Births on 24 May
2000s
Saim Ayub
2002
Pakistani cricketer (born 2002)
Emily Austin
2001
American influencer (born 2001)
1900s
Tarjei Sandvik Moe
1999
Norwegian actor (born 1999)
Shu Uchida
1996
Japanese voice actress
Rodrigo De Paul
1994
Argentine footballer (born 1994)
Jarell Martin
1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Emily Nicholl
1994
Scotland netball international
Daiya Seto
1994
Japanese swimmer (born 1994)
Emily Temple-Wood
1994
American Wikipedia editor and physician (born 1994)
Marcus Bettinelli
1992
English footballer (born 1992)
Aled Davies (field athlete)
1991
Welsh Paralympic athlete
Cody Eakin
1991
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Mattias Ekholm
1990
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)
Joey Logano
1990
American racing driver (born 1990)
G-Eazy
1989
American rapper (born 1989)
Andrew Jordan (racing driver)
1989
British racing driver (born 1989)
Kalin Lucas
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Artem Anisimov
1988
Russian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Monica Lin Brown
1988
American combat medic (born 1988)
Billy Gilman
1988
American singer (born 1988)
Lucian Wintrich
1988
American writer and speaker
Denis Petrić
1988
Slovenian footballer (born 1988)
Guillaume Latendresse
1987
Canadian ice hockey player
Mark Ballas
1986
American professional dancer and musician (born 1986)
Giannis Kontoes
1986
Greek footballer (born 1986)
Tim Bridgman
1985
British racing driver (born 1985)
Sarah Hagan
1984
American television and film actress
Dmitri Kruglov
1984
Estonian footballer (born 1984)
Masaya Takahashi
1984
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1986)
Custódio Castro
1983
Portuguese footballer
Pedram Javaheri
1983
Persian-American meteorologist
Woo Seung-yeon
1983
South Korean model and actress (1983–2009)
Issah Gabriel Ahmed
1982
Ghanaian footballer
Rian Wallace
1982
American football player (born 1982)
Andy Lee (comedian)
1981
Australian comedian
Jason Babin
1980
American football player (born 1980)
Anthony Minichiello
1980
Former Australia & Italy international rugby league footballer
Tracy McGrady
1979
American basketball player (born 1979)
Kareem McKenzie
1979
American football player (born 1979)
Elijah Burke
1978
American professional wrestler (born 1981)
Johan Holmqvist
1978
Swedish ice hockey player
Brad Penny
1978
American baseball pitcher (born 1978)
Rose (French singer)
1978
French singer
Jeet Gannguli
1977
Indian score composer, music director and playback singer
Alessandro Cortini
1976
Italian musician
Catherine Cox (netball)
1976
Australia netball international
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
1976
Will Sasso
1975
Canadian actor (born 1975)
Marc Gagnon
1975
Canadian short track speed skater (born 1975)
Giannis Goumas
1975
Greek footballer and manager
Maria Lawson
1975
Musical artist
Sébastien Foucan
1974
French freerunner (born 1974)
Masahide Kobayashi
1974
Japanese baseball player (born 1974)
Magnus Manske
1974
German biochemist and MediaWiki developer (born 1974)
Rodrigo (musician)
1973
Argentine singer (1973–2000)
Bartolo Colón
1973
Dominican baseball player (born 1973)
Shirish Kunder
1973
Indian filmmaker (born 1973)
Vladimír Šmicer
1973
Czech footballer (born 1973)
Greg Berlanti
1972
American television writer and producer (born 1972)
Kris Draper
1971
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1971)
Martin McCague
1969
Professional cricketer
Jacob Rees-Mogg
1969
British politician (born 1969)
Rich Robinson
1969
American rock musician
Mandar Agashe
1969
Indian businessman and musician (born 1969)
Tamer Karadağlı
1967
Turkish actor
Andrey Borodin
1967
Russian banker and economist
Eric Close
1967
American actor and director (b.1967)
