January 6th Birthdays

Singer Nino Tempo was born on this day in 1935 in Niagara Falls, NY, as Antonino LoTempio. Here is he is singing the 1963 No. 1 hit “Deep Purple” with April Stevens, the stage name of his sister Carol.

Also born on January 6th:

  • 1934
    Sylvia Sims, English actress
  • 1935
    Tsaritsa Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela of Bulgaria
  • 1951
    Don Gullett, American baseball player
    Kim Wilson, American musician
  • 1952
    Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor
  • 1953
    Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist
  • 1954
    Trudie Styler, English actress
  • 1955
    Rowan Atkinson, English comedian, actor
  • 1958
    Scott Bryce, American actor
  • 1959
    Kathy Sledge, American singer
  • 1960
    Howie Long, National Football League player
    Andrea Thompson, American actress
  • 1964
    Charles Haley, American football player
    Mark O’Toole, English bass guitarist
  • 1969
    Norman Reedus, American actor
  • 1971
    Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer
    Irwin Thomas, Australian singer
  • 1974
    Paul Grant, American basketball player
  • 1975
    James Farrior, American football player
  • 1976
    Danny Pintauro, American actor
    Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, musician
  • 1978
    Bubba Franks, American football player
    Casey Fossum, American baseball player
  • 1981
    Mike Jones, American rapper
    Asante Samuel, American football player
  • 1982
    Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
    Brian Bass, American baseball player
    Eddie Redmayne, English actor
  • 1986
    Irina Shayk, Russian model
    Alex Turner, English musician
  • 1994
    Jameis Winston, American football player
  • 1999
    Eliza Scanlen, Australian actress

January Birthday Calendar



Died on January 6th:

  • 1852
    Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (age 43)
  • 1919
    Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President (age 60)
  • 1921
    Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (age 81)
  • 1949
    Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer (age 59)
  • 1993
    Dizzy Gillespie, American singer, trumpet player (age 75)
    Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer, choreographer (age 54)
  • 2006
    Lou Rawls, American singer, songwriter (age 76)
  • 2016
    Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor, screenwriter (age 86)
  • 2019
    W. Morgan Sheppard, British actor (age 86)
  • 2020
    Peter Bogdanovitch, American actor, director (age 82)
  • 2022
    Sidney Poitier, American actor (age 94)
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