Famous people born on 6 October

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

1. Le Corbusier 1887Swiss architect and designerdied aged 77
2. Hafez al-Assad 1930Politician who served as President of Syriadied aged 69
3. Thor Heyerdahl 1914Norwegian anthropologist and adventurerdied aged 87
4. Louis Philippe I 1773King of the Frenchdied aged 76
5. Ernest Walton 1903Irish physicistdied aged 91
6. Riccardo Giacconi 1931Italian astrophysicistdied aged 87
7. Richard Dedekind 1831German mathematiciandied aged 84
8. Janet Gaynor 1906American actordied aged 77
9. Yves Leterme 1960Belgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgiumliving, 66
10. Lai Ching-te 1959Taiwanese politician who served as President of the Republic of Chinaliving, 67
11. Elisabeth Shue 1963American actorliving, 63
12. Matteo Ricci 1552Italian missionarydied aged 57
13. Carole Lombard 1908American actordied aged 33
14. Peter Pellegrini 1975Slovak politician who served as President of Slovakialiving, 51
15. Jenny Lind 1820Swedish opera singerdied aged 67