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)