Births on 24 January
2000s
Countess Athena of Monpezat
2012
Member of the Danish royal family (born 2012)
Johnny Orlando
2003
Canadian pop singer (born 2003)
1900s
Vitalie Damașcan
1999
Moldovan footballer
Niki (singer)
1999
Indonesian singer-songwriter based in the United States (born 1999)
Tristan Wirfs
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Zhan Beleniuk
1991
Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler (born 1991)
Tatiana Kashirina
1991
Russian weightlifter (born 1991)
Zack Kassian
1991
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Mao Abe
1990
Japanese singer-songwriter
Serdar Kesimal
1989
Turkish footballer
Gong Lijiao
1989
Chinese Olympic shot putter
Whit Merrifield
1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
José Quintana
1989
Colombian baseball player (born 1989)
Ki Sung-yueng
1989
South Korean footballer (born 1989)
Selina Jörg
1988
German snowboarder (born 1988)
DaJuan Summers
1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Brian Cushing
1987
American football player and coach (born 1987)
Luis Suárez
1987
Uruguayan footballer (born 1987)
Kia Vaughn
1987
American-born Czech basketball player (born 1987)
Guan Xin
1987
Chinese basketball player
Cristiano Araújo
1986
Brazilian singer (1986–2015)
Mischa Barton
1986
British and American actress (born 1986)
Tyler Flowers
1986
American baseball player (born 1986)
Vladislav Ivanov (footballer, born 1986)
1986
Russian footballer (born 1986)
Michael Kightly
1986
English footballer
Sean McVay
1986
American football coach (born 1986)
Raviv Ullman
1986
Israeli actor
Justin Baldoni
1984
American actor and director (born 1984)
Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1984)
1984
Portuguese footballer
Davide Biondini
1983
Italian footballer (born 1983)
Wyatt Crockett
1983
New Zealand rugby player (born 1983)
Shaun Maloney
1983
Scottish professional footballer (born 1983)
Scott Speed
1983
American racing driver (born 1983)
Carrie Coon
1981
American actress (born 1981)
Mario Eggimann
1981
Swiss footballer (born 1981)
Zaur Hashimov
1981
Azerbaijani footballer and manager (born 1981)
Elena Kolomina
1981
Kazakhstani cross-country skier (born 1981)
Jofre Mateu
1980
Spanish footballer (born 1980)
Suzy (singer)
1980
Musical artist
Tatyana Ali
1979
American actress and singer (born 1979)
Leandro Desábato
1979
Argentine footballer (born 1979)
Busy Signal
1979
Jamaican dancehall reggae artist (born 1979)
Nik Wallenda
1979
American acrobat (born 1979)
Veerle Baetens
1978
Belgian actress and singer
Mark Hildreth (actor)
1978
Canadian actor (born 1978)
Kristen Schaal
1978
American actress, comedian, and writer (born 1978)
Andrija Gerić
1977
Serbian volleyball player
Michelle Hunziker
1977
Swiss and Italian television presenter and model (born 1977)
Shae-Lynn Bourne
1976
Canadian ice dancer and choreographer (born 1976)
Cindy Pieters
1976
Belgian cyclist
Gianluca Basile
1975
Italian basketball player (born 1975)
Rónald Gómez
1975
Costa Rican footballer (born 1975)
Reto Hug
1975
Swiss triathlete
Henna Raita
1975
Finnish alpine skier (born 1975)
Cyril Despres
1974
French motorcycle racer
Ed Helms
1974
American actor and comedian (born 1974)
Melissa Tkautz
1974
Australian actress and musician (born 1974)
Rokia Traoré
1974
Malian musician (born 1974)
Beth Hart
1972
American blues rock musician
José Carlos Fernández (Bolivian footballer)
1971
Bolivian footballer (born 1971)
Roberto Bonano
1970
Argentine footballer (born 1970)
Luke Egan
1970
Australian professional surfer
Neil Johnson (cricketer)
1970
Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1970)
Matthew Lillard
1970
American actor and director (born 1970)
Yoo Ho-jeong
1969
South Korean actress (born 1969)
Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva
1969
Fernando Escartín
1968
Spanish cyclist
Tymerlan Huseynov
1968
