List of Famous people born on August 6th

Emil Ketterer was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Later in his life, he became an ardent Nazi and SA-Obergruppenführer. As a medical doctor, he was involved in approval and promotion of euthanasia under the Nazi regime. He was father-in-law of Hanns-Martin Schleyer, SS officer and victim of the Red Army Faction.

Guy Lowell, was an American architect and landscape architect.

Francesco Beschi is the current bishop of Bergamo.

Damião António Franklin was an Angolan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fifth Archbishop of Luanda.

Alan Howarth, born 1948, is an American composer and sound designer who has worked on soundtracks for Hollywood films including the Star Trek and Halloween series, and is known for his collaborations with film director and composer John Carpenter.