11 historically significant individuals born on November 6. November 6 marks the birth date of several notable individuals across different centuries. Charles II of Spain was born in 1661. James Naismith, who invented basketball, was born in 1861. Haitian politician Ariel Henry came into the world in 1949. Ana Ivanovic, a Serbian tennis champion, was born in 1987, followed by information activist Alexandra Elbakyan in 1988. They span monarchy, sports, politics, professional athletics, and digital rights advocacy.
Headline Figures
François Englert
1932 – PresentNobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (2013)
James Naismith
1861 – 1939Canadian physical educator who invented basketball in 1891 while working at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Alexandra Elbakyan
1988 – PresentComputer scientist who founded Sci-Hub in 2011, a controversial platform providing free access to millions of academic papers and research articles.
Birth Distribution by Century
20th Century
5
19th Century
2
17th Century
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16th Century
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5th Century
1
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