April 6 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on April 6, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♈︎ Aries
Mar 21 – Apr 19
Birth stone
Diamond
Birth flower
Daisy
How common
#335 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous April 6 birthdays
Nadar · French photographer and balloonist1820
Gustave Moreau · 19th century French Symbolist painter1826
Kurt Georg Kiesinger · Chancellor of West Germany1904
Feodor Lynen · German biochemist, Nobel Laureate1911
Edmond H. Fischer · American biochemist1920
James Watson · American molecular biologist1928
André Previn · German-American conductor, pianist, and composer1929
Merle Haggard · American country music songwriter, singer, and musician1937
Billy Dee Williams · American actor1937
Barry Levinson · American screenwriter1942
Horst Ludwig Störmer · German physicist1949
Hilda Heine · Marshallese politician1951
Michael Rooker · American actor1955
Michele Bachmann · American politician1956
Rafael Correa · President of Ecuador y Prófugo de la Justicia1963
Tim Walz · American politician1964
Paul Rudd · American actor1969
Zach Braff · American actor and filmmaker1975
Peyton List · American actress1998
Oscar Piastri · Australian racing driver2001
On this day in history
1712A group of 23 slaves in New York City revolted, setting fire to a building, but were soon recaptured.
1776American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy unsuccessfully attempted to capture HMS Glasgow near Block Island.
1808John Jacob Astor founded the American Fur Company, the profits from which made him the first multi-millionaire in the United States.
2017U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
2004Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas became the first European head of state to be removed from office by impeachment.
2005Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani was elected by the National Assembly as the first non-Arab president of Iraq.
2009Mass protests began across Moldova against the results of the parliamentary election.
2012The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declared the region of Azawad independent from Mali.
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