Famous Birthdays for May 24th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 15 BC – Germanicus, Roman general (d. 19)
• 1335 – Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (d. 1349)
• 1494 – Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
• 1522 – John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)
• 1544 – William Gilbert, English physician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1603)
• 1576 – Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier (d. 1635)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1616 – John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland (d. 1682)
• 1628 – Marek Sobieski, Polish noble (d. 1652)
• 1669 – Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite (d. 1743)
• 1671 – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
• 1686 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736)
• 1689 – Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1769)
• 1743 – Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician (d. 1793)
• 1789 – Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)
• 1794 – William Whewell, English priest and philosopher (d. 1866)
• 1803 – Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (d. 1866)
• 1810 – Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874)
• 1816 – Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter (d. 1868)
• 1819 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)^[10]
• 1830 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (d. 1897)
• 1855 – Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright (d. 1934)
• 1861 – Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1940)
• 1863 – George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
• 1868 – Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic (d. 1956)
• 1870 – Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge (d. 1938)
• 1870 – Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)
• 1874 – Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1878)
• 1875 – Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1961)
• 1878 – Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972)
• 1879 – H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956)
• 1886 – Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
• 1887 – Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
• 1891 – William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1971)
• 1892 – Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (d. 1958)^[11]
• 1895 – Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938)
• 1899 – Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter (d. 1984)
• 1900 – Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 1968)
• 1902 – Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1954)
• 1902 – Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)
• 1904 – Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (d. 1997)^[12]
• 1905 – George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect^[13] (d. 1990)
• 1905 – Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 1909 – Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician (d. 1992)
• 1910 – Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986)
• 1924 – Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter (d. 2022)
• 1925 – Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director (d. 1994)
• 1926 – Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 1928 – William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer (d. 2016)
• 1933 – Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor (d. 2019)
• 1933 – Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Joan Micklin Silver, American director and screenwriter (d. 2020)
• 1936 – Harold Budd, American composer and poet (d. 2020)
• 1937 – Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Archie Shepp, American saxophonist and composer
• 1938 – Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
• 1938 – Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
• 1941 – Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 – Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English academic and politician
• 1942 – Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and manager
• 1942 – Hannu Mikkola, Finnish race car driver (d. 2021)
• 1942 – Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, Japanese Minister of Home Affairs
• 1943 – Gary Burghoff, American actor
• 1944 – Patti LaBelle, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1944 – Dominique Lavanant, French actress
• 1945 – Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 1945 – Steven Norris, English engineer and politician
• 1945 – Richard Ottaway, English lieutenant and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• 1945 – Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman
• 1946 – Tansu Çiller, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey^[14]
• 1946 – Jesualdo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1946 – Irena Szewińska, Russian-Polish sprinter (d. 2018)
• 1947 – Albert Bouchard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
• 1947 – Mike De Leon, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
• 1947 – Mike Reid, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and American football player
• 1947 – Waddy Wachtel, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer
• 1947 – Martin Winterkorn, German businessman
• 1948 – Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1949 – Jim Broadbent, English actor
• 1949 – Roger Deakins, English cinematographer
• 1953 – Alfred Molina, English actor
• 1955 – Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer and songwriter
• 1955 – Rajesh Roshan, Indian composer
• 1956 – R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian
• 1956 – Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 – Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1956 – Michael Jackson, Irish archbishop
• 1958 – Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman
• 1959 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player (d. 1985)
• 1959 – Barry O'Farrell, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales
• 1960 – Guy Fletcher, English keyboard player, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 – Bill Harrigan, Australian rugby league referee and sportscaster
• 1960 – Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
• 1961 – Lorella Cedroni, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2013)
• 1961 – Alain Lemieux, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican-American boxer (d. 2012)
• 1962 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2003)
• 1963 – Ivan Capelli, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1963 – Michael Chabon, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Joe Dumars, American basketball player
• 1963 – Rich Rodriguez, American football player and coach
• 1963 – Valerie Taylor, American computer scientist and educator
• 1964 – Liz McColgan, Scottish educator and runner
• 1964 – Adrian Moorhouse, English swimmer
• 1964 – Isidro Pérez, Mexican boxer (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1965 – John C. Reilly, American actor
• 1965 – Shinichirō Watanabe, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Éric Cantona, French footballer, manager, and actor
• 1966 – Ricky Craven, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1967 – Tamer Karadağlı, Turkish actor
• 1967 – Andrey Borodin, Russian-English economist and businessman
• 1967 – Eric Close, American actor
• 1967 – Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2011)
• 1967 – Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
• 1969 – Martin McCague, Northern Irish-English cricketer
• 1969 – Jacob Rees-Mogg, English politician
• 1969 – Rich Robinson, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 – Mandar Agashe, Indian music director and businessman^[15]
• 1971 – Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1972 – Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
• 1973 – Bartolo Colón, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1973 – Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer and manager
• 1974 – Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor
• 1974 – Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1974 – Magnus Manske, German biochemist and computer programmer, developed MediaWiki
• 1975 – Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1975 – Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater
• 1975 – Giannis Goumas, Greek footballer and coach
• 1975 – Maria Lawson, English singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player
• 1976 – Catherine Cox, New Zealand-Australian netball player
• 1976 – Silje Vige, Norwegian singer
• 1977 – Jeet Gannguli, Indian score composer, music director and singer
• 1978 – Elijah Burke, American wrestler
• 1978 – Johan Holmqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1978 – Brad Penny, American baseball player
• 1978 – Rose, French singer, songwriter and composer
• 1979 – Tracy McGrady, American basketball player
• 1979 – Kareem McKenzie, American football player
• 1980 – Jason Babin, American football player
• 1980 – Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 – Andy Lee, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1982 – Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer
• 1982 – Rian Wallace, American football player
• 1983 – Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer
• 1983 – Pedram Javaheri, Iranian-American meteorologist and journalist
• 1983 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (d. 2009)
• 1984 – Sarah Hagan, American actress
• 1984 – Dmitri Kruglov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 – Masaya Takahashi, Japanese wrestler
• 1985 – Tim Bridgman, English race car driver
• 1986 – Mark Ballas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor
• 1986 – Giannis Kontoes, Greek footballer
• 1987 – Guillaume Latendresse, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant
• 1988 – Billy Gilman, American musician^[16]
• 1988 – Lucian Wintrich, American political artist and White House correspondent
• 1989 – G-Eazy, American rapper^[17]
• 1989 – Andrew Jordan, English race car driver
• 1989 – Kalin Lucas, American basketball player^[18]
• 1990 – Mattias Ekholm, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1991 – Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower
• 1991 – Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Marcus Bettinelli, English footballer^[19]
• 1994 – Daiya Seto, Japanese swimmer^[20]
• 1994 – Emily Nicholl, Scottish netball player^[21]
• 1994 – Emily Temple Wood, American 2016 Wikipedian of the Year award^[22]
• 1999 – Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Norwegian actor^[23]