Ukrainian footballer
Antony Garrett Lisi
1968
American theoretical physicist (born 1968)
Mary Lou Retton
1968
American gymnast (born 1968)
Michael Kiske
1967
German singer (born 1968)
Phil LaMarr
1967
American actor (born 1967)
Julie Dreyfus
1966
French actress
Karin Viard
1966
French actress
Mike Awesome
1965
American professional wrestler (1965–2007)
Carlos Saldanha
1965
Brazilian animator (born 1965)
Margaret Urlich
1965
New Zealand singer (1965–2022)
Pagonis Vakalopoulos
1965
Greek footballer
Arnold Vanderlyde
1963
Dutch boxer
Jorge Barrios (footballer)
1961
Uruguayan footballer (born 1961)
Guido Buchwald
1961
German footballer
Christa Kinshofer
1961
German alpine skier
Nastassja Kinski
1961
German actress (born 1961)
William Van Dijck
1961
Belgian track athlete
Jack Neo
1960
Singaporean comedian and director
Akira Maeda
1959
Japanese combat sport event promoter, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Michel Preud'homme
1959
Belgian footballer (born 1959)
Kim Eui-kon
1958
South Korean wrestler (1958–2014)
Jools Holland
1958
English musician and television personality (born 1958)
Frank Ullrich
1958
German biathlete and politician
Mark Eaton
1957
American basketball player (1957–2021)
Adrian Edmondson
1957
English actor, comedian, musician and writer (born 1957)
Agus Martowardojo
1956
Indonesian politician
Jim Montgomery (swimmer)
1955
American swimmer (born 1955)
Alan Sokal
1955
American physicist and mathematician (born 1955)
Lynda Weinman
1955
American technology business executive
Jo Gartner
1954
Austrian racing driver (1954–1986)
Yuri Bashmet
1953
Russian conductor, violinist and violist (born 1953)
Moon Jae-in
1953
President of South Korea from 2017 to 2022
Yakov Smirnoff
1951
Ukrainian-American comedian (born 1951)
Daniel Auteuil
1950
French actor and director (born 1950)
John Belushi
1949
American actor (1949–1982)
Bart Gordon
1949
American politician (born 1949)
Nadezhda Ilyina
1949
Soviet sprinter
Rihoko Yoshida
1949
Japanese voice actress
Michael Des Barres
1948
British actor and singer (born 1948)
Giorgio Chinaglia
1947
Italian footballer (1947–2012)
Michio Kaku
1947
American theoretical physicist, futurist and author
Masashi Ozaki
1947
Japanese professional golfer (1947–2025)
Warren Zevon
1947
American singer and songwriter (1947–2003)
Michael Ontkean
1946
Canadian actor (born 1946)
John Garamendi
1945
American businessman & politician (born 1945)
Subhash Ghai
1945
Indian filmmaker and screenwriter (born 1945)
Eva Janko
1945
Austrian javelin thrower
David Gerrold
1944
American screenwriter and novelist (born 1944)
Gian Franco Kasper
1944
Swiss ski official (1944–2021)
Barry Mealand
1943
English footballer
Peter Struck (politician)
1943
German politician
Sharon Tate
1943
American actress and model (1943–1969)
Tony Trimmer
1943
British racing driver (born 1943)
Manuel Velázquez
1943
Spanish footballer
Ingo Friedrich
1942
German politician
Gary Hart (wrestler)
1942
American professional wrestler and manager (1942–2008)
Neil Diamond
1941
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Aaron Neville
1941
American singer (born 1941)
Dan Shechtman
1941
Israeli Nobel laureate in chemistry
Joachim Gauck
1940
President of Germany from 2012 to 2017
Renate Boy
1939
German shot putter (1939–2023)
Ray Stevens
1939
American country and pop musician (born 1939)
Julius Hemphill
1938
American jazz composer and saxophonist (1938–1995)
Trevor Edwards
1937
Welsh footballer (1937–2024)
Doug Kershaw
1936
American singer-songwriter
Shivabalayogi
1935
Indian yogi (1935–1994)
Leonard Goldberg
1934
American film and television producer (1934–2019)
Stanisław Grochowiak
1934
Polish poet and dramatist
Lars Hörmander
1931
Swedish mathematician (1931–2012)
Terence Bayler
1930
New Zealand actor (1930–2016)
Mahmoud Farshchian
1930
Iranian artist (1930–2025)
John Romita Sr.
