On This Day — August 6
4071 noted people were born and 1813 died on August 6 in our archive, including Alexander Fleming, William Hyde Wollaston and Alfred Hettner.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 6
Alexander Fleming
1881 – 1955
William Hyde Wollaston
1766 – 1828
Alfred Hettner
1859 – 1941
Anastasius (Gribanovsky)
1873 – 1965
Andrew Green
b. 1941
Ann Bartuska
b. 1953
Heinrich Rose
1795 – 1864
Henk Wesseling
1937 – 2018
Ian Cheshire
b. 1959
Janusz Reiter
b. 1952
Jerzy Żyżyński
b. 1949
Ji Xianlin
1911 – 2009
John W. Harbaugh
1926 – 2019
Kisaburō Yokota
1896 – 1993
Mateo Valero Cortés
b. 1952
Mohammad Najibullah
1947 – 1996
Norman Giles
1915 – 2006
Peter J. Weinberger
b. 1942
Radhia Cousot
1947 – 2014
Roman Dobrokhotov
b. 1983
Schetinin Mikhail
b. 1953
Sergey Orlov
1880 – 1958
Alastair C. Lewis
b. 1971
Aleksander Burba
1918 – 1984
Alexander Majouga
b. 1980
Alexander von Middendorff
1815 – 1894
Alexandra Mehnert
b. 1974
Alfred Tennyson
1809 – 1892
André Zysberg
1947 – 2024
André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers
1772 – 1840
António Abreu
b. 1947
Arthur Coles
1892 – 1982
Avinash Dixit
b. 1944
Bernard Lamarre
1931 – 2016
Bernard de Faubournet de Montferrand
b. 1945
Cal Cunningham
b. 1973
Carl Georg Rogberg
1789 – 1834
Carl Ludwig Noah Bantzer
1857 – 1941
Carla Carrizo
b. 1966
Catharina Stroppel
b. 1971
Cecil Howard Green
1900 – 2003
Ceri Brenner
b. 1987
Christophe de Margerie
1951 – 2014
Cornelis Apostool
1762 – 1844
David D. Barrett
1892 – 1977
David John Bartholomew
1931 – 2017
David McLetchie
1952 – 2013
Didier Reynders
b. 1958
Digby Raeburn
1915 – 2001
Dirk De Ridder
b. 1966
Dom Mintoff
1916 – 2012
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
1820 – 1914
Edward Plumptre
1821 – 1891
Edwin G. Corr
1934 – 2026
Everett T. Moore
1909 – 1988
Frank Nicklin
1895 – 1978
Frank Tuttle
1892 – 1963
Friedrich Götze
b. 1951
Friedrich List
1789 – 1846
Fuad Isgandarov
b. 1961
G. William Domhoff
b. 1936
Gary Schuster
b. 1946
Gary Valenciano
b. 1964
George N. Craig
1909 – 1992
Georges Lefebvre
1874 – 1959
Ghislain de Diesbach
1931 – 2023
Gilbert Renault
1904 – 1984
Goran Tribuson
b. 1948
Gordon Freeth
1914 – 2001
Gregory Chamitoff
b. 1962
Gregory G. Katsas
b. 1964
Guy Black, Baron Black of Brentwood
b. 1964
Hamid Beik Frangieh
1907 – 1981
Hans Grosheide
1930 – 2022
Hans-Joachim Lang
b. 1951
Hazair Abdullah
b. 1953
Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland
1788 – 1864
Hilton Cheong-Leen
1922 – 2022
Ian Corder
b. 1960
Ichikawa Danjūrō XII
1946 – 2013
Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca
b. 1966
Igor Luchenok
1938 – 2018
Ihor Rainin
b. 1973
Isaac Isaacs
1855 – 1948
Ivan Indinok
1938 – 2025
James Delingpole
b. 1965
James O'Mara
1873 – 1948
James Thomson Shotwell
1874 – 1965
Jean Christophe Averty
1928 – 2017
Jean Zay
1904 – 1944
Jean-Charles Marchiani
b. 1943
Jerzy Mazur
b. 1953
Jim McGreevey
b. 1957
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
1845 – 1914
