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July 6 birthdays

310 notable historical figures were born on July 6, and 192 died on this day. Everyone born on July 6 is a Cancer.

18% of July 6 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (67) than any other country.

Born on July 6

George W. Bush (born 1946. President of the United States from 2001 to 2009)
50 Cent (born 1975. American rapper and actor (born 1975))
Sylvester Stallone (born 1946. American actor and filmmaker (born 1946))
Nancy Reagan (1921 to 2016. First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989)
Frida Kahlo (1907 to 1954. Mexican painter (1907–1954))
14th Dalai Lama (born 1935. Spiritual leader of Tibet since 1940)
Geoffrey Rush (born 1951. Australian actor (born 1951))
Maximilian I of Mexico (1832 to 1867. Emperor of Mexico from 1864 to 1867)
Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940. President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019)
John Paul Jones (1747 to 1792. Scottish-born naval officer (1747–1792))
Peter Singer (born 1946. Australian moral philosopher (born 1946))
Della Reese (1931 to 2017. American singer and actress (1931–2017))
Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923 to 2014. Leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989)
Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781 to 1826. British colonial official (1781–1826))
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868 to 1935. British princess (1868–1935))
Heinrich Harrer (1912 to 2006. Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006))
Brianna Wu (born 1977. American video game developer (born 1977))
William Schallert (1922 to 2016. American actor (1922-2016))
Eva Green (born 1980. French actress (born 1980))
Marc Bloch (1886 to 1944. French historian (1886–1944))
Dmitri Polyakov (1921 to 1988. Soviet major general and spy (1921–1988))
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877 to 1949. Spanish lawyer and politician (1877–1949))
Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 1944. French musical theatre composer (born 1944))
Adi Shamir (born 1952. Israeli cryptographer (born 1952))
Susan Ford Bales (born 1957. American photographer)
M. Balamuralikrishna (1930 to 2016. Musical artist)
Mary Peters (athlete) (born 1939. British athlete (born 1939))
Michael Sata (1937 to 2014. President of Zambia from 2011 to 2014)
Hanns Eisler (1898 to 1962. Austrian and German composer (1898–1962))
Blanche I of Navarre (1387 to 1441. Queen of Navarre from 1425 to 1441)
Maria Isabella of Spain (1789 to 1848. Queen of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830)
John Ottman (born 1964. American film composer and editor (born 1964))
David Crystal (born 1941. British linguist and writer (born 1941))
Juan Bautista de Anza (1736 to 1788. 18th-century Basque explorer and governor within the Spanish Empire)
Gazi Yaşargil (1925 to 2025. Turkish neurosurgeon (1925–2025))
Wouter Basson (born 1950. South African cardiologist and apartheid-era chemical and biological weapons researcher)
Ralph Morgan (1883 to 1956. American actor (1883–1956))
Andrea Haugen (1969 to 2021. German singer (died 2021))
Darrell Royal (1924 to 2012. American football player and coach (1924–2012))
J. A. Hobson (1858 to 1940. English economist, social scientist and critic of imperialism (1858–1940))
Hanut Singh (soldier) (1933 to 2015. Indian Army officer (1933–2015))
Bessie Head (1937 to 1986. Botswana writer (1937–1986))
Kevin Hart (born 1979. American comedian and actor (born 1979))
Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919 to 1999. Ecuadorian painter)
Roger Babson (1875 to 1967. American entrepreneur and business theorist (1875–1967))
Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782 to 1824. Spanish infanta (1782-1824))
Isaías Medina Angarita (1897 to 1953. President of Venezuela from 1941 to 1945)
Juan O'Gorman (1905 to 1982. Mexican artist and architect (1905–1982))
Toquinho (born 1946. Brazilian singer and guitarist (born 1946))
Verner von Heidenstam (1859 to 1940. Swedish poet and novelist (1859–1940))
John Flaxman (1755 to 1826. English sculptor and draughtsman (1755–1826))
Shawn Everett (born 1982. Canadian record producer)
Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611 to 1644. Queen of Poland from 1637 to 1644)
José Miguel Gómez (1858 to 1921. President of Cuba from 1909 to 1913)
William Jackson Hooker (1785 to 1865. English botanist (1785–1865))
Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (1872 to 1955. British Army officer)
Lothar Collatz (1910 to 1990. German mathematician (1910–1990))
Eino Leino (1878 to 1926. Finnish poet and journalist)
Albert von Kölliker (1817 to 1905. Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist (1817–1905))
Peter Conover Hains (1840 to 1921. United States Army general)

Died on July 6

Louis Armstrong (1901 to 1971. American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971))
Edward VI (1537 to 1553. King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553)
Thomas More (1478 to 1535. English politician, author and philosopher (1478–1535))
Henry II of England (1133 to 1189. King of England from 1154 to 1189)
Peter III of Russia (1728 to 1762. Emperor of Russia in 1762)
Ennio Morricone (1928 to 2020. Italian composer and conductor (1928–2020))
Robert McNamara (1916 to 2009. American businessman and government official (1916–2009))
Mary Kay Letourneau (1962 to 2020. American sex offender (1962–2020))
Jan Hus (1369 to 1415. Czech theologian, philosopher, and martyr (c. 1369–1415))
Dhirubhai Ambani (1932 to 2002. Indian businessman (1932–2002))
Shoko Asahara (1955 to 2018. Founder of Aum Shinrikyo (1955–2018))
Nestor Makhno (1888 to 1934. Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (1888–1934))
John Marshall (1755 to 1835. Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835)
János Kádár (1912 to 1989. Leader of Hungary from 1956 to 1988)
João Gilberto (1931 to 2019. Brazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019))
Zhu De (1886 to 1976. Chinese general and politician (1886–1976))
Alexander II of Scotland (1198 to 1249. King of Alba from 1214 to 1249)
Man Singh I (1550 to 1614. Raja of Amber from 1589 to 1614)
William Faulkner (1897 to 1962. American writer and novelist (1897–1962))
Georg Ohm (1789 to 1854. German mathematician and physicist (1789–1854))
Odilon Redon (1840 to 1916. French painter (1840–1916))
George Grosz (1893 to 1959. German artist (1893–1959))
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 to 1999. Spanish composer and pianist (1901–1999))
Ludovico Ariosto (1474 to 1533. Italian poet (1474–1533))
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819 to 1901. Chancellor of the German Empire from 1894 to 1900)
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830 to 1911. Grand Duchess of Russia (1830–1911))
Lazar Koliševski (1914 to 2000. Yugoslav political leader)
Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801 to 1865. Grand Duchess of Baden from 1830 to 1852)
Ronald Graham (1935 to 2020. American mathematician (1935–2020))
Berengar II of Italy (900 to 966. King of Italy from 950 to 961)

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