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March 6 birthdays

322 notable historical figures were born on March 6, and 204 died on this day. Everyone born on March 6 is a Pisces.

19% of March 6 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (76) than any other country.

Born on March 6

• Michelangelo (1475 to 1564. Italian artist and architect (1475–1564))
• Gabriel García Márquez (1927 to 2014. Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014))
• Valentina Tereshkova (born 1937. Russian cosmonaut and politician (born 1937))
• Alan Greenspan (1926 to 2026. American economist and financial advisor (born 1926))
• Humayun (1508 to 1556. Mughal emperor from 1530 to 1540 and from 1555 to 1556)
• Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972. American basketball player and analyst (born 1972))
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 to 1861. English poet (1806–1861))
• Stephen Schwartz (born 1948. American theatre composer (born 1948))
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 to 1908. Russian composer (1844–1908))
• Philip Sheridan (1831 to 1888. United States Army general (1831–1888))
• Marion Barry (1936 to 2014. Mayor of the District of Columbia (1979–1991; 1995–1999))
• Harini Amarasuriya (born 1970. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 2024)
• William H. Webster (1924 to 2025. American attorney and jurist (1924–2025))
• Henry Benedict Stuart (1725 to 1807. Catholic cardinal (1725–1807))
• Dick Fosbury (1947 to 2023. American high jumper (1947–2023))
• John II of Castile (1405 to 1454. King of Castile and León from 1406 to 1454)
• Kim Jae-gyu (1926 to 1980. Assassin of South Korean president Park Chung Hee (1926–1980))
• Nikolai Berdyaev (1874 to 1948. Russian existentialist philosopher and theologian (1874–1948))
• David Gilmour (born 1946. English musician (born 1946))
• Shaukat Aziz (born 1949. Pakistani banker and politician (born 1949))
• Empress Nagako (1903 to 2000. Empress of Japan from 1926 to 1989)
• Betty Boo (born 1970. English musician (born 1970))
• Yahya Ayyash (1966 to 1996. Palestinian militant and bombmaker (1966–1996))
• Barbara Rose Johns (1935 to 1991. American civil rights activist (1935–1991))
• Rob Reiner (1947 to 2025. American filmmaker and actor (1947–2025))
• Duan Qirui (1865 to 1936. Chinese warlord and politician (1865–1936))
• George du Maurier (1834 to 1896. French-British cartoonist and novelist (1834–1896))
• Donald Davidson (philosopher) (1917 to 2003. American philosopher (1917–2003))
• Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955 to 1994. President of Burundi in 1994)
• Nasri (born 1981. Canadian musician (born 1981))
• John Tunstall (1853 to 1878. English-American rancher (1853–1878))
• Sarah Knox Taylor (1814 to 1835. Daughter of Zachary Taylor and first wife of Jefferson Davis)
• Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779 to 1869. Swiss general and writer on the art of war (1779–1869))
• Francesco Guicciardini (1483 to 1540. Italian writer, historian, and politician (1483–1540))
• Henry Laurens (1724 to 1792. American Founding Father, slave trader, and merchant)
• Charles I of Württemberg (1823 to 1891. King of Württemberg from 1864 to 1891)
• William Blum (1933 to 2018. American writer, critic, and socialist (1933–2018))
• Muhammad Kam Bakhsh (1667 to 1709. Mughal prince (1667–1709))
• Eleanor Gehrig (1904 to 1984. American philanthropist (1904–1984))
• Juan Luis Vives (1492 to 1540. Spanish humanist scholar (1493–1540))
• Adolfas Ramanauskas (1918 to 1957. Lithuanian partisan leader (1918–1957))
• Carolyn Porco (born 1953. American planetary scientist)
• Choummaly Sayasone (born 1936. Laotian politician)
• José Antonio Aguirre (politician) (1904 to 1960. Basque nationalist leader in the mid-20th century)
• Fazil Iskander (1929 to 2016. Soviet and Russian writer (1929–2016))
• Bronisław Geremek (1932 to 2008. Polish social historian and politician (1932–2008))
• Ataur Rahman Khan (1905 to 1991. Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1984 to 1986)
• Oleksii Poroshenko (born 1985. Ukrainian politician (born 1985))
• Tyler, the Creator (born 1991. American rapper and producer (born 1991))
• Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer) (1786 to 1860. British naval officer and politician (1786–1860))
• Mihai Tudose (born 1967. Romanian politician (born 1967))
• Timo Werner (born 1996. German footballer (born 1996))
• Oscar Straus (composer) (1870 to 1954. Viennese composer (1870-1954))
• Ruth Dayan (1917 to 2021. Israeli activist (1917–2021))
• Luigi Lambruschini (1776 to 1854. Italian Cardinal)
• Afonso Costa (1871 to 1937. Portuguese lawyer and politician (1871–1937))
• Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940 to 2007. French philosopher, literary critic, and translator)
• Pehr Kalm (1716 to 1779. Swedish scientist and priest (1716-1779))
• María Blanchard (1881 to 1932. Spanish artist (1881–1932))
• Wang Anyi (born 1954. Chinese writer (born 1954))

Died on March 6

• Nancy Reagan (1921 to 2016. First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989)
• Ayn Rand (1905 to 1982. Russian-American writer and philosopher (1905–1982))
• Louisa May Alcott (1832 to 1888. American novelist (1832–1888))
• Emma of Normandy (987 to 1052. 11th-century Queen of England, Denmark, and Norway)
• Paul (1901 to 1964. King of Greece from 1947 to 1964)
• Jean Baudrillard (1929 to 2007. French sociologist and philosopher (1929–2007))
• Duke Charles Edward (1884 to 1954. Nazi politician (1884–1954))
• Martin Niemöller (1892 to 1984. German theologian (1892–1984))
• Hans Bethe (1906 to 2005. German-American physicist (1906–2005))
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 to 1935. US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932)
• John Philip Sousa (1854 to 1932. American composer and conductor (1854–1932))
• Ivor Novello (1893 to 1951. Welsh composer and actor (1893–1951))
• Albert Lebrun (1871 to 1950. President of France from 1932 to 1940)
• Michael Manley (1924 to 1997. Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972–1980; 1989-1992))
• Harry Andrews (1911 to 1989. English actor (1911–1989))
• Alfred von Tirpitz (1849 to 1930. German naval officer (1849–1930))
• Cem Sultan (1459 to 1495. Claimant to the Ottoman throne (1459–1495))
• Cheddi Jagan (1918 to 1997. President of Guyana from 1992 to 1997)
• Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1933 to 1999. Hakim/Emir of Bahrain from 1961 to 1999)
• Henry Pelham (1694 to 1754. Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754)
• Halford Mackinder (1861 to 1947. English geographer and politician (1861–1947))
• Robert B. Sherman (1925 to 2012. American songwriter (1925–2012))
• William Whewell (1794 to 1866. English polymath (1794–1866))
• Francisco de Paula Santander (1792 to 1840. Colombian military and political leader (1792–1840))
• Thomas C. Platt (1833 to 1910. American politician (1833–1910))
• Ernest Becker (1924 to 1974. American cultural anthropologist, author (1924–1974))
• Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880 to 1951. Prime Minister of Ukraine in 1917 and 1918)
• Liu Bian (176 to 190. Emperor of the Han dynasty in 189)
• Francisco Xavier do Amaral (1937 to 2012. East Timorese politician (1937–2012))
• Eleanor Gehrig (1904 to 1984. American philanthropist (1904–1984))

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