Famous people born on 6 January

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

1. Kahlil Gibran 1883Lebanese writer and painterdied aged 48
2. Rowan Atkinson 1955British actor and comedianliving, 71
3. KDKim Dae-jung 1924South Korean politician who served as President of South Koreadied aged 85
4. Carl Sandburg 1878American writerdied aged 89
5. Adriano Celentano 1938Italian musician and actorliving, 88
6. Gustave Doré 1832French illustrator and painterdied aged 51
7. Eddie Redmayne 1982British actorliving, 44
8. Richard II of England 1367Monarch of England
9. Pope Marcellus I AD 255Roman Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 54
10. Heinrich Schliemann 1822German businessperson and archaeologistdied aged 68
11. Syd Barrett 1946British guitaristdied aged 60
12. Eduard Bernstein 1850German politiciandied aged 82
13. Loretta Young 1913American actordied aged 87
14. A. R. Rahman 1966Indian composer and musicianliving, 60
15. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659Imamdied aged 54