Births on 24 April
2000s
Olivia Gadecki
2002
Australian tennis player (born 2002)
1900s
Ziyu He
1999
Chinese violinist (born 1999)
Jerry Jeudy
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Ryan Whitney (actress)
1998
American actress (born 1998)
Lydia Ko
1997
New Zealand professional golfer (born 1997)
Veronika Kudermetova
1997
Russian tennis player (born 1997)
Ashleigh Barty
1996
Australian former tennis player (born 1996)
Kehlani
1995
American singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Jordan Fisher
1994
American actor and singer (born 1994)
Caspar Lee
1994
British-South African YouTuber (born 1994)
Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993)
1993
Welsh footballer (born 1993)
Joe Keery
1992
American actor and musician (born 1992)
Laura Kenny
1992
English cyclist (born 1992)
Jack Quaid
1992
American actor (born 1992)
Sigrid Agren
1991
French model
Morgan Ciprès
1991
French Olympic figure skater
Batuhan Karadeniz
1991
Turkish footballer (born 1991)
Kim Tae-ri
1990
South Korean actress (born 1990)
Jan Veselý
1990
Czech basketball player (born 1990)
Elīna Babkina
1989
Latvian basketball player
David Boudia
1989
American diver (born 1989)
Taja Mohorčič
1989
Slovenian tennis player
Ben Howard
1987
English singer-songwriter (born 1987)
Kris Letang
1987
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Rein Taaramäe
1987
Estonian road bicycle racer
Jan Vertonghen
1987
Belgian footballer (born 1987)
Varun Dhawan
1987
Indian actor (born 1987)
Aaron Cunningham
1986
American baseball player (born 1986)
Mike Rodgers
1985
American sprinter
Hanna Melnychenko
1983
Ukrainian heptathlete
Kelly Clarkson
1982
American singer-songwriter and TV personality (born 1982)
David Oliver (hurdler)
1982
American hurdler (born 1982)
Simon Tischer
1982
German volleyball player (born 1982)
Taylor Dent
1981
American tennis player
Yuko Nakanishi
1981
Japanese swimmer (born 1981)
Fernando Arce
1980
Mexican footballer (born 1980)
Karen Asrian
1980
Armenian chess grandmaster (1980–2008)
Diego Quintana
1978
Argentine footballer
Carlos Beltrán
1977
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1977)
Diego Placente
1977
Argentine footballer (born 1977)
Hedda Berntsen
1976
Norwegian sportsperson
Steve Finnan
1976
Irish footballer (born 1976)
Frédéric Niemeyer
1976
Canadian tennis player
Marte Mjøs Persen
1975
Norwegian politician (born 1975)
Dejan Savić
1975
Serbian water polo player (born 1975)
Eric Kripke
1974
American writer and television producer (born 1974)
Stephen Wiltshire
1974
British architectural artist (born 1974)
Gabby Logan
1973
Welsh TV/radio presenter and rhythmic gymnast (born 1973)
Damon Lindelof
1973
American screenwriter and producer (born 1973)
Brian Marshall
1973
American bassist
Eric Snow
1973
American basketball player and coach (born 1973)
Sachin Tendulkar
1973
Indian cricketer (born 1973)
Toomas Tohver
1973
Estonian footballer
Lee Westwood
1973
English golfer (born 1973)
Rab Douglas
1972
Scottish footballer
Chipper Jones
1972
American baseball player (born 1972)
Jure Košir
1972
Slovenian alpine skier
Kumar Dharmasena
1971
Sri Lankan cricket umpire (born 1971)
Evil Superstars
1971
Belgian indie rock band
Damien Fleming
1970
Australian cricketer and coach
Ilias Atmatsidis
1969
Greek footballer (born 1969)
Rory McCann
1969
Scottish actor (born 1969)
Eilidh Whiteford
1969
SNP politician
Aidan Gillen
1968
Irish actor (born 1968)
Todd Jones
1968
American baseball player (born 1968)
Roxanna Panufnik
1968
British composer of Polish heritage (born 1968)
Hashim Thaçi
1968
Kosovar politician (born 1968)
Dino Rađa
1967
Croatian basketball player
Omar Vizquel
1967
Venezuelan baseball player and coach (born 1967)
Pierre Brassard
1966
Canadian actor
Alessandro Costacurta
1966
Italian footballer (born 1966)
David Usher
1966
Canadian musician (born 1966)
Jeff Jackson (ice hockey, born 1965)
1965
Canadian ice hockey executive and former player
Helga Arendt
1964
German sprinter (1964–2013)
Cedric the Entertainer
1964
American comedian and actor (born 1964)
Djimon Hounsou
1964
Beninese-born actor (born 1964)
Witold Smorawiński
1964
Paula Frazer
1963
American singer-songwriter
Billy Gould
1963
American bassist (born 1963)
Mano Solo
1963
French singer
Clemens Binninger
1962
German politician of the CDU
Stuart Pearce
1962
English footballer and manager (born 1962)
Steve Roach (rugby league)
1962
Australia international rugby league footballer
Andrew Murrison
1961
British politician (born 1961)
Paula Yates
1959
British television personality and writer (1959–2000)
Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick
1958
British politician and police officer (born 1958)
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed
1957
British politician (born 1957)
James A. Winnefeld Jr.
