6th August

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LGBT people born 6th August:

1857 – Christian Wilhelm Allers – German Painter / Printmaker – Died 19^th October 1915

1862 – Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson – UK Historian / Activist – Died 3^rd August 1932

1862 – Elizabeth Robins – US Actress / Playwright / Author / Suffragette – Died 8^th May 1952

1893 – Guthrie McClintic – US Director / Producer – Died 29^th October 1961

1903 – Bunny Breckinridge – US Actor – Died 5^th November 1996

1908 – Helen Hull Jacobs – US Tennis – Died 2^nd June 1997

1923 – Jess Collins – US Artist – Died 2^nd January 2004

1928 – Andy Warhol – US Painter / Printmaker / Photographer / Director – Died 22^nd February 1987

1930 – Martin Duberman - US Playwright / Philosopher / Activist / Historian

1932 – Sir Howard Hodgkin – UK Painter / Printmaker

1938 – Paul Bartel – US Actor / Director / Screenwriter – Died 13^th May 2000

1946 – Bruce Benderson – US Author

1946 – Ron Davies – UK Politician

1950 – Carole Pope – Canadian Singer / Songwriter / Musician

1957 – Jim McGreevey – US Politician

1958 – Lorne Saxberg – Canadian Presenter / Journalist – Died 6^th May 2006

1963 – Gwendolyn Graham – US Serial Killer

1964 – Lord Black of Brentwood – UK Politician

1966 – Sarah Pettit – US Journalist – Died 22^nd January 2003

1978/80 – David Taylor – US Marine / Model / Porn / Actor

1982 – Adrianne Curry – US Model / Reality TV [ANTM-1]

And those who died:

1983 – Klaus Nomi – German Singer / Actor – Born 24^th January 1944

1996 – Ossie Clark – UK Fashion Designer – Born 9^th June 1942

1999 – Louis Dusee – Dutch Singer / Actor / Playwright / Presenter – Born 9^th February 1930

Events in LGBT History:

2011 – Amsterdam Gay Pride

2011 - Liverpool Pride

2011 - Swindon & Wiltshire Pride

2011 - Cotswold Pride, Cheltenham, UK

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