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List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 6th

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2020

  • American government official, lieutenant general of the united states air force. he served as the united states' national security advisor under presidents george h. w. bush and gerald ford.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2018

  • French restaurateur and chef, named "chef of century" by gault millau in 1989. he was also awarded the meilleur ouvrier de france in 1976 for his cuisine.

  • American poet (b. 1968)

  • American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th united states secretary of health and human services (d. 2018)

2017

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

  • First woman to be admitted to Harvard Medical School

  • Renowned entomologist known for her research on insect behavior.

  • Bernadine Healy was a physician known for her leadership in public health and as the first female director of the National Institutes of Health.

  • Filipino educator and pediatrician (d. 2011).

2010

  • Renowned biologist who made significant contributions to the field of genetics.

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • John hughes was an american film director, producer, and screenwriter, best known for creating iconic 1980s teen films such as the breakfast club, ferris bueller's day off, and sixteen candles.

  • American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)

  • Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009)

  • Born 1935, indonesian playwright and poet

2008

2007

  • Hungarian guitarist (omen, bikini) (d. 2007)

2006

  • Muriel Dobbin was a renowned journalist known for her political reporting.

2005

  • Cuban singer (buenavista social club and afro-cuban all stars). (d. 2005).

  • Scottish educator and politician, secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs (d. 2005)

  • Tabby domestic cat, oldest recorded cat (b. 1967)

  • American jazz bassist (born 1928)

2004

  • Rick James

    American r&b singer and multi-instrumentalist (born 1948)

  • American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)

  • American poet and writing teacher (d. 2004)

2003

  • Uriah Levy was a U.S. Navy commodore and the first Jewish American to reach that rank.

  • American flute player and educator (b. 1915)

2002

  • Edman Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist who is best known for his contributions to the field of algorithm design and analysis.

  • Alle Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist known for his work on algorithms and programming languages.

  • Known for his work in programming languages and software engineering.

  • Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)

2001

  • Dorothy Tutin

    British actress who has been a leading actor in shakespearean roles since 1952. at 15 years old, tutin left school to study music. her father encouraged her to become an actor. after joining peter hall's first company, tutin was pushed into acting by her father. she opened "the living room" in april 1953 and became a star in the shakespearean …

  • Brazilian author known for his novels depicting life in Bahia.

  • Renowned sexologist known for his research on human sexuality.

  • American author known for his work in the field of human sexuality.

  • Sri lankan academic and physician (d. 2001).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

1998

1997

  • South korean lawyer and politician (b. 1941)

1996

1995

1994

  • Domenico Modugno

    Italian singer-songwriter, who won the top prize at 1958 san remo for his song "nel blu di blu", a song also known as "volare" in the u.s. he also did song work in movies.

  • Italian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1928)

1993

1992

1991

  • American journalist and anchor of news, one of the original anchors for the tv news program "60 minutes."

  • Iranian soldier and politician, 74th prime minister of iran (b. 1915)

  • Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th governor general of canada (b. 1900)

  • Assassination of the iranian prime minister (born in 1915).

  • Canadian politician and lawyer 20th governor general of canada (d.91)

1990

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1988

1987

1986

1985

  • Juanita Craft was an American civil rights activist and politician.

  • Guyanese lawyer and politician, 2nd president of guyana (d. 1985)

  • Guyanese visionary, third president and first prime minister of guyana (born in 1923)

1983

  • Lisle Blackbourn was a successful football coach known for his tenure at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

  • German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)

1980

  • Italian artist and sculptor. he incorporated elements from archaic greek and etruscan sculptures into his work. marini was a teacher at villa reale school of art, monza from 1929 to 1940. he also began creating sculptures of horses and riders in 1936. numerous portrait busts of marini were also psychologically perceptive, including one of igor stravinsky released in 1950 and …

  • Dutch baseball player dies at 66

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

1978

1976

  • Pansy was a talented actress who starred in several classic films.

  • Ukrainian-american cellist and educator (d. 1976)

1974

1973

  • Cuban military officer who was the dictator of his country between 1940-1944. he was born into poverty and obscurity, but he joined the army in april 1921. batista, who was born into poverty and obscurity, overthrew machado's regime in august 1933. he became general on 10 march 1952, taking control of the government to rule cuba's six-million people. fidel castro …

  • Cuban colonel and politician, ninth president of cuba (d. 1973)

  • American singer-songwriter

1970

  • German-american pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)

  • Greek film director and screenwriter (born 1912).

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

  • German philosopher, social theorist, and music critic. in 1934, he emigrated to america, where he taught in new york. he returned to frankfurt in 60. he was brilliant and versatile and contributed significant work to the sociology of music, music, and culture. this is exemplified by "the philosophy of the new music", 1949. his thought was best expressed in the …

  • German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)

1968

1967

1966

1965

1964

1963

  • Actor (our daily bread) dies from cancer at the age of 68

1962

  • Bellany Faulkner was an American novelist and short story writer, known for his experimental and modernist writing style.

1961

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

  • American film director and screenwriter known for his screwball comedies.

  • American director, screenwriter and producer. hollywood's first wonder-boy of the '40s. he mastered comedy with a loose, witty style and sophisticated topic matter. he produced seven hits between 1940-1947, and was a three-time academy award nominee for films such as "christmas in july," 1940," "the great mcginty," 40, "the lady eve," 41, "the lady eve," 1941," "sullivan's travels," 42, and …

1958

  • Marlow Moss was a British Constructivist artist known for her geometric abstract art.

1953

  • Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans was a successful businesswoman known for her philanthropy and leadership in the Coca-Cola Company.

1952

  • Australian statistician and biometrician (d. 1952)

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1946

  • Blanche Bingley was a British tennis player who won six Wimbledon singles titles.

  • American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)

  • American baseball manager and player (d. 1946).

1945

  • Hiram Johnson was a prominent American politician who served as Governor of California and as a U.S. Senator.

  • American ace fighter pilot and medal of honor winner (d. 1945).

  • American politician (born 1866)

  • Prince of korea (born 1912)

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1938

  • Famous for portraying detective Charlie Chan in films.

  • Warner Oland

    Actor (werewolf in london, jazz singer), is killed at 57

1937

1935

1931

  • American composer, musician and jazz legend. since his childhood, he was largely self-taught on the piano and cornet. he was the star of "the wolverines", a group that performed in new york's roseland. in 1925, he played in charlie straight's orchestra commercial, and spent some time with a pioneering black artist in chicago. he also held various orchestra jobs. he …

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1928

1925

1924

1920

  • Polish aviator who was the author of the first military flight to independent poland (born in 1890).

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1915

1914

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1906

  • English-new zealand politician, 7th prime minister of new zealand (b. 1824)

1904

1900

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