May 6th Birthdays:
1405 Skanderbeg, Albanian lord (d. 1468)
1501 Pope Marcellus II (d. 1555)
1574 Pope Innocent X (d. 1655)
1638 Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, English first Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)
1680 Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French composer and cellist (d. 1755)
1713 Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)
1714 Anton Raaff, German tenor (d. 1797)
1758 Andrι Massιna, French marshal (d. 1817)
1758 Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (d. 1794)
1769 Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
1769 Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (d. 1834)
1797 Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
1800 Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)
1851 Aristide Bruant, French singer and comedian (d. 1925)
1856 Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939)
1856 Robert Peary, American explorer (d. 1920)
1861 Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
1868 Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
1871 Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1871 Christian Morgenstern, German author (d. 1914)
1872 Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (d. 1934)
1879 Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (d. 1929)
1879 Bedřich Hroznύ, Czech orientalist (d. 1952)
1880 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (d. 1938)
1880 Winifred Brunton, British-South African painter (d. 1959)
1880 William J. Simmons, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1945)
1882 William, German Crown Prince (d. 1951)
1895 Fidιl Pαlffy, Hungarian *bleep* nobleman (d. 1946)
1895 Jϊlio Cιsar de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974)
1895 Rudolph Valentino, Italian-American actor (d. 1926)
1897 Paul Alverdes, German writer (d. 1979)
1898 Konrad Henlein, Czech politician (d. 1945)
1899 Billy Cotton, English bandleader (d. 1969)
1902 Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
1902 Max Ophόls, German director (d. 1957)
1903 Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)
1904 Raymond Bailey, American actor (d. 1980)
1904 Moshι Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist, founder of the Feldenkrais method (d. 1984)
1904 Harry Martinson, Swedish author and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
1906 Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (d. 2005)
1906 Andrι Weil, French mathematician (d. 1998)
1907 Weeb Ewbank, American football coach (d. 1998)
1909 Loyd Sigmon, American radio broadcaster (d. 2004)
1910 Leo Lionni, American children's author (d. 1999)
1911 Guy des Cars, French novelist (d. 1993)
1911 Frank Nelson, American actor (d. 1986)
1913 Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
1913 Stewart Granger, English actor (d. 1993)
1915 Orson Welles, American director and actor (d. 1985)
1915 Theodore H. White, American writer (d. 1986)
1916 Adriana Caselotti, American actress (d. 1997)
1916 Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (d. 1997)
1916 Sif Ruud, Swedish actress (d. 2011)
1917 Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
1917 Jilly Rizzo, American restaurateur (d. 1992)
1920 Ross Hunter, American film producer (d. 1996)
1920 Kamisese Mara, Fijian statesman, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004)
1920 Martha Beck, American convicted murderer (d. 1951)
1921 Erich Fried, German author (d. 1988)
1922 Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (d. 1999)
1922 Vladimir Etush, Russian actor
1923 Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1924 Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992)
1924 Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006)
1926 Gilles Grιgoire, Canadian politician, co-founder of the Parti Quιbιcois (d. 2006)
1926 Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (d. 2012)
1928 Robert Poujade, French politician
1929 Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1931 Willie Mays, American baseball player
1934 Richard Shelby, American politician
1936 Bernard Lemaire, French-Canadian businessman
1937 Rubin Carter, American boxer
1938 Jean Garon, Canadian economist and politician
1938 Larry Gogan, Irish broadcaster
1939 Eddie C. Campbell, American guitarist and singer
1942 Rin Kaiho, Japanese go player
1942 David Friesen, American jazz bassist
1943 Andreas Baader, German terrorist, member of the Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
1943 Grange Calveley, English cartoonist
1943 Milton William Cooper, American writer, shortwave broadcaster (d. 2001)
1944 Anton Furst, American production designer (d. 1991)
1944 Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player
1945 Richard Eyer, American actor
1945 Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Flatlanders)
1945 Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and musician
1947 Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
1947 Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
1948 Mary MacGregor, American singer
1949 Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., American voice actor and cartoonist
1950 Jeffrey Deaver, American novelist
1950 Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (Average White Band and The Senate) (d. 1974)
1951 Samuel Doe, Liberian politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)
1952 Christian Clavier, French actor
1952 Gregg Henry, American actor and musician
1952 Michael O'Hare, American actor (d. 2012)
1952 Gerrit Zalm, Dutch politician and businessman
1953 Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986)
1953 Tony Blair, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1953 Michelle Courchesne, Canadian politician
1953 Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
1953 Lynn Whitfield, American actress
1954 Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
1954 Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician
1955 Tom Bergeron, American television host
1956 Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek comedian and screenwriter
1958 Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress
1960 Roma Downey, Irish actress
1960 John Flansburgh, American musician and songwriter (They Might Be Giants and Mono Puff)
1960 Anne Parillaud, French actress
1960 Phyllis Treigle, American soprano
1961 George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 Gina Riley, Australian actress, writer, singer and comedian
1964 Dana Hill, American actress (d. 1996)
1964 Tony Scalzo, American singer-songwriter and musician (Fastball)
1965 Leslie Hope, Canadian actress
1968 Lζtitia Sadier, French singer (Stereolab, Monade, and McCarthy)
1969 Jim Magilton, Irish footballer
1970 Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
1970 Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
1970 Tristαn Ulloa, Spanish actor
1971 Chris Shiflett, American guitarist (Foo Fighters, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Jackson United, No Use for a Name, and Viva Death)
1972 Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
1974 Faruk Namdar, Turkish footballer
1977 Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
1977 Marc Chouinard, French-Canadian ice hockey player
1977 Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player
1978 John Abraham, American football player
1978 Fredrick Federley, Swedish politician
1978 Aleksandr Fyodorov, Russian bodybuilder
1979 Mark Burrier, American cartoonist
1979 Kerry Ellis, English actress and singer
1979 Nikki Hayes, Irish radio host
1979 Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
1980 Nicole Brunner, American actress
1980 Scott Colton, American wrestler
1980 Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek basketball player
1980 Mark Ladwig, American figure skater
1980 Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
1980 Taebin, Korean singer and rapper (1TYM)
1980 Kelly van der Veer, Dutch actress and singer
1981 Matt Drake, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Evile)
1981 Nicholas Setta, American-Canadian football player
1981 Edyta Śliwińska, Polish dancer
1982 Kyle Shewfelt, Canadian gymnast
1983 Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
1983 Adrianne Palicki, American actress
1983 Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
1983 Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious figure, the 17th Karmapa Lama
1983 Raquel Zimmermann, Brazilian model
1984 Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player
1984 Juan Pablo Carrizo, Argentine footballer
1985 Chris Paul, American basketball player
1985 Tanerau Latimer, New Zealand rugby player
1986 Cindy Daniel, Canadian singer
1986 Goran Dragić, Slovenian basketball player
1986 Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor
1986 Roman Kreuziger, Czech cyclist
1987 Moon Geun Young, South Korean actress
1987 Meek Mill, American rapper
1989 Bobby Bazini, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
1989 Dominika Cibulkovα, Slovakian tennis player
1989 Amra Sadiković, Swiss tennis player
1990 Danielle Beaubrun, Saint Lucian swimmer
1990 Caitlin Yankowskas, American figure skater
1991 Valerio Frasca, Italian footballer
1992 Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player
1992 Ria Popović, English-Serbian footballer
1992 Takashi Usami, Japanese footballer
1993 Naomi Scott, English actress and singer
1996 Dominic Scott Kay, American actor
2002 Emily Alyn Lind, American actress