06 August: today's birthdays

• Mike Budenholzer - Michael Vincent "Mike" Budenholzer is a professional basketball coach in the NBA. He currently coaches the Milwaukee Bucks and is the former coach of the Atlanta Hawks.
• Paul Claudel - French poet and dramatist. He wrote The Annunciation of Marie (L'Annonce faite à Marie)
• Jean Dessès - Pseudonym of Egyptian fashion designer of Greek descent, Jean Dimitre Virginie
• François Fénelon - French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer, born François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon.
• Romola Garai - English actress born in Hong Kong. She starred in Amazing Grace and Angel
• Florence Goodenough - American psychologist and pedagogist. She wrote Handbook of Child Psychology and The Measurement of Intelligence by Drawings
• Charlie Haden - American musician
• Travis Kalanick - American entrepreneur. He is the Uber co-founder, along with Garrett Camp
• Nicolas Malebranche - French philosopher and theologian. He wrote Concerning the Search after Truth and Treatise on Nature and Grace
• Jim McGreevey - American politician
• Robert Mitchum - American actor, composer and singer. He is considered one of the most important screen legends
• Francesc Pi de la Serra - Catalan guitarist and singer-songwriter
• M. Night Shyamalan - Indian-born American director, writer and producer. He directed The Sixth Sense and The Village
• Alfred Tennyson - English poet. He wrote The Lady of Shalott, Idylls of the King and The Charge of the Light Brigade
• Robin van Persie - Dutch footballer
• Vinnie Vincent - Stage name of Vincent John Cusano, American guitarist and songwriter, former member of the band Kiss
• Andy Warhol - American artist, born Andrew Warhola Jr. He is considered the most significant figure of Pop Art