Famous people born on 6 March

• Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate · 1927–2014
  87 yrs
• Elizabeth Barrett BrowningEnglish poet · 1806–1861
  55 yrs
• Andrzej WajdaPolish film director · 1926–2016
  90 yrs
• Joseph von FraunhoferBavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer · 1787–1826
  39 yrs
• Cyrano de BergeracFrench novelist and dramatist · 1619–1655
  36 yrs
• GetaRoman emperor from 209 to 211 · AD 189–211
  22 yrs
• Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor ↗Holy Roman Emperor · 1557–1619
  62 yrs
• Stanisław Jerzy Lec ↗Polish writer · 1909–1966
  57 yrs
• Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia ↗King of Bohemia and Germany · 1361–1419
  58 yrs
• Dick Fosbury ↗American athletics competitor, high jumper · 1947–2023
  76 yrs
• Philip Sheridan ↗United States Army general · 1831–1888
  57 yrs
• John of Austria ↗Spanish military leader · 1547–1578
  31 yrs
• Fazil Iskander ↗Soviet and Russian writer · 1929–2016
  87 yrs
• Gordon Cooper ↗American astronaut · 1927–2004
  77 yrs
• Lorin Maazel ↗French-American conductor · 1930–2014
  84 yrs
• Abaqa Khan ↗The second Ilkhan of Mongol Ilkhanate · 1234–1282
  48 yrs
• Bronisław Geremek ↗Polish social historian and politician · 1932–2008
  76 yrs
• Ottmar Walter ↗German footballer · 1924–2013
  89 yrs
• Francis, Duke of Guise ↗French soldier and politician · 1519–1563
  43 yrs
• Will Eisner ↗American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur · 1917–2005
  87 yrs
• Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest ↗French zoologist · 1784–1838
  54 yrs
• Donald Davidson ↗American philosopher · 1917–2003
  86 yrs
• Karl I of Württemberg ↗Third King of Württemberg · 1823–1891
  68 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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