Births on 6 October
2000s
Bronny James
2004
American basketball player (born 2004)
Hanni (singer)
2004
Australian singer (born 2004)
Jonathan Kuminga
2002
Congolese basketball player (born 2002)
Hitomi Honda
2001
Japanese singer and actress (born 2001)
Jazz Jennings
2000
American internet personality
Kyle Pitts
2000
American football player (born 2000)
Addison Rae
2000
American singer and actress (born 2000)
1900s
Trevor Lawrence
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Kasper Dolberg
1997
Danish footballer (born 1997)
Kevin Diks
1996
Indonesian footballer (born 1996)
Jake Guentzel
1994
American ice hockey player (born 1994)
Joohoney
1994
South Korean rapper (born 1994)
Adam Gemili
1993
British sprinter (born 1993)
Jourdan Miller
1993
American fashion model (born 1993)
Nail Yakupov
1993
Russian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Josh Archibald
1992
American ice hockey player (born 1992)
Taylor Paris
1992
Canada international rugby union player
Scarlett Byrne
1990
English actress (born 1990)
Marcus Johansson (ice hockey, born 1990)
1990
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)
Nazem Kadri
1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Han Sun-hwa
1990
South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
1989
Cameroonian footballer (1989-2014)
Tyler Ennis (ice hockey)
1989
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Pizzi (Portuguese footballer)
1989
Portuguese footballer (born 1989)
Akuila Uate
1987
Australia & Fiji international rugby league footballer
Meg Myers
1986
American musician (born 1986)
Olivia Thirlby
1986
American actress (born 1986)
Mitchell Cole
1985
English association football player
Sylvia Fowles
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Sandra Góngora
1985
Mexican ten-pin bowler (born 1985)
Tarmo Kink
1985
Estonian footballer
Morné Morkel
1984
South African cricketer
Renata Voráčová
1983
Czech tennis player (born 1983)
Levon Aronian
1982
Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1982)
Will Butler
1982
American musician
Paul Smith (boxer)
1982
English boxer
Zurab Khizanishvili
1981
Georgian football coach (born 1981)
Abdoulaye Méïté
1980
Ivorian footballer (born 1980)
David Di Tommaso
1979
French footballer (1979-2005)
Mohamed Kallon
1979
Sierra Leonean manager and former footballer (born 1979)
Richard Seymour
1979
American poker player and football player (born 1979)
Ricky Hatton
1978
British professional boxer (1978–2025)
Liu Yang (taikonaut)
1978
Chinese taikonaut (born 1978)
Daniel Brière
1977
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)
Shimon Gershon
1977
Israeli footballer
Wes Ramsey
1977
American actor
Freddy García
1976
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1976)
Brett Gelman
1976
American actor and comedian (born 1976)
Reon King
1975
West Indian cricketer
Walter Centeno
1974
Costa Rican footballer (born 1974)
Kenny Jönsson
1974
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1974)
Seema Kennedy
1974
British Conservative politician (born 1974)
Jeremy Sisto
1974
American actor (born 1974)
Hoàng Xuân Vinh
1974
Vietnamese sport shooter (born 1974)
Jeff B. Davis
1973
American actor and comedian
Ioan Gruffudd
1973
Welsh actor (born 1973)
Rebecca Lobo
1973
American basketball player (born 1973)
Mark Schwarzer
1972
Australian footballer (born 1972)
Emily Mortimer
1971
British actress (born 1971)
Amy Jo Johnson
1970
American and Canadian actress (born 1970)
Shauna MacDonald (Canadian actress)
1970
Canadian actress
Darren Oliver
1970
American baseball player (born 1970)
Byron Black
1969
Zimbabwean tennis player (born 1969)
Muhammad V of Kelantan
1969
King of Malaysia from 2016 to 2019
Bjarne Goldbæk
1968
Danish footballer (born 1968)
Bob May (golfer)
1968
American professional golfer (born 1968)
Kennet Andersson
1967
Swedish footballer
Svend Karlsen
1967
Norwegian strongman
Steven Woolfe
1967
British Independent politician (born 1967)
Melania Mazzucco
1966
Italian author
Jacqueline Obradors
1966
American actress (born 1966)
Niall Quinn
1966
Irish association football player and manager
Tommy Stinson
1966
American musician
Jürgen Kohler
1965
German footballer and manager
Peg O'Connor
1965
American philosopher
Steve Scalise
1965
American politician (born 1965)
Rubén Sierra
1965
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1965)
John McWhorter
1965
American linguist and academic (born 1965)
Ricky Berry
1964
American basketball player (1964–1989)
Mark Field
1964
British Conservative politician (born 1964)
Tom Jager
1964
American swimmer
Miltos Manetas
1964
Greek artist
Knut Storberget
1964
Norwegian lawyer and politician
Matthew Sweet
1964
American musician (born 1964)
Sven Andersson (footballer, born 1963)
1963
Swedish footballer
Elisabeth Shue
1963
American actress (born 1963)
David Baker (biochemist)
1962
American biochemist and computational biologist (born 1962)
Rich Yett
1962
American baseball player (born 1962)
Miyuki Matsuda
1961
Japanese actress (born 1961)
Paul Sansome
1961
English footballer
Ben Summerskill
1961
British LGBT advocate and journalist
Richard Jobson (television presenter)
1960
Scottish filmmaker
Turki bin Sultan Al Saud
1959
Saudi royal and government official (1959–2012)
Oil Can Boyd
1959
American baseball player (born 1959)
Brian Higgins
1959
American politician (born 1959)
Walter Ray Williams Jr.
