Abbey Lincoln
Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards as well as writing and singing her own material.
6 August 1930
Born on the same birth day (6 August): Allan Holdsworth • Chalmers Johnson • Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor • David McLetchie • Elisabeth Beresford • Ever Carradine • Hjalmar Kiærskou • Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo • Louise Sorel • Maja Ognjenović • Mike Greenberg • Norman Gordon • Pat MacDonald (musician) • Paul Bartel • Piers Anthony • Randy DeBarge • Scott Nearing • Simon Doull • Soleil Moon Frye • Vic Dickenson • Yuki Kajiura
Born in the same month (August 1930): Big Tiny Little • Damita Jo DeBlanc • Flor Silvestre • Gilmar • Jackie Brenston • Jacques Parizeau • Jacques Tits • Julie Bovasso • Lawrence Eagleburger • Richie Ginther • Robert Culp • Roger McCluskey