May 6th Birthdays

John Flansburgh, one-half of the rock alternative duo, They Might Be Giants, was born on this day in 1960 in Lincoln, MA.

Also born on May 6th

• 1931
  Willie Mays, American baseball player
• 1944
  Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player
• 1945
  Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American musician
  Bob Seger, American singer, songwriter
• 1948
  Mary MacGregor, American singer
• 1952
  Gregg Henry, American actor, country musician
  Michael O’Hare, American actor
• 1953
  Lynn Whitfield, American actress
• 1958
  Lolita Flores, Spanish singer, actress
• 1960
  Roma Downey, Northern Irish actress
  Phyllis Treigle, American soprano
• 1961
  George Clooney, American actor
  Gina Riley, Australian actress, singer
• 1962
  Adam Yellin, American record producer
• 1964
  Tony Scalzo, American musician
• 1965
  Leslie Hope, Canadian actress
• 1968
  Lætitia Sadier, French singer
• 1970
  Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
• 1971
  Chris Shiflett, American guitarist
• 1978
  John Abraham, American football player
• 1979
  Kerry Ellis, West End actress, singer
• 1980
  Nicole Brunner, American actress
• 1981
  Matt Drake, British vocalist, guitarist
• 1983
  Adrianne Palicki, American actress
• 1985
  Chris Paul, American basketball player
• 1986
  Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor
• 1994
  Krystal Jung, American-born Korean singer
• 1996
  Dominic Scott Kay, American actor

May Birthday Calendar

Died on May 6th:

• 1859
  Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer, explorer (age 89)
• 1862
  Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, philosopher (age 44)
• 1902
  Bret Harte, American author, poet (age 65)
• 1910
  Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 68)
• 1919
  L. Frank Baum, American novelist (age 62)
• 1949
  Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet, playwright (age 86)
• 1952
  Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician, educator (age 81)
• 1963
  Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor (age 74)
• 1973
  Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor, composer (age 79)
• 1983
  Ezra Jack Keats, American author, illustrator (age 67)
• 1990
  Charles Farrell, American actor (age 89)
• 1992
  Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (age 87)
• 1992
  Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress, singer (age 90)
• 1993
  Ann Todd, English actress, producer (age 86)
• 2002
  Otis Blackwell, American singer, songwriter (age 71)
• 2004
  Virginia Capers, American actress, singer (age 78)
• 2006
  Grant McLennan, Australian singer, guitarist (age 48)
• 2007
  Curtis Harrington, American actor, director (age 80)
• 2012
  James Isaac, American director, producer (age 51)