Famous people born on 6 April

• Moshe ben MaimonMedieval Jewish philosopher from Spain · 1138–1204
  66 yrs
• Alexander HerzenRussian author, philosopher, and revolutionary · 1812–1870
  57 yrs
• Kurt Georg KiesingerChancellor of West Germany · 1904–1988
  83 yrs
• Xuanzang7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar · AD 602–664
  61 yrs
• Nicolas Chamfort ↗French journalist and moralistic author · 1741–1794
  53 yrs
• Nadar ↗French photographer and balloonist · 1820–1910
  89 yrs
• James Mill ↗Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher · 1773–1836
  63 yrs
• Gustave Moreau ↗19th century French Symbolist painter · 1826–1898
  72 yrs
• Edmond H. Fischer ↗American biochemist · 1920–2021
  101 yrs
• Feodor Lynen ↗German biochemist, Nobel Laureate · 1911–1979
  68 yrs
• Pasquale Paoli ↗Corsican leader · 1725–1807
  81 yrs
• John William Waterhouse ↗English painter · 1849–1917
  67 yrs
• Leonora Carrington ↗British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist · 1917–2011
  94 yrs
• Ian Paisley ↗Politician and former church minister · 1926–2014
  88 yrs
• Tomoyasu Asaoka ↗Japanese association football player · 1962–2021
  59 yrs
• Fra Bartolomeo ↗Italian Renaissance painter · 1472–1517
  45 yrs
• Carlo Felice I of Sardinia ↗King of Sardinia · 1765–1831
  66 yrs
• André Previn ↗German-American conductor, pianist, and composer · 1929–2019
  89 yrs
• Anthony Fokker ↗Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft manufacturer · 1890–1939
  49 yrs
• Merle Haggard ↗American country music songwriter, singer, and musician · 1937–2016
  79 yrs
• Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia ↗Grand Duchess of Russia (1875–1960); fourth child and elder daughter of Alexander III of Russia and Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) · 1875–1960
  85 yrs
• I. Athenagoras ↗Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople · 1886–1972
  86 yrs
• Asaf Jah VII of Hyderabad ↗Last Monarch of the Kingdom of Hyderabad · 1886–1967
  80 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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