March 6 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is March 6, your zodiac sign is Pisces ♓, your birthstone is Aquamarine or Bloodstone and your birth flower is Daffodil or Jonquil. You share your birthday with Gabriel García Márquez and Valentina Tereshkova.
- Zodiac sign
- ♓ Pisces
- Element
- Water
- Ruling planet
- Neptune and Jupiter
- Birthstone
- Aquamarine, Bloodstone
- Birth flower
- Daffodil, Jonquil
- Day of year
- 65th
- Popularity
- 252nd of 366
- Half birthday
- September 6
- Next March 6
- March 6
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March 6 zodiac: Pisces ♓
People born on March 6 fall under Pisces, the 12th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from February 19 to March 20. Pisces is a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune and Jupiter, and its symbol is the fish.
Pisces is the final sign of the zodiac and a water sign linked with imagination, empathy and creativity. The two fish swimming in opposite directions are often read as a symbol of a dreamy, sensitive nature.
Famous people born on March 6
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on March 6, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1927Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
- Born 1937Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)
- Born 1806English poet (1806–1861)
- Born 1972American basketball player (born 1972)
- Born 1926Polish film director (1926–2016)
- Born 1969Thai female singer
- Born 1947American filmmaker and actor (1947–2025)
- Born 1787Bavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer
- Born 1619French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)
- Born 1926American economist and financial advisor (1926–2026)
- Born 1987Ghanaian footballer
- Born 1996German association football player (born 1996)
- Born 1909Polish writer (1909–1966)
- Born 1979American soccer player (born 1979)
- Born 1988Belgian association football player (born 1988)
- Born 1968American actress (b. 1968)
- Born 1991American rapper and record producer (born 1991)
- Born 1977Greek association football player
- Born 1989Polish tennis player
- Born 1936Former General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Born 1978Japanese association football player
- Born 1991Spanish association football player
- Born 1944New Zealand opera singer
- Born 1947American athletics competitor, high jumper
- Born 1831United States Army general (1831-1888)
- Born 1954German association football player
- Born 1930French-American conductor (1930-2014)
- Born 1929Soviet and Russian writer (1929–2016)
- Born 1949Pakistani banker and politician (born 1949)
- Born 1927American astronaut (1927–2004)
- Born 1991Austrian association football player
- Born 1997Indian actress
- Born 1967American actress
- Born 1953American planetary scientist
- Born 1932Polish social historian and politician (1932–2008)
- Born 1967American journalist, lawyer and writer (born 1967)
- Born 1917American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur (1917–2005)
- Born 1967Turkish-German physician (born 1967)
- Born 1917American philosopher (1917–2003)
- Born 1983Iranian footballer
March 6 birthstone
Aquamarine (sea blue). Aquamarine is linked with calm seas and courage, and sailors once wore it as a charm for safe voyages.
Bloodstone (green with red spots). Bloodstone is traditionally associated with strength, courage and good health.
March 6 birthday facts
- March 6 is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years), leaving 300 days until the end of the year.
- March 6 is the 252nd most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,966 babies born on an average March 6(2% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, March 6 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on March 6 were most likely conceived around June 14 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is September 6, six months after March 6.
- March 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 March 6?
March 6 falls under Pisces ♓, which runs from February 19 to March 20.
What is the birthstone for March 6?
The birthstone for March 6 is Aquamarine or Bloodstone, the March birthstones. The March birth flowers are Daffodil and Jonquil.
Who are famous people born on March 6?
Famous people born on March 6 include Gabriel García Márquez (1927), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Shaquille O'Neal (1972), Andrzej Wajda (1926), Jintara Poonlarp (1969).
How common is a March 6 birthday?
March 6 is the 252nd most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,966 babies born on an average March 6.
What day of the year is March 6?
March 6 is the 65th day of the year in common years and the 66th day in leap years.