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History Births on October 06


Evgenii Landis
Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1997)

#Evgenii_Landis

Orazio Satta Puliga
Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (d. 1974)

#Orazio_Satta_Puliga

Morné Morkel
Morné Morkel, South African cricketer

#Morné_Morkel

Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer

#Mark_Schwarzer

Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1937)

#Karol_Szymanowski

Jürgen Kohler
Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager

#Jürgen_Kohler

Marie de Gournay
Marie de Gournay, French writer (d. 1645)

#Marie_de_Gournay

David Baker (biochemist)
David Baker, American biologist and academic

#David_Baker_(biochemist)

Thomas McClary (musician)
Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Thomas_McClary_(musician)

Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)

#Carole_Lombard

Frank G. Allen
Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)

#Frank_G._Allen

Levon Aronian
Levon Aronian, Armenian chess player

#Levon_Aronian

Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Shue, American actress

#Elisabeth_Shue

Trey Edward Shults
Trey Edward Shults, American film director

#Trey_Edward_Shults

George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (d. 1914)

#George_Westinghouse

Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)

#Janet_Gaynor

Louis Philippe I
Louis Philippe I of France (d. 1850)

#Louis_Philippe_I

Arnaud Coyot
Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (d. 2013)

#Arnaud_Coyot

Ernest Lapointe
Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1941)

#Ernest_Lapointe

Jack Cullen
Jack Cullen, American baseball player

#Jack_Cullen

Sven Andersson (footballer, born 1963)
Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach

#Sven_Andersson_(footballer,_born_1963)

Carolina Gynning
Carolina Gynning, Swedish model, actress, and singer

#Carolina_Gynning

Géraud de Cordemoy
Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (d. 1684)

#Géraud_de_Cordemoy

Brian Higgins
Brian Higgins, American politician

#Brian_Higgins

Hideki Mutoh
Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver

#Hideki_Mutoh

Florence B. Seibert
Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (d. 1991)

#Florence_B._Seibert

Hendrik Adamson
Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator (d. 1946)

#Hendrik_Adamson

Carlos Pace
Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1977)

#Carlos_Pace

Sadiq al-Ahmar
Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician

#Sadiq_al-Ahmar

Pizzi (Portuguese footballer)
Pizzi, Portuguese footballer

#Pizzi_(Portuguese_footballer)

Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (d. 2002)

#Barbara_Castle

John McWhorter
John McWhorter, American academic and linguist

#John_McWhorter

Stan Nichols
Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)

#Stan_Nichols

Klaus Dibiasi
Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver

#Klaus_Dibiasi

Maria Kannegaard
Maria Kannegaard, Danish-Norwegian pianist and composer

#Maria_Kannegaard

Rebecca Lobo
Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Rebecca_Lobo

Henri Christophe
Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king (d. 1820)

#Henri_Christophe

Marshall Rosenberg
Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (d. 2015)

#Marshall_Rosenberg

Manfred Winkelhock
Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)

#Manfred_Winkelhock

Paul Smith (boxer)
Paul Smith, English boxer

#Paul_Smith_(boxer)

Walter Centeno
Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager

#Walter_Centeno

Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician

#Gerry_Adams

Willy Merkl
Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (d. 1934)

#Willy_Merkl

Zurab Khizanishvili
Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer

#Zurab_Khizanishvili

Akuila Uate
Akuila Uate, Fijian-Australian rugby league player

#Akuila_Uate

Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy, American football player and coach

#Tony_Dungy

David Hidalgo
David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#David_Hidalgo

Rein Rannap
Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer

#Rein_Rannap

Joanna Pacitti
Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter

#Joanna_Pacitti

Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)

#Wenceslaus_III_of_Bohemia

Tyler Ennis (ice hockey)
Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player

#Tyler_Ennis_(ice_hockey)

Ben Summerskill
Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist

#Ben_Summerskill

Anders Iwers
Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player

#Anders_Iwers

John J. LaFalce
John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician

#John_J._LaFalce

John Broadwood
John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons (d. 1812)

#John_Broadwood

Darrell M. West
Darrell M. West, American political scientist, author, and academic

#Darrell_M._West

Roland Garros (aviator)
Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (d. 1918)

#Roland_Garros_(aviator)

Alan Stubbs
Alan Stubbs, English footballer, coach, and manager

#Alan_Stubbs

Richie Benaud
Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)

#Richie_Benaud

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)

#Albert_Ebossé_Bodjongo

Bruce Grobbelaar
Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach

#Bruce_Grobbelaar

Helen Wills
Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter (d. 1998)

