| 88861 | August 6 | Birth | 1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (d. 2010) |
| 88862 | August 6 | Birth | 1932 – Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer |
| 88863 | August 6 | Birth | 1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter |
| 88864 | August 6 | Birth | 1932 – Ahmet Mekin, Turkish actor |
| 88865 | August 6 | Birth | 1932 – Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter |
| 88866 | August 6 | Birth | 1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987) |
| 88867 | August 6 | Birth | 1934 – Piers Anthony, English-American soldier and author |
| 88868 | August 6 | Birth | 1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer and author |
| 88869 | August 6 | Birth | 1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier |
| 88870 | August 6 | Birth | 1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (d. 2012) |
| 88871 | August 6 | Birth | 1935 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 88872 | August 6 | Birth | 1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2000) |
| 88873 | August 6 | Birth | 1937 – Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (Old and New Dreams) (d. 2014) |
| 88874 | August 6 | Birth | 1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress and singer |
| 88875 | August 6 | Birth | 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000) |
| 88876 | August 6 | Birth | 1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor and director |
| 88877 | August 6 | Birth | 1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan |
| 88878 | August 6 | Birth | 1940 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer |
| 88879 | August 6 | Birth | 1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress |
| 88880 | August 6 | Birth | 1941 – Lyle Berman, American businessman and poker player |
| 88881 | August 6 | Birth | 1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player |
| 88882 | August 6 | Birth | 1941 – Andrew Green, Baron Green of Deddington, English diplomat |
| 88883 | August 6 | Birth | 1942 – George Jung, American drug trafficker |
| 88884 | August 6 | Birth | 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012) |
| 88885 | August 6 | Birth | 1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (d. 1998) |
| 88886 | August 6 | Birth | 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003) |
| 88887 | August 6 | Birth | 1944 – Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic |
| 88888 | August 6 | Birth | 1944 – Martin Wharton, English bishop |
| 88889 | August 6 | Birth | 1945 – Ron Jones, English director and production manager (d. 1993) |
| 88890 | August 6 | Birth | 1945 – Andy Messersmith, American baseball player and coach |