Famous Birthdays for March 24th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1103 – Yue Fei, Chinese military general (d. 1142)^[80]
• 1441 – Ernest, Elector of Saxony, German ruler of Saxony (d. 1486)^[81]
• 1494 – Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist and scholar (d. 1555)^[82]
• 1577 – Francis, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin (d. 1620)^{[citation needed]}

1601–1900[edit]

• 1607 – Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (d. 1667)^[83]
• 1628 – Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1685)
• 1657 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese academic and politician (d. 1725)^[84]
• 1693 – John Harrison, English carpenter and clock-maker, invented the Marine chronometer (d. 1776)^[85][86]
• 1725 – Samuel Ashe, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)^[87][88]
• 1725 – Thomas Cushing, American lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)^[89][90][91]
• 1755 – Rufus King, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 1827)
• 1762 – Marcos Portugal, Portuguese organist and composer (d. 1830)
• 1775 – Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (d. 1835)^[92]
• 1782 – Orest Kiprensky, Russian-Italian painter (d. 1836)^[93]
• 1796 – Zulma Carraud, French author (d. 1889)^[94]
• 1796 – John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1878)^[95]
• 1803 – Egerton Ryerson, Canadian minister, educator, and politician (d. 1882)^[96]
• 1808 – Maria Malibran, Spanish-French soprano (d. 1836)^[97]
• 1809 – Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and author (d. 1837)^[98]
• 1809 – Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (d. 1882)^[99][100]
• 1816 – Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Mexican politician and Roman Catholic archbishop, regent during the Second Mexican Empire (d. 1891)^[101]
• 1820 – Edmond Becquerel, French physicist and academic (d. 1891)^[102]
• 1820 – Fanny Crosby, American poet and composer (d. 1915)^[103]
• 1823 – Thomas Spencer Baynes, English philosopher and critic (d. 1887)^[104]
• 1826 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American activist and author (d. 1898)^[105]
• 1828 – Horace Gray, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1902)^{[106][107][108]}
• 1829 – George Francis Train, American businessman (d. 1904)^[109][110]
• 1829 – Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862)^[111]
• 1830 – Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet and playwright (d. 1889)^[112]
• 1834 – William Morris, English textile designer, poet, and author (d. 1896)^[113]
• 1834 – John Wesley Powell, American soldier, geologist, and explorer (d. 1902)^[114]
• 1835 – Joseph Stefan, Austrian physicist, mathematician, and poet (d. 1893)^[115]
• 1848 – Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1906)^[116][117]
• 1850 – Silas Hocking, English minister and author (d. 1935)^[118][119]
• 1854 – Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1930)^[120]
• 1855 – Andrew W. Mellon, American banker, financier, and diplomat, 49th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)^[121]
• 1855 – Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (d. 1920)^[122]
• 1862 – Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (d. 1951)^[123][124]
• 1869 – Émile Fabre, French author and playwright (d. 1955)^[125]
• 1871 – Alec Hurley, English music hall singer (d. 1913)
• 1874 – Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1961)^[126]
• 1874 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-Jewish American magician and actor (d. 1926)^[127]
• 1875 – William Burns, Canadian lacrosse player (d. 1953)^[128]
• 1879 – Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher, poet, and composer (d. 1953)^[129][130]
• 1882 – Marcel Lalu, French gymnast (d. 1951)^[131]
• 1882 – George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, English politician, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1943)^[132]
• 1883 – Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)^[133][134]
• 1884 – Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (d. 1968)^[135]
• 1884 – Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (d. 1972)^[136]
• 1885 – Charles Daniels, American swimmer (d. 1973)^[137]
• 1885 – Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian violinist and composer (d. 1978)^[138]
• 1886 – Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958)^[139]
• 1886 – Robert Mallet-Stevens, French architect and designer (d. 1945)^[140]
• 1887 – Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1933)^[141]
• 1888 – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (d. 1922)
• 1889 – Albert Hill, English-Canadian runner (d. 1969)^[142]
• 1890 – Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (d. 1954)^[143]
• 1891 – Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1951)
• 1892 – Marston Morse, American mathematician and academic (d. 1977)^[144][145]
• 1893 – Walter Baade, German astronomer and author (d. 1960)^[146]
• 1893 – George Sisler, American baseball player and scout (d. 1973)^[147]
• 1897 – Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic (d. 1957)^[148]

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Ub Iwerks, American animator, director, and producer, co-created Mickey Mouse (d. 1971)^[149]
• 1902 – Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York (d. 1971)^[150]
• 1903 – Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)^[151]
• 1903 – Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, author, and scholar (d. 1990)^[152]
• 1905 – Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino author and diplomat (d. 2007)^[153]
