History Births on May 06

Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer

#Dani_Alves

Jason Witten, American football player

#Jason_Witten

Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer (d. 1999)

#Philip_N._Krasne

Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 2014)

#Nestor_Basterretxea

Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)

#Toots_Shor

Dominika Cibulková, Slovak tennis player

#Dominika_Cibulková

Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author

#Martha_Nussbaum

Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina

#Alessandra_Ferri

George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#George_Clooney

Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter

#Gina_Riley

Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer

#Roma_Downey

Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer and manager

#Jim_Magilton

Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chris_Shiflett

Max Eyth, German engineer and author (d. 1906)

#Max_Eyth

Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Bob_Seger

Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general (d. 1922)

#Djemal_Pasha

Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player

#Brendan_Gallagher

Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player

#Lætitia_Sadier

Tom Brake, English politician

#Tom_Brake

Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1655)

#Pope_Innocent_X

Stewart Granger, English-American actor (d. 1993)

#Stewart_Granger

Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author

#Jeffery_Deaver

Duncan Scott, Scottish swimmer

#Duncan_Scott_(swimmer)

Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (d. 1993)

#Guy_des_Cars

Juan Pablo Carrizo, Argentinian footballer

#Juan_Pablo_Carrizo

Fredrik Sjöström, Swedish ice hockey player

#Fredrik_Sjöström

Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

#Gerrit_Zalm

Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager

#Graeme_Souness

Gabourey Sidibe, American actress

#Gabourey_Sidibe

Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)

#Paul_Lauterbur

Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)

#Jean_Nicolas_Pierre_Hachette

José Altuve, Venezuelan baseball player

#José_Altuve

Tom Abernethy, American basketball player

#Tom_Abernethy

Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator (d. 1988)

#Erich_Fried

Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918)

#Grove_Karl_Gilbert

Anton Raaff, German tenor (d. 1797)

#Anton_Raaff

Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner

#Naoko_Takahashi

Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach

#Willie_Mays

Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer

#Lynn_Whitfield

Fredrick Federley, Swedish journalist and politician

#Fredrick_Federley

Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)

#Rolf_Maximilian_Sievert

Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)

#Carmen_Cavallaro

John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_Flansburgh

Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (d. 1512)

#Sophia_Jagiellon,_Margravine_of_Brandenburg-Ansbach

Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1555)

#Pope_Marcellus_II

Tom Bergeron, American television host

#Tom_Bergeron

Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (d. 1945)

#Konrad_Henlein

John Abraham, American football player

#John_Abraham_(American_football)

Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Leslie_Hope

Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)

#Marguerite_Piazza

Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (d. 1747)

#Alain-René_Lesage

Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (d. 1794)

#Maximilien_Robespierre

Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (d. 1925)

#Aristide_Bruant

Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (d. 1832)

#Karl_Christian_Friedrich_Krause

André Weil, French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)

#André_Weil

Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (d. 2014)

#Rubin_Carter

Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player

#Anton_Babchuk

Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (d. 1974)

#Júlio_César_de_Mello_e_Souza

Meek Mill, American rapper

#Meek_Mill

Mateo Kova?i?, Austrian-Croatian footballer

#Mateo_Kova?i?

Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist

#Christophe_Brandt

Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)

#Motilal_Nehru

Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach (d. 1998)

#Weeb_Ewbank

Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer

#Iván_de_la_Peña

Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)

#Gaston_Leroux

Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997)

#Robert_H._Dicke

Girolamo Seripando, Italian theologian and cardinal (d. 1563)

#Girolamo_Seripando

Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek professional basketball player

#Dimitris_Diamantidis

Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player and coach

#Mark_Eaton_(ice_hockey)

Anne Parillaud, French actress

#Anne_Parillaud

Andreas Busse, German runner

#Andreas_Busse

Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician

#Aleksei_Lotman

Jon Montgomery, Canadian skeleton racer and television host

#Jon_Montgomery

Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama

#Trinley_Thaye_Dorje

Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (d. 1682)

#Johann_Joachim_Becher

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter (d. 1938)

#Ernst_Ludwig_Kirchner

Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player

#Martin_Brodeur

Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite, activist, and author (d. 2006)

#Patricia_Kennedy_Lawford

Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)

