October 24 - Births

Births

• 51 – Titus Flavius Domitianus, Roman Emperor (d. 96)
• 1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)
• 1561 – Anthony Babington, Leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
• 1632 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (d. 1723)
• 1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749)
• 1710 – Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)
• 1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839)
• 1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American poet (d. 1879)
• 1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (d. 1891)
• 1811 – Ferdinand Hiller, German composer (d. 1885)
• 1830 – Marianne North, English naturalist and flower painter (d. 1890)
• 1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American Adventuress (d. 1921)
• 1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (d. 1907)
• 1855 – James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
• 1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
• 1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (d. 1969)
• 1872 – Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (d. 1957)
• 1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (d. 1958)
• 1882 – Dame Sybil Thorndike, British actress (d. 1976)
• 1885 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Zionist political figure and widow of Zalman Shazar (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist (d. 1917)
• 1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (d. 1969)
• 1891 – Rafael Molina-Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
• 1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (d. 1987)
• 1896 – Jack Warner, English actor (d. 1981)
• 1901 – Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959)
• 1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
• 1904 – Moss Hart, American dramatist (d. 1961)
• 1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani, a Bangladeshi who was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement. (d. 1932)
• 1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (d. 1968)
• 1909 – Bill Carr, American athlete (d. 1966)
• 1911 – Sonny Terry, American blues musician (d. 1986)
• 1911 – Paul Grégoire, French Canadian archbishop of Montreal (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (d. 1984)
• 1915 – Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Roger Milliken, American millionaire
• 1915 – Marghanita Laski, British journalist and novelist (d. 1988)
• 1919 – Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (d. 1996)
• 1923 – Sir Robin Day OBE, British political broadcaster and commentator (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Denise Levertov, English-born poet (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Bob Azzam, Egyptian singer (d. 2004)
• 1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player
• 1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French singer and actor (d. 1992)
• 1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French composer and actor (d. 2001)
• 1929 – George Crumb, American composer
• 1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Hubert Aquin, French-Canadian novelist and activist (d. 1977)
• 1930 – J.P. Richardson, The Big Bopper, American singer (d. 1959)
• 1930 – Johan Galtung, Norwegian peace researcher
• 1930 – Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia
• 1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer
• 1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 – Reggie Kray, British gangster and murderer (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Ronnie Kray, British gangster and murderer (d. 1995)
• 1933 – Norman Rush, American writer
• 1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist and music professor
• 1936 – David Nelson, American actor and director
• 1936 – Bill Wyman, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
• 1937 – Santo Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
• 1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
• 1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand film director
• 1941 – William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer
• 1943 – Bill Dundee, American professional wrestler
• 1944 – Ray Downs American author and musician
• 1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and coach (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Anthony Christian, English artist
• 1945 – Gérald Larose, Quebec labour union executive
• 1945 – Duncan Lunan, Scottish astronomer and writer
• 1945 – Alan Titus, American baritone
• 1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf) (d. 1993)
• 1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor
• 1948 – Paul and Barry Ryan, British composer-singers
• 1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American politician and activist
• 1949 – Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer
• 1950 – Steven Greenberg, American composer (Lipps Inc.)
• 1950 – Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
• 1950 – Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
• 1954 – Brad Sherman, American politician
• 1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian politician
• 1954 – Thomas J. Mulcair, Quebec politician
• 1954 – Mike Rounds, American politician, current governor of South Dakota
• 1954 – Jozef Ráž, Slovak musician
• 1955 – Katherine Knight, Australian murderess
• 1956 – Dale Maharidge, American author
• 1956 – Jeff Merkley, American politician, junior senator of Oregon
• 1957 – Ron Gardenhire, German-born American baseball manager
• 1957 – John Kassir, American actor and comedian
• 1959 – Anthony Waller, Lebanese film director
• 1960 – Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer
• 1960 – B.D. Wong, American actor
• 1960 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (d. 1999)
• 1960 – Joachim "Jo" Winkelhock, German race car driver
• 1960 – Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver (Grave Digger)
• 1961 – Mary Bono, American politician
• 1961 – Bruce L. Castor, Jr. American politician
• 1961 – Dave Meltzer, American wrestling journalist
• 1962 – Dave Blaney, American race car driver
• 1962 – Jay Novacek, American football player
• 1963 – John Hendrie, Scottish footballer
• 1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos, Greek politician
• 1966 – Roman Abramovich, Russian oil magnate
• 1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
• 1967 – Ian Bishop, West Indian cricketer
• 1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist
• 1969 – Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
• 1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, British engineer and project manager
• 1971 – Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress
• 1971 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
• 1972 – Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
• 1972 – Scott Peterson, American murderer
• 1972 – Pat Williams, American football player
• 1973 – Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
• 1973 – Madlib, American musician and rapper
• 1973 – Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer
• 1973 – Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
• 1974 – Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
• 1974 – Corey Dillon, American football player
• 1974 – Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
• 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 – Justin Lee Brannan, American musician
• 1978 – James Hopes, Australian one-day cricketer
• 1979 – Ben Gillies, Australian musician (Silverchair)
• 1980 – Monica, American singer and actress
• 1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
• 1980 – Zac Posen, American fashion designer
• 1980 – Casey Wilson, American comic actress (Saturday Night Live)
• 1981 – Sebastián Bueno, Argentine footballer
• 1981 – Jemima Rooper, British actress
• 1981 – Tila Tequila, American model
• 1982 – Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian racing driver
• 1982 – Macay McBride, American baseball player
• 1983 – Adrienne Bailon, American actress and singer
• 1983 – VV Brown, English singer
• 1983 – Hernán Garin, Argentine footballer
• 1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver
• 1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer
• 1984 – Felicia Chin, Singaporean actress
• 1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
• 1986 – Aubrey Graham, Canadian actor and rapper
• 1986 – John Ruddy, English footballer
• 1987 – Charlie White, American ice dancer
• 1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
• 1989 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
• 1989 – Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Australian actress
• 1994 – Krystal Jung, American-born Korean singer