June 24 - Births

Births

• 1244 – Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1308)
• 1343 – Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)
• 1386 – John of Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)
• 1485 – Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)
• 1519 – Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)
• 1533 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (d. 1588)
• 1535 – Joan of Austria, Princess of Portugal (d. 1573)
• 1542 – John of the Cross, Spanish mystic and poet (d. 1591)
• 1546 – Robert Parsons, English priest (d. 1610)
• 1587 – William Arnold, English-American settler (d. 1675)
• 1663 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (d. 1742)
• 1687 – Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
• 1694 – Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss theorist (d. 1748)
• 1704 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771)
• 1755 – Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-born French revolutionary (d. 1794)
• 1774 – Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentine military commander (d. 1819)
• 1774 – François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general (d. 1838)
• 1777 – John Ross, English naval officer and explorer (d. 1856)
• 1782 – Juan Larrea, Argentine politician and businessman (d. 1847)
• 1795 – Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878)
• 1797 – John Joseph Hughes, Irish-American archbishop (d. 1864)
• 1803 – George James Webb, English composer (d. 1887)
• 1804 – Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
• 1811 – John Archibald Campbell, American jurist (d. 1889)
• 1813 – Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (d. 1887)
• 1813 – Francis Boott, American composer (d. 1904)
• 1821 – Guillermo Rawson, Argentine politician (d. 1890)
• 1825 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1844)
• 1826 – George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (d. 1898)
• 1842 – Ambrose Bierce, American author (d. 1914)
• 1846 – Samuel Johnson, Nigerian historian and priest (d. 1901)
• 1850 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, English field marshal (d. 1916)
• 1860 – Mercedes of Orléans (d. 1878)
• 1869 – Prince George of Greece and Denmark (d. 1957)
• 1880 – Ralph Wilson, American gymnast (death date unknown)
• 1882 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer, politician, and businessman (d. 1953)
• 1882 – Carl Diem, German sports administrator (d. 1962)
• 1883 – Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-Americian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
• 1883 – Arthur L. Newton, American athlete (d. 1956)
• 1883 – Frank Verner, American athlete (d. 1966)
• 1884 – Frank Waller, American athlete (d. 1941)
• 1886 – George Shiels, Irish dramatist (d. 1949)
• 1888 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1971)
• 1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
• 1897 – Daniel K. Ludwig, American businessman (d. 1992)
• 1900 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945)
• 1901 – Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 1901 – Harry Partch, American composer (d. 1974)
• 1901 – Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman (d. 1969)
• 1904 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
• 1906 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Willard Maas, American educator and filmmaker (d. 1971)
• 1907 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Hugo Distler, German composer (d. 1942)
• 1908 – Guru Gopinath, Indian dancer (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer (d. 2011)
• 1912 – Brian Johnston, English sportscaster (d. 1994)
• 1913 – Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Pearl Witherington French secret agent (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer (d. 2001)
• 1916 – William B. Saxbe, American politician (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Al Molinaro, American actor
• 1922 – Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Margaret Olley, Australian painter (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Brian Bevan, Australian rugby player (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic
• 1927 – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1930 – Claude Chabrol, French director (d. 2010)
• 1930 – William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American publisher (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Billy Casper, American golfer
• 1933 – Sam Jones, American basketball player
• 1934 – Ferdinand Biwersi, German football referee
• 1934 – Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and author
• 1935 – Terry Riley, American composer
• 1938 – Lawrence Block, American writer
• 1939 – Michael Gothard, English actor (d. 1992)
• 1939 – HA Schult, German artist
• 1940 – Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
• 1941 – Erkin Koray, Turkish singer and musician
• 1941 – Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and novelist
• 1941 – Charles Whitman, American murderer (d. 1966)
• 1942 – Michele Lee, American actress
• 1942 – Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean politician and engineer, 32nd President of Chile
• 1944 – Jeff Beck, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, The Honeydrippers, and Beck, Bogert & Appice)
• 1944 – Arthur Brown, English singer (Kingdom Come and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown)
• 1944 – David Mark Berger, American born Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972)
• 1944 – John "Charlie" Whitney, English musician (Family, Axis Point, Streetwalkers)
• 1944 – Chris Wood, English saxophonist (Traffic and Ginger Baker's Air Force) (d. 1983)
• 1945 – Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter (The Zombies and Keats)
