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 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 ma ...

, the element with atomic number 6 * 6 Hebe, an asteroid

People

* Alphonse Six (1890–1914), Belgian football player * Didier Six (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 Wij ...

(1616-1700), an important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age * Robert Six (1907–1986), Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines between 1936 and 1981 *

Regine Sixt Regine Sixt is a German businessperson and currently Senior Executive Vice President of Sixt International, an international car rental and leasing business. Career After studying in Germany, England and France, she met her future husband, Eric ...

, German businessperson *

Valérie Six Valérie Six (born 11 January 1963) is a French politician from the UDI who was the National Assembly deputy for Nord's 7th constituency from 2020 to 2022. She lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election Legis ...

(born 1963), French politician * Perri 6 (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 memb ...

, 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 ''Car Button Cloth'' is the seventh studio album by the Lemonheads, and the last under their contract with Atlantic Records. The band, as it were, consisted mostly of Dando himself playing many instruments, including his usual guitars and lead v ...

'' * "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 Wa ...

'' * 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 Phantom may refer to: * Spirit (animating force), the vital principle or animating force within all living things ** Ghost, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living Aircraft * Boeing Phantom Ray, a stealthy unm ...

'' * 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 as ...

'' * 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 n ...

'' * 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, 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 The Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 is a concept car unveiled by German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz, under its Maybach division, at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. It is a 2+2 coupé that features an all-electric powertrain with a claime ...

, 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 bala ...

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 Fabr ...

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 No.6 Records was an independent record label, started in 1989 as a subsidiary of Rough Trade Records by A&R representative and booking agent Terry Tolkin. The name of the label came from the British television series ''The Prisoner''; the main ch ...

* SIX (

Slovak Internet eXchange SIX (Slovak Internet eXchange) is a Slovak internet exchange point, established at the Center of Computer Technology of Slovak University of Technology (STU). , the SIX interconnects 58 ISPs operating in the Slovak Republic, and has a peak traf ...

), 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 a ...

* Six, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in McDowell County *

Six Lake Six Lake is a lake in Becker and Otter Tail counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Six Lake was so named for its location in "section six" of Otter Tail County. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. ...

, 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 suc ...

, 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 assign ...

of a company or battalion commander * 6 (BMT rapid transit service) * 6 (New York City Subway service) *

Sony SIX Sony Sports Ten 5 (formerly Sony Six) is an Indian English-language pay television sports channel operated by Culver Max Entertainment. It is part of the Sony Sports Network. History Sony SIX was launched in April 2012 by Sony Pictures Netw ...

, 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