Famous Birthdays on February 24

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 261

• 1103 Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
• 1304 Ibn Battuta, Berber writer and the greatest Muslim traveller who went further than Marco Polo (Riḥlah), born in Tangier, Morocco (d. 368 or 377)
• 1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian scholar and Renaissance philosopher (Oration on the Dignity of Man), born near Modena (d. 1494)

• 1501 Sixt Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer and humanist (Suzanna), born in Augsburg (d. 1554)
• 1536 Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Italian Pope (1592-1605), born in Fano, Duchy of Urbino (now Italy) (d. 1605)
• 1547 John of Austria, Spanish military leader (Battle of Lepanto), and governor of the Netherlands, born in of Regensburg, Upper Palatinate (now Germany) (d. 1578)
• 1557 Matthias, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1619)
• 1595 Matthias C. Sarbiewski [Sarbievius], Polish Jesuit and poet (d. 1640)
• 1597 Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
• 1619 Charles Le Brun, French classical painter who helped establish the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, born in Paris (d. 1690)
• 1622 Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
• 1684 Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
• 1693 James Quin, British actor (Covent Garden Theatre), born in London, England (d. 1766)
• 1697 Bernard Siegfried Albinus [Weiss], German surgeon and anatomist (1st to link vascular system with the fetus), born in Frankfurt (d. 1770)
• 1704 Hubert Renotte, Flemish composer and organist, born in Liège (d. 1745)
• 1709 Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)
• 1717 Bernhard Hupfeld, German composer, born in Kassel (d. 1796)
• 1721 John McKinly, American physician. politician and 1st President of Delaware (1777), born in Ulster, Ireland (d. 1796)
• 1723 John Burgoyne, British general (surrendered at Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War), born in Sutton, England (d. 1792)
• 1766 Samuel Wesley, British organist and composer referred to as "The English Mozart" (Exultate Deo), born in Bristol, England (d. 1837)
• 1771 Johann Baptist Cramer, German-British pianist, composer and music publisher, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1858)
• 1774 Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
• 1786 Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869)

• 1797 Samuel Lover, Irish composer, novelist and painter, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1868)
• 1809 Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall noted for his victories in the Franco-Prussian War, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1885)
• 1811 Daniel Payne, American bishop, reformer and educator (African Methodist Episcopal Church), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1893)
• 1811 Edward Dickinson Baker, British-American attorney, politician (US Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; US Representative from Illinois, 1845-47, 1849-51), and Union Army officer, born in London, England (d. 1861)
• 1824 John Crawford Vaughn, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1875)
• 1827 Charles Davis Jameson, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Gorham, Maine (d. 1862)
• 1831 Leo von Caprivi, German politician (Chancellor of Germany 1890-94), born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (d. 1899)
• 1833 Eduard Taaffe, Austrian politician (Minister-President of Austria 1868-70, 79-93), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1895)
• 1836 Winslow Homer, American painter (Gulfstream), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1910)
• 1837 Rosalía de Castro, Santiago de Compostela Galician writer and poet ('Séculos Escuros') (d. 1885)
• 1838 Thomas Benton Smith, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1923)
• 1842 Arrigo Boito, Itlaian opera composer (Mefistofele), and librettist (Verdi's "Falstaff"; Ponchielli's "La Gioconda"), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1918)
• 1846 Luigi Denza, Italian composer (Funiculì, Funiculà), born in Castellammare di Stabia (d. 1922)
• 1848 Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907)
• 1848 Grant Allen, Canadian writer (Woman Who Did), born in Alwington, Ontario (d. 1899)
• 1848 Johanna Barbiers, Dutch actress (Voddenraper of Paris), born in Zaandam, The Netherlands (d. 1927)
• 1852 George Moore, Irish painter and novelist (Esther Waters), born in Moore Hall, County Mayo, Ireland (d. 1933)
• 1854 Franz Courtens, Belgian landscape painter (Golden Rain) (d. 1943)
• 1858 Arnold Dolmetsch, French-Bohemian musician, instrument builder, and promoter of early music, born in LeMans, France (d. 1940)
• 1860 Daniel Berkeley Updike, American printer, publisher and writer (Printing Types), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1941)
• 1866 Arthur Pearson, English newspaper proprietor (Daily Express), born in Wookey, Somerset England (d. 1921)
• 1866 Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (6 x Olympic gold, 3 x silver 1900, 20), born in Elewijt, Belgium (d. 1961)
• 1866 Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)
• 1872 John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (Olympic gold 1,000m, 4,000m, water polo 1900), born in Leicester, England (d. 1933)