• 1907 – Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (d. 1960)^[154]
• 1909 – Clyde Barrow, American criminal (d. 1934)^[155]
• 1909 – Richard Wurmbrand, Romanian pastor and evangelist (d. 2001)^[156]
• 1910 – Richard Conte, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1975)
• 1911 – Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (d. 2006)^[157]
• 1912 – Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010)^[158]
• 1915 – Eugène Martin, French racing driver (d. 2006)
• 1916 – Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American soldier and author (d. 2006)^[159]
• 1916 – Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (d. 2010)^[160]
• 1917 – Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2007) ^[161]
• 1917 – John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)^[162]
• 1919 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher, co-founded City Lights Bookstore (d. 2021)^{[163][164][165]}
• 1919 – Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (d. 2005)^[166]
• 1920 – Gene Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)^[167][168]
• 1920 – Mary Stolz, American author (d. 2006)^[169]
• 1921 – Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (d. 1987)^[170]
• 1921 – Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (d. 2010)^[171]
• 1922 – Onna White, Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2005)^[172]
• 1923 – Murray Hamilton, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1923 – Michael Legat, English author and publisher (d. 2011)^[173]
• 1924 – Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1925 – Puig Aubert, German-French rugby league player and coach (d. 1994)^[174]
• 1926 – Desmond Connell, Irish cardinal (d. 2017)^[175]
• 1926 – Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)^[176]
• 1926 – William Porter, American hurdler (d. 2000)
• 1927 – John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (d. 2014)^[177]
• 1927 – Martin Walser, German author and playwright
• 1928 – Byron Janis, American pianist and composer
• 1929 – Pat Renella, Italian-American actor (d. 2012)^[178]
• 1930 – David Dacko, Central African politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)^[179][180]
• 1930 – Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (d. 1980)^[181]
• 1931 – Hanno Drechsler, German educator and politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 2003)
• 1933 – Stephen De Staebler, American sculptor and educator (d. 2011)^[182]
• 1933 – Lee Mendelson, American television producer (d. 2019)^[183]
• 1936 – Don Covay, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)^[184][185]
• 1936 – Alex Olmedo, Peruvian-American tennis player (d. 2020)^[186]
• 1937 – Billy Stewart, American singer and pianist (d. 1970)^[187]
• 1938 – David Irving, English historian and author^[188][189]
• 1940 – Bob Mackie, American fashion designer^[190]
• 1941 – Michael Masser, American songwriter, composer and producer (d. 2015)^[191][192]
• 1944 – R. Lee Ermey, American sergeant and actor (d. 2018)^[193]
• 1944 – Vojislav Koštunica, Serbian academic and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Serbia^[194]
• 1945 – Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist and academic
• 1945 – Curtis Hanson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)^[195][196]
• 1945 – Patrick Malahide, English actor and screenwriter
• 1946 – Klaus Dinger, German guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)^[197]
• 1946 – Kitty O'Neil, American stuntwoman (d. 2018)^[198]
• 1947 – Dennis Erickson, American football player and coach
• 1947 – Christine Gregoire, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Governor of Washington^[199]
• 1947 – Mick Jones, English footballer and coach
• 1947 – Alan Sugar, English businessman
• 1948 – Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian sociologist and politician (d. 2013)^[200]
• 1948 – Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (d. 1989)
• 1948 – Lee Oskar, Jewish-Danish musician
• 1949 – Tabitha King, American author and poet
• 1949 – Ruud Krol, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1949 – Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (d. 2017)
• 1949 – Nick Lowe, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1949 – Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian academic and politician, 36th Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran^[201]
• 1949 – Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka^[202]
• 1950 – Gary Wichard, American football player and agent (d. 2011)^[203][204]
• 1951 – Peter Boyle, Scottish-Australian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Pat Bradley, American golfer^[205]
• 1951 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer, founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation^[206]
• 1951 – Dougie Thomson, Scottish bass player
• 1951 – Anna Włodarczyk, Polish long jumper and coach^[207]
• 1952 – Greg McCrary, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1953 – Anita L. Allen, African-American lawyer, philosopher, and academic
• 1953 – Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian (d. 2022)^[208]
• 1954 – Rafael Orozco Maestre, Colombian singer (d. 1992)^[209]
• 1955 – Doug Jarvis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1955 – Pat Price, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1956 – Steve Ballmer, American businessman
• 1956 – Bill Wray, American cartoonist and painter
• 1957 – Pierre Harvey, Canadian cyclist and skier
• 1957 – Pat Jarvis, Australian rugby league player
• 1958 – Mike Woodson, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Emmit King, American sprinter
