The 340th day of the year, the 341st in a leap year
Born on 6 December
Every 6 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 6 December in any year.
Which weekday 6 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 6 December falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 6 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,761 babies were born on 6 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 334th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 6 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Handke | 1942– | Austrian writer, playwright and film director |
| Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | 1778–1850 | French chemist and physicist |
| Gunnar Myrdal | 1898–1987 | Swedish economist |
| Henry VI of England | 1421–1471 | King of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471, disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453 |
| Max Müller | 1823–1900 | German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist |
| Geoffrey Hinton | 1947– | British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist |
| Alberto Contador | 1982– | Spanish professional cyclist |
| Tim Cahill | 1979– | Australian association football player |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 1994– | Nigerian-Greek basketball player |
| Baldassare Castiglione | 1478–1529 | Italian Renaissance author |
| George Porter | 1920–2002 | British chemist |
| Dave Brubeck | 1920–2012 | American jazz pianist and composer |
| William II of the Netherlands | 1792–1849 | King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1840 to 1849 |
| Frédéric Bazille | 1841–1870 | French painter |
| Joe Hisaishi | 1950– | Japanese composer, conductor, pianist |
| Andrew Cuomo | 1957– | Governor of New York from 2011 to 2021 |
| Johann Palisa | 1848–1925 | Austrian astronomer |
| Keke Rosberg | 1948– | Finnish racing driver |
Died on 6 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| B. R. Ambedkar | 1891–1956 | Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer |
| Jefferson Davis | 1808–1889 | President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 |
| Pope Clement VI | 1291–1352 | Pope from 1342 to 1352 |
| Baltasar Gracián | 1601–1658 | Spanish Jesuit priest, prose writer and philosopher |
| Frantz Fanon | 1925–1961 | French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher |
| Afonso I of Portugal | 1109–1185 | king of Portugal from 1139 to 1185 |
| Werner von Siemens | 1816–1892 | German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist |
| Roy Orbison | 1936–1988 | American musician |
| Tunku Abdul Rahman | 1903–1990 | Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970 |
| Anthony Trollope | 1815–1882 | English novelist of the Victorian period |
| João Goulart | 1919–1976 | President of Brazil from 1961 to 1964 |
| Don Ameche | 1908–1993 | American actor |
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