Heavy D
1967
American musician and actor (1967–2011)
Carlos Hernández (catcher)
1967
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1967)
Eric Cantona
1966
French actor and footballer (born 1966)
Ricky Craven
1966
American stock car racing driver and commentator
John C. Reilly
1965
American actor (born 1965)
Shinichirō Watanabe
1965
Japanese anime director (born 1965)
Liz McColgan
1964
Scottish middle-distance athlete (born 1964)
Adrian Moorhouse
1964
British swimmer
Isidro Pérez
1964
Mexican boxer
Pat Verbeek
1964
Canadian ice hockey player, executive (b. 1964)
Ivan Capelli
1963
Italian racing driver (born 1963)
Michael Chabon
1963
American author and Pulitzer Prize winner (born 1963)
Joe Dumars
1963
American basketball player and executive (born 1963)
Rich Rodriguez
1963
American football player and coach (born 1963)
Valerie Taylor (computer scientist)
1963
American computer scientist
Héctor Camacho
1962
Puerto Rican boxer (1962–2012)
Gene Anthony Ray
1962
American actor, dancer, and choreographer (1962–2003)
Lorella Cedroni
1961
Italian political philosopher
Alain Lemieux
1961
Canadian ice hockey player
Guy Fletcher
1960
British musician
Bill Harrigan
1960
Australian rugby league referee
Kristin Scott Thomas
1960
British actress (born 1960)
Pelle Lindbergh
1959
Swedish ice hockey player (1959–1985)
Barry O'Farrell
1959
Premier of New South Wales from 2011 to 2014
Chip Ganassi
1958
American racing team owner
Richard B. Bernstein
1956
American historian (1956–2023)
Larry Blackmon
1956
American vocalist and musician
Dominic Grieve
1956
British barrister and politician (born 1956)
Michael Jackson (bishop)
1956
Anglican Archbishop Of Dublin
Rosanne Cash
1955
American singer-songwriter and author (born 1955)
Philippe Lafontaine
1955
Belgian singer and composer (born 1955)
Rajesh Roshan
1955
Indian music director and composer (born 1955)
Alfred Molina
1953
British actor (born 1953)
Jim Broadbent
1949
British actor (born 1949)
Roger Deakins
1949
British cinematographer
Richard Dembo
1948
French director and screenwriter
Albert Bouchard
1947
American drummer
Mike de Leon
1947
Filipino film director (1947–2025)
Mike Reid (singer)
1947
American country music artist (born 1947)
Waddy Wachtel
1947
American musician (born 1947)
Martin Winterkorn
1947
German former business executive (born 1947)
Tansu Çiller
1946
Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996
Jesualdo Ferreira
1946
Portuguese football manager (born 1946)
Irena Szewińska
1946
Polish sprinter (1946–2018)
Terry Callier
1945
American musician
Steven Norris
1945
British politician (born 1945)
Richard Ottaway
1945
British Conservative politician (born 1945)
Priscilla Presley
1945
American actress (born 1945)
Patti LaBelle
1944
American singer and actress (born 1944)
Dominique Lavanant
1944
French actress
Gary Burghoff
1943
American actor (born 1943)
Ali Bacher
1942
South African cricketer (born 1942)
Hannu Mikkola
1942
Finnish rally driver (1942–2021)
Ichirō Ozawa
1942
Japanese politician (born 1942)
Bob Dylan
1941
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham
1941
British Baroness (1941–2018)
Joseph Brodsky
1940
Russian poet (1940–1996)
Prince Buster
1938
Jamaican musician (1938–2016)
Tommy Chong
1938
Canadian comedian and actor (born 1938)
Maryvonne Dupureur
1937
French middle-distance runner
Archie Shepp
1937
American jazz musician (born 1937)
Harold Budd
1936
American avant-garde composer and poet (1936–2020)
Joan Micklin Silver
1935
American film and theater director (1935–2020)
Jane Byrne
1933
American politician (1933–2014)
Réal Giguère
1933
Canadian television host and broadcaster (1933–2019)
Aharon Lichtenstein
1933
Rabbi & Rosh Yeshiva
Arnold Wesker
1932
British dramatist (1932–2016)
William Trevor
