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Liu Yang (born October 6, 1978) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Yang_(astronaut)

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 - 25 June 1995) was an Irish physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Walton

Riccardo Giacconi (born October 6, 1931) is an Italian - American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Giacconi

Meghnad Saha FRS (6 October 1893 - 16 February 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghnad_Saha

Dr Nevil Maskelyne (6 October 1732 - 9 February 1811) was the fifth English Astronomer Royal.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43105828/dr-nevil-maskelyne-1732-1811/

Asaph Hall, Jr. (October 6, 1859 - January 12, 1930) was an American astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaph_Hall,_Jr.

Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard (born 6 October 1950) is a Danish astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Christensen-Dalsgaard

Nikolay Stepanovich Chernykh (October 6, 1931 - May 26, 2004) was a Soviet and Russian astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Stepanovich_Chernykh

Jesse Ramsden (6 October 1735 - 5 November 1800) was an English scientific instrument maker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ramsden

Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind (October 6, 1831 - February 12, 1916) was a German mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dedekind

Sergei Lvovich Sobolev (6 October 1908 - 3 January 1989) was a Soviet mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Lvovich_Sobolev

Hellmuth Stachel (born October 6, 1942) is an Austrian mathematician,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmuth_Stachel

Evgenii Mikhailovich Landis (October 6, 1921-December 12, 1997) was a Soviet mathematician 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeniy_Landis

Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 - April 18, 2002) was a Norwegian ethnographer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45393734/thor-heyerdahl-1914-2002/

Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (6 October 1803 - 4 April 1879) was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51072320/heinrich-wilhelm-dove-1803-1879/

Maria Pauer (October 1734-6 - 1750 in Salzburg), was an alleged Austrian witch. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Pauer

NGC discovered

NGC 888 is a magnitude +13.0 elliptical galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 6th October 1834. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58707623/ngc-888/

NGC 891 was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t17277678/ngc-891/

NGC 1003 was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55169660/ngc-1003/

NGC 1440 is a magnitude +11.6 lenticular galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 6th October 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58707620/ngc-1440/

NGC 1452 is a magnitude +11.8 lenticular galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 6th October 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58707617/ngc-1452/

NGC 1461 is a magnitude +11.8 lenticular galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 6th October 1785. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58707611/ngc-1461/

NGC 1463 is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 6th October 1834. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58707608/ngc-1463/

The planetary nebula NGC 7662 was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55169589/ngc-7662/

NGC 7775 was discovered by Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan on October 6, 1883
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55169622/ngc-7775/