November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining.
- 15 or 16 - Agrippina the younger, Roman empress (+ 59)
- 1814 - Adolphe Sax, saxophone inventor
- 1851 - Charles Dow, journalist, economist
- 1854 - John Philip Sousa, composer (+ 1932)
- 1860 - Ignace Paderewski[?], composer, politician
- 1861 - James Naismith, inventor of basketball (+ 1939)
- 1880 - Robert Musil, novelist (The Man Without Qualities[?]) (+ 1942)
- 1892 - Harold Ross[?], editor (The New Yorker)
- 1910 - Erik Ode[?], film director and actor (+ 1983)
- 1916 - Ray Conniff[?], composer, conductor
- 1921 - Julius Hackethal[?], physician (+ 1991)
- 1921 - James Jones[?], writer (+ 1977)
- 1928 - Peter Matz[?], composer (+ 2002)
- 1931 - Mike Nichols, director
- 1946 - Sally Fields, actress
- 1948 - Glenn Frey[?], singer ("The Eagles")
- 1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Jazz prefromer
- 1955 - Maria Shriver[?], journalist
- 1970 - Ethan Hawke, actor
See also:
November 5 - November 7 - October 6 - December 6 - more historical anniversaries
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December