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon
b. 1955
Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
Tom Bergeron
b. 1955
Tom Bergeron, American television host
John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness
b. 1955
John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
Lakis Lazopoulos
b. 1956
Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter
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Roland Wieser
b. 1956
Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach
Randall Stout
b. 1958 – d. 2014
Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (b. 1958)
Andreas Busse
b. 1959
Andreas Busse, German runner
Charles Hendry
b. 1959
Charles Hendry, English politician
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Lyudmila Andonova
b. 1960
Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
Keith Dowding
b. 1960
Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
Roma Downey
b. 1960
Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer
John Flansburgh
b. 1960
John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Aleksei Lotman
b. 1960
Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician
Anne Parillaud
b. 1960
Anne Parillaud, French actress
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Oleksandr Apaychev
b. 1961
Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach
George Clooney
b. 1961
George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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Tom Hunter
b. 1961
Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
Gina Riley
b. 1961
Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
Frans Timmermans
b. 1961
Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission
Tom Brake
b. 1962
Tom Brake, English politician
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Brad Izzard
b. 1962
Brad Izzard, Australian rugby league player
Alessandra Ferri
b. 1963
Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina
Leslie Hope
b. 1965
Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
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Worku Bikila
b. 1968
Worku Bikila, Ethiopian runner
Lætitia Sadier
b. 1968
Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player
Jim Magilton
b. 1969
Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer and manager
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Roland Kun
b. 1970
Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
Chris Shiflett
b. 1971
Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Martin Brodeur
b. 1972
Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
Naoko Takahashi
b. 1972
Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
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Bernard Barmasai
b. 1974
Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
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Daniela Bártová
b. 1974
Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
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Alan Richardson (cricketer)
b. 1975
Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach
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Dean Chandler
b. 1976
Dean Chandler, English footballer
Christophe Brandt
b. 1977
Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
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Marc Chouinard
b. 1977
Marc Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player
Mark Eaton (ice hockey)
b. 1977
Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player and coach
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Chantelle Newbery
b. 1977
Chantelle Newbery, Australian diver
John Abraham (American football)
b. 1978
John Abraham, American football player
Fredrick Federley
b. 1978
Fredrick Federley, Swedish journalist and politician
Aleksandr Fyodorov (bodybuilder)
b. 1978
Aleksandr Fyodorov, Russian bodybuilder
Gerd Kanter
b. 1979
Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
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Jan Erik Mikalsen
b. 1979
Jan Erik Mikalsen, Norwegian composer
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Brooke Bennett
b. 1980
Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
Ricardo Oliveira
b. 1980
Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
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Matthew Whiley
b. 1980
Matthew Whiley, English cricketer
Jason Witten
b. 1982
Jason Witten, American Footballer
Dani Alves
b. 1983
Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
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Ingrid Jonach
b. 1983
Ingrid Jonach, Australian author
Gabourey Sidibe
b. 1983
Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
Trinley Thaye Dorje
b. 1983
Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama
Fredrik Sjöström
b. 1983
Fredrik Sjöström, Swedish ice hockey player
Anton Babchuk
b. 1984
Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player
Juan Pablo Carrizo
b. 1984
Juan Pablo Carrizo, Argentinian footballer
Chris Paul
b. 1985
Chris Paul, American basketball player
Goran Dragic
b. 1986
Goran Dragic, Slovenian basketball player
Dries Mertens
b. 1987
Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer
Dominika Cibulková
b. 1989
Dominika Cibulková, Slovakian tennis player
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Vanic
b. 1989
Jesse Hughes, Canadian DJ and producer
José Altuve
b. 1990
José Altuve, Venezuelan baseball player
Brendan Gallagher
b. 1992
Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player
Byun Baekhyun
b. 1992
Byun Baekhyun, South Korean musician and actor
Gustavo Gómez
b. 1993
Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
Mateo Kovačić
b. 1994
Mateo Kovačić, Austrian-Croatian footballer