Died On August 6th
Discover the most famous people who died on August 6. The list includes people like Rick James, Diego Velázquez (Painter), Ben Jonson, Andre Weil, Robin Day. Famous personalities featured on this list, include mathematicians, novelists, actors and composers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & Italy and many more countries.
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Rick James(American Singer-Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist and Record Producer.)
Birthdate: February 1, 1948
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States
Died: 2004
Birthdate: November 26, 1933
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Honduras
Died: 2016
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John Hughes(American Filmmaker Known for His Coming-Of-Age Teen Comedy Films with Honest Depictions of Suburban Teenage Life)
Birthdate: February 18, 1950
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan, United States
Died: 2009
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: June 6, 1599
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Seville, Spain
Died: 1660
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Marvin Hamlisch
(Composer, Conductor)
Birthdate: June 2, 1944
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 2012
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: June 11, 1572
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Died: 1637
Birthdate: September 11, 1903
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: 1969
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Richard Bong
(Aircraft pilot, Military personnel)
Birthdate: September 24, 1920
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Superior, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1945
Birthdate: November 27, 1911
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Intramuros
Died: 2011
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Klaus Nomi
(German Countertenor Known for His Wide Vocal Range and an Unusual, Otherworldly Stage Persona)
Birthdate: January 24, 1944
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Immenstadt, Germany
Died: 1983
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Bohdan Khmelnytsky
(Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (1648 –1657))
Birthdate: 1595 AD
Birthplace: Subotiv, Ukraine
Died: 1657
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Bix Beiderbecke
(Musician)
Birthdate: March 10, 1903
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa, United States
Died: 1931
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Cedric Hardwicke
(British Stage and Film Actor Known for His Performances in the Plays of 'Shakespeare' and 'Shaw')
Birthdate: February 19, 1893
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
Died: 1964
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Edsger W. Dijkstra
(Dutch Mathematician and Computer Scientist Best Known for His Shortest-Path Algorithm in Graph Theory)
Birthdate: May 11, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 2002
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Harry Reasoner
(Journalist)
Birthdate: April 17, 1923
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dakota City, Iowa, United States
Died: 1991
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Preston Sturges
(Playwright, Director)
Birthdate: August 29, 1898
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1959
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Shahpur Bakhtiar
(45th Prime Minister of Iran (January 1979 - February 1979))
Birthdate: June 26, 1914
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Shahrekord, Iran
Died: 1991
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Sushma Swaraj
(Politician)
Birthdate: February 14, 1952
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New Delhi, india
Died: 2019
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Ellen Wilson
(Former First Lady of the United States)
Birthdate: May 15, 1860
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: 1914
Birthdate: February 21, 1929
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Islington, London, England
Died: 1973
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: April 20, 1938
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ermington, Australia
Died: 2017
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Pete Fountain
(Clarinetist)
Birthdate: July 3, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2016
Birthdate: May 6, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1998
Birthdate: October 3, 1879
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bjurholm Municipality, Sweden
Died: 1938
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: September 26, 1897
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Concesio, Italy
Died: 1978
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Brent Scowcroft
(Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board)
Birthdate: March 19, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, United States
Died: 2020
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Ibrahim Ferrer
(Cuban singer)
Birthdate: February 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: San Luis
Died: 2005
Birthdate: October 24, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 2000
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Girolamo Fracastoro(Italian Physician, Poet and Scholar in Mathematics, Geography and Astronomy)
Birthdate: 1478 AD
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: 1553
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Donald Kagan
(Former Historian specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War)
Birthdate: May 1, 1932
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kuršėnai, Lithuania
Died: 2021
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Jack Brickhouse
(Sportscaster)
Birthdate: January 24, 1916
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Died: 1998
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Bernadine Healy
(American Cardiologist and the First Female Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Birthdate: August 4, 1944
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2011
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Pope Callixtus III
(Former Head of the Catholic Church and Ruler of the Papal States)
Birthdate: December 31, 1378
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Canals, Spain
Died: 1458
Birthdate: January 16, 1901
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Banes, Cuba
Died: 1973
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Tony Lazzeri
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: December 6, 1903
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 1946
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Pope Sixtus II
(Bishop of Rome)
Birthplace: Greece
Died: 0258
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Saint Dominic(Spanish Priest and Founder of the Dominican Order and Patron Saint of Astronomers)
Birthdate: August 8, 1170
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Caleruega, Spain
Died: 1221
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Pope Hormisdas
(Former Pope)
Birthdate: 0450 AD
Birthplace: Frosinone, Italy
Died: 0523
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Hiram Johnson
(Former Governor of California)
Birthdate: September 2, 1866
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sacramento, California, U.S
Died: 1945
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Bernard Lovell
(British Physicist and Radio Astronomer Known for Developing the 76m Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank)
Birthdate: August 31, 1913
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Oldland Common, Bristol, England
Died: 2012
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Jorge Amado
(Brazilian Writer Best Known for His 1978 Novel 'Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands')
Birthdate: August 10, 1912
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
Died: 2001
Birthdate: February 10, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: 2001
Birthdate: August 12, 1913
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1979
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Élie de Rothschild
(Banker)
Birthdate: May 29, 1917
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2007
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Jacques Soustelle
(Anthropologist)
Birthdate: February 3, 1912
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: 1990
Birthdate: April 14, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Died: 1974
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Darren Daulton
(Baseball player, Writer)
Birthdate: January 3, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Arkansas City, Kansas, United States
Died: 2017
Birthdate: 0688 AD
Birthplace: Egypt
Died: 0750
Birthdate: December 17, 1938
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shepherd's Bush, London, England
Died: 2005
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Guillermo Anderson
(Musician)
Birthdate: February 26, 1962
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras
Died: 2016