August 6th Birthdays

Faith Prince, American actress and singer, was born on this day in 1957 in Augusta, GA.

Also born on August 6th:

• 1937
  Barbara Windsor, English actress
• 1938
  Peter Bonerz, American actor
• 1940
  Louise Sorel, American actress
• 1941
  Ray Culp, American baseball player
• 1945
  Andy Messersmith, American baseball player
• 1950
  Dorian Harewood, American actor
  Catherine Hicks, American actress
  Daryl Somers, Australian TV host, singer
• 1952
  Vinnie Vincent, American musician
• 1956
  Stepfanie Kramer, American actress
• 1957
  Bob Horner, American baseball player
• 1958
  Randy DeBarge, American R&B singer, musician
• 1964
  Moosie Drier, American actor and director
• 1965
  David Robinson, American basketball player
• 1971
  Merrin Dungey, American actress
• 1972
  Geri Halliwell, British singer
• 1973
  Vera Farmiga, American actress
• 1974
  Ever Carradine, American actress
  Luis Vizcaino, Dominican baseball player
  Alvin Williams, American basketball player
• 1976
  Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
  Melissa George, Australian actress
• 1977
  Jennifer Lyons, American actress
• 1978
  Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist
• 1980
  Seneca Wallace, American football player
• 1981
  Leslie Odom, Jr., American actor, singer
• 1982
  Romola Garai, British actress and model
• 1983
  C. J. Mosley, American football player
• 2001
  Ty Simpkins, American actor

August Birthday Calendar

Died on August 6th:

• 1914
  Ellen Axton Wilson, American First Lady, first wife of Woodrow Wilson (age 54)
• 1959
  Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter (age 60)
• 1964
  Cedric Hardwicke, English actor, director (age 71)
• 1973
  Fulgencio Batista, 9th President of Cuba (age 72)
• 1978
  Pope Paul VI, Italian pontiff (formerly Giovanni Montini), (age 80)
• 1983
  Klaus Nomi, German singer, songwriter and actor (age 39)
• 1986
  Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director (Oscar statuette model), (age 82)
• 1991
  Harry Reasoner, American journalist, (60 Minutes co-creator), (age 68)
• 1994
  Domenico Modugno, Italian singer, politician (age 66)
• 2001
  Dorothy Tutin, English actress (age 71)
• 2004
  Rick James, American singer, songwriter (age 56)
• 2009
  Willy DeVille, American singer, guitarist (age 58)
  John Hughes, American director, screenwriter (age 59)
• 2012
  Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, conductor (age 68)
  Mark O’Donnell, American playwright (age 58)
• 2013
  Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (age 81)
• 2017
  Dick Locher, American cartoonist (Dick Tracy), (age 88)
• 2020
  Wayne Fontana, British singer (age 74)