May 24 - Births

Births

• 15 BC – Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander (d. 19)
• 1494 – Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
• 1522 – John Jewel, English Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1571)
• 1544 – William Gilbert, English natural philosopher (d. 1603)
• 1616 – John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)
• 1671 – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
• 1686 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, German inventor and thermometer maker (d. 1736)
• 1689 – Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
• 1743 – Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
• 1794 – William Whewell, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1866)
• 1803 – Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (d. 1866)
• 1810 – Charles Clark, 24th Governor of Mississippi (d. 1877)
• 1810 – Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874)
• 1816 – Emanuel Leutze, German-born painter (d. 1868)
• 1819 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
• 1830 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (d. 1897)
• 1836 – Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (d. 1925)
• 1854 – John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy (d. 1918)
• 1855 – Arthur Wing Pinero, English playwright (d. 1934)
• 1863 – George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
• 1868 – Charlie Taylor, American mechanic, associate with the Wright brothers (d. 1956)
• 1870 – Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (d. 1938)
• 1870 – Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)
• 1874 – Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1878)
• 1878 – Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American engineer (d. 1972)
• 1879 – H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founder of H. B. Reese Candy Co. (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English educational psychologist (d. 1948)
• 1886 – Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (d. 1979)
• 1887 – Edward "Mick" Mannock, Irish World War I pilot (d. 1918)
• 1891 – William F. Albright, American archeologist and Biblical scholar (d. 1971)
• 1895 – Samuel Irving Newhouse, American publisher (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938)
• 1899 – Henri Michaux, French poet (d. 1984)
• 1900 – Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1954)
• 1900 – Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1901 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)
• 1903 – Milo Burcham, American aviator (d. 1944)
• 1905 – Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 1909 – Wilbur Mills, U.S. House of Representative from Arkansas (d. 1992)
• 1911 – Barbara West, English survivor of the Titanic sinking (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (d. 1986)
• 1914 – Giuseppe Valdengo, Italian baritone (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986)
• 1925 – Mai Zetterling, Swedish-born entertainer (d. 1994)
• 1926 – Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor
• 1928 – William Trevor, Irish writer
• 1930 – Hans-Martin Linde, German conductor
• 1931 – Michael Lonsdale, French actor
• 1932 – Arnold Wesker, English dramatist
• 1933 – Aharon Lichtenstein, French-born American Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva
• 1934 – Jane Byrne, 50th Mayor of Chicago
• 1934 – Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist
• 1935 – Joan Micklin Silver, American director
• 1936 – Harold Budd, American composer and poet
• 1937 – Archie Shepp, American jazz saxophonist
• 1937 – Roger Peterson, pilot who drove the plane on The Day the Music Died (d. 1959)
• 1938 – Tommy Chong, Canadian-born actor and comedian
• 1938 – David Viscott, American psychiatrist (d. 1996)
• 1940 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
• 1941 – Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter
• 1941 – George Lakoff, American linguist and political activist
• 1942 – Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and administrator
• 1943 – Gary Burghoff, American actor
• 1944 – Patti LaBelle, American R&B singer, songwriter and actress
• 1945 – Priscilla Presley, American actress
• 1946 – Irena Szewińska, Russian-born Polish sprinter
• 1947 – Martin Winterkorn, German automotive executive (Volkswagen Group)
• 1949 – Jim Broadbent, English actor
• 1949 – Sybil Danning, Austrian actress
• 1949 – Tomaž Pisanski, Slovenian mathematician
• 1950 – Larry Seidlin, American judge
• 1953 – Nell Campbell, American actress and singer
• 1953 – Alfred Molina, London-born Spanish-Italian actor
• 1953 – Klaus-Günter Stade, German footballer
• 1955 – Rosanne Cash, American singer
• 1955 – David Leonard, American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• 1956 – Michael Jackson, Northern Irish clergyman
• 1956 – Richard B. Bernstein, American constitutional and legal historian
• 1956 – Larry Blackmon, American singer (Cameo)
• 1959 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish hockey player (d. 1985)
• 1960 – Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
• 1960 – Guy Fletcher, British keyboardist (Dire Straits)
• 1960 – Doug Jones, American actor
• 1962 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1962 – Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer
• 1963 – Ivan Capelli, Italian racing driver
• 1963 – Michael Chabon, American author
• 1963 – Joe Dumars, American basketball player
• 1963 – Kathy Leander, Swiss singer
• 1963 – Rich Rodriguez, American football coach
• 1964 – Adrian Moorhouse, British swimmer
• 1964 – Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – John C. Reilly, American actor
• 1965 – Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese anime director
• 1966 – Eric Cantona, French footballer
• 1966 – Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver
• 1966 – Russell Kun, Nauruan politician
• 1967 – Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1967 – Eric Close, American actor
• 1967 – Steve McDonald, American bassist (Redd Kross)
• 1967 – Bruno Putzulu, French actor
• 1968 – Mo Willems, American author and screenwriter
• 1969 – Rich Robinson, American musician (Black Crowes)
• 1970 – Tommy Page, American singer
• 1971 – Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
• 1972 – Greg Berlanti, American television writer and producer
• 1972 – Joanna Wiśniewska, Polish discus thrower
• 1973 – Bartolo Colón, Dominican baseball player
• 1973 – Dermot O'Leary, English television presenter
• 1973 – Ruslana, Ukrainian singer
• 1973 – Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer
• 1974 – Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1974 – Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
• 1974 – Sébastien Foucan, French actor and free-runner
• 1975 – Marc Gagnon, Canadian short track speed skater
• 1975 – Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer
• 1975 – Maria Lawson, British singer
• 1976 – Alessandro Cortini, Italian multi-instrumentalist (Nine Inch Nails)
• 1976 – Catherine Cox, Australian netballer
• 1976 – Bob Maesen, Belgian flatwater canoer
• 1977 – Kym Valentine, Australian actress
• 1978 – Brian Ching, American footballer
• 1978 – Bryan Greenberg, American actor
• 1978 – Brad Penny, American baseball player
• 1978 – Johan Holmqvist, Swedish hockey player
• 1978 – Elijah Burke, American wrestler
• 1979 – Tracy McGrady, American basketball player
• 1979 – Frank Mir, American UFC fighter
• 1979 – Kareem McKenzie, American football player
• 1980 – Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1981 – Marketa Janska, Czech model
• 1982 – Issah Ahmed, Ghana football player
• 1982 – DaMarcus Beasley, American footballer
• 1983 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (d. 2009)
• 1983 – Alan Lastufka, American author, musician and artist
• 1984 – Sarah Hagan, American actress
• 1984 – Brodney Pool, American football player
• 1984 – Ryan Wieber, American visual effects compositor and amateur filmmaker
• 1985 – Tim Bridgman, British racing driver
• 1986 – Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
• 1986 – Mark Ballas, American professional dancer
• 1987 – Guillaume Latendresse, Canadian hockey player
• 1988 – Monica Lin Brown, American soldier
• 1988 – Artem Anisimov, Russian hockey player
• 1988 – Billy Gilman, American singer
• 1989 – Adel Taarabt, Moroccan footballer
• 1989 – Andrew Jordan, British racing driver
• 1990 – Joey Logano, American racing driver
• 1991 – Erika Umeda, Japanese singer
• 1992 – Travis T. Flory, American actor
• 1993 – Oliver Davis, American actor
• 1995 – Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein