| 88831 | August 6 | Birth | 1911 – Constance Heaven, English author and actress (d. 1995) |
| 88832 | August 6 | Birth | 1912 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 88833 | August 6 | Birth | 1914 – Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2001) |
| 88834 | August 6 | Birth | 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970) |
| 88835 | August 6 | Birth | 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2012) |
| 88836 | August 6 | Birth | 1917 – Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000) |
| 88837 | August 6 | Birth | 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor and singer (d. 1997) |
| 88838 | August 6 | Birth | 1917 – Edward Jewesbury, English actor (d. 2002) |
| 88839 | August 6 | Birth | 1918 – Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. 2001) |
| 88840 | August 6 | Birth | 1920 – Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985) |
| 88841 | August 6 | Birth | 1920 – John Graves, American author (d. 2013) |
| 88842 | August 6 | Birth | 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988) |
| 88843 | August 6 | Birth | 1922 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (d. 2006) |
| 88844 | August 6 | Birth | 1922 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (d. 2015) |
| 88845 | August 6 | Birth | 1923 – Jess Collins, American painter (d. 2004) |
| 88846 | August 6 | Birth | 1923 – Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence |
| 88847 | August 6 | Birth | 1924 – Samuel Bowers, American activist, co-founded the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 2006) |
| 88848 | August 6 | Birth | 1925 – Barbara Bates, American actress and singer (d. 1969) |
| 88849 | August 6 | Birth | 1926 – Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (d. 2010) |
| 88850 | August 6 | Birth | 1926 – Frank Finlay, English actor |
| 88851 | August 6 | Birth | 1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007) |
| 88852 | August 6 | Birth | 1926 – Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 2013) |
| 88853 | August 6 | Birth | 1926 – János Rózsás, Hungarian author (d. 2012) |
| 88854 | August 6 | Birth | 1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 88855 | August 6 | Birth | 1927 – Inga Landgré, Swedish actress |
| 88856 | August 6 | Birth | 1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 88857 | August 6 | Birth | 1928 – Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (d. 1987) |
| 88858 | August 6 | Birth | 1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist (The Foundations and Rico's Combo) |
| 88859 | August 6 | Birth | 1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 2007) |
| 88860 | August 6 | Birth | 1930 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010) |