July 6 Birthdays
July 6 Birthdays of important people from throughout history.
1542 – Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg
1580 – Johann Stobaeus, composer
1632 – Albert Schop, composer
1632 – Pietro Reggio, composer
1638 – Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter
1668 – Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist
1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym, composer
1686 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)
1702 – Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer
1739 – Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer
1747 – Coelestin Jungbauer, composer
1747 – John Paul Jones, naval hero (“I have not yet begun to fight”)
1753 – John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized
1755 – John Flaxman, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey tomb stones)
1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born naturalist (d. 1813)
1773 – Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer
1781 – Stamford Raffles, British statesman and founder of Singapore
1782 – Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet
1782 – Maria Louisa of Spain, queen of Etruria (d. 1824)
1785 – William J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens)
1789 – Maria Isabella of Spain, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1846)
1793 – Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer/min of Internal Affairs (1848-49)
1796 – Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55)
1800 – Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer
1814 – Justus McKinstry, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1897)
1817 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)
1818 – Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion (1851-66)
1819 – Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, German Physician and Physiologist, born in Berlin, Germany
1821 – Edward Winston Pettus, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1907)
1832 – Maximilian I of Mexico and Archduke of Austria, first and only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire, born in Vienna, Austria
1837 – Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer
1838 – Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian scholar (d. 1923)
1852 – John Albert Delany, composer
1856 – Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT
1859 – Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden, poet/novelist (Charles Men, Nobel 1916)
1864 – Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer/conductor (Artemis)
1865 – Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (d. 1950)
1868 – Petrus A Euwens, Dutch vicar/editor (Amigoe di Curacao)
1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
1873 – Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich)
1876 – Harry Ford Sinclair, founder of Sinclair Oil (Teapot Dome Scandal), born in Benwood, West Virginia
1877 – David Stanley Smith, composer
1877 – Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier/president of Spain (1931-36)
1878 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
1881 – Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel)
1882 – Ralph Morgan, [Wupperman], actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), born in NYC, New York
1884 – Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter/cartoonist
1884 – Harold Vanderbilt, NY, America Cup (1930,34,37)/inv contract bridge
1884 – Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam)
1885 – Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1888 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1890 – Andrew Sandham, cricketer (Test cricket’s 1st triple centurion)
1892 – Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot
1893 – Wilton St Hill, WI cricketer (3 Tests 1928-30)
1896 – Thomas W McKnew, president (National Geographic Society)
1897 – Richard Krautheimer, art Historian
1898 – Hanns Eisler, German/US composer/German DR-minister for propaganda
1900 – Emil Barth, writer
1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright and screen writer (d. 2012)
1903 – Axel Theorell, Sweden, biochemist, studied enzymes (Nobel 1955)
1904 – Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma)
1904 – Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (d. 1996)
1906 – Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, composer
1907 – M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and wife of Diego Rivera
1908 – Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor
1910 – Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair NJ, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show)
1911 – Laverne Andrews, American singer (Andrews Sisters), born in Mound, Minnesota (d. 1967)
1912 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2006)
1914 – Jens Rohiner, composer
1915 – Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer (Vague et Sillon)
1916 – Unica Zorn, writer
