On This Day — March 6
4340 noted people were born and 2161 died on March 6 in our archive, including Naum Akhiezer, Sam Bankman-Fried and Özlem Türeci.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on March 6
Naum Akhiezer
1901 – 1980
Sam Bankman-Fried
b. 1992
Özlem Türeci
b. 1967
Afonso Costa
1871 – 1937
Albert Stanburrough Cook
1853 – 1927
Alexander Volberg
b. 1956
Andrzej Wajda
1926 – 2016
Bill Buchanan
b. 1961
Bronisław Geremek
1932 – 2008
Bruno Galland
b. 1964
Carolyn Porco
b. 1953
Cesare Arzelà
1847 – 1912
David Forbes Hendry
b. 1944
François-Xavier Ross
1869 – 1945
Friedrich Müller
1834 – 1898
Ivan Vakarčuk
1947 – 2020
Jon Juaristi
b. 1951
Jos van Kemenade
1937 – 2020
Joseph von Fraunhofer
1787 – 1826
Klaus von Bismarck
1912 – 1997
Lorna Marsden
b. 1942
Marianne Thieme
b. 1972
Mariano Arana
1933 – 2023
Marilyn Strathern
b. 1941
Milton Diamond
1934 – 2024
Oliver Wright
1921 – 2009
Pehr Kalm
1716 – 1779
Piotr Hofmański
b. 1956
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar
1860 – 1934
Tania Sorrell
b. 1947
Tom Foley
1929 – 2013
Tomasz Lis
b. 1966
Valentina Tereshkova
b. 1937
Vasilios Skouris
b. 1948
William H. Webster
1924 – 2025
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
b. 1975
Édouard Allou
1820 – 1888
Abbas Anvari
1944 – 2025
Adolf Martens
1850 – 1914
Akiva Yaglom
1921 – 2007
Alan Greenspan
1926 – 2026
Albert Tessier
1895 – 1976
Alexander Borovkov
1931 – 2026
Alexander Khloponin
b. 1965
Alexander Pokryshkin
1913 – 1985
Anna Shabanova
1842 – 1932
Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest
1784 – 1838
Antoine-François Andréossy
1761 – 1828
Archibald Cary Coolidge
1866 – 1928
Arne Somersalo
1891 – 1941
Arthur Robertson Cushny
1866 – 1926
Arthur Roche
b. 1950
Arthur W. Hummel
1884 – 1975
Augustinus Bludau
1862 – 1930
Avraham Shlonsky
1900 – 1973
Ayaz Gul
b. 1959
Betty Abah
b. 1974
Bruno Hildebrand
1812 – 1878
Bélgica Castro
1921 – 2020
Carmen De Lavallade
1931 – 2025
Charles Napier
1786 – 1860
Chung Doo-un
1957 – 2019
Clement Walker Heneage
1831 – 1901
David Paul Drach
1791 – 1865
David Sheppard
1929 – 2005
Davies Gilbert
1767 – 1839
Denis Napthine
b. 1952
Duan Qirui
1865 – 1936
Edward Blades
1875 – 1953
Edward Djerejian
b. 1939
Elsa Cross
b. 1946
Ernest W. Gibson Jr.
