November 6 - Births

Births

1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
1479 – Joanna of Castile (d. 1555)
1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (d. 1566)
1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish wife of Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1612)
1607 – Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer (d. 1655)
1661 – Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
1692 – Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
1753 – Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (d. 1823)
1753 – Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802)
1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian musician, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)
1833 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908)
1835 – Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist (d. 1909)
1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (d. 1915)
1841 – Armand Fallières, French politician, President of France (d. 1931)
1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)
1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932)
1855 – E. S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation (d. 1942)
1860 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 1941)
1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American inventor of basketball (d. 1939)
1880 – Robert Musil, Austrian author (d. 1942)
1880 – George Poage, American hurdler (d. 1962)
1880 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author (d. 1959)
1882 – Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1924)
1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1892 – Harold Ross, American journalist, co-founded The New Yorker (d. 1951)
1893 – Edsel Ford, American businessman (d. 1943)
1903 – June Marlowe, American actress (d. 1984)
1906 – James D. Norris, American businessman (d. 1966)
1914 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)
1916 – Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)
1921 – Eric Day, English footballer (d. 2012)
1921 – James Jones, American author (d. 1977)
1922 – Frank J. Lynch, American judge and politician (d. 1987)
1924 – Jeanette Schmid, Austrian whistler (d. 2005)
1925 – Michel Bouquet, French actor
1926 – Frank Carson, Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012)
1930 – Tom Hornbein, American mountaineer
1931 – Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958)
1931 – Mike Nichols, German-American director, screenwriter, and producer
1932 – Stonewall Jackson, American singer-songwriter
1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor (d. 2012)
1937 – Garry Gross, American photographer (d. 2010)
1937 – Eugene Pitt, American singer (The Jive Five)
1937 – Marco Vassi, American author (d. 1989)
1937 – Joe Warfield, American actor and director
1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1938 – Branko Mikasinovich, Serbian journalist and scholar
1938 – P.J. Proby, American singer-songwriter and actor
1938 – Diana E. H. Russell, South African activist and author
1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)
1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino jurist
1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer
1940 – Ruth Messinger, American politician
1940 – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, American pilot and religious leader
1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 – Sally Field, American actress
1946 – Fred Penner, Canadian singer and guitarist
1947 – Jim Rosenthal, English sportscaster
1947 – Edward Yang, Taiwanese director (d. 2007)
1947 – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Easybeats and Flash and the Pan)
1948 – Sidney Blumenthal, American journalist
1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Eagles)
1949 – Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)
1949 – Nigel Havers, English actor
1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban trumpet player, pianist, and composer
1949 – Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat
1950 – Amir Aczel, Israeli historian
1950 – Chris Glen, Scottish bass player (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Michael Schenker Group)
1951 – Peter Althin, Swedish lawyer and politician
1951 – John Falsey, American scriptwriter and producer
1952 – Michael Cunningham, American author
1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer
1954 – Catherine Crier, American judge, journalist, and author
1955 – Alton Coleman, American serial killer (d. 2002)
1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist
1957 – Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer
1957 – Klaus Kleinfeld, German businessman
1957 – Siobhán McCarthy, Irish actress and singer
1957 – Lori Singer, American actress
1958 – Trace Beaulieu, American actor
1960 – Michael Cerveris, American actor
1961 – Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese video game designer
1961 – Craig Goldy, American guitarist (Dio, Giuffria, and Rough Cutt)
1961 – Florent Pagny, French singer-songwriter and actor
1962 – Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian actor and singer
1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter (Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation) (d. 1998)
1964 – Kerry Conran, American director and producer
1964 – Arne Duncan, American educator, 9th United States Secretary of Education
1964 – Corey Glover, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Living Color and Galactic)
1964 – Greg Graffin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and author (Bad Religion)
1965 – René Unglaube, German footballer
1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor and director
1966 – Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer (Mr. Big, Racer X, and Yellow Matter Custard)
1967 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)
1968 – Caesar Meadows, American cartoonist
1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress
1968 – Alfred Williams, American football player
1968 – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1971 – Clonie Gowen, American poker player
1972 – Deivi Cruz, Dominican baseball player
1972 – Garry Flitcroft, English footballer
1972 – Adonis Georgiades, Greek politician and author
1972 – Thandie Newton, English actress
1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American actress
1973 – Nell McAndrew, English model
1974 – Zoe McLellan, American actress
1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)
1976 – Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist
1976 – Mike Herrera, American singer-songwriter and bass player (MxPx and Mike Herrera's Tumbledown)
1976 – Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)
1977 – Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
1978 – Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress
1978 – Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host
1978 – Jolina Magdangal, Filipino singer and actress
1978 – Taryn Manning, American singer-songwriter and actress (Boomkat)
1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player
1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress
1981 – Cassie Bernall, American student, victim of the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
1981 – Lee Dong-wook, South Korean actor
1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Sowelu, Japanese singer
1982 – Steve Millar, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Jon Hume, Australian singer-songwriter and producer (Evermore)
1983 – Janette McBride, Filipino-Australian actress
1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player
1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
1985 – Ettore Marchi, Italian footballer
1986 – Katie Leclerc, American actress
1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer
1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
1988 – Emma Stone, American actress
1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
1989 – Shaina Magdayao, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer
1992 – Paula Kania, Polish tennis player
1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor