24 October Births

October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 68 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

51 – Domitian, Roman emperor (d. 96)
1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (d. 1402)
1503 – Isabella of Portugal (d. 1539)
1561 – Anthony Babington, English leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (d. 1723)
1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1749)
1713 – Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (d. 1794)
1739 – Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1807)
1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (d. 1839)
1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (d. 1879)
1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (d. 1891)
1811 – Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (d. 1885)
1830 – Marianne North, English biologist and painter (d. 1890)
1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (d. 1921)
1840 – Eliza Pollock, American archer (d. 1919)
1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (d. 1907)
1855 – James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (d. 1969)
1872 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (d. 1957)
1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1958)
1876 – Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (d. 1931)
1879 – B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (d. 1956)
1882 – Sybil Thorndike, English actress (d. 1976)
1884 – Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (d. 1944)
1885 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian-Israeli wife of Zalman Shazar (d. 1975)
1885 – Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (d. 1969)
1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (d. 1969)
1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (d. 1917)
1891 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
1891 – Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (d. 1985)
1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
1895 – Jack Warner, English actor and singer (d. 1981)
1896 – Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (d. 1994)
1898 – Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (d. 1974)
1901 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1959)
1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
1904 – Moss Hart, American director and playwright (d. 1961)
1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932)
1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)
1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)
1908 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
1909 – Bill Carr, American runner (d. 1966)
1910 – Stella Brooks, American singer (d. 2002)
1910 – Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
1910 – Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (d. 1998)
1910 – James K. Woolnough, American general (d. 1996)
1910 – Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (d. 1982)
1911 – Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (d. 1993)
1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)
1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1984)
1914 – Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (d. 1992)
1914 – Claude B. Duval, American lawyer and politician (d. 1986)
1914 – Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (d. 2012)
1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1915 – Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988)
1915 – Roger Milliken, American businessman (d. 2010)
1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (d. 2011)
1917 – Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003)
1918 – Doreen Tovey, English author (d. 2008)
1919 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008)
1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1921 – Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1921 – R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (d. 2015)
1922 – George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (d. 2014)
1923 – Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (d. 2000)
1923 – Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d. 1997)
1924 – John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008)
1924 – Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1924 – Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic
1925 – Bob Azzam, Egyptian-Monacan singer (d. 2004)
1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (d. 2003)
1925 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1925 – Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
1925 – Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1925 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
1925 – Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player
1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001)
1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992)
1927 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (d. 2013)
1928 – George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1929 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977)
1929 – Jim Brosnan, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator
1929 – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012)
1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)
1929 – Gustav Ranis, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1929 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013)
1930 – Jack Angel, American voice actor
1930 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1930 – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright
1930 – Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician
1930 – James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish racing driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (d. 1969)
1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang
1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer
1931 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012)
1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (d. 2000)
1933 – Ronald Kray, English gangster (d. 1995)
1933 – Norman Rush, American author and educator
1934 – John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
1934 – Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1934 – Jean-Baptiste Gourion, Algerian-French bishop (d. 2005)
1934 – Margie Masters, Australian golfer
1934 – Sammy Petrillo, American actor (d. 2009)
1934 – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter
1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
1935 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (d. 2013)
1935 – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
1936 – Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter
1936 – Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1936 – David Nelson, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2011)
1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
1937 – Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator
1937 – Barry Davies, English journalist and sportscaster
1937 – Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter
1937 – John Goetz, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1937 – Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
1937 – M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
1937 – Petar Stipetić, Croatian general
1938 – Michael Graydon, English air marshal
1938 – Odean Pope, American saxophonist (Catalyst)
1938 – Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1939 – John Adye, English intelligence officer
1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
1940 – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
1940 – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
1940 – Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (d. 2015)
1941 – William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (d. 2004)
1941 – Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop
1942 – Ruthann Aron, American politician
1942 – Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
1942 – Maggie Blye, American actress (d. 2016)
1942 – Ian Collins, Australian footballer and coach
1942 – Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author
1942 – Don Francis, American epidemiologist and virologist
1942 – Don Gant, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1987)
1942 – Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (d. 2004)
1942 – Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
1943 – Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
1943 – Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (d. 1994)
1943 – Corky Siegel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Siegel–Schwall Band)
1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1944 – Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Ted Templeman, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Harpers Bizarre)
1945 – Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (d. 1993)
1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
1948 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player
1948 – Dale Griffin, English rock drummer and producer (d. 2016)
1948 – Barry Ryan, English singer-songwriter
1948 – Paul Ryan, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1992)
1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
1949 – Chester Marcol, American football player
1949 – John Markoff, American journalist and author
1949 – Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
1949 – Stan White, American football player and sportscaster
1950 – Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1950 – Karen Austin, American actress
1950 – Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1950 – Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
