6 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 6 or six may also refer to: *

AD 6 6 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Lucius Arruntius (or, less frequently, year 759 ''Ab urbe condita ...

, the sixth year of the AD era *

6 BC __NOTOC__ Year 6 BC was a common year starting on Sunday or Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Friday of the Prolept ...

, the sixth year before the AD era * The month of

June June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in ...

Science

Carbon Carbon () is a chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—its atom making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. It belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. Carbon mak ...

, the element with atomic number 6 *

6 Hebe Hebe (minor planet designation: 6 Hebe) is a large main-belt asteroid, containing around 0.5% of the mass of the belt. However, due to its apparently high bulk density (greater than that of the Moon or even Mars), Hebe does not rank among the to ...

, an asteroid

People

Alphonse Six Alphonse Léopold Bauduin Six (1 January 1890 – 19 August 1914) was a Belgian football player. Six was born in Bruges and is mainly remembered for his goal-scoring capacities. In his period with Cercle Brugge he scored 93 times in only 89 mat ...

(1890–1914), Belgian football player *

Didier Six Didier Six (born 21 August 1954) is a French football coach and former player, who most recently worked as manager of the Guinea national football team until October 2021. A gifted but inconsistent winger, Six enjoyed a nomadic career, playing ...

(born 1954), former French international footballer * Franz Six (1909–1975), Nazi official * Frederick N. Six (born 1929), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court *

James Six James Six FRS (1731 – 25 August 1793) was a British scientist born in Canterbury. He is noted for his invention, in 1780, of Six's thermometer, commonly known as the maximum- minimum thermometer. This device is still in common use today and widel ...

(1731–1793), British scientist *

Jan Six Jan Six (14 January 1618, Amsterdam – 28 May 1700, Amsterdam) was an important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age. Biography From a well-to-do cloth merchant family Six, Jan Six was the son of Jean Six (1575–1617) and his wife Anna Wijm ...

(1616-1700), an important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age *

Robert Six Robert Forman Six (June 25, 1907 – October 6, 1986) was the CEO of Continental Airlines from 1936 to 1980. His career began in the earliest days of U.S. commercial aviation; his determined, scrappy, risk-taking nature paid off for Continental A ...

(1907–1986), Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines between 1936 and 1981 * Regine Sixt, German businessperson * Valérie Six (born 1963), French politician *

Perri 6 Perri 6 is a British social scientist. He changed his name from David Ashworth to Perri 6 in 1983. Whilst not an academic at the time, many years later he said he was amused by the notion of "6, P" appearing in academic papers. 6 worked for De ...

(an extremely rare surname), social scientist *

Six family Six is a well-known Dutch family from Amsterdam. The family originally came from the region of Lille in the north of France. History The name Six is an abbreviation of Sixtus, a name given to the sixth child of a family. The first known member ...

, family of regents of Amsterdam, founded by Jan Six

Music

Six (band) Six were an Irish pop group who formed on the Irish version of the television programme '' Popstars'' in 2002. The programme aired on RTÉ One on Sunday nights in the autumn and winter of 2001–02. The band were signed to Simon Cowell under ...

, an Irish pop band created by a TV reality show * ''Six'' (musical), a musical about the six wives of King Henry VIII * #6, the pseudonym of American musician

Shawn Crahan Michael Shawn Crahan (born September 24, 1969), more commonly known by his stage persona "Clown", is an American musician. He is the co-founder and one of two percussionists for heavy metal band Slipknot in which he is designated #6. Crahan he ...

, when performing with Slipknot

Albums

* ''6'' (After Crying album), 1997 * ''6'' (Amir Tataloo album), 2015 * ''6'' (Garmarna album), 2016 * ''6'' (Hadag Nachash album), 2010 * ''6'' (Mucc album), 2006 * ''6'' (Pigface album), 2009 * ''6'' (Soil & "Pimp" Sessions album), 2009 * ''6'' (Supersilent album), 2003 * ''6'' (The Ex album), 1991 * ''6'', an album by

Yuridia Yuridia Francisca Gaxiola Flores, commonly known as Yuridia, (born October 4, 1986) is a Mexican singer. She came in second place in the fourth season of the reality show '' La Academia'', which launched her career. In 2005, Yuridia released her ...

, 2015 * ''Six'', album by

Dream Evil Dream Evil is a Swedish heavy metal band, assembled by producer Fredrik Nordström in 1999. History Producer Fredrik Nordström had the ambition of creating a power metal band of his own for a long time, but had difficulty finding anyone w ...

, 2017 * Six (Loverboy album), ''Six'' (Loverboy album), 1997 * Six (Mansun album), ''Six'' (Mansun album), 1998 * Six (Soft Machine album), ''Six'' (Soft Machine album), 1973 * Six (The Black Heart Procession album), ''Six'' (The Black Heart Procession album), 2009 * Six (Tony Banks album), ''Six'' (Tony Banks album) * Six (Whodini album), ''Six'' (Whodini album)

Songs

* Six (song), "Six" (song), a 1999 song by Mansun * "Six", by All That Remains from their album ''The Fall of Ideals'' * "Six", by Chimaira from their album ''Resurrection (Chimaira album), Resurrection'' * "6ix", by The Lemonheads from their album ''Car Button Cloth'' * "Six", by the cast of the musical ''Six (musical), Six''

Fiction

* 6 (film), ''6'' (film), a 2013 Tamil crime thriller * Six (film), ''Six'' (film), a 2012 Telugu language suspense thriller * Six, a breed of superhumans in Philip K. Dick's novel ''Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said'' * Sixers, a splinter faction in the television series ''Terra Nova (TV series), Terra Nova'' * ''No. 6'', a Japanese manga by Atsuko Asano * Noble Six, a SPARTAN super-soldier from the game, Halo: Reach *Six (TV series), ''Six'' (TV series), a History channel series about United States Navy SEALs

Fictional characters

* Number Six (The Prisoner), Number 6 (''The Prisoner''), the main character of ''The Prisoner'' * Number Six (Battlestar Galactica), Number Six (''Battlestar Galactica''), a character in the science fiction television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' * Six, a witch woman in Terry Goodkind's novel ''Phantom (Sword of Truth), Phantom'' * Six, a character in the television series ''Blossom (TV series), Blossom'' * Six, a character in the television series ''Tripping the Rift'' * Six, a character in the television series ''Generator Rex'' * Six, the protagonist of the horror-adventure video game series ''Little Nightmares''.

Transportation

Automobiles

* BMW 6 Series, a German mid-size luxury car series * Mazda6, a Japanese mid-size car * Mercedes-Maybach 6, a German concept grand tourer

Engines

* Straight-six engine * V6 engine

Public transportation

* 6 (New York City Subway service), a service of the New York City Subway

Other uses

* No. 6 novel, manga and anime series * No.6 Records * SIX (Slovak Internet eXchange), a Slovak internet exchange point * SIX, the stock market symbol for Six Flags * Six, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in McDowell County * Six Lake, a lake in Minnesota * Six (cricket), a boundary shot in cricket * SIX Swiss Exchange, Switzerland's principal stock exchange * Six, the U.S. Army Radio call sign#U.S. Army, radio call sign of a company or battalion commander * 6 (BMT rapid transit service) * 6 (New York City Subway service) * Sony SIX, a sports channel in India * Jeff_Cooper#Combat_mindset_and_the_Cooper_color_code, "Watch your six" or Clock_position#In_media_and_culture, "on your six", references to "behind" (with "12" being "ahead") originally from aviation/clock-position terms