Anniversaries 6 May
Birth
English clergyman and dramatist
1714–1778
French revolutionary lawyer and politician
1758–1794
French man of letters and playwright
1759–1833
American songwriter
1797–1882
Spanish author, political theorist and diplomat
1809–1853
United States poet and novelist
1823–1902
Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psycho…
1856–1939
Emperor of All the Russias, Grand Duke of Finland and King …
1868–1918
Ottoman general
1872–1922
Dutch cosmologist
1872–1934
United States admiral, ambassador to France, Chief of Staff
1875–1959
German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker
1880–1938
French mathematician
1906–1998
Colombian eductor and translator
1909–1996
African American communist
1913–1997
poet, critic, novelist, essayist
1914–1965
American composer
1915–2009
Apostle of the LDS Church
1915–1994
American actor, director, writer and producer
1915–1985
British musician and poet
1915–2004
American astronomer
1916–1997
Sheikh of Abu Dhabi (1918-2004)
1918–2004
President of Fiji
1920–2004
Austrian writer
1921–1988
French explorer and environmentalist; son of Jacques-Yves C…
1938
Norwegian politician
1944
American singer-songwriter
1945
American philosopher
1947
novelist, journalist, lawyer
1950
astronaut, medical doctor
1952
Taiwanese politician
1953
American baseball player
1953
former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1953
American actor, writer, producer, and comedian
1954
Polish historian, journalist and opinion journalist
1961
American actor, filmmaker, and activist
1961
English stage actress and singer
1979
American football punter
1982
Death
Spanish philosopher
1492–1540
Russian military commander
1730–1800
German writer and Freemason
1752–1796
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer
1769–1859
Muslim activist
1786–1831
Scottish metaphysician (1788–1856)
1788–1856
American politician and lawyer
1811–1884
British composer, songwriter and playwright
1813–1885
1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitio…
1817–1862
English scientist
1824–1904
British theologian and writer
1850–1907
American hymnwriter
1855–1915
Children's writer, editor, journalist, screenwriter
1856–1919
Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist
1862–1949
Italian pedagogue, philosopher and physician
1870–1952
American journalist
1880–1954
Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and ph…
1881–1963
British studio potter and art teacher
1887–1979
German-American actress and singer
1901–1992
American writer
1904–1993
American-born British neuroscientist and roboticist
1910–1977
American Zen Buddhist monk
1912–2004
American children's writer and illustrator
1916–1983
Canadian author and environmentalist
1921–2014
Soviet general and russian politician
1923–2009
British-Australian nuclear physicist
1924–2000
Dutch politician
1948–2002