Famous people died on August 6

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Sushma Swaraj 3

Indian Politician

John Hughes 15

American Director

Rick James 25

American Actor

Tony Judt 96

British Historian

Robin Cook 7

British Politician

Joel Robuchon 17

French Chef

Marvin Hamlisch 22

American Composer

Norman Denzin 1

American Sociologist

Betty Cuthbert 9

Australian Athlete

Robert Hughes 45

Australian Critic

Apisai Tora 5

Fijian Politician

Donald Kagan 8

American Historian

Edsger W. Dijkstra 97

Dutch Scientist

Pete Fountain 4

American Musician

Brent Scowcroft 29

American Public Servant

Donald Justice 8

American Poet

Harry Reasoner 6

American Journalist

Robin Day 8

British Journalist

Ruggiero Ricci 11

American Musician

Ben Klassen 11

American Engineer

Jack Brickhouse 3

American Celebrity

Duong Van Minh 3

Vietnamese Politician

Jorge Amado 11

Brazilian Writer

Wilhelm Mohnke 3

André Weil 15

French Mathematician

Theodor Adorno 161

German Philosopher

Tony Lazzeri 3

American Athlete

Marino Marini 13

Italian Sculptor

Preston Sturges 5

American Writer

Pope Paul VI 36

Italian Clergyman

Cedric Hardwicke 4

English Actor

F. Tennyson Jesse 1

Hiram Johnson 1

American Politician

Eduard Hanslick 10

Austrian Musician

Ben Jonson 146

English Playwright

Fracastorius 1

Italian Physician

See also: Famous people born on August 6