Died On July 6th
Discover the most famous people who died on July 6. The list includes people like Louis Armstrong, Edward VI of England, Thomas More, William Faulkner, John Marshall. Famous personalities featured on this list, include novelists, poets, pianists and spiritual & religious leaders and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: May 28, 1999
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2019
American actor Cameron Boyce achieved stardom as a teenager when he played one of the leads in the television show, Jessie. His role in the Descendants television film catapulted him to bigger heights. He also starred in a number of successful feature films like Grown Ups. He died in July 2019, at a young age of 20, due to epilepsy.
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Louis Armstrong(American Writer & Professor of Biochemistry Best Known for His Hard Science Fiction Novels)
Birthdate: August 4, 1901
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: 1971
Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter and singer who played an important role in the development of jazz. Thanks to his playing, trumpet became known as a solo instrument and jazz, which was previously known as a collectively improvised folk music, became a soloist's art form. Not surprisingly, Louis Armstrong is widely accepted as the embodiment of jazz.
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James Caan(Best Known for His Role as ‘Sonny Corleone’ in the Film ‘The Godfather’)
Birthdate: March 26, 1940
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Died: 2022
Best known for playing the iconic character of Sonny Corleone in the movie, The Godfather, James Caan is a practising martial artist, apart from being an actor and director. He has trained under Japanese-American master of karate, Takayuki Kubota, for almost 30 years. For his contributions to arts, he was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Birthdate: October 12, 1537
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1553
Edward VI of England served as the King of England and Ireland from 1547 until his death at the age of 15 in 1553. Edward VI, who took interest in religious matters, allowed Protestantism to be established in England during his reign. His reign also witnessed the introduction of written works that formed the basis for practices of the English Church.
Birthdate: March 5, 1133
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Le Mans, France
Died: 1189
Henry II of England reigned as the king of England from 1154 to 1189. During his long rule, Henry introduced many changes that had severe long-term consequences. Some of his legal changes are believed to have laid the foundation for English Common Law. Henry is often portrayed in films and plays; he has been played by actors like Peter O'Toole.
Birthdate: November 10, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 2020
Regarded as one of the world’s greatest film composers, Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor who scored music for over 500 films in his career spanning seven decades. Morricone covered a wide range of music styles and is best known for scores in the Dollar Trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West.
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Buddy Ebsen(Actor and Dancer Known for His Role as ‘Jed Clampett’ on the TV Serise ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’)
Birthdate: April 2, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Belleville, Illinois, United States
Died: 2003
Actor and dancer Buddy Ebsen is best remembered for playing Jed Clampett in the CBS television sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies. In a career spanning seven decades, he appeared in numerous films and TV shows, playing versatile roles. Beginning his career as a dancer, he soon ventured into acting. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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William Faulkner(Regarded as One of the Most Significant American Writers of All Time)
Birthdate: September 25, 1897
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Albany, Mississippi, United States
Died: 1962
Nobel Prize-winning Southern author William Faulkner is remembered for works The Sound and the Fury, A Rose for Emily, and As I Lay Dying. He immortalized Mississippi as the fictional "Yoknapatawpha County" in his works. He also won two Pulitzers, one each for A Fable and The Reivers.
Birthdate: November 5, 1911
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: 1998
Roy Rogers was an American singer, television host, and actor. Credited with co-founding one of America's earliest Western singing groups, Sons of the Pioneers, Rogers is widely regarded as one of the most famous Western stars of his generation. One of the earliest actors to popularize Western films, Roy Rogers was often referred to as the King of the Cowboys.
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Charlie Daniels(Singer-Songwriter Best Known for His Number-One Country Hit ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’)
Birthdate: October 28, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Died: 2020
Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Charlie Daniels, is remembered for his contributions to Southern rock, country, and bluegrass music. He had an extensive career that spanned over half a century and was inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. He had also appeared in a few films.
