Famous Births on 24 Feb

Famous Births on 24 Feb

1103 - Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
1304 - Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?
1463 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (d. 1494)
1500 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
1545 - Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)
1557 - Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
1597 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
1619 - Charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690)
1622 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
1684 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
1693 - James Quin, English actor (d. 1766)
1709 - Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)
1723 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792)
1774 - Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
1786 - Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869)
1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1859)
1831 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
1836 - Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910)
1842 - Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (d. 1918)
1846 - Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
1848 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907)
1852 - George Moore, Irish writer (d. 1933)
1866 - Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)
1866 - Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (d. 1961)
1874 - Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955)
1877 - Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936)
1885 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)
1885 - Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)
1890 - Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
1898 - Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot (d. 1983)
1909 - August Derleth, American writer (d. 1971)
1914 - Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
1914 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (d. 2005)
1919 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (d. 2004)
1919 - Betty Marsden, English comedy actress (d. 1998)
1921 - Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989)
1921 - Abe Vigoda, American actor
1922 - Richard Hamilton, English painter
1922 - Steven Hill, American actor
1923 - David Soyer, American cellist
1926 - Jean Alexander, English actress
1926 - John Gunther Dean, American diplomat
1927 - Emmanuelle Riva, French actress
1928 - Barbara Lawrence, American actress
1931 - Dominic Chianese, American actor
1932 - Michel Legrand, French composer
1932 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
1933 - Judah Folkman, American cancer researcher
1934 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
1934 - Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
1934 - Linda Cristal, Argentina-born actress
1938 - Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British Baroness and Methodist reverend
1938 - Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer
1938 - James Farentino, American actor
1940 - Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
1940 - Denis Law, Scottish footballer
1941 - Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
1942 - Joe Lieberman, American politician
1942 - Paul Jones, English singer (Manfred Mann)
1942 - Colin Bond, Australian racing driver
1943 - Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician
1943 - Terry Semel, American business executive
1943 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
1944 - Nicky Hopkins, British musician (d. 1994)
1945 - Barry Bostwick, American actor
1946 - Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician
1946 - John Stapleton, English television presenter
1947 - Rupert Holmes, English musician
1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor
1948 - Dennis Waterman, British actor
1948 - Tim Staffell, English singer
1948 - Walter Smith, Scottish football manager
1948 - J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician
1950 - George Thorogood, American Singer and Guitarist
1951 - Tony Holiday, German singer (d. 1990)
1951 - Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
1951 - Helen Shaver, Canadian actress
1955 - Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer
1955 - Alain Prost, French race car driver and four-time F1 world champion
1956 - Eddie Murray, American baseball player
1956 - Judith Butler, American philosopher
1956 - Paula Zahn, American journalist
1958 - Sammy Kershaw, American musician
1958 - Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer
1959 - Beth Broderick, American actress
1962 - Michelle Shocked, American musician
1962 - Teri Weigel, American pornography actress
1962 - Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress
1963 - Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Andy Crane, British children's television presenter
1964 - Todd Field, American actor and film director
1964 - Bill Bailey, British comedian
1964 - Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver
1965 - Lloyd McGrath, former English footballer
1965 - Jane Swift, former acting Governor of Massachusetts
1966 - Billy Zane, American actor
1966 - René Arocha, Cuban baseball player
1968 - Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005)
1970 - Jeff Garcia, American football player
1970 - Jonathan Ward, American television and movie actor
1970 - Kienast quintuplets, American quintuplets
1971 - Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
1971 - Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Manon Rhéaume, Canadian female ice hockey player
1973 - Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player
1973 - Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player
1973 - Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgarian gymnast
1973 - Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot)
1974 - Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer
1974 - Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
1974 - Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer
1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes)
1975 - Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler
1975 - Maurizio Giuliano, writer and traveller
1976 - Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1995)
1976 - Zach Johnson, professional golfer
1976 - Crista Flanagan, American television comedian
1976 - Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist
1976 - Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist
1976 - Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio,Heavens)
1977 - Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer
1977 - Jason Akermanis, Australian rules footballer
1977 - Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
1978 - John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
1978 - Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1979 - Jesse Billauer, American quadriplegic surfer
1980 - Anton Gustafsson, Swedish rock music fan (d. 2003)
1980 - Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler
1980 - Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer
1981 - Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1981 - Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1982 - Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
1982 - Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
1982 - Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
1984 - Clivio Piccione, Monegasque racing driver
1984 - Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler
1986 - Wojtek Wolski, Polish Ice hockey player
1987 - Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
1987 - Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
1987 - Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress
1989 - Kosta Koufos, American-Greek basketball player