Did you know
Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
Famous Birthdays on October 6
1930 — Hafez al-Assad
Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (died 2000)
October 6 has 234 recorded notable births across history, from 649 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on October 6
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- 1910 Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times. Source
- 1898 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music. Source
- 1884 The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island. Source
- 1995 The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered. Source
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Jennings is one of the youngest publicly documented people to be identified as transgender.
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Rebecca Lobo played college basketball at the University of Connecticut, where she was a member of the team that won the 1995 national championship, going 35–0 on the season in the process.
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Sylvia Fowles won the WNBA MVP Award in 2017 and the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year award four times.
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After signing with Fox Film in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era.
More major people born on October 6
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2000
Jazz Jennings
American internet personality
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1973
Rebecca Lobo
American basketball player and sportscaster
Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin is an American television basketball analyst and former professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2003.
1985
Sylvia Fowles
American basketball player
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1906
Janet Gaynor
American actress (died 1984)
Janet Gaynor was an American actress. She began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era.
1990
Han Sun-hwa
South Korean singer and actress
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1993
Adam Gemili
English sprinter
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1964
Mark Field
German-English lawyer and politician
Mark Christopher Field is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cities of London and Westminster from 2001 to 2019.
1959
Walter Ray Williams
Jr., American bowler
Walter Ray Williams Jr. is an American professional tenpin bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher.
1555
Ferenc Nádasdy
Hungarian noble (died 1604)
Count Ferenc II Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld was a Hungarian nobleman and a distinguished soldier. His family, the Nádasdy family, was one of the wealthiest and most influential of the era in Hungary.
1921
Joseph Lowery
American minister and activist (died 2020)
Joseph Echols Lowery was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and leader in the civil rights movement. He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr.
1961
Ben Summerskill
English businessman and journalist
Ben Jeffrey Peter Summerskill is chair of The Silver Line and director of the Criminal Justice Alliance, a consortium of 135 charities working across the GB criminal justice pathway.
1986
Meg Myers
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Janice Sue Meghan Myers, known professionally as Meg Myers, is an American singer-songwriter.
1744
James McGill
Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (died 1813)
James McGill was a Scottish-born businessman, politician, slaveholder, and philanthropist best known for being the founder of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.
1971
Emily Mortimer
English actress
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer is an English actress and filmmaker. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles.
1959
Brian Higgins
American politician
Brian Michael Higgins is an American former politician who was the U.S. representative for New York's 26th congressional district, from 2005 until 2024.
1934
Marshall Rosenberg
American psychologist and author (died 2015)
Marshall Bertram Rosenberg was an American psychologist, mediator, author, and teacher.
1982
Will Butler
American musician and composer
William Pierce Butler is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom he recorded six studio albums.
1738
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (died 1789)
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria was the second child of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia.
1999
Trevor Lawrence
American football player
William Trevor Lawrence is an American professional football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL).