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b. 1995Leon Goretzka
German professional footballer playing as a midfielder for the national team
Did you know? During the global pandemic, he co-founded a social initiative with a teammate to provide financial aid to charitable and social institutions.
b. 1979Alice Weidel
Leader of the Alternative for Germany political party
Did you know? Before entering politics, she worked as an investment banker and lived in China for several years.
b. 1978Olena Zelenska
Screenwriter who serves as the First Lady of Ukraine
Did you know? She attended the same school as her husband, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but they only met later while studying at university.
b. 1964Andrey Zvyagintsev
Russian film director known for his award-winning drama Leviathan
Did you know? He initially trained and worked as an actor in Siberia before moving to Moscow to pursue a career in film direction.
b. 1962Axl Rose
Lead singer and songwriter of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses
Did you know? Before his music career took off, he worked as a manager at a record shop on Sunset Boulevard to support himself.
1950–2015Natalie Cole
Award-winning jazz and soul singer and daughter of Nat King Cole
Did you know? She achieved a major career comeback by recording digital duets with her late father, decades after his death.
1945–1981Bob Marley
Jamaican singer-songwriter who took reggae worldwide with the Wailers through songs such as No Woman, No Cry and One Love
Did you know? He was an obsessive football fan and player who famously insisted that his touring schedule included time for a daily game.
1941–2022Ivica Osim
Influential Bosnian football manager and player
Did you know? He was nicknamed "The Strauss from the Grbavica" because of his elegant playing style on the pitch.
1932–1984François Truffaut
French director who was a leading figure of the New Wave
Did you know? He worked as a film critic before directing and played a scientist in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
1932–1959Camilo Cienfuegos
Revolutionary hero who helped lead the Cuban Revolution
Did you know? He disappeared at sea during a flight in 1959, and every year Cuban school children throw flowers into the ocean in his memory.
1931–2019Rip Torn
Award-winning American actor known for The Larry Sanders Show
Did you know? His unusual first name was actually a family tradition passed down through several generations of his relatives.
1917–2016Zsa Zsa Gabor
Hungarian-American socialite and actress famous for her many marriages
Did you know? She reportedly referred to everyone as "dahlink" because she struggled to remember people's names.
1913–1996Mary Leakey
British palaeoanthropologist who discovered significant early hominid fossils in Africa
Did you know? She discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull and was famously accompanied by her pet Dalmatians while working at excavation sites.
1912–1945Eva Braun
Long-term partner and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler
Did you know? She was a keen photographer and captured much of the private colour film footage that exists of the Nazi leadership.
1911–2004Ronald Reagan
Hollywood actor and California governor who became the 40th US President and helped bring the Cold War towards its end
Did you know? Before entering politics, he served as the president of the Screen Actors Guild trade union on two separate occasions.
1905–1982Władysław Gomułka
Polish communist politician who led the country for many years
Did you know? He was once imprisoned by his own political party before being released to become the leader of the country.
1895–1948Babe Ruth
American baseball icon who played for the New York Yankees
Did you know? Before becoming a legendary home-run hitter, he was one of the most dominant left-handed pitchers in the league.
1895–1970Semyon Timoshenko
Soviet commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II
Did you know? He was a rare survivor of the military purges and was one of the most trusted commanders in the Red Army.
1892–1987William P. Murphy
Nobel Prize-winning physician who pioneered a treatment for anaemia
Did you know? His breakthrough medical treatment required patients to consume large amounts of raw liver every day to manage their condition.
1890–1988Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Pashtun leader and non-violent activist against British colonial rule
Did you know? A close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, he was often referred to as the "Frontier Gandhi" for his commitment to pacifism and social reform.
1756–1836Aaron Burr
Third US Vice President known for his duel with Alexander Hamilton
Did you know? Despite his political fall, he later became involved in a controversial plan to establish an independent country in the American West.
1748–1830Adam Weishaupt
German philosopher and founder of the Illuminati
Did you know? He chose the owl as the symbol for his secret order to represent wisdom and the ability to see in the dark.
1665–1714Anne of Great Britain
First monarch of Great Britain following the Acts of Union
Did you know? Despite being pregnant seventeen times, she died without any surviving children, leading to the end of the Stuart dynasty.
1564–1593Christopher Marlowe
Elizabethan playwright and poet known for his influence on Shakespeare
Did you know? Many historians believe he worked as a secret agent for the government before his mysterious death in a tavern brawl.
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🇬🇧George VIKing of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952View profile Photo (modified): Matson Photo Service · Public domain1952Died
🇦🇹Gustav KlimtAustrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movementView profile Photo (modified): Unknown author · Public domain1918Died
🇬🇧Charles II of EnglandKing of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the…View profile Photo (modified): Peter Lely · Public domain1685Died
🇨🇱Sebastián PiñeraChilean businessman and politician who served as 34th and 36th president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to…View profile Photo (modified): Marcelo Segura Millar · CC BY 3.0 cl2024Died
🇬🇧Joseph PriestleyEnglish chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and…View profile Photo (modified): Ellen Sharples · Public domain1804Died
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February 6: birthdays, history and star sign
25 famous people were born on February 6, including Ronald Reagan, Bob Marley and Christopher Marlowe. Anyone born on February 6 is a Aquarius, an air sign ruled by Uranus. Notable events on February 6 include 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes and 2026 Winter Olympics.
