Will Butcher

American professional ice hockey defenceman.

Born January 6th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Sun Prairie. ^[ref]

Costa Nhamoinesu

Zimbabwean footballer.

Born January 6th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Harare.

Jérôme Roussillon

Guadeloupean footballer.

Born January 6th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Sarcelles.

Murray Rose

Australian swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1939-2012).

Born January 6th, 1939 in Birmingham, Nairn.

Died April 15th, 2012 at 73 years old in Sydney (leukemia). ^[ref]

Davide Ballardini

Italian association football player and manager.

Born January 6th, 1964 (age 62 years) in Ravenna.

Maria Chudnovsky

Mathematician and engineer.

Born January 6th, 1977 (age 49 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Abel Aguilar

Colombian association football player.

Born January 6th, 1985 (age 41 years) in Bogotá.

Shiori Mikami

Japanese voice actress.

Born January 6th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Aomori Prefecture.

Adam Burish

American ice hockey player.

Born January 6th, 1983 (age 43 years) in Madison.

Iker Lecuona

Spanish motorcycle racer.

Born January 6th, 2000 (age 26 years) in Valencia.

Mikheil Gelovani

Russian and soviet actor and film director (1893-1956).

Born January 6th, 1893 in Lasuriashi.

Died December 21st, 1956 at 63 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

David Sproxton

British animator, cinematographer and director.

Born January 6th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Liverpool, Bristol.

Vasyl Stus

Ukrainian poet, publicist and dissident (1938–1985).

Born January 6th, 1938 in Rakhnivka. ^[ref]

Died September 4th, 1985 at 47 years old in Perm-36. ^[ref]

Shuhua

Taiwanese singer (born 2000).

Born January 6th, 2000 (age 26 years) in Yangmei District. ^[ref]

Michel Aebischer

Swiss association football player.

Born January 6th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Switzerland.

Davy Spillane

Irish musician.

Born January 6th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Dublin.

Stephen Elliott

Irish association footballer.

Born January 6th, 1984 (age 42 years) in Dublin.

Joseph Holt

Union army general (1807-1894).

Born January 6th, 1807 in Breckinridge County.

Died August 1st, 1894 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C..

Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari

Iranian grand ayatollah (1906-1986).

Born January 6th, 1906 in Tabriz.

Died April 3rd, 1986 at 80 years old in Tehran (kidney failure).

Isaak Brodsky

Russian artist (1884-1939).

Born January 6th, 1884 in Sofiivka.

Died August 14th, 1939 at 55 years old in Saint Petersburg. ^[ref]

9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu

Buddhist leader (1933–2012).

Born January 6th, 1933 in Lhasa.

Died March 1st, 2012 at 79 years old in Ulaanbaatar. ^[ref]

Julio María Sanguinetti

35th and 37th president of uruguay.

Born January 6th, 1936 (age 90 years) in Montevideo.

Nathalie Richard

French actress.

Born January 6th, 1963 (age 63 years) in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Andrzej Piaseczny

Polish singer.

Born January 6th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Pionki.

William Browder

American mathematician (1934–2025).

Born January 6th, 1934 in New York City.

Died February 19th, 2025 at 91 years old in Princeton. ^[ref]