Famous people born on 6 October

• Le CorbusierSwiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer · 1887–1965
  77 yrs
• Thor HeyerdahlNorwegian anthropologist and adventurer · 1914–2002
  87 yrs
• Louis-Philippe IKing of the French from 1830 to 1848 · 1773–1850
  76 yrs
• Ernest WaltonIrish physicist and Nobel laureate · 1903–1995
  91 yrs
• Riccardo GiacconiItalian-American astrophysicist · 1931–2018
  87 yrs
• Richard DedekindGerman mathematician · 1831–1916
  84 yrs
• Janet GaynorAmerican actress · 1906–1984
  77 yrs
• Carole Lombard ↗American actress · 1908–1942
  33 yrs
• Jenny Lind ↗Swedish opera singer · 1820–1887
  67 yrs
• Siad Barre ↗Head of State of Somalia · 1919–1995
  75 yrs
• George Westinghouse ↗American inventor and businessman · 1846–1914
  67 yrs
• Frederick VII of Denmark ↗King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863 · 1808–1863
  55 yrs
• Yaşar Kemal ↗Kurdish writer and human rights activist · 1923–2015
  91 yrs
• Roland Garros ↗Reunionese aviator · 1888–1918
  29 yrs
• Maria Dąbrowska ↗Polish writer · 1889–1965
  75 yrs
• Bobby Farrell ↗Dutch dancer and singer · 1949–2010
  61 yrs
• Wenceslaus III of Bohemia ↗King of Hungary, Bohemia and Poland · 1289–1306
  16 yrs
• Meghnad Saha ↗Bengali astrophysicist · 1893–1956
  62 yrs
• Vinod Khanna ↗Indian actor, director, politician · 1946–2017
  70 yrs
• Nikolai Chernykh ↗Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer · 1931–2004
  72 yrs
• Henri Christophe ↗President and King of North Haiti · 1767–1820
  53 yrs
• Ernesto Laclau ↗Argentine philosopher and political theorist · 1935–2014
  78 yrs
• Bruno Cremer ↗French actor · 1929–2010
  80 yrs
• Helen Wills ↗American tennis player · 1905–1998
  92 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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