June 6: Today's Notable Birthdays

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company. June 6th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

June 6th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Russian composer (Gayane, Masquerade and Spartacus), was born on June 6, 1903.

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish painter (Las Meninas, La Rendicion de Breda and La Venus del Espejo), was born on June 6, 1599.

John Trumbull, American painter (Battle of Bunker's Hill, Death of Montgomery at Quebec,Declaration of Independence,Surrender of General Burgoyne,Surrender of Lord Cornwallis and General George Washington Resigning His Commission), was born on June 6, 1756.

June 6th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Swedish tennis legend Bjorn Borg was born on June 6, 1956.

Sandra Morgan, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1956), was born on June 6, 1942.

Vladimir Ruzicka, Czechoslovakian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (1998), was born on June 6, 1963.

June 6th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Pearl Sydenstrick Buck, American novelist (China Sky, Come My Beloved, East Wind West Wind, The Good Earth, A House Divided, Imperial Women, Pavilion of Women and This Proud Heart), Pulitzer Prize winner (1932) and Nobel Prize winner (1938), was born on June 6, 1892.

Pierre Corneille, French tragic dramatist (Heraclius,Le Cid, Le Menteur, La Mort de Pompee, Rodogune and Theodore), was born on June 6, 1606.

Thomas Mann, German novelist (Buddenbrooks, The Coming Victory of Democracy, Death in Venice, Doctor Faustus, Felix Krull, The Holy Sinner, Joseph and His Brothers, Lotte in Weimar, The Magic Mountain, Mario and the Musician, Tonio Kroger and Tristan) and Nobel Prize winner (1929), was born on June 6, 1875.

R. C. Sherriff, British author (Home at Seven,Journey's End and The White Carnation), was born on June 6, 1896.

June 6th Birthday: Famous Business Leaders

Walter Percy Chrysler, American automotive mogul and founder of Chrysler Corporation (1925), was born on June 6, 1875.

Marian Wright-Edelman, American attorney and activist (Children's Defense Fund and NAACP Legal Defense Fund), was born on June 6, 1939.

June 6th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American actress and comedienne Sandra Bernhard (Hudson Hawk, The King of Comedy and Roseanne) was born on June 6, 1955.

Robert Barton Englund, American actor (2001 Maniacs, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Buster and Billie, Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Galaxy of Terror, Hatchet, Meet the Deedles, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Paper Brigade, The Phantom of the Opera, Python, Urban Legend, Wes Craven's New Nightmare and Wishmaster), was born on June 6, 1949.

Harvey Fierstein, American playwright and actor (Independence Day, Mrs. Doubtfire, Mulan, Torch Song Trilogy and White Lies), was born on June 6, 1954.

Lukas Hass, American actor, (Alpha Dog, Breakfast of Champions, Death in Love, Gardener of Eden, Lady in White, Mars Attacks, Music Box, Rambling Rose, The Ryan White Story, Testament, Witness and Zoolander), was born on June 6, 1976.

American harpist Lloyd Lindroth (Hee-Haw, Grand Old Opry and Roots), was born on June 6, 1931.

British actress Amanda Pays (A.D., The Flash, Max Headroom and The X-Files) was born on June 6, 1959.

June 6th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Karl F. Braun, German telegraphic scientist, inventor and Nobel Prize winner (1909), was born on June 6, 1850.

Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1986), was born on June 6, 1933.

June 6th Birthdays: Famous World Leaders

Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (Llhamo Döndrub), the 14^th Dalai Lama and Tibetan spiritual leader, was born on June 6, 1935.

Nathan Hale, American Revolutionary War patriot ("I only regret that I have but one life to give my country"), was born on June 6, 1755.

Happy Birthday, June 6th.

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