Birthdays of important personalities on February 6

1461: Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet
1564: Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)
1608: Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher
1612: Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist
1637: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan
1665: Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14)
1724: Paul-Louis Cyffl?, Flemish sculptor (Terre de Lorraine)
1753: Evariste D?sir? Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet
1756: Aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler
1778: Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis)
1797: Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs
1798: Th?odore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter/etcher
1802: Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]
1804: Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler
1818: William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901
1830: Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)
1832: John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
1833: James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army)
1833: Jos? M de Pereda y S nchez the Porr?a, Spanish writer (Sotileza)
1834: William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1860: Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)
1864: John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author/poet (Anarchists)
1866: Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist (Vulkankunde)
1872: Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]
1874: Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel)
1876: Wilhelm Schmidtbonn[-Schmidt], German playwright (Der Sprechende Eros)
1879: Carl Ramsauer
1886: Louis Pi?rard, Belgian journalist/writer (Great Germany)
1888: Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)
1889: Karel Wellens, Flemish painter
1889: Siegfried Kracauer, writer
1890: Anton Hermann Fokker, avation pioneer
1893: Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, pres of UN General Assembly (1962-63)
1895: George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)
1900: Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist
1900: Rudolf V?rnlund, Swedish playwright (Heliga Familjen)
1902: Louis Nizer, lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw)
1903: Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (Temptation of Poverty)
1905: Wladislaw Gomulka, premier of Poland
1907: Sam Green, industrialist/inventor
1908: Amintore Fanfani, premier of Italy
1908: Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, national Park Warden
1910: George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager (Brentford)
1910: Irmgard Keun, West German writer (Das kunstseidene M?dchen)
1911: Ronald Reagan, Former American President between 1981-1989more...
1912: Eva Braun, mistress (Adolph Hitler)
1913: Mary Nicol Leakey, palaeontologist
1915: Derk Roemers, Dutch politician (Soc-Dem)
1916: Bill Doggett, rocker
1917: Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist
1919: Louis Heren, journalist/writer (China's Three Thousand Years)
1920: James H Scheuer, (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- )
1924: Billy W William Ambrose right, soccer star
1924: Billy Wright, English soccer player
1924: Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author (Road to Rome)
1927: Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher (Pitts Pirates)
1929: Keith Waterhouse, English writer (Billy Liar, Say Who Are You?)
1929: Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64)
1933: Leslie Crowther, English TV-comic/quizmaster
1933: Walter E Fauntroy, (Rep-D-DC, 1971- )
1936: Otis Williams, rocker (Charms)
1937: Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner
1940: Tom Brokaw, Yankton SD, news anchor (NBC Nightly News 1982- )
1942: John London, bassist (Michael Nesmith band)
1943: Fabian Forte, Phila Pa, vocalist (Turn Me Loose, Tiger)
1945: Bob Marley, Jamacian reggae vocalist (& Wailers-Roots Rock Reggae)
1947: Charles Hickcox, US, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1968)
1949: Frank Rich, US politician (?)
1949: Richie Zisk, baseball player
1950: Natalie Cole, LA Calif, vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy)
1950: Punky Meadows, Washington DC, rock guitarist (Angel)
1950: Rich Glover, NFLer
1951: Maria Christina, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III
1952: Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach (Oly-96)
1953: Susie Hutchison, Flintridge Calif, equestrian show jumper (Olymp-96)
1954: Scott Kempner, "Top Ten" rocker (Del Lords)
1955: Eric Money, NBAer
1957: Jerry Marotta, rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time)
1958: Bill Dawley, baseball player
1958: Cecily Adams, Queens NY, entertainment caster (American Heart)
1961: Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russian major/cosmonaut (Mir, Soyuz TM-23)
1962: Axl Rose, [William Bailey], Lafayette In, vocalist (Guns & Roses)
1963: Mike Hough, Montreal, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
1964: Skip Ewing, Redlands Calif, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado)
1966: Rick Astley, rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up)
1967: Bennie Dekker, Dutch soccer player (NEC/AZ/De Graafschap)
1967: Mike Evans, WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals)
1968: Richard Newbill, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs)
1969: Bob Wickman, Green Bay WI, pitcher (Chic White Sox, NY Yankees)
1969: Greg Patrick, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969: Kurt Abbott, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)
1970: Jeff Rouse, US, 50m/100m backstroke swimmer (Olymp-gold/silver-92, 96)
1970: Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1971: Peter Tchernyshev, St Petersburg Russia, dance skater (& Naomi Lang)
1973: Arie Obdam, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1973: Fred Miller, tackle (St Louis Rams)
1974: Nathan Davis, defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1974: Olaf Lindenbergh, soccer player (Ajax, De Graafschap)
1975: Leo Insam, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
1976: Elina Zisi, Miss Greece Universe (1997)
1976: Kim Zmeskal, Houston TX, US gymnist (Olympic-92)

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