Famous People Born in 1924

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Kim Dae-jung (1924-2009)

Jan 8 8th President of South Korea (1998-2003) and 2000 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, born in Hauido, South Korea

Jan 8 Robert Starer, Austrian-born American composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2001)
Jan 8 Ron Moody [Moodnick], British composer, singer and actor (12 Chairs, Oliver!), born in London, England (d. 2015)
Jan 9 Sergei Parajanov, Armenian film director, born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1990)
Jan 10 Ludmilla Chiraeff, Latvian-born Canadian ballet dancer, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1996)
Jan 10 Max Roach, American jazz drummer, born in Newland, North Carolina (d. 2007)
Jan 11 Kai Laursen, Danish concert violinist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1996)
Jan 11 Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
Jan 11 Slim Harpo [James Moore], American blues musician ("I'm a King Bee, Baby"; "Scratch My Back"), born in Lobdell, Louisiana (d. 1970)
Jan 12 Jan Willem Radecker, Dutch sculptor & son of John Raedecker, born in Schoorl, Netherlands (d. 2009)
Jan 12 Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer (24 hours of Le Mans 1958, 60-62), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1998)
Jan 13 Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1994)
Jan 13 Philip Rawson, artist/teacher
Jan 14 (Mildred) "Carole" Cook, American stage and screen actress (The Lucy Show; The Incredible Mr. Limpet; Sixteen Candles), born in Abilene, Texas (d. 2023)
Jan 14 Guy Williams [Armando Joseph Catalano], American actor (Zorro; Lost in Space), born in NYC, New York (d. 1989)
Jan 16 Katy Jurado, Mexican actress, 1st Latin actress to win a Golden Globe (High Noon, Broken Lance), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (d. 2002)
Jan 17 Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/pres (California State U at Fullerton)
Jan 18 Donald Baverstock, British TV producer, born in Cardiff, United Kingdom (d. 1995)
Jan 19 Henry Herbert, 7th earl of Carnarvon, English peer and racing manager to the Queen, born in London, England (d. 2001)
Jan 19 Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author (Ni Marx ni Jesus)
Jan 19 Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (Cheers - "Coach"; Family Plot; The Counterfeit Killer), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1985)
Jan 20 Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer (Mélopées africaines), and teacher, born in Houilles, France (d. 2010)
Jan 21 Benny Hill [Alfred Hawthorn Hill], British comedian (The Benny Hill Show), born in Southampton, Hampshire, England (d. 1992)
Jan 22 J. J. Johnson, American composer and jazz trombonist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2001)
Jan 23 Frank Lautenberg, American politician (Sen-D-NJ, 1982-2001, 2003-2013), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 2013)
Jan 24 David Craighead, American organist and educator, born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
Jan 24 John Spencer, Earl of Spencer, English peer and father of Diana, Princess of Wales, born in London, England (d. 1992)
Jan 24 Marvin Kaplan, American character and voice actor (Top Cat- "Choo Choo"; Alice - "Henry"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)
Jan 24 Robert Kastenmeier, American politician (Rep-D-WI, 1959-91), born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (d. 2015)
Jan 25 Lou Groza, American football placekicker & offensive tackle (9 × Pro Bowl; 4 × First-team All-Pro; Cleveland Browns), born in Martins Ferry, Ohio (d. 2000)
Jan 26 Alice Babs [Nilson], Swedish jazz singer (The Swe-Danes; Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts), and actress (Swing It, Teacher!), born in Västervik, Sweden (d. 2014)
Jan 26 Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, born in Houston, Texas (d. 1998)
Jan 26 James W. McCord Jr., American CIA officer who led the Watergate break-in, born in Waurika, Oklahoma (d. 2017)
Jan 26 Warren Frank Benson, American composer (The Leaves Are Falling), and educator (Eastman School, 1967-1993), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2005)
Jan 27 Alexander Chugayev, Soviet Russian composer, born in Yeysk, USSR (d. 1990)
Jan 27 Brian Rix [Lord Rix], British actor and activist (Mencap), born in Cottingham, Yorkshire (d. 2016)
Jan 27 Kenneth Corfield, CEO (STC)
Jan 27 Rauf Denktasj, Turkish-Cypriot politician
Jan 27 Sabu [Dastagir], Indian actor (The Thief of Bagdad, Elephant Boy, Drum), born in Mysore, British India (d. 1963)
Jan 27 William van Straubenzee, British MP
Jan 29 Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot, first to fly Concorde, born in Liverpool (d. 2001)
Jan 29 Lord John Gregson, British Labour politician and Baron, born in Manchester, England (d. 2009)
Jan 29 Luigi Nono, Italian avant-garde composer (Canonic Variations), born in Venice, Italy (d. 1990)
Jan 29 Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (d. 2001)
Jan 29 Peter Voulkos, American artist (d. 2002)
Jan 30 Lloyd Alexander, American writer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
Jan 30 Margaret Yorke [Margaret Beda Nicholson], English author (Patrick Grant novels, No Medals for the Major), born in Compton, Surrey, England (d. 2012)
Jan 31 Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge
Jan 31 Tengiz Abuladze, Soviet Georgian filmmaker (Repentance), born in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, USSR (d. 1994)
Feb 1 Ben Weider, Quebec businessman and author
Feb 1 Emmanuel Scheffer, Israeli soccer coach (Israel 1968–70, 78–79; only World Cup appearance 1970), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2012)
Feb 1 H. Richard Hornberger, American writer (d. 1997)
Feb 1 Richard Hooker [Heister Richard Hornberger], American army surgeon, and novelist (MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors - inspiration for film and TV series), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1997)
Feb 2 (Elfriede) "Elfi" von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American opera singer, pianist, vocal coach, and film producer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2007)
Feb 2 Sonny Stitt [Edward Hammond Boatner Jr], American jazz saxophonist (Blows the Blues), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1982)
Feb 5 Robert Lynn, anarchist
Feb 6 Billy Wright, English soccer defender (105 caps, captain x 90; Wolverhampton Wanderers 490 games) and manager (Arsenal 1962-66), born in Ironbridge, England (d. 1994)
Feb 6 Jin Yong [Louis Cha Leung-yung], Chinese Wuxia novelist, born in Haining, China (d. 2018)
Feb 6 Paolo Volponi, Italian communist & author (Road to Rome), born in Urbino, Italy (d. 1994)
Feb 7 Cathy Small Long, American politician (Rep-D-LA, 1985-87), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2019)
Feb 7 Dora Bryan [Broadbent], British stage and screen actress (A Taste of Honey), novelty singer ("All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle"), and hotelier, born in Southport England, (d. 2014)
Feb 7 Johnny Jordaan [Johannes van Musscher], Dutch pop and levenslied singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1989)
Feb 8 Joe Black, American Negro league and MLB player, born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2002)
Feb 9 George Guest, Welsh organist and choir director, born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales (d. 2002)
Feb 10 Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Fort William, Ontario (d. 2005)
Feb 10 Randy Van Horne, American vocalist (Nat King Cole Show, The Flintstones, The Jetsons), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2007)
Feb 11 Budge Patty, American tennis player (French C'ship, Wimbledon men's singles 1950), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas (d. 2021)
Feb 11 Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
Feb 12 Hans Berghuis, Dutch author/poet (3 Women, Adam)
Feb 13 Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economic journalist, and politician (founder of Radical Party), born in PAris, France (d. 2006)
Feb 13 Ted Croker, English football administrator (Secretary English Football Association 1973-89), born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England (d. 1992)
Feb 14 Arghyris Kounadis, Greek composer, born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2011)
Feb 14 Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, born in Westminster, London, England (d. 2017)
Feb 16 James Swaffield, British civil servant (Director-General of Greater London Council) (d. 2015)
Feb 16 Peter Webster, British High Court Judge
Feb 17 Gevork Vartanian, Soviet intelligence agent (Operation Long Jump), born in Rostov-on-Don (d. 2012)
Feb 17 Margaret Truman, American presidential daughter, writer (Murder at FBI), and pianist, born in Independence, Missouri (d. 2008)
Feb 18 Evald Ilyenkov, Soviet philosopher (Dialectical Logic), born in Smolensk, Soviet Union (d. 1979)
Feb 18 Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999)
Feb 18 Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader (d. 2002)
Feb 18 Nicolo Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian organized crime figure, born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy (d. 2010)
Feb 19 Bruce Norris, American Hockey Hall of Fame executive (owner Detroit Red Wings 1952-82), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)
Feb 19 David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)

Lee Marvin (1924-1987)

Feb 19 American actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou), born in NYC, New York

Feb 20 Gloria Vanderbilt, American fashion designer, artist, heiress and socialite, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2019)

Robert Mugabe (1924-2019)

Feb 21 Zimbabwean revolutionary, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-87) and 1st black President of Zimbabwe (1988-2017), born in Harare, Zimbabwe

Feb 22 Martin Engelman, Dutch cartoonist, painter and graphic artist, born in Hoenkoop, the Netherlands (d. 1992)
Feb 23 Lejaren Hiller, American composer (Illiac Suite), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
Feb 24 Lionel Dakers, British cathedral organist (Royal School of Church Music), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 2003)
Feb 24 William Pillar, British admiral
Feb 25 Peg Ridge, peace campaigner
Feb 26 Mark Bucci, American opera, theater, and film composer and lyricist (1959 Arts & Letters Award), born in NYC, New York (d. 2002)
Feb 26 Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89), born in Unnan, Japan (d. 2000)
Feb 27 Heimo Erbse, German concert, opera, and theater composer (Julietta), born in Rudolstadt, Germany (d. 2005)
Feb 27 Magnus MacDonald Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland
Feb 27 Norman Marshall, West Indian cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago), born in Saint Thomas, Barbados (d. 2007)
Feb 28 Bettye Ackerman, American actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey), born in Cottageville, South Carolina (d. 2006)
Feb 28 Robert A Roe, American politician (Rep-D-NJ, 1969-93), born in Wayne, New Jersey (d. 2014)
Feb 29 Al Rosen, American baseball third baseman (MLB All-Star 1952–55; World Series 1948; AL MVP 1953; Cleveland Indians) and executive (NL Executive of the Year 1989), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 2015)
Feb 29 David Beattie, New Zealand judge, Governor-General of NZ (1980-85), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2001)
Feb 29 Otto Hutter, British physiologist, born in Vienna, Austria
Mar 1 Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18)
Mar 2 Albert TLCA Vogel, Dutch elocutionist
Mar 2 Alexander "Papa" Lightfoot, American blues singer and harmonica player, born in Natchez, Mississippi (d. 1971)
Mar 3 Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter (d. 1995)
Mar 3 Lilian Velez, Filipno actress (Sa Kabukiran), born in Cebu City, Philippine Islands (d. 1948)
Mar 4 Cal Lampley, American session pianist, record producer (Miles Davis; Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, Groove Holmes), music critic, and educator (Peabody Institute), born in Dunn, North Carolina (d. 2006)
Mar 6 Sarah Caldwell, American conductor and opera director (Flagstaff), born in Maryville, Missouri (d. 2006)

William H. Webster (99 years old)

Mar 6 American judge, Director of the FBI (1978-87) and Director of the CIA (1987-91), born in St. Louis, Missouri