1928
Irish writer (1928-2016)
Stanley Baxter
1926
Scottish actor and comedian (1926–2025)
Carmine Infantino
1925
American comic book artist (1925–2013)
Mai Zetterling
1925
Swedish actress (1925–1994)
Philip Pearlstein
1924
American painter (1924–2022)
Siobhán McKenna
1922
Irish actress (1922–1986)
Coleman Young
1918
American politician (1918–1997)
Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway
1917
British judge, barrister and author
Roden Cutler
1916
Australian Army officer, politician and diplomat
Lilli Palmer
1914
German actress (1914–1986)
Joe Abreu
1913
American baseball player (1913–1993)
Jimmy Demaret
1910
American professional golfer (1910–1983)
Wilbur Mills
1909
American politician (1909–1992)
George Nakashima
1905
American architect (1905–1990)
Mikhail Sholokhov
1905
Russian writer (1905–1984)
Chūhei Nambu
1904
Japanese long and triple jumper
Lionel Conacher
1902
Canadian athlete and politician (1900–1954)
Sylvia Daoust
1902
Canadian sculptor (1902–2004)
José Nasazzi
1901
Uruguayan footballer (1901–1968)
Eduardo De Filippo
1900
Italian actor, director and playwright (1900–1984)
1800s
Suzanne Lenglen
1899
French tennis player (1899–1938)
Henri Michaux
1899
Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter
Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.
1895
American broadcasting businessman, magazine and newspaper publisher (1895–1979)
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
1892
American writer (1892–1958)
William F. Albright
1891
American archaeologist and biblical scholar (1891–1971)
Mick Mannock
1887
British flying ace (1887–1918)
Paul Paray
1886
French conductor, organist and composer (1886–1979)
H. B. Reese
1879
American inventor and businessman (1879–1956)
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
1878
American psychologist and industrial engineer
Robert Garrett
1875
United States athlete (1875–1961)
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874–1878)
1874
German princess
Benjamin N. Cardozo
1870
US Supreme Court justice from 1932 to 1938
Jan Smuts
1870
South African statesman and military officer (1870–1950)
Charlie Taylor (mechanic)
1868
American mechanic (1868–1956)
George Grey Barnard
1863
American sculptor (1863–1938)
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland
1861
Maltese-British politician (1861–1940)
Arthur Wing Pinero
1855
British playwright and actor (1855–1934)
Alexei Savrasov
1830
Russian painter
Queen Victoria
1819
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
Emanuel Leutze
1816
German-American painter
Abraham Geiger
1810
German rabbi and scholar (1810–1874)
Alexander von Nordmann
1803
Finnish biologist (1803–1866)
Before 1800
William Whewell
1794
English polymath (1794–1866)
Cathinka Buchwieser
1789
German operatic soprano and actress (1789–1828)
Jean-Paul Marat
1743
French political theorist (1743–1793)
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea
1689
British peer and politician
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
1686
Physicist and engineer (1686–1736)
Gian Gastone de' Medici
1671
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1723 to 1737
Emerentia von Düben
1669
Swedish lady-in-waiting
Marek Sobieski (1628–1652)
1628
Polish nobleman (1628–1652)
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
1616
Scottish statesman and peer (1616–1682)
Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley
1576
English courtier and patron of the arts
William Gilbert (physicist)
1544
English physician and natural philosopher
John Jewel
1522
English clergyman (1522–1571)
Pontormo
1494
Florentine Mannerist painter
Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary
1335
Queen consort of Hungary
Germanicus
-15
Roman general (15 BC–19 AD)