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Celebrity Half
Birthdays for August 6

Discover all
the world-renowned actors, singers, athletes,
political leaders, and other celebrities who
share a half birthday on this day. (Source:
Wikipedia) And
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least a week before so you can plan!
- 976 – Emperor
Sanjō of
Japan (d. 1017)
- 1347 – Dorothea of
Montau, Prussian saint (d. 1394)
- 1452 – Joan,
Princess of Portugal (d.
1490)
- 1461 – Džore Držić,
Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1501)
- 1465 – Scipione
del Ferro, Italian mathematician (d. 1526)
- 1536 – Sassa
Narimasa, Japanese samurai (d. 1588)
- 1577 – Beatrice
Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
- 1582 – Mario
Bettinus, Italian mathematician, astronomer,
and philosopher (d. 1657)
- 1605 – Bernard of
Corleone, Italian saint (d. 1667)
- 1608 – António
Vieira, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1697)
- 1611 – Chongzhen
Emperor, Emperor of
China (d.
1644)
- 1612 – Antoine
Arnauld, French mathematician, theologian,
and philosopher (d. 1694)
- 1639 – Daniel
Georg Morhof, German author and scholar (d.
1691)
- 1643 – Johann
Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg, Prussian
politician, 1st Minister
President of Prussia (d.
1712)
- 1664 – Mustafa II,
Ottoman sultan (d. 1703)
- 1665 – Anne, Queen
of Great Britain (d.
1714)
- 1695 – Nicolaus II
Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
- 1721 – Christian
Friedrich Heinecken, German child prodigy
(d. 1725)
- 1726 – Patrick
Russell, Scottish surgeon (d. 1805)
- 1732 – Charles Lee,
English-American general (d. 1782)
- 1736 – Franz Xaver
Messerschmidt, German-Austrian sculptor (d.
1783)
- 1744 – Pierre-Joseph
Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d.
1795)
- 1748 – Adam
Weishaupt, German philosopher (d. 1830)
- 1753 – Évariste de
Parny, French poet (d. 1814)
- 1756 – Aaron Burr,
American politician, 3rd Vice
President of the United States (d.
1836)
- 1757 – Julian
Ursyn Niemcewicz, Belarus-Polish poet,
playwright, and politician (d. 1841)
- 1769 – Ludwig von
Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general (d.
1862)
- 1772 – George
Murray, Scottish soldier and politician (d.
1830)
- 1772 – Karl von
Kügelgen, German painter (d. 1832)
- 1778 – Ugo Foscolo,
Italian author and poet (d. 1827)
- 1781 – John Keane,
1st Baron Keane, Irish soldier (d. 1844)
- 1796 – John
Stevens Henslow, English botanist and
geologist (d. 1861)
- 1797 – Joseph von
Radowitz, Prussian general and politician
(d. 1853)
- 1799 – Imre
Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and
entomologist (d. 1870)
- 1800 – Achille
Devéria, French painter (d. 1857)
- 1802 – Charles
Wheatstone, English physicist (d. 1875)
- 1811 – Henry
Liddell, English academic and author (d.
1898)
- 1818 – William M.
Evarts, American lawyer and politician, 27th United
States Secretary of State (d.
1901)
- 1818 – Henry
Litolff, English pianist and composer (d.
1891)
- 1818 – Jenaro
Quesada, 1st Marquis of Miravalles, Spanish
soldier and politician (d. 1889)
- 1829 – Joseph
Auguste Émile Vaudremer, French architect,
designed the La Santé
Prison and Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge (d.
1914)
- 1830 – Daniel
Oliver, English botanist (d. 1916)
- 1832 – John Brown
Gordon, American politician, 53rd Governor of
Georgia (d.
1904)
- 1833 – José María
de Pereda, Spanish author (d. 1906)
- 1833 – J.E.B.
