Famous people died in 6 August

Fulgencio Batista was the dictator of Cuba

Pope Paul VI was the pope from 21 June 1963 to 6 August 1978

Feodor Lynen was a German biochemist who jointly received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine’ in 1964

Betty Cuthbert was an Australian former athlete who had won four Olympic gold medals

Spanish painter Diego Velazquez grew popular as one of the leading artists in the royal court of King Philip IV

Robin Day was a noted British political commentator and broadcaster

Robert Hughes was an Australian-born art critic and writer

Ben Jonson was an acclaimed English playwright, poet, and literary critic

Andre Weil was a French mathematician who laid the foundation of number theory and algebraic geometry

Rick James was an acclaimed American musician