Mar 7 Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor (Hydra), born in Leith, Scotland (d. 2005)
Mar 7 Kobo Abe, playwright (Woman, the Dunes), born in Tokyo, Japan
Mar 8 Sean McClory, Irish actor (The Californians, My Chauffeur), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2003)
Mar 8 Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer
Mar 9 George Haines, American swimming coach (7 x US Olympic teams), born in Huntington, Indiana (d. 2006)
Mar 9 Konstantin Iliev, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 1988)
Mar 15 Lockrem Johnson, American composer, born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1977)
Mar 15 Walter Gotell, German actor (James Bond, From Russia With Love), born in Bonn, Rhenish Prussia, Germany (d. 1997)
Mar 15 Yuri Bondarev, Russian writer (Silence), born in Orsk
Mar 16 Beryl Davis, British-American cabaret and big band singer (Quintette du Hot Club de France, Glenn Miller's US Army Air Force Orchestra), born Plymouth, England (d. 2011)
Mar 17 Stephen Dodgson, British composer, born in Chelsea, London, England (d. 2013)
Mar 18 Dom Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Mozambican Roman Catholic Cardinal, Mozambique's 1st black priest, born in Zavala, Mozambique (d. 2021) [1]
Mar 18 Madhusudan Rege, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Maharashtra), born in Panvel, India (d. 2013)
Mar 19 Mary Wimbush, British actress (Oh! What a Lovely War, The Archers), born in Kenton, Middlesex, England (d. 2005)
Mar 20 Hermann Guggiari, Paraguay, engineer and sculptor (Rejas, NNUU)(d.2012)
Mar 20 Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (The Shop on Main Street), born in Staškov, Slovakia (d. 1998)
Mar 21 Karl Heinz Fussl, Austrian composer, musicologist, publisher, and music critic, born in Jablonec, Czechoslovakia (d. 1992)
Mar 21 Otis Spann, American blues pianist and singer (The Blues Never Die!), born in Belzoni, Mississippi [or, perhaps, 1930 in Jackson, Mississippi] (d. 1970)
Mar 21 Philip Abbott, American character actor (The FBI; Sweet Bird of Youth), born in Lincoln, Nebraska (d. 1998)
Mar 22 Al Neuharth, American newspaper founder (USA Today)
Mar 22 Bill Wendell, American TV announcer (To Tell The Truth, 1972-77; Late Night With David Letterman; Late Show With David Letterman, 1993-95), born in NYC, New York
Mar 22 Paul Fussell, American historian (The Great War and Modern Memory), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2012)
Mar 23 Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (liquid paper), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1980)
Mar 23 Peter Godfrey, chartered accountant
Mar 24 "Boogie" Bill Webb, American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Bad Dog"), born in Jackson, Mississippi (d. 1990)
Mar 24 Eric Parkin, British classical pianist and champion of British composers, born in Stevenage, England (d. 2020)
Mar 24 Lois Andrews [Lorraine Gourley], American actress (Dixie Dugan, Meet Me After the Show, The Desert Hawk), born in Huntington Park, California (d. 1968)
Mar 24 Norman Fell, American actor (Three's Company, The End, Graduate), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1998)
Mar 25 Julia Perry, American classical composer (Soul Symphony; Cask of Amontillado; Homunuclus C.F.), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1979)
Mar 25 Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu), born in Osaka, Japan
Mar 26 Brew Moore [Milton Aubrey Moore], American jazz saxophonist, born in Indianola, Mississippi (d. 1973)
Mar 27 Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer ("Broken Hearted Melody"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1990)
Mar 28 Frank Lovejoy, American actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1962)
Mar 28 Frederick "Freddie" Bartholomew, British child actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield, Captains Courageous), born in London, England (d. 1992)
Mar 28 Gerhard Fritsch, Austrian writer, born in Vienna (d. 1969)
Mar 28 Peter Baer, German-British artist and printmaker, born in Berlin (d. 1996)
Mar 29 Andrew Frierson, pioneering African American opera singer, born in Columbia, Tennessee (d. 2018)
Mar 29 Jules de Corte, blind Dutch ballad singer and songwriter, born in Deurne, Netherlands (d. 1996)
Mar 30 Milko Kelemen, Croatian composer (Archetypon), born in Slatina, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Croatia) (d. 2018)
Mar 31 Leo Buscaglia, American psychologist known as "Dr Love" (Love), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)
Apr 1 Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey
Apr 1 Čkalja [Miodrag Petrović], Serbian actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia, born in Kruševac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (d. 2003)
Apr 1 Günther Becker, German classical and electro-acoustic composer, born in Forbach, Germany (d. 2007)
Apr 2 Bobby Ávila, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (MLB All-Star 1952, 54, 55; AL batting champion 1954; Cleveland Indians), born in Veracruz City, Mexico (d. 2004)
Apr 2 Denis Rooke, British engineer and CEO (British Gas), born in New Cross, London (d. 2008)
Apr 2 Wallace "Bud" Smith, American boxer (World lightweight title 1955-56), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1973)
Apr 3 Joseph Kerman, American educator and musicologist (Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology), born in London, England (d. 2014)

