List of Famous people born on August 6th
Donte Moncrief
Donte Rakeem Moncrief is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ole Miss, and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher.
Prince Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse was the son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, and the head of the House of Brabant and the German House of Hesse.
Mirin Dajo
Arnold Gerrit Henskes, known by the pseudonym Mirin Dajo, was a Dutch performer. He became famous for radically piercing his body with all kinds of objects apparently without injury, even surprising the medical community at the time.
Kim Sowol
Kim Sowol was a Korean language poet famous for his contributions to early modern poetry. Throughout his life he wrote his poignant poetry in a style reminiscent of traditional Korean folk songs. The most prized example of this style was "Azaleas (진달래꽃)", the title poem of his sole collection of poetry.
Mike Greenberg
Michael Robinette Greenberg is a television anchor, television show host, radio show host for ESPN and ABC, and novelist. At ESPN, he hosted the weekday evening, most often Monday, SportsCenter and previously ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike show with Mike Golic. At sister network ABC, he was the host of Duel, which aired from 2007 to 2008, and co-hosted Battle of the Network Stars with Joe Tessitore.
Lars Larsen
Lars Kristinus Larsen was a Danish businessman, owner and founder of the Jysk retail chain.
Rebecca Maddern
Rebecca Maddern is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
John Collison
John Collison is an Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is best known for having co-founded Stripe with his brother, Patrick. The brothers are worth at least $3.2 billion each, after San Francisco-based Stripe raised $150 million from CapitalG, an investment division of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc., and General Catalyst Partners. The brothers hold a controlling interest in Stripe and will be able to retain control should the company go public.
Yukiya Uda
Yukiya Uda is a Japanese table tennis player. He is also a member of the JOC Elite Academy (JOCエリートアカデミー) in Tokyo and a member of Ryukyu Asteeda starting from the 3rd season (2020/21) in TLeague. He was formerly a member of Kinoshita Meister Tokyo in the 2nd season (2019/20).