What happened on July 6 ?

1686 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)

1747 - John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)

1766 - Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (d. 1813)

1785 - William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)

1796 - Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)

1817 - Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)

1818 - Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)

1838 - Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian scholar (d. 1923)

1859 - Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)

1878 - Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)

1884 - Harold Vanderbilt, American businessman (d. 1970)

1885 - Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)

1898 - Hanns Eisler, German composer (d. 1962)

1903 - Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1982)

1904 - Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (d. 1996)

1907 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)

1912 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer and explorer (d. 2006)

1918 - Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977)

1919 - Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor

1921 - Nancy Reagan, actress and First Lady of the United States

1923 - Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of Poland

1925 - Merv Griffin, American game show developer and television show host

1925 - Bill Haley, American singer (Bill Haley and the Comets) (d. 1981)

1927 - Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player

1927 - Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)

1927 - Pat Paulsen, American comedian and Presidential candidate (d. 1997)

1931 - Della Reese, American singer and actress

1933 - Frank Austin, English footballer

1935 - Tenzin Gyatso, fourteenth Dalai Lama, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

1936 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005)

1937 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist and conductor

1937 - Ned Beatty, American actor

1937 - Gene Chandler, American singer (Duke of Earl)

1940 - Jeannie Seely, American singer

1940 - Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan (1991-present)

1945 - Burt Ward, American television actor (Batman)

1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

1946 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor

1948 - Brad Park, Canadian hockey player

1949 - Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (d. 1995)

1951 - Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor

1953 - Nanci Griffith, American singer and songwriter

1955 - William Wall, Irish writer

1956 - Casey Sander, American actor

1958 - Jennifer Saunders, British actress and comedian

1959 - Richard Dacoury, French basketball player

1963 - Stuart Garrard, English guitarist

1966 - Brian Posehn, American actor and comedian

1967 - Heather Nova, Bermudian singer and songwriter

1969 - Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer

1970 - Inspectah Deck, American rapper

1970 - Martin Smith, English singer and songwriter

1972 - D-Styles, American scratch DJ

1975 - 50 Cent (Curtis James Jackson III), American rapper

1977 - Craig Handley, British film director and writer

1978 - Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry, American actresses

1978 - Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player

1983 - Gregory Smith, Canadian actor

1986 - Derrick Williams, American football player

1987 - Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model