Deaths on 6 September
2000s
Rick Davies
2025
English musician (1944–2025)
Killing of Ayşenur Eygi
2024
Shooting of Turkish-American activist by Israel Defense Forces
Rebecca Horn
2024
German visual artist (1944–2024)
Will Jennings
2024
American songwriter and composer (1944–2024)
Cathy Merrick
2024
Canadian Cree politician (1961–2024)
Ron Yeats
2024
Scottish footballer (1937–2024)
Jean-Paul Belmondo
2021
French actor (1933–2021)
Michael K. Williams
2021
American actor (1966–2021)
Lou Brock
2020
American baseball player (1939–2020)
Robert Mugabe
2019
Leader of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017
Richard DeVos
2018
American businessman
Liz Fraser
2018
English actress (1930–2018)
Burt Reynolds
2018
American actor (1936–2018)
Peter Luck
2017
Kate Millett
2017
American writer and artist (1934–2017)
Ralph Milne
2015
Scottish footballer
Martin Milner
2015
American actor (1931–2015)
Odd Bondevik
2014
Norwegian theologian
Seth Martin
2014
Canadian ice hockey player (1933-2014)
Kira Zvorykina
2014
Soviet chess player (1919–2014)
Ann C. Crispin
2013
American science fiction writer
Khin Maung Kyi
2013
Santiago Rosario
2013
Puerto Rican baseball player (1939–2013)
Elisabeth Böhm
2012
German architect
Lawrie Dring
2012
British scouting leader
Oscar Rossi
2012
Argentine footballer
Michael S. Hart
2011
American author, founder of Project Gutenberg (1947–2011)
Boris Chetkov
2010
Russian painter
Clive Donner
2010
British film director (1926–2010)
Catherine Gaskin
2009
Irish-Australian romance novelist
Anita Page
2008
American actress (1910–2008)
Madeleine L'Engle
2007
American writer (1918–2007)
Luciano Pavarotti
2007
Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)
Hasan Abidi
2005
Pakistani journalist
Eugenia Charles
2005
Prime Minister of Dominica from 1980 to 1995
Abdul Haris Nasution
2000
Indonesian army general (1918–2000)
1900s
Lagumot Harris
1999
President of Nauru (1978; 1995–1996)
Akira Kurosawa
1998
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
Ric Segreto
1998
Filipino-American singer-songwriter
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
1998
Swedish actor (1928–1998)
P. H. Newby
1997
English writer and broadcasting administrator (1918–1997)
Nicky Hopkins
1994
English pianist and organist (1944–1994)
Max Kaminsky (musician)
1994
American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1908–1994)
Henry Ephron
1992
American dramatist (1911–1992)
Tom Fogerty
1990
American musician (1941–1990)
Len Hutton
1990
English cricketer (1916–1990)
Leroy Brown (wrestler)
1988
American wrestler (1950–1988)
Blanche Sweet
1986
American actress (1896–1986)
Franco Ferrara
1985
Italian conductor (1911–1985)
Ernest Tubb
1984
American country singer (1914–1984)
Azra Erhat
1982
Turkish author, archaeologist, academic, classical philologist, and translator (1915-1982)
Ronald Binge
1979
British composer and arranger (1910–1979)
Max Decugis
1978
French tennis player (1882–1978)
Tom Wilson (music producer)
1978
American record producer (1931–1978)
Adolf Dassler
1978
Founder of Adidas (1900–1978)
Olga Baclanova
1974
Russian-American actress, radio host, and singer (1893–1974)
Otto Kruger
1974
American actor
Luttif Afif
1972
Palestinian terrorist commander of 1972 Munich massacre
David Berger (weightlifter)
1972
Israeli weightlifter
Ze'ev Friedman
1972
Israeli weightlifter
Yossef Gutfreund
1972
Munich Massacre victim (1931–1972)
Eliezer Halfin
1972
Israeli Olympic wrestler
Amitzur Shapira
1972
Israeli athlete and Munich Massacre victim
Kehat Shorr
1972
Israeli coach and Munich massacre victim
Mark Slavin
1972
Israeli wrestler and Munich massacre victim
Andre Spitzer
1972
Israeli fencer and Munich massacre victim
Yakov Springer
1972
Polish wrestler and Munich Massacre victim
Arthur Friedenreich
1969
Brazilian footballer (1892–1969)
Margaret Sanger
1966
American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)
Hendrik Verwoerd
1966
Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966
Hanns Eisler
1962
Austrian and German composer (1898–1962)
Seiichiro Kashio
1962
Japanese tennis player (1892–1962)
Edmund Gwenn
1959
English actor (1877–1959)
Kay Kendall
1959
English actress and singer (1927–1959)
Witold Hurewicz
1956
Polish mathematician (1904–1956)
Lee Jung-seob
1956
Korean artist (1916–1956)
Gertrude Lawrence
1952
English performing artist (1898–1952)
James W. Gerard
1951
American politician
Olaf Stapledon
1950
English novelist and philosopher (1886–1950)
Song Qiyun
1949
Chinese communist journalist (1904–1949)
Song Zhenzhong
1949
Chinese child killed by the KMT in 1949
Xu Linxia
1949
Chinese communist (1904/5–1949)
Yang Hucheng
1949
Chinese general (1893–1949)
John S. McCain Sr.
1945
United States Navy admiral (1884–1945)
James Cannon Jr.
1944
American bishop (1864–1944)
Thomas Harte (Irish republican)
1940
Patrick McGrath (Irish republican)
1940
Arthur Rackham
1939
English book illustrator (1867–1939)
John Stuart Hindmarsh
1938
English racecar driver and aviator (1907–1938)
William Libbey
1927
Academic, sport shooter
Lord Charles Beresford
1919
Royal Navy admiral (1846–1919)
Sully Prudhomme
1907
French poet (1839–1907)
Frederick Abel
1902
English chemist (1827–1902)
1800s
Charles Jamrach
1891
Narcís Monturiol
1885
Spanish submarine inventor (1819–1885)
Pierre Adolphe Rost
1868
American judge (1797–1868)
Gaspar Flores de Abrego
1836
American politician
Louis-Pierre Anquetil
1808
French historian (1723–1808)
Before 1800
Carlo Bertinazzi
1783
Italian actor and author
Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet
1708
English merchant, MP and philanthropist
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
1683
French statesman (1619–1683)
Robert Dudley (explorer)
1649
English engineer, explorer and cartographer (1574–1649)
Adriaan Metius
1635
Dutch geometer and astronomer
Thomas Dempster
1625
Scottish scholar and historian (1579–1625)
Suleiman the Magnificent
1566
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
Juan de Homedes
1553
Ashikaga Yoshizumi
1511
Military ruler of Japan from 1494 to 1508
Demetrios Laskaris Leontares
1431
Byzantine statesman and military leader
Vicedomino de Vicedominis
1276
Italian cardinal
Ioveta
1178
Latin princess and abbess of Bethany (c. 1120 – 1178)
Pope John XIII
972
Head of the Catholic Church from 965 to 972
Liudolf, Duke of Swabia
957
Duke of Swabia from 950 to 957
Emperor Suzaku
952
Emperor of Japan from 930 to 946
Abaoji
926
Emperor of the Liao dynasty from 916 to 926
Eugenius
394
Western Roman emperor from 392 to 394