Famous Birthdays on December 6

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 241

• 846 Hasan al-Askari, 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam, born in Medina, Abbasid Empire (d. 874)
• 1285 Ferdinand IV, King of Castile and León (1295-1312), born in Seville, Spain (d. 1312)

• 1478 Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author, born in Casatico, Mantua, Italy (d. 1529)
• 1550 Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, Italian composer, born in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (now Italy) (d. 1605)
• 1586 Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer, born in Parma, Italy in Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1670)
• 1592 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English aristocrat and Royalist general in the English Civil War, born in Handsworth, England (d. 1676)
• 1608 George Monck, English general (Civil War Royalist, Battle of Dunbar, Anglo-Dutch Wars), born in Great Potheridge, England (d. 1670)
• 1637 Edmund Andros, English governor in North America, born in London (d. 1714)
• 1640 Claude Fleury, French priest and historian, born in Paris (d. 1723)
• 1642 Johann Christoph Bach, German harpsichordist and composer, born in Arnstadt, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1703)
• 1685 Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France, born in Royal Palace, Turin, Savoy (d. 1712)
• 1721 Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and statesman, born in Paris (d. 1794)
• 1721 James Elphinston, Scottish philologist, born in Edinburgh (d. 1809)
• 1731 Sophie von Laroche, German writer (History of Lady Sophia Sternheim), born in Kaufbeuren. Bavaria (d. 1807)
• 1732 Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), born in Churchill, Oxfordshire (d. 1818)
• 1743 Franz Nikolaus Novotny, Austrian composer, born in Eisenstadt, Austria (d. 1773)
• 1752 Gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1811-35), born in Marietta, Maryland (d. 1844)
• 1768 Johann Baptist Henneberg, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1822)
• 1775 Nicolas Isouard, French composer, born in Porto Salvo, Valletta, Malta (d. 1818)
• 1776 Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, born in Stralsund, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1820)
• 1778 Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist, born in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Kingdom of France (d. 1850)
• 1792 Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary), born in Amsterdam (d. 1857)
• 1792 William II, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg (1840-49), born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1849)
• 1805 Adolf Reubke, German organ builder, born in Halberstadt, Germany (d. 1875)
• 1806 Gilbert Duprez, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1896)
• 1808 Johan Michiel Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future), born in Heerlen, Netherlands (d. 1869)
• 1808 Johann Christian Gebauer, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1884)
• 1809 Stephen Thomas, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Bethel, Vermont (d. 1903)
• 1812 Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman, born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire (d. 1884)
• 1814 Juan Prim, Spanish general and politician (Prime Minister, 1869-70), born in Reus, Catalonia (d. 1870)
• 1816 Henry Eustace McCulloch, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Rutherford County, Tennessee (d. 1895)
• 1822 John Eberhard Faber, German-American pencil manufacturer and built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US, born in Stein Bavaria, Germany (d. 1879)
• 1823 Max Müller, German-born British orientalist, born in Dessau, German Federation (d. 1900)
• 1831 Joshua Woodrow Sill, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Chillicothe, Ohio (d. 1862)

• 1835 Rudolf Fittig, German chemist (synthesizing organic compounds), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1910)
• 1841 Frédéric Bazille, French painter, born in Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (d. 1870)
• 1843 Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter and etcher, born in Ghent, belgium (d. 1900)
• 1846 Henryk Jarecki, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1918)
• 1849 August von Mackensen, German field marshal (WWI), born in Haus Leipnitz, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation (d. 1945)
• 1853 Hara Prasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature, born in Khulna, Bengal Presidency (d. 1931)
• 1863 Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and investor, born in Thompson, Ohio (d. 1914)
• 1864 William S. Hart, American silent film actor (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds), born in Newburgh, New York (d. 1946)
• 1872 Mikulas Moyzes, Slovak composer, born in Zvolenská Slatina, Slovakia (d. 1944)
• 1875 Evelyn Underhill, British Anglo-Catholic poet, born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 1941)
• 1876 Fred Duesenberg, German-American automobile pioneer, born in Lippe, Germany (d. 1932)
• 1884 Rose Schneiderman, American socialist, feminist, trade union leader and secretary of labor for New York State (1937-44), born in Sawin, Poland (d. 1972)
• 1885 Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General), born in Elbląg, Poland (d. 1950)

• 1887 Joseph Lamb, American ragtime pianist and composer ("Bohemia Rag"), born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 1960) [1] [2]
• 1887 Lynn Fontanne, British actress (Peter Pan; The Guardsman), born in Woodford, Essex, England (d. 1983)
• 1888 Emiliana de Zubeldía, Spanish-Mexican concert pianist, composer - chiefly for guitar (Landscape Basko), and educator (Academy of Music at the University of Sonora, 1947-87), born in Salinas de Oro, Spain (d. 1987)
• 1888 Will Hay [William Thomson Hay], British comedian, actor and amateur astronomer, born in County Durham, England (d. 1949)
• 1889 George Street, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 1 dismissal; Surrey CCC, MCC), born in Charlwood, England (d. 1924)

