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August 6 in recent years

August 6 is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 147 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901 – Dutch Schultz, American gangster (d. 1935)
  • 1903Virginia Foster Durr, American civil rights activist (d. 1999)
  • 1904Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970)
  • 1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
  • 1906Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
  • 1908 – Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance (d. 1998)
  • 1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander (d. 1997)
  • 1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator (d. 1941)
  • 1909 – Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (d. 2013)
  • 1910 – Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor (d. 1982)
  • 1910 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
  • 1911Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman (d. 1989)
  • 1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (d. 2014)
  • 1911 – Constance Heaven, English author and actress (d. 1995)
  • 1912Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010)
  • 1914 – Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2001)
  • 1916Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970)
  • 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2012)
  • 1917Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
  • 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
  • 1918Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. 2001)
  • 1919Pauline Betz, American tennis player (d. 2011)
  • 1920John Graves, American author (d. 2013)
  • 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
  • 1922Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (d. 2006)
  • 1922 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (d. 2015)
  • 1923 – Jess Collins, American painter (d. 2004)
  • 1923 – Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence (d. 2021)
  • 1924 – Samuel Bowers, American activist, co-founded the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 2006)
  • 1926Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (d. 2010)
  • 1926 – Frank Finlay, English actor (d. 2016)
  • 1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
  • 1926 – János Rózsás, Hungarian author (d. 2012)
  • 1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
  • 1928Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
  • 1928 – Andy Warhol, American painter, photographer and film director (d. 1987)
  • 1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist
  • 1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 2007)
  • 1930Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
  • 1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (d. 2010)
  • 1932 – Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
  • 1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter (d. 2017)
  • 1932 – Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2020)
  • 1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
  • 1934Piers Anthony, English-American soldier and author
  • 1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer and author
  • 1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier
  • 1935Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (d. 2012)
  • 1935 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1937Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2000)
  • 1937 – Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (d. 2014)
  • 1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress (d. 2020)
  • 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
  • 1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor and director
  • 1938 – Bert Yancey, American golfer (d. 1994)
  • 1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
  • 1940 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 2017)
  • 1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress
  • 1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
  • 1942Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
  • 1943Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
  • 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003)
  • 1944 – Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic
  • 1944 – Martin Wharton, English bishop
  • 1945 – Ron Jones, English director and production manager (d. 1993)
  • 1946Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)
  • 1947Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993)
  • 1950Dorian Harewood, American actor
  • 1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress
  • 1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television host and singer
  • 1952 – Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1952 – David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1952 – Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1954 – Mark Hughes, English-Australian rugby league player
  • 1956 – Bill Emmott, English journalist and author
  • 1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player
  • 1957 – Jim McGreevey, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
  • 1958 – Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1959 – Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
  • 1959 – Joyce Sims, American singer (d. 2022)
  • 1960Dale Ellis, American basketball player
  • 1961 – Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host
  • 1962Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer
  • 1963 – Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
  • 1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker (d. 2023)
  • 1964 – Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, Nigerian journalist, activist, social media expert, and pharmacist
  • 1965 – Stéphane Peterhansel, French racing driver
  • 1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer
  • 1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant
  • 1965 – Vince Wells, English cricketer
  • 1967 – Lorna Fitzsimons, English businesswoman and politician
  • 1967 – Mike Greenberg, American journalist and sportscaster
  • 1967 – Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer
  • 1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
  • 1969Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
  • 1970M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1972Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
  • 1972 – Ray Lucas, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1972 – Jason O'Mara, Irish actor
  • 1973Vera Farmiga, American actress
  • 1973 – Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
  • 1974 – Ever Carradine, American actress
  • 1974 – Bobby Petta, Dutch footballer
  • 1974 – Luis Vizcaíno, Dominican baseball player
  • 1974 – Alvin Williams, American basketball player and coach
  • 1975 – Jason Crump, English-Australian motorcycle racer
  • 1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian skier
  • 1975 – Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1976Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
  • 1976 – Melissa George, Australian-American actress
  • 1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
  • 1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
  • 1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentinian footballer
  • 1978Marvel Smith, American football player
  • 1979 – Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
  • 1979 – Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
  • 1979 – Travis Reed, American basketball player
  • 1981Leslie Odom Jr., American actor and singer
  • 1981 – Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
  • 1983Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
  • 1984Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
  • 1984 – Maja Ognjenović, Serbian volleyball player
  • 1984 – Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer
  • 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
  • 1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
  • 1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
  • 1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
  • 1987 – Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer
  • 1990 – JonBenét Ramsey, American child beauty queen and victim of prominent unsolved murder case (d. 1996)
  • 1991Wilmer Flores, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
  • 1995 – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
  • 1999Rebeka Masarova, Spanish-Swiss tennis player

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Holidays and observances

See also

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