Famous Birthdays on July 6

Cody Fern is an Australian director and actor. Following his feature debut in The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017), he played a supporting role in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018). Later that year, Fern played the Antichrist Michael Langdon in American Horror Story: Apocalypse and appeared in the final season of the Netflix drama House of Cards.

Misty Anne Upham was an American actress. She attracted critical acclaim for her performance in the 2008 film Frozen River, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She also appeared in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian and August: Osage County.

Frank Jahmier Childress, known professionally as Frank Kole and formerly as Comethazine, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his platinum-selling single "Walk", which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and "Bands". Both songs were included on his debut mixtape, Bawskee (2018).

Louisa Caroline Tuthill was an American writer, one of the most successful in the 19th-century. In addition to the first history of architecture published in the United States, History of Architecture from the Earliest Times (1848), she wrote numerous books for children and young adults. She contributed anonymously to magazines, and among other works published James Somers, the Pilgrim's Son (1827); Mary's Visit to Boston (1829); Ancient Architecture (1830); Calisthenics (1831); Young Lady's Home (1841); I will be a Lady (1845); I will be a Gentleman (1846); A Strike for Freedom (1848); a series of Tales for the Young (1844–50); a new series for the young (1852–54); True Manliness, or the Landscape Gardener (1865); and The Young Lady at Home and in Society (1869). With others, she prepared The Juvenile Library for Boys and Girls. She edited Young Lady's Reader ; Mirror of Life ; and Beauties of De Quincey. Many of her books were republished in England.

Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil was a Turkish-Swiss medical scientist and neurosurgeon. He collaborated with Raymond M. P. Donaghy M.D at the University of Vermont in developing microneurosurgery. Yaşargil treated epilepsy and brain tumours with instruments of his own design. From 1953 until his retirement in 1993, he was first resident, chief resident and then professor and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Zurich and the Zurich University Hospital. In 1999, he was honored as "Neurosurgery’s Man of the Century 1950–1999" at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting. He was a founding member of Eurasian Academy.

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Siti Norma binti Yaakob was a Malaysian lawyer and judge, noted for being the first woman to become Chief Judge of Malaya. After completing her legal studies in London, England and being called to the bar in 1962, Siti Norma returned to Malaysia and worked her way up through the judicial system. She was the first Malaysian woman barrister of Malay heritage and the first woman to take up an executive position in the government's legal service, and she achieved many more "firsts" as she advanced in her career, finally becoming Chief Judge in 2005.

Sophia L. Witherspoon is an American former college and professional basketball player who was a guard for seven seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Witherspoon played college basketball for the University of Florida, and was selected in the second round of the 1997 WNBA draft. She played professionally for the New York Liberty, Portland Fire and Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.

Ian John Burgess was a British racing driver. He participated in 20 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 July 1958, and numerous non-Championship Formula One races. He scored no championship points.

Jacopo Melani was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. He was born and died in Pistoia, and was the brother of composer Alessandro Melani and singer Atto Melani.

Thierry Warmoes is a Belgian politician and former member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, he represented Namur from June 2019 to July 2023.

Antoine de Jussieu was a French naturalist, botanist, and physician. The standard author abbreviation Ant.Juss. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Todd Anthony Bennett was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Ernest Oliver Kirkendall was an American chemist and metallurgist. He is known for his 1947 discovery of the Kirkendall effect.

Ernst Haefliger was a Swiss tenor.

Sulev Vahtre was an eminent Estonian historian.

Reinhard Roder is a German former football player and manager.

Ian Craig Leslie OAM is an Indonesian-born Australian television journalist and corporate communicator.

Richard Michael Sternbach is an illustrator who is best known for his space illustrations and his work on the Star Trek television series.

Phil Mallow is an American politician serving as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.

Peter Simpson Hedges is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer.

Zhanna Pintusevich-Block is a Ukrainian former world champion sprinter who competed in the Olympic Games.

Kevin Fickentscher is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Sion II as a goalkeeper.