Birthday facts

Born on April 6.

Everyone born on April 6 is a Aries — ruled by Mars, first, loudest, already gone. The stone is diamond, the flower daisy, and the day is shared with Marilu Henner and Ram Dass.

Sun sign

Aries ♈︎

the Ram · ruled by Mars · first, loudest, already gone

Birthstone

Diamond

April

Birth flower

Daisy

& sweet pea

Your book

Born on April 6? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Aries, March 21 to April 19.

The first sign, and the tradition treats it that way: the Ram is the one who goes first — through the door, into the argument, off the cliff. Ruled by Mars, a fire sign, and the books credit it with courage, impatience and a short memory for grudges, which is a generous way of saying it has already moved on. Its people are supposed to start things. Finishing them is what the other eleven are for.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on April 6.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1952

Marilu Henner

Greek-Polish American author and actress

1931

Ram Dass

American author

1135

Maimonides

Jewish philosopher

2000

Maxence Lacroix

French footballer

1969

Paul Rudd

American actor

1998

Nicolás González

Argentine footballer

1998

Nahuel Molina

Argentine footballer

1947

John Ratzenberger

American director and actor

On this day

What April 6 has seen.

It is Śmigus-dyngus in Poland (2026).

1652Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck landed at Table Bay in southern Africa, establishing a settlement that later became known as Cape Town.

1776American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy unsuccessfully attempted to capture near Block Island.

1926Varney Air Lines made its first commercial flight (flight covers pictured), later forming the basis of United Airlines.

2005Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani was elected by the National Assembly as the first non-Arab president of Iraq.

The calendar

When April 6 falls.

A Monday in 2026, a Tuesday in 2027, a Thursday in 2028, a Friday in 2029, and a Saturday in 2030.