1956
American defense official (born 1956)
Marion Caspers-Merk
1955
German politician (born 1955)
John de Mol Jr.
1955
Dutch media proprietor (born 1955)
Eamon Gilmore
1955
Irish former Labour Party leader (born 1955)
Margaret Moran
1955
British politician (born 1955)
Guy Nève
1955
Belgian racing driver (1955-1992)
Michael O'Keefe
1955
American actor (born 1955)
Bill Osborne
1955
Rugby player
Mumia Abu-Jamal
1954
American incarcerated activist (born 1954)
Jack Blades
1954
American musician (born 1954)
Eric Bogosian
1953
American actor, playwright, and author (born 1953)
Jean Paul Gaultier
1952
French fashion designer (born 1952)
Ralph Winter (producer)
1952
American film producer (born 1952)
Ron Arad (industrial designer)
1951
Israeli industrial designer (born 1951)
Christian Bobin
1951
French author and poet (1951–2022)
Nigel Harrison
1951
English musician
Enda Kenny
1951
Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017
Rob Hyman
1950
American singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
Eddie Hart (sprinter)
1949
American sprinter (born 1949)
Véronique Sanson
1949
French singer-songwriter
Paul Cellucci
1948
American lawyer and politician (1948–2013)
Eliana Gil
1948
Family therapist focusing on trauma and abuse
Josep Borrell
1947
Spanish politician (born 1947)
João Braz de Aviz
1947
Brazilian Catholic cardinal (born 1947)
Claude Dubois
1947
Canadian musical artist
Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill
1947
British Baroness (born 1947)
Roger D. Kornberg
1947
American biochemist and professor of structural biology
Doug Christie (lawyer)
1946
Canadian politician, lawyer, and far-right activist (1946–2013)
Phil Robertson
1946
American hunter, businessman and reality television star (1946–2025)
Doug Clifford
1945
American musician (born 1945)
Peter Cresswell (judge)
1944
English judge (1944–2025)
Maarja Nummert
1944
Estonian architect (1944–2024)
Tony Visconti
1944
American record producer and musician (born 1944)
Richard Sterban
1943
American quartet bass singer (born 1943)
Gordon West
1943
English footballer
Richard M. Daley
1942
Mayor of Chicago from 1989 to 2011
Barbra Streisand
1942
American singer and actress (born 1942)
Richard Holbrooke
1941
American diplomat and author (1941–2010)
John Williams (guitarist)
1941
Australian guitarist (born 1941)
Sue Grafton
1940
American writer (1940–2017)
Joe Henderson
1937
American jazz saxophonist (1937–2001)
David Crombie
1936
Canadian politician; mayor of Toronto
Jill Ireland
1936
British actress (1936–1990)
Jayakanthan
1934
Indian writer, journalist, filmmaker
Shirley MacLaine
1934
American actress and author (born 1934)
Abdelhamid Kermali
1931
Algerian footballer and manager (1931-2013)
Bridget Riley
1931
British painter (born 1931)
Jerome Callet
1930
American musical artist (1930–2019)
Richard Donner
1930
American filmmaker (1930–2021)
José Sarney
1930
President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990
Dr. Rajkumar
1929
Indian actor and singer (1929–2006)
Tommy Docherty
1928
Scottish association footballer and manager (1928–2020)
Johnny Griffin
1928
American jazz saxophonist (1928–2008)
Anahit Perikhanian
1928
Josy Barthel
1927
Luxembourgish athlete (1927–1992)
Marilyn Erskine
1926
American actress (born 1926)
Thorbjörn Fälldin
1926
Prime minister of Sweden from 1976 to 1978 and 1979 to 1982
Franco Leccese
1925
Italian sprinter
Clement Freud
1924
English broadcaster, writer, politician, chef and alleged sex offender (1924–2009)
Ruth Kobart
1924
American actress (1924–2002)
Gus Bodnar
1923
Canadian ice hockey player (1923–2005)
