Famous Birthdays for June 6Pierre Corneille 1606 - Dramatist Nathan Hale 1755 - Soldier for Continental Army during American Revolutionary War, considered to be America's first spy, known for his famous quote "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." John Trumbull 1756 - Artist during the American Revolutionary War period Alexander Pushkin (Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin) 1799 - Russian author and poet Thomas Mann 1875 - German novelist, short story writer, social critic Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman) 1892 - Musician, bandleader, singer Walter Abel 1898 - Actor Aram Khachaturian 1903 - Composer Tom Ryan 1926 - Writer, artist David Scott (David Randolph Scott) 1932 - NASA astronaut and engineer Billie Whitelaw (Billie Honor Whitelaw) 1932 - Actress Roy Innis 1934 - Civil rights activist Levi Stubbs 1936 - Musician (Four Tops) Gary U.S. Bonds (Gary Levone Anderson) 1939 - Singer Joe Stampley 1943 - Country singer Monty Alexander (Montgomery Bernard Alexander) 1944 - Musician Peter Albin 1944 - Musician (Big Brother and the Holding Company) David Dukes 1945 - Actor Ada Kok 1947 - Swimmer Robert Englund (Robert Barton Englund) 1948 - Actor, best known for player the character of Freddy Krueger Harvey Fierstein 1954 - Actor, playwright Sandra Bernhard 1955 - Comedian, singer, actress Bjorn Borg 1956 - Tennis player Jimmy Jam (James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III) 1959 - Songwriter, producer (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) Amanda Pays 1959 - Actress Steve Vai 1960 - Guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, actor Sean Yseult 1966 - Musician (White Zombie) Max Casella 1967 - Actor ("The Sopranos," "Doogie Howser, M.D.") Damion Hall 1968 - Musician (Guy), also known as "Crazy Legs" Staci Keenan 1975 - Actress |