Famous people born on February 6
- 1995Leon Goretzka · German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Germany national…
- 1979Alice Weidel · German politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany party alongside Tino…
- 1978Olena Zelenska · Ukrainian screenwriter who has been First Lady of Ukraine since 2019, as the wife of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- 1962Axl Rose · American singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses
- 1950Natalie Cole · American singer, songwriter, and actress
- 1945Bob Marley · Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- 1941Ivica Osim · Bosnian professional footballer and football manager
- 1932François Truffaut · French filmmaker, actor, and critic
- 1917Zsa Zsa Gabor · Hungarian and American socialite and actress
- 1912Eva Braun · German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler
- 1911Ronald Reagan · American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989
- 1905Władysław Gomułka · Polish communist politician
- 1895Babe Ruth · American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935
- 1895Semyon Timoshenko · Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union, and one of the most prominent Red Army commanders during the…
- 1892William P. Murphy · William Parry Murphy Sr
- 1756Aaron Burr · Aaron Burr Jr
- 1748Adam Weishaupt · German philosopher, professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati
- 1665Anne of Great Britain · Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the…
- 1564Christopher Marlowe · English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era
- 1501Garcilaso de la Vega · Spanish soldier and poet
On February 6 in history
- 20232023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes · On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes devastated southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The first earthquake occurred at 04:17:35 TRT…
- 20262026 Winter Olympics · The 2026 Winter Olympics, officially the XXV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Milano Cortina 2026, were an international winter multi-sport event…
- 19361936 Winter Olympics · The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event…
- 19681968 Winter Olympics · The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France.…
- 1958Munich air disaster · The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off at Munich-Riem Airport…
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Aquarius · Air · ruled by Uranus · Inventive, Independent, Humanitarian, Unconventional
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1812–1870Charles Dickens
Victorian novelist who created Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, exposing poverty and injustice
Did you know? He kept a pet raven named Grip, which he eventually had stuffed after it died.
b. 1985Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese footballer with five Ballon d'Or awards and five Champions League titles, and the all-time top scorer in men's international football
Did you know? The international airport on his home island of Madeira was officially renamed in his honour.
b. 1992Neymar
Brazilian forward and his country's all-time leading men's goalscorer, who starred for Santos, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain
Did you know? He was the subject of the world's most expensive football transfer when he moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017.
1478–1535Thomas More
English lawyer and statesman who wrote Utopia and was executed for refusing to accept Henry VIII as head of the Church
Did you know? He was a close friend of the scholar Erasmus and they remained frequent correspondents throughout their entire lives.
b. 1946Charlotte Rampling
English actress of The Night Porter and Swimming Pool, a star of European cinema nominated for an Oscar for 45 Years
Did you know? She has lived in France for much of her adult life and was once awarded the Legion of Honour for her acting career.
1885–1951Sinclair Lewis
American satirist of Main Street, Babbitt and Elmer Gantry, the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Did you know? He declined the Pulitzer Prize because he felt the award's criteria were too restrictive for literature.
1870–1937Alfred Adler
Austrian psychiatrist and early colleague of Freud who founded individual psychology and introduced the inferiority complex
Did you know? He developed the concept of the inferiority complex to explain how feelings of inadequacy influence human personality.
b. 1979Tawakkol Karman
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist for democracy in Yemen
Did you know? She became the first Arab woman and one of the youngest people ever to receive the prestigious peace award.
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- Who was born on February 6?
- Famous people born on February 6 include Ronald Reagan (1911), Bob Marley (1945), Christopher Marlowe (1564), François Truffaut (1932) and Anne of Great Britain (1665). In total, 25 famous people in our archive were born on February 6.
- Which celebrities share a February 6 birthday?
- Famous people alive today with a February 6 birthday include Axl Rose, Olena Zelenska, Alice Weidel and Leon Goretzka.
- What star sign is someone born on February 6?
- People born on February 6 are Aquarius, an air sign ruled by Uranus. Aquarius runs from January 20 to February 18.
- What happened on February 6 in history?
- Notable events on February 6 include 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes (2023), 2026 Winter Olympics (2026) and 1936 Winter Olympics (1936).
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- February 6 in historyYour birthday has a story. See every famous birth, historic event and notable death recorded on February 6, the day the world welcomed you.Date page
- Your most famous birthday match: Ronald ReaganOf the 25 famous people who share your birthday, Ronald Reagan is the best known. Read their story and see what you have in common.Person
- Aquarius zodiac signAs a Aquarius you're known for being inventive, independent and humanitarian, just like Ronald Reagan. Meet others who share your star sign.Zodiac
- Famous birthdays in FebruarySee the best-known people born on every day of February, from the 1st to the last day of the month.Month
- The 100 ClubWill you make it to 100? Meet the famous people who celebrated their 100th birthday, and the stars who are next in line.Centenarians
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