Sunday, August 5, 2012

Famous Births on 6 Aug

Famous Births on 6 Aug

1180 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1504 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)
1609 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
1619 - Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)
1638 - Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)
1644 - Louise de la Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
1656 - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
1666 - Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (d. 1699)
1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1715 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
1766 - William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)
1768 - Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
1775 - Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847)
1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)
1844 - James Henry Greathead, British engineer (d. 1896)
1844 - Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
1861 - Edith Roosevelt, American First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
1868 - Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)
1874 - Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)
1877 - Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (d. 1952)
1880 - Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)
1881 - Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
1881 - Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1881 - Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (d. 1972)
1887 - Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver (d. 1957)
1888 - Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (d. 1952)
1889 - John Middleton Murry, English poet (d. 1957)
1889 - George Kenney, American Air Force General (d. 1977)
1891 - William Slim, British general (d. 1970)
1892 - Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)
1893 - Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)
1900 - Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (d. 2003)
1902 - Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (d. 1935)
1904 - Henry Iba, American basketball 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)
1910 - Charles Crichton, British film director (d. 1999)
1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
1911 - Norman Gordon, South African cricketer
1914 - Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1980)
1916 - Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
1916 - Richard Hofstadter, American historian (d. 1970)
1917 - Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
1918 - Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
1920 - Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
1922 - Sir Freddie Laker, English entrepreneur (d. 2006)
1923 - Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)
1925 - Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)
1926 - Frank Finlay, British actor
1926 - Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
1926 - Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
1928 - Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1929 - Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1930 - Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer
1932 - Howard Hodgkin, British painter
1933 - A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
1934 - Piers Anthony, English writer
1937 - Barbara Windsor, English actress
1937 - Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
1938 - Paul Bartel, American actor (d. 2000)
1938 - Peter Bonerz, American actor
1940 - Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician, President of Dagestan
1941 - Ray Culp, American baseball player
1941 - Lyle Berman, American poker player
1942 - George Jung, American convicted drug felon
1943 - Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
1945 - Andy Messersmith, American baseball player
1945 - Ron Jones, British TV director (d. 1995)
1946 - Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian
1946 - Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician
1946 - Allan Holdsworth, British musician
1947 - Tony Dell, Australian cricketer
1949 - Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1949 - Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
1949 - Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
1950 - Dorian Harewood, American actor
1951 - Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
1951 - Catherine Hicks, American actress
1952 - Vinnie Vincent, American musician (Kiss)
1953 - Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
1954 - Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer
1957 - Jim McGreevey, American politician
1957 - Bob Horner, American baseball player
1962 - Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress
1962 - Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
1963 - Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker
1964 - Moosie Drier, American actor and director
1965 - Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
1965 - David Robinson, American basketball player
1965 - Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
1965 - Juliane Köhler, German actress
1965 - Vincent Wells, England cricketer
1967 - Julie Snyder, Quebec talk show host and producer
1967 - Mike Greenberg, American sportscaster
1967 - Archbishop Alexy (Bondarenko)
1969 - Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)
1969 - Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer
1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian/American film director
1970 - Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
1971 - Merrin Dungey, American actress
1971 - Scott Minto, English footballer
1971 - Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 - Geri Halliwell, British singer (Spice Girls)
1973 - Vera Farmiga, American actress
1973 - Max Kellerman, American sportscaster
1973 - Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
1974 - Luis Vizcaino, Dominican baseball player
1975 - Victor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 - Jamie McGonnigal, American actor
1975 - Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier
1976 - Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
1976 - Melissa George, Australian actress
1977 - Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Jennifer Lyons, American actress
1977 - Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer
1977 - Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer
1978 - Marisa Miller, American model
1980 - Wilber Pan, American/Taiwanese singer
1980 - Danny Collins, Welsh footballer
1982 - Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality
1982 - Karl Davies, British actor
1982 - Justin Germano, American baseball player
1982 - Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
1982 - Ryan Sypek, American actor
1983 - Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
1990 - Jon Benet Ramsey, American beauty pageant contestant and murder victim (d. 1996)

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