August 6 – Famous Birthdays
Vera Farmiga (MOVIE ACTRESS) 1973
Geri Halliwell (POP SINGER) 1972
Andy Warhol (ARTIST) 1928 – 1987
August 6 – Famous Birthdays
1651 Francois Fenelon France, writer (Playing for Time)
1697 Charles VII Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)
1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson poet laureate of England
1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt
1868 Paul Claudel France, diplomat/poet (L’Otage-1909)
1881 Sir Alexander Fleming cashed in on penicillin (Nobel 1954)
1883 Scott Nearing US sociologist/pacifist/author (The Good Life)
1893 Guthrie McClintic Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset)
19– De’Voreaux White actor (Head of the Class)
19– Grant Aleksander Balt Md, actor (Phillip-Guiding Light)
19– Ira Angustan Glendale Calif, actor (Ricky-White Shadow)
1906 Ken Strong NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants)
1908 Helen Jacobs US tennis champ (1932-35)
1910 Charles Crichton director (Battle of Sexes)
1911 Lucille Ball Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame)
1916 Michael Burke sports executive (NY Yankees, NY Knicks)
1917 Robert Mitchum Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)
1921 Ella Raines Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN)
1922 Sir Freddie Laker entrepreneur (Laker airlines)
1923 Jack Parnell London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)
1923 Jackie Kelk Brooklyn NY, actor (Homer-Aldrich Family)
1923 William B Williams Babylon NY, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company)
1925 Barbara Bates Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It’s a Great Life)
1927 Andy Warhol pop artist (or 08081930)
1927 William David Ford (Rep-D-Mich)
1928 Janice Lee York Romary US, fencer (Olympics-1952-68)
1929 Anneliese Kuppers German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
1930 Abbey Lincoln actress/singer (Nothing But a Man)
1934 John Storey Bonington UK, mountain climber (Annapurna I in 1970)
1938 Peter Bonerz Portsmouth NH, actor (Jerry-Bob Newhart Show, 9 to 5)
1940 Louise Sorel LA Calif, actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion)
1943 Michael Anderson Jr London, actor (Clayt-The Monroes)
1943 Ray Buktenica Greenwich Village NYC, actor (Rhoda, House Calls)
1944 Swoosie Kurtz actress (Vice Versa, World According to Garp)
1945 Ken Norton heavyweight boxer (or 0809)
1947 Sally Eaton Ill, actress
1950 Dorian Harewood Dayton Ohio, actor (Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center)
1950 Nathan Purdee actor (Nathan-Young & Restless)
1950 Winston E Scott Miami Fla, USN Commander/astronaut
1951 Catherine Hicks Scottsdale Az, actress (Star Trek IV, Child’s Play)
1952 Carl C Perkins (Rep-D-Ky)
1952 Wojiech Fortuna Poland, ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
1956 Stephanie Kramer LA Calif, actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter)
1956 Vinnie Vincent heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes)
1959 Joyce Sims rocker (All & All)
1963 Kimberley Conrad Hefner Moulton Al, playmate of year (Jan, 1988)
1964 Moosie Drier Chic Ill, actor (Laugh-in)
1965 David Robinson NBA center (San Antonio Spurs)
1976 Soleil Moon Frye actress (Punky Brewster)
