June 6 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is June 6, your zodiac sign is Gemini ♊, your birthstone is Pearl or Alexandrite or Moonstone and your birth flower is Rose or Honeysuckle. You share your birthday with Alexander Pushkin and Diego Velázquez.
- Zodiac sign
- ♊ Gemini
- Element
- Air
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Birthstone
- Pearl, Alexandrite, Moonstone
- Birth flower
- Rose, Honeysuckle
- Day of year
- 157th
- Popularity
- 135th of 366
- Half birthday
- December 6
- Next June 6
- June 6
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June 6 zodiac: Gemini ♊
People born on June 6 fall under Gemini, the 3rd sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from May 21 to June 20. Gemini is a mutable air sign ruled by Mercury, and its symbol is the twins.
Gemini, the Twins, is the sign of conversation and curiosity. In astrology it is linked with ideas, language and variety, and Geminis are often pictured as lively people who can talk to anyone about anything.
Famous people born on June 6
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on June 6, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1799Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
- Born 1599Spanish painter (1599–1660)
- Born 1875German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
- Born 19011st President of Indonesia (1901—1970)
- Born 1606French tragedian (1606–1684)
- Born 1850German physicist (1850–1918)
- Born 1934Sixth king of the Belgians
- Born 1868Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
- Born 1956Swedish tennis player (born 1956)
- Born 1903Soviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)
- Born 1909Russo-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997)
- Born 1933Swiss physicist (1933-2013)
- Born 1872Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918)
- Born 1966Togolese politician
- Born 1943American chemist (1943–2005)
- Born 1967American actor (born 1967)
- Born 1980United States Secretary of Defense
- Born 1714King of Portugal from 1750 to 1777 (lived 1714-1777)
- Born 1963British actor (born 1963)
- Born 1985Japanese association football player
- Born 1960American guitarist
- Born 1841Polish writer
- Born 1985Swedish association football player
- Born 1896Italian Marshal of the Air Force and minister (1896–1940)
- Born 1983Danish association football player
- Born 1932American engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, former test pilot, and former NASA astronaut (born 1932)
- Born 1918American biochemist (1918–2009)
- Born 1944American biologist
- Born 1992South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and model
- Born 1950Belgian film director, screenwriter, and educator (1950–2015)
- Born 1969Argentine association football player
- Born 1857Russian mathematician (1857–1918)
- Born 1976British-American filmmaker (born 1976)
- Born 1962Japanese film director, producer, screenplay writer and film editor (born 1962)
- Born 1961Chilean-American musician
- Born 1988Thai association football player
- Born 1995American soccer player
- Born 1772Last Holy Roman Empress and first Empress of Austria
- Born 1978American child actress (1978-1988)
- Born 1946American rock bass player (born 1946)
June 6 birthstone
Pearl (creamy white). Pearl is associated with purity, loyalty and calm. It is the only gem made by a living creature.
Alexandrite (colour-changing green to red). Alexandrite changes colour between daylight and lamplight and is linked with luck and balance.
Moonstone (milky blue sheen). Moonstone is associated with intuition, dreams and new beginnings.
June 6 birthday facts
- June 6 is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years), leaving 208 days until the end of the year.
- June 6 is the 135th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 11,295 babies born on an average June 6(1% more than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, June 6 birthdays fall in spring. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in autumn.
- Babies born on June 6 were most likely conceived around September 14 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is December 6, six months after June 6.
- June 6 always falls after Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is simply the one for your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is June 6?
June 6 falls under Gemini ♊, which runs from May 21 to June 20.
What is the birthstone for June 6?
The birthstone for June 6 is Pearl or Alexandrite or Moonstone, the June birthstones. The June birth flowers are Rose and Honeysuckle.
Who are famous people born on June 6?
Famous people born on June 6 include Alexander Pushkin (1799), Diego Velázquez (1599), Thomas Mann (1875), Sukarno (1901), Pierre Corneille (1606), K. Ferdinand Braun (1850).
How common is a June 6 birthday?
June 6 is the 135th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 11,295 babies born on an average June 6.
What day of the year is June 6?
June 6 is the 157th day of the year in common years and the 158th day in leap years.