Famous Birthdays on February 24

Charles V (1500-1558)

King of Spain (1516-56) and Holy Roman Emperor (1519-56), born in Ghent, Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands

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 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 (d. 1858)
1774 Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
1786 Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869)

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)

German story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales), born in Hanau, Hesse-Cassel, Holy Roman Empire

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, 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)

Honus Wagner (1874-1955)

American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (8 x NL batting champion; 5 × NL RBI / stolen base leader; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Chartiers Borough, Pennsylvania

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 NYC, New York (d. 1954)

Chester Nimitz (1885-1966)

American admiral who commanded the US Pacific fleet in World War II, born in Fredericksburg, Texas

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 composer (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, CEO (NPA Telegraph)
1921 Abe Vigoda, American actor (Barney Miller - "Fish"; The Godfather), born in NYC, New York (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)
1924 William Pillar, British admiral
1927 David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician
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 NYC, New York (d. 1975)
1928 Michael Harrington, socialist/author (Fragments of Century), born in St. Louis, Missouri
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 Inge Bernstein, British judge
1931 Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov, Russian cosmonaut
1931 Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism
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)
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 cancer researcher
1934 Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st socialist premier (1983-87)
1934 Bingu wa Mutharika, Thyolo, Nyasaland (Malawi), Malawi President (2004-2012), (d. 2012)
1934 Flemming Nielsen, Danish soccer player (Olympic silver 1960)
1934 Frank Chapot, American equestrian (Olympic silver 1960, 1972), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2016)
1934 Renata Scotto, Italian soprano and opera director (La Traviata - "Violetta"), born in Savona, Italy
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, American singer and actress
1942 Colin Bond, Australian racing driver
1942 David K Williamson, Australian screenplay/playwright (Removalists)
1942 Joe Lieberman, (Sen-D Connecticut)
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

British rock session pianist (Rolling Stones (1967-75); The Who - "Getting In Tune"; The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon"; Beatles - "Revolution"; John Lennon - "Jealous Guy"; Quicksilver Messenger Service), born in Perivale, Middlesex

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)

Edward James Olmos (76 years old)

1947 American actor (Miami Vice, Stand & Deliver, Triumph), born in Los Angeles, California

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 guitarist (Juicy Lucy; Jesus Christ Superstar)
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

George Thorogood (73 years old)

1950 American singer and guitarist (The Delaware Destroyers - "Bad to the Bone"), born in Wilmington, Delaware

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, cricketer (England batsman & animated cover fieldsman)
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

Alain Prost (68 years old)

1955 French Formula One racing driver (Championships: 85, 86, 89, 93), born in Lorette, France

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

Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

American computer entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, born in San Francisco, California

Eddie Murray (67 years old)

1956 American MLB Hall of Fame 1st baseman, 8x All-star, 3x Golden Glove (Baltimore Orioles, 1977-88 & 96; L.A. Dodgers, 1989-91 & 97, and three other teams), born in Los Angeles, California

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 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 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
1965 Jane Swift, former acting Governor of Massachusetts