6 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 6 or six may also refer to: * AD 6, the sixth year of the AD era * 6 BC, the sixth year before the AD era * The month of

June June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian calendar, 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 summ ...

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 makes ...

, 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 (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 Franz Alfred Six (12 August 1909 – 9 July 1975) was a Nazi official, promoter of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal. He was appointed by Reinhard Heydrich to head department Amt VII, Written Records of the Reich Security Main Office ( ...

(1909–1975), Nazi official * Frederick N. Six (born 1929), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court * James Six (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 Dem ...

(an extremely rare surname), social scientist * Six family, 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), 1997 * ''Six'' (Mansun album), 1998 * ''Six'' (Soft Machine album), 1973 * ''Six'' (The Black Heart Procession album), 2009 * ''Six'' (Tony Banks album) * ''Six'' (Whodini album)

Songs

* "Six" (song), a 1999 song by Mansun * "Six", by All That Remains from their album ''

The Fall of Ideals ''The Fall of Ideals'' is the third studio album by metalcore band All That Remains, released on July 11, 2006. Three music videos were created for the songs "This Calling", "Not Alone" and "The Air That I Breathe". It is the only All That Rem ...

'' * "Six", by Chimaira from their album ''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, whic ...

'' * "6ix", by The Lemonheads from their album '' Car Button Cloth'' * "Six", by the cast of the musical '' Six''

Fiction

* ''6'' (film), a 2013 Tamil crime thriller * ''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 ''Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said'' is a 1974 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The novel is set in a futuristic dystopia where the United States has become a police state in the aftermath of a Second American Civil War. T ...

'' * Sixers, a splinter faction in the television 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), a History channel series about United States Navy SEALs

Fictional characters

* Number 6 (''The Prisoner''), the main character of ''The Prisoner'' * Number Six (''Battlestar Galactica''), a character in the science fiction television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' * Six, a witch woman in Terry Goodkind's novel '' Phantom'' * Six, a character in the television series ''

Blossom In botany, blossoms are the flowers of stone fruit trees (genus '' Prunus'') and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely for a period of time in spring. Colloquially, flowers of orange are referred to as such a ...

'' * Six, a character in the television series ''

Tripping the Rift ''Tripping the Rift'' is an adult CGI science fiction comedy television series. It is based on two short animations published on the Internet by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The series was produced by CineGroupe in association with the Syfy ...

'' * Six, a character in the television series ''

Generator Rex ''Generator Rex'' is an American animated science fiction television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, with John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serving as supervising director. It was inspired by the comic ''M. Rex'', publish ...

'' * Six, the protagonist of the horror-adventure video game series '' Little Nightmares''.

Transportation

Automobiles

BMW 6 Series The BMW 6 Series is a range of grand tourers produced by BMW since 1976. It is the successor to the E9 Coupé and is currently in its fourth generation. The first generation BMW E24 6 Series was available solely as a two-door coupé and produce ...

, a German mid-size luxury car series *

Mazda6 The Mazda6 (known as the Mazda Atenza in Japan and China, derived from the Italian '' attenzione'') is a mid-size sedan produced by Mazda since 2002, replacing the long-produced Capella/626. The Mazda6 was marketed as the first example of the c ...

, a Japanese mid-size car * Mercedes-Maybach 6, a German concept grand tourer

Engines

Straight-six engine The straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft. A straight-six engine has perfect primary and secondary engine bal ...

V6 engine A V6 engine is a six- cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration. The first V6 engines were designed and produced independently by Marmon Motor Car Company, Deutz Gasmotoren Fa ...

Public transportation

6 (New York City Subway service) The 6 Lexington Avenue Local and Pelham Bay Park Express are two rapid transit services in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored since they use the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan. ...

, 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 Flags Entertainment Corporation is an American amusement park corporation, headquartered in Arlington, Texas. It has properties in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Six Flags owns the most theme parks and waterparks combined of any amu ...

* Six, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in McDowell County * Six Lake, a lake in Minnesota *

Six (cricket) In cricket, the boundary is the perimeter of a playing field. It is also the term given to a scoring shot where the ball is hit to, or beyond, that perimeter, which generally earns four or six runs for the batting team. Edge of the field The ...

, a boundary shot in cricket *

SIX Swiss Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange (formerly SWX Swiss Exchange), based in Zurich, is Switzerland's principal stock exchange (the other being Berne eXchange). SIX Swiss Exchange also trades other securities such as Swiss government bonds and derivatives such as ...

, Switzerland's principal stock exchange * Six, the U.S. Army

radio call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assigne ...

of a company or battalion commander * 6 (BMT rapid transit service) *

Sony SIX Sony Sports Ten 5 (formerly Sony Six) is an Indian English-language pay television List of sports television channels, sports channel operated by Culver Max Entertainment. It is part of the Sony Sports Network. History Sony SIX was launched i ...

, a sports channel in India * "Watch your six" or "on your six", references to "behind" (with "12" being "ahead") originally from aviation/clock-position terms