Deaths on 6 August
2000s
Billy Bean
2024
American baseball player (1964–2024)
Connie Chiume
2024
South African actress and filmmaker (1952–2024)
James Bjorken
2024
American physicist (1934–2024)
Vern Rumsey
2020
American musician (1973–2020)
Joël Robuchon
2018
French chef and restaurateur
Margaret Heckler
2018
American politician (1931–2018)
Anya Krugovoy Silver
2018
American writer
Betty Cuthbert
2017
Australian sprinter (1938–2017)
Darren Daulton
2017
American baseball player (1962–2017)
Ray Hill (American football)
2015
American football player (1975–2015)
Orna Porat
2015
German-born Israeli theater actress
Ralph Bryans
2014
British motorcycle racer
Ananda W. P. Guruge
2014
Sri Lankan diplomat
John Woodland Hastings
2014
American biologist
Stan Lynde
2013
American journalist
Mava Lee Thomas
2013
American baseball player
Jerry Wolman
2013
American developer (1927–2013)
Richard Cragun
2012
American ballet dancer
Marvin Hamlisch
2012
American composer and conductor (1944–2012)
Robert Hughes (critic)
2012
Australian-born art critic (1938–2012)
Bernard Lovell
2012
English physicist and radio astronomer (1913–2012)
Mark O'Donnell
2012
American dramatist
Ruggiero Ricci
2012
American violinist (1918–2012)
Dan Roundfield
2012
American basketball player (1953–2012)
Fe del Mundo
2011
Filipino pediatrician (1911–2011)
Riccardo Cassin
2009
Italian mountaineer and businessman
Willy DeVille
2009
American singer-songwriter (1950–2009)
John Hughes (filmmaker)
2009
American filmmaker (1950–2009)
Angelos Kitsos
2008
Zsolt Daczi
2007
Musical artist
Robin Cook
2005
British politician (1946–2005)
Creme Puff (cat)
2005
Oldest cat on record (1967–2005)
Rick James
2004
American musician (1948–2004)
Donald Justice
2004
American poet
Julius Baker
2003
American flutist (1915–2003)
Edsger W. Dijkstra
2002
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
Jorge Amado
2001
Brazilian writer (1912–2001)
Adhar Kumar Chatterji
2001
Indian naval officer
Wilhelm Mohnke
2001
German SS commander (1911–2001)
Shan Ratnam
2001
Dorothy Tutin
2001
British actress (1930–2001)
1900s
André Weil
1998
French mathematician (1906-1998)
Shin Ki-ha
1997
South Korean politician (1941–1997)
Domenico Modugno
1994
Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994)
Tex Hughson
1993
American baseball player (1916–1993)
Leszek Błażyński
1992
Polish boxer (1949–1992)
Shapour Bakhtiar
1991
Iranian politician (1914–1991)
Roland Michener
1991
Canadian politician (1900–1991)
Harry Reasoner
1991
American journalist (1923–1991)
Jacques Soustelle
1990
French politician
Ira C. Eaker
1987
US Air Force general (1896–1987)
Emilio Fernández
1986
Mexican film director and actor (1904–1986)
Forbes Burnham
1985
Leader of Guyana from 1964 to 1985
Klaus Nomi
1983
German countertenor (1944–1983)
Feodor Lynen
1979
German biochemist, Nobel Laureate
Pope Paul VI
1978
Head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978
Edward Durell Stone
1978
American architect (1902–1978)
Gregor Piatigorsky
1976
Russian-born American cellist
Fulgencio Batista
1973
President of Cuba (1940–1944; 1952–1959)
Nikos Tsiforos
1970
Greek screenwriter
Theodor W. Adorno
1969
German philosopher, sociologist, and theorist (1903–1969)
Ye Gongchuo
1968
Chinese politician and art collector
Cedric Hardwicke
1964
English actor (1893–1964)
Preston Sturges
1959
American film director and screenwriter
Betty Allan
1952
Australian statistician
Tony Lazzeri
1946
American baseball player (1903–1946)
Richard Bong
1945
American fighter pilot (1920–1945)
Hiram Johnson
1945
California governor (1911–17) and senator (1917–45)
Bix Beiderbecke
1931
American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer (1903–1931)
Surendranath Banerjee
1925
Indian nationalist leader (1848–1925)
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
1925
Italian mathematician (1853–1925)
Stefan Bastyr
1920
Polish aviator and military pilot
Jennie Lozier
1915
American physician
George Waterhouse (politician)
1906
British colonial politician (1824–1906)
Eduard Hanslick
1904
Austrian music critic (1825–1904)
1800s
Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel
1893
Swiss politician
James S. White
1881
Co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
John Mason Neale
1866
Anglican priest and hymnwriter (1818–1866)
Edward Walsh (poet)
1850
Irish poet (1805–1850)
Konstantin von Benckendorff
1828
Baltic-German general and diplomat
James A. Bayard (politician, born 1767)
1815
American lawyer and politician
Before 1800
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
1794
British lawyer and politician
Ádám Mányoki
1757
Hungarian Baroque portrait painter
Georg Wilhelm Richmann
1753
Baltic German physicist (1711–1753)
François de Harlay de Champvallon
1695
French archbishop
Antoine Arnauld
1694
French Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician (1612–1694)
John Snell
1679
Scottish educational benefactor (1629–1679)
Tjerk Hiddes de Vries
1666
Diego Velázquez
1660
Spanish painter (1599–1660)
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
1657
Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host from 1648 to 1657
Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex
1645
English merchant and politician (1575–1645)
Ben Jonson
1637
English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637)
Johannes Junius
1628
Mayor of Bamberg and alleged witch (c. 1573–1628)
Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
1588
German count (1554–1588)
Girolamo Fracastoro
1553
Italian physician, poet, and scholar
Jacopo Sannazaro
1530
Italian poet
Pope Callixtus III
1458
Head of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458
Ladislaus of Naples
1414
King of Naples from 1386 to 1414
Margaret of Durazzo
1412
Queen of Naples from 1382 to 1386
Francesco I Gattilusio
1384
Stephen V of Hungary
1272
King of Hungary from 1270 to 1272
Saint Dominic
1221
Founder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)
Henry the Lion
1195
Duke of Saxony (r. 1142–80) and Bavaria (r. 1156–80)
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1162
Count of Barcelona from 1131 to 1162
Richard III, Duke of Normandy
1027
Duke of Normandy from 1026 to 1027
Marwan II
750
Umayyad caliph from 744 to 750
Pope Hormisdas
523
Head of the Catholic Church from 514 to 523
Pope Sixtus II
258
Head of the Catholic Church from 257 to 258