Monday, April 11, 2022

August 6 Births, Anniversaries, & Deaths


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1180 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1504 – Matthew Parker, English archbishop (d. 1575)
1609 – Richard Bennett, English politician (d. 1675)
          Colonial Governor of Virginia
1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1677)
1638 – Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (d. 1715)
1644 – Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
1656 – Claude de Forbin, French general (d. 1733)
1666 – Maria Sophia of Neuburg (d. 1699)
1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1715 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (d. 28 May 1747)
1765 – Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician (d. 1848)
          2nd Prime Minister of Greece
1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828)
1768 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (d. 1813)
1775 – Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1847)
          Lord Mayor of Dublin
1789:  Friedrich List  [German American economist] (d. 30 Nov 1846)
1809 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet and author (d. 6 Oct 1892)
1826 – Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian author (d. 1915)
1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
1844 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (d. 1896)
1846 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian giant (d. 1888)
1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1948)
          27th First Lady of the United States
1866 – Allen Lard, American golfer (d. 1946)
1867:  James Loeb  [German American banker] (d. 27 May 1933)
1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (d. 1955)
1874 – Charles Fort, American author (d. 1932)
1877 – Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (d. 1952)
1880 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer (d. 1964)
1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist (d. 1955)
          Nobel Prize laureate
1881 – Louella Parsons, American actress, screenwriter, and journalist (d. 1972)
1882 – Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (d. 1971)
1883 – Scott Nearing, American economist and educator (d. 1983)
1884:  Kenneth Scott Latourette  [American historian] (d. 26 Dec 1968)
1886 – Edward Ballantine, American composer and educator (d. 1971)
1887 – Dudley Benjafield, English race car driver (d. 1957)
1888 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German singer (d. 1952)
1889 – George Kenney, Canadian-American general (d. 1977)
1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet and author (d. 1957)
1890 – Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale (d. 1956)
1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal (d. 1970)
          13th Governor-General of Australia
1892 – Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (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 and businessman (d. 2003)
          co-founded Texas Instruments
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)
1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (d. 1997)
1908 – Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)
1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter (d. 1941)
1908 – Necdet Mahfi Ayral, Turkish actor and director (d. 2004)
1909 – Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (d. 2013)
1910 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 26 Apr 1989)
1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (d. 2014)
1911 – Constance Heaven, English author and actress (d. 1995)
1912 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010)
1914 – Gordon Freeth, Australian politician (d. 2001)
1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970)
1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician (d. 2012)
          8th Prime Minister of Malta
1917 – Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor and singer (d. 1997)
1917 – Edward Jewesbury, English actor (d. 2002)
1918 – Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
1920 – Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1920 – John Graves, American author (d. 2013)
1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
1922 – Freddie Laker, English businessman (d. 2006)
          founded Laker Airways
1922 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
          36th Governor of Illinois
1923 – Jess Collins, American painter (d. 2004)
1923 – Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer, politician and author
1924 – Samuel Bowers, American activist (d. 2006)
          co-founded White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
1925 – Barbara Bates, American actress and singer (d. 1969)
1926 – Elisabeth Beresford, French-English author (d. 2010)
1926 – Frank Finlay, English actor
1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
1926 – Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 2013)
1926 – János Rózsás, Hungarian author (d. 2012)
1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
1927 – Inga Landgré, Swedish actress
1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1928 – Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (d. 22 Feb 1987)
1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist (The Foundations)
1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
          42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works
1930 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (d. 2010)
1932 – Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter
1932 – Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter
1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
1934 – Piers Anthony, English-American author
1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer
1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier
1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (d. 2012)
1935 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2000)
1937 – Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (d. 2014)
          (Old and New Dreams)
1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress and singer
1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor and director
1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician
          2nd President of Dagestan
1940 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist
1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress
1941 – Lyle Berman, American poker player
1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
1941 – Andrew Green, English diplomat
1942 – George Jung, American drug trafficker
1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003)
1944 – Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic
1944 – Martin Wharton, English bishop
1945 – Ron Jones, English director and production manager (d. 1993)
1945 – Andy Messersmith, American baseball player and coach
