Famous Birthdays for February 24th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1103 – Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
• 1304 – Ibn Battuta, Moroccan jurist^[31]
• 1413 – Louis, Duke of Savoy (d. 1465)
• 1463 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)
• 1494 – Johan Friis, Danish statesman (d. 1570)^[32]
• 1500 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)^[33]
• 1536 – Pope Clement VIII (d. 1605)^[34]
• 1545 – John of Austria (d. 1578)
• 1553 – Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (d. 1615)
• 1557 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
• 1593 – Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (d. 1625)
• 1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1604 – Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)
• 1619 – Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
• 1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
• 1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
• 1721 – John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)
• 1723 – John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)
• 1736 – Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)
• 1743 – Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)
• 1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
• 1767 – Rama II of Siam (d. 1824)
• 1774 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
• 1786 – Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
• 1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)
• 1788 – Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
• 1827 – Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)
• 1831 – Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
• 1835 – Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)
• 1836 – Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)
• 1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)^[35]
• 1842 – Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
• 1848 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
• 1852 – George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
• 1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
• 1869 – Zara DuPont, American suffragist (d. 1946)^[36]
• 1874 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
• 1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
• 1877 – Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)
• 1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
• 1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
• 1890 – Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
• 1896 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1898 – Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
• 1900 – Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981)

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)
• 1908 – Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
• 1909 – August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
• 1914 – Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
• 1915 – Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (d. 1986)
• 1919 – John Carl Warnecke, American architect (d. 2010)^[37]
• 1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1922 – Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1924 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952)
• 1927 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
• 1929 – Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
• 1931 – Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
• 1932 – Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (d. 2018)
• 1932 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1933 – David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
• 1934 – Johnny Hills, English footballer^[38] (d. 2021)^[39]
• 1934 – Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
• 1935 – Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (d. 2011)
• 1936 – Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (d. 2020)^[40]
• 1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
• 1939 – Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1940 – Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1941 – Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
• 1942 – Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
• 1942 – Celia Kaye, American actress^[41]
• 1942 – Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
• 1943 – Kent Haruf, American novelist (d. 2014)^[42]
• 1943 – Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (d. 1967)
• 1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 – Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (d. 1994)
• 1944 – Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
• 1946 – Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1947 – Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor and director^[43]
• 1948 – Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2016)
• 1948 – Dennis Waterman, English actor^[44] (d. 2022)
• 1951 – David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
• 1951 – Derek Randall, English cricketer
• 1951 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
• 1951 – Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
• 1951 – Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1953 – Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (d. 1974)
• 1954 – Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican American award-winning author (d. 2016)
• 1954 – Aurora Levins Morales, Puerto Rican Jewish writer and activist^[45]
• 1954 – Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
• 1954 – Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
• 1955 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (d. 2011)
• 1955 – Eddie Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2020)
• 1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
• 1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
• 1956 – Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 – Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
• 1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Mark Moses, American actor
• 1959 – Beth Broderick, American actress and director
• 1959 – Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
• 1962 – Kelly Craft, US Ambassador to the United Nations and US Ambassador to Canada^[46][47]
• 1963 – Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
• 1963 – Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian filmmaker^[48]
• 1964 – Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1965 – Paul Gruber, American football player
• 1965 – Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
• 1966 – Billy Zane, American actor and producer
• 1967 – Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
• 1969 – Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
• 1970 – Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
• 1970 – Neil Sullivan, English born Scottish international footballer and coach^[49]
• 1970 – Jonathan Ward, American actor
• 1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver^[50]
• 1972 – Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
• 1972 – Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 – Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1973 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
• 1975 – Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
• 1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer^[51]
• 1976 – Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach^[52]
• 1976 – Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1995)
• 1977 – Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 – Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer^[53]
• 1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1981 – Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
• 1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player^[54]
• 1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• 1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player^[55]
• 1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
• 1984 – Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1985 – Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer^[56]
• 1987 – Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
• 1988 – Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka^[57]
• 1989 – Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer^[58]
• 1991 – Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer^[59]
• 1994 – Jessica Pegula, American tennis player^[60]
• 1996 – Royce Freeman, American football player^[61]