1959
American professional ten-pin bowler (born 1959)
Sergei Mylnikov
1958
Ice hockey player
Bruce Grobbelaar
1957
Zimbabwean footballer and manager (born 1957)
Sadiq al-Ahmar
1956
Yemeni politician and tribal leader (1956–2023)
Kathleen Webb
1956
American comic book writer and artist
Tony Dungy
1955
American football player and coach (born 1955)
Bill Buford
1954
American author (born 1954)
David Hidalgo
1954
American musician
Rein Rannap
1953
Estonian composer and pianist (born 1953)
Ayten Mutlu
1952
Turkish poet and writer (born 1952)
Kevin Cronin
1951
American singer
Clive Rees
1951
British Lions & Wales international rugby union player
The Sutherland Brothers
1951
Scottish folk and soft rock duo
Manfred Winkelhock
1951
German racing driver (1951–1985)
David Brin
1950
American scientist and science fiction author (born 1950)
Lonnie Johnson (inventor)
1949
American inventor (born 1949)
Penny Junor
1949
English journalist and author
Thomas McClary (musician)
1949
American songwriter
Les Moonves
1949
American actor and television executive (born 1949)
Nicolas Peyrac
1949
French musician, writer and photographer (born 1949)
Gerry Adams
1948
Irish republican politician (born 1948)
Glenn Branca
1948
American composer and guitarist (1948–2018)
Patxi Andión
1947
Spanish singer-songwriter (1947–2019)
Klaus Dibiasi
1947
Italian diver (born 1947)
Millie Small
1947
Jamaican singer (1947–2020)
Lloyd Doggett
1946
American politician and attorney (born 1946)
Tony Greig
1946
South African born English cricketer (1946–2012)
John Monie
1946
Australian former RL coach and professional rugby league footballer
Eddie Villanueva
1946
Filipino evangelist, preacher, and politician
Vinod Khanna
1946
Indian film actor, director and politician (1946-2017)
Ivan Graziani
1945
Musical artist
Merzak Allouache
1944
Algerian film director
Patrick Cordingley
1944
British Army general (born 1944)
Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey)
1944
Soviet ice hockey player (born 1944)
Carlos Pace
1944
Brazilian racing driver (1944–1977)
Richard Caborn
1943
British Labour Party politician (born 1943)
Peter Dowding
1943
Australian politician (born 1943)
Alexandr Shilov
1943
Russian painter
Cees Veerman (musician)
1943
Dutch musician
Dan Christensen
1942
American painter (1942–2007)
Britt Ekland
1942
Swedish actress (born 1943)
Fred Travalena
1942
American comedian (1942–2009)
Paul Popham
1941
American gay rights activist (1941–1987)
Jan Keizer (referee)
1940
Dutch football referee (1940–2024)
Melvyn Bragg
1939
British broadcaster and author (born 1939)
Jack Cullen
1939
American baseball player (born 1939)
Richard Delgado
1939
American legal scholar (born 1939)
Sheila Greibach
1939
American computer scientist
John LaFalce
1939
American politician (1939–2025)
Serge Nubret
1938
Guadeloupean bodybuilder (1938–2011)
Julius L. Chambers
1936
American lawyer, civil rights leader and educator
Bruno Sammartino
1935
American professional wrestler (1935–2018)
Marshall Rosenberg
1934
American psychologist and mediator (1934–2015)
Mukarram Jah
1933
Titular Nizam of Hyderabad (1967–2023)
Nikolai Chernykh
1931
Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer (1931–2004)
Eileen Derbyshire
1931
English actress (born 1931)
Riccardo Giacconi
1931
Italian-American astrophysicist (1931–2018)
Hafez al-Assad
1930
President of Syria from 1971 to 2000
Richie Benaud
1930
Australian cricketer and commentator (1930–2015)
George Mattos
1929
American pole vaulter (1929–2012)
Flora MacNeil
1928
Scottish Gaelic Traditional singer (1928–2015)
Barbara Werle
1928
American actress
Bill King
1927
American sports announcer (1927–2005)
Shana Alexander
1925
American journalist (1925–2005)
Robert Kuok
1923
Malaysian billionaire business magnate (born 1923)
Yaşar Kemal
1923
Turkish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015)
Joe Frazier (baseball)
1922
American baseball player (1922–2011)
Teala Loring
1922
American actress
Evgenii Landis
1921
Soviet mathematician (1921–1997)
Joseph Lowery
1921
American minister and civil rights activist (1921–2020)
Giovanni Michelotti
1921
Italian designer (1921–1980)
John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington
1920
British judge
Tommy Lawton