John Dennis
b. 1959
John Graves
1920 – 2013
John Mullan
b. 1958
John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl
1840 – 1917
John Wilson
1741 – 1793
Jon Postel
1943 – 1998
Jonathan Baker
b. 1955
Josef Charvát
1897 – 1984
Karl Zéro
b. 1961
Kathleen Gerson
b. 1947
Kazuo Yamaguchi
b. 1946
Keith Ovenden
1943 – 2023
Ko Wen-je
b. 1959
Kojin Karatani
b. 1941
Leonid Kalashnikov
b. 1960
Leslie A. Garay
1924 – 2016
Lloyd Evans
1927 – 2015
Louis Lépine
1846 – 1933
Malcolm McCusker
b. 1938
Mark S. Lundstrom
b. 1951
Martin Wilhelm Mandt
1799 – 1858
Michael S. Regan
b. 1976
Michelle Yeoh
b. 1962
Miriam Matthews
1905 – 2003
Mukhu Aliyev
b. 1940
Mustafa Şentop
b. 1968
Nagayo Yoshirō
1888 – 1961
Nat Friedman
b. 1977
Nikolai Kovalyov
1949 – 2019
Noël Le Maresquier
1903 – 1982
Olga Lepeshinskaya
1871 – 1963
Olli Ahvenlahti
b. 1949
Om Prakash Malhotra
1922 – 2015
Paul Claudel
1868 – 1955
Pavlo Matviienko
b. 1973
Peder Valentin Rosenkilde
1772 – 1836
Petros Vassiliadis
b. 1945
Queen Geraldine of Albania
1915 – 2002
René de La Croix de Castries
1908 – 1986
Robert Mardini
b. 1972
Roderick A. Macdonald
1948 – 2014
Rokas Masiulis
b. 1969
Rolandas Paulauskas
b. 1954
Ron Nachman
1942 – 2013
Rosa Maria Miró Roig
b. 1960
Rui Rio
b. 1957
Samuel Buss
b. 1957
Saugata Roy
b. 1947
Sergei Ignatov
b. 1960
Sergo Karapetyan
1948 – 2021
Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar
1930 – 2004
Stéphanie Rist
b. 1973
Suchinda Kraprayoon
1933 – 2025
Sverker Sörlin
b. 1956
Sébastien Aubert
b. 1983
Tamara De Anda
b. 1983
Tamás Adamik
b. 1937
Ted G. Shepherd
b. 1958
Thomas D. White
1901 – 1965
Tikhon Rabotnov
1904 – 2000
Timothy Williamson
b. 1955
Todd Blanche
b. 1974
Tomislav Donchev
b. 1973
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
b. 1983
Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale
1890 – 1956
William David Ford
1927 – 2004
William Hillcourt
1900 – 1992
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
1891 – 1970
Winston E. Scott
b. 1950
Wollert Konow
1845 – 1924
Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska
1866 – 1934
Élisabeth Guigou
b. 1946
A. M. Miller
1861 – 1929
Abdourahmane Cissé
b. 1981
Abdulai Conteh
1945 – 2024
Abram Isaac Elkus
1867 – 1947
Adam Benjamin, Jr.
1935 – 1982
Aditya Narayan
b. 1987
Adrianne Curry
b. 1982
Albor Cantard
b. 1961
Ales Pushkin
1965 – 2023
Alex Grecian
b. 1969
Alexander Forbes-Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie
1847 – 1925
Alf Whist
1880 – 1962
Alfred A. Taylor
1848 – 1931
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1844 – 1900
Alice Woods
1849 – 1941
Alvin Williams
b. 1974
Andrei Năstase
b. 1975
Andrej Vizjak
b. 1964
Andrew Taylor Still
1828 – 1917
Andy Messersmith
b. 1945
Anindya Sen
b. 1955
Anna Castelli Ferrieri
1918 – 2006
Anton Delvig
1798 – 1831
Antonio D'Alfonso
b. 1953
Antonio Trillanes IV
b. 1971
Arthur Berson
1859 – 1942
Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire
1812 – 1868
Arthur Pougin
1834 – 1921
Arthur S. Collins Jr.
