Anniversaries 6 September
Birth
British hat maker
1634–1703
German Jewish philosopher and theologian
1729–1786
French general and politician
1757–1834
English chemist, meteorologist and physicist
1766–1844
American activist
1795–1852
German philosopher and historian
1809–1882
pioneer settlement social worker
1860–1935
American author
1900–1998
British psychiatrist
1903–1972
American mathematician and physicist
1906–1986
French sculptor and plastician
1912–1992
Royal Marines general
1916–1990
Israeli linguist
1925–1991
British crystallographer
1926
American writer and philosopher
1928–2017
American anthropologist and academic
1928–1982
American computer scientist
1932–2016
English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of Pink Floyd
1943
scholar in the field of science and technology studies
1944
American film director
1949
American corporate executive and politician
1954
American stand-up comedian
1958
55th Governor of New Jersey, former U.S. Attorney for the D…
1962
American singer-songwriter and actress
1967
Nigerian actress and movie producer
1968
American artist, writer and producer
1969
English actor, DJ and recording artist
1972
Death
Bible translator and agitator from England
1494–1536
French politician
1619–1683
German jurist and lawyer
1794–1877
Royal Navy admiral
1846–1919
Canadian novelist and British politician
1862–1932
American birth control activist, educator and nurse
1879–1966
English Mathematician
1885–1977
British novelist and philosopher
1886–1950
American philosopher
1892–1989
Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassin…
1901–1966
Japanese film maker
1910–1998
American evangelical charity founder
1914–1978
American writer
1918–2007
Electrical engineer and computer scientist
1921–2017
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs
1923–1951
former President of Zimbabwe
1924–2019
American businessman
1926–2018
Italian operatic tenor
1935–2007
American actor, director and producer.
1936–2018
American writer and activist
1937–2017