March 6th Birthdays

American singer, Mary Wilson, original member of the Supremes, was born on this day in 1946 in Greenville, Mississippi. In this video, Mary sings one of the Supremes’ hits, “You Can’t Hurry Love.” Mary passed away at age 76 in Henderson, Nevada on February 8, 2021.

Also born on March 6th

• 1939
  Infanta Margarita of Spain, duchess of Soria
  Cookie Rojas, Cuban baseball player
• 1940
  Joanna Miles, American actress
• 1942
  Ben Murphy, American actor
• 1946
  David Gilmour, British musician
• 1947
  Kiki Dee, British singer
  Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian
• 1948
  Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
• 1955
  Alberta Watson, Canadian actress
• 1958
  Eddie Deezen, American actor
• 1959
  Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
• 1960
  Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player
• 1962
  Jonathan Scott-Taylor, English actor
• 1963
  D. L. Hughley, American comedian and actor
• 1964
  Skip Ewing, American country music singer, songwriter
• 1966
  Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
• 1967
  Connie Britton, American actress
  Shuler Hensley, American actor, singer
• 1968
  Moira Kelly, American actress
• 1969
  Andrea Elson, American actress
  Tari Phillips, American basketball player
  Amy Pietz, American actress
• 1970
  Chris Broderick, American musician
• 1971
  Sean Morley, aka Val Venis, American pro wrestler
  Darrick Martin, American basketball player
• 1972
  Shaquille O’Neal, American basketball player
  Jaret Reddick, American musician
• 1973
  Terry Adams, American baseball player
  Michael Finley, American basketball player
  Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
• 1976
  Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
• 1977
  Marcus Thames, American baseball player
• 1978
  Sage Rosenfels, American football player
• 1979
  Clint Barmes, American baseball player
  David Flair, American professional wrestler
  Rufus Hound, British comedian
• 1980
  Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor
• 1981
  Ellen Muth, American actress
• 1983
  Coby Karl, American basketball player
• 1985
  Albert Reed, American model
• 1986
  Eli Marienthal, American actor
• 1987
  Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
• 1990
  Ryan Bennett, English footballer
• 2001
  Aryana Engineer, Canadian actress

March Birthday Calendar

Died on March 6th:

• 1836
  James Bonham, American lawyer, soldier (age 29)
  Jim Bowie, American colonel (age 39)
  Davy Crockett, American soldier, politician (age 49)
  William B. Travis, American lt. colonel, lawyer (age 26)
• 1888
  Louisa May Alcott, American novelist, poet (age 55)
• 1932
  John Philip Sousa, American conductor, composer (age 77)
• 1935
  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist (age 93)
• 1941
  Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (age 73)
• 1951
  Ivor Novello, Welsh singer, actor (age 58)
• 1961
  George Formby, English singer, actor (age 56)
• 1965
  Margaret Dumont, American actress (age 82)
• 1967
  Nelson Eddy, American actor, singer (age 65)
• 1970
  William Hopper, American actor (age 55)
• 1973
  Pearl S. Buck, American author, Nobel Prize laureate (age 80)
• 1994
  Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, politician (age 73)
• 2000
  John Colicos, Canadian actor (age 71)
• 2004
  Frances Dee, American actress (age 94)
• 2005
  Teresa Wright, American actress (age 86)
• 2007
  Ernest Gallo, American businessman (age 97)
• 2010
  Mark Linkous, American singer, guitarist (age 47)
• 2013
  Stompin’ Tom Connors, Canadian singer, guitarist (age 77)
  Alvin Lee, English singer, guitarist (age 68)
• 2014
  Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, dancer (age 92)
• 2016
  Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd U.S. First Lady (age 94)
• 2017
  Robert Osborne, American actor, historian (age 84)