April 24 - Births

Births

• 1533 – William I of Orange (d. 1584)
• 1581 – Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
• 1620 – John Graunt, English statistician and founder of the science of demography (d. 1674)
• 1706 – Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
• 1718 – Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
• 1743 – Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (d. 1823)
• 1784 – Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860)
• 1815 – Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
• 1845 – Carl Spitteler, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
• 1856 – Henri Philippe Pétain, French soldier and statesman (d. 1951)
• 1876 – Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)
• 1876 – Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960)
• 1878 – Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
• 1882 – Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970)
• 1887 – Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)
• 1889 – Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952)
• 1889 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
• 1896 – Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941)
• 1897 – Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
• 1899 – Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)
• 1903 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange (d. 1936)
• 1904 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997)
• 1905 – Robert Penn Warren, American poet (d. 1989)
• 1906 – William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)
• 1907 – William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
• 1908 – Marceline Day, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1908 – Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (d. 1963)
• 1914 – William Castle, American film director and producer (d. 1977)
• 1914 – Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef and humorist (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
• 1919 – Glafkos Klerides, Cypriot president 1993–2003
• 1922 – J.D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Doris Burn, American children's books author and illustrator
• 1924 – Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Ruth Kobart, American actor and singer (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1929 – Rajkumar, Kannada actor (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Jerome Callet, American musician
• 1930 – Richard Donner, American film director and producer
• 1930 – José Sarney, Brazilian president
• 1933 – Patricia Bosworth, American actress, journalist, writer and biographer
• 1933 – Claire Davenport, British actress (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Alan Eagleson, Canadian ice hockey agent and promoter
• 1933 – Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor
• 1933 – Freddie Scott, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author
• 1935 – Tucker Smith, American actor, dancer, and singer (d. 1988)
• 1936 – Glen Hobbie, American baseball player
• 1936 – Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)
• 1937 – Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Sue Grafton, American author
• 1941 – Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (d. 2010)
• 1941 – John Williams, Australian guitarist
• 1942 – Richard M. Daley, American politician
• 1942 – Barbra Streisand, American singer and actor
• 1943 – Richard Sterban, American singer
• 1945 – Doug Clifford, American drummer
• 1945 – Robert Knight, American singer
• 1945 – Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Dick Rivers, French singer and actor
• 1947 – Claude Dubois, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1947 – Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parliament
• 1947 – Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized
• 1948 – Paul Cellucci, 69^th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada
• 1949 – Véronique Sanson, French singer and songwriter
• 1952 – Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
• 1953 – Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
• 1954 – Jack Blades, American musician, bassist for Night Ranger, Rubicon (1970s band) and others
• 1954 – Mumia Abu-Jamal, American Civil Rights activist, journalist of The Black Panthers
• 1954 – Captain Sensible, British guitarist (The Damned)
• 1955 – Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician
• 1955 – John de Mol, Dutch media businessman
• 1955 – Michael O'Keefe, American actor
• 1957 – David J, British musician
• 1957 – Boris Williams, British musician (The Cure)
• 1958 – Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
• 1958 – Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer
• 1959 – Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer
• 1959 – Dave Ridgway, Canadian football player
• 1959 – Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)
• 1962 – Clemens Binninger, German politician
• 1962 – Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager
• 1962 – Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1963 – Paula Frazer, American singer/songwriter
• 1963 – Billy Gould, American musician (Faith No More)
• 1963 – Mano Solo, French singer
• 1963 – Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician
• 1964 – Witold Smorawiński, Polish musician, composer
• 1964 – Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor
• 1964 – Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor
• 1965 – Son Chang Min, South Korean actor
• 1966 – Pierre Brassard, Canadian humorist and actor
• 1966 – Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer
• 1967 – Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1968 – Stacy Haiduk, American actress
• 1968 – Todd Jones, American baseball player
• 1968 – Yuji Nagata, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1968 – Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician
• 1968 – Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
• 1968 – Mark Vanderloo, Dutch model
• 1969 – Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
• 1969 – Melinda Clarke, American actress
• 1969 – Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress
• 1970 – Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer
• 1971 – Alejandro Fernández, Mexican singer
• 1971 – Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer
• 1972 – Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
• 1972 – Nicolas Gill, Canadian judoka
• 1972 – Chipper Jones, American baseball player
• 1972 – Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
• 1973 – Eric Snow, American basketball player
• 1973 – Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
• 1973 – Gabby Logan, British television presenter
• 1973 – Damon Lindelof, American television writer
• 1974 – Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer
• 1974 – Derek Luke, American actor
• 1974 – Brian Marshall, American bassist (Creed, Alter Bridge)
• 1974 – Dave Vitty, British radio personality
• 1974 – Stephen Wiltshire, British artist, autistic savant
• 1975 – Sam Doumit, American actress
• 1975 – Thad Luckinbill, American actor
• 1976 – Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
• 1977 – Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer
• 1977 – Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1978 – Eric Balfour, American actor
• 1978 – Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress
• 1978 – Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress
• 1979 – Laurentia Tan, Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne
• 1980 – Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Austin Nichols, American actor
• 1980 – Danny Gokey, American singer
• 1980 – Karen Asrian, Armenian chess Grandmaster (d. 2008)
• 1981 – Taylor Dent, American tennis player
• 1981 – Dusty Anderson, American pro wrestler
• 1981 – Yuko Nakanishi, Japanese swimmer
• 1982 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer
• 1983 – Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan
• 1984 – Tyson Ritter, American musician
• 1986 – Aaron Cunningham, American baseball player
• 1987 – Kristopher Letang, Canadian hockey player
• 1987 – Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer
• 1989 – David Boudia, American diver
• 1992 – Doc Shaw, American child actor
• 1994 – Austin Rogers, American actor
• 1998 – Ryan Newman, American actress