On This Day
This Day in History: (6-May)
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1024)
George Kastrioti, better known as Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (d. 1468)
Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (d. 1512)
Girolamo Seripando, Italian theologian and cardinal (d. 1563)
Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1555)
Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1655)
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble (d. 1637)
Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (d. 1682)
Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (d. 1747)
Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)
Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (d. 1780)
Anton Raaff, German tenor (d. 1797)
Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)
André Masséna, French general (d. 1817)
Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (d. 1794)
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (d. 1832)
Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (d. 1881)
Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (d. 1891)
Max Eyth, German engineer and author (d. 1906)
Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918)
Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)
Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (d. 1925)
Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)
Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (d. 1920)
Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)
Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)
Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (d. 1932)
Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (d. 1936)
Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet (d. 1914)
Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)
Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general (d. 1922)
Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)
Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (d. 1929)
Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (d. 1959)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
Alberto Collo, Italian actor (d. 1955)
Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (d. 1974)
Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1946)
Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)
Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)
Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (d. 1979)
Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (d. 1945)
Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author (d. 1981)
Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)
Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)
Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 1984)
Catherine Lacey, English actress (d. 1979)
Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer (d. 1999)
André Weil, French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (d. 1993)
Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
Stewart Granger, English-American actor (d. 1993)
Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997)
Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (d. 2004)
André Guelfi, French race car driver (d. 2016)
Ross Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1996)
Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004)
Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator (d. 1988)
Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999)
Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite, activist, and author (d. 2006)
Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992)
Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic
Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
John Taylor, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)
Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (d. 2016)
Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach
Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (d. 1994)
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician
Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (d. 2014)
Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
Eddie C. Campbell, American singer and guitarist
Chet Allen, American child actor (d. 1984)
Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic
Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author (d. 2001)
Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter (d. 2011)
James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator
Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director (d. 1991)
Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author
Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (d. 2013)
Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2013)
Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author
Samuel Doe, Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)
Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986)
Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Michelle Courchesne, Canadian urban planner and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
Ülle Rajasalu, Estonian politician
Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer
Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet
Ain Lutsepp, Estonian actor and politician
Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
Tom Bergeron, American television host
John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter
Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach
Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (d. 2014)
Andreas Busse, German runner
Charles Hendry, English politician
Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer
John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician
Anne Parillaud, French actress
Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach
George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission
Tom Brake, English politician
Brad Izzard, Australian rugby league player
Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina
Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
Worku Bikila, Ethiopian runner
Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player
Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer and manager
Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach
Dean Chandler, English footballer
Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
Marc Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player
Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player and coach
Chantelle Newbery, Australian diver
John Abraham, American football player
Fredrick Federley, Swedish journalist and politician
Aleksandr Fyodorov, Russian bodybuilder
Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
Jan Erik Mikalsen, Norwegian composer
Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
Matthew Whiley, English cricketer
Jason Witten, American Footballer
Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
Ingrid Jonach, Australian author
Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama
Fredrik Sjöström, Swedish ice hockey player
Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player
Juan Pablo Carrizo, Argentinian footballer
Chris Paul, American basketball player
Goran Dragic, Slovenian basketball player
Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer
Dominika Cibulková, Slovakian tennis player
Jesse Hughes, Canadian DJ and producer
José Altuve, Venezuelan baseball player
Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player
Byun Baekhyun, South Korean musician and actor
Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
Mateo Kovačić, Austrian-Croatian footballer