1915 – 1984
Ashlie Atkinson
b. 1977
Asia Carrera
b. 1973
Atsuya Furuta
b. 1965
August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome
1753 – 1833
Austin Muluzi
b. 1978
… and 3,871 more
Died on August 6
Atle Selberg
1917 – 2007
Bernard Lovell
1913 – 2012
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
1853 – 1925
André Weil
1906 – 1998
Antonia Ferrín Moreiras
1914 – 2009
Eugène Le Poittevin
1806 – 1870
Florentino Ameghino
1853 – 1911
Frank Strong
1859 – 1934
Gaetano Scorza
1876 – 1939
George Edward Cokayne
1825 – 1911
Guido Goldschmiedt
1850 – 1915
Helen Delich Bentley
1923 – 2016
Hisashi Kuno
1910 – 1969
Jacques Soustelle
1912 – 1990
James Bjorken
1934 – 2024
Joseph Achille Le Bel
1847 – 1930
Jürgen Kuczynski
1904 – 1997
Martin Roth
1955 – 2017
Mário Júlio de Almeida Costa
1927 – 2025
Paul Koebe
1882 – 1945
Yuri Trutnev
1927 – 2021
Alan Sullivan
1868 – 1947
Alejandro Deustua
1849 – 1945
Alexander Bustamante
1884 – 1977
Alexandros Mavrokordatos
1791 – 1865
Amédée Despans-Cubières
1786 – 1853
André du Laurens
1558 – 1609
Anthony J. Russo Jr.
1936 – 2008
Antoine Cartier d'Aure
1799 – 1863
Baki Urmanche
1897 – 1990
Ben Jonson
1572 – 1637
Bernadine Healy
1944 – 2011
Brent Scowcroft
1925 – 2020
Byron Price
1891 – 1981
Charles-André de La Jaille
1824 – 1892
Christian Eric Fahlcrantz
1790 – 1866
Christian Habicht
1926 – 2018
Constantin Climescu
1844 – 1926
Cordwainer Smith
1913 – 1966
Corradino D'Ascanio
1891 – 1981
Daniel Wilson
1816 – 1892
David Grandison Fairchild
1869 – 1954
Domenico Modugno
1928 – 1994
Don A. Jones
1912 – 2000
Donald Kagan
1932 – 2021
Duong Van Minh
1916 – 2001
Edsger W. Dijkstra
1930 – 2002
Edward Wilson Merrill
1923 – 2020
Ellen Axson Wilson
1860 – 1914
Ernest Wickersheimer
1880 – 1965
Fe del Mundo
1911 – 2011
Feodor Lynen
1911 – 1979
Forbes Burnham
1923 – 1985
François de Harlay de Champvallon
1625 – 1695
George Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden
1799 – 1866
Gregor W. Yeates
1944 – 2012
Gunnar Rudberg
1880 – 1954
Hernán Siles Zuazo
1914 – 1996
Hiram Johnson
1866 – 1945
Hubert Beuve-Méry
1902 – 1989
Ignazio Marcello Gallo
1924 – 2023
Ivar Tengbom
1878 – 1968
Jack T. Kirby
1938 – 2009
James Graham Jenkins
1834 – 1921
Jean Sauvagnargues
1915 – 2002
Jean-Baptiste du Hamel
1624 – 1706
Johann von Lamont
1805 – 1879
John Bostock
1772 – 1846
John Woodland Hastings
1927 – 2014
Jorge Amado
1912 – 2001
Jos Gielen
1898 – 1981
Kevin McNamara
1934 – 2017
Kim Suk-won
1893 – 1978
Lajos Áprily
1887 – 1967
Lemuel Cornick Shepherd, Jr.
