Famous people born on 6 December

14 of the people we track were born on 6 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Leonid Brezhnev 1906Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Uniondied aged 75
2. Yoshihide Suga 1948Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japanliving, 77
3. Peter Handke 1942Austrian writer and film directorliving, 83
4. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac 1778French chemist and physicistdied aged 71
5. Gunnar Myrdal 1898Swedish economistdied aged 88
6. Henry VI of England 1421Monarch of Englanddied aged 49
7. Max Müller 1823German-born philologist and orientalistdied aged 76
8. Geoffrey Hinton 1947British computer scientist and psychologistliving, 78
9. Alberto Contador 1982Spanish cyclistliving, 43
10. Tim Cahill 1979Australian footballerliving, 46
11. Giannis Antetokounmpo 1994Nigerian basketball playerliving, 31
12. Baldassare Castiglione 1478Milanese writerdied aged 50
13. George Porter 1920British chemistdied aged 81
14. Sadyr Japarov 1968Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstanliving, 57