What the data says
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every February birthday · battle February 6 against another date · all rankings
Who shares February 6
Share of the 36 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Politician
1911–2004 · United States
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement.
Michael Evans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Musician
1945–1981 · Jamaica
Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of the genre, he was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style.
Dennis Morris; Distributed by Island Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Athlete
1895–1948 · United States
George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.
Charles M. Conlon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Artist
1912–1945 · Nazi Germany
Eva Anna Paula Hitler was a German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun met Hitler in Munich in 1929 when she was an assistant and model for his personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann.
Studio of Heinrich Hoffmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Musician
1962 · United States
W. Axl Rose is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. He has been the band's only constant member since its formation in 1985.
Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
American scientist
1892–1987 · United States
William Parry Murphy Sr. was an American physician who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and George Hoyt Whipple for their combined work in devising and treating macrocytic anemia.
The Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur
1845–1912 · United States
Isidor Straus was an American politician and businessman, who was a co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He served just over a year as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the state of New York.
James E. Purdy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1963 · Spain
Josep Maria Bartomeu Floreta is a Spanish entrepreneur and former president of FC Barcelona. He started his presidency in 2014, following the resignation of Sandro Rosell; he held the post until his resignation in 2020.
Annaprash, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · LeEco · technology
1973 · People's Republic of China
Jia Yueting is a Chinese businessman who is the founder of Leshi Holding Group and the former CEO of Faraday Future.
February 6 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Actor
1918–2016 · United States
Zsa Zsa Gabor was a Hungarian and American socialite and actress. Her sisters were socialite Magda Gabor and actress and businesswoman Eva Gabor.
Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1992 · Morocco
Nora Fatehi is a Canadian singer, dancer and actress based in India. She primarily works in Hindi film and also appeared in Telugu, and Malayalam cinema. Fatehi made her acting debut with the Hindi film Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans.
Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1982 · United Kingdom
Alice Sophia Eve is a British actress. The daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan, she began her career with supporting roles in the films Hawking and Stage Beauty.
Original: Gerald Geronimo Derivative work: Sirab, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1931–2019 · United States
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. was an American actor whose career spanned roughly 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983).
Alan Light; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:41, 26 January 2011 (UTC), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
2000 · United Kingdom
Conor John Gallagher is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.
GrassShoots!, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1995 · Germany
Leon Christoph Goretzka is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Germany national team.
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1986 · United States
Dane William DeHaan is an American actor.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1950–2015 · United States
Natalie Maria Cole was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole.
John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1932–1984 · France
François Roland Truffaut was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic.
Actor
1978 · Ukraine
Olena Volodymyrivna Zelenska is a Ukrainian screenwriter who has been First Lady of Ukraine since 2019, as the wife of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenska was named by Time as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023.
DomanZorov1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1984 · United Kingdom
Darren Ashley Bent is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker and is currently a radio presenter for talkSPORT. He played in the Premier League and Championship for nine clubs, and at senior international level for the England national team.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/95721003@N00/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1748–1830 · Kingdom of Bavaria
Johann Adam Weishaupt was a German philosopher, professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati.
Friedrich Rossmassler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1964 · Russia
Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev is a Russian filmmaker. His films usually explore Russian society and politics in the 21st century, featuring bleak atmosphere and neo-noir style.
Denilaur: автор оригіналу derivative work: LeonNefo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1922–2015 · United States
Haskell Wexler was an American filmmaker, cinematographer, and documentarian. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice, in 1966 for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and 1976 for Bound for Glory, out of five total nominations.
Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1908–1999 · Italy
Amintore Fanfani was an Italian politician and statesman who served as 32nd prime minister of Italy for five separate terms. He was one of the best-known Italian politicians after the Second World War and a historical figure of the left-wing faction of Christian Democracy.
Inventor
1802–1875 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Charles Wheatstone was an English physicist and inventor best known for his contributions to the development of the Wheatstone bridge, originally invented by Samuel Hunter Christie, which is used to measure an unknown electrical resistance, and as a major figure in the development of telegraphy.
Samuel Laurence, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1925–2006 · Indonesia
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, also nicknamed Pram, was an Indonesian novelist and writer.
Ministry of Education (Kempen), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1778–1827 · Republic of Venice
Ugo Foscolo, born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.
François-Xavier Fabre, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator · Channel One Russia
1961 · Russia
Konstantin Lvovich Ernst is a Russian media manager, film producer and TV host. He is currently the CEO of Channel One Russia.
Пресс-служба Государственной Думы РФ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1923–2017 · Philippines
Alfonso Tiaoqui Yuchengco was a Filipino accountant, banker, businessman and ambassador. He was the founder of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), one of the largest family-owned conglomerates in the Philippines.
PHLPOST - Philippines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Inventor
1861–1953 · Moldova
Nikolay Dmitriyevich Zelinsky was a Russian and Soviet chemist and educator. He was a professor at Moscow University from 1893 and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1929).
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1983 · Slovenia
Branko Ilić is a Slovenian former professional footballer. Usually a right-back, he also played as a central defender.
Дмитрий Журавель, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Investor
1799–1870 · Hungary
Emerich Frivaldszky von Frivald, known as Imre Frivaldszky, was a Hungarian botanist and entomologist.
anonymous, original in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Dutch businessman
1985 · Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ben Woldring is a Dutch internet entrepreneur and millionaire from Usquert who first rose to fame in the autumn of 1998 when, for a school assignment, he made a website where consumers could compare prices for mobile phone services.
FC-Sprint², CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1872–1947 · Sweden
Swedish politician (1872–1947)
Unknown, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1839–1932 · Sweden
Swedish politician (1839–1932)
Unknown, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1882–1953 · Sweden
Svensk riksdagspolitiker (socialdemokrat), till yrket lokförare
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 36 people born on February 6, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. No one here has a sourced net-worth estimate yet, so no wealth figures are shown. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on February 6. Read the full methodology.
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