February 24 - Births

Births

• 1103 – Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
• 1304 – Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. c.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)
• 1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and Latin Poet (d. 1640)
• 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)
• 1767 – Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King of Siam (d. 1824)
• 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)
• 1810 – Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentine colonel (d. 1885)
• 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 A. Moore, Irish writer (d. 1933)
• 1866 – Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)
• 1866 – Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (d. 1961)
• 1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
• 1872 – John Arthur Jarvis, British swimmer (d. 1933)
• 1872 – Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (d. 1951)
• 1874 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955)
• 1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1972)
• 1877 – Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936)
• 1885 – Charles Daniels, American swimmer (d. 1973)
• 1885 – Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)
• 1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)
• 1890 – Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
• 1896 – Richard Thorpe, American film director (d. 1991)
• 1898 – Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot (d. 1983)
• 1903 – Vladimir Bartol, Slovene writer (d. 1967)
• 1908 – Telford Taylor, American lawyer (Nuremberg Trials) (d. 1998)
• 1909 – August Derleth, American writer (d. 1971)
• 1909 – Riccardo Freda, Italian film director (d. 1999)
• 1912 – Jiří Trnka, Czech puppet maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director (d. 1969)
• 1914 – Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Weldon Kees, American poet, musician, painter (d. 1955)
• 1914 – Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
• 1919 – Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Betty Marsden, English comedy actress (d. 1998)
• 1920 – Ernst Reiss, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor
• 1921 – Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Richard Hamilton, English painter (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Steven Hill, American actor
• 1923 – David Soyer, American cellist (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Jean Alexander, English actress
• 1926 – John Gunther Dean, American diplomat
• 1926 – Balys Gajauskas, Lithuanian politician
• 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 (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
• 1934 – Linda Cristal, Argentina-born actress
• 1934 – Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
• 1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer
• 1938 – Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British Baroness and Methodist reverend
• 1939 – Joy Mukherjee, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer
• 1941 – Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
• 1942 – Colin Bond, Australian racing driver
• 1942 – Paul Jones, English singer (Manfred Mann and The Manfreds)
• 1942 – Joe Lieberman, American politician
• 1943 – Kent Haruf, American novelist
• 1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician
• 1943 – Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (d. 1984)
• 1943 – Terry Semel, American business executive
• 1944 – Nicky Hopkins, British musician (d. 1994)
• 1945 – Barry Bostwick, American actor
• 1946 – Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician
• 1946 – John Stapleton, English television presenter
• 1947 – Mike Fratello, American basketball head coach
• 1947 – Rupert Holmes, English musician
• 1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor
• 1948 – J. Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician
• 1948 – François Lacombe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish football manager
• 1948 – Tim Staffell, English singer (Smile)
• 1948 – Dennis Waterman, British actor
• 1950 – George Thorogood, American singer and guitarist
• 1950 – Steve McCurry, American photojournalist
• 1951 – Tony Holiday, German singer (d. 1990)
• 1951 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
• 1951 – Helen Shaver, Canadian actress
• 1954 – Ann Bell, American Teacher, Entrepreneur and Children's Book Author
• 1954 – Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer and songwriter
• 1955 – Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer (d. 2011)
• 1955 – Eddie L. Johnson, retired American professional basketball player and sex offender
• 1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver, a four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion
• 1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher
• 1956 – Eddie Murray, American baseball player
• 1956 – Peter Pagel, German footballer (d. 2010)
• 1956 – Paula Zahn, American journalist
• 1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American musician
• 1958 – Mark Moses, American actor
• 1959 – Beth Broderick, American actress
• 1959 – Owen Gleiberman, American film critic
• 1960 – Nick Esasky, American baseball player
• 1962 – Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress
• 1962 – Michelle Shocked, American musician
• 1962 – Teri Weigel, American pornographic actress
• 1963 – Line Beauchamp, Canadian politician
• 1963 – Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
• 1963 – Dirk Greiser, German footballer
• 1963 – Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Andy Crane, British children's television presenter
• 1964 – Todd Field, American actor and film director
• 1964 – Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver
• 1965 – Kristin Davis, American actress
• 1965 – Lloyd McGrath, former English footballer
• 1965 – Jane Swift, American politician
• 1966 – René Arocha, Cuban baseball player
• 1966 – Ben Miller, English comedian, director and actor
• 1966 – Billy Zane, American actor
• 1967 – Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate
• 1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005)
• 1970 – Jeff Garcia, American football player
• 1970 – Kienast quintuplets, American quintuplets
• 1970 – Jonathan Ward, American television and movie actor
• 1971 – Josh Bernstein, American explorer and television host
• 1971 – Thomas Franck, German footballer
• 1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
• 1971 – Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player
• 1973 – Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot and Will Haven)
• 1973 – Yordan Yovchev, Bulgarian gymnast
• 1973 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Christína Papadáki, Greek tennis player
• 1974 – Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer
• 1974 – Chad Hugo, American musician (N*E*R*D) and producer (The Neptunes)
• 1974 – Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1974 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer
• 1975 – Maurizio Giuliano, writer and traveller
• 1975 – Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler
• 1976 – Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1995)
• 1976 – Crista Flanagan, American comedian
• 1976 – Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist (Murderdolls and Wednesday 13)
• 1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer
• 1976 – Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist
• 1976 – Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio and Heavens)
• 1977 – Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer
• 1977 – Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
• 1977 – Jay Kenneth Johnson, American actor
• 1977 – Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer
• 1978 – John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday)
• 1978 – Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
• 1978 – DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
• 1979 – Jesse Billauer, American surfer
• 1979 – Claire Cooper, English actress
• 1979 – Vitor Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 1980 – Anton Maiden, Swedish Internet celebrity (d. 2003)
• 1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1980 – Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer
• 1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• 1981 – Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• 1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese-American actress and beauty pageant titleholder
• 1982 – Kevin O'Neill, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
• 1982 – Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
• 1983 – Matt McGinley, American musician (Gym Class Heroes and Kill The Front Man)
• 1984 – Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler
• 1984 – Clivio Piccione, Monegasque racing driver
• 1984 – Pieter Dirkx, Belgian film director
• 1985 – Britney Stevens, American pornographic actress
• 1986 – Wojtek Wolski, Polish/Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
• 1987 – Kim Kyu Jong, Korean singer (SS501)
• 1987 – Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress
• 1989 – Trace Cyrus, American musician (Metro Station)
• 1989 – Kosta Koufos, American basketball player
• 1990 – Stefan Müller, German footballer
• 1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
• 1994 – Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper part of the collective (OFWGKTA)