Famous People Born on May 6
Winifred Brunton
1880
English-South African painter and illustrator (d. 1959)
(Image Credits)
"House Brunton JHF 003" by Bobbyshabangu - CC BY-SA 4.0
Samuel Doe
1951
Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)
Willem de Sitter
1872
Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)
Dries Mertens
1987
Belgian footballer
(Image Credits)
"Mertens 2018 (cropped)" by Кирилл Венедиктов - CC BY-SA 3.0 Original Source
Trinley Thaye Dorje
1983
Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama
Harry Watson
1923
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
Jon Montgomery
1979
Canadian skeleton racer and television host
(Image Credits)
"Jon Montgomery" by thelastminute (Duncan Rawlinson) - CC BY 2.0 Original Source
Jeffery Deaver
1950
American journalist and author
(Image Credits)
"Jeffery Deaver 2012-05-24" by Garry Knight - CC BY-SA 2.0
Flickr: Jeffery Deaver
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880
German-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
Alessandra Ferri
1963
Italian ballerina
(Image Credits)
"Mikhail Baryshnikov and Alessandra Ferri" by Gary Friedman, Los Angeles Times - CC BY 4.0 Original Source
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette
1769
French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
Jean-Baptiste Stuck
1680
Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)