Ariel Dorfman (81)
May 6th, 1942

Chilean writer – Ariel Dorfman was born in Buenos Aires (Capital and largest city of Argentina) on May 6th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 6

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

*May 6th, 1930, Oslo †May 13th, 2004, Oslo

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

34

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London

71

Christian Clavier

French actor and screenwriter

*May 6th, 1952, Paris

63

Anne Parillaud

French actress

*May 6th, 1960, 12th arrondissement of Paris

19

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu Regency

63

Martina Jäschke

East German diver

*May 6th, 1960, Merseburg

64

Victor Grignard

French chemist (1871-1935)

*May 6th, 1871, Cherbourg †December 13th, 1935, 7th arrondissement of Lyon

61

Mario Kummer

East German racing cyclist and team manager

*May 6th, 1962, Suhl

67

Vito Taccone

Italian racing cyclist

*May 6th, 1940, Avezzano †October 15th, 2007, Avezzano

64

Ghena Dimitrova

Bulgarian lyric singer

*May 6th, 1941, Beglež †June 11th, 2005, Milan

40

Daniel Alves

Former Brazilian Football Federation player

*May 6th, 1983, Juazeiro

80

Ivica Osim

Bosnian association football player and manager

*May 6th, 1941, Sarajevo †May 1st, 2022, Graz

55

Lætitia Sadier

French singer

*May 6th, 1968, Vincennes

58

Gaston Leroux

French author and journalist

*May 6th, 1868, Paris †April 15th, 1927, Nice

69

Marie-Aude Murail

French writer

*May 6th, 1954, Le Havre

36

Andreas Hindelang

German footballer

*May 6th, 1987, Oberstdorf

34

Andreas Baader

German left-wing militant

*May 6th, 1943, Munich †October 18th, 1977, Stammheim Prison

76

Gunilla Lindberg

Swedish sports official

*May 6th, 1947, Upplands Väsby

50

Nicholas II of Russia

Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917

*May 6th, 1868, Pushkin †July 17th, 1918, Yekaterinburg

31

Jonas Valančiūnas

Lithuanian professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1992, Utena

78

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

American country singer

*May 6th, 1945, Amarillo

76

Martha Nussbaum

American philosopher

*May 6th, 1947, New York City

91

Márton Szipál

Hungarian photographer (1924-2016)

*May 6th, 1924, Szolnok †April 26th, 2016, Budapest

42

Tara Stiles

American yoga teacher

*May 6th, 1981, Morris

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Ariel Dorfman