1901 – 1969
Ettore Bortolotti
1866 – 1947
Eurico Dias Nogueira
1923 – 2014
Fazil Iskander
1929 – 2016
Felix Genn
b. 1950
Felix Oinas
1911 – 2004
Feniosky Peña-Mora
b. 1966
Florian Janik
b. 1980
Francesco Coccopalmerio
b. 1938
Franz Quirin von Kober
1821 – 1897
Frederick Luis Aldama
b. 1969
Friedbert Pflüger
b. 1955
George Brown
1920 – 1999
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough
1766 – 1840
Georges Dumas
1866 – 1946
Gert Boyle
1924 – 2019
Gideon Ben-Yisrael
1923 – 2014
Glenn Greenwald
b. 1967
Gordon Cooper
1927 – 2004
Gustaf Lillieblad
1651 – 1710
Harini Amarasuriya
b. 1970
Heinrich Homann
1911 – 1994
Henri Rieunier
1833 – 1918
Herbert London
1939 – 2018
Herman Smitt Ingebretsen
1891 – 1961
Hervé Novelli
b. 1949
Ho Dam
1929 – 1991
Horace Archambeault
1857 – 1918
Ignaz Franz Castelli
1780 – 1862
Igor Volgin
b. 1942
Ilka Gronewold
b. 1985
Jacques Baumel
1918 – 2006
Jan Kops
1765 – 1849
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre
1714 – 1789
Jean-Jacques Willmar
1792 – 1866
Jens Wilken Hornemann
1770 – 1841
Jim Gordon
b. 1937
Jim Knight
b. 1965
Jim Mather
b. 1947
Joaquín Víctor González
1863 – 1923
John Douglas
1828 – 1904
John Guttag
b. 1949
John Stossel
b. 1947
Josef Weidenholzer
b. 1950
Joseph Deniker
1852 – 1918
José Antonio Aguirre
1904 – 1960
José Manuel Briceño Guerrero
1929 – 2014
Jovah Kamateeka
b. 1954
Joy MacPhail
b. 1952
Józef Leśniak
1968 – 2022
Kamil Durczok
1968 – 2021
Karl I of Württemberg
1823 – 1891
Keishu Tanaka
1938 – 2022
Kevin Parker
b. 1967
Kiri Te Kanawa
b. 1944
Kirill Gurov
1918 – 1994
Kit Bond
1939 – 2025
Kōjun
1903 – 2000
Lars Larson
b. 1959
Lorin Maazel
1930 – 2014
Louis Boutan
1859 – 1934
Lucien-Samir Oulahbib
b. 1956
László Trócsányi
b. 1956
Manfred Leopold Einsiedler
b. 1973
Manuel Bromberg
1917 – 2022
Marie Alfred Cornu
1841 – 1902
Marie Chatardová
b. 1963
Marie-France Garaud
1934 – 2024
Marina von Neumann Whitman
1935 – 2025
Marion Barry
1936 – 2014
Mark Donskoy
1901 – 1981
Martha Thorne
b. 1953
Marwan Lahoud
b. 1966
Mary Clemente Davlin
1929 – 2017
Michael Gorman
b. 1941
Michael R. Anastasio
b. 1948
Michel Davier
b. 1942
Mike Calvert
1913 – 1998
Mikhail Avdeev
b. 1977
Nicole Avant
b. 1968
Oleksandr Bilash
1931 – 2003
Olena Moshenets
b. 1983
Patrick Baudry
b. 1946
Paul Juon
1872 – 1940
Paul Méfano
1937 – 2020
Pentti Tiusanen
1949 – 2018
Percival Marling
1861 – 1936
Peter Glotz
1939 – 2005
Pierre Chatenet
1917 – 1997
Rabinder Singh
b. 1964
Ray O'Connor
1926 – 2013
Ritchie
b. 1952
Robert Hall, Baron Roberthall
1901 – 1988
Roger M. Kyes
1906 – 1971
Serhii Dovhan
b. 1952
Shimon Ballas
1930 – 2019
Shōhei Ōoka
1909 – 1988
Stephen G. Smith
b. 1949
Stephen J. Pyne
b. 1949
Svetlana Gannushkina
b. 1942
Sônia Guajajara
b. 1974
Tarso Genro
b. 1947
Thomas Cazenave
b. 1978
Timofei Moșneaga
1932 – 2014
Toshimi Kitazawa
b. 1938
Tural Ganjaliyev
b. 1980
Vasily Utkin
1972 – 2024
Victoria Kent
1892 – 1987
Viktor Toponogov
1930 – 2004
Vilho Petter Nenonen
1883 – 1960
Vincent F. Hendricks
b. 1970
Vittorio Agnoletto
b. 1958
Vittorio Italico Zupelli
1859 – 1945
Wilhelm Kåge
1889 – 1960
Will Eisner
1917 – 2005
William Fechteler
1896 – 1967
William P. Cronan
1879 – 1929
Yoji Totsuka
1942 – 2008
Émile Trélat
1821 – 1907
Étienne de Poncins
b. 1964
Achdiat Karta Mihardja
1911 – 2010
Adam Osborne
1939 – 2003
Adolfas Ramanauskas
1918 – 1957
Adolfo Carrión, Jr.
b. 1961
Adolfo Salazar
1890 – 1958
Adriana Miguel Ventura
b. 1969
Agnieszka Radwańska
b. 1989
Al Milgrom
b. 1950
Alan Davies
b. 1966
… and 4,140 more
Died on March 6
Ferdinand von Lindemann
1852 – 1939
Gottlieb Daimler
1834 – 1900
Halford Mackinder
1861 – 1947
Hans Bethe
1906 – 2005
Andrew Gilchrist
1910 – 1993
Anton Reinthaller
1895 – 1958
Antonio Caso
1883 – 1946
C. Lloyd Morgan
1852 – 1936
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
1778 – 1854
Eduardo Hernández-Pacheco y Estevan
1872 – 1965
Ernest Becker
1924 – 1974
Gustaw Holoubek
1923 – 2008
John Spence
1929 – 2013
John Sulston
1942 – 2018
Liu Dongsheng
1917 – 2008
Maurice Rheims
1910 – 2003
Roman Rybarski
1887 – 1942
Willem Rooseboom
1843 – 1920
William Raborn
1905 – 1990
William Whewell
1794 – 1866
Zoltán Kodály
1882 – 1967
Abdulrahman al-Ansary
1935 – 2023
Albert Ehrensvärd the Younger
1867 – 1940
Albert Lebrun
1871 – 1950
Aleksandr Dulichenko
1941 – 2026
Aleksandr Ptushko
1900 – 1973
Alexander Godley
1867 – 1957
Alfred von Tirpitz
1849 – 1930
Allen G. Debus
1926 – 2009
Anders Todal
1883 – 1956
Antoni Mączak
1928 – 2003
Arnold Klebs
1870 – 1943
Arthur Twining Hadley
1856 – 1930
Arthur Wahl
1917 – 2006
Auguste Champetier de Ribes
1882 – 1947
Ayn Rand
1905 – 1982
Barbara Brukalska
1899 – 1980
Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein
1865 – 1935
Benjamin Travers
1783 – 1858
Bélgica Castro
1921 – 2020
Carolee Schneemann
1939 – 2019
Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
1773 – 1854
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1884 – 1954
Cheddi Jagan
1918 – 1997
Christian Günther
1886 – 1966
Clyde Foster
1931 – 2017
David Murray
1830 – 1905
Denis Robert Pack-Beresford
1864 – 1942
Donald Maclean
1913 – 1983
Donald Milford Payne
1934 – 2012
Dušan Čaplovič
1946 – 2025
Edward L. Keenan
1935 – 2015
Edwards Pierrepont
1817 – 1892
Egil A. Wyller
1925 – 2021
Etienne de Harven
1928 – 2019
Francesco Filippini
1853 – 1895
Franz Ernst Christian Neumann
1834 – 1918
George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
1840 – 1915
Georgina Beyer
1957 – 2023
Gladys Marín
1937 – 2005
Guarino Guarini
1624 – 1683
Guillaume Faye
1949 – 2019
Gustaf Lagerbjelke
1817 – 1895
Habib Chatti
1916 – 1991
Hans von der Groeben
1907 – 2005
Henk Dorgelo
1894 – 1961
Henry Pelham
1694 – 1754
Henryk Zieliński
1920 – 1981
Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
1854 – 1930
Herbert McLean Evans
1882 – 1971
Hermann Dietrich
1879 – 1954
Hryhir Tiutiunnyk
1931 – 1980
Jack Buechner
1940 – 2020
James Emerson Tennent
1804 – 1869
James Francis Tennant
1829 – 1915
James Madison
1749 – 1812
Jean-Baptiste Girard
1765 – 1850
Jeremias Friedrich Reuß
1700 – 1777
Joaquin Bernas
1932 – 2021
John B. Coulter
1891 – 1983
John Goodsir
1814 – 1867
John H. Russell, Jr.
1872 – 1947
John Habgood
1927 – 2019
John Myres
1869 – 1954
John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
1781 – 1833
Joseph Autran
1813 – 1877
José Pedro Pérez-Llorca
1940 – 2019
Jude Patrick Dougherty
1930 – 2021
Jules Charles-Roux
1841 – 1918
Jules Vandenpeereboom
1843 – 1917
Julian H. Lewis
1891 – 1989
Karl Heinrich von Boetticher
1833 – 1907
Kurimoto Joun
1822 – 1897
Larned B. Asprey
1919 – 2005
Lee Grodzins
1926 – 2025
Marcel Pepin
1926 – 2000
Marie-Andrée Bertrand
1925 – 2011
Melina Mercouri
1920 – 1994
Meuccio Ruini
1877 – 1970
Michael Manley
1924 – 1997
Michel Levie
1851 – 1939
Mário Covas
1930 – 2001
Nancy Reagan
1921 – 2016
Nikolay Kondakov
1949 – 2026
Nikolay Vasilyevich Belov
1891 – 1982
Oliver Wendell Holmes
1841 – 1935
Patriarch Miron of Romania
1868 – 1939
Paul Friedrich August Ascherson
1834 – 1913
Pearl S. Buck
1892 – 1973
Peter von Cornelius
1783 – 1867
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1690 – 1764
Pierre Boucher de la Bruère
1837 – 1917
Prijono
1907 – 1969
Rafael Celestino Benítez
1917 – 1999
Reginald Johnston
1874 – 1938
Rimas Tuminas
1952 – 2024
Robert Grant Haliburton
1831 – 1901
Robert Osborne
1932 – 2017
Robert Thurston Dart
1921 – 1971
Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
1857 – 1923
Sergo Mikoyan
1929 – 2010
Shūjirō Hara
1871 – 1934
Stanley Harwood McCuaig
1891 – 1986
Stuyvesant Wainwright
1921 – 2010
Valentin Kurbatov
1939 – 2021
William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
1527 – 1597
William Henry Gregory
1817 – 1892
William Worrall Mayo
1819 – 1911
Yefim Kopelyan
1912 – 1975
Yusuf Hikmet Bayur
1891 – 1980
Zhu Guangqian
1897 – 1986
Znaur Gassiev
1925 – 2016
Adam Papée
1895 – 1990
Agnes Mathilde Wergeland
1857 – 1914
Alan Short
1920 – 2004
Alberto Zedda
1928 – 2017
Alessandro Nunziante
1815 – 1881
Alexander Johnston
1775 – 1849
Alexander Shand, 1st Baron Shand
1828 – 1904
Alexander Wallace Matheson
1903 – 1976
Alfonso Quaranta
1936 – 2023
Alfred C. Harmer
1825 – 1900
Alfred William Meeks
1849 – 1932
Andreas von Fail-Griessler
1857 – 1919
Andrei Panin
1962 – 2013
Arlette Dagnon Vignikin
1951 – 2017
Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren
1760 – 1842
Artak Davtyan
1966 – 2023
Arthur Hopton
1588 – 1650
August Mau
1840 – 1909
August Toepler
1836 – 1912
Benjamin Chew Howard
1791 – 1872
Bill Hougland
1930 – 2017
Björn von der Esch
1930 – 2010
Boris Vilkitsky
1885 – 1961
Brian Nestande
1964 – 2024
C. Drury E. Fortnum
1820 – 1899
Camillo di Pietro
1806 – 1884
Carlo Battisti
1882 – 1977
Carlos Vial Infante
1892 – 1986
Charles B. Lore
1831 – 1911
Charles C. Nott
1827 – 1916
Charles Clark
1925 – 2011
Charles Ethan Porter
1847 – 1923
Charles L. Goeller
1901 – 1955
Charles Lebouc
1822 – 1893
Charles T. Main
1856 – 1943
Charles du Houx de Vioménil
1734 – 1827
Cho Gyeong-chul
1929 – 2010
Christian L. Poorman
1825 – 1912
Colleen Hanabusa
1951 – 2026
Constantin Rădulescu-Motru
1868 – 1957
David Blake
1887 – 1965
Dick Ricketts
1933 – 1988
Dimitri Tavadze
1911 – 1990
Eberhard Fraas
1862 – 1915
Edgar Ashworth Underwood
1899 – 1980
Edward Denison
1801 – 1854
Edward White Patterson
1895 – 1940
Edward Zorinsky
1928 – 1987
Edwin H. Colpitts
1872 – 1949
Elizabeth Garrett
1963 – 2016
Elizabeth W. Stone
1918 – 2002
Else Merke
1920 – 2005
Enrique López Albújar
1872 – 1966
Eric Buckley
1868 – 1948
Eric Wolf
1923 – 1999
Eva Allen Alberti
1856 – 1938
Evaristo Crespo Azorín
1863 – 1941
Fernand Faure
1853 – 1929
Florian Le Roy
1901 – 1959
Floy Agnes Lee
1922 – 2018
Frances Dee
1909 – 2004
Frances Heussenstamm
1928 – 2019
Francis Aveling
1875 – 1941
Francis Cabot Lowell
1855 – 1911
Francis Conrad of Stadion and Thannhausen
1679 – 1757
Francis Magalona
1964 – 2009
Francisco de Paula Santander
1792 – 1840
Frank Jobe
1925 – 2014
… and 1,961 more