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December 6 2013

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Born on This Day

Died on This Day

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on December 6 Died on December 6 On This Day Day Lookup

Anders Johannes Brax🇫🇮

deceased

chief executive officer · 1873–1940

Days lived

24,184

Andrew Cuomo🇺🇸

politician · b. 1957

Days alive

20,454

Andrew Flintoff🇬🇧

English cricketer and TV personality · b. 1977

Days alive

13,149

Andrias Christian Evensen

deceased

Faroese linguist (1874-1917) · 1874–1917

Days lived

15,659

Arnold Hottinger🇨🇭

deceased

Swiss journalist (1926-2019) · 1926–2019

Days lived

33,769

Ascan Lutteroth🇩🇪

deceased

German judge · 1874–1960

Days lived

31,284

Carole Thate🇳🇱

field hockey player · b. 1971

Days alive

15,341

Charles Sheaffer🇺🇸

deceased

field hockey player (1904–1989) · 1904–1989

Days lived

30,946

CoCo Vandeweghe🇺🇸

American tennis player · b. 1991

Days alive

8,036

Dave Brubeck🇺🇸

deceased

American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012) · 1920–2012

Days lived

33,602

Debbie Rowe🇺🇸

Nurse · b. 1958

Days alive

20,089

Deborah Estrin🇺🇸

American computer scientist · b. 1959

Days alive

19,724

Diederik Wissels🇳🇱

Dutch jazz pianist · b. 1960

Days alive

19,358

Eli Cohen

deceased

Notable Trials · 1924–1965

Days lived

14,773

Ernő Verebes🇭🇺

deceased

singer · 1902–1971

Days lived

25,026

Eugen Neufeld🇦🇹

deceased

actor (1882-1950) · 1882–1950

Days lived

24,787

Ferid Berberi

Albanian weightlifter · b. 1946

Days alive

24,472

Gaios Skordilis🇬🇷

basketball player · b. 1987

Days alive

9,497

Guido Brignone🇮🇹

deceased

Italian film director (1886-1959) · 1886–1959

Days lived

26,448

Hashim al-Atassi

deceased

politician · 1875–1960

Days lived

31,045

Hein Müller🇩🇪

deceased

German boxer (1903-1945) · 1903–1945

Days lived

15,120

Heinrich von Vietinghoff🇩🇪

deceased

German general · 1887–1952

Days lived

23,454

Helen Aitchison🇬🇧

deceased

British tennis player (1881–1947) · 1881–1947

Days lived

23,911

Helmut von den Steinen🇩🇪

deceased

German translator (1890–1956) · 1890–1956

Days lived

23,766

Ime Oduok🇳🇬

Nigerian basketball player · b. 1971

Days alive

15,341

Jasprit Bumrah🇮🇳

Cricketer · b. 1993

Days alive

7,305

Jiří Kodet🇨🇿

deceased

Czech actor (1937-2005) · 1937–2005

Days lived

24,673

Jonathan Hogg🇬🇧

football player · b. 1988

Days alive

9,131

José María Martín Bejarano-Serrano🇪🇸

football player · b. 1987

Days alive

9,497

Joy Gruttmann🇩🇪

German singer · b. 1995

Days alive

6,575

Karl Bitter🇺🇸

deceased

artist · 1867–1920

Days lived

19,118

Kim Simmonds🇬🇧

deceased

British rock musician (1947–2022) · 1947–2022

Days lived

27,401

Larry Bell🇺🇸

American painter and sculptor (born 1939) · b. 1939

Days alive

27,029

Lars Burgsmüller🇩🇪

German tennis player · b. 1975

Days alive

13,880

Manuel Reuter🇩🇪

German racecar driver · b. 1961

Days alive

18,993

Marko Pešić🇩🇪

basketball player · b. 1976

Days alive

13,514

Natascha Badmann🇨🇭

athlete · b. 1966

Days alive

17,167

Niels Pauli Danielsen

Danish politician · b. 1938

Days alive

27,394

Nikolai Doktorov🇷🇺

deceased

Soviet party organizer and industrialist (1907-1983) · 1907–1983

Days lived

27,586

Paolo Meneguzzi🇨🇭

singer-songwriter · b. 1976

Days alive

13,514

Paora Winitana🇳🇿

New Zealand basketball player · b. 1976

Days alive

13,514

Peter Handke🇦🇹

Austrian writer, playwright and film director (born 1942) · b. 1942

Days alive

25,933

Sameer Rizvi🌍

Cricketer · b. 2003

Days alive

3,653

Sergio Corbucci🇮🇹

deceased

Italian film director (1927-1990) · 1927–1990

Days lived

23,006

Simone Hanselmann🇩🇪

actor · b. 1979

Days alive

12,419

Tony Lazzeri🇺🇸

deceased

film director · 1903–1946

Days lived

15,584

Ulrich K. Preuss🇩🇪

German academic (born 1939) · b. 1939

Days alive

27,029

Vittorio Mezzogiorno🇮🇹

deceased

actor · 1941–1994

Days lived

19,025

B. R. Ambedkar🇮🇳

deceased

Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956) · 1891–1956

Days lived

23,977

Baltasar Gracián

deceased

Philosopher · 1601–1658

Days lived

21,151

Denis de Rougemont🇨🇭

deceased

Swiss writer (1906-1985) · 1906–1985

Days lived

28,944

Frantz Fanon🇫🇷

deceased

French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961) · 1925–1961

Days lived

13,288

Franzl Lang🇩🇪

deceased

singer · 1930–2015

Days lived

31,024

Hanns Dieter Hüsch🇩🇪

deceased

German author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator (1925–2005) · 1925–2005