1930
American comic book artist (1930–2023)
Desmond Morris
1928
English zoologist, ethologist and artist (born 1928)
Michel Serrault
1928
French actor (1928–2007)
Paula Hawkins (politician)
1927
American politician (1927–2009)
Ruth Asawa
1926
American sculptor (1926–2013)
Georges Lautner
1926
French film director and screenwriter (1926–2013)
Gus Mortson
1925
Ice hockey player
Maria Tallchief
1925
Native American ballerina (1925–2013)
Brian Bevan
1924
Australian rugby league footballer
Karpoori Thakur
1924
Indian politician (1924–1988)
Daniel Boulanger
1922
French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter
Neil Franklin
1922
English footballer (1922–1996)
Jimmy Forrest (musician)
1920
American jazz musician (1920–1980)
Jerry Maren
1920
American actor (1920–2018)
Coleman Francis
1919
American actor (1919–1973)
Leon Kirchner
1919
American composer
Oral Roberts
1918
American religious leader (1918–2009)
Gottfried von Einem
1918
Austrian composer (1918–1996)
Ernest Borgnine
1917
American actor (1917–2012)
Wilhelmus Demarteau
1917
Rafael Caldera
1916
President of Venezuela (1969–1974; 1994–1999)
Gene Mako
1916
American tennis player and art gallery owner (1916–2013)
Vítězslava Kaprálová
1915
Czech composer and conductor (1915–1940)
Robert Motherwell
1915
American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker (1915–1991)
Norman Dello Joio
1913
American composer (1913–2008)
Ray Stehr
1913
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Frederick Ashworth
1912
United States Navy admiral
Doris Haddock
1910
American political activist
Martin Lings
1909
English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher (1909–2005)
Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková
1909
Slovak painter (1909–2005)
Maurice Couve de Murville
1907
Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969
Jean Daetwyler
1907
Swiss composer and musician
Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu
1907
Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1965 to 1970
Wilfred Jackson
1906
American film director (1906–1988)
J. Howard Marshall
1905
American business magnate (1905–1995)
Harry Calder
1901
English cricketer
Cassandre
1901
French painter and designer (1901–1968)
Edward Turner (motorcycle designer)
1901
British motorcycle designer
René Guillot
1900
French children's writer (1900–1969)
1800s
Hoyt Vandenberg
1899
U.S. Air Force general (1899–1954)
Paul Fejos
1897
Hungarian-American filmmaker and anthropologist
Eugen Roth
1895
Bavarian poet
Franz Aigner (weightlifter)
1892
Austrian weightlifter (1892–1970)
Walter Model
1891
German military officer (1891–1945)
Victor Eftimiu
1889
Romanian poet and playwright (1889 - 1972)
Charles Boardman Hawes
1889
American maritime writer (1989–1923)
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke
1889
German general
Vicki Baum
1888
Austrian writer (1880–1960)
Ernst Heinkel
1888
Aircraft designer and manufacturer (1888–1958)
Jean-Henri Humbert
1887
French botanist
Henry King (director)
1886
American film director
Marjory Stephenson
1885
British biochemist (1885–1948)
Helena B. Cobb
1869
American educator & missionary (1869–1922)
Jaan Poska
1866
Estonian politician (1866–1920)
Marguerite Durand
1864
French journalist and feminist (1864–1936)
Edith Wharton
1862
American writer and designer (1862–1937)
Constance Naden
1858
19th-century English writer, poet, and philosopher
Vasily Surikov
1848
Russian artist (1848–1916)
Josip Stadler
1843
19th and 20th-century Catholic bishop
Before 1800
E. T. A. Hoffmann
1776
German author (1776–1822)
Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron
1763
French general (1763–1831)
Andrew Ellicott
1754
American surveyor (1754–1820)
Charles James Fox
1749
British politician (1749–1806)
Gustav III
1746
King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792
Jean Nicolas Houchard
1739
Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais
1732
French playwright and diplomat (1732–1799)
Frederick the Great
1712
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786
Dom Bédos de Celles
1709
French monk and organ builder (1709–1779)
Farinelli
1705
Italian castrato singer (1705–1782)
Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
1684
Duke of Württemberg from 1733 to 1737
Christian Wolff (philosopher)
1679
German philosopher (1679–1754)
Thomas Tanner (bishop)
1674
English bishop (1674–1735)
Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt
1672
Prussian Commander and Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
William Congreve
1670
British playwright, poet and colonial administrator (1670-1729)
John Vanbrugh
1664
English architect and dramatist (1664–1726)
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
1643
English politician, courtier and poet
Yamazaki Ansai
1619
Japanese philosopher (1619–1682)
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland
1602
English nobleman, politician and writer
Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
1547
Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1574 to 1578
Galeazzo Maria Sforza
1444
Fifth Duke of Milan (1444–1476)
Richard de Bury
1287
14th-century Bishop of Durham, Chancellor of England, Treasurer of England
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