| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1113 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Geoffrey of Anjou |
Count of Anjou (d. 1151) |
| 1552 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Lavinia Fontana |
Italian painter (d. 1614) |
| 1580 |
August 24 |
Monday |
John Taylor |
English poet (d. 1654) |
| 1591 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Robert Herrick |
English poet (d. 1674) |
| 1635 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Peder Griffenfeld |
Danish statesman (d. 1699) |
| 1669 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Alessandro Marcello |
Italian composer (d. 1747) |
| 1707 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Selina Hastings |
English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791) |
| 1750 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Letizia Ramolino |
mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836) |
| 1758 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794) |
| 1759 |
August 24 |
Friday |
William Wilberforce |
English abolitionist (d. 1833) |
| 1787 |
August 24 |
Friday |
James Weddell |
English explorer of Antarctica (d. 1834) |
| 1817 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy |
Russian writer (d. 1875) |
| 1837 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Theodore Dubois |
French composer and teacher (d. 1924) |
| 1845 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
James C. Calhoun |
American soldier‚ brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876) |
| 1851 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Tom Kendall |
Australian cricketer (d. 1924) |
| 1852 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Deacon White |
American baseball player (d. 1919) |
| 1863 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Dragutin Lerman |
Croatian explorer (d. 1918) |
| 1872 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Max Beerbohm |
British caricaturist (d. 1956) |
| 1880 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Joshua Lionel Cowen |
American entrepreneur (d. 1965) |
| 1884 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Earl Derr Biggers |
American author (d. 1933) |
| 1887 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Harry Hooper |
American baseball player (d. 1974) |
| 1890 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Duke Kahanamoku |
Hawaiian swimmer and surfer (d. 1968) |
| 1890 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Jean Rhys |
British writer (d. 1979) |
| 1893 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Haim Ernst Wertheimer |
German-born Israeli biochemist‚ recipient of the Israel Prize (d. 1978) |
| 1895 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Richard Cushing |
archbishop of Boston (d. 1970) |
| 1897 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Fred Rose |
American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954) |
| 1898 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Malcolm Cowley |
American literary critic (d. 1989) |
| 1899 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Jorge Luis Borges |
Argentine writer (d. 1986) |
| 1899 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Albert Claude |
Belgian biologist‚ Nobel laureate (d. 1983) |
| 1899 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Gaylord DuBois |
American comic book writer (d. 1993) |
| 1901 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Preston Foster |
American actor (d. 1970) |
| 1902 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Fernand Braudel |
French historian (d. 1985) |
| 1902 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Carlo Gambino |
Sicilian-born American mafioso (d. 1976) |
| 1903 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Karl Hanke |
Nazi official (d. 1945) |
| 1904 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Alice White |
American actress (d. 1983) |
| 1905 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Arthur Crudup |
American singer and guitarist (d. 1976) |
| 1905 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Siaka Stevens |
President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988) |
| 1907 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Bruno Giacometti |
Swiss architect |
| 1909 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Ronald Grieveson |
South African cricketer (d. 1998) |
| 1911 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Lofty England |
English automotive engineer and race team manager (d. 1995) |
| 1911 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Michel Pablo |
Greek Trotskyist leader (d. 1996) |
| 1912 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Durward Kirby |
American television personality (d. 2000) |
| 1913 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Charles Snead Houston |
American mountaineer |
| 1915 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
James Tiptree‚ Jr. |
American writer (d. 1987) |
| 1916 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Leo Ferre |
French composer and singer (d. 1993) |
| 1916 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Hal Smith |
American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1917 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Dennis James |
American game show host (d. 1997) |
| 1918 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Sikander Bakht |
Governor of Kerala (d. 2004) |
| 1919 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Enrique Llanes |
Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004) |
| 1920 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Alex Colville |
Canadian painter |
| 1921 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Sam Tingle |
Zimbabwean racing driver (d. 2008) |
| 1922 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Rene Levesque |
Premier of Quebec (d. 1987) |
| 1922 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Howard Zinn |
American historian and activist |
| 1923 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Arthur Jensen |
American psychologist |
| 1924 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Alyn Ainsworth |
British bandleader (d. 1990) |
| 1924 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Jimmy Gardner |
British actor (d. 2010) |
| 1927 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
David Ireland |
Australian author |
| 1927 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Harry Markowitz |
American economist‚ Nobel laureate |
| 1929 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Yasser Arafat |
Palestinian leader (d. 2004) |
| 1929 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Betty Dodson |
American feminist and sex educator |
| 1932 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Robert D. Hales |
LDS apostle |
| 1934 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Kenny Baker |
English actor |
| 1936 |
August 24 |
Monday |
A. S. Byatt |
English novelist |
| 1936 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Kenny Guinn |
American Governor‚ Nevada |
| 1937 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola |
Nigerian politician (d. 1998) |
| 1938 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Halldr Blondal |
Icelandic politician |
| 1938 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
David Freiberg |
American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship) |
| 1938 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Mason Williams |
American guitarist and composer |
| 1940 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Francine Lalonde |
Quebec politician |
| 1942 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Max Cleland |
American politician |
| 1942 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Howard Jacobson |
British novelist and newspaper columnist |
| 1943 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
John Cipollina |
American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989) |
| 1943 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Pini Zahavi |
Israeli football agent |
| 1944 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Bill Goldsworthy |
Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996) |
| 1944 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Gregory Jarvis |
American astronaut (d. 1986) |
| 1944 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Rocky Johnson |
Canadian professional wrestler |
| 1945 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Ken Hensley |
English musician (Uriah Heep) |
| 1945 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Vince McMahon |
American professional wrestling promoter |
| 1947 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Anne Archer |
American actress |
| 1947 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Paulo Coelho |
Brazilian author |
