September 6 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 6, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo
Aug 23 – Sep 22
Birth stone
Sapphire
Birth flower
Aster
How common
#87 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 6 birthdays
Emir Abdelkader · Algerian religious and military leader1808
Jane Addams · American feminist social activist1860
John Macleod · Nobel prize-winning Scottish physician and physiologist1876
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. · American businessman, politician and diplomat1888
Edward Victor Appleton · English physicist1892
Julien Green · American author1900
Luis Federico Leloir · Argentine biochemist1906
Roger Waters · English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd1943
Donna Haraway · American philosopher1944
Carly Fiorina · American businesswoman and politician1954
Jeff Foxworthy · American comedian, actor, host, and writer1958
Geert Wilders · Dutch politician1963
Rosie Perez · American actress1964
Macy Gray · American singer1967
Dolores O'Riordan · Irish musician1971
Idris Elba · British actor1972
Naomie Harris · British actress1976
Katalin Novák · President of Hungary from 2022 to 20241977
Yuki Abe · Japanese association football player1981
Lana Rhoades · American internet personality1996
On this day in history
1781American Revolutionary War: General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory at the Battle of Groton Heights.
1916The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was founded in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
2018The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India.
2022Liz Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister following the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
1999The Parliament of Singapore relocated from the Old Parliament House to its current meeting place.
2000The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first Pride Night in Major League Baseball history.
2013The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft.
2017Hurricane Irma reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.
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