Who Was Born Today – June 6 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on June 6 | ||
1606 | Pierre Corneille, French author. | |
1755 | Nathan Hale, American revolutionary. | |
1756 | John Trumball, American painter. | |
1799 | Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer (Boris Godunov, The Queen of Spades). | |
1868 | Robert F. Scott, British explorer. | |
1872 | Alexandra, the last Russian Czarina. | |
1875 | Thomas Mann, German novelist and essayist, forced into exile by the Nazis. | |
1902 | Jimmie Lunceford, bandleader. | |
1907 | Bill Dickey, professional baseball player. | |
1925 | Maxine Kumin, poet novelist and children’s author. | |
1934 | Bill Moyers, American broadcast journalist, press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson. | |
1939 | Marian Wright Edelman, first African-American woman to be admitted to the Mississippi Bar, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund. |