Famous Personalities Born In October - 06
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1289 On this day in history birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
1459 On this day in history birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
1510 Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.
1510 On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
1552 On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)
1573 Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on October - 06.
1610 Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.
1618 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.
1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on October - 06.
1716 On October - 06 birth of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
1738 On this day in history birth of archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
1744 On October - 06 birth of james McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
1767 Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820) was born on October - 06.
1773 King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on October - 06.
1777 William Russell, composer was born on this day in history.
1801 Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888) was born on October - 06.
1803 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) was born on October - 06.
1806 On this day in history birth of andreas Randel, composer
1808 On this day in history birth of frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)
1816 On October - 06 birth of william Batchelder Bradbury, composer
1818 On October - 06 birth of joseph Rummel, composer
1819 On this day in history birth of willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer
1820 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.
1824 On October - 06 birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1827 On this day in history birth of cark Reidel, composer
1831 J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on October - 06.
1838 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
1846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US was born on October - 06.
1847 On October - 06 birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor
1849 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on this day in history.
1860 Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) was born on October - 06.
1860 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13) was born on this day in history.
1862 On October - 06 birth of albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)
1866 On this day in history birth of reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music