Notable Birthdays For March 6

Those born on this date include:
- Italian painter and sculptor Michelangelo in 1475
- French dramatist Cyrano de Bergerac in 1619
- English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in 1806
- Union Army Gen. Philip Sheridan in 1831
- Humorist and short story writer Ring Lardner in 1885
- Baseball pitcher Lefty Grove in 1900
- Texas swing bandleader Bob Wills in 1905
- Comic actor Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello) in 1906
- One-armed professional baseball player Pete Gray in 1915
- TV personality Ed McMahon in 1923
- Symphony conductor Sarah Caldwell in 1924
- Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in 1926 (age 84)
- Mercury astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in 1927
- Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry in 1936 (age 74)
- Actor Ben Murphy in 1942 (age 68)
- Actor/director Rob Reiner in 1947 (age 63)
- High jumper Dick Fosbury in 1947 (age 63)
- Actor Tom Arnold in 1959 (age 51)
- Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal in 1972 (age 38)