Birthdate: August 5, 1850
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tourville-sur-Arques, France
Died: 1893
Guy de Maupassant was a French author who wrote 300 short stories during his illustrious career. Widely regarded as the father of the modern short story, Maupassant's stories are characterized by economy of style and depicted human lives in pessimistic terms,
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Władysław Szpilman
(Pianist Widely Known as the Central Figure in the 2002 'Roman Polanski' Film 'The Pianist')
Birthdate: December 5, 1911
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sosnowiec, Poland
Died: 2000
Władysław Szpilman was a Polish pianist of Jewish descent. He was a popular performer on Polish radio and in concert in the 1930s. He was also a prolific composer. He survived the Holocaust and was the central figure in the 2002 Roman Polanski film The Pianist. His son, Andrzej Szpilman, is also a composer and music producer.
Birthdate: December 28, 1932
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Junagadh
Died: 2002
Dhirubhai Ambani was an Indian business tycoon. He is credited with founding Reliance Industries, which is currently the largest company in the country in terms of revenue. Dhirubhai Ambani's life and career inspired the 2007 drama film Guru, in which his character was portrayed by Abhishek Bachchan.
Birthdate: September 24, 1755
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Germantown
Died: 1835
John Marshall was an American lawyer and politician. From 1801 to 1835, Marshall worked as the fourth Chief Justice of the US. He remains the longest-serving chief justice in Supreme Court history and is considered one of the most influential Supreme Court justices of all time. In 2005, a commemorative dollar was minted in his honor.
Birthdate: November 15, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tredegar, Wales
Died: 1960
Born into a working-class family, Aneurin Bevan quit school at 13 to start working at a colliery. He later won a scholarship to study in London and rose to become a Labour MP. He led the ministries of labor and health, and the left-wing of the Labour Party, the Bevanites.
Birthdate: June 9, 1916
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
Died: 2009
Robert McNamara was the U.S. secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968. He supported the Gulf of Tonkin resolution to engage the U.S. forces in the Vietnam War. He was also one of the “Whiz Kids” who worked for Ford Motors. He was the president of the World Bank, too.
Birthdate: November 4, 1918
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dallastown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1994
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: March 16, 1789
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Erlangen, Germany
Died: 1854
Georg Ohm was a German mathematician and physicist. He is credited with discovering the proportionality between the voltage applied through a conductor and the subsequent electric current, which came to be known as Ohm's law. His work earned him the prestigious Copley Medal in 1841. A prolific writer, Georg Ohm published several papers and pamphlets throughout his career.
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John Frankenheimer
(Director)
Birthdate: February 19, 1930
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2002
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: July 28, 1891
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Holgate, Ohio, United States
Died: 1973
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: August 14, 1899
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1982
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Maria Goretti
(Regarded as a Roman Catholic saint and martyr)
Birthdate: October 16, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Corinaldo, Italy
Died: 1902
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Gary M. Heidnik
(Serial killer)
Birthdate: November 22, 1943
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Eastlake, Ohio, United States
Died: 1999
Birthdate: September 26, 1937
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2015
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: February 7, 1478
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: City of London
Died: 1535
Lawyer, philosopher, and poet Thomas More, author of Utopia, had served as the British Lord Chancellor for 3 years. He opposed Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church and refused to take the Oath of Supremacy. He was thus beheaded for treason. Pope Pius XI later declared him a martyr.
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John Mackey
(American Football Player)
Birthdate: September 24, 1941
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Roosevelt, New York, United States
Died: 2011
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: November 10, 1735
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Durham, England
Died: 1813
Granville Sharp was an activist who became one of the first English campaigners to support abolitionism in the UK. Sharp devised a plan to settle people in slavery and black people in Sierra Leone. He also established the St George's Bay Company and is thus considered a founding father of Sierra Leone. Sharp also worked towards correcting other social injustices.
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George Grosz
(German Artist Best Known for His Caricatural Drawings and Paintings of Berlin Life in the 1920s)
Birthdate: July 26, 1893
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1959
German Expressionist artist George Grosz, later a naturalized US citizen, is most noted for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life. A leading member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity groups during the Weimar Republic, Grosz later departed from his earlier style and subjects and taught at the Art Students League of New York for several years.
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Otto Klemperer
(Orchestra)
Birthdate: May 14, 1885
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: 1973
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Joaquín Rodrigo
(Spanish Composer and a Virtuoso Pianist Best Known for Composition 'Concierto de Aranjuez')
Birthdate: November 22, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sagunto, Spain
Died: 1999
Joaquín Rodrigo was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist best known for composing the Concierto de Aranjuez. He lost his sight as a child and was encouraged by his parents to study music. He excelled in his musical education and began composing in braille as a young man. In 1983, he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Música.
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Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg
(Queen)
Birthdate: July 8, 1830
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Altenburg, Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
Died: 1911
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg was the daughter of Duchess Amelia of Württemberg and Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. A high-spirited and conservative personality, Alexandra had an interest in music. Unlike most royal members, Princess Alexandra had a difficult personal life and is credited with bringing up her children almost single-handedly.
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John Huss(Czech Religious Leader, Theologian and Philosopher)
Birthdate: 1372 AD
Birthplace: Husinec, Czech Republic
Died: 1415
John Huss was a Czech philosopher and theologian. He is credited with inspiring a Proto-Protestant Christian movement called Hussitism, which started in the Kingdom of Bohemia before spreading across the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. He also inspired the Bohemian Reformation, which is regarded as one of the most important social, political, and religious movements of the early modern period.
Birthdate: February 22, 1888
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1946
Birthdate: August 21, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Died: 2016
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Fats Navarro
(Jazz trumpet player, who was a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s)
Birthdate: September 24, 1923
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Key West, Florida, United States
Died: 1950
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Jan Henryk Dąbrowski
(Military General)
Birthdate: August 29, 1755
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pierzchów, Poland
Died: 1818
Birthdate: February 17, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Died: 1953
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Ronald Graham
(American Mathematician)
Birthdate: October 31, 1935
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Taft, California, United States
Died: 2020
Birthdate: June 21, 1958
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2004
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Jeanne Lanvin
(French Fashion Designer)
Birthdate: January 1, 1867
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1946
Jeanne Lanvin was a French fashion designer who is credited with founding the multinational high fashion house, Lanvin. She is also credited with founding the perfume and beauty company Lanvin Parfums. In the 1920s, she opened shops devoted to menswear, lingerie, and home décor. In 1938, she was presented with the Officier Legion of Honour.
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Daniel Morgan
(Politician)
Birthdate: July 6, 1736
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1802
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William R. Higgins
(Military officer)
Birthdate: January 15, 1945
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Danville, Kentucky, United States
Died: 1990
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Joe Porcaro
(Former jazz drummer)
Birthdate: April 29, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Britain, Connecticut, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: November 18, 1919
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bécon-les-Bruyères, France
Died: 1944
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Ludovico Ariosto(Italian Poet Best Known for His Romance Epic Poem ‘Orlando Furioso’)
Birthdate: September 8, 1474
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Died: 1533
Ludovico Ariosto was an Italian poet best remembered for authoring the epic poem Orlando Furioso, which describes the adventures of Orlando, Charlemagne, and the Franks. Ariosto is also credited with coining the term humanism, which is among the most commonly used words by modern philosophers.
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Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
(Prime Minister)
Birthdate: March 31, 1819
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rotenburg an der Fulda, Germany
Died: 1901
Birthdate: December 7, 1902
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kooraste, Estonia
Died: 1967
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Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
(Novelist)
Birthdate: June 3, 1939
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Alexandria, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2007
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Edwin Chadwick
(British Social Reformer Who is Noted for His Leadership in Reforming the Poor Laws in England)
Birthdate: January 24, 1800
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Longsight, Manchester, England
Died: 1890
Lawyer and social reformer Edwin Chadwick played a significant role in the passage of the 1848 Public Health Act. He also reformed the Poor Laws, bringing about major developments in urban sanitization. He was eventually knighted for his achievements. His writings include an iconic report on the “Labouring Population of Great Britain.”
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Jagjivan Ram
(Indian politician)
Birthdate: April 5, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chandwa, India
Died: 1986