History Births on June 06

Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947)

#Jimmie_Lunceford

Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)

#Karl_Ferdinand_Braun

W?adys?aw ?muda, Polish footballer and manager

#W?adys?aw_?muda

Darcy Lussick, Australian rugby league player

#Darcy_Lussick

Vic Mensa, American rapper

#Vic_Mensa

Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer and educator (d. 1756)

#Giacomo_Antonio_Perti

Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter and academic (d. 1905)

#Konstantin_Savitsky

Levi Stubbs, American singer (d. 2008)

#Levi_Stubbs

Robert Englund, American actor

#Robert_Englund

Godefroy Wendelin, Belgian astronomer and author (d. 1667)

#Godefroy_Wendelin

Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English politician and diplomat (d. 1625)

#Edward_la_Zouche,_11th_Baron_Zouche

Marco Minniti, Italian politician, Italian Minister of the Interior

#Marco_Minniti

Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician (d. 1940)

#Italo_Balbo

Hortense Mancini, favourite Italian niece of Cardinal Mazarin (d. 1699)

#Hortense_Mancini

Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German philologist and scholar (d. 1856)

#Friedrich_Wilhelm_Schneidewin

Urve Tiidus, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Culture

#Urve_Tiidus

Chantal Akerman, Belgian actress, director, and producer (d. 2015)

#Chantal_Akerman

Niklas Hjalmarsson, Swedish ice hockey player

#Niklas_Hjalmarsson

Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player and fashion designer

#Björn_Borg

Richard Di Natale, Australian politician

#Richard_Di_Natale

Vincent Collet, French former professional basketball player

#Vincent_Collet

Joe Rokocoko, Fijian-New Zealand rugby player

#Joe_Rokocoko

Carl Barât, English singer-songwriter

#Carl_Barât

David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

#David_Scott

Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2018)

#Peter_Carington,_6th_Baron_Carrington

Yuan Chonghuan, politician, military general and writer (d. 1630)

#Yuan_Chonghuan

W?adys?aw of Legnica (d. 1352)

#W?adys?aw_of_Legnica

Maxine Kumin, American poet and author (d. 2014)

#Maxine_Kumin

Maria Alyokhina, Russian singer and activist

#Maria_Alyokhina

Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer

#Sebastian_Larsson

Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)

#Joseph_I_of_Portugal

Israel Dagg, New Zealand rugby player

#Israel_Dagg

Steve Vai, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Steve_Vai

Walter Abel, American actor (d. 1987)

#Walter_Abel

Junichi Tazawa, Japanese-American baseball player

#Junichi_Tazawa

Guillaume Musso, French novelist

#Guillaume_Musso

Albert II of Belgium

#Albert_II_of_Belgium

Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet (d. 1938)

#Henry_Newbolt

Dennis Roady, American YouTube personality

#Dennis_Roady

David T. Abercrombie, American surveyor and businessman, founded Abercrombie & Fitch (d. 1931)

#David_T._Abercrombie

Ryan Higa, American comedian, YouTube personality and actor

#Ryan_Higa

Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)

#Thomas_Mann

Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015)

#Kirk_Kerkorian

Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)

#Richard_Smalley

Rory Kostjasyn, Australian-Irish rugby league player

#Rory_Kostjasyn

Martyn Irvine, Northern Irish cyclist

#Martyn_Irvine

D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (d. 2015)

#D._Ramanaidu

Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

#Heinrich_Rohrer

Carlo L. Golino, Italian-American author, critic, and academic (d. 1991)

#Carlo_L._Golino

Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer

#Cristina_Scabbia

Bud Harrelson, American baseball player and coach

#Bud_Harrelson

Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (d. 1837)

#Alexander_Pushkin

Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author (d. 2012)

#Alexander_Cockburn

Jason Isaacs, English actor

#Jason_Isaacs

Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer and coach

#Albert_Ferrer

Anthony Rendon, American baseball player

#Anthony_Rendon

Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (d. 1956)