• 1890 Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer, born in Calw, Germany (d. 1955)
• 1890 Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (known as the founding father of modern physics research in Japan), born in Satoshō, Okayama (d. 1951)
• 1892 Lina Carstens, German actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), born in Wiesbaden, Germany (d. 1978)
• 1892 Osbert Sitwell, English poet, writer (Out of the Flame), born in London, England (d. 1969)
• 1893 Lou Little [Luigi Piccolo], American college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960), born in Leominster, Massachusetts (d. 1979)
• 1895 Henriëtte Bosmans, Dutch pianist and composer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1952)
• 1896 Arnold Foster, English composer, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1963)
• 1896 George Trafton, American NFL center (Chicago Bears), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1971)

• 1897 John Fernström, Swedish violinist, conductor (Nordic Youth Orchestra), and composer (Concertino for Flute, Women's Choir and Chamber Orchestra), born in Yichang, China (d. 1961)
• 1897 Oscar Walter Cisek, Romanian writer and diplomat, born in Bucharest (d. 1966)
• 1898 Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photojournalist (V-J Day in Times Square), born in Dirschau, West Prussia, German Empire (d. 1995)
• 1898 Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist (Nobel 1974), born in Gagnef, Sweden (d. 1987)
• 1898 Herman Shumlin, American Broadway producer, director and actor (Watch on the Rhine), born in Atwood, Colorado (d. 1979)
• 1899 John "Jocko" Conlan, American Baseball HOF umpire (National League 1941-65), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1989)
• 1899 Nikolai Batalov, Russian actor (Tretya meshchanskaya, Mother), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1937)

• 1902 Virgilio Mortari, Italian composer, born in Passirana, Italy (d. 1993)
• 1903 Sherman Kent, American professor known as the father of intelligence analysis, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)

• 1904 Ève Curie, French author and daughter of Madame Curie, born in Paris (d. 2007)

• 1906 Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1967)
• 1907 Giovanni Ferrari, Italian soccer midfielder (44 caps; US Alessandria, Juventus, Internazionale) and manager (Italy 1958–59, 1960–62), born in Alessandria, Italy (d. 1982)

• 1908 Pierre Graber, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (d. 2003)
• 1909 Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (20 games for NSW mid 1930's) and commentator (ABC), born in Paddington, Sydney, Australia (d. 1996)
• 1909 Kenneth Watkins, British woodland conservationist and founder (The Woodland Trust) (d. 1996)
• 1911 Alfred James Broomhall, British Protestant Christian medical missionary to China, born in Shandong, China (d. 1994)
• 1913 Eleanor Holm, American 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1932), born in New York City (d. 2004)
• 1913 John Mikaelsson, Swedish race walker (Olympic gold 10k 1948, 52), born in Kristinehamn, Sweden (d. 1987)
• 1914 Cyril Washbrook, English cricket batsman (37 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 195; Lancashire CCC), born in Barrow, England (d. 1999)
• 1914 Mamo Clark, American actress (One Million BC; Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), and author, born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (d. 1986)
• 1916 Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer ("Shout"; "Twistin' The Night Away"), born in New York City (d. 1986)
• 1917 Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2008)
• 1917 Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese politician and founder of the Progressive Socialist Party, born in Moukhtara, Chouf, Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Empire (d. 1977)
• 1918 Harold Horace Hopkins, British physicist and inventor (Endoscope), born in Leicester, England (d. 1994)
• 1919 Gideon Klein, Moravian pianist and composer, born in Přerov, Czechoslovakia (d. 1945)
• 1919 Jimmy Bivins [James], Hall of Fame heavyweight boxer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2012)
• 1919 Paul de Man, Belgian literary critic, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1983)
• 1919 Willis Whitfield, American physicist and inventor of the clean room, born in Rosedale, Oklahoma (d. 2012) [1]
• 1920 Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist ("Take Five") and composer (Gates of Justice), born in Concord, California (d. 2012)
• 1920 George Porter, British chemist (Nobel 1967), born in Stainforth, South Yorkshire, England (d. 2002)