| 1947 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Roger De Vlaeminck |
Belgian cyclist |
| 1947 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Joe Manchin |
American politician‚ governor of West Virginia |
| 1947 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Vladimir Masorin |
Russian admiral |
| 1948 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Jean-Michel Jarre |
French musician |
| 1948 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Kim Sung-Il |
Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force |
| 1949 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Joe Regalbuto |
American actor |
| 1949 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Charles Rocket |
American actor (d. 2005) |
| 1950 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
John Banaszak |
Pittsburgh Steelers three-time Super Bowl champion |
| 1950 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Tim White |
American anthropologist |
| 1951 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Orson Scott Card |
American writer |
| 1951 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Oscar Hijuelos |
American author |
| 1952 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Bob Corker |
American politician‚ junior senator of Tennessee |
| 1952 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Mike Shanahan |
American football coach |
| 1952 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Linton Kwesi Johnson |
Jamaican dub poet |
| 1953 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Ron Holloway |
American tenor saxophonist |
| 1954 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Philippe Cataldo |
French singer |
| 1954 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Alain Daigle |
French Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1955 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Mike Huckabee |
American politician‚ Governor/Presidential candidate |
| 1956 |
August 24 |
Friday |
John Culberson |
American politician |
| 1956 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Dick Lee |
Singaporean singer-songwriter |
| 1957 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Jeffrey Daniel |
American dancer and singer (Shalamar) |
| 1957 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Stephen Fry |
English comedian and actor |
| 1958 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Steve Guttenberg |
American actor |
| 1958 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Tracy Harris |
American artist |
| 1958 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Chris Offutt |
American author |
| 1959 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Adrian Kuiper |
former South African cricketer |
| 1960 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Kim Christofte |
Danish footballer |
| 1960 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Takashi Miike |
Japanese filmmaker |
| 1960 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Cal Ripken‚ Jr. |
American baseball player |
| 1961 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Ingrid Berghmans |
Belgian judoka |
| 1961 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Jared Harris |
English actor |
| 1962 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Craig Kilborn |
American talk show host |
| 1962 |
August 24 |
Friday |
David Koechner |
American actor |
| 1962 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Major Garrett |
American journalist |
| 1963 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
John Bush |
American singer (Anthrax) |
| 1963 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Hideo Kojima |
Japanese video game director |
| 1964 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Dana Gould |
American comedian and writer |
| 1964 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Salizhan Sharipov |
Russian cosmonaut |
| 1965 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Marlee Matlin |
American actress |
| 1965 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Reggie Miller |
American basketball player |
| 1965 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Brian Rajadurai |
Sri Lankan cricketer |
| 1967 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Michael Thomas |
English footballer |
| 1968 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Beno?t Brunet |
French Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1968 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Shoichi Funaki |
Japanese professional wrestler |
| 1968 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Andreas Kisser |
Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura) |
| 1968 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Tim Salmon |
American baseball player |
| 1970 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Dan Henderson |
American Mixed martial artist |
| 1970 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Tugay Kerimo?lu |
Turkish footballer |
| 1971 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Pierfrancesco Favino |
Italian actor |
| 1972 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Jean-Luc Brassard |
Canadian freestyle skier |
| 1973 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Andrew Brunette |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1973 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Dave Chappelle |
American actor and Comedian |
| 1973 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Inge de Bruijn |
Dutch swimmer |
| 1973 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Grey DeLisle |
voice actress |
| 1973 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Carmine Giovinazzo |
American actor |
| 1974 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Orla Fallon |
Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman |
| 1974 |
August 24 |
Saturday |
Jennifer Lien |
American actress |
| 1975 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Mark de Vries |
Surinamese-Dutch footballer |
| 1975 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Alex O'Loughlin |
Australian actor |
| 1976 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Nordin Wooter |
Dutch footballer |
| 1977 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Denilson |
Brazilian footballer |
| 1977 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Robert Enke |
German footballer (d. 2009) |
| 1977 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Per Gade |
Danish footballer |
| 1977 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
John Green |
American author |
| 1977 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Jrgen Macho |
Austrian footballer |
| 1978 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Rafael Furcal |
Dominican baseball player |
| 1978 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Derek Morris |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1978 |
August 24 |
Thursday |
Beth Riesgraf |
American actress |
| 1979 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Orlando Engelaar |
Dutch footballer |
| 1979 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Elva Hsiao |
Taiwanese singer |
| 1979 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Michael Redd |
American basketball player |
| 1979 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Markus Walger |
German rugby player |
| 1980 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Sonja Bennett |
Canadian actress |
| 1981 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Jiro Wang |
Taiwanese singer‚ actor‚ model |
| 1981 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Chad Michael Murray |
American actor |
| 1982 |
August 24 |
Tuesday |
Kim Kallstrom |
Swedish footballer |
| 1983 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Marcel Goc |
German ice hockey player |
| 1983 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Christopher Parker |
British actor |
| 1984 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Kyle Schmid |
Canadian actor |
| 1984 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Yesung |
a singer‚ a member of Korean boy group Super Junior |
| 1984 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Charlie Villanueva |
American basketball player |
| 1986 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Nick Adenhart |
American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 1986 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Fabiano Santacroce |
Italian footballer |
| 1987 |
August 24 |
Monday |
An?e Kopitar |
Slovenian ice hockey player |
| 1987 |
August 24 |
Monday |
Jon Scheyer |
American basketball player |
| 1988 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Rupert Grint |
English actor |
| 1988 |
August 24 |
Wednesday |
Helga Krapf |
Filipina actress |
| 1990 |
August 24 |
Friday |
Juan Pedro Lanzani |
argentine actor and singer |
| 2003 |
August 24 |
Sunday |
Alexandre Coste |
son of Albert II‚ Prince of Monaco |