1946 – Judy Craig, American singer (The Chiffons)
1946:  Ron Davies  [Welsh politician]
          Secretary of State for Wales, 1997-1998
1946 – Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
          (UK, The Tony Williams Lifetime, HoBoLeMa, and Tempest)
1946:  Ben Lewin  [Australian American film director]
1946 – Masaaki Sakai, Japanese actor and singer (The Spiders)
1947 – Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist
1947 – Tony Dell, English-Australian cricketer
1948 – William McCrea, Northern Irish politician
1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993)
1949 – Richard Prince, American artist
1949 – Clarence Richard Silva, American bishop
1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor and singer
1951 – Christophe de Margerie, French businessman (d. 2014)
1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress
1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television host
1952 – Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Timbuk3)
1952 – David McLetchie, Scottish politician (d. 2013)
1952 – Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, 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 murderer (d. 2008)
1955 – Rusty Magee, American actor and composer (d. 2003)
1955 – John Reid, Northern Irish jockey
1956 – Bill Emmott, English journalist
1956 – Stepfanie Kramer, American actress and singer
1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player
1957 – Jim McGreevey, American politician
          52nd Governor of New Jersey
1957:  Faith Prince  [American actress]
1958 – Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player
          (DeBarge)
1959 – Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player
1960:  Leland Orser  [American actor]
1961 – Cara Lott, American porn actress and model
1961 – Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host
1962 – Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
1962:  Stefan Sagmeister  [Austrian graphic designer]
1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer
1963 – Tomoyuki Dan, Japanese voice actor (d. 2013)
1963 – Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and author
1964 – Lisa Boyle, American model and photographer
1964 – Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, Nigerian Journalist
          Gun Violence Activist, Social Media Expert and Pharmacist
1964 – Moosie Drier, American actor and director
1964 – Gary Valenciano, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1965 – Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist
1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer (See-Saw)
1965 – Juliane Köhler, German actress
1965:  Olivier Megaton  [French director]
1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant
1965 – Mark Speight, English television host (d. 2008)
1965 – Vince Wells, English cricketer
1967 – Lorna Fitzsimons, English businesswoman and politician
1967 – Mike Greenberg, American journalist and sportscaster
1967 – Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer
1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
1969 – Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heatmiser) (d. 2003)
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
1971 – Merrin Dungey, American actress
1971:  Conor McPherson  [Irish playwright and director]
1971 – Scott Minto, English footballer and sportscaster
1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 – Paolo Bacigalupi, American author
1972 – Darren Eales, English footballer and lawyer
1972 – Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Spice Girls)
1972 – Ray Lucas, American football player and sportscaster
1972:  Jason O'Mara  [Irish actor]
1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress
1973 – Monica Goodling, American lawyer
1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster and radio host
1973 – Donna Lewis, Welsh singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1973 – Iain Morris, English screenwriter and producer
1973 – Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
1973 – Karenna Gore Schiff, American lawyer, journalist, and author
1974 – Ever Carradine, American actress
1974 – Bobby Petta, Dutch footballer
1974 – Luis Vizcaíno, Dominican baseball player
1974 – Alvin Williams, American basketball player and coach
1975 – Jason Crump, English-Australian speedway motorcycle racer
1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian skier
1975 – Jamie McGonnigal, American voice actor
1975 – Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
1976 – Melissa George, Australian-American actress
1976 – Adam Ritson, Australian rugby league player
1976:  Josh Schwartz  [American screenwriter and producer]
1976 – Krisztina Sereny, Hungarian bodybuilder and model
1976 – Shaun Timmins, Australian rugby league player
1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
1977:  Nat Friedman  [American programmer]
1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentinian footballer
1978 – Marisa Miller, American model and actress
1978 – Katie Price, English model, actress & singer
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 – Jonathan Glanfield, English sailor
1979 – Megumi Okina, Japanese actress and singer
1979 – Travis Reed, American basketball player
1980 – Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer
1980 – Monique Ganderton, Canadian actress and stuntwoman
1980 – András Horváth, Hungarian footballer
1980 – Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist
1980 – Wilber Pan, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
1980 – Seneca Wallace, American football player
1980 – Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer
1981 – Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian race car driver
1981 – Travie McCoy, American rapper and producer (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 model and actress
1982 – Danny Lopes, American model and actor
1982 – Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
1982 – Ryan Sypek, American actor
1982 – Jordis Unga, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Annevig Schelde Ebbe, Danish actress
1983 – Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer
1983 – C.J. Mosley, American football player
1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
1983 – Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1984 – Sofia Essaïdi, Moroccan singer, dancer, and actress
1984 – Eva-Maria Hoch, Austrian tennis player
1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
1984 – Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer
1985 – Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
1986 – Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
1986 – Reby Sky, American wrestler and model
1987 – Charley Chase, American porn actress
1987 – Aditya Narayan, Indian actor and singer
1987 – Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murderer