• 1921 Piero Piccioni, Italian jazz pianist, lawyer, film score composer (Swept Away), and conductor, born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 2004)
• 1922 John Brunt, English soldier and Victoria Cross holder, born in Priest Weston, Shropshire, England (d. 1944)
• 1924 Sergey Yablonsky, Soviet and Russian mathematician and one of the founders of the Soviet school of mathematical cybernetics and discrete mathematics, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1998)
• 1924 Wallace "Wally" Cox, American comedian and actor (Mister, Underdog, Peepers, Hollywood Squares), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1973)
• 1925 Andy Robustelli, American NFL defensive end (LA Rams, NY Giants), born in Stamford, Connecticut (d. 2011)
• 1927 Akira Miyazawa, Japanese jazz saxophonist, born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan (d. 2000)
• 1927 Jacques Bondon, French composer, born in Boulbon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (d. 2008)
• 1928 Bert Geoffrey Achong, Trinidadian pathologist and inventor (electron microscopist), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 1996)
• 1928 Bobby Van [Stein], American stage and screen musical singer and actor (The Affairs of Dobie Gillis; Small Town Girl), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1980)
• 1929 Alain Tanner, Swiss film director (Charles, Dead or Alive), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 2022)
• 1929 Frank Springer, American comics artist (The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York (d. 2009)
• 1929 Mark Kopytman, Russian-Israeli composer (Voices of Memory), musicologist, and pedagogue (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. 1974-94), born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (d. 2011)
• 1929 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (Early Music Movement), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
• 1929 Robert "King" Moody, American actor and comedian (Get Smart - "Shtarker"), born in New York City (d. 2001)
• 1930 Wojciech Zabłocki, Polish fencer (4 x World C'ship gold team; Olympic silver team sabre 1956, 60; bronze 1964), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2020)
• 1931 Zeki Müren, Turkish actor, singer, and composer (Game of Silence), born in Bursa, Turkey (d. 1996)
• 1933 Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (Symphony No. 3 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), born in Czernica, Poland (d. 2010)
• 1933 Jim Pothecary, South African cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Western Province), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2016)
• 1934 Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (WCW/AWA), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2015)
• 1935 George Williams, American soul singer (The Tymes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
• 1935 Jean Lapointe, Quebecois-Canadian comedian, singer and senator, born in La Matanie, Quebec

• 1936 David Ossman, American writer and comedian (The Firesign Theatre), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1936 Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist (Kenneth Copeland Ministries), born in Lubbock, Texas
• 1937 Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian soccer forward (11 caps; 5 caps Uruguay; most goals in Copa Libertadores, 54 goals 1960-72), born in Ancón, Santa Elena, Ecuador (d. 2006)
• 1938 Oxana Yablonskaya, Russian concert pianist, and music professor (Juilliard School, 1978-2009), born in Moscow, USSR
• 1938 Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor (Scarpine-A View To Kill), born in Brussels, Belgium
• 1939 Steve Alaimo, American pop singer ("Mashed Potatoes"; "Every Day I Have To Cry"), born in Omaha, Nebraska
• 1939 Tomés Svoboda, Czech composer (Etude), born in Paris, France
• 1940 Jay Leonhart, American session and touring jazz and pop double bassist and songwriter (The Bass Lesson), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1940 Lawrence Bergman, Canadian politician, born in Montreal, Quebec
• 1941 Helen Cornelius, American country singer (Nashville on the Road), born in Monroe City, Missouri
• 1941 John Nelson, American conductor (Berlioz's Les Troyens), born in San José, Costa Rica
• 1941 Richard Speck, American mass murderer (raped and killed 8 student nurses in 1966), born in Kirkwood, Illinois (d. 1991)
• 1942 Peter Handke, Austrian writer (A Sorrow Beyond Dreams), 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature, born in Griffen, Austria
• 1943 Mike Smith, British rock singer and keyboardist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), born in London, England (d. 2008)
• 1944 David "Fritz" Fryer, British pop guitarist and songwriter (The Four Pennies -"Juliet"), born in Oldham, Lancashire, England (d. 2007)
• 1944 Jonathan King, English singer and songwriter ("Everyone's Gone To The Moon") and record producer, born in London
• 1945 Dan Harrington, American professional poker player, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1945 James Naughton, American actor (Stranger is Watching, Trauma center), born in Middletown, Connecticut
• 1945 Larry Bowa, American 2nd baseman (Phillies), born in Sacramento, California
• 1945 Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker (Bandit Queen), born in Laghore, British India
• 1946 Dean Parks, American session guitarist (Kenny Loggins; Steely Dan; Lyle Lovett), born in Fort Worth, Texas
• 1946 Frank Hayes, English cricket batsman (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 106no; Lancashire CCC), born in Preston, England
• 1946 Salif Keïta, Malian soccer striker (28 caps; African Footballer of the Year 1970; Saint-Étienne, Valencia CF, Sporting CP), born in Bamako, Mali (d. 2023)
• 1946 Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch soccer forward (22 caps; PSV 528 games), born in Helmond, Netherlands (d. 2021)

