Famous Births on 24 Oct

Famous Births on 24 Oct

1378 - David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)
1632 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (d. 1723)
1675 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749)
1710 - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)
1763 - Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839)
1788 - Sarah Josepha Hale, American poet (d. 1879)
1804 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (d. 1891)
1811 - Ferdinand Hiller, German composer (d. 1885)
1854 - Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (d. 1907)
1855 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
1857 - Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1868 - Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (d. 1969)
1872 - Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (d. 1957)
1875 - Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (d. 1958)
1882 - Dame Sybil Thorndike, British actress (d. 1976)
1887 - Octave Lapize, French cyclist (d. 1917)
1887 - Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (d. 1969)
1891 - Rafael Molina-Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
1894 - Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (d. 1987)
1896 - Jack Warner, English actor (d. 1981)
1901 - Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959)
1903 - Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
1904 - Moss Hart, American dramatist (d. 1961)
1906 - Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (d. 1968)
1909 - Bill Carr, American athlete (d. 1966)
1911 - Paul Grégoire, French Canadian archbishop of Montreal (d. 1993)
1911 - Sonny Terry, American blues musician (d. 1986)
1913 - Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (d. 1984)
1915 - Marghanita Laski, British Journalist and Novelist(d. 1988)
1915 - Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)
1915 - Roger Milliken, American millionaire
1919 - Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2008)
1920 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (d. 1996)
1923 - Denise Levertov, English-born poet (d. 1997)
1925 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
1926 - Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (d. 2008)
1926 - Y. A. Tittle, American football player
1927 - Jean-Claude Pascal, French singer and actor (d. 1992)
1927 - Gilbert Bécaud, French composer and actor (d. 2001)
1929 - George Crumb, American composer
1929 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 2004)
1929 - Hubert Aquin, French-Canadian novelist and activist (d. 1977)
1930 - The Big Bopper, American singer (d. 1959)
1930 - Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia
1930 - Johan Galtung, Norwegian peace researcher
1931 - Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer
1932 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1932 - Robert Mundell, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 - Ronald and Reginald Kray, British gangsters (Ronald d. 1995; Reginald d. 2000)
1933 - Norman Rush, American writer
1935 - Malcolm Bilson, American pianist and music professor
1936 - Bill Wyman, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
1937 - Santo Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
1939 - F. Murray Abraham, American actor
1940 - Martin Campbell, New Zealand film director
1941 - William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer
1944 - Viktor Prokopenko, Ukranian footballer and coach (d. 2007)
1945 - Anthony Christian, English artist
1945 - Gérald Larose, Quebec labour union executive
1946 - Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (d. 1993) (Steppenwolf)
1947 - Kevin Kline, American actor
1948 - Kweisi Mfume, American politician and activist
1948 - Paul and Barry Ryan, British composers-singers
1949 - Robert Pickton, Canadian charged with the first degree murder of twenty-six women
1950 - Steven Greenberg, American composer
1950 - Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
1954 - Jozef Ráž, Slovak musician
1954 - Brad Sherman, American politician
1954 - Thomas J. Mulcair, Quebec politician
1954 - Mike Rounds, American politician
1956 - Dale Maharidge, American author
1957 - Ron Gardenhire, German-born American baseball manager
1957 - John Kassir, American actor and comedian
1960 - Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer
1960 - B.D. Wong, American actor
1960 - Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (d. 1999)
1960 - Joachim "Jo" Winkelhock, German race car driver
1961 - Mary Bono, American politician
1961 - Dave Meltzer, American wrestling journalist
1962 - Dave Blaney, American race car driver
1962 - Jay Novacek, American football player
1963 - John Hendrie, Scottish footballer
1965 - Kyriakos Velopoulos, Greek politician
1966 - Roman Abramovich, Russian oil magnate
1967 - Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
1968 - Robert Wilonsky, American journalist
1969 - Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
1970 - Rob Leslie-Carter, British Engineer and Project Manager
1971 - Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress
1971 - Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
1972 - Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
1972 - Scott Peterson, American murderer
1972 - Pat Williams, American football player
1973 - Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer
1973 - Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player/Cricketer
1973 - Mike Matthews, American baseball player
1973 - Madlib, American musician and rapper
1973 - Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
1974 - Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
1974 - Corey Dillon, American football player
1974 - Jamal Mayers, Professional Hockey Player
1975 - Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
1976 - Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
1977 - Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
1978 - Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
1978 - Justin Lee Brannan, American musician
1979 - Ben Gillies, Australian musician (Silverchair)
1980 - Zac Posen, American fashion designer
1980 - Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1980 - Monica, American singer
1980 - James Killian, American football player
1981 - Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress
1981 - Tila Tequila, American model
1982 - Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian racing driver
1982 - Macay McBride, American baseball player
1983 - Keyshia Cole, American singer
1983 - Adrienne Bailon, American actress and singer
1983 - Brian Vickers, American race car driver
1984 - Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer
1985 - Wayne Rooney, English footballer
1986 - John Ruddy, English footballer
1986 - Aubrey Graham, Canadian actor and rapper
1987 - Charlie White, American ice dancer
1987 - Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
1987 - Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
1989 - Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Australian actress
51 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96)