August 6 - Births

Births

• 1180 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
• 1504 – Matthew Parker, English Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)
• 1609 – Richard Bennett, English Governor of the Colony of Virginia (d. 1675)
• 1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)
• 1638 – Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)
• 1644 – Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
• 1656 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
• 1666 – Maria Sofia of Neuburg (d. 1699)
• 1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
• 1715 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
• 1765 – Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1848)
• 1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)
• 1768 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
• 1775 – Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847)
• 1809 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)
• 1826 – Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (d. 1915)
• 1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
• 1844 – James Henry Greathead, English engineer (d. 1896)
• 1846 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian giant (d. 1888)
• 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
• 1866 – Allen Lard, American golfer (death date unknown)
• 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)
• 1874 – Charles Fort, American writer (d. 1932)
• 1877 – Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (d. 1952)
• 1880 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)
• 1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
• 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Louella Parsons, American columnist (d. 1972)
• 1882 – Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (d. 1971)
• 1883 – Scott Nearing, American writer and educator (d. 1983)
• 1886 – Edward Ballantine, American composer (d. 1971)
• 1887 – Dudley Benjafield, English race car driver (d. 1957)
• 1888 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German singer (d. 1952)
• 1889 – George Kenney, American general (d. 1977)
• 1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet (d. 1957)
• 1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English general, 13th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1970)
• 1892 – Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)
• 1893 – Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1963)
• 1900 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist (d. 2003)
• 1902 – Dutch Schultz, American mobster (d. 1935)
• 1904 – Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970)
• 1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
• 1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
• 1907 – László Heller, Hungarian engineer (d. 1980)
• 1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter (d. 1941)
• 1910 – Charles Crichton, English director (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer
• 1911 – Constance Heaven, English author (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian (d. 1970)
• 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese politician and journalist, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1922 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Samuel Bowers, American murder, co-founded White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)
• 1926 – Elisabeth Beresford, English author (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Frank Finlay, English actor
• 1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1926 – János Rózsás, Hungarian writer
• 1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
• 1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist (The Foundations)
• 1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter
• 1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
• 1934 – Piers Anthony, English writer
• 1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer
• 1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player
• 1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentine director (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress
• 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor
• 1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician
• 1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress
• 1941 – Lyle Berman, American poker player
• 1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
• 1942 – George Jung, American convicted drug smuggler
• 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
• 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist (d. 2003)
• 1945 – Ron Jones, English director (d. 1993)
• 1945 – Andy Messersmith, American baseball player
• 1946 – Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist and composer (UK, The Tony Williams Lifetime, HoBoLeMa, and Tempest)
• 1946 – Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian, actor, and musician (The Spiders)
• 1947 – Tony Dell, Australian cricketer
• 1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993)
• 1949 – Alan Campbell, Irish pastor
• 1949 – Clarence Richard Silva, American bishop
• 1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor
• 1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress
• 1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television host
• 1952 – Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Timbuk3)
• 1952 – Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, composer, and producer (Kayak Camel, and Earth and Fire)
• 1952 – Vinnie Vincent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Kiss and Vinnie Vincent Invasion)
• 1953 – Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
• 1954 – Paul Steigerwald, American sportscaster
• 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer (d. 2008)
• 1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer (d. 2003)
• 1956 – Stepfanie Kramer, American actress
• 1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player
• 1957 – Jim McGreevey, American politician
• 1958 – Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player (DeBarge)
• 1959 – Rajendra Singh Indian water conservationist
• 1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player
• 1962 – Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
• 1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress
• 1963 – Charles Ingram, English game show contestant and author
• 1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and author
• 1964 – Moosie Drier, American actor and director
• 1964 – Gary Valenciano, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer (See-Saw)
• 1965 – Juliane Köhler, German actress
• 1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player
• 1965 – Mark Speight, English television host (d. 2008)
• 1965 – Vincent Wells, England cricketer
• 1967 – Mike Greenberg, American sportscaster
• 1967 – Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer
• 1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
• 1969 – Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer
• 1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heatmiser (d. 2003)
• 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1970 – Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 – Merrin Dungey, American actress
• 1971 – Scott Minto, English footballer
• 1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1972 – Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, author, and actress (Spice Girls)
• 1972 – Ray Lucas, American football player
• 1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress
• 1973 – Monica Goodling, American lawyer
• 1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster
• 1973 – Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
• 1973 – Karenna Gore Schiff, American journalist, lawyer, and author
• 1974 – Ever Carradine, American actress
• 1974 – Bobby Petta, Dutch footballer
• 1974 – Luis Vizcaíno, Dominican baseball player
• 1974 – Alvin Williams, American basketball player
• 1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian skier
• 1975 – Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
• 1976 – Melissa George, Australian actress
• 1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Jennifer Lyons, American actress
• 1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer
• 1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer
• 1978 – Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist (Dominici)
• 1978 – Marisa Miller, American model and actress
• 1978 – Reuben Rox, American actor, director, and producer
• 1978 – Marvel Smith, American football player
• 1979 – Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
• 1979 – Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
• 1979 – Megumi Okina, Japanese actress and singer
• 1980 – Danny Collins, Welsh footballer
• 1980 – Monique Ganderton, Canadian actress and stunt-woman
• 1980 – András Horváth, Hungarian footballer
• 1980 – Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist
• 1980 – Wilber Pan, American-Taiwanese singer, producer, and actor
• 1980 – Seneca Wallace, American football player
• 1981 – Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian race car driver
• 1981 – Travie McCoy, American rapper and songwriter (Gym Class Heroes)
• 1981 – Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
• 1982 – Adrianne Curry, American model, actress, and producer
• 1982 – Karl Davies, English actor
• 1982 – Romola Garai, English actress and model
• 1982 – Danny Lopes, American model and actor
• 1982 – Ryan Sypek, American actor
• 1982 – Jordis Unga, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
• 1983 – Annevig Schelde Ebbe, Danish actress
• 1983 – Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer
• 1983 – C.J. Mosley, American football player
• 1983 – Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
• 1984 – Sofia Essaïdi, French-Moroccan singer, dancer, and actress
• 1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
• 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
• 1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
• 1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
• 1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
• 1986 – Reby Sky, American model and wrestler
• 1987 – Charley Chase, American porn actress
• 1987 – Aditya Narayan, Indian actor, singer, and composer
• 1987 – Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murderer
• 1988 – Aleska Diamond, Hungarian porn actress
• 1988 – Chelsee Healey, English actress
• 1988 – Jared Murillo, American singer and dancer (V Factory)
• 1990 – JonBenét Ramsey, American model and murder victim (d. 1996)
• 1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
• 1998 – Jack Scanlon, English actor
• 2001 – Ty Simpkins, American actor