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August 6 birthdays

283 notable historical figures were born on August 6, and 178 died on this day. Everyone born on August 6 is a Leo.

17% of August 6 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (69) than any other country.

Born on August 6

• Robin van Persie (born 1983. Dutch football player and coach (born 1983))
• Andy Warhol (1928 to 1987. American artist and filmmaker (1928–1987))
• Alexander Fleming (1881 to 1955. Scottish physician and microbiologist (1881–1955))
• David Robinson (born 1965. American basketball player (born 1965))
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 to 1892. British Poet Laureate (1809–1892))
• Prince Alfred (1844 to 1900. Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900)
• Mohammad Najibullah (1947 to 1996. Leader of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992)
• Louis XIX (1775 to 1844. French prince (1775–1844))
• Daniel O'Connell (1775 to 1847. Irish political leader (1775–1847))
• Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697 to 1745. Holy Roman Emperor from 1742 to 1745)
• Lucille Ball (1911 to 1989. American actress (1911–1989))
• Louise de La Vallière (1644 to 1710. Mistress of Louis XIV (1644–1710))
• Michelle Yeoh (born 1962. Malaysian actress (born 1962))
• Imran Pratapgarhi (born 1987. Indian Urdu poet and politician)
• Robert Mitchum (1917 to 1997. American actor (1917–1997))
• Yuki Kajiura (born 1965. Japanese composer (born 1965))
• Friedrich List (1789 to 1846. German-born American economist (1789–1846))
• Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768 to 1813. French Marshal (1768–1813))
• Chris Bonington (born 1934. British mountaineer (born 1934))
• Gary Valenciano (born 1964. Filipino singer (born 1964))
• Vera Farmiga (born 1973. American actress and singer (born 1973))
• François Fénelon (1651 to 1715. French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715))
• James Lees-Milne (1908 to 1997. English architectural historian (1908–1997))
• Dom Mintoff (1916 to 2012. Maltese politician (1916–2012))
• Queen Geraldine (1915 to 2002. Queen of the Albanians from 1938 to 1939)
• Nicolas Malebranche (1638 to 1715. French priest and rationalist philosopher (1638–1715))
• Emperor Go-Toba (1180 to 1239. Emperor of Japan from 1183 to 1198)
• Al-Nasir (1158 to 1225. Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1180–1225))
• Baden Powell (guitarist) (1937 to 2000. Brazilian guitarist)
• William Hyde Wollaston (1766 to 1828. English chemist and physicist (1766–1828))
• Suchinda Kraprayoon (1933 to 2025. Prime Minister of Thailand in 1992)
• Gaël Faye (born 1982. Rwandan–French singer, rapper, and writer (born 1982))
• George Kenney (1889 to 1977. United States Army Air Forces general)
• Ernesto Lecuona (1896 to 1963. Cuban composer and pianist (1895–1963))
• Miller Reese Hutchison (1876 to 1944. American electrical engineer and inventor (1876–1944))
• Timothy Williamson (born 1955. British philosopher (born 1955))
• Constance M. Burge (born 1957. American screenwriter)
• Howard Hodgkin (1932 to 2017. British painter and printmaker (1932–2017))
• Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820 to 1914. Canadian businessman, politician and philanthropist (1820–1914))
• Oliver Wallace (1887 to 1963. English-American composer (1887–1963))
• Petrobey Mavromichalis (1765 to 1848. Greek general, politician and revolutionary)
• M. Night Shyamalan (born 1970. American filmmaker (born 1970))
• Georges Lefebvre (1874 to 1959. French historian (1874 – 1959))
• Kojin Karatani (born 1941. Japanese philosopher)
• Susie King Taylor (1848 to 1912. First black nurse during the American Civil War (1848-1912))
• Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666 to 1699. Queen of Portugal from 1687 to 1699)
• Hamengkubuwono I (1717 to 1792. Sultan of Yogyakarta from 1755 to 1792)
• Geri Halliwell (born 1972. English singer (born 1972))
• Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen (1843 to 1919. Princess Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg)
• Herbert Ivan Babbage (1815 to 1878. Australian engineer, explorer and politician)
• Hidayat Inayat Khan (1917 to 2016. Musician and mystic of the Inayati Order (1917–2016))
• Elliott Smith (1969 to 2003. American musician (1969–2003))
• Joan Murray (born 1945. American poet)
• Iskinder Desta (1934 to 1974. Ethiopian naval officer (1934–1974))
• Henry FitzJames (1673 to 1702. Illegitimate son of James II of England)
• Princess Amelie of Nassau-Weilburg (1776 to 1841. Baroness Frederick of Stein-Liebenstein-Barchfeld)
• James Henry Greathead (1844 to 1896. English mechanical and civil engineer (1844–1896))
• Alexander von Middendorff (1815 to 1894. Estonian zoologist and explorer (1815–1894))
• Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862 to 1932. British historian and activist (1862–1932))
• Richard Sharples (1916 to 1973. British politician and Governor of Bermuda (1916 - 1973))

Died on August 6

• Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare) (1556 to 1623. Wife of William Shakespeare (1556–1623))
• Paul VI (1897 to 1978. Head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978)
• Fulgencio Batista (1901 to 1973. President of Cuba (1940–1944; 1952–1959))
• Diego Velázquez (1599 to 1660. Spanish painter (1599–1660))
• Theodor W. Adorno (1903 to 1969. German philosopher, sociologist, and theorist (1903–1969))
• Saint Dominic (1170 to 1221. Founder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221))
• Ben Jonson (1572 to 1637. English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637))
• Marvin Hamlisch (1944 to 2012. American composer and conductor (1944–2012))
• Shapour Bakhtiar (1914 to 1991. Iranian politician (1914–1991))
• Henry XII the Lion (1129 to 1195. Duke of Saxony (r. 1142–80) and Bavaria (r. 1156–80))
• Robin Cook (1946 to 2005. British politician (1946–2005))
• Marwan II (688 to 750. Umayyad caliph from 744 to 750)
• Sixtus II (215 to 258. Head of the Catholic Church from 257 to 258)
• Hormisdas (450 to 523. Head of the Catholic Church from 514 to 523)
• André Weil (1906 to 1998. French mathematician (1906-1998))
• Yermak Timofeyevich (1532 to 1585. Russian cossack explorer and pirate)
• Forbes Burnham (1923 to 1985. Leader of Guyana from 1964 to 1985)
• Fe del Mundo (1911 to 2011. Filipino pediatrician (1911–2011))
• Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (648 to 686. Umayyad general and governor (died 686))
• Tony Judt (1948 to 2010. English historian (1948–2010))
• Alexander Bustamante (1884 to 1977. Jamaican politician and labour leader (1884–1977))
• Brent Scowcroft (1925 to 2020. American general and official (1925–2020))
• Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001 to 1027. Duke of Normandy from 1026 to 1027)
• Elisa (1777 to 1820. Imperial French princess (1777–1820))
• Jorge Amado (1912 to 2001. Brazilian writer (1912–2001))
• Faustin Soulouque (1782 to 1867. President and emperor of Haiti (1782–1867))
• Ladislaus (1377 to 1414. King of Naples from 1386 to 1414)
• Robert Hughes (critic) (1938 to 2012. Australian-born art critic (1938–2012))
• Muhammad al-Badr (1926 to 1996. King and Imam of Yemen (1926–1996))
• Stephen V of Hungary (1239 to 1272. King of Hungary from 1270 to 1272)

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