#Sigmund_Freud

Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs

#Dora_Bakoyannis

Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)

#Jean-Baptiste_Stuck

Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)

#Henry_Edward_Armstrong

Ryan Anderson, American basketball player

#Ryan_Anderson_(basketball,_born_1988)

James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator

#James_Turrell

Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1946)

#Fidél_Pálffy

Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission

#Frans_Timmermans

Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (d. 2014)

#Randall_Stout

Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)

#Harry_Martinson

Kavan Smith, Canadian actor

#Kavan_Smith

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (d. 2004)

#Zayed_bin_Sultan_Al_Nahyan

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1024)

#Henry_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic

#Ariel_Dorfman

Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)

#Willem_de_Sitter

Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 1984)

#Moshé_Feldenkrais

Samuel Doe, Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)

#Samuel_Doe

Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer

#Jimmie_Dale_Gilmore

John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence

#John_Hutton,_Baron_Hutton_of_Furness

André Masséna, French general (d. 1817)

#André_Masséna

Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (d. 1780)

#Charles_Batteux

Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)

#Orson_Welles

Chris Paul, American basketball player

#Chris_Paul

Jonas Valan?i?nas, Lithuanian professional basketball player

#Jonas_Valan?i?nas

Charles Hendry, English politician

#Charles_Hendry

Eddie C. Campbell, American singer and guitarist (d. 2018)

#Eddie_C._Campbell

Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992)

#Denny_Wright

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)

#Ferdinand_III,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (d. 1959)

#Winifred_Brunton

Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004)

#Kamisese_Mara

Alan Dale, New Zealand actor

#Alan_Dale

Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower

#Gerd_Kanter

Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (d. 1891)

#Hermann_Raster

Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

#Tony_Blair

Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer

#Ricardo_Oliveira

Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)

#Jean_Senebier

Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999)

#Camille_Laurin

Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic

#Keith_Dowding

Alberto Collo, Italian actor (d. 1955)

#Alberto_Collo

Bed?ich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)

#Bed?ich_Hrozný

Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet (d. 1914)

#Christian_Morgenstern

Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (d. 1881)

#Roman_Sanguszko

Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)

#Jean_Garon

Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer

#Dries_Mertens

Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (d. 1994)

#Ahmet_Haxhiu

Ain Lutsepp, Estonian actor and politician

#Ain_Lutsepp

Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (d. 1920)

#Robert_Peary

Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer

#Gustavo_Gómez

Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)

#Victor_Grignard

Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter (d. 2011)

#Wolfgang_Reinhardt_(athlete)

Alexandr Fedorov, Russian bodybuilder

#Alexandr_Fedorov_(bodybuilder)

Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)

#Rudolph_Valentino

Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician

#Richard_Shelby

Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)

#Joseph_Brackett

Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach

#Masanori_Murakami

Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, British royal

Byun Baekhyun, South Korean musician and actor, member of boy band EXO

Jesse Hughes, Canadian DJ and producer

Adrienne Warren, American actress

Goran Dragic, Slovenian basketball player

Ingrid Jonach, Australian author

Matthew Whiley, English cricketer

Brooke Bennett, American swimmer

Jan Erik Mikalsen, Norwegian composer

Chantelle Newbery, Australian diver

Marc Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player

Dean Chandler, English footballer

Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach

Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast

Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner

Roland Kun, Nauruan politician

Worku Bikila, Ethiopian runner

Brad Izzard, Australian rugby league player

Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist

Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach

Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper

Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach

Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter

Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh

Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet

Ülle Rajasalu, Estonian politician

Michelle Courchesne, Canadian urban planner and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec

Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986)

Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2013)

Ljubomir Vra?arevi?, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (d. 2013)

Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director (d. 1991)

Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author (d. 2001)

Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (d. 1977)

Chet Allen, American child actor (d. 1984)

Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician

Louis Gambaccini, American government official (d. 2018)

John Taylor, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)

Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic

Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)

Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)

André Guelfi, French race car driver (d. 2016)

Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)

Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)

Catherine Lacey, English actress (d. 1979)

Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)

Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author (d. 1981)

Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (d. 1979)

Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (d. 1929)

Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (d. 1936)

Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (d. 1932)

Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble (d. 1637)