August 24 - Births

Births

• 1113 – Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
• 1198 – King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
• 1358 – King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
• 1393 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
• 1552 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
• 1580 – John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)
• 1591 – Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
• 1635 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
• 1669 – Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747)
• 1707 – Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)
• 1750 – Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
• 1758 – Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
• 1759 – William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (d. 1833)
• 1772 – King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
• 1787 – James Weddell, English explorer of Antarctica (d. 1834)
• 1817 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
• 1837 – Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (d. 1924)
• 1845 – James C. Calhoun, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
• 1851 – Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
• 1852 – Deacon White, American baseball player (d. 1919)
• 1863 – Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
• 1865 – King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
• 1872 – Max Beerbohm, British caricaturist (d. 1956)
• 1880 – Joshua Lionel Cowen, American entrepreneur, creator of Lionel Trains (d. 1965)
• 1884 – Earl Derr Biggers, American author (d. 1933)
• 1887 – Harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974)
• 1890 – Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer (d. 1968)
• 1890 – Jean Rhys, British writer (d. 1979)
• 1893 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-born Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize (d. 1978)
• 1895 – Richard Cushing, archbishop of Boston (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954)
• 1898 – Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic (d. 1989)
• 1899 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. 1986)
• 1899 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1983)
• 1899 – Gaylord DuBois, American comic book writer (d. 1993)
• 1901 – Preston Foster, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1902 – Fernand Braudel, French historian (d. 1985)
• 1902 – Carlo Gambino, Sicilian-born American mafioso (d. 1976)
• 1903 – Karl Hanke, Nazi official (d. 1945)
• 1904 – Alice White, American actress (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Arthur Crudup, American singer and guitarist (d. 1976)
• 1905 – Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect
• 1909 – Ronald Grieveson, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Michel Pablo, Greek Trotskyist leader (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Durward Kirby, American television personality (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Charles Houston, American mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1915 – James Tiptree, Jr., American writer (d. 1987)
• 1916 – Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993)
• 1916 – Hal Smith, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1917 – Dennis James, American game show host (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Alex Colville, Canadian painter
• 1921 – Sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver (d. 2008)
• 1922 – René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Howard Zinn, American historian and activist (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Arthur Jensen, American psychologist
• 1924 – Alyn Ainsworth, British bandleader (d. 1990)
• 1924 – Jimmy Gardner, British actor (d. 2010)
• 1927 – David Ireland, Australian author
• 1927 – Harry Markowitz, American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1929 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Betty Dodson, American feminist and sex educator
• 1930 – Roger McCluskey, American racing driver (d. 1993)
• 1932 – Robert D. Hales, LDS apostle
• 1934 – Kenny Baker, English actor
• 1936 – A. S. Byatt, English novelist
• 1936 – Kenny Guinn, American Governor, Nevada
• 1937 – Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian politician (d. 1998)
• 1938 – Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician
• 1938 – David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship)
• 1938 – Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
• 1940 – Francine Lalonde, Quebec politician
• 1942 – Max Cleland, American politician
• 1942 – Howard Jacobson, British novelist and newspaper columnist
• 1943 – John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989)
• 1943 – Pini Zahavi, Israeli football agent
• 1944 – Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
• 1944 – Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1944 – Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1945 – Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)
• 1945 – Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter
• 1947 – Anne Archer, American actress
• 1947 – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author
• 1947 – Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
• 1947 – Joe Manchin, American politician, governor of West Virginia
• 1947 – Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
• 1948 – Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
• 1948 – Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
• 1949 – Joe Regalbuto, American actor
• 1949 – Charles Rocket, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1949 – Pia Degermark, Swedish actress
• 1950 – John Banaszak, Pittsburgh Steelers three-time Super Bowl champion
• 1950 – Tim White, American anthropologist
• 1951 – Orson Scott Card, American writer
• 1951 – Oscar Hijuelos, American author
• 1952 – Bob Corker, American politician, junior senator of Tennessee
• 1952 – Holly Hallstrom American model for The Price is Right
• 1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican dub poet
• 1952 – Mike Shanahan, American football coach
• 1952 – Peter Vogel, German footballer
• 1953 – Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist
• 1954 – Philippe Cataldo, French singer
• 1954 – Alain Daigle, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Mike Huckabee, American politician, Governor/Presidential candidate
• 1956 – John Culberson, American politician
• 1956 – Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter
• 1957 – Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar)
• 1957 – Stephen Fry, English comedian and actor
• 1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor
• 1958 – Tracy Harris, American artist
• 1958 – Chris Offutt, American author
• 1959 – Adrian Kuiper, former South African cricketer
• 1960 – Kim Christofte, Danish footballer
• 1960 – Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
• 1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
• 1961 – Ingrid Berghmans, Belgian judoka
• 1961 – Jared Harris, English actor
• 1962 – Craig Kilborn, American talk show host
• 1962 – David Koechner, American actor
• 1962 – Major Garrett, American journalist
• 1963 – John Bush, American singer (Anthrax)
• 1963 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director
• 1964 – Éric Bernard, French racing driver
• 1964 – Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
• 1964 – Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut
• 1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress
• 1965 – Reggie Miller, American basketball player
• 1965 – Brian Rajadurai, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1967 – Michael Thomas, English footballer
• 1968 – Benoît Brunet, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1968 – Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)
• 1968 – Tim Salmon, American baseball player
• 1968 – James Toney, Professional boxer
• 1970 – David Gregory, American television journalist
• 1970 – Dan Henderson, American Mixed martial artist
• 1970 – Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer
• 1971 – Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
• 1972 – Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
• 1973 – Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Dave Chappelle, American actor and Comedian
• 1973 – Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
• 1973 – Grey DeLisle, voice actress
• 1973 – Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
• 1974 – Orla Fallon, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman
• 1974 – Jennifer Lien, American actress
• 1975 – Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1975 – Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor
• 1976 – Nordin Wooter, Dutch footballer
• 1977 – Denílson, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Robert Enke, German footballer (d. 2009)
• 1977 – Per Gade, Danish footballer
• 1977 – John Green, American author
• 1977 – Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
• 1978 – Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
• 1978 – Derek Morris, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Beth Riesgraf, American actress
• 1979 – Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
• 1979 – Michael Redd, American basketball player
• 1979 – Markus Walger, German rugby player
• 1980 – Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress
• 1981 – Jiro Wang, Taiwanese singer, actor, model
• 1981 – Chad Michael Murray, American actor
• 1982 – Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer
• 1983 – Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
• 1983 – Christopher Parker, British actor
• 1984 – Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
• 1984 – Yesung, Korean singer (Super Junior)
• 1984 – Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player
• 1986 – Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (d. 2009)
• 1986 – Fabiano Santacroce, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Jon Scheyer, American basketball player
• 1988 – Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1988 – Helga Krapf, Filipina actress
• 1990 – Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentine actor and singer
• 2003 – Alexandre Coste, son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco