The 187th day of the year, the 188th in a leap year
Born on 6 July
Every 6 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 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 July in any year.
Which weekday 6 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 6 July falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 6 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,822 babies were born on 6 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 148th 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 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush | 1946– | 43rd President of the United States (2001–2009) |
| Frida Kahlo | 1907–1954 | Mexican painter |
| 14th Dalai Lama | 1935– | 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetans |
| Sylvester Stallone | 1946– | American actor and filmmaker |
| Nursultan Nazarbayev | 1940– | President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019 |
| 50 Cent | 1975– | American rapper and actor |
| Nicholas I of Russia | 1796–1855 | Emperor of Russia from 1825 to 1855 |
| Nancy Reagan | 1921–2016 | First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989 |
| Marc Chagall | 1887–1985 | Russian-French artist |
| Wojciech Jaruzelski | 1923–2014 | Polish military and political official, leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 to 1989 |
| Eva Green | 1980– | French actress |
| Geoffrey Rush | 1951– | Australian actor |
| Peter Singer | 1946– | Australian moral philosopher |
| Maximilian I of Mexico | 1832–1867 | emperor of Mexico |
| Kevin Hart | 1979– | American comedian and actor |
| Marc Bloch | 1886–1944 | French historian |
| Janet Leigh | 1927–2004 | American actress |
| Hilary Mantel | 1952–2022 | British writer |
Died on 6 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Armstrong | 1901–1971 | American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer |
| Guy de Maupassant | 1850–1893 | French writer |
| William Faulkner | 1897–1962 | American writer |
| Thomas More | 1478–1535 | English statesman, lawyer and philosopher |
| Jan Hus | died 1415 | Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher |
| Georg Ohm | 1789–1854 | German physicist and mathematician |
| Edward VI | 1537–1553 | king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553 |
| Ennio Morricone | 1928–2020 | Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor |
| Ludovico Ariosto | 1474–1533 | Italian poet |
| Claude Simon | 1913–2005 | French writer |
| Henry II of England | 1133–1189 | King of England from 1154 to 1189 |
| James Caan | 1940–2022 | American actor |
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