#Helen_Wills

Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic

#Melvyn_Bragg

Joe Rafferty
Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer

#Joe_Rafferty

Knut Storberget
Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice

#Knut_Storberget

Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (d. 2017)

#Vinod_Khanna

Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977)

#Fannie_Lou_Hamer

Daniel Brière
Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player

#Daniel_Brière

Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus
Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (d. 1990)

#Eveline_Du_Bois-Reymond_Marcus

Tommy Stinson
Tommy Stinson, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Tommy_Stinson

Adam Gemili
Adam Gemili, English sprinter

#Adam_Gemili

Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (d. 2000)

#Hafez_al-Assad

George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1771)

#George_Montagu-Dunk,_2nd_Earl_of_Halifax

Ko So-young
Ko So-young, South Korean model and actress

#Ko_So-young

Ernest Walton
Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

#Ernest_Walton

James McGill
James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (d. 1813)

#James_McGill

Seema Kennedy
Seema Kennedy, British politician

#Seema_Kennedy

Darren Oliver
Darren Oliver, American baseball player

#Darren_Oliver

Jan Keizer (referee)
Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee

#Jan_Keizer_(referee)

Mitchell Cole
Mitchell Cole, English footballer (d. 2012)

#Mitchell_Cole

Daniel Cavanagh
Daniel Cavanagh, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Daniel_Cavanagh

Muhammad V of Kelantan
Muhammad V of Kelantan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

#Muhammad_V_of_Kelantan

David Brin
David Brin, American physicist and author

#David_Brin

John MacCulloch
John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (d. 1835)

#John_MacCulloch

Teala Loring
Teala Loring, American actress (d. 2007)

#Teala_Loring

Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician

#Lloyd_Doggett

Liu Yang (astronaut)
Liu Yang, Chinese astronaut

#Liu_Yang_(astronaut)

Oil Can Boyd
Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player

#Oil_Can_Boyd

Fred Travalena
Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (d. 2009)

#Fred_Travalena

Joe Lewis (footballer)
Joe Lewis, English footballer

#Joe_Lewis_(footballer)

Eddie Villanueva
Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network

#Eddie_Villanueva

Wes Durston
Wes Durston, English cricketer

#Wes_Durston

Martin Behaim
Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)

#Martin_Behaim

Rowland Taylor
Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (d. 1555)

#Rowland_Taylor

Perkins Bass
Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)

#Perkins_Bass

Humberto Sousa Medeiros
Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (d. 1983)

#Humberto_Sousa_Medeiros

Mark Field
Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician

#Mark_Field

David Di Tommaso
David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)

#David_Di_Tommaso

Julius L. Chambers
Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (d. 2013)

#Julius_L._Chambers

Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (d. 1887)

#Jenny_Lind

Reginald Fessenden
Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (d. 1932)

#Reginald_Fessenden

Niall Quinn
Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager

#Niall_Quinn

Ferenc Nádasdy
Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (d. 1604)

#Ferenc_Nádasdy

Ioan Gruffudd
Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor

#Ioan_Gruffudd

Han Sun-hwa
Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress

#Han_Sun-hwa

Heinrich Wilhelm Dove
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (d. 1879)

#Heinrich_Wilhelm_Dove

Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician

#Steve_Scalise

Jeff B. Davis
Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer

#Jeff_B._Davis

Edwin Fischer
Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)

#Edwin_Fischer

José Luis Perlaza
José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer

#José_Luis_Perlaza

Phil Bennett (racing driver)
Phil Bennett, English race car driver

#Phil_Bennett_(racing_driver)

Kenny Jönsson
Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach

#Kenny_Jönsson

Steven Woolfe
Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician

#Steven_Woolfe

Kennet Andersson
Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer

#Kennet_Andersson

Barbara Werle
Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (d. 2013)

#Barbara_Werle

Kasper Dolberg
Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer

#Kasper_Dolberg

Isaac Brock
Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1812)

#Isaac_Brock

Johan Herman Wessel
Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (d. 1755)

#Johan_Herman_Wessel

Mukarram Jah
Prince Mukarram Jah, Titular Nizam of Hyderabad State

#Mukarram_Jah

Glenn Branca
Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (d. 2018)

#Glenn_Branca

Ya?ar Kemal
Ya?ar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2015)

#Ya?ar_Kemal

Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter

#Ricky_Hatton

Olivia Thirlby
Olivia Thirlby, American actress

#Olivia_Thirlby

Riccardo Giacconi
Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

#Riccardo_Giacconi

Chiang Wei-kuo
Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997)

#Chiang_Wei-kuo

Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Matthew_Sweet

Giuseppe Cesare Abba
Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (d. 1910)

