May 6 is the birthday of 53 notable people we've found so far, including authors, historical figures, athletes and actors, and 1 of them is a billionaire.
Behdad Eghbali is an Iranian–American billionaire businessman and co-founder and managing partner of Clearlake Capital investment firm. As of May 2026, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$3.9 billion.
Share of the 53 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Authors30% (16 people)
Athletes26% (14 people)
Actors23% (12 people)
Creators21% (11 people)
Musicians11% (6 people)
Politicians11% (6 people)
Scientists11% (6 people)
Countries
23 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States14 (14 people)
France8 (8 people)
Japan5 (5 people)
United Kingdom3 (3 people)
Croatia2 (2 people)
Kingdom of the Netherlands2 (2 people)
South Korea2 (2 people)
Life timeline
What were people born on May 6 doing at your age?
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.
By 25
~21Chris PaulReceived the NBA Rookie of the Year Award (2006)
17Wilhelm, German Crown PrinceReceived the Order of the Chrysanthemum (1900)
~17Cole PalmerJoined England national under-17 association football team (2019)
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies arising from conflicts in the psyche through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.
Max Halberstadt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.
George Orson Welles was an American actor and filmmaker. Remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre, he is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.
Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Cole Jermaine Palmer is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team.
The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia, was the eldest child of the last German emperor, Wilhelm II, and his consort Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
Amadeo Pietro Giannini, also known as Amadeo Peter Giannini, was an American banker who founded the Bank of Italy, which eventually became Bank of America. Giannini is credited as the inventor of many modern banking practices.
Agence Rol. Agence photographique, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Vladimir Filat, commonly referred to as Vlad Filat, is a Moldovan businessman, politician, and tycoon and founder of Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova. He was Prime Minister of Moldova from 25 September 2009 to 25 April 2013.
Mido at ro.wp, member of Vlad Filat's staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Juana de la Caridad "Juanita" Castro Ruz was a Cuban-American activist and writer, as well as the sister of Fidel and Raúl, both former presidents of Cuba, and Ramón, a key figure of the Cuban Revolution.
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognised as one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution.
Naomi Grace Scott is an English actress and singer. She received recognition for starring in the musical television film Lemonade Mouth (2011) and performing on its eponymous soundtrack.
Daniel Alves da Silva is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is one of the most decorated players in football history with 43 trophies. In addition, he is one of the few players to have made over 1,000 career appearances.
Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaele Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla, known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or just as Valentino, was an Italian-born actor and dancer.
Henry Waxman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Gabourey Sidibe is an American actress. She is known for starring in the drama film Precious (2009), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the eighth black actress to be nominated in that category.
Anne Parillaud is a French actress who has been active since 1977, who is best known internationally for playing the title character in Luc Besson's film La Femme Nikita.
Robert Edwin Peary was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NOAA Photo Library. First upload: Nov 6, 2004 - en:Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Byun Baek-hyun, known mononymously as Baekhyun, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo, its subgroup Exo-K and its subunit Exo-CBX. In 2019, Baekhyun became a leader of the supergroup SuperM.
Martha C. Nussbaum is an American philosopher and the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philosophy department.
Robin Holland (website), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Moon Geun-young is a South Korean actress. Affectionately called the "Nation's Little Sister", Moon began modeling at the age of 10, then made her acting debut in 1999 as a child actress.
Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans is a Dutch politician who was the leader of GroenLinks–PvdA in the House of Representatives from 2023 to 2025.
FinnishGovernment, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
André Weil was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century.
Stephen Gaghan is an American screenwriter and director. He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film Traffic, based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Syriana which he wrote and directed.
Harry Martinson was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos".
Gunnar Herbert Lundh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
John Conant Flansburgh is an American musician and singer-songwriter and a co-founder of alternative rock band They Might Be Giants with John Linnell, which was formed in 1982. He is a lead writer and singer and plays rhythm guitar for the band.
Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maximillian Oppenheimer, known as Max Ophüls, was a German and French film director, screenwriter and art director. He was known for his opulent and lyrical visual style, with heavy use of tracking shots, and his melancholic, romantic themes.
Studio Harcourt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ivan Osim, best known as Ivica Osim, was a Bosnian professional footballer and football manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all time, he is also seen as one of the most influential football managers in the former Yugoslavia.
Radiofabrik Community Media Association Salzburg, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She is the 2016 WTA Finals champion, becoming the fourth player to win the tournament on her debut. She won eight WTA Tour singles titles and two on the ITF Circuit.
Paul Christian Lauterbur was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible.
Bush6NobelLaureates.jpg: Tina Hager derivative work: Elinnea (talk), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 53 people born on May 6, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 1 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2025. 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 May 6. Read the full methodology.
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