List of Famous people born on March 6th
Park Cho-a
Park Cho-a, better known by the mononym Choa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a former member of the girl group AOA, which debuted in 2012. She was an MC in the variety show We Got Married.
Dick Fosbury
Richard Douglas Fosbury is an American retired high jumper, who is considered one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field. Besides winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, he revolutionized the high jump event with a "back-first" technique, now known as the Fosbury Flop, adopted by almost all high jumpers today. His method was to sprint diagonally towards the bar, then curve and leap backwards over the bar, which gave him a much lower center of mass in flight than traditional techniques. He continues to be involved in athletics and serves on the executive board of the World Olympians Association.
Patrick Baudry
Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the French Air Force and a former CNES astronaut. In 1985, he became the second French citizen in space, after Jean-Loup Chrétien, when he flew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-51-G.
Tatjana Festerling
Tatjana Festerling is a German far-right politician who was a member of the organisation team of the political movement Pegida. She was expelled from the Pegida leadership for advocating that asylum-seekers should be shot if they attempt to cross the German border.
Xavier Thévenard
Xavier Thévenard is a French elite athlete who specialises in trail and mountain running. He was born on March 6, 1988 in Nantua, France. He won the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in 2013, 2015 and 2018.
Alfred N'Diaye
Alfred John Momar N'Diaye is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Saudi club Al-Shabab FC and the Senegal national football team as a defensive midfielder.
Günter Kunert
Günter Kunert was a German writer. Based in East Berlin, he published poetry from 1947, supported by Bertold Brecht. After he had signed a petition against the deprivation of the citizenship of Wolf Biermann in 1976, he lost his SED membership, and moved to the West two years later. He is regarded as a versatile German writer who wrote short stories, essays, autobiographical works, film scripts and novels. He received international honorary doctorates and awards.
Alexey Molchanov
Alexey Molchanov is a Russian champion freediver, eight time world champion, and world record holder in freediving, chairman of Association "Freediving Federation", president of AIDA Russia. Alexey is a son of Natalia Molchanova – multiple champion and world record holder in freediving.
Albrecht von Bernstorff
Albrecht Theodor Andreas Graf von Bernstorff was a German diplomat and member of the resistance to Nazi Germany.
Robert O. Young
Robert Oldham Young is an American naturopath convicted of fraud and author of alternative medicine books promoting an alkaline diet. His most popular works are the "pH Miracle" series of books, which outline his beliefs about holistic healing and an "alkalarian" lifestyle. Young came to prominence after appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show featured his treatment of Kim Tinkham for breast cancer. Tinkham and Young both claimed that he had cured her, but she died of her disease shortly afterwards. In general, Young's theories and treatments are considered quackery, which has resulted in a history of successful prosecutions against Young. He was arrested in January 2014 and convicted in 2016 on two out of three charges of theft and practicing medicine without a license. He spent several months in jail in 2017.