| 89071 | August 6 | Death | 1973 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897) |
| 89072 | August 6 | Death | 1976 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903) |
| 89073 | August 6 | Death | 1978 – Pope Paul VI (b. 1897) |
| 89074 | August 6 | Death | 1978 – Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902) |
| 89075 | August 6 | Death | 1979 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) |
| 89076 | August 6 | Death | 1983 – Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944) |
| 89077 | August 6 | Death | 1985 – William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1905) |
| 89078 | August 6 | Death | 1985 – Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923) |
| 89079 | August 6 | Death | 1986 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904) |
| 89080 | August 6 | Death | 1987 – Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896) |
| 89081 | August 6 | Death | 1990 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912) |
| 89082 | August 6 | Death | 1991 – Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915) |
| 89083 | August 6 | Death | 1991 – Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (b. 1900) |
| 89084 | August 6 | Death | 1991 – Harry Reasoner, American journalist, founded 60 Minutes (b. 1923) |
| 89085 | August 6 | Death | 1992 – Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949) |
| 89086 | August 6 | Death | 1993 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916) |
| 89087 | August 6 | Death | 1994 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (b. 1928) |
| 89088 | August 6 | Death | 1997 – Shin Ki-ha, South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1941) |
| 89089 | August 6 | Death | 1998 – André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906) |
| 89090 | August 6 | Death | 1999 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934) |
| 89091 | August 6 | Death | 2001 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian poet and author (b. 1912) |
| 89092 | August 6 | Death | 2001 – Wilhelm Mohnke, German general (b. 1911) |
| 89093 | August 6 | Death | 2001 – Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928) |
| 89094 | August 6 | Death | 2001 – Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930) |
| 89095 | August 6 | Death | 2002 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930) |
| 89096 | August 6 | Death | 2003 – Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (b. 1915) |
| 89097 | August 6 | Death | 2004 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Mynah Birds) (b. 1948) |
| 89098 | August 6 | Death | 2004 – Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925) |
| 89099 | August 6 | Death | 2005 – Keter Betts, American bassist (b. 1928) |
| 89100 | August 6 | Death | 2005 – Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946) |