#Giuseppe_Cesare_Abba

John Caius
John Caius, English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (d. 1573)

#John_Caius

Sylvain Legwinski
Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer and manager

#Sylvain_Legwinski

Lonnie Johnson (inventor)
Lonnie Johnson, American inventor

#Lonnie_Johnson_(inventor)

Hoàng Xuân Vinh
Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese shooter

#Hoàng_Xuân_Vinh

Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey)
Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach

#Boris_Mikhailov_(ice_hockey)

Ellen Travolta
Ellen Travolta, American actress

#Ellen_Travolta

Vladimir Manchev
Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer and manager

#Vladimir_Manchev

Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player

#Sylvia_Fowles

Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (d. 1965)

#Le_Corbusier

Millie Small
Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter

#Millie_Small

Svend Karlsen
Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder

#Svend_Karlsen

Pascal van Assendelft
Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter

#Pascal_van_Assendelft

Rubén Sierra
Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

#Rubén_Sierra

Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (d. 2002)

#Thor_Heyerdahl

Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour, American football player

#Richard_Seymour

Shimon Gershon
Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer

#Shimon_Gershon

Yuknoom Yich?aak K?ahk?
Yuknoom Yich?aak K?ahk? (d. around 696)

#Yuknoom_Yich?aak_K?ahk?

Freddy García
Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player

#Freddy_García

Meg Myers
Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Meg_Myers

Kevin Cronin
Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Kevin_Cronin

Meghnad Saha
Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1956)

#Meghnad_Saha

Sergei Sobolev
Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989)

#Sergei_Sobolev

Bill Buford
Bill Buford, American author and journalist

#Bill_Buford

Siad Barre
Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician, later president (d. 1995)

#Siad_Barre

Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2018)

#Bruno_Sammartino

Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer

#Britt_Ekland

Renata Vorá?ová
Renata Vorá?ová, Czech tennis player

#Renata_Vorá?ová

Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (d. 1624)

#Henry_Wriothesley,_3rd_Earl_of_Southampton

Cees Veerman (musician)
Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)

#Cees_Veerman_(musician)

Melinda Doolittle
Melinda Doolittle, American singer-songwriter

#Melinda_Doolittle

Peter Dowding
Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia

#Peter_Dowding

Amy Jo Johnson
Amy Jo Johnson, American actress

#Amy_Jo_Johnson

Albert J. Beveridge
Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician (d. 1927)

#Albert_J._Beveridge

Joseph Lowery
Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist

#Joseph_Lowery

Tarmo Kink
Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer

#Tarmo_Kink

Alice Timander
Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (d. 2007)

#Alice_Timander

Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland
Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (d. 1612)

#Roger_Manners,_5th_Earl_of_Rutland

Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (d. 1610)

#Matteo_Ricci

Richard Dedekind
Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1916)

#Richard_Dedekind

Merzak Allouache
Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter

#Merzak_Allouache

Nicolas Peyrac
Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer

#Nicolas_Peyrac

Rich Yett
Rich Yett, American baseball player

#Rich_Yett

Hippolyte Carnot
Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (d. 1888)

#Hippolyte_Carnot

Niko Kari, Finnish race car driver
Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter
Jourdan Miller, American fashion model
Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player
Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
William Butler, American musician and composer
Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
Mohamed Kallon, Sierra Leonean footballer and manager
Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter
Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
Magdalena Ku?erová, Czech-German tennis player
Reon King, Guyanese cricketer
Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Jeremy_Sisto

Ryu Si-won, South Korean actor and singer
Jarrod Moseley, Australian golfer
Takis Gonias, Greek footballer and manager
Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer
Byron Black, Zimbabwean golfer
Bob May, American golfer
Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster
Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic
Miltos Manetas, Greek painter
Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach
Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
Paul Sansome, English footballer
Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress
Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler
Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2012)
Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator
Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author
Gavin Sutherland, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator
Leslie Moonves, American businessman
Penny Junor, English journalist and author
Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
John Monie, Australian rugby league player and coach
Tony Greig, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
Patrick Cordingley, English general
Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
Dan Christensen, American painter (d. 2007)
Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (d. 1987)
Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic
Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic
Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (d. 2011)
Eileen Derbyshire, English actress
Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
George Mattos, American pole vaulter (d. 2012)
Bill King, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
Robert Kuok, Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor
Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (d. 2005)
Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach (d. 1996)
André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (d. 1993)
Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (d. 2007)
Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright (d. 2002)
Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer (d. 1985)
Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (d. 1946)
Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist (d. 1991)
David Howard, American film director (d. 1941)
Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (d. 1981)
James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (d. 1892)
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
Sarah Crosby, English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher (d. 1804)
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general (d. 1690)
Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1638)