Deaths on 6 March
2000s
Australian Suicide (wrestler)
2025
Australian professional wrestler (1992–2025)
Brian James (guitarist)
2025
British guitarist (1951–2025)
Lou Ottens
2021
Dutch engineer (1926–2021)
Graham Pink
2021
Nurse and whistleblower (1929–2021)
Peter Nicholls (writer)
2018
Australian literary scholar and critic (1939–2018)
Robert Osborne
2017
American film historian and actor (1932–2017)
Nancy Reagan
2016
First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989
Sheila Varian
2016
American horse breeder (1937–2016)
Fred Craddock
2015
American preacher and academic (1928–2015)
Ram Sundar Das
2015
Indian politician (1921–2015)
Enrique "Coco" Vicéns
2015
Puerto Rican politician and professional basketball player
Alemayehu Atomsa
2014
Ethiopian politician (1964–2014)
Frank Jobe
2014
American orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic
Sheila MacRae
2014
American actress, singer, dancer (1921 - 2014)
Martin Nesbitt (politician)
2014
American politician from North Carolina (1946–2014)
Manlio Sgalambro
2014
Italian philosopher, writer and poet (1924-2014)
Chorão
2013
Brazilian singer-songwriter (1970–2013)
Stompin' Tom Connors
2013
Canadian singer-songwriter (1936–2013)
Alvin Lee
2013
English singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1944–2013)
W. Wallace Cleland
2013
Francisco Xavier do Amaral
2012
East Timorese politician (1937–2012)
Donald M. Payne
2012
American politician (1934–2012)
Helen Walulik
2012
American baseball player
Sasao Gouland
2011
Micronesian politician (1933–2011)
Endurance Idahor
2010
Nigerian footballer
Mark Linkous
2010
American musician (1962-2010)
Betty Millard
2010
American Communist feminist
Francis Magalona
2009
Filipino rapper (1964–2009)
Peter Porekuu Dery
2008
20th and 21st-century Ghanaian Catholic cardinal
Jean Baudrillard
2007
French sociologist and philosopher (1929–2007)
Ernest Gallo
2007
American businessman (1909–2007)
Anne Braden
2006
American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator (1924–2006)
Kirby Puckett
2006
American baseball player (1960–2006)
Ali Farka Touré
2006
Malian singer and musician (1939–2006)
Hans Bethe
2005
German-American physicist (1906–2005)
Danny Gardella
2005
American baseball player (1920–2005)
Tommy Vance
2005
British radio presenter (1940–2005)
Teresa Wright
2005
American actress (1918–2005)
Gladys MarÃn
2005
Chilean activist and political figure (1941–2005)
Hercules (wrestler)
2004
American professional wrestler (1956–2004)
Frances Dee
2004
American actress (1909–2004)
Bryan Fogarty
2002
Canadian ice hockey player (1969–2002)
John Colicos
2000
Canadian actor (1928–2000)
1900s
Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
1999
Hakim/Emir of Bahrain from 1961 to 1999
Cheddi Jagan
1997
President of Guyana from 1992 to 1997
Michael Manley
1997
Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972–1980; 1989-1992)
Ursula Torday
1997
British writer (1912–1997)
Melina Mercouri
1994
Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician (1920–1994)
Mairéad Farrell (IRA activist)
1988
IRA member (1957–1988)
Daniel McCann
1988
IRA member (1957–1988)
Seán Savage
1988
Provisional IRA member (1965–1988)
Georgia O'Keeffe
1986
American modernist artist (1887–1986)
Billy Collins Jr.
1984
American boxer (1961–1984)
Martin Niemöller
1984
German theologian (1892–1984)
Homer N. Wallin
1984
United States Navy vice admiral
Henry Wilcoxon
1984
British-American actor (1905-1984)
Ayn Rand
1982
Russian-American writer and philosopher (1905–1982)
George Geary
1981
English cricketer
Rambhau Mhalgi
1981
Indian politician
Alvin R. Dyer
1977
American Mormon leader (1903–1977)
Maxie Rosenbloom
1976
American boxer and actor (1907–1976)
Ernest Becker
1974
American cultural anthropologist, author (1924–1974)
Pearl S. Buck
1973
American writer (1892–1973)
William Hopper
1970
American actor (1915–1970)
John Haden Badley
1967
Nelson Eddy
1967
American actor and singer (1901–1967)
Zoltán Kodály
1967
Hungarian composer (1882–1967)
Margaret Dumont
1965
American actress (1882–1965)
Paul of Greece
1964
King of Greece from 1947 to 1964
George Formby
1961
English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1904–1961)
Mahammad Amin Rasulzade
1955
Azerbaijani politician (1884–1955)
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1954
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 to 1918
Jürgen Stroop
1952
German SS officer (1895–1952)
Ivor Novello
1951
Welsh composer and actor (1893–1951)
Volodymyr Vynnychenko
1951
Prime Minister of Ukraine in 1917 and 1918
Albert Lebrun
1950
President of France from 1932 to 1940
Ross Lockridge Jr.
1948
American novelist (1914–1948)
Alice Woodby McKane
1948
American physician
Francis Aveling
1941
Canadian psychologist and Catholic priest
Gutzon Borglum
1941
American sculptor (1867–1941)
Ferdinand von Lindemann
1939
German mathematician (1852–1939)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
1935
US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932
Anton Cermak
1933
American politician (1873–1933)
John Philip Sousa
1932
American composer and conductor (1854–1932)
Ömer Seyfettin
1920
Turkish Writer of early 20th Century
Oskars Kalpaks
1919
Latvian military officer
John H. Reagan
1905
American politician (1818–1905)
Makar Yekmalyan
1905
Gottlieb Daimler
1900
German engineer, industrialist and automotive pioneer (1834–1900)
1800s
Kaʻiulani
1899
Princess of the Hawaiian Islands (1875–1899)
Camilla Collett
1895
Norwegian writer (1813–1895)
Louisa May Alcott
1888
American novelist (1832–1888)
Charles Farrar Browne
1867
American writer
William Whewell
1866
English polymath (1794–1866)
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
1854
Anglo-Irish soldier (1778–1854)
James Bonham
1836
American soldier
James Bowie
1836
American military officer, landowner and slave trader (1796–1836)
Davy Crockett
1836
American politician and frontiersman (1786–1836)
William B. Travis
1836
Texian Army officer and lawyer (1809–1836)
Before 1800
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal
1796
French writer (1713–1796)
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1764
British lawyer and statesman (1690–1764)
Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington
1758
British politician
Henry Pelham
1754
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754
Francis Beaumont
1616
English playwright (1584–1616)
Pedro Arias Dávila
1531
Royal Governor of Panama
Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
1491
English noble (1453–1491)
Ivan the Young
1490
Medieval Russian royal
Alvise Loredan
1466
15th-century Venetian nobleman and captain
Colette of Corbie
1447
Franciscan foundress, abbess and saint (1381–1447)
Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin
1353
English noble
Rose of Viterbo
1251
Christian saint
Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola
1070
11th Century Margrave of Carniola and Istria
Lu Guangqi
903
Su Jian
903
Chinese Tang official
Chrodegang
766
8th-century Frankish Bishop of Metz and Catholic saint
Li Ke
653
Tang dynasty prince (619–653)
Liu Bian
190
Emperor of the Han dynasty in 189