Stuart, American army officer (d. 1864)
- 1834 – Edwin Klebs,
German-Swiss pathologist (d. 1913)
- 1834 – Ema Pukšec,
Croatian soprano (d. 1889)
- 1834 – Wilhelm von
Scherff, German general and author (d. 1911)
- 1838 – Henry
Irving, English actor (d. 1905)
- 1838 – Yisrael
Meir Kagan, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1933)
- 1839 – Eduard
Hitzig, German neurologist (d. 1907)
- 1842 – Mary Rudge,
English chess player (d. 1919)
- 1843 – Inoue
Kowashi, Japanese politician (d. 1895)
- 1843 – Frederic
William Henry Myers, English poet and
philologist, co-founded the Society for
Psychical Research (d.
1901)
- 1845 – Isidor
Straus, German-American businessman and
politician (d. 1912)
- 1847 – Henry
Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect,
designed the Plaza Hotel (d.
1918)
- 1849 – Ida Straus,
German-American businesswoman (d. 1912)
- 1852 – C. Lloyd
Morgan, English zoologist and psychologist
(d. 1936)
- 1852 – Vasily
Safonov, Russian pianist, conductor, and
composer (d. 1918)
- 1853 – Ignacij
Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)
- 1854 – Prince
Thomas, Duke of Genoa (d.
1931)
- 1859 – Wilhelm
Cohn, German chess player (d. 1913)
- 1861 – Nikolay
Zelinsky, Russian chemist (d. 1953)
- 1864 – John Henry
Mackay, Scottish-German philosopher and
author (d. 1933)
- 1866 – Karl Sapper,
German linguist and explorer (d. 1945)
- 1872 – Robert
Maillart, Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel
Bridge and Schwandbach
Bridge (d.
1940)
- 1874 – Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura, Indian Vaisnava religious
leader, founder of the Gaudiya
Math and
spiritual master of Bhaktivedanta
Swami (d.
1937)
- 1875 – Leonid
Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915)
- 1876 – Henry Blogg,
English fisherman and lifeboat man (d. 1954)
- 1876 – Eugčne-Henri
Gravelotte, French fencer (d. 1939)
- 1878 – Walter B.
Pitkin, American educator (d. 1953)
- 1879 – Othon
Friesz, French painter (d. 1949)
- 1879 – Magnús
Guđmundsson, Icelandic politician, 3rd Prime
Minister of Iceland (d.
1937)
- 1879 – Edwin
Samuel Montagu, English politician, Secretary
of State for India (d.
1924)
- 1879 – Carl
Ramsauer, German physicist (d. 1955)
- 1880 – Nishinoumi
Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (d.
1931)
- 1883 – Dmitry
Pavlovich Grigorovich, Russian aircraft
designer (d. 1938)
- 1884 – Marcel
Cohen, French linguist and scholar (d. 1974)
- 1887 – Josef
Frings, German cardinal (d. 1978)
- 1892 – Maximilian
Fretter-Pico, German general (d. 1984)
- 1892 – William
Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1987)
- 1893 – Muhammad
Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani politician and
diplomat, 1st Minister of
Foreign Affairs for Pakistan (d.
1985)
- 1894 – Eric
Partridge, New Zealand-English lexicographer
(d. 1979)
- 1894 – Kirpal
Singh, Indian religious leader (d. 1974)
- 1895 – Babe Ruth,
American baseball player (d. 1948)
- 1897 – Louis
Buchalter, American mobster (d. 1944)
- 1898 – Harry
Haywood, American politician (d. 1985)
- 1898 – Alla
Tarasova, Russian actress (d. 1973)
- 1899 – Ramón
Novarro, Mexican actor (d. 1968)
- 1901 – Ben Lyon,
American actor (d. 1979)
- 1902 – George
Brunies, American trombonist (d. 1974)
- 1903 – Claudio
Arrau, Chilean pianist (d. 1991)
- 1905 – Władysław
Gomułka, Polish politician (d. 1982)
- 1905 – Jan Werich,
Czech actor and playwright (d. 1980)
- 1906 – Joseph
Schull, Canadian playwright and historian
(d. 1980)
- 1908 – Amintore
Fanfani, Italian politician, 32nd Prime
Minister of Italy (d.
