Famous Deaths on August 6, Who Died on August 6
Here is a list who died on August 6. Famous deaths for the 6th of August. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on August 6. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1027 | Richard III, Duke of Normandy |
| 1162 | Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (b. 1113) |
| 1195 | Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129) |
| 1221 | Saint Dominic, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order (b. 1170) |
| 1272 | Stephen V of Hungary (b. 1239) |
| 1384 | Francesco I of Lesbos |
| 1412 | Margherita of Durazzo, Queen consort of Charles III of Naples (b. 1347) |
| 1414 | Ladislaus of Naples (b. 1377) |
| 1458 | Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378) |
| 1530 | Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (b. 1458) |
| 1553 | Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) |
| 1588 | Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578-1588) (b. 1554)[41] |
| 1628 | Johannes Junius, German lawyer and 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 soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595) |
| 1660 | Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599) |
| 1666 | Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622) |
| 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 and academic (b. 1711) |
| 1757 | Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673) |
| 1794 | Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord High 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) |
| 1893 | Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811) |
| 1904 | Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825) |
| 1906 | George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824) |
| 1915 | Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841) |
| 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 (b. 1903) |
| 1945 | Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920) |
| 1946 | Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903) |
| 1952 | Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (b. 1905) |
| 1959 | Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898) |
| 1964 | Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893) |
| 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) |
| 1976 | Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903) |
| 1978 | Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)[47] |
| 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 soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915) |
| 1992 | Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949) |
| 1993 | Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916) |
| 1994 | Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1928) |
| 1997 | Shin Ki-ha, South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1941) |
| 1998 | André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906) |
| 2001 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (b. 1912) |
| 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 (b. 1948) |
| 2005 | Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946) |
| 2007 | Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (b. 1969) |
| 2008 | Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934) |
| 2009 | Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909) |
| 2011 | Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911) |
| 2012 | Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944) |
| 2013 | Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931) |
| 2014 | Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941) |
| 2015 | Ray Hill, American football player (b. 1975) |
| 2017 | Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (b. 1938) |
| 2018 | Joël Robuchon, French Chef (b. 1945) |
| 258 | Pope Sixtus II |
| 523 | Pope Hormisdas (b. 450) |
| 750 | Marwan II, Umayyad general and caliph (b. 688) |
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