June 6 – Famous Birthdays
Diego Velazquez (PAINTER) 1599-1660
Robert Englund (MOVIE ACTOR) 1947
Jason Isaacs (TV ACTOR) 1963
June 6 – Famous Birthdays
1436 Regiomontanus (Johannes Mller) prepares astronomical tables
1599 Diego Vel zquez Spain, painter (Rokeby Venus) (baptized)
1606 Pierre Corneille France, dramatist (Le Cid, Horace)
1755 Nathan Hale hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country
1756 John Trumbull US painter (Declaration of Independence)
1799 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit
1799 Alexandr Pushkin Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) (5/26 OS)
1850 Karl F Braun codeveloped wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)
1868 Robert Falcon Scott leader of ill-fated south polar expedition
1872 Alexandra last Russian tsarina (1894-1918)
1875 Thomas Mann Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929)
1875 Walter Percy Chrysler found Chrysler Corp (1925)
1886 Paul Dudley White heart specialist
1890 Dorothy Heyward NYC, playwright (Porgy)
1896 Robert Sheriff playwright (Journey’s End)
1898 Walter Abel actor St Paul Mn, actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl)
19– Bryan Utman Hartford Ct, actor (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
19– David Duke SF Calif, actor (Beacon Hill, 79 Park Ave, Winds of War)
19– Nicko McBrain rocker (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast)
19– Richard Paul LA Calif, actor (Carter Country, Hail to the Chief)
19– Steve Val rock guitarist (Passion & Warfare)
19– Tom Araya rock vocalist/bassist (Slayer-Die by the Sword)
1901 Sukarno Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67)
1903 Aram Khachaturian Tiflis Georgia, Russia, musician/composer (Gayane)
1905 John Gart Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show)
1907 Bill Dickey NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43), manager (1946)
1915 Vincent Persichetti Phila Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl)
1917 Kirk Kerkorian CEO (MGM, UA)
1918 Richard Crane Newcastle Ind, actor (Surfside 6)
1926 Klaus Tennstedt Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio)
1928 George Deukmejian Menands NY, (Gov-Cal)
1932 Billie Whitelaw Coventry England, actress (Omen, Adding Machine)
1932 David R Scott San Antonio Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (Gem 8, Apol 9, 15)
1933 Heinrich Rohrer Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986)
1934 Philippe Entremont France, pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orch)
1935 Bobby Mitchell NFL running back, wide receiver (Browns, Redskins)
1935 Dalai Lama Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet’s Lamaistic Buddhists
1936 Levi Stubbs rocker (4 Tops-Same Old Song)
1939 Gary “US” Bonds [Anderson] singer/songwriter (New Orleans)
1939 Marian Wright-Edelman health care president (Childrens Defense Fund)
1942 Sandra Morgan US 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)
1946 Chelsea Brown Chicago Ill, comedienne (Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln)
1947 Marion Coakes England, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)
1949 Richard Lewis comedian/actor (Anything But Love) (or June 29)
1949 Robert Englund actor (Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V)
1951 Dwight Twilley country singer (Twilley Don’t Mind)
1954 Harvey Fierstein playwright (Torch Song Trilogy)
1955 Dana Carvey Missoula Montana, comedian (Church Lady-SNL)
1955 Sandra Bernhard comedian/actress bugs Letterman (King of Comedy)
1956 Bj”rn B”rg Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbeldon 1976-79)
1956 Marilyn Jones Pitts Pa, actress (Carey-King’s Crossing)
1959 Amanda Pays actress (Max Headroom, Off Limits)
1960 Gary Graham actor (Money on the Side)
1961 Sydney Walsh actress (Mo-Hooperman)
1961 Terri Nunn Calif, singer (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away)
1964 Dee C Lee [Diane Sealey], rocker (Style Council-You’re Best Thing)
1964 Sherry J Traylor Mexico Missouri, Miss Missouri-America (1991)
1965 David Whyte rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1967 Max Casella actor (Vinnie-Doogie Howser)
1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell Miles Mi, heavy metal artist (Southgang)
1975 Damon Pampolina rocker (Party-Rodeo, That’s Why)
1975 Staci Keanan [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], actress (Nicole-My 2 Dads)
1976 Lukas Hass actor (Lady in White)