1988 – Aleska Diamond, Hungarian porn actress
1988 – Chelsee Healey, English actress
1988 – Jared Murillo, American singer, dancer, and actor (V Factory)
1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
1993 – Kaori Ishihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
1995 – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
1997 – Kristína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player
1998 – Jack Scanlon, English actor
2001 – Ty Simpkins, American actor


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258 – Pope Sixtus II
523 – Pope Hormisdas (b. 450)
750 – Marwan II, Muslim caliph (b. 688)
1162 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (b. 1113)
1195 – Henry the Lion, German son of Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1129)
1221 – Saint Dominic, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order (b. 1170)
1272 – Stephen V of Hungary (b. 1239)
1414 – Ladislaus of Naples (b. 1377)
1458 – Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
1623 – Anne Hathaway, English wife of William Shakespeare (b. 1555)
1628 – Johannes Junius, German politician (b. 1573)
1637 – Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (b. 1572)
1645 – Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
1657 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
1660 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
1679 – John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
1694 – Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
1695 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
1753 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist (b. 1711)
1757 – Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
1794 – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
1815 – James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
1828 – Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
1850 – Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
1866 – John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
1881 – James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
1884 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
1890 – William Kemmler, American murderer (b. 1860)
1893 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (b. 1811)
1904 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
1914 – Ellen Axson Wilson, American wife of Woodrow Wilson, 29th First Lady of the United States (b. 1860)
1920 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
1925 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
1931 – Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (The Wolverines) (b. 1903)
1945 – Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
1945 – Hiram Johnson, American politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
1946 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
1957 – Ernest Linton, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
1959 – Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
1964 – Cedric Hardwicke, English-American actor (b. 1893)
1966 – Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (b. 1913)
1969 – Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
1970 – Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1973 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
1973 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1897)
1976 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
1978 – Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
1978 – Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
1979 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1983 – Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
1985 – Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
1986 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1987 – Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)
1990 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
1991 – Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915)
1991 – Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (b. 1900)
1991 – Harry Reasoner, American journalist, founded 60 Minutes (b. 1923)
1992 – Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949)
1993 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
1994 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (b. 1928)
1997 – Shin Ki-ha, South Korean politician (b. 1941)
1998 – André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
1999 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)
2001 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian poet and author (b. 1912)
2001 – Wilhelm Mohnke, German SS officer (b. 1911)
2001 – Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)
2001 – Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
2002 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)
2003 – Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (b. 1915)
2004 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Mynah Birds) (b. 1948)
2004 – Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
2005 – Keter Betts, American bassist (b. 1928)
2005 – Robin Cook, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946)
2005 – Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
2007 – Heinz Barth, German SS officer (b. 1920)
2007 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Bikini) (b. 1969)
2008 – Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934)
2009 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)
2009 – Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mink DeVille) (b. 1950)
2009 – John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
2009 – Willibrordus S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (b. 1935)
2011 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)
2012 – Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)
2012 – Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
2012 – Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)
2012 – Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)
2012 – Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (b. 1954)
2012 – Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918)
2012 – Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953)
2013 – Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (b. 1907)
2013 – Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (b. 1960)
2013 – Jeremy Geidt, English-American actor (b. 1930)
2013 – Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
2013 – Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929)
2013 – Dave Wagstaffe, English footballer (b. 1943)
2013 – Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927)
2013 – Selçuk Yula, Turkish football player and topscorer (b. 1959)
2014 – Ananda W. P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
2014 – John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
2014 – Smita Talwalkar, Indian actress and producer (b. 1954)


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