1999)
- 1908 – Edward
Lansdale, American air force officer and CIA agent
(d. 1987)
- 1908 – Michael
Maltese, American screenwriter (d. 1981)
- 1910 – Irmgard
Keun, German author (d. 1982)
- 1910 – Carlos
Marcello, Tunisian-American gangster (d.
1993)
- 1911 – Ronald
Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President
of the United States (d.
2004)
- 1912 – Eva Braun,
German wife of Adolf
Hitler (d.
1945)
- 1912 – Christopher
Hill, English historian and author (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Mary Leakey,
English anthropologist (d. 1996)
- 1914 – Thurl
Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer
(d. 2005)
- 1915 – Kavi
Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter (d.
1998)
- 1916 – John Crank,
English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006)
- 1917 – Louis-Philippe
de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d.
2008)
- 1917 – Zsa Zsa
Gabor, Hungarian-American actress
- 1918 – Lothar-Günther
Buchheim, German author (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Takashi
Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator,
created Anpanman (d.
2013)
- 1921 – Carl
Neumann Degler, American historian and
author
- 1922 – Patrick
Macnee, English actor
- 1922 – Denis
Norden, English television host
- 1922 – Haskell
Wexler, American director, producer, and
cinematographer
- 1923 – Gyula
Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager (d.
1981)
- 1924 – Billy
Wright, English footballer (d. 1994)
- 1924 – Jin Yong,
Hong Kong author
- 1925 – Donald
Mitchell, English musicologist
- 1925 – Pramoedya
Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (d. 2006)
- 1926 – Eugene E.
Covert, American scientist
- 1926 – Walker
Edmiston, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1927 – Gerard K.
O'Neill, American physicist (d. 1992)
- 1928 – Allan H.
Meltzer, American economist
- 1929 – Pierre
Brice, French actor
- 1929 – Colin
Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist, invented
the tranquilliser
gun (d.
2008)
- 1929 – Oscar
Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan author and
critic (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Valentin
Yanin, Russian historian and author
- 1930 – Lionel Blue,
English Reform rabbi, writer and broadcaster
- 1930 – Jun Kondo,
Japanese physicist
- 1931 – James Bonk,
American chemist and educator (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Rip Torn,
American actor
- 1931 – Mamie Van
Doren, American actress and singer
- 1931 – Ricardo
Vidal, Filipino cardinal
- 1932 – Camilo
Cienfuegos, Cuban anarchist (d. 1959)
- 1932 – Heinz-Klaus
Metzger, German critic and theorist (d.
2009)
- 1932 – François
Truffaut, French actor, director,
screenwriter, and producer (d. 1984)
- 1933 – Leslie
Crowther, English comedian and actor (d.
1996)
- 1934 – Bernard
Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
- 1936 – Donnie
Brooks, American singer (d. 2007)
- 1936 – Kent
Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
2009)
- 1936 – J. Howard
Marshall III, American businessman
- 1938 – Fred
Mifflin, Canadian admiral and politician
- 1939 – Jean
Beaudin, Canadian director and screenwriter
- 1939 – Mike
Farrell, American actor
- 1939 – Orlando
Parga, Puerto Rican politician
- 1940 – Tom Brokaw,
American journalist
- 1940 – Petr Hájek,
Czech mathematician
- 1940 – Jimmy
Tarbuck, English comedian and actor
- 1941 – Stephen
Albert, American composer (d. 1992)
- 1941 – Gigi
Perreau, American actress
- 1941 – Spencer
Silver, American chemist
- 1942 – Sarah Brady,
American activist
- 1942 – Charlie
Coles, American basketball coach (Central
Michigan University, Miami
University) (d. 2013)
- 1942 – Ahmad-Jabir
Ahmadov Ismail oghlu, Azerbaijani
philosopher and educator
- 1942 – James
Loewen, American sociologist and historian
- 1942 – Tommy
Roberts, English fashion designer (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Valentina
Titova, Russian actress
- 1943 – Fabian
Forte, American singer and actor
- 1943 – Ernie Field,
English boxer (d. 2013)
- 1943 – Gayle
Hunnicutt, American actress
- 1943 – Georgeanna
Tillman, American singer and dancer (The