• 1876 Victor Moore, American comedian (Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch), born in Hammonton, New Jersey (d. 1962)
• 1877 Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936)
• 1877 Rudolph Ganz, Swiss-American pianist, conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1921-27), composer, and educator (Chicago Musical College, 1928-54), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1972)
• 1879 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Sun), born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium (d. 1967)
• 1885 Bert Lytell, American actor (One Man's Family), born in New York City (d. 1954)

• 1885 Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist and satirist (Black Wings), born in Rzeszów, Galicia (d. 1944)
• 1885 Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)
• 1885 Yosef Sprinzak, Israeli politician, first Speaker of the Knesset (1949-59) and leading Zionist, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1959)
• 1887 Mary Ellen Chase, American educator and author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award), born in Blue Hill, Maine (d. 1973)
• 1890 Antonio Massana, Spanish composer (Canigó), and Jesuit priest, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1966)
• 1890 Marjorie Main [Mary Tomlinson], American vaudeville and screen actress (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films; Another Thin Man), born near Acton, Indiana (d. 1975)
• 1896 Richard Thorpe, American director (Jailhouse Rock), born in Hutchinson, Kansas (d. 1991)
• 1898 Kurt Tank, German aircraft designer (WWII Luftwaffe planes), born in Bromberg, Germany (d. 1983)
• 1899 Jacob Presser, Dutch historian and writer (Ashes in the Wind), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1970)
• 1905 Eric Boyland, English biochemist (Cancer research), born in Manchester (d. 2002)
• 1905 Guillaume Landré, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1968)
• 1906 Alexis Curvers, Belgian author (Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond) (d. 1992)
• 1909 August Derleth, American writer (Judge Peck Mysteries) and editor, born in Sauk City, Wisconsin (d. 1971)
• 1909 Jean Marin, French broadcaster (one of the voices of free France WWII), born in Douarnenez, France (d. 1995)
• 1909 Max Black, Azerbaijan-born British-American philosopher (analytical philosophy), born in Baku, Russian Empire (d. 1988)
• 1909 Michael Lindsay, British-Australian scholar (aided communists against Japanese occupation in China), born in London, England (d. 1994)
• 1909 Riccardo Freda, Italian film director and screenwriter (Theodora, Slave Empress), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1999)
• 1910 Arthur Hazlerigg, British peer and cricketer (d. 2002)
• 1910 Clyde Hart, American swing and bebop jazz piano player and arranger (Stuff Smith; Lionel Hampton; Roy Eldridge), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1945)
• 1911 Konrad Lechner, German cellist, composer, and conductor, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1989)
• 1912 Július Kowalski, Slovak composer, born in Ostrava, Austrian Silesia (now Czech Republic) (d. 2003)
• 1913 Richard M. Goodwin, American mathematician and economist (The Dynamics of A Capitalist Economy), born in New Castle, Indiana (d. 1996)
• 1914 David Langdon, English newspaper and magazine cartoonist (Sunday Mirror), born in London, England (d. 2011) [1]
• 1914 Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall; Shopping, the first enclosed shopping mall - Luleå, Sweden), born in Mill Hill, Middlesex, England (d. 2005)
• 1914 Zachary Scott, American actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce), born in Austin, Texas (d. 1965)
• 1915 Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (PGA C'ship 1947), born in Sydney, NSW (d. 1986)
• 1917 Myra Taylor (née Render), American jazz singer ("Spider and the Fly"; Wild Women of Kansas City), songwriter, and actress, born in Bonner Springs, Kansas (d. 2011)
• 1917 William Fairbank, American physicist (superconductivity), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1989)
• 1919 Henry Kitchener, British peer, 3rd and last Earl of Khartoum (d. 2011)
• 1920 (Edwin) Eddie Chamblee, American jazz and R&B saxophonist, bandleader, and occasional vocalist, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1999)
• 1920 Frank Rogers, English newspaper executive (IPC, NPA Telegraph), born in Cheshire, England (d. 2005)
• 1921 Abe Vigoda, American actor (Barney Miller - "Fish"; The Godfather), born in New York City (d. 2016)
• 1921 Douglass Watson, American actor (Satan Murders, Another World), born in Jackson, Georgia (d. 1989)
• 1921 Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m 1948), born in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium (d. 1992)
• 1921 Ingvar Lidholm, Swedish composer (Toccata e Canto), born in Jönköping, Sweden (d. 2017)
• 1921 Ludvik Aschkenazy, Czech writer (Brutus), (d. 1986)
• 1922 Kanwar Rai Singh, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Services, Southern Punjab), born in Darkati, India (d. 1993)
• 1922 Richard Hamilton, English early pop art painter, born in London, England (d. 2011)
• 1922 Steven Hill, American actor (Mission Impossible, Law & Order), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2016)
• 1923 David Soyer, American classical cellist (Guarneri Quartet, 1964-2002), and educator (Curtis Institute), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