#Vincent_de_Moro-Giafferi

Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian and philosopher (d. 1997)

#Isaiah_Berlin

Eric Cantor, American lawyer and politician

#Eric_Cantor

Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1957)

#Manfred_Sakel

Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese drummer, producer, and actor

#Yukihiro_Takahashi

Noriaki Kasai, Japanese ski jumper

#Noriaki_Kasai

Marian Oprea, Romanian triple jumper

#Marian_Oprea

David Blunkett, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education

#David_Blunkett

Vid Belec, Slovenian footballer

#Vid_Belec

Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (d. 1970)

#Sukarno

Thi?u Tr?, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1847)

#Thi?u_Tr?

Anton Schweitzer, German composer (d. 1787)

#Anton_Schweitzer

Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter

#Gary_U.S._Bonds

Regiomontanus, German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (d. 1476)

#Regiomontanus

Hyuna, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and model

#Hyuna

Holly Near, American folk singer-songwriter

#Holly_Near

Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2001)

#Ninette_de_Valois

Dariusz Kubicki, Polish footballer and coach

#Dariusz_Kubicki

Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (d. 1660)

#Diego_Velázquez

Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (d. 2005)

#Sunil_Dutt

Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy; Breton noble (d. 1288)

#Alix_of_Brittany,_Dame_de_Pontarcy

Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (d. 2015)

#Frank_Tyson

Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate

#Arlene_Harris_(inventor)

Lee Smolin, American theoretical physicist

#Lee_Smolin

Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, Indian-English engineer and academic

#Kumar_Bhattacharyya,_Baron_Bhattacharyya

Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. 1603)

#Andrea_Cesalpino

Monty Alexander, Jamaican pianist

#Monty_Alexander

Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (d. 2015)

#Mompati_Merafhe

Max Casella, American actor

#Max_Casella

Phillip Allen Sharp, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Phillip_Allen_Sharp

Sandra Bernhard, American actress and comedian

#Sandra_Bernhard

Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer

#Michael_Krohn-Dehli

Jock Hutchison, Scottish-American golfer (d. 1977)

#Jock_Hutchison

Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1971)

#Ted_Lewis_(musician)

Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer

#Rubin_Okotie

Jon Henricks, Australian swimmer

#Jon_Henricks

Edgar Froese, Russian-German keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2015)

#Edgar_Froese

Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter

#Tony_Levin

Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician and author (d. 1617)

#Bernardino_Baldi

John Trumbull, American soldier and painter (d. 1843)

#John_Trumbull

Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist, well-known bible teacher and preacher (d. 2000)

#Bakht_Singh

Jay Bentley, American singer and bass player

#Jay_Bentley

Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (d. 1283)

#Wen_Tianxiang

Pierre Corneille, French playwright and producer (d. 1684)

#Pierre_Corneille

Nathan Hale, American soldier (d. 1776)

#Nathan_Hale

Ryan Brathwaite, Barbadian hurdler

#Ryan_Brathwaite

Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer

#Louis_Andriessen

Niklas Sundström, Swedish ice hockey player

#Niklas_Sundström

Bill Dickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)

#Bill_Dickey

Jake Mamo, Australian rugby league player

#Jake_Mamo

Patrick Rothfuss, American author and academic

#Patrick_Rothfuss

Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (d. 1968)

#Giovanni_Bracco

Paul Giamatti, American actor

#Paul_Giamatti

James Shaffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#James_Shaffer

Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer (d. 1689)

#Claude-Jean_Allouez

Aisling Franciosi, Irish-Italian actress

#Aisling_Franciosi

Nikolai Velikov, Russian figure skater and coach

#Nikolai_Velikov

Erik Prince, American soldier and businessman, co-founded Academi

#Erik_Prince

Tommie Smith, American runner and football player

#Tommie_Smith

Luke Burt, Australian rugby league player

#Luke_Burt

Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder and businessman

#Geoff_Rowley

Uncle Kracker (Matthew Shafer), American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Uncle_Kracker