Marlon Brando (1924-2004)

Apr 3 American actor (The Godfather, A Streetcar Named Desire; On the Waterfront), born in Omaha, Nebraska

Apr 3 Murray Dickie, Scottish opera singer and director, born in Bishopton, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
Apr 4 Chris Prater, English screenprinter, born in London (d. 1996)

Apr 4 American Baseball HOF 1st baseman (8 x MLB All Star; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers; NY Mets; World Series 1955, 59, 69; Gold Glove Award 1957–59) and manager (Washington Senators, NY Mets), born in Princeton, Indiana

Apr 5 Mart Kempers, Dutch graphic artist and sculptor, born in Enschede, Netherlands (d. 1993)
Apr 6 Charlie Rouse, American hard bop tenor saxophonist (Thelonious Monk Quartet; Sphere), born in Washington, DC (d. 1988)
Apr 7 (Johannes Mario) J.M. Simmel, Austrian writer (It Can't Always Be Caviar), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2009)
Apr 7 Ikuma Dan, Japanese composer (Yūzuru), born in Toyko (d. 2001)
Apr 7 Nick Perito, American pianist, accordion player, arranger and orchestra leader (Perry Como; Muzak; The Don Knotts Show), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2005)
Apr 8 Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English army officer (NATO Commander) and historian, born in Coventry, England (d. 2006)
Apr 8 Frédéric Back, German-born Canadian short film director and screenwriter
Apr 9 Harald Heilmann, German composer, born in Aue, Germany (d. 2018)
Apr 10 Kenneth Noland, American Color Field painter, born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 2010)
Apr 10 Lee Bergere, American actor (Star Trek, Soap, Dynasty), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
Apr 12 Curtis Turner, American auto racer (184 NASCAR races over 17 years, 17 wins), born in Floyd, Virginia (d. 1970)
Apr 12 Julius Moormann, Dutch student and resistance fighter (WWII), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1944)
Apr 12 Peter Safar, Austrian physician (pioneered cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2003)
Apr 12 Sergiu Natra, Romanian-Israeli composer (Symphony in Red, Blue, Yellow and Green), and music professor (Tel Aviv University, 1975-85), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2021)
Apr 13 Jack Chick, American religious cartoonist (Chick tracts), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
Apr 13 Stanley Donen, American film director and producer (Singin' in the Rain, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 2019)
Apr 14 Shorty Rogers [Milton Rajonsky], American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player, arranger, and composer, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
Apr 15 John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham, British writer and historian, born in Westminster, London (d. 2001)
Apr 15 Neville Marriner, English violinist (London Symphony, 1954-69), and conductor (Academy of St Martin in the Fields, 1958-2011; Minnesota Orchestra, 1979-86), born in Lincoln (d. 2016)
Apr 16 Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Scottish Conservative politician (1959-2001), born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 2010)

Henry Mancini (1924-1994)

Apr 16 American composer and conductor (Pink Panther), born in Cleveland, Ohio

Apr 16 John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and chairman of ICI (1982-87), born in Hackney, London (d. 2008)
Apr 17 Althea Simmons, American human rights activist and chief lobbyist (NAACP), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1990)
Apr 17 Donald Richie, American-born author and (Japanese) film critic, born in Lima, Ohio (d. 2013)
Apr 17 Patrick Sergeant, British investor and founder (Euromoney Publications)
Apr 18 Buxton Orr, Anglo-Scottish composer, born in Glasgow (d. 1997)

About 1924

How Old? 98 or 99 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation

Chinese Zodiac: Pig (Feb 16, 1923 - Feb 4, 1924),
Rat (Feb 5, 1924 - Jan 23, 1925)

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