• 1947 Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician (9th Minister of Foreign Affairs), born in Quebec City, Quebec
• 1947 Miroslav Vitouš, Czech jazz bassist (Weather Report), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
• 1948 Don Nickles, American politician (Sen-R-Okla, 1981-2005), born in Ponca City, Oklahoma
• 1948 Eigil Nielsen, Danish soccer midfielder (10 caps; Basel), born in Tårs, Denmark (d. 2019)
• 1948 JoBeth Williams, American actress (Kramer vs Kramer, Poltergeist), born in Houston, Texas
• 1948 Keke Rosberg, Finnish auto racer (World F1 Champion 1982), born in Solna, Sweden
• 1948 Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German rocker (Stinker), born in Düsseldorf, Germany

• 1949 Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (Kudzu), born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 2007)
• 1949 Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"; "You Make Me Feel Brand New"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986) [1]
• 1949 Peter Willey, English cricketer (England batsman late 70's early 80's), born in Sedgefield, County Durham, England
• 1950 Daniël Sahuleka, Moluks-Dutch singer and guitarist (Viva la Libertad), born in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
• 1950 Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer and music director, born in Nakano, Nagano, Japan
• 1951 Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager, born in Chiswick, London
• 1952 Craig Newmark, American entrepreneur and founder of the website Craigslist, born in Morristown, New Jersey
• 1953 Gary Ward, American baseball player, born in Los Angeles, California
• 1953 Gina Hecht, American actress (Melanie-Hizzoner, Mork & Mindy), born in Houston, Texas
• 1953 Joe "King" Carrasco [Teutsch], American new wave and Tex-Mex guitarist, and singer-songwriter ("Party Weekend"), born in Dumas, Texas
• 1953 Kin Shriner, American actor (Scott-General Hospital, Rituals), born in New York City
• 1953 Thomas Hulce, American actor (Amadeus, Equus, Echo Park), born in Detroit, Michigan
• 1953 Wil Shriner, American talk show host (Wil Shriner Show), born in New York City
• 1954 Chris Stamey, American musician, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• 1954 Miles Chapin, American actor (French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse), born in New York City
• 1955 Bill Lloyd, American country music singer (Foster & Lloyd - "Crazy Over You"), born in Bowling Green, Kentucky
• 1955 Bright Sheng, Chinese-American concert pianist, composer (Never Far Away; Hot Pepper), conductor, and music teacher, born in Shanghai, China
• 1955 Malcolm Jarvis, Zimbabwean cricket fast bowler (5 Tests including Zimbabwe's 1st Test side, 11 wickets), born in Fort Victoria, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
• 1955 Rick Buckler, British rock drummer (The Jam), born in Woking, Surrey, England
• 1955 Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian (Steven Wright Live), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1955 Tish Hinojosa, American country singer ("Something in the Rain"), born in San Antonio, Texas
• 1956 Peter Buck, American rock guitarist (R.E.M. - Murmur), born in Berkeley, California
• 1956 Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Quiet Riot), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 1982)

• 1957 Luis Delís, Cuban discus thrower (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Guantánamo, Cuba
• 1958 Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator (Wallace and Gromit), born in Preston, Lancashire, England

• 1960 Diederik Wissels, Dutch jazz pianist and composer ("The Hillock Songstress"; "Secrecy"), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 1960 Jasmina Perazić, Serbian-American basketball guard and forward (NY Liberty), born in Novi Sad, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
• 1961 David Lovering, American drummer (Pixies), born in Burlington, Massachusetts
• 1962 Ben Watt, British rocker (Everything But the Girl - "I Don't Want To Talk About It"; Idlewood), born in Marylebone, London
• 1962 Janine Turner, American actress (Northern Exposure - "Maggie"; Cliffhanger; Strong Medicine), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1965 Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer, born in Paisley, Scotland
• 1966 Armin Kircher, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor, born in Kufstein, Austria (d. 2015)
• 1966 Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete (6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships), born in Basel, Switzerland
• 1967 Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer (House of Cards), born in British Hong Kong
• 1967 Judd Apatow, American director and producer (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), born in New York City
• 1967 Kevin Appier, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1989-94 (Kansas City Royals, and three others), born in Lancaster, California
• 1967 Spanky Marcus [Marcus Issoglio], American actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Jimmy Joe"), born in Hollywood, California
• 1968 Karl Ove Knausgård, Norwegian author (My Struggle), born in Oslo, Norway
• 1969 Elmore Spencer, American NBA center (Portland Trail Blazers), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1970 Eric Mahlum, American NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts), born in San Diego, California
• 1970 Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer, born in Liège, Belgium
• 1970 Ulf Ekberg, Swedish pop singwriter and keyboardist (Ace of Base - "All That She Wants"), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1971 José Contreras, Cuban baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2006; World Series 2005; Olympic gold 1996; Chicago White Sox), born in Las Martinas, Pinar del Río, Cuba

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