Marvelettes) (d. 1980)
- 1944 – Christine
Boutin, French politician
- 1944 – Willie Tee,
American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and
producer (The Wild
Magnolias) (d. 2007)
- 1944 – Michael
Tucker, American actor
- 1945 – Bob Marley,
Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley
& The Wailers) (d. 1981)
- 1945 – George
Mudie, British politician
- 1946 – Richie
Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (Little Feat and Fraternity
of Man) (d. 2010)
- 1946 – Kate
McGarrigle, Canadian singer-songwriter and
accordion player (Kate and
Anna McGarrigle and Mountain
City Four) (d. 2010)
- 1946 – Jim Turner,
American politician
- 1947 – Richard
Bowring, British orientalist
- 1947 – Bill
Staines, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist
- 1947 – Daniel
Yergin, American author
- 1949 – Mike Batt,
English singer-songwriter and producer (The Wombles)
- 1949 – Manuel
Orantes, Spanish tennis player
- 1949 – Jim
Sheridan, Irish director
- 1950 – Natalie
Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1950 – Jane
Gordon-Cumming, English author
- 1950 – Timothy M.
Dolan, American cardinal
- 1951 – Margo,
Irish singer
- 1951 – Marco
Antônio, Brazilian footballer
- 1951 – Huw
Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (Hawkwind, Widowmaker,
and The Meads
of Asphodel) (d. 2012)
- 1951 – Jacques
Villeret, French actor (d. 2005)
- 1951 – Kevin
Whately, English actor
- 1952 – Viktor
Giacobbo, Swiss comedian and actor
- 1952 – Tim Blake,
English electronic musician (Gong, Hawkwind,
Crystal Machine )
- 1952 – Ricardo La
Volpe, Argentinian footballer, manager, and
coach
- 1954 – Bob Sirois,
Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 – Michael
Pollan, American journalist
- 1955 – Bruno
Stolorz, French rugby coach
- 1957 – Andres
Lipstok, Estonian economist and politician
- 1957 – Kathy
Najimy, American actress
- 1957 – Simon
Phillips, English drummer (Toto, Michael
Schenker Group, 801, RMS,
and PhD)
- 1957 – Robert
Townsend, American actor and director
- 1958 – Cecily
Adams, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1958 – Tim Dakin,
English cleric, Bishop of
Winchester
- 1958 – Barry
Miller, American actor
- 1959 – Ken Nelson,
English record producer
- 1960 – Jeremy
Bowen, Welsh journalist and television
reporter
- 1960 – Megan
Gallagher, American actress
- 1960 – Frank Jeske,
German footballer (d. 1994)
- 1961 – Cam Cameron,
American football coach
- 1961 – Yury
Onufriyenko, Ukrainian-Russian astronaut
- 1961 – Yuko
Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
- 1962 – Stavros
Lambrinidis, Greek politician, Minister of
Foreign Affairs for Greece
- 1962 – Axl Rose,
American singer-songwriter and producer (Guns N'
Roses, Hollywood
Rose, and Rapidfire)
- 1963 – David Capel,
English cricketer
- 1963 – Scott
Gordon, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1963 – Mike Hough,
Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 – Quentin
Letts, English journalist and critic
- 1963 – Kevin
Trudeau, American radio host and author
- 1964 – Gordon
Downie, Canadian singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and actor (The
Tragically Hip)
- 1964 – Andrey
Zvyagintsev, Russian actor and director
- 1965 – Jan Svěrák,
Czech director
- 1966 – Rick Astley,
English singer-songwriter
- 1967 – Anita
Cochran, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer
- 1967 – Izumi Sakai,
Japanese singer-songwriter (Zard)
(d. 2007)
- 1968 – Adolfo
Valencia, Colombian footballer
- 1968 – Akira
Yamaoka, Japanese composer and producer
- 1969 – David
Hayter, American actor and screenwriter
- 1969 – Masaharu
Fukuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter,
producer, and actor
- 1969 – Tim
Sherwood, English footballer and coach
- 1970 – Per
Frandsen, Danish footballer
- 1970 – Zhou Kehua,
Chinese criminal and murderer (d. 2012)
- 1971 – Dana
Eskelson, American actress
- 1971 – Brad Hogg,
Australian cricketer
- 1971 – Carlos
Rogers, American basketball player
- 1971 – Brian
Stepanek, American actor
- 1972 – Stefano
Bettarini, Italian footballer
- 1972 – David Binn,
American football player
- 1973 – Jeff B.
