On This Day — September 6
4045 noted people were born and 1872 died on September 6 in our archive, including Frederick G. Donnan, Adriano Moreira and Alan Lindsay Mackay.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on September 6
Frederick G. Donnan
1870 – 1956
Adriano Moreira
1922 – 2022
Alan Lindsay Mackay
1926 – 2025
Alcide d'Orbigny
1802 – 1857
Aleksandr Chekalin
b. 1947
Aleksandr Livshits
1946 – 2013
Axel Holst
1860 – 1931
Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri
1917 – 2006
Dominik Graf
b. 1952
Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp
1940 – 2019
Inna Svyatenko
b. 1967
John Dalton
1766 – 1844
Luis Federico Leloir
1906 – 1987
Marian Panchyshyn
1882 – 1943
Marina Kaljurand
b. 1962
Maurice Kendall
1907 – 1983
Michaëlle Jean
b. 1957
Richard Roberts
b. 1943
Silvana Tenreyro
b. 1973
Sofi Jeannin
b. 1976
Thomas W. Laqueur
b. 1945
Todd D. Little
b. 1960
Tor Nessling
1901 – 1971
W. Ross Ashby
1903 – 1972
Walford Davies
1869 – 1941
Yrjö Väisälä
1891 – 1971
Abby Martin
b. 1984
Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers
1795 – 1878
Akhil Reed Amar
b. 1958
Alden McLaughlin
b. 1961
Aleksey Greig
1775 – 1845
Alexander Tilloch Galt
1817 – 1893
Amit Dutt
b. 1973
Angela Bishop
b. 1967
Anna Hubáčková
b. 1957
Archibald Hunter
1856 – 1936
Arthur Oldham
1926 – 2003
Austin Wright
1922 – 2003
Axel Hägerström
1868 – 1939
Bengt Nordenskiöld
1891 – 1983
Bernard Émié
b. 1958
Bettye Fahrenkamp
1923 – 1991
Bryan D. O'Connor
b. 1946
Béatrice Longuenesse
b. 1950
Carl Chinn
b. 1956
Carl E. Walz
b. 1955
Chang Kuo-wei
b. 1970
Charles Otto Blagden
1864 – 1949
Charles-Joseph Bouchard
1837 – 1915
Chedli Klibi
1925 – 2020
China Miéville
b. 1972
Christophe Bay
b. 1962
Dale E. Wolf
1924 – 2021
Deyan Sudjic
b. 1952
Dezső Keresztury
1904 – 1996
Dezső Nemes
1908 – 1985
Dmitry Grave
1863 – 1939
Dmitry Pantus
b. 1982
Donna Haraway
b. 1944
Eduard Oswald
b. 1947
Edward Victor Appleton
1892 – 1965
Efua Dorkenoo
1949 – 2014
Elizabeth Murray
1940 – 2007
Elżbieta Polak
b. 1959
Emily Maitlis
b. 1970
Eva Frommer
1927 – 2004
Ezekiel Emanuel
b. 1957
Fernando Ignacio González Laxe
b. 1952
Filippo Mariotti
1833 – 1911
Franz Heukamp
b. 1973
Franz Josef Strauß
1915 – 1988
Fumihiko Maki
1928 – 2024
Gabrielle Démians d'Archimbaud
1929 – 2017
George-Étienne Cartier
1814 – 1873
Georges Picquart
1854 – 1914
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
1757 – 1834
Giuseppe Gorla
1895 – 1970
Go Nagai
b. 1945
Grzegorz Macko
b. 1992
Gustav Hägglund
b. 1938
Hack Kampmann
1856 – 1920
Harjit Sajjan
b. 1970
Hazel Gluck
b. 1934
Heinrich Häberlin
1868 – 1947
Helmut Piirimäe
1930 – 2017
Henri Hureau de Sénarmont
1808 – 1862
Henri Jules Bataille
1816 – 1882
Henry Tang
b. 1952
Hsu Tsang-houei
1929 – 2001
Igor Ananskikh
b. 1966
Ildaura Murillo-Rohde
1920 – 2010
Ivan Georgiev Petrov
b. 1949
J. Erik Jonsson
1901 – 1995
Jacob Rubinovitz
1947 – 2018
Jamie Bulloch
b. 1969
Jane Curtin
b. 1947
Janosch Dahmen
b. 1981
Jean-Michel Severino
b. 1957
Johan Wilcke
1732 – 1796
John James Rickard Macleod
1876 – 1935
John Kline
b. 1947
John Melcher
1924 – 2018
John Michael Hayes
1940 – 2017
John Richard Gregg
b. 1954
John Wilson
1890 – 1976
Jordi Turull i Negre
b. 1966
Joseph Henrich
b. 1968
Joseph Wirth
1879 – 1956
José Sócrates
b. 1957
Julien Green
1900 – 1998
Karl Fuchs
1776 – 1846
Karl Vossler
1872 – 1949
Katalin Novák
b. 1977
Kim Han-jung
b. 1963
Larry Lucchino
1945 – 2024
Lawrence Clark Powell
1906 – 2001
Leander J. Shaw, Jr.
1930 – 2015
Lev Korolyov
1926 – 2016
Louis Louis-Dreyfus
1867 – 1940
Mait Malmsten
b. 1972
Manel Esteller
b. 1968
Marc Bekoff
b. 1945
Margaret-Ann Armour
1939 – 2019
Mario Praz
1896 – 1982
Martin Pätzold
b. 1984
Mikhail Ivanovich Terebenyov
1795 – 1864
Mohammad Hassannejad
b. 1981
Montagu Norman, 1st Baron Norman
1871 – 1950
Montse Armengou Martín
b. 1963
Mykhailo Hrechukha
1902 – 1976
Naveen Jain
b. 1959
Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett
1883 – 1962
Olara Otunnu
b. 1950
Patrick Maisonnave
b. 1963
Paul Cliteur
b. 1955
Peter Fraser
b. 1963
Peter Griess
1829 – 1888
Peter II of Yugoslavia
1923 – 1970
Philip Woodward
1919 – 2018
Platon Kornyljak
1920 – 2000
Prince Claus of the Netherlands
1926 – 2002
Puan Maharani
b. 1973
Pál Kadosa
1903 – 1983
Péter Polt
b. 1955
Robert M. Pirsig
1928 – 2017
Robert Whytt
1714 – 1766
Ryoko Tani
b. 1975
Saeed Jalili
b. 1965
Sami Güçlü
b. 1950
Sarat Chandra Bose
1889 – 1950
Seiji Nakamura
1931 – 2018
Sergey Ivanovich Morozov
b. 1959
Sergio Aragonés
b. 1937
Shankar Roychowdhury
b. 1937
Shirley M. Malcom
b. 1946
Shōzō Murata
1878 – 1957
Sid Watkins
1928 – 2012
Silvia Vásquez-Lavado
b. 1974
Simon Burns
b. 1952
Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio
1902 – 1963
Tadamori Ōshima
b. 1946
Tamika Mallory
b. 1980
Valko Chervenkov
1900 – 1980
Vincent Barabba
b. 1934
William B. Greeley
1879 – 1955
William Odling
1829 – 1921
William Rosecrans
1819 – 1898
Włodzimierz Kołos
1928 – 1996
Yang Mu
1940 – 2020
Aaron McDuffie Moore
1863 – 1923
Abdelkader El Djezairi
1808 – 1883
Ada Lopreiato
b. 1971
Adolph Murie
1899 – 1974
Ahmad Ahmadi
1933 – 2018
Ajay Bhatt
b. 1957
Alan Haig-Brown
1877 – 1918
Albrecht von Pfalz-Mosbach
1440 – 1506
Aleksey Kuznetsov
b. 1941
Alex Poythress
b. 1993
Alexander Carmichael Bruce
1850 – 1926
Alexander Kutateli
1897 – 1982
Alfredo Martínez
b. 1951
Alice Sebold
b. 1963
Allan Howe
1927 – 2000
Alojz Ajdič
b. 1939
Andrea Camilleri
1925 – 2019
Andrea Segre
b. 1976
Andrea Zittel
b. 1965
Andrée Geulen-Herscovici
1921 – 2022
Anika Noni Rose
b. 1972
Anne Lockhart
b. 1953
Anthony Henderson
b. 1966
Anthony Wagner
1908 – 1995
Antonia Ax:son Johnson
b. 1943
Apostol Trpeski
b. 1948
Archie Elliott, Lord Elliott
1922 – 2008
Arne Vesterlid
1893 – 1962
Arrigo Boldrini
1915 – 2008
Arsinée Khanjian
b. 1958
Arthur Konrad
1934 – 2025
… and 3,845 more
Died on September 6
Henry Woodward
1832 – 1921
John Edensor Littlewood
1885 – 1977
Agha Shahi
1920 – 2006
Bert Thomas
1883 – 1966
Charles Ammi Cutter
1837 – 1903
David Baltimore
1938 – 2025
Frederick Abel
1827 – 1902
Gaetano Salvemini
1873 – 1957
Georg Wolfgang Wedel
1645 – 1721
Gilbert Lazard
1920 – 2018
Gustavo Del Vecchio
1883 – 1972
Ion Ciocan
1850 – 1915
Johann Schweigger
1779 – 1857
Lotfi A. Zadeh
1921 – 2017
Maurice Pujo
1872 – 1955
Takashi Sugimura
1926 – 2020
Vaughan Jones
1952 – 2020
William Haley
1901 – 1987
Alfred Stucky
1892 – 1969
Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo
1854 – 1927
Antonio Innocenti
1915 – 2008
Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa
1931 – 2024
Arthur Casagrande
1902 – 1981
Augustine McIntyre Jr.
1876 – 1954
Aurelian Ridsdale
1864 – 1923
Axel Heikel
1851 – 1924
Carlo Caffarra
1938 – 2017
Charles Beresford
1846 – 1919
Charles Edward Bennett
1910 – 2003
Christiane Eda-Pierre
1932 – 2020
Dardo Rocha
1838 – 1921
Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg
1844 – 1932
Edward C. Kalbfus
1877 – 1954
Edward Stanley
1779 – 1849
Egil Kaare Sundt
1903 – 1950
Einar W. Juva
1892 – 1966
Eleanore Mikus
1927 – 2017
Enrique de la Mata
1933 – 1987
Eugenia Charles
1919 – 2005
Fale Burman
1903 – 1973
Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook
1796 – 1866
George Brown Goode
1851 – 1896
George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley
1883 – 1968
George Phillips
1804 – 1872
Gerhart Friedlander
1916 – 2009
Gertrude L. Warren
1884 – 1979
Gertrude Lawrence
1898 – 1952
Guillaume Postel
1510 – 1581
Hale Woodruff
1900 – 1980
Hanns Eisler
1898 – 1962
Hans Apel
1932 – 2011
Hava Lazarus-Yafeh
1930 – 1998
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
1901 – 1966
Henri Menier
1853 – 1913
Henry Knight Storks
1811 – 1874
Hugo Frederik Nierstrasz
1872 – 1937
Ida A. Bengtson
1881 – 1952
Inglês de Sousa
1853 – 1918
Iván Vitányi
1925 – 2021
James Dawkins
1722 – 1757
Jan Franciszek Czartoryski
1897 – 1944
Jean Dupas
1882 – 1964
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
1619 – 1683
Jean-Baptiste Van Mons
1765 – 1842
John Bird Sumner
1780 – 1862
Jules Engel
1909 – 2003
Kate Millett
1934 – 2017
Luciano Baldessari
1896 – 1982
Lucina Hagman
1853 – 1946
Lucine Amara
1925 – 2024
Marc Bohan
1926 – 2023
Marguerite Pichon-Landry
1877 – 1972
Melina Furman
1975 – 2024
Michael Ventris
1922 – 1956
Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
1819 – 1885
Oleg Frelikh
1887 – 1953
Peter Walker
1949 – 2015
Phoebus Levene
1869 – 1940
Richard DeVos
1926 – 2018
Rober Haddeciyan
1926 – 2025
Robert Broke
Robert Lindsay
1905 – 2000
Robert Mugabe
1924 – 2019
Robert Ramsay Wright
1852 – 1933
Rodney Robert Porter
1917 – 1985
San Tiago Dantas
1911 – 1964
Seymour Sharkey
1847 – 1929
Sir Gilbert Parker, 1st Baronet
1862 – 1932
Sully Prudhomme
1839 – 1907
Thomas Perronet Thompson
1783 – 1869
Valentín Alsina
1802 – 1869
Vianney Décarie
1917 – 2009
Vladimir Gulevich
1867 – 1933
Wilhelm Baum
1799 – 1883
Wilhelm Tomaschek
1841 – 1901
Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen
1896 – 1980
William Francis Gibbs
1886 – 1967
William Littell Everitt
1900 – 1986
Yair Sprinzak
1911 – 1999
A. W. Pryor
1928 – 2014
Aba Gefen
1922 – 2015
Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala
1930 – 2008
Adeline Rittershaus
1876 – 1924
Adlai Stevenson III
1930 – 2021
Adolf Dassler
1900 – 1978
Adriaan Metius
1571 – 1635
Adrian Holman
1895 – 1974
Alex Raymond
1909 – 1956
Alexander Warner
1827 – 1914
Alexandre Gendebien
1789 – 1869
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias
1907 – 1938
Alfred Körte
1866 – 1946
Alfred Warden
1868 – 1955
Alfredo Peña
1944 – 2016
Amédée de Noé
1818 – 1879
Andrew J. May
1875 – 1959
Andrii Dolud
1893 – 1976
Anita Page
1910 – 2008
Antenor Nascentes
1886 – 1972
Arif Budimanta
1968 – 2025
Art Modell
1925 – 2012
Arun Kumar Choudhury
1923 – 1987
Axel von Ambesser
1910 – 1988
Baron Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor
1789 – 1879
Benjamin A. Smith II
1916 – 1991
Bertie Johnston
1880 – 1942
Billy Apple
1935 – 2021
Bob Warlick
1941 – 2005
Brian Cantwell Smith
1950 – 2025
Burt Reynolds
1936 – 2018
Calvin J. Spann
1924 – 2015
Camillo Laurenti
1861 – 1938
Carel Hendrik Theodoor Bussemaker
1864 – 1914
Cathy Merrick
1961 – 2024
Charles F. McMillan
1955 – 2024
Christoph von Dohnányi
1929 – 2025
Christopher Maltby
1891 – 1980
Cirilo Flores
1948 – 2014
Clarence Perry
1872 – 1944
Clement Comer Clay
1789 – 1866
David Crawford
1928 – 1981
David E. Bell
1919 – 2000
David G. Classon
1870 – 1930
David Hall
1874 – 1945
Ed Blakely
1938 – 2025
Edmund Gibson
1669 – 1748
Edmund Gwenn
1877 – 1959
Edo Spier
1926 – 2022
Edward H. Hurst
1916 – 1997
Edward L. Pierce
1829 – 1897
Efim Shchadenko
1885 – 1951
Eliyahu Moyal
1920 – 1991
Elmer E. Studley
1869 – 1942
Elpidio Mioni
1911 – 1991
Elías Fernández Albano
1845 – 1910
Emilio Esteban Infantes
1892 – 1962
Emma Unson Rotor
1913 – 1998
Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort de Duras
1715 – 1789
Enrique González Pedrero
1930 – 2021
Eva Crane
1912 – 2007
Fernando Suárez de Tangil
1886 – 1964
Frances St John Chappelle
1897 – 1936
Francesco Sacrati
1567 – 1623
Franz Volkmar Reinhard
1753 – 1812
Frederick Taylor Pusey
1872 – 1936
Frederick W. Gibb
1908 – 1968
Fredrik Wachtmeister
1855 – 1919
Frédéric Swarts
1866 – 1940
George Hooper
1640 – 1727
George Kuchar
1942 – 2011
George Petrie
1866 – 1947
George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1779 – 1860
Gerald Wayne Landis
1895 – 1971
Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland
1795 – 1867
Giovanni Carlo Boschi
1715 – 1788
Giuseppe Lepori
1902 – 1968
Guillaume d'Aspremont Lynden
1815 – 1889
Gustav Heinrich von Bongard
1786 – 1839
Hans-Ulrich Klose
1937 – 2023
Harold Patten
1907 – 1969
Harry Behn
1898 – 1973
Heinrich Breling
1849 – 1914
Henry T. Bannon
1867 – 1950
Herman (Swaiko)
1932 – 2022
Herman Hall
1864 – 1928
Heydar Ghiai
1922 – 1985
Hisashi Asō
1891 – 1940
Howard A. Ozmon
1929 – 2014
Hugh Purse
1881 – 1952
Hugo Wathne
1932 – 2017
Ignacy Pieńkowski
1877 – 1948
Ihor Kozlovskyi
1954 – 2023
Jacob Eisenberg
1893 – 1966
Jacopo Strada
1507 – 1588
James Cannon Jr.
1864 – 1944
James Ferguson
1735 – 1820
James Ferguson Dowdell
1818 – 1871
James Guthrie
1859 – 1930
James S. Golden
1891 – 1971
James Watson Gerard
1867 – 1951
… and 1,672 more