• 1959 – Renaldo Nehemiah, American hurdler and football player
• 1959 – Derek Statham, English footballer
• 1960 – Jan Berglin, Swedish cartoonist
• 1960 – Barry Horowitz, American wrestler
• 1960 – Kelly Le Brock, English-American actress and model
• 1960 – Nena, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1960 – Scott Pruett, American race car driver
• 1960 – Annabella Sciorra, American actress
• 1961 – Dean Jones, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2020)^[210][211]
• 1961 – Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
• 1962 – Angèle Dubeau, Canadian violinist
• 1962 – Star Jones, African-American lawyer, journalist, and talk show host
• 1962 – Irina Meszynski, German discus thrower
• 1963 – Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1963 – Vadym Tyshchenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2015)^[212]
• 1963 – Torsten Voss, German decathlete and bobsledder
• 1965 – The Undertaker, American wrestler and actor
• 1966 – Floyd Heard, American sprinter and coach
• 1967 – Diann Roffe, American skier
• 1968 – Minarti Timur, Indonesian badminton player
• 1969 – Ilir Meta, Albanian politician, incumbent President of Albania^[213]
• 1969 – S.S. Sivasankar, Indian Tamil politician, incumbent Minister for Transport, Tamil Nadu^[214]
• 1969 – Stephan Eberharter, Austrian skier
• 1970 – Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress
• 1970 – Sharon Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1970 – Judith Draxler, Austrian swimmer
• 1970 – Erica Kennedy, African-American journalist and author (d. 2012)^[215]
• 1970 – Mike Vanderjagt, Canadian-American football player
• 1971 – Tig Notaro, American comedian and actor
• 1972 – Christophe Dugarry, French footballer
• 1972 – Steve Karsay, American baseball player and coach
• 1973 – Jacek Bąk, Polish footballer
• 1973 – Philippe Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1973 – Steve Corica, Australian footballer and coach
• 1973 – Jure Ivanušič, Slovenian actor, concert pianist and chansonnier
• 1973 – Mette Jacobsen, Danish swimmer
• 1973 – Glen Jakovich, Australian footballer
• 1973 – Jim Parsons, American actor
• 1974 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
• 1974 – Sergey Klyugin, Russian high jumper
• 1974 – Tado, Filipino comedian and activist (d. 2014)
• 1975 – Thomas Johansson, Swedish-Monacan tennis player
• 1976 – Aaron Brooks, American football player
• 1976 – Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer and coach
• 1976 – Athanasios Kostoulas, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Peyton Manning, American football player and entrepreneur
• 1977 – Jessica Chastain, American actress
• 1977 – Maxim Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Darren Lockyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1978 – Michael Braun, Australian footballer and coach
• 1978 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer and manager
• 1978 – José Valverde, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 – Lake Bell, Jewish-American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1979 – Norris Hopper, American baseball player
• 1979 – Periklis Iakovakis, Greek hurdler
• 1979 – Graeme Swann, English cricketer
• 1980 – Tassos Venetis, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Mike Adams, American football player
• 1981 – Ron Hainsey, American ice hockey player
• 1981 – Dirk Hayhurst, American baseball player
• 1981 – Mark Looms, Dutch footballer
• 1981 – Gary Paffett, English racing driver
• 1982 – Corey Hart, American baseball player
• 1982 – Jack Swagger, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
• 1982 – Epico Colon, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
• 1982 – Jimmy Hempte, Belgian footballer
• 1982 – Dustin McGowan, American baseball player
• 1983 – Luca Ceccarelli, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Riccardo Musetti, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – T.J. Ford, American basketball player
• 1984 – Benoît Assou-Ekotto, French-born Cameroonian international footballer^[216]
• 1984 – Chris Bosh, American basketball player
• 1984 – Adrian D'Souza, Indian field hockey player
• 1984 – Lucy Wangui Kabuu, Kenyan runner
• 1984 – Park Bom, South Korean singer
• 1984 – Philipp Petzschner, German tennis player
• 1985 – Lana, American wrestler and manager
• 1985 – Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and singer
• 1987 – Ramires, Brazilian footballer^[217]
• 1987 – Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladeshi cricketer^[218]
• 1987 – Billy Jones, English footballer^[219]
• 1987 – Yuma Asami, Japanese actress and singer^{[citation needed]}
• 1988 – Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete^[220]
• 1988 – Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer^[221]
• 1988 – Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer^[222]
• 1988 – Kardo Ploomipuu, Estonian swimmer^[223]
• 1988 – Matt Todd, New Zealand rugby union player^[224]
• 1989 – Aziz Shavershian, Russian-born Australian bodybuilder (d. 2011)^[225][226]
• 1990 – Starlin Castro, American baseball player^[227]
• 1990 – Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor^[228]
• 1990 – Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress^[229]
• 1990 – Lacey Evans, American wrestler^{[230][231][232]}
• 1990 – Alyssa Healy, Australian cricketer^[233]
• 1991 – Nick Browne, English cricketer^[234]
• 1991 – Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player^[235][236]
• 1995 – Enzo Zidane, French-Spanish footballer^[237]
• 1997 – Mina Myōi, Japanese singer and dancer^[238]
• 1999 – Katie Swan, British tennis player^[239]
• 2001 – Clara Burel, French tennis player^[240]