1919
English association footballer (1919–1996)
Goh Keng Swee
1918
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
André Pilette
1918
Belgian racing driver (1918–1993)
Fannie Lou Hamer
1917
American civil rights activist (1917–1977)
Chiang Wei-kuo
1916
Adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek (1916–1997)
Carolyn Goodman (psychologist)
1915
American psychologist and civil rights advocate
Humberto Sousa Medeiros
1915
Catholic cardinal (1915–1983)
Alice Timander
1915
Swedish dentist and celebrity (1915–2007)
Thor Heyerdahl
1914
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914–2002)
Joan Littlewood
1914
English theatre director (1914–2002)
Méret Oppenheim
1913
German-Swiss surrealist artist (1913–1985)
Perkins Bass
1912
American politician (1912–2011)
Barbara Castle
1910
British politician (1910–2002)
Orazio Satta Puliga
1910
Carole Lombard
1908
American actress (1908–1942)
Sergei Sobolev
1908
Russian mathematician (1908-1989)
Janet Gaynor
1906
American actress (1906–1984)
Taffy O'Callaghan
1906
Welsh footballer
Helen Wills
1905
American tennis player (1905–1998)
Ernest Walton
1903
Irish experimental physicist (1903–1995)
Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus
1901
German zoologist and drawer
Vivion Brewer
1900
Willy Merkl
1900
German mountain climber (1900–1934)
Stan Nichols
1900
English cricketer
1800s
Florence B. Seibert
1897
American biochemist
David Howard (director)
1896
American film director (1896–1941)
Caroline Gordon
1895
American novelist (1895–1981)
Meghnad Saha
1893
Indian astrophysicist and politician (1893–1956)
Hendrik Adamson
1891
Estonian poet and teacher
Roland Garros (aviator)
1888
20th-century early French pilot
Le Corbusier
1887
Swiss-French architect (1887–1965)
Edwin Fischer
1886
Swiss musician (1886–1960)
Karol Szymanowski
1882
Polish composer (1882–1937)
Ernest Lapointe
1876
Canadian politician (1876–1941)
Frank G. Allen
1874
American politician and businessman (1874-1950)
Reginald Fessenden
1866
Canadian-American electrical engineer and inventor (1866–1932)
Albert J. Beveridge
1862
American historian and politician (1862–1927)
George Westinghouse
1846
American engineer, inventor, and businessman (1846–1914)
Giuseppe Cesare Abba
1838
Italian writer and soldier (1838–1910)
Richard Dedekind
1831
German mathematician (1831–1916)
James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont
1820
British politician (1820-92)
Jenny Lind
1820
Swedish opera singer (1820–1887)
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove
1803
Prussian physicist and meteorologist (1803–1879)
Hippolyte Carnot
1801
French statesman (1801–1888)
Before 1800
John MacCulloch
1773
Scottish geologist (1773–1835)
Louis Philippe I
1773
King of the French from 1830 to 1848
Isaac Brock
1769
British Army officer and colonial administrator (1769–1812)
Henri Christophe
1767
Haitian revolutionary; founder and ruler of the Kingdom of Haiti (1807–11)
James McGill
1744
Scottish-born businessman, politician and philanthropist (1744–1813)
Johan Herman Wessel
1742
Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1738)
1738
Austrian archduchess and abbess (1738–1789)
John Broadwood
1732
Scottish piano manufacturer (1732–1812)
Sarah Crosby
1729
English Methodist preacher (1729–1804)
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
1716
British politician (1716–1771)
Géraud de Cordemoy
1626
French philosopher
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier
1610
French soldier and governor
Settimia Caccini
1591
Italian composer
Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland
1576
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
1573
17th-century English noble
Marie de Gournay
1565
French writer (1565–1645)
Ferenc Nádasdy
1555
Hungarian noble, politician (1555–1604)
Matteo Ricci
1552
Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610)
John Caius
1510
English physician (1510–1573)
Rowland Taylor
1510
English Protestant martyr (c.1510–1555)
Martin Behaim
1459
German cartographer
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
1289
King of Bohemia and Poland from 1305 to 1306
Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ
649
7th-century king of the Mayan kingdom of Kaan