| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Piers Anthony |
Novelist |
6-Aug-1934 |
|
Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality |
| Lucille Ball |
Actor |
6-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
I Love Lucy |
| Adolph Bandelier |
Anthropologist |
6-Aug-1840 |
18-Mar-1914 |
Native cultures of the American southwest |
| Paul Bartel |
Actor |
6-Aug-1938 |
13-May-2000 |
Eating Raoul |
| Barbara Bates |
Actor |
6-Aug-1925 |
18-Mar-1969 |
Phoebe in All About Eve |
| Green Bar Bill |
Author |
6-Aug-1900 |
9-Nov-1992 |
Prominent Scouter |
| Peter Bonerz |
Film Director |
6-Aug-1938 |
|
Sitcom and film director |
| Lisa Boyle |
Model |
6-Aug-1964 |
|
Cover of October 1995 Playboy |
| Asia Carrera |
Pornstar |
6-Aug-1973 |
|
Mensa member, pornstar |
| Leo Carrillo |
Actor |
6-Aug-1881 |
10-Sep-1961 |
Pancho on The Cisco Kid |
| Paul Claudel |
Poet |
6-Aug-1868 |
23-Feb-1955 |
French poet and diplomat |
| Edwin Corr |
Diplomat |
6-Aug-1934 |
|
US Ambassador to El Salvador, 1985-88 |
| Adrianne Curry |
Model |
6-Aug-1982 |
|
America's Next Top Model |
| Ron Davies |
Politician |
6-Aug-1946 |
|
Former MP, Caerphilly |
| Randy DeBarge |
Musician |
6-Aug-1958 |
|
Member of the band Debarge |
| Vera Farmiga |
Actor |
6-Aug-1973 |
|
Down to the Bone |
| François Fénelon |
Author |
6-Aug-1651 |
7-Jan-1715 |
Télémaque |
| Alexander Fleming |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1881 |
11-Mar-1955 |
Discovered penicillin |
| William D. Ford |
Politician |
6-Aug-1927 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95 |
| Charles Fort |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1874 |
3-May-1932 |
Prophet of the Unexplained |
| Soleil Moon Frye |
Actor |
6-Aug-1976 |
|
Punky Brewster |
| Melissa George |
Actor |
6-Aug-1976 |
|
Lauren Reed on Alias |
| Hoot Gibson |
Actor |
6-Aug-1892 |
23-Aug-1962 |
Cowboy star of the 20s and 30s |
| Charlie Haden |
Jazz Musician |
6-Aug-1937 |
|
Jazz bassist |
| Geri Halliwell |
Singer |
6-Aug-1972 |
|
Ginger Spice |
| Dorian Harewood |
Actor |
6-Aug-1950 |
|
Full Metal Jacket |
| Catherine Hicks |
Actor |
6-Aug-1951 |
|
Annie Camden on 7th Heaven |
| Richard Hofstadter |
Historian |
6-Aug-1916 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life |
| Roh Moo Hyun |
Head of State |
6-Aug-1946 |
|
President of South Korea, 2003-08 |
| Hank Iba |
Basketball |
6-Aug-1904 |
15-Jan-1993 |
Oklahoma A&M Head Coach, 1934-70 |
| George Jung |
Criminal |
6-Aug-1942 |
|
Cocaine smuggler |
| Lawrence Lader |
Activist |
6-Aug-1919 |
7-May-2006 |
Father of abortion rights activism |
| Bruce Laingen |
Diplomat |
6-Aug-1922 |
|
US Ambassador to Malta, 1977-79 |
| Freddie Laker |
Business |
6-Aug-1922 |
9-Feb-2006 |
Founder of Laker Airlines |
| Moira Lister |
Actor |
6-Aug-1923 |
27-Oct-2007 |
Seven Waves Away |
| Nicolas Malebranche |
Philosopher |
6-Aug-1638 |
13-Oct-1715 |
De la recherche de la vérité |
| Francis Sydney Marvin |
Educator |
6-Aug-1863 |
1943 |
The Living Past |
| James McGreevey |
Politician |
6-Aug-1957 |
|
Governor of New Jersey, 2002-04 |
| Mike McIntyre |
Politician |
6-Aug-1956 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 7th |
| Robert Mitchum |
Actor |
6-Aug-1917 |
1-Jul-1997 |
Cape Fear |
| Kevin Mitnick |
Hacker |
6-Aug-1963 |
|
Former "most wanted" hacker |
| John Middleton Murry |
Critic |
6-Aug-1889 |
13-Mar-1957 |
The Story of D. H. Lawrence |
| Lois Nettleton |
Actor |
6-Aug-1929 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Butterfly |
| Cleo A. Noel, Jr. |
Diplomat |
6-Aug-1918 |
2-Mar-1973 |
US Ambassador to Sudan, 1972-73 |
| Daniel O'Connell |
Politician |
6-Aug-1775 |
15-May-1847 |
Irish hero, called The Liberator |
| Matthew Parker |
Religion |
6-Aug-1504 |
15-May-1575 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1559-75 |
| Louella Parsons |
Columnist |
6-Aug-1881 |
9-Dec-1972 |
Hollywood queen of gossip |
| Wright Patman |
Politician |
6-Aug-1893 |
7-Mar-1976 |
Congressman from Texas, 1929-76 |
| Carl C. Perkins |
Politician |
6-Aug-1954 |
|
Congressman from Kentucky, 1984-93 |
| Jon Postel |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1943 |
16-Oct-1998 |
Creator of the Internet's RFC system |
| Dick Purcell |
Actor |
6-Aug-1908 |
10-Apr-1944 |
The Bank Dick |
| Ella Raines |
Actor |
6-Aug-1920 |
30-May-1988 |
Hail the Conquering Hero |
| JonBenét Ramsey |
Victim |
6-Aug-1990 |
26-Dec-1996 |
6-year-old murdered pageant winner |
| David Robinson |
Basketball |
6-Aug-1965 |
|
San Antonio Spurs, 1995 MVP |
| Edith Roosevelt |
First Lady |
6-Aug-1861 |
30-Sep-1948 |
Wife of US President Theodore Roosevelt |
| Josh Schwartz |
Screenwriter |
6-Aug-1976 |
|
Creator, The O.C. |
| M. Night Shyamalan |
Film Director |
6-Aug-1970 |
|
The Sixth Sense |
| Elliott Smith |
Guitarist |
6-Aug-1969 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death |
| George James Symons |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1838 |
10-Mar-1900 |
Meteorologist, British Rainfall |
| Alfred Lord Tennyson |
Poet |
6-Aug-1809 |
6-Oct-1892 |
The Charge of the Light Brigade |
| Frank Tuttle |
Film Director |
6-Aug-1892 |
6-Jan-1963 |
This Gun for Hire |
| Daniel Walker |
Politician |
6-Aug-1922 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 1973-77 |
| Andy Warhol |
Artist |
6-Aug-1928 |
22-Feb-1987 |
Outrageously successful pop artist |
| Thomas D. White |
Military |
6-Aug-1901 |
22-Dec-1965 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1957-61 |
| Wallace H. White, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Aug-1877 |
31-Mar-1952 |
US Senator from Maine, 1931-49 |
| Barbara Windsor |
Actor |
6-Aug-1937 |
|
EastEnders |
| William Hyde Wollaston |
Chemist |
6-Aug-1766 |
22-Dec-1828 |
Discovered palladium, rhodium |
| Michelle Yeoh |
Actor |
6-Aug-1962 |
|
Hong Kong action movie star |