1917 – Hugo Cole, composer
1917 – Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Worcestershire keeper & Test umpire)
1917 – Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (d. 2004)
1918 – Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet (Crossing)
1918 – Eugene List, Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music)
1918 – Sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair, Time Machine), born in London, England
1920 – William Worthington, horse trainer
1921 – Nancy Davis Reagan, [Anne Francis Robbins], US First Lady (1981-89), born in NYC, New York
1921 – Dmitri Polyakov, Soviet Major General and Spy for the CIA, born in Ukraine
1922 – Francisco Moncion, dancer
1922 – William Schallert, actor (Patty Duke Show, Get Smart), born in Los Angeles, California
1923 – Cathy O’Donnell, Siluria AL, actress (Miniver Story, Man from Laramie)
1923 – Marie McDonald, Burgin KY, singer/actress (Promises Promises)
1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general/pres (1989-90), born in Karow, (d. 2014)
1924 – Robert Michael White, test pilot (X-15), born in NYC, New York
1925 – Bill Haley, Highland Park Mich, rock vocalist (Rock Around the Clock)
1925 – Huub H Jacobse, member of Dutch 2nd chamber (Liberal)
1925 – Merv Griffin, San Mateo California, TV host (Merv Griffin Show)
1926 – Nicky Hilton, 1st husband of Elizabeth Taylor
1927 – Charles Whittenberg, composer
1927 – Janet Leigh, [Jeanetta Morrison], Merced CA, actress (Psycho), (d. 2004)
1927 – Pat Paulsen, Wash, comedian/pres candidate (Smothers Bros Show)
1927 – Susan Cabot, actress (Carnival Rock), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1927 – [Jan] Hein Donner, Dutch chess master
1927 – Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (d. 2004)
1929 – Gerd Zacher, composer
1930 – Francoise Mallet-Joris, [F Lilar], Belgian writer (Signs & Wonders)
1930 – H J Heise, writer
1931 – Donal Donnelly, Bradford Yorkshire England, actor (Dead)
1931 – Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader
1931 – Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician
1932 – Della Reese, singer/actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family), born in Detroit, Michigan
1933 – Frank Austin, English footballer
1935 – 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet’s Lamaistic Buddhists
1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005)
1937 – Gene Chandler, [Eugene Dixon], rocker (Duke of Earl), born in Chicago, Illinois
1937 – Ned Beatty, Lexington Ky, actor (Deliverance, Repossed, Network)
1937 – Tony Lewis, cricketer (England batsman, captain 1972-73)
1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Russia, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961)
1938 – Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader (Masumbuku)
1939 – Helena Dupont, US, equestrian 3-day even (Olympic-33rd place-1964)
1939 – Jet Harris, [Terence Harris], rock bassist (Drifters), born in London, England
1939 – Man Mohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India)
1939 – Mary Peters, England, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1972)
1939 – Jet Harris, English bass guitarist
1940 – Viktor Kuzkin, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
1940 – Jeannie Seely, American singer
1944 – Byron Berline, rocker
1944 – Gunhild Hoffmeister, German FR, 800m/1500m runner (Oly-silver-72)
1945 – Burt Ward, [Gervis], actor (Robin-Batman), born in Los Angeles, California
1945 – Rik Elswit, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show-In the Right Place)
1945 – Rodney Matthews, English fantasy artist and illustrator
1946 – Fred Dryer, Hawthone California, NFLer (NY Giants, LA Rams)/actor (Hunter)
1946 – George W. Bush Jr, New Haven, Connecticut, 43rd President of the United States (2001-09) and 46th Governor of Texas (1995-2000) (R-TX)
1946 – James Naughton, US, actor (Trauma center) [or June 12, 1945]
1946 – Jamie Wyeth, Penn, artist (An American Vision-Boston)
1946 – Rick Hunter, actor
1946 – Sylvester Stallone, actor/director (Rocky, Rambo, Cobra), born in NYC, New York
1946 – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
1947 – Richard Beckinsale, Nottingham England, actor (Porridge, Doing Time)
1947 – Lance Clemons, baseball player
1948 – Brad Park, Scarborough Ontario, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins)
1948 – Nathalie Baye, Mainneville France, actress (Beau Pere, Honeymoon)
1948 – Wadih Saadeh, Lebanese-Australian poet
1948 – Tom Curley, American media executive
1949 – Shelley Hack, Greenwich Ct, actress (Tiffany Welles-Charlie’s Angel)
1950 – Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer
1950 – Ramon Guzman, jockey
1950 – Sultan Rakhmanov, Super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1980)
1950 – John Byrne, American comic book author & artist
1950 – Hélène Scherrer, Canadian politician
1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor
1952 – Grant Goodeve, Middlebury CT, actor (Northern Exposure)
1952 – Jesse Harms, musician, of REO Speedwagon
1953 – Nanci Griffith, US singer/songwriter (Poet in My Window)
1954 – Allyce Beasley, Bkln, actress (Agnes Dipesto-Moonlighting)
1954 – James Kiberd, actor (Trevor Dillon-Loving, All My Children)
1954 – Willie Randolph, Holly Hill South Carolina, former New York Mets manager
1955 – William Wall, Irish writer
1956 – John Jorgenson, Madison Wisc, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
1956 – Matt Bahr, NFL kicker (NE Patriots, NY Giants)
1956 – Casey Sander, American actor
1957 – Mario Martinez, Salinas Ca, US Olympic weightlifter (Olympic-4th-1988)
1957 – Ron Duguay, Canada, hockey player (NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings)
1958 – Jennifer Saunders, Sleaford England, actress (Absolutely Fabulous)
1958 – Mark Benson, cricketer (played Test England v India 1986, 30 & 21)
1958 – Ossie Moore, Murwillumbah NSW, Australian golfer
1959 – John Keeble, rock drummer (Spandau Ballet-True), born in London, England
1959 – Tahir Naqqash, cricketer (Pakistani pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1982-85)
1960 – Caroll-Ann Alie, Ottawa Ontario, yachter (Olympics-14-92, 96)
1960 – Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, Czech, speed walker (world record 10K)
1960 – Lauri Merten, Waukesha WI, LPGA golfer (1993 US Women’s Open)
1960 – Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Greenwood Ms, 200m/400m runner (Olympic-gold-84)
1961 – Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, Virg, 100m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984)
1961 – Kimberly Foster, actress (It Takes Two)
1963 – Edwin Gorter, soccer player (Lommel/FC Utrecht)
1964 – Lillie Leatherwood, Northport Ala, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1984)
1965 – Glenn Scarpelli, Staten Is NY, actor (Alex-One Day At a Time, Fantasy)
1965 – Tim Camargo, jockey
1966 – Brian Posehn, American actor
1967 – David Whitmore, NFL strong safety (Philadelphia Eagles)
1967 – Omar Olivares, Mayaguez Puerto Rico, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1967 – Heather Nova, Bermudian singer
1968 – Alvin Harper, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1968 – Anthony Kershler, cricketer (NSW left-arm spinner 1994-95)
1969 – Michael Grant, vocalist (Musical Youth)
1969 – Sophia Witherspoon, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)
1969 – Brian Van Holt, American actor
1970 – Antonio Harvey, NBA center/forward (LA Clippers)
1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper
1970 – Frank Salvato II, Italian-American Sound Engineer and Composer
1970 – Martin Smith, English singer (Delirious?)
1971 – Adam Laurent, Santa Cruz California, pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
1971 – Kari Kupcinet, actress (Julie Sanderson-Young & Restless), born in Chicago, Illinois
1971 – Owen Lance Bill Hughes, Palmerston North NZ, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1971 – Kenya D. Williamson, American actress
1972 – Billy Davis, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
1972 – Isabelle Boulay, French-Canadian singer
1972 – D-Styles, American scratch DJ
1972 – Greg Norton, American baseball player
1972 – Mark Gasser, British pianist
1973 – Karl Ballard, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs)
1974 – Steve Sullivan, Timmins, NHL center (NJ Devils)
1974 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
1975 – Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
1975 – Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor
1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper
1976 – Michelle Stanley, Littleton Colorado, Miss America-Colorado (1997)
1976 – Nikki Mott, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1977 – Con Blatsis, Australian footballer
1977 – Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
1977 – Craig Handley, British film director
1978 – Rachel Rochelli, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96), born in Houston, Texas
1978 – Tamera Mowry, twin actress (Sisters)
1978 – Tia Mowry, twin actress (Sisters)
1978 – Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Nicolas Daniel Maricio, Prince of Netherlands
1979 – Nic Cester, Australian musician (Jet)
1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
1981 – Nicole Kantek, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 – Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
1982 – Tay Zonday, American singer and keyboardist
1983 – Gregory Smith, Canadian actor
1984 – Lauren Harris, British rock singer
1984 – James Henderson, American model
1986 – Derrick Williams, American football player
1987 – Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
1987 – Kate Nash, English singer/songwriter
1987 – Matt O’Leary, American actor
1994 – Rebecca Rosso and Camilla Rosso, British actresses
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