Anniversaries 6 October

Birth

William Tyndale38

Bible translator and agitator from England 1494–1536

Louis Philippe I3

King of the French 1773–1850

Charles Dupin7

French mathematician 1784–1873

George Henry Boker2

American poet, playwright, and diplomat 1823–1890

Richard Dedekind13

German mathematician 1831–1916

Hussain Ahmed Madani2

19th century Islamic scholar of India 1879–1957

Le Corbusier16

architect, designer, urbanist, and writer 1887–1965

Caroline Gordon1

Novelist, literary critic 1895–1981

Herbert M. Shelton3

American medical writer 1895–1985

Thế Lữ2

1907–1989

Carole Lombard2

American actress 1908–1942

Barbara Castle2

British politician 1910–2002

Thor Heyerdahl5

Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer 1914–2002

Emil Gilels2

Soviet pianist 1916–1985

Fannie Lou Hamer7

American civil rights activist (October 6, 1917 – March 14,… 1917–1977

Henry M. Morris3

American young earth creationist and Christian apologist 1918–2006

Siad Barre9

Head of State of Somalia 1919–1995

Vico Magistretti1

Italian architect 1920–2006

Joseph Lowery3

American activist 1921

George R. Price2

American population geneticist 1922–1975

Robert Kuok14

Malaysian businessman 1923

Shana Alexander3

Journalist 1925–2005

Hafez al-Assad4

former president of Syria 1930–2000

Marshall B. Rosenberg6

American psychologist 1934–2015

Robert Langlands3

Canadian mathematician 1936

Anthony C. Yu1

American scholar of literature and religion 1938–2015

Melvyn Bragg2

British broadcaster and author 1939

Alice Borchardt57

American fiction writer 1939–2007

Xuân Quỳnh1

poet 1942–1988

Stephen Arroyo1

American astrologer, astrological writer 1946

David Brin123

novelist, short story writer 1950

Ellen Kushner17

American writer 1955

William Lai3

Taiwanese politician 1959

Bill Thompson6

English technology writer, born 1960 1960

Steve Scalise2

American politician 1965

Peg O'Connor1

American philosopher 1965

John McWhorter1

American linguist and political commentator 1965

Muhammad V of Kelantan1

Sultan of Kelantan 1969

Ricky Hatton17

English former professional boxer 1978

Death

Magnus Björnstjerna2

Swedish count and general (1779-1847) 1779–1847

Nehemiah Adams4

Massachusetts clergyman 1806–1878

Benjamin Peirce24

American mathematician 1809–1880

Alfred, Lord Tennyson213

British poet laureate 1809–1892

Jules Dupré4

French painter 1811–1889

Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton5

British judge 1817–1907

Charles Stewart Parnell11

Irish politician 1846–1891

Bernard Berenson2

American art critic 1865–1959

J. Reuben Clark1

Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 1871–1961

Robert Wilson Lynd6

Irish writer 1879–1949

Yehuda Ashlag35

Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Kabbalist 1886–1954

Joseph N. Welch3

American lawyer 1890–1960

Beatrice Kaufman1

American writer and playwright 1895–1945

Gilbert Ryle8

British philosopher 1900–1976

George Gaylord Simpson4

American paleontologist 1902–1984

Bette Davis36

film and television actress from the United States 1908–1989

Elizabeth Bishop17

American poet 1911–1979

Anwar Sadat5

Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 1918–1981

J. J. C. Smart3

Australian philosopher and academic 1920–2012

J. J. C. Smart1

Australian philosopher and academic 1920–2012

Nico van Kampen3

Dutch theoretical physicist 1921–2013

Alexander Kronrod2

Russian mathematician 1921–1986

Harbhajan Singh Yogi14

Indian-American Sikh Yogi 1929–2004

Paavo Haavikko1

Finnish poet and writer from 20th century 1931–2008

Walter Greiner1

German physicist 1935–2016

Pete McCarthy1

British travel writer 1951–2004