Doris Burn
1923
American writer
Marc-Adélard Tremblay
1922
Canadian anthropologist (1922–2014)
Gino Valenzano
1920
Italian racing driver
David Blackwell
1919
American mathematician and statistician (1919–2010)
Glafcos Clerides
1919
President of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003
Lou Thesz
1916
American professional wrestler (1916–2002)
William Castle
1914
American filmmaker (1914–1977)
Phil Watson
1914
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Justin Wilson (chef)
1914
American chef, actor and writer (1914–2001)
Dieter Grau
1913
American aerospace engineer
Ruth Osburn
1912
American discus thrower (1912–1994)
Marceline Day
1908
American actress (1908–2000)
Inga Gentzel
1908
Swedish runner
Józef Gosławski (sculptor)
1908
Polish sculptor and medallic artist
Gabriel Figueroa
1907
Mexican cinematographer (1907–1997)
William Joyce
1906
American-born fascist and propaganda broadcaster (1906–1946)
Mimi Smith
1906
Aunt and parental guardian of John Lennon (1906–1991)
Al Bates
1905
American long jumper
Robert Penn Warren
1905
American poet, novelist, and literary critic (1905–1989)
Willem de Kooning
1904
Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist (1904–1997)
José Antonio Primo de Rivera
1903
Spanish politician and founder of Falange Española (1903–1936)
Elizabeth Goudge
1900
English novelist and children's writer (1900–1984)
1800s
Oscar Zariski
1899
Russian-American mathematician (1899–1986)
Manuel Ávila Camacho
1897
President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946
Benjamin Lee Whorf
1897
American linguist (1897–1941)
Stafford Cripps
1889
British politician and diplomat (1889–1952)
Lyubov Popova
1889
Russian artist (1889–1924)
Pe Maung Tin
1888
Burmese scholar and educator
Denys Finch Hatton
1887
British aristocrat and big-game hunter (1887–1931)
Thomas Cronan
1885
American triple jumper
Con Walsh
1885
Canadian hammer thrower
Hugh Dowding
1882
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1882–1970)
Gideon Sundback
1880
Swedish-American inventor (1880-1954)
Josef Müller (entomologist)
1880
Susanna Bokoyni
1879
Hungarian circus performer (1879–1984)
Jean Crotti
1878
French painter
Erich Raeder
1876
German admiral (1876–1960)
Sandy Herd
1868
Scottish golfer (1868–1944)
Tomitaro Makino
1862
Japanese botanist (1862-1957)
Queen Marau
1860
Queen of Tahiti from 1877 to 1880
Philippe Pétain
1856
French general (1856–1951)
Carl Spitteler
1845
Swiss writer (1845–1924)
Luisa Cappiani
1829
Austrian opera singer
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
1823
President of Mexico from 1872 to 1876
Anthony Trollope
1815
English novelist (1815–1882)
Before 1800
Peter V. Daniel
1784
US Supreme Court justice from 1842 to 1860
Edmund Cartwright
1743
British inventor (1743–1823)
Nathaniel Hone the Elder
1718
Irish painter (1718–1784)
Giovanni Battista Martini
1706
Italian composer (1706–1784)
John Graunt
1620
British demographer
Gaston, Duke of Orléans
1608
French prince (1608–1660)
Vincent de Paul
1581
French priest and saint (1581-1660)
Xu Guangqi
1562
Chinese intellectual (1562–1633)
Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton
1545
English peer
Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
1538
Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1538–1587)
William the Silent
1533
Dutch statesman and revolt leader (1533–1584)
Thomas Lucy
1532
Politician and magistrate in 16th-century England
Sabina of Bavaria, Duchess of Württemberg
1492
Duchess consort of Württemberg
Ramiro II of Aragon
1086
King of Aragon from 1134 to 1137/1157