| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Larry Adler |
Musician |
10-Feb-1914 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Mouth organ virtuoso |
| Theodor Adorno |
Philosopher |
11-Sep-1903 |
6-Aug-1969 |
Dialectic of Enlightenment |
| Jorge Amado |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1912 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Dona Flor and her Two Husbands |
| Charles Arnt |
Actor |
20-Aug-1906 |
6-Aug-1990 |
Remember the Night |
| Fulgencio Batista |
Head of State |
16-Jan-1901 |
6-Aug-1973 |
Overthrown by Fidel Castro |
| Janet Beecher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1884 |
6-Aug-1955 |
The Mighty Barnum |
| Bix Beiderbecke |
Jazz Musician |
10-Mar-1903 |
6-Aug-1931 |
Celebrated jazz cornetist |
| Gordon Bunshaft |
Architect |
9-May-1909 |
6-Aug-1990 |
Skyscraper architect |
| Forbes Burnham |
Head of State |
20-Feb-1923 |
6-Aug-1985 |
President of Guyana, 1980-85 |
| Pope Callistus III |
Religion |
31-Dec-1378 |
6-Aug-1458 |
Posthumously vindicated Joan of Arc |
| Nancy Carroll |
Actor |
19-Nov-1903 |
6-Aug-1965 |
The Devil's Holiday |
| Robin Cook |
Politician |
28-Feb-1946 |
6-Aug-2005 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1997-2001 |
| Joseph Force Crater |
Victim |
5-Jan-1889 |
6-Aug-1930 |
NY State Judge vanished |
| Willy DeVille |
Singer/Songwriter |
27-Aug-1950 |
6-Aug-2009 |
Frontman, Mink DeVille |
| Edsger Dijkstra |
Computer Programmer |
11-May-1930 |
6-Aug-2002 |
Enemy of the goto statement |
| Emilie Dionne |
Victim |
28-May-1934 |
6-Aug-1954 |
Canadian quintuplets put on display |
| St. Dominic |
Religion |
1170 |
6-Aug-1221 |
Founder of the Dominican Order |
| David G. Fairchild |
Botanist |
7-Apr-1869 |
6-Aug-1954 |
Brought exotic plants to America |
| James Gray |
Author |
30-Jun-1899 |
6-Aug-1984 |
Shoulder the Sky |
| Marvin Hamlisch |
Composer |
2-Jun-1944 |
6-Aug-2012 |
The Way We Were |
| Cedric Hardwicke |
Actor |
19-Feb-1893 |
6-Aug-1964 |
Suspicion |
| Bernadine P. Healy |
Doctor |
4-Aug-1944 |
6-Aug-2011 |
President, American Red Cross, 1999-2001 |
| Pope Hormisdas |
Religion |
? |
6-Aug-523 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 514-23 |
| John Hughes |
Film Director |
18-Feb-1950 |
6-Aug-2009 |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| Rick James |
Musician |
1-Feb-1948 |
6-Aug-2004 |
Superfreak |
| Hiram Johnson |
Politician |
2-Sep-1866 |
6-Aug-1945 |
Governor and Senator from California |
| Ben Jonson |
Playwright |
11-Jun-1572 |
6-Aug-1637 |
Volpone |
| Tony Judt |
Historian |
2-Jan-1948 |
6-Aug-2010 |
Postwar |
| Donald Justice |
Poet |
12-Aug-1925 |
6-Aug-2004 |
The Summer Anniversaries |
| Kurt Kasznar |
Actor |
13-Aug-1913 |
6-Aug-1979 |
Fitzhugh on Land of the Giants |
| William Kemmler |
Criminal |
9-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1890 |
First man executed by electric chair |
| Willard M. Kiplinger |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1891 |
6-Aug-1967 |
Kiplinger Washington Editors |
| Jack T. Kirby |
Historian |
22-Aug-1938 |
6-Aug-2009 |
Mockingbird Song |
| Tony Lazzeri |
Baseball |
6-Dec-1903 |
6-Aug-1946 |
Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer |
| Bernard Lovell |
Astronomer |
31-Aug-1913 |
6-Aug-2012 |
Radio astronomer at Jodrell Bank |
| Feodor Lynen |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1911 |
6-Aug-1979 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Klaus Nomi |
Singer |
24-Jan-1944 |
6-Aug-1983 |
New Wave counter-tenor from Mars |
| Warner Oland |
Actor |
3-Oct-1879 |
6-Aug-1938 |
Charlie Chan |
| M. Kenneth Oshman |
Business |
9-Jul-1940 |
6-Aug-2011 |
CEO of Echelon, 1988-2009 |
| Pope Paul VI |
Religion |
26-Sep-1897 |
6-Aug-1978 |
The pilgrim pope |
| Gregor Piatigorsky |
Cellist |
17-Apr-1903 |
6-Aug-1976 |
Russian-American cello virtuoso |
| Alan Rafkin |
Film Director |
23-Jul-1928 |
6-Aug-2001 |
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken |
| Harry Reasoner |
Journalist |
17-Apr-1923 |
6-Aug-1991 |
60 Minutes |
| George Frederick Root |
Songwriter |
30-Aug-1825 |
6-Aug-1895 |
The Battle Cry of Freedom |
| Everett Sloane |
Actor |
1-Oct-1909 |
6-Aug-1965 |
Patterns |
| Cordwainer Smith |
Author |
11-Jul-1913 |
6-Aug-1966 |
The Rediscovery of Man |
| Stephen V |
Royalty |
1239 |
6-Aug-1272 |
King of Hungary, 1270-72 |
| Preston Sturges |
Screenwriter |
29-Aug-1898 |
6-Aug-1959 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Dorothy Tutin |
Actor |
8-Apr-1930 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Savage Messiah |
| Diego Velázquez |
Painter |
6-Jun-1599 |
6-Aug-1660 |
Las Meninas |
| Ellen Wilson |
First Lady |
15-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1914 |
First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| John Wood |
Actor |
5-Jul-1930 |
6-Aug-2011 |
Dr. Falken in WarGames |
