| 89041 | August 6 | Death | 1657 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595) |
| 89042 | August 6 | Death | 1660 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599) |
| 89043 | August 6 | Death | 1679 – John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629) |
| 89044 | August 6 | Death | 1694 – Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612) |
| 89045 | August 6 | Death | 1695 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625) |
| 89046 | August 6 | Death | 1753 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711) |
| 89047 | August 6 | Death | 1757 – Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673) |
| 89048 | August 6 | Death | 1794 – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714) |
| 89049 | August 6 | Death | 1815 – James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767) |
| 89050 | August 6 | Death | 1828 – Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785) |
| 89051 | August 6 | Death | 1850 – Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805) |
| 89052 | August 6 | Death | 1866 – John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818) |
| 89053 | August 6 | Death | 1881 – James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821) |
| 89054 | August 6 | Death | 1884 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1812) |
| 89055 | August 6 | Death | 1890 – William Kemmler, American murderer (b. 1860) |
| 89056 | August 6 | Death | 1893 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811) |
| 89057 | August 6 | Death | 1904 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825) |
| 89058 | August 6 | Death | 1914 – Ellen Axson Wilson, American wife of Woodrow Wilson, 29th First Lady of the United States (b. 1860) |
| 89059 | August 6 | Death | 1920 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890) |
| 89060 | August 6 | Death | 1925 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848) |
| 89061 | August 6 | Death | 1931 – Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (The Wolverines) (b. 1903) |
| 89062 | August 6 | Death | 1945 – Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920) |
| 89063 | August 6 | Death | 1945 – Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866) |
| 89064 | August 6 | Death | 1946 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903) |
| 89065 | August 6 | Death | 1959 – Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898) |
| 89066 | August 6 | Death | 1964 – Cedric Hardwicke, English-American actor and director (b. 1893) |
| 89067 | August 6 | Death | 1966 – Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (b. 1913) |
| 89068 | August 6 | Death | 1969 – Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903) |
| 89069 | August 6 | Death | 1970 – Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912) |
| 89070 | August 6 | Death | 1973 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901) |