Famous people born on 6 August

• Andy WarholAmerican artist, film director, and producer · 1928–1987
  58 yrs
• Alexander FlemingScottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate · 1881–1955
  73 yrs
• Alfred TennysonBritish Poet Laureate · 1809–1892
  83 yrs
• Lucille BallAmerican actress · 1911–1989
  77 yrs
• Paul ClaudelFrench diplomat, poet and playwright · 1868–1955
  86 yrs
• Robert MitchumAmerican actor · 1917–1997
  79 yrs
• Johann BernoulliSwiss mathematician · 1667–1748
  80 yrs
• François FénelonFrench archbishop, theologian and writer · 1651–1715
  63 yrs
• Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ↗Holy Roman Emperor · 1697–1745
  47 yrs
• Mohammad Najibullah ↗4th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan · 1947–1996
  49 yrs
• Nicolas Malebranche ↗French philosopher · 1638–1715
  77 yrs
• Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ↗French writer, a moralist · 1715–1747
  31 yrs
• Kevin Mitnick ↗American hacker · 1963–2023
  59 yrs
• William Hyde Wollaston ↗English chemist and physicist · 1766–1828
  62 yrs
• Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême ↗French prince · 1775–1844
  68 yrs
• Edith Roosevelt ↗First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909 · 1861–1948
  87 yrs
• Elliott Smith ↗American musician · 1969–2003
  34 yrs
• Daniel O'Connell ↗Irish political leader · 1775–1847
  71 yrs
• Friedrich List ↗German economist · 1789–1846
  57 yrs
• Ouyang Xiu ↗Chinese poet, historian and statesman · 1007–1072
  65 yrs
• Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ↗Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900 · 1844–1900
  55 yrs
• Dom Mintoff ↗Maltese politician · 1916–2012
  96 yrs
• Dražan Jerković ↗Croatian footballer · 1936–2008
  72 yrs
• Jean-Baptiste Bessières ↗Marshal of France · 1768–1813
  44 yrs
• Abbey Lincoln ↗American singer · 1930–2010
  80 yrs
• Barbara Strozzi ↗Italian singer and composer · 1619–1677
  58 yrs
• Jacopo Sannazaro ↗Italian writer · 1457–1530
  72 yrs

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