6 January Births

January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining until the end of the year (360 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
Births
1256 – Gertrude the Great, German mystic (d. 1302)
1367 – Richard II of England (d. 1400)
1412 – Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (d. 1431)
1486 – Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (d. 1556)
1488 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (d. 1540)
1525 – Caspar Peucer, German physician and scholar (d. 1602)
1561 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (d. 1656)
1587 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (d. 1645)
1595 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier (d. 1650)
1617 – Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician (d. 1673)
1641 – Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen, German nobleman (d. 1709)
1655 – Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (d. 1720)
1670 – Alexander Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (d. 1752)
1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (d. 1744)
1695 – Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer (d. 1750)
1702 – José de Nebra, Spanish composer (d. 1768)
1714 – Percivall Pott, English surgeon (d. 1788)
1745 – Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon (d. 1799)
1785 – Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist (d. 1860)
1793 – James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (d. 1862)
1795 – Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (d. 1871)
1799 – Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (d. 1831)
1803 – Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1888)
1807 – Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)
1808 – Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American oncologist and paleontologist (d. 1864)
1811 – Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)
1812 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino activist (d. 1919)
1819 – Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
1822 – Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and businessman (d. 1890)
1832 – Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1836 – Ludwig Schüler, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1930)
1838 – Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (d. 1920)
1842 – Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (d. 1901)
1848 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (d. 1876)
1850 – Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (d. 1932)
1850 – Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1924)
1856 – Giuseppe Martucci, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1909)
1857 – Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1931)
1857 – William Russell, American lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1859 – Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1938)
1861 – Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde (d. 1947)
1861 – George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
1861 – János Zsupánek, Slovene-Hungarian author and poet (d. 1951)
1866 – Dante Cappelli, Italian actor and director (d. 1948)
1868 – Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
1868 – Vittorio Monti, Italian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1922)
1870 – Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)
1872 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1915)
1874 – Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1948)
1878 – Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina (d. 1970)
1878 – Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)
1880 – Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor (d. 1940)
1881 – Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic (d. 1944)
1882 – Aleksandra Ekster, Polish-French painter and set designer (d. 1949)
1882 – Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1965)
1882 – Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)
1883 – Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (d. 1931)
1891 – Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer (d. 1937)
1897 – Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defense (d. 1970)
1898 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (d. 1965)
1898 – Charles E. Pont, American minister and painter (d. 1971)
1899 – Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (d. 1969)
1899 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (d. 1960)
1899 – Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (d. 1968)
1902 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (d. 1994)
1903 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (d. 1993)
1903 – Francis L. Sullivan, English-American actor (d. 1956)
1905 – Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (d. 1953)
1907 – David Fleay, Australian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1993)
1910 – Kid Chocolate, Cuban boxer (d. 1988)
1910 – Wright Morris, American author and photographer (d. 1998)
1910 – Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (d. 1989)
1912 – Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic (d. 1994)
1912 – Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian; founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (d. 1991)
1913 – Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001)
1913 – Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)
1914 – Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic (d. 1989)
1915 – Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2015)
1915 – John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher (d. 2001)
1915 – Alan Watts, English-American philosopher and author (d. 1973)
1916 – Eugene Thomas Maleska, American journalist (d. 1993)
1916 – Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist and author (d. 2007)
1917 – Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (d. 2005)
1919 – Roy Cochran, American hurdler and sprinter (d. 1981)
1920 – John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (d. 2004)
1920 – Early Wynn, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1999)
1921 – Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic (d. 2013)
1921 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1998)
1922 – Hugo Broch, German lieutenant and pilot
1923 – Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner (d. 2007)
1923 – Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1974)
1923 – Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
1924 – Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (Flatt and Scruggs) (d. 2012)
1925 – John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005)
1926 – Ralph Branca, American baseball player (d. 2016)
1926 – Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (d. 2002)
1926 – Kid Gavilán, Cuban-American boxer (d. 2003)
1926 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
1926 – Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
1927 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 2014)
1928 – Capucine, French actress and model (d. 1990)
1930 – W. Wallace Cleland, American biochemist and educator (d. 2013)
1930 – Vic Tayback, American actor (d. 1990)
1931 – E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 2015)
1931 – Juan Goytisolo, Spanish poet and author
1931 – Graeme Hole, Australian cricketer (d. 1990)
1931 – P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (d. 2015)
1931 – Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (d. 2015)