• 1924 Lionel Dakers, British cathedral organist (Royal School of Church Music), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 2003)
• 1927 David Mourão-Ferreira, Portuguese poet (Cancioneiro de Natal) and film maker, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1996)
• 1927 Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (Hiroshima Mon Amour), born in Alsace-Lorraine (d. 2017)
• 1928 Al Lettieri, American actor (The Godfather; Pulp; Mr Majestyk; Getaway), born in New York City (d. 1975)
• 1928 Michael Harrington, American author (Fragments of Century; The Other America), radio commentator, and political activist (Founder of the Democratic Socialists of America), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1989)
• 1929 David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland
• 1929 Richard B Shull, American character actor (Diana, Holmes & Yoyo), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 1999)
• 1930 Barbara Lawrence, American model, actress, and real estate agent (Oklahoma!, A Letter to Three Wives), born in Carnegie, Oklahoma (d. 2013)
• 1931 Brian Close, cricketer (played for England between 1949 & 1976), born in Rawden, West Riding (d. 2015)
• 1931 Dominic Chianese, American actor, singer, and musician (The Sopranos, The Godfather Part II), born in The Bronx, New York
• 1931 Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi, Japanese teacher 9Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism), born in Otawara, Japan (d. 1995)
• 1931 Inge Bernstein (née Schwartz), British judge, born in Vienna Austria (d. 2022)
• 1931 Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 13), born in Borovichi, Russia (d. 2010)
• 1931 Marta Marzotto, Italian countess and designer, born in Reggio Emilia (d. 2016)
• 1932 Andrew Jacobs Jr, American politician (Rep-D-IN, 1965-73, 75-97), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2013)
• 1932 Everard Goodman, English real estate developer (Tops Estates), born in Yorkshire, England (d. 2011)
• 1932 Jay Sandrich, American Emmy Award-winning television director (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Soap; The Cosby Show), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)
• 1932 John Vernon [Adolphus Agopsowicz], Canadian actor (Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry), born in Zehner, Saskatchewan (d. 2005)
• 1932 Michel Legrand, French composer and jazz musician (Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind), born in Paris, France (d. 2019)
• 1933 David "Fathead" Newman, American jazz saxophonist (Ray Charles - "The Right Time"), born in Corsicana, Texas (d. 2009)
• 1933 Judah Folkman, American pediatric surgeon and cancer researcher (angiogenesis), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2008)
• 1934 Bettino Craxi, Italian socialist politician (Prime Minister, 1983-87), born in Milan, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2000)
• 1934 Bingu wa Mutharika, Thyolo, Nyasaland (Malawi), Malawi President (2004-2012), (d. 2012)
• 1934 Flemming Nielsen, Danish soccer midfielder (26 caps, Olympic silver 1960; Atalanta, Morton FC), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2018)
• 1934 Frank Chapot, American equestrian (Olympic silver 1960, 1972), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2016)
• 1934 Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1965-87; La Traviata - "Violetta") and opera director, born in Savona, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2023) [1]
• 1934 Shuko Mizuno, Japanese composer (Symphonic Metamorphoses), born in Tokushima, Japan
• 1936 Jess Conrad [Gerald James], British stage and screen actor and pop singer, born in Brixton, South London, England
• 1938 James Farentino, American actor (The Final Countdown; Dynasty; Mary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
• 1938 Kathleen Richardson (née Fountain), British clergywoman (President of Methodist Conference of Great Britain, 1992-93), born in Chesterfield, England
• 1938 Louie Ramirez, American salsa and Latin jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, composer, and record producer, born in New York City (d. 1993)
• 1938 Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer (Nike), born in Portland, Oregon
• 1939 George Bain, principal (London Business School)
• 1940 Denis Law, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Manchester City), born in Aberdeen, Scotland
• 1940 Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (WBA heavyweight title 1968-70), born in Louisville, Kentucky, (d. 2014)
• 1940 John Lyall, English soccer manager (West Ham United 1974-89; FA Cup 1980), born in Ilford, England (d. 2006)
• 1940 Nicolae Martinescu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold 100kg 1972), born in Vişani, Romania (d. 2013)
• 1940 Pete Duel [Deuel], American stage and screen actor (Gidget; Love on a Rooftop; Alias Smith and Jones), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1971)
• 1940 Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist/architect (Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam)
• 1941 Joanie Sommers [Drost], American pop and jazz singer ("Johnny Get Angry"). and actress, born in Buffalo, New York
• 1942 Colin Bond, Australian racing driver
• 1942 David K Williamson, Australian screenplay/playwright (Removalists)

• 1942 Paul Jones, English rock singer (Manfred Mann - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy") and radio presenter (The Blues Show), born in Portsmouth, England
• 1942 Stuart Henry, British disc jockey
• 1943 Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
• 1943 Pablo Milanés, Cuban Nueva Trova singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yolanda; Yo Me Quedo), born in 1943, Bayamo, Cuba (d. 2022) [1]
• 1943 Terry Semel, American business executive
• 1944 Barry Bostwick, American actor (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Megaforce), born in San Mateo, California

• 1944 Sheila Larkin, American actress (Deborah-Storefront Lawyer), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1946 Anthony Mayer, chief executive (Housing Corporation)
• 1946 Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician
• 1946 Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1990-92 & 2012-17; Prague Philharmonia, 1993-2005; BBC Symphony, 2006-12), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2017)
• 1946 John Stapleton, English television presenter
• 1946 Michael Radford, director (1984, White Mischief)
• 1946 Sergio "Bobo" Gori, Italian soccer midfielder, forward (3 caps; Vicenza, Cagliari 166 games, Juventus), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2023)

• 1947 Lonnie Turner, American rock and blues bassist (Steve Miller Band - "Fly Like An Eagle"), born in Berkeley, California (d. 2013)
• 1947 Rupert Holmes [David Goldstein], British pop songwriter ("Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"; "Him"), and Tony Award-winning composer (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), born in Northwich, England
• 1948 Dennis Waterman, English stage and screen actor (Fair Exchange; Minder; The Sweeney), and singer, born in Clapham, London, England (d. 2022)
• 1948 Jayaram Jayalalitha, Indian actress and politician, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, born in Mysore State (d. 2016)
• 1948 Neil Hubbard, British session and touring guitarist (Juicy Lucy; Jesus Christ Superstar; Bryan Ferry, Bluesology), born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
• 1948 Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett, English jurist and Labour politician who was Minister of State for Northern Ireland (1976-79), born in London (d. 2018) [1]
• 1948 Tim Staffell, English rock musician (Smile), born in London
• 1948 Walter Smith, Scottish football manager (Rangers, Everton; Scotland 2004-07), born in Lanark, Scotland (d. 2021)
• 1949 John Lever, English cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, 73 wickets, BB 7/46; Essex CCC, Natal), born in London, England
• 1949 Manuel De Sica, Italian composer, chiefly of film scores, born in Rome (d. 2014)
• 1950 G J M Gazdar, computational linguist

• 1950 Howard Griffiths, British conductor (Zurich Chamber Orchestra, 1996-2006; Brandenburg State Orchestra, 2007-2019), born in Hastings, England
• 1951 Debra Jo Rupp, American stage and screen actress (That '70s Show - "Kitty"; Becoming Dr. Ruth), born in Glendale, California
• 1951 Derek Randall, English cricket batsman (47 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 174; Nottinghamshire CCC, Suffolk CCC), born in Retford, England
• 1951 Helen Shaver, Ontario Canada, actress (WIOU, Praise of Older Women)
• 1952 Fred Dean, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (Pro Bowl 1979–81, 83; First-team All-Pro 1980, 81; Super Bowl 1981, 84; SD Chargers, SF 49ers), born in Arcadia, Louisiana (d. 2020)
• 1952 Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner
• 1952 Tom Burleson, USA, basketball (Olympic silver 1972) tallest Olympian-7'4"
• 1953 Derek St. Holmes, American musician rock guitarist and singer (Ted Nugent band, 1975-78; 2011-14), born in Riverview, Michigan
• 1954 Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby
• 1954 Plastic Bertrand [Roger François Jouret], Belgian singer (Ça plane pour moi), born in Brussels, Belgium
• 1954 Sid Meier, Canadian-born American video game designer (Civilization), born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

• 1955 Bob Abrams, American rocker (Buckinghams), born in Ohio

• 1956 Judith Butler, American philosopher, and gender theorist, born in Cleveland, Ohio
• 1956 Paula Zahn, American journalist and news anchor (ABC; CBS This Morning; Fox; CNN; PBS), born in Omaha, Nebraska
• 1957 Phil McConkey, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
• 1958 Chris Buck, American animator and film director (Tarzan, Surf's Up, Frozen), born in Wichita, Kansas
• 1958 Doug Wabeke, American collegiate HOF baseball coach, and educator, born in Zeeland, Michigan (d. 2023)
• 1958 Sammy Kershaw, American country vocalist ("Cadillac Style"), born in Kaplan, Louisiana
• 1958 Susan Scannell, actress (Nicole-Dynasty), born in Lexington, Massachusetts
• 1959 Beth Broderick, Falmouth KY, actress (Aunt Zelda-Sabrina)
• 1959 Michael Whitney, Australian cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 39 wickets, BB 7/27; 38 ODIs, 46 wickets; NSWCA, Gloucestershire CCC), born in Sydney, Australia
• 1961 Persijn "Dakota" Joling, Dutch rock guitarist, singer, and mandolin player (The Pilgrims - "Angels Falling"), born in the Netherlands
• 1962 Kelly Craft, American diplomat, US ambassador to the UN (2019-), born in Lexington, Kentucky
• 1962 Michelle Shocked [Johnston], American Grammy Award-winning contemporary folk singer-songwriter ("Anchorage"; 33 RPM Soul"), born in Dallas, Texas
• 1962 Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress
• 1963 Fuad Reveiz, NFL kicker (Minnesota Vikings)
• 1963 Matias Carrillo, Mexican-American baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins)
• 1963 Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian Bollywood director (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas), born in Mumbai, India
• 1964 Andy Crane, British children's television presenter
• 1964 Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver
• 1964 Todd Field, American actor and film director (Tár), born in Pomona, California

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