Natalie Morales, American television journalist and anchor

#Natalie_Morales_(journalist)

DeAndre Hopkins, American football player

#DeAndre_Hopkins

Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (d. 1978)

#Aram_Khachaturian

Julian Green, American footballer

#Julian_Green

Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Sam_Simon

Nikolay Varbanov, Bulgarian basketball player

#Nikolay_Varbanov

Tom Araya, Chilean-American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Tom_Araya

Mark Ellis, American baseball player

#Mark_Ellis_(baseball)

Christian Rach, German chef and author

#Christian_Rach

Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright

#Harvey_Fierstein

Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (d. 1910)

#Eliza_Orzeszkowa

Hamani Diori, Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger (d. 1989)

#Hamani_Diori

Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer

#Ada_Kok

Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer and actress

#Emilie-Claire_Barlow

Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer (d. 1912)

#Robert_Falcon_Scott

Cam Neely, Canadian ice hockey player and actor

#Cam_Neely

Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek lieutenant and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence

#Dimitris_Avramopoulos

Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1918)

#Aleksandr_Lyapunov

Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (d. 1807)

#Maria_Theresa_of_Naples_and_Sicily

Henry Allingham, English soldier (d. 2009)

#Henry_Allingham

Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1649)

#Giovanni_Diodati

Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic (d. 1993)

#Max_August_Zorn

Johann Georg Estor, German historian and theorist (d. 1773)

#Johann_Georg_Estor

Sunil Joshi, Indian cricketer

#Sunil_Joshi

Erdal ?nönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2007)

#Erdal_?nönü

Raisa Andriana, Indonesian singer and actress

Pawe? Wojciechowski, Polish pole vaulter

Paula Brancati, Canadian actress

Drew Galloway, Scottish wrestler

Judith Barsi, American child actress (d. 1988)

David Connolly, English-Irish footballer

Fernando Redondo, Argentinian footballer

François Avard, Canadian author and screenwriter

Megumi Ogata, Japanese voice actress and singer

Ahmed Johnson, American football player, wrestler, and actor

Wolfgang Drechsler, German scholar, author, and academic

Grant Fox, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster

David Schultz, American wrestler (d. 1996)

Andrey Prokofyev, Russian sprinter and hurdler (d. 1989)

Jimmy Jam, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan poet and activist (d. 2004)

Mike Gatting, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Dave Cusack, English footballer and manager

Suresh Bhardwaj, Indian stage designer, director and theatre teacher (d. 2016)

Allan Hewson, New Zealand rugby player

Dwight Twilley, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist

Noritake Takahara, Japanese race car driver

Marietta Giannakou, Greek psychiatrist and politician, Greek Minister of Health

Ioannis Matzourakis, Greek footballer and manager

David Dukes, American actor (d. 2000)

Joe Stampley, American country music singer-songwriter

Asif Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani cricketer

José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)

Willie John McBride, Northern Irish rugby player, coach, and manager

Tiger Lance, South African cricketer (d. 2010)

Eddie Giacomin, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster

Ryuchi Matsuda, Japanese martial artist and author (d. 2013)

Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza

Eli Broad, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded KB Home

Billie Whitelaw, English actress (d. 2014)

Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998)

Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (d. 2009)

Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (d. 2013)

Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster (d. 2004)

V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter (d. 1986)

Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)

Vincent Persichetti, American pianist and composer (d. 1987)

Robin Humphreys, British scholar of Latin America (d. 1999)

Jan Struther, English author and hymnwriter (d. 1953)

Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (d. 1980)

Erich Marcks, German general (d. 1944)

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic (d. 1986)

Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress (d.1918)

Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (d. 1862)

Catherine Vasa, Regent of East Frisia (d. 1610)