Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the birth month is January; and the birth day is 6
| Name | Lifespan | Categories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcellus I | 255-309 | Bishops of Rome and the Popes, Saints |  |
| Raymond of Peñafort | 1175-1275 | Saints | |
| Gertrude the Great | 1256-1302 | Saints | |
| Richard II | 1367-1400 | English and British Kings and Queens, Shakespearian Characters | |
| Gaspare del Bufalo | 1786-1837 | Saints | |
| Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine | 1787-1871 | Other Leaders | |
| Jean-Gabriel Perboyre | 1802-1840 | Saints | |
| Auguste Chapdelaine | 1814-1856 | Saints | |
| Menyhért Lónyay | 1822-1884 | Hungarian Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Heinrich Schliemann | 1822-1890 | Notable Scientists and Inventors | |
| Gustave Doré | 1832-1883 | Notable Artists | |
| Pandeli Evangjeli | 1859-1949 | Albanian Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Morton Selten | 1860-1939 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Victor Horta | 1861-1947 | Notable Artists | |
| Adolf Paul | 1863-1943 | Notable Writers | |
| Gustav Bauer | 1870-1944 | German Chancellors and Presidents | |
| Fred Niblo | 1874-1948 | Notable Filmmakers | |
| Elisabeth, Princess of Liechtenstein | 1875-1947 | Other Royalty | |
| Carl Sandburg | 1878-1967 | Notable Writers, Pulitzer Award Winners | |
| Tom Mix | 1880-1940 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Fan Noli | 1882-1965 | Albanian Presidents and Prime Ministers, Notable Writers | |
| Khalil Gibran | 1883-1931 | Notable Writers | |
| Georges Rigal | 1890-1974 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Ferenc Szálasi | 1897-1946 | Hungarian Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Jonas Černius | 1898-1977 | Lithuanian Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Margaret Woodbridge | 1902-1995 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Friedrich Hendrix | 1911-1941 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Danny Thomas | 1912-1991 | Emmy Award Winners, Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Loretta Young | 1913-2000 | Emmy Award Winners, Notable Actors and Entertainers, Oscar Award Winners | |
| Ibolya Csák | 1915-2006 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Roy Cochran | 1919-1981 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Early Wynn | 1920-1999 | Hall-of-Famers, Notable Athletes | |
| Tabaré Borges | 1922-? | Olympic Medalists | |
| Norman Kirk | 1923-1974 | New Zealand Prime Ministers | |
| Vladimir Kazantsev | 1923-2007 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Kim Dae-jung | 1925-2009 | Nobel Prize Winners, Other Leaders | |
| Fernand Guillou | 1926-2009 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Capucine | 1928-1990 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| E. L. Doctorow | 1931-2015 | Notable Writers | |
| Dickie Moore | 1931-2015 | Hall-of-Famers, Notable Athletes | |
| Sylvia Syms | 1934-2023 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Paul Wilson | 1935-1988 | Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers | |
| Masaru Furukawa | 1936-1993 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Ludvík Daněk | 1937-1998 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Harri Holkeri | 1937-2011 | Finnish Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Larisa Shepitko | 1938-1979 | Notable Filmmakers | |
| Vasyl Stus | 1938-1985 | Notable Activists and Revolutionaries, Notable Journalists, Notable Writers | |
| Adriano Celentano | 1938- | Notable Musicians | |
| Jozef Golonka | 1938- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Murray Rose | 1939-2012 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Van McCoy | 1940-1979 | Notable Musicians | |
| Rolf M. Zinkernagel | 1944- | Nobel Prize Winners | |
| Syd Barrett | 1946-2006 | Notable Musicians, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers | |
| Cheng Pei-pei | 1946-2024 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Mike Boit | 1949- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Carmelo Cabrera | 1950- | Notable Athletes | |
| Armelia McQueen | 1952-2020 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Tomislav Ivčić | 1953-1993 | Notable Musicians | |
| Malcolm Young | 1953-2017 | Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers | |
| Anthony Minghella | 1954-2008 | Notable Filmmakers, Oscar Award Winners | |
| Karen Moras | 1954- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Norbert Hahn | 1954- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Rowan Atkinson | 1955- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Elizabeth Strout | 1956- | Notable Writers, Pulitzer Award Winners | |
| Zhantoro Satybaldiyev | 1956- | Other Leaders | |
| Ignacio Solozábal | 1958- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Andrey Prokofyev | 1959-1989 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Kapil Dev | 1959- | Notable Athletes | |
| José Luis Llorente | 1959- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Andrea Thompson | 1960- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Howie Long | 1960- | Hall-of-Famers, Notable Athletes | |
| Nigella Lawson | 1960- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Phil Brown | 1962- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Aaron Zigman | 1963- | Notable Musicians | |
| Rafael Vidal Castro | 1964-2005 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Lorne Cardinal | 1964- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Yasunori Takami | 1964- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Charles Haley | 1964- | Hall-of-Famers | |
| Christine Wachtel | 1965- | Olympic Medalists | |
| A. R. Rahman | 1967- | Notable Musicians | |
| John Singleton | 1968-2019 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Norman Reedus | 1969- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Ari Sulander | 1969- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Pai Kun-hong | 1970- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Darius Maskoliūnas | 1971- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Enis Bešlagić | 1975- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Jeremy Linn | 1975- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Rinko Kikuchi | 1981- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Eddie Redmayne | 1982- | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Oscar Award Winners | |
| Efrat Dor | 1983- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Kate McKinnon | 1984- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Abel Aguilar | 1985- | Notable Athletes | |
| Pang Jiaying | 1985- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Irina Shayk | 1986- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Sergiy Stakhovsky | 1986- | Notable Athletes | |
| Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | 1986- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | 1986- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Ndamukong Suh | 1987- | Notable Athletes | |
| Zhang Lin | 1987- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Gemma Gibbons | 1987- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Daniel Davari | 1988- | Notable Athletes | |
| Kurtley Beale | 1989- | Notable Athletes | |
| Jeroen Zoet | 1991- | Notable Athletes | |
| Diona Reasonover | 1992- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Nika Dzalamidze | 1992- | Notable Athletes | |
| Jameis Winston | 1994- | Notable Athletes | |
| Salih Uçan | 1994- | Notable Athletes | |
| Eliza Scanlen | 1999- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |