Famous Personalities Born In October - 06
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
1289 King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.
1459 On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
1510 Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.
1510 John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.
1552 On October - 06 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 On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
1618 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.
1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on October - 06.
1716 George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771) was born on October - 06.
1738 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.
1744 James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.
1767 Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820) was born on October - 06.
1773 On October - 06 birth of king Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
1777 William Russell, composer was born on October - 06.
1801 Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.
1803 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) was born on this day in history.
1806 Andreas Randel, composer was born on this day in history.
1808 On October - 06 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 Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer was born on this day in history.
1820 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.
1824 Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book was born on this day in history.
1827 On October - 06 birth of cark Reidel, composer
1831 On this day in history birth of j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)
1838 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on October - 06.
1846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US was born on this day in history.
1847 On October - 06 birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor
1849 On October - 06 birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"
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 October - 06.
1862 Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive) was born on this day in history.
1866 On October - 06 birth of reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music