Notable Birthdays for May 6
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre in 1758
- Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in 1856
- arctic explorer Robert Peary in 1856
- French writer Gaston Leroux in 1868
- silent screen star Rudolph Valentino in 1895
- restaurateur Toots Shor in 1903
- actor Stewart Granger in 1913
- actor/director/writer Orson Welles in 1915
- author Theodore White in 1915
- baseball legend Willie Mays in 1931 (age 84)
- rock musician Bob Seger in 1945 (age 70)
- former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1953 (age 62)
- TV host Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars) in 1955 (age 60)
- musician John Flansburgh in 1960 (age 55)
- actor Roma Downey in 1960 (age 55)
- actor George Clooney in 1961 (age 53)
- Martin Brodeur, who set numerous reords as an NHL goaltender, in 1972 (age 43).
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