Days lived

29,434

Honus Wagner🇺🇸

deceased

film director · 1874–1955

Days lived

29,869

Ichirō Mizuki🇯🇵

deceased

actor · 1948–2022

Days lived

27,362

Jakob Sporrenberg🇩🇪

deceased

Nazi German SS-Gruppenführer (1902－1952) · 1902–1952

Days lived

18,344

John Payne🇺🇸

deceased

American actor (1912–1989) · 1912–1989

Days lived

28,321

José María López Mezquita🇪🇸

deceased

Spanish painter (1883-1954) · 1883–1954

Days lived

26,159

Krizia🇮🇹

deceased

Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur (1925–2015) · 1925–2015

Days lived

33,181

Lead Belly

deceased

Notable Trials · 1885–1949

Days lived

23,686

Mills Lane🇺🇸

deceased

American judge, boxer, boxing referee · 1937–2022

Days lived

31,070

Oskar Messter🇩🇪

deceased

entrepreneur · 1866–1943

Days lived

28,138

Peter Lorenz🇩🇪

deceased

German politician (1922-1987) · 1922–1987

Days lived

23,725

Ralph H. Baer🇺🇸

deceased

entrepreneur · 1922–2014

Days lived

33,876

Roy Orbison🇺🇸

deceased

singer-songwriter · 1936–1988

Days lived

19,220

Rupprecht Geiger🇩🇪

deceased

German artist (1908–2009) · 1908–2009

Days lived

37,205

Senta Wengraf🇦🇹

deceased

Austrian actress (1924-2020) · 1924–2020

Days lived

35,274

Tabaré Vázquez🇺🇾

deceased

politician · 1940–2020

Days lived

29,544

Ute Klophaus🇩🇪

deceased

German photographer (1940–2010) · 1940–2010

Days lived

25,867

Yun Ch'iho

deceased

Korean independence activist (1864-1945) · 1864–1945

Days lived

29,564

Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,804

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,467

George Polley🇺🇸

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

42,342

Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Fee Plumley🇬🇧

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Keith Padgett🇬🇧

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Shaherose Charania🇨🇦

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

David Segal🇺🇸

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Clifford Swann🇦🇺

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

41,247

Alice Herz-Sommer🇮🇱

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

Pete Briggs🇺🇸

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,152

Günter Fronius🇦🇹

deceased

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

Manoel de Oliveira🇵🇹

deceased

actor · 1908–2015

Days lived

38,828

Kanzi🇺🇸

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

12,092

Tilikum🇺🇸

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

Stubbs🇺🇸

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

Tama🇯🇵

deceased

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

Harambe🇺🇸

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

April🇺🇸

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,892

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

54,334

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

53,300

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,934

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,378

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

49,030

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,361

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

54,030

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,382

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,925

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,835

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,812

The Godfather🇺🇸

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

15,232

Jaws🇺🇸

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

14,049

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

13,344

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,657

Alien🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,614

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,393

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Died on This Day

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Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

Jonathan🇸🇭

Koko🇺🇸

Companies That Existed

Hermes🇫🇷

Procter & Gamble🇺🇸

Already Published

Meditations🇮🇹

Don Quixote🇪🇸

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

12 Angry Men🇺🇸

Anders Johannes Brax🇫🇮

Andrew Cuomo🇺🇸

Andrew Flintoff🇬🇧

Andrias Christian Evensen

Arnold Hottinger🇨🇭

Ascan Lutteroth🇩🇪

Carole Thate🇳🇱

Charles Sheaffer🇺🇸

CoCo Vandeweghe🇺🇸

Dave Brubeck🇺🇸

Debbie Rowe🇺🇸

Deborah Estrin🇺🇸

Diederik Wissels🇳🇱

Eli Cohen

Ernő Verebes🇭🇺

Eugen Neufeld🇦🇹

Ferid Berberi

Gaios Skordilis🇬🇷

Guido Brignone🇮🇹

Hashim al-Atassi

Hein Müller🇩🇪

Heinrich von Vietinghoff🇩🇪

Helen Aitchison🇬🇧

Helmut von den Steinen🇩🇪

Ime Oduok🇳🇬

Jasprit Bumrah🇮🇳

Jiří Kodet🇨🇿

Jonathan Hogg🇬🇧

José María Martín Bejarano-Serrano🇪🇸

Joy Gruttmann🇩🇪

Karl Bitter🇺🇸

Kim Simmonds🇬🇧

Larry Bell🇺🇸

Lars Burgsmüller🇩🇪

Manuel Reuter🇩🇪

Marko Pešić🇩🇪

Natascha Badmann🇨🇭

Niels Pauli Danielsen

Nikolai Doktorov🇷🇺

Paolo Meneguzzi🇨🇭

Paora Winitana🇳🇿

Peter Handke🇦🇹

Sameer Rizvi🌍

Sergio Corbucci🇮🇹

Simone Hanselmann🇩🇪

Tony Lazzeri🇺🇸

Ulrich K. Preuss🇩🇪

Vittorio Mezzogiorno🇮🇹

B. R. Ambedkar🇮🇳

Baltasar Gracián

Denis de Rougemont🇨🇭

Frantz Fanon🇫🇷

Franzl Lang🇩🇪

Hanns Dieter Hüsch🇩🇪

Honus Wagner🇺🇸

Ichirō Mizuki🇯🇵

Jakob Sporrenberg🇩🇪