• 1945 – Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1945 – George Pataki, American politician, 53rd Governor of New York
• 1945 – Nora Valsami, Greek actress
• 1946 – David Collenette, Canadian politician
• 1946 – Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1946 – Robert Reich, American economist
• 1947 – Mick Fleetwood, English drummer and actor (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1947 – Peter Weller, American actor
• 1948 – Patrick Moraz, Swiss pianist and songwriter (Yes, The Moody Blues, and Refugee)
• 1949 – John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bassist, and producer (Dire Straits)
• 1950 – Nancy Allen, American actress
• 1950 – Mercedes Lackey, American writer
• 1951 – Leslie Cochran, American activist (d. 2012)
• 1951 – David Rodigan, Germany-English actor and disk jockey
• 1952 – Stephen Pusey, English artist
• 1953 – Ivo Lill, Estonian artist
• 1955 – Edmund Malura, German footballer
• 1955 – Betsy Randle, American actress
• 1956 – Joe Penny, English actor
• 1957 – Astro, English rapper and musician (UB40)
• 1957 – Mark Parkinson, American politician
• 1958 – Kenneth Biros, American murderer (d. 2009)
• 1958 – Jean Charest, Canadian politician
• 1958 – Tom Lister, Jr., American wrestler and actor
• 1958 – Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer
• 1958 – John Tortorella, American ice hockey coach
• 1958 – Kathy Troccoli, American singer and author
• 1959 – Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Id, Dalek I Love You, and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
• 1960 – Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter (Brand New Heavies)
• 1960 – Karin Pilsäter, Swedish politician
• 1960 – Erik Poppe, Norwegian film director
• 1961 – Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist (Social Distortion) (d. 2000)
• 1961 – Iain Glen, Scottish actor
• 1961 – Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American activist
• 1961 – Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Tears for Fears and Graduate)
• 1963 – Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and coach
• 1963 – Mike Wieringo, American illustrator (d. 2007)
• 1964 – Gary Suter, American ice hockey player
• 1965 – Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player
• 1966 – Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and musician (Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
• 1966 – Adrienne Shelly, American actress and director (d. 2006)
• 1967 – Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Richard Z. Kruspe, German guitarist (Rammstein and Emigrate)
• 1967 – Janez Lapajne, Slovenian director
• 1967 – John Limniatis, Greek-Canadian footballer
• 1967 – Scott Oden, American writer
• 1967 – Sherry Stringfield, American actress
• 1968 – Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball player
• 1969 – Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian soprano
• 1970 – Glenn Medeiros, American singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2012)
• 1971 – Ji Jin Hee, South Korean actor
• 1971 – Christopher Showerman, American actor
• 1972 – Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
• 1972 – Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower
• 1973 – Alexander Beyer, German actor
• 1973 – Alexis Gauthier, French chef
• 1973 – Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1974 – Chris Guccione American baseball umpire
• 1974 – Ruffa Gutierrez, Filipino actress and model
• 1975 – Carla Gallo, American actress
• 1975 – Marek Malik, Czech ice hockey player
• 1975 – Federico Pucciariello, Argentine-Italian rugby player
• 1976 – Louisa Leaman, English writer
• 1976 – Brock Olivo, American football player
• 1977 – Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player
• 1977 – Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
• 1977 – Cas Jansen, Dutch actor
• 1978 – Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
• 1978 – Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1978 – Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
• 1978 – Luis García Sanz, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter (Nightwish, Brother Firetribe, Altaria, and Barilari)
• 1979 – Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer
• 1979 – Petra Němcová, Czech model, author, and philanthropist
• 1979 – Craig Shergold, English internet folklore subject
• 1980 – Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Liane Balaban, Canadian actress
• 1980 – Nina Dübbers, German tennis player
• 1980 – Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver
• 1980 – Minka Kelly, American actress
• 1982 – Clint Bajada, Maltese television and radio host
• 1982 – Kevin Nolan, English footballer
• 1982 – Mark Penney, Canadian director
• 1982 – Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer
• 1983 – John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor
• 1983 – Gianni Munari, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer
• 1984 – J. J. Redick, American basketball player
• 1985 – Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Kyle Searles, American actor
• 1985 – Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model
• 1986 – Stuart Broad, English cricketer
• 1986 – Phil Hughes, American baseball player
• 1986 – Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Serdar Güneş, Turkish footballer
• 1987 – Craig Henderson, New Zealand footballer
• 1987 – Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer
• 1987 – LiSA, Japanese singer
• 1988 – Nichkhun, Thai singer, dancer, and actor (2PM)
• 1988 – Micah Richards, English footballer
• 1990 – Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
• 1991 – Rie Kitahara, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)
• 1998 – Coy Stewart, American actor