Famous people born on 6 September

• John DaltonBritish chemist and mathematician · 1766–1844
  77 yrs
• Jane AddamsAmerican feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer · 1860–1935
  74 yrs
• Edward Victor AppletonEnglish physicist · 1892–1965
  72 yrs
• Abdelkader El DjezairiAlgerian religious and military leader · 1808–1883
  74 yrs
• Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de LafayetteFrench general and politician · 1757–1834
  76 yrs
• Dolores O'RiordanIrish musician · 1971–2018
  46 yrs
• John James Rickard Macleod ↗Nobel prize-winning Scottish physician and physiologist; co-discoverer of insulin · 1876–1935
  58 yrs
• Ivan V of Russia ↗Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1696 · 1666–1696
  29 yrs
• Moses Mendelssohn ↗German-Jewish philosopher and theologian · 1729–1786
  56 yrs
• Luis Federico Leloir ↗Argentine biochemist · 1906–1987
  81 yrs
• Louis IV of France ↗King of West Francia from 936 to 954 · AD 921–954
  33 yrs
• Peter II of Yugoslavia ↗Last King of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1945 · 1923–1970
  47 yrs
• Bruno Bauer ↗German philosopher and theologian · 1809–1882
  72 yrs
• Joseph Wirth ↗German chancellor · 1879–1956
  76 yrs
• Felix Salten ↗Austro-Hungarian author and critic in Vienna · 1869–1945
  76 yrs
• Franz Josef Strauß ↗German politician · 1915–1988
  73 yrs
• Leônidas ↗Brazilian footballer and commentator · 1913–2004
  90 yrs
• Julien Green ↗American author · 1900–1998
  97 yrs
• Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio ↗President of Togo · 1902–1963
  60 yrs
• Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. ↗American businessman, politician and diplomat · 1888–1969
  81 yrs
• Alcide d'Orbigny ↗French scientist · 1802–1857
  54 yrs
• Andrea Camilleri ↗Italian writer · 1925–2019
  93 yrs
• Alexander Farnese ↗Duke of Parma and Piacenza, lived (1545-1592); duke of Castro, man of government and military in the service of Spain · 1545–1592
  47 yrs
• Prince Claus of the Netherlands ↗Consort of the Netherlands · 1926–2002
  76 yrs
• Fumihiko Maki ↗Japanese architect · 1928–2024
  95 yrs
• Mihail Kogălniceanu ↗Romanian statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist · 1817–1891
  73 yrs
• Robert M. Pirsig ↗American writer and philosopher · 1928–2017
  88 yrs

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