Davis, American actor and singer
- 1975 – Chad Allen,
American baseball player
- 1975 – Orkut
Büyükkökten, Turkish software engineer,
created Orkut
- 1975 – Brett Hawke,
Australian swimmer
- 1975 – Tomoko
Kawase, Japanese singer-songwriter and
producer (The
Brilliant Green and Tommy
heavenly6)
- 1976 – Tanja
Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
- 1976 – Kasper
Hvidt, Danish handball player
- 1976 – Princess
Marie of Denmark
- 1976 – Kim Zmeskal,
American gymnast
- 1977 – Jason Euell,
English footballer
- 1977 – Josh
Stewart, American actor
- 1977 – Sergei
Sychyov, Ukrainian-Estonian ice dancer
- 1978 – Yael Naim,
French-Israeli singer-songwriter
- 1979 – Dan Bălan,
Moldovan singer-songwriter and producer (O-Zone)
- 1980 – Ben Lawson,
Australian actor
- 1980 – Mamiko Noto,
Japanese voice actress
- 1980 – Conor
O'Brian, American wrestler
- 1980 – Kim Poirier,
Canadian actress, singer, and producer
- 1980 – Luke
Ravenstahl, American politician, 58th Mayor of
Pittsburgh
- 1981 – Ricky
Barnes, American golfer
- 1981 – Calum Best,
American-English model
- 1981 – Shim Eun
Jin, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.)
- 1981 – Jens Lekman,
Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1981 – Alison
Haislip, American actress
- 1981 – Ty Warren,
American football player
- 1982 – Tank,
Taiwanese singer-songwriter (Mandopop)
- 1982 – Jade
Edmistone, Australian swimmer
- 1982 – Alice Eve,
English actress
- 1982 – Elise Ray,
American gymnast
- 1983 – Sreesanth,
Indian cricketer
- 1983 – Melrose
Bickerstaff, American model and fashion
designer
- 1983 – Brodie
Croyle, American football player
- 1983 – Dimas
Delgado, Spanish footballer
- 1983 – Jamie
Whincup, Australian race car driver
- 1983 – Myron Wolf
Child, Canadian activist (d. 2007)
- 1984 – Darren Bent,
English footballer
- 1984 – Piret
Järvis, Estonian singer-songwriter and
guitarist (Vanilla
Ninja)
- 1984 – Antoine
Wright, American basketball player
- 1985 – Kris
Humphries, American basketball player
- 1985 – Joji Kato,
Japanese speed skater
- 1985 – Yang Yu,
Chinese swimmer
- 1986 – Yunho,
South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (TVXQ)
- 1986 – Alice
Greczyn, American actress
- 1986 – Brendan
Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1987 – Luisa Värk,
Estonian singer
- 1988 – Bailey
Hanks, American actress and singer
- 1988 – Allison
Holker, American dancer
- 1988 – Jennifer
White, American pornographic actress
- 1989 – Craig
Cathcart, Irish footballer
- 1989 – Jonny Flynn,
American basketball player
- 1990 – Adam
Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 – Víctor
Mańon, Mexican footballer
- 1993 – Teresa
Scanlan, American model, Miss
America 2011
- 1995 – Jongup,
South Korean singer, (B.A.P)
- 1996 – Justina
Mikulskytė, Lithuanian tennis player
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