Birthday: 6 May
Famous people born on 6 May
31 of the best-known people in our data were born on 6 May, including Sigmund Freud, Maximilien Robespierre and Orson Welles. The longest life among them was Willie Mays's, at 93 years.
- Sigmund FreudAustrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis · 1856–193983 yrs
- Maximilien RobespierreFrench revolutionary lawyer and politician · 1758–179436 yrs
- Orson WellesAmerican actor and filmmaker · 1915–198570 yrs
- Harry MartinsonSwedish writer · 1904–197873 yrs
- SkanderbegAlbanian noble and military commander · 1405–146862 yrs
- Victor GrignardFrench chemist · 1871–193564 yrs
- Ernst Ludwig KirchnerGerman painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker · 1880–193858 yrs
- Rudolph Valentino ↗Italian actor · 1895–192631 yrs
- Robert Peary ↗Explorer from the United States · 1856–192063 yrs
- Paul Lauterbur ↗American chemist · 1929–200777 yrs
- Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ↗Sheikh of Abu Dhabi from 1966 to 2003 · 1918–200486 yrs
- Heraclius Constantine ↗Byzantine Emperor in 641 · AD 612–64129 yrs
- Christian Morgenstern ↗German author · 1871–191442 yrs
- Ludwig Börne ↗German writer · 1786–183750 yrs
- Ivica Osim ↗Bosnian association football player and manager · 1941–202280 yrs
- Gaston Leroux ↗French author and journalist · 1868–192758 yrs
- Masato Kudō ↗Japanese football player · 1990–202232 yrs
- André Masséna ↗French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars · 1758–181758 yrs
- Djemal Pasha ↗Turkish general and politician · 1872–192250 yrs
- Samuel Doe ↗21st President of Liberia · 1951–199039 yrs
- Willem de Sitter ↗Dutch cosmologist · 1872–193462 yrs
- André Weil ↗French mathematician · 1906–199892 yrs
- Motilal Nehru ↗Indian lawyer and politician · 1861–193169 yrs
- Wilhelm, German Crown Prince ↗Prussian Crown Prince · 1882–195169 yrs
- Andreas Baader ↗German far-left militant leader · 1943–197734 yrs
- Max Ophüls ↗German film director · 1902–195754 yrs
- Willie Mays ↗American baseball player · 1931–202493 yrs
- Rolf Sievert ↗Swedish medical physicist, professor · 1896–196670 yrs
- Erich Fried ↗Austrian writer · 1921–198867 yrs
- Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany ↗Grand Duke of Tuscany · 1769–182455 yrs
- Bedřich Hrozný ↗Czech archeologist, linguist and orientalist · 1879–195273 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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