1932 – Stuart A. Rice, American chemist and academic
1933 – John Clive, English author and actor (d. 2012)
1933 – Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2003)
1933 – Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich, English surgeon and academic
1933 – Emil Steinberger, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter
1933 – Fred L. Turner, American businessman (d. 2013)
1934 – Harry M. Miller, Australian talent agent and publicist
1934 – Sylvia Syms, English actress
1935 – Ian Meckiff, Australian cricketer
1935 – Joseph Rotman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
1935 – Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor
1936 – Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player and scout
1936 – Darlene Hard, American tennis player
1936 – Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer, and politician, 29th President of Uruguay
1937 – Paolo Conte, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist
1937 – Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (d. 1998)
1937 – Lou Holtz, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1937 – Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1938 – Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
1938 – Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
1938 – Mario Rodríguez Cobos, Argentinian philosopher and author (d. 2010)
1938 – William E. Connolly, American political scientist, theorist, and academic
1939 – Georgios Babiniotis, Greek linguist and philologist
1939 – Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
1940 – Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (d. 1989)
1940 – Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1979)
1943 – Terry Venables, English footballer and manager
1944 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1944 – Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player
1944 – Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Allen Appel, American author, illustrator, and photographer
1945 – Barry John, Welsh rugby player
1946 – Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1947 – Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (d. 1978)
1948 – Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut
1948 – Dayle Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
1949 – Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic
1949 – Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic
1950 – Louis Freeh, American lawyer and jurist, 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1951 – Don Gullett, American baseball player and coach
1951 – Kim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
1952 – Moondog Spot, American wrestler (d. 2003)
1953 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954 – Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer, created Dragon Quest
1954 – Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1954 – Trudie Styler, English actress and activist
1955 – Ajayi Agbebaku, Nigerian triple jumper
1955 – Rowan Atkinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Alex Forsyth, American ice hockey player
1955 – Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2014)
1955 – Graham Murray, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2013)
1956 – Elizabeth Strout, American author and academic
1956 – Justin Welby, English archbishop
1956 – Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
1957 – Michael Foale, British-American astrophysicist and astronaut
1957 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer and sportscaster
1958 – Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist and economist
1958 – Scott Bryce, American actor, director, and producer
1958 – Margus Hanson, Estonian lawyer and politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Defence
1958 – Mohsen Rastani, Iranian photographer and journalist
1960 – Paul Azinger, American golfer and sportscaster
1960 – Eric Grothe, Sr., Australian rugby league player
1960 – Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1960 – Nigella Lawson, English chef and author
1960 – Howie Long, American football player and sports commentator
1961 – Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross racer (d. 2012)
1961 – Nigel Melville, English rugby player
1962 – Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1962 – Kevin Rosier, American mixed martial artist and boxer (d. 2015)
1962 – Vangelis Vlachos, Greek footballer and manager
1963 – Norm Charlton, American baseball player and coach
1963 – Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan runner (d. 1995)
1963 – Ian Lavery, English miner and politician
1964 – Charles Haley, American football player and coach
1964 – Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler and manager
1964 – Mark O'Toole, English bass player
1964 – Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2005)
1965 – Laurence Hurst, English biologist and academic
1965 – Bjørn Lomborg, Danish author and academic
1965 – Murray McLachlan, Scottish pianist
1965 – Christine Wachtel, German runner
1966 – Sharon Cuneta, Filipino singer and actress
1967 – Craig Perks, New Zealand golfer
1967 – A. R. Rahman, An Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist
1968 – John Singleton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Norman Reedus, American actor and model
1970 – Julie Chen, American television journalist, presenter, and producer
1970 – Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress
1971 – Karin Slaughter, American author
1973 – Scott Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 – Vasso Karantasiou, Greek volleyball player
1974 – Daniel Cordone, Argentinian footballer
1974 – Paul Grant, American basketball player and coach
1975 – James Farrior, American football player
1975 – Jason King, English radio and television host
1976 – Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, voice artist, martial artist, and musician
1976 – Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
1977 – Shane Rigon, Australian rugby league player
1978 – Nikki Einfeld, Canadian soprano and actress
1978 – Casey Fossum, American baseball player
1978 – Bubba Franks, American football player
1979 – Camila Grey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Steed Malbranque, Belgian-French footballer
1981 – Mike Jones, American rapper and actor
1981 – Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress and director
1981 – Jérémie Renier, Belgian-French actor
1981 – Asante Samuel, American football player
1982 – Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
1982 – Brian Bass, American baseball player
1982 – Eddie Redmayne, English actor
1983 – Adam Burish, American ice hockey player
1984 – Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
1984 – Eric Trump, American businessman and philanthropist
1985 – Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (d. 2015)
1985 – Seo Hyo-rim, South Korean actress
1986 – Paul McShane, Irish footballer
1986 – Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
1986 – Benjamin Simm, German rugby player
1986 – Mike Teel, American football player
1986 – Alex Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987 – Gemma Gibbons, English-Scottish martial artist
1987 – Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer
1987 – Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
1989 – Andy Carroll, English footballer
1989 – James Durbin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1993 – Lil Reese, American rapper
1994 – Jameis Winston, American football player

Source: Wikipedia