Famous Birthdays on this Day in History - per Wikipedia

October 6

• 1289 – King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
• 1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
• 1510 – Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
• 1510 – John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
• 1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610)
• 1573 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)
• 1610 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
• 1716 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
• 1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
• 1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
• 1767 – Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
• 1769 – Sir Isaac Brock, British soldier (d. 1812)
• 1773 – King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
• 1801 – Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
• 1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
• 1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
• 1831 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
• 1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
• 1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
• 1866 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
• 1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)
• 1874 – Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)
• 1882 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)
• 1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
• 1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
• 1888 – Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)
• 1892 – Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)
• 1895 – Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)
• 1897 – Florence Siebert, American medical researcher (d. 1991)
• 1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
• 1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1905 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
• 1906 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
• 1908 – Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
• 1910 – Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Perkins Bass, American politician and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire
• 1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Joan Littlewood, British theatre director (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
• 1916– Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai Shek and Chinese Kuomintang military commander. (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
• 1918 – Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
• 1918 – André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader
• 1922 – Joe Frazier, American baseball player
• 1925 – Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
• 1930 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
• 1930 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer
• 1931 – Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1935 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
• 1935 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
• 1938 – Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder (d. 2011)
• 1939 – John LaFalce, American politician, and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
• 1939 – Jack Cullen, American baseball player
• 1940 – Ellen Travolta, American actress
• 1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
• 1943 – Michael Durrell, American actor
• 1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
• 1944 – Boris Mikhailov, Soviet ice hockey player
• 1944 – José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
• 1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1946 – Eddie Villanueva, JIL Spiritual Director, Owner of ZOE Broadcasting Network
• 1946 – Lloyd Doggett, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
• 1946 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
• 1946 – Tony Greig, South African–born English cricketer
• 1946 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer
• 1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
• 1949 – Leslie Moonves, American businessman
• 1949 – Nicolas Peyrac, French composer, lyricist and singer
• 1950 – David Brin, American author
• 1951 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
• 1951 – Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
• 1952 – Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
• 1952 – Jürgen Schulz, German footballer
• 1953 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
• 1954 – David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
• 1954 – Darrell M. West, American political scientist
• 1955 – Tony Dungy, American football coach
• 1956 – Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
• 1958 – Joseph Finder, American novelist
• 1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician, and Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
• 1959 – Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
• 1959 – Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler and horseshoes champion
• 1962 – Rich Yett, baseball player
• 1963 – Elisabeth Shue, American film actress
• 1963 – Jsu Garcia, American actor
• 1964 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
• 1964 – Matthew Sweet, American musician
• 1964 – Tom Jager, American swimmer
• 1965 – Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1965 – Steve Scalise, American politician
• 1966 – Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
• 1966 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
• 1967 – Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
• 1967 – Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman
• 1968 – Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer
• 1969 – Troy Shaw, English snooker player
• 1970 – Darren Oliver, American baseball player
• 1970 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
• 1970 – Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress
• 1971 – Phil Bennett, British racing driver
• 1971 – Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
• 1971 – Takis Gonias, Greek footballer
• 1971 – Alan Stubbs, English footballer
• 1972 – Ko So-young, South Korean actress
• 1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish musician
• 1972 – Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer
• 1972 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
• 1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
• 1973 – Jeff Davis, American comedian
• 1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
• 1973 – Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player
• 1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
• 1974 – Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
• 1974 – Kenny Jönsson, Swedish hockey player
• 1974 – Jeremy Sisto, American actor
• 1975 – Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
• 1976 – Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 1977 – Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer and recording artist
• 1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer
• 1977 – Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1977 – Wes Ramsey, American actor
• 1978 – Ricky Hatton, English boxer
• 1979 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
• 1979 – Richard Seymour, American football player
• 1979 – Lex Shrapnel, English actor
• 1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
• 1981 – Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
• 1981 – José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1982 – Michael Arden, American actor
• 1982 – Levon Aronian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
• 1982 – William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire
• 1982 – Meiyang Chаng, Indian actor, singer, anchor and dancer
• 1982 – MC Lars, American hip-hop artist
• 1982 – Paul Smith, English boxer
• 1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer
• 1984 – Morne Morkel, South African cricketer
• 1985 – Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
• 1986 – Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
• 1986 – Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
• 1986 – Olivia Thirlby, American actress
• 1988 – Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress
• 1989 – Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
• 1991 – Roshon Fegan, American actor
• 1995 – Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)
• 1998 – Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer