Who Was Born Today – May 6 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on May 6 | ||
973 | Henry II, Holy Roman emperor. | |
1740 | John Penn, signer of the Declaration of Independence. | |
1758 | Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary. | |
1840 | Frederick William Stowe, son of the Harriet Beecher Stowe. | |
1856 | Robert Edward Peary, arctic explorer and the first man to reach the North Pole. | |
1856 | Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis. | |
1868 | Gaston Leroux, French novelist (The Phantom of the Opera). | |
1888 | Russell Stover, candy manufacturer. | |
1895 | Rudolph Valentino, actor, film icon. | |
1902 | Max Ophuls, film director (La Ronde, Lola Montes). | |
1915 | Orson Welles, actor, director, and writer (Citizen Kane). | |
1931 | Willie Mays, baseball player. | |
1942 | Ariel Dorfman, Chilean writer (Death and the Maiden). |