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Birthdays of Personalities on August 06

1542 : Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg
1638 : Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter
1668 : Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist
1747 : John Paul Jones, naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight")
1753 : John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized
1782 : Luis [Philippus] Brion, Cura‡ao commander of Colombian fleet
1785 : William J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens)
1793 : Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer/min of Internal Affairs (1848-49)
1796 : Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55)
1814 : Justus McKinstry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1818 : Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion (1851-66)
1821 : Edward Winston Pettus, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1832 : Maximilian F J, archduke of Austria/Emperor of Mexico
1856 : Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT
1859 : Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden, poet/novelist (Charles Men, Nobel 1916)
1868 : Petrus A Euwens, Dutch vicar/editor (Amigoe di Cura‡ao)
1873 : Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich)
1877 : Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier/president of Spain (1931-36)
1878 : Eino Leino, Finland, poet/playwright/novelist (El m„n Koreus)
1881 : Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel)
1884 : Andr‚ Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter/cartoonist
1884 : Harold Vanderbilt, NY, America Cup (1930,34,37)/inv contract bridge
1884 : Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam)
1892 : Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot
1896 : Thomas W McKnew, president (National Geographic Society)
1897 : Richard Krautheimer, art Historian
1900 : Emil Barth, writer
1903 : Axel Theorell, Sweden, biochemist, studied enzymes (Nobel 1955)
1904 : Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma)
1906 : Kate A ter Horst-Arri‰ns, Dutch nurse (Battle of Arnhem)
1907 : M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera
1908 : Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor
1915 : Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair NJ, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show)
1915 : Laverne Andrews, Minneapolis MN, singer (Andrews Sisters)
1916 : Unica Zorn, writer
1918 : Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet (Crossing)
1918 : Eugene List, Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music)
1919 : Dorothy Kirsten, opera singer/Alzheimer disease activist
1919 : Earnest Haefliger, Swiss tenor (St„dtische Oper Berlin)
1922 : Francisco Moncion, dancer
1923 : Nancy Davis Reagan, [Anne Francis Robbins], NYC, 1st Lady (1981-89)
1923 : Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general/pres (1989-90)
1924 : Robert Michael White, NYC, test pilot (X-15)
1925 : Bill Haley, Highland Park Mich, rock vocalist (Rock Around the Clock)
1925 : Huub H Jacobse, member of Dutch 2nd chamber (Liberal)
1925 : Merv Griffin, San Mateo Calif, TV host (Merv Griffin Show)
1926 : Nicky Hilton, 1st husband of Elizabeth Taylor
1927 : Pat Paulsen, Wash, comedian/pres candidate (Smothers Bros Show)
1927 : [Jan] Hein Donner, Dutch chess master
1930 : Fran‡oise Mallet-Joris, [F Lilar], Belgian writer (Signs & Wonders)
1930 : H J Heise, writer
1931 : Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader
1935 : 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader
1937 : Gene Chandler, [Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker (Duke of Earl)
1937 : Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961)
1939 : Jet Harris, [Terence Harris], London, rock bassist (Drifters)
1944 : Byron Berline, rocker
1945 : Rik Elswit, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show-
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1946 : George Walker Bush Jr, George's son (Gov-R-TX)
1946 : Jamie Wyeth, Penn, artist (An American Vision-Boston)
1948 : Brad Park, Toronto, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins)
1950 : Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer
1950 : Ramon Guzman, jockey
1952 : Jesse Harms, musician, of REO Speedwagon
1953 : Nanci Griffith, US singer/songwriter (Poet in My Window)
1956 : John Jorgenson, Madison Wisc, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
1957 : Ron Duguay, Canada, hockey player (NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings)
1959 : John Keeble, London, rock drummer (Spandau Ballet-True)
1960 : Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, Czech, speed walker (world record 10K)
1965 : Tim Camargo, jockey
1969 : Michael Grant, vocalist (Musical Youth)
1979 : Nicolas Daniel Maricio, Prince of Netherlands
1928 : Andy Warhol
1922 : Freddie Laker
1917 : Robert Mitchum
1911 : Lucille Ball
1900 : Dutch Schultz
1893 : Guthrie McClintic
1892 : Hoot Gibson
1811 : Sir Alexander Fleming
1880 : Leo Carrillo
1809 : Alfred Lord Tennyson

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