1896 – 1990
Leonid Leonidov
1873 – 1941
Léon Noël
1888 – 1987
Margaret Heckler
1931 – 2018
Matthias Johann Eisen
1857 – 1934
Mikel Azurmendi
1942 – 2021
Mohammad Rafiq
1943 – 2023
Nicole Bricq
1947 – 2017
Oscar Jacobsen
1850 – 1902
Patrick O'Reilly
1900 – 1988
Paul Laxalt
1922 – 2018
Paul VI
1897 – 1978
Pieter Rink
1851 – 1941
Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés
1903 – 1985
Renato Zangheri
1925 – 2015
Richard Cragun
1944 – 2012
Richard McBride
1870 – 1917
Roberto Marinho
1904 – 2003
Robin Cook
1946 – 2005
Roland Michener
1900 – 1991
S. K. Pottekkatt
1913 – 1982
Samuel Laing
1812 – 1897
Savka Dabčević-Kučar
1923 – 2009
Surendranath Banerjee
1848 – 1925
Sushma Swaraj
1952 – 2019
Terao Hisashi
1855 – 1923
Theodor W. Adorno
1903 – 1969
William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany
1905 – 1985
William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter
1876 – 1956
William N. Schoenfeld
1915 – 1996
Władysław Mazurkiewicz
1871 – 1933
Abel Bergaigne
1838 – 1888
Abraham Lilienfeld
1920 – 1984
Adhar Kumar Chatterji
1914 – 2001
Aino Bach
1901 – 1980
Albert Marth
1828 – 1897
Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg
1648 – 1699
Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
1933 – 2019
Aleksandr Popov
1840 – 1881
Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron Fleck
1889 – 1968
Alexander Gustav Winkler
1865 – 1935
Allen Parducci
1925 – 2023
André Brunot
1879 – 1973
Anton Ažbe
1862 – 1905
Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire
1812 – 1868
Arthur Watson Sparks
1871 – 1919
August Lange
1907 – 1970
August Riedel
1799 – 1883
Austin Blair
1818 – 1894
Ben Klassen
1918 – 1993
Benjamin Franklin Tracy
1830 – 1915
Beppe Wolgers
1928 – 1986
Bob Skelly
1943 – 2022
Buddy Leach
1934 – 2022
Cedric Hardwicke
1893 – 1964
Charles Allen
1797 – 1869
Charles Schneider
1898 – 1960
Charles Wilberforce Daniels
1862 – 1927
Chester Beach
1881 – 1956
Christian Bernard
1950 – 2026
Christian VI of Denmark
1699 – 1746
Dan Roundfield
1953 – 2012
Daniel Sivan
1949 – 2026
David Brynmor Jones
1851 – 1921
David J. Baker
1792 – 1869
David Maslanka
1943 – 2017
David Rollins
1907 – 1997
Deng Zhaoxiang
1903 – 1998
Denis Stoffels
1570 – 1629
Diego Velázquez
1599 – 1660
Dominikus Böhm
1880 – 1955
Edmund Krzymuski
1851 – 1928
Eduard Hanslick
1825 – 1904
Edward Durell Stone
1902 – 1978
Edward Kozłowski
1860 – 1915
Edward Omane Boamah
1974 – 2025
Ejnar Dyggve
1887 – 1961
Elijah Hise Norton
1821 – 1914
Elizabeth Webby
1942 – 2023
Ernest A. Batchelder
1875 – 1957
Ernst Hiesmayr
1920 – 2006
Eugène Trutat
1840 – 1910
Ferdinand Brossart
1849 – 1930
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
1864 – 1937
Fernande Decruck
1896 – 1954
Floyd Olin Smith
1885 – 1961
Francis Ponge
1899 – 1988
Frank M. Hume
1867 – 1939
Frederick David Ely
1838 – 1921
Frederick R. Payne Jr.
1911 – 2015
Fulgencio Batista
1901 – 1973
Gabriel García Moreno
1821 – 1875
Gabriel Moore
1785 – 1844
Gaetano Costa
1916 – 1980
Georg Rhau
1488 – 1548
George Albert Guertin
1869 – 1931
George Frederick Root
1820 – 1895
George Marsden Waterhouse
1824 – 1906
George Vâlsan
1885 – 1935
George W. Hooker
1838 – 1902
Gerda Hellberg
1870 – 1937
Girolamo Fracastoro
1478 – 1553
Gregor Piatigorsky
1903 – 1976
Harry H. Johnson
1895 – 1987
Harry Reasoner
1923 – 1991
Harry Wickwire Foster
1902 – 1964
Henny Tscherning
1853 – 1932
Henri Frenay
1905 – 1988
Henri Philippe Pharaoun
1901 – 1993
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
1714 – 1794
Henry M. Ridgely
1779 – 1847
Hinrich Lehmann-Grube
1932 – 2017
Hjalmar Broch
1882 – 1969
Hjalmar Holand
1872 – 1963
Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed
1974 – 2025
Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera
1886 – 1975
Ingerid Gjøstein Resi
1901 – 1955
Ingolf Dahl
1912 – 1970
Ira Clarence Eaker
1896 – 1987
Irene Petrie
1864 – 1897
J. Murray Hooker
1873 – 1940
J. Skelly Wright
1911 – 1988
James A. Haley
1899 – 1981
James Anderson
1738 – 1809
James H. Davidson
1858 – 1918
James Huckins
1807 – 1863
… and 1,613 more