1950 – Steven Greenberg, American singer-songwriter and producer (Lipps Inc.)
1950 – Tom Myers, American football player
1950 – Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
1950 – Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
1950 – Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
1950 – Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
1951 – George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
1952 – Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician
1952 – Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
1952 – Jane Fancher, American author and illustrator
1952 – Mark Gray, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1952 – Omar Moreno, Panamanian baseball player
1952 – Ney Rosauro, Brazilian drummer and composer
1952 – Peter Smagorinsky, American theorist and educator
1952 – Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
1952 – Reggie Walton, American baseball player
1952 – David Weber, American author
1953 – John Barton, English footballer and manager
1953 – Charles Colbourn, Canadian computer scientist and mathematician
1953 – Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager
1953 – Steven Hatfill, American physician and virologist
1953 – Mindy Newell, American nurse and author
1953 – Mike Papantonio, American lawyer and radio host
1953 – Jim Pettie, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 – Andrew Turner, English academic and politician
1953 – David Wright, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1954 – Doug Davidson, American actor
1954 – Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
1954 – Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
1954 – Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician, 31st Governor of South Dakota
1954 – Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
1955 – Katherine Knight, Australian murderer
1955 – Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress
1956 – Dale Maharidge, American journalist and author
1956 – Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician
1956 – David Stergakos, American-Greek basketball player
1957 – Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
1957 – John Kassir, American actor
1958 – Vincent K. Brooks, American general
1958 – Chip Hooper, American tennis player and coach
1959 – Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician
1959 – Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
1959 – Mike Brewer, American baseball player
1959 – Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
1959 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
1959 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls) (d. 2009)
1959 – Brad Johnson, American model and actor
1959 – Dave Meltzer, American journalist and historian
1959 – Shawn Moody, American businessman and politician
1959 – Ruth Perednik, English-Israeli psychologist and academic
1959 – Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
1959 – Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs
1959 – Anthony Waller, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver
1960 – Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
1960 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (d. 1999)
1960 – Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
1960 – B. D. Wong, American actor
1961 – Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
1961 – Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
1962 – Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
1962 – Dave Blaney, American race car driver
1962 – Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
1962 – Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
1962 – Ted Dekker, Indonesian-American author
1962 – Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, and Snowpony)
1962 – Kristen Hall, American singer-songwriter (Sugarland)
1962 – Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
1962 – Roland Königshofer, Austrian cyclist
1962 – Gene Larkin, American baseball player and coach
1962 – Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (d. 2000)
1962 – Mark Miller, American motorcycle racer
1962 – Jay Novacek, American football player and coach
1963 – Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963 – John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
1963 – Giselle Laronde, Trinidadian model, Miss World 1986
1963 – Arvind Raghunathan, Indian-American businessman
1964 – Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
1964 – Grant Gee, English film maker, photographer, cinematographer
1964 – Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
1964 – Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
1964 – Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
1964 – Doug Lee, American basketball player
1964 – Paul Vigay, English computer programmer (d. 2009)
1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
1966 – Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
1966 – Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
1967 – Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
1967 – Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
1968 – Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
1967 – Esther McVey, English television host and politician
1968 – Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
1969 – Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
1969 – Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
1970 – Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, and Major Organ and the Adding Machine)
1971 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
1971 – Anohni, English singer-songwriter and pianist
1971 – Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress
1972 – Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
1972 – Pat Williams, American football player and coach
1972 – Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1973 – Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
1973 – Pia Guanio, Filipino actress and television host
1973 – Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
1973 – Madlib, American rapper and producer
1973 – Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
1973 – Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
1974 – Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
1974 – Corey Dillon, American football player
1974 – Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout
1974 – Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
1975 – Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (d. 2013)
1976 – Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
1976 – Joakim Nätterqvist, Swedish actor
1976 – Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
1977 – Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
1978 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
1978 – James Hopes, Australian cricketer
1979 – Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter
1979 – Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1980 – Aiko Itō, Japanese actress
1980 – John D. Kobs, American businessman, founded Apartment List
1980 – Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey
1980 – Zac Posen, American fashion designer
1980 – Christian Vander, German footballer
1980 – Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
1981 – Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer
1981 – Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1981 – Jemima Rooper, English actress
1981 – Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
1981 – Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
1982 – Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
1982 – Macay McBride, American baseball player
1983 – Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1983 – V V Brown, English singer-songwriter and producer
1983 – Chris Colabello, American baseball player
1983 – Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
1983 – Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player
1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver
1984 – Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter
1984 – Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
1985 – Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
1985 – Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (d. 2014)
1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
1985 – Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
1986 – Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
1986 – Nobuhiko Okamoto, Japanese voice actor and singer
1986 – John Ruddy, English footballer
1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
1987 – Charlie White, American figure skater
1988 – Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
1988 – Christopher Linke, German race walker
1988 – Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
1989 – Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
1989 – Richard Kolitsch, German footballer (d. 2014)
1990 – LaMarcus Tinker, American actor, director, and producer
1991 – Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
1991 – Marek Bednar, Slovak ice hockey player
1991 – Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player
1992 – Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
1993 – Nabil Jeffri, Malaysian race car driver
1994 – Krystal, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (f(x) and SM the Ballad)
1994 – Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
1995 – Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
1996 – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
1997 – Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
1997 – Raúl Chávez Sarmiento, Peruvian mathematician
1998 – Daya, American singer

Source: Wikipedia