Notable Birthdays for October 6
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Singer Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, in 1820
- inventor and manufacturer George Westinghouse in 1846
- French aviator Roland Garros in 1888
- tennis champion Helen Wills Moody in 1905
- actors Janet Gaynor in 1906 and Carole Lombard in 1908
- Norwegian ethnologist, archaeologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl in 1914
- former 60 Minutes journalist Shana Alexander in 1925
- actor Britt Ekland in 1942 (age 73)
- Northern Ireland politician Gerry Adams in 1948 (age 67)
- television executive Leslie Moonves in 1949 (age 66)
- football coach Tony Dungy in 1955 (age 60)
- writer David Brin in 1950 (age 65)
- and actors Elisabeth Shue in 1963 (age 52), Ioan Gruffudd in 1973 (age 42).
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