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February 24 birthdays

338 notable historical figures were born on February 24, and 199 died on this day. Everyone born on February 24 is a Pisces.

16% of February 24 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (79) than any other country.

Born on February 24

• Steve Jobs (1955 to 2011. American businessman and inventor (1955–2011))
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500 to 1558. Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556)
• Ibn Battuta (1304 to 1368. Maghrebi traveller and scholar (1304–1368/1369))
• Yuval Noah Harari (born 1976. Israeli historian and philosopher (born 1976))
• Judith Butler (born 1956. American feminist and queer philosopher (born 1956))
• Rajaram I (1670 to 1700. Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1689 to 1700)
• Matthias Corvinus (1443 to 1490. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490)
• Honus Wagner (1874 to 1955. American baseball player (1874–1955))
• Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 1942. Indian scholar and feminist critic (born 1942))
• Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774 to 1850. British prince (1774–1850))
• Rupert Holmes (born 1947. British-American composer, singer-songwriter and playwright (born 1947))
• Erna Solberg (born 1961. Prime Minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021)
• Matthias (1557 to 1619. Holy Roman Emperor form 1612 to 1619)
• Winslow Homer (1836 to 1910. American landscape painter (1836–1910))
• Michel Legrand (1932 to 2019. French film score composer (1932–2019))
• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463 to 1494. Italian Renaissance philosopher (1463–1494))
• John of Austria (1547 to 1578. Spanish military leader (1547–1578))
• Joseph Banks (1743 to 1820. English naturalist and botanist (1743–1820))
• Pope Clement VIII (1536 to 1605. Head of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605)
• Bettino Craxi (1934 to 2000. Italian politician (1934–2000))
• Leo von Caprivi (1831 to 1899. Chancellor of the German Empire from 1890 to 1894)
• Alfonso V of Aragon (1396 to 1458. King of Aragon from 1416 to 1458)
• Bingu wa Mutharika (1934 to 2012. President of Malawi from 2004 to 2012)
• Rama II (1768 to 1824. King of Siam from 1809 to 1824)
• Thomas Newcomen (1663 to 1729. English inventor, preacher and ironmonger)
• Kelly Craft (born 1962. American businesswoman and diplomat (born 1962))
• Alexander Bustamante (1884 to 1977. Jamaican politician and labour leader (1884–1977))
• Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy (born 1940. Italian princess (born 1940))
• Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (born 1963. Claimant to the headship of the former House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies)
• Brian Schmidt (born 1967. American-born Australian astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate)
• Irène Némirovsky (1903 to 1942. French novelist (1903–1942))
• Alain Prost (born 1955. French racing driver (born 1955))
• Charles Le Brun (1619 to 1690. French painter and art theorist (1619–1690))
• Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906 to 1963. Margrave of Baden (1906–1963))
• Michael Radford (born 1946. English film director and screenwriter (born 1946))
• Rainbow Rowell (born 1973. American writer)
• Richard Hamilton (1922 to 2011. English painter and collage artist (1922–2011))
• Etel Adnan (1925 to 2021. Lebanese-American writer and artist (1925–2021))
• Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880 to 1959. British politician (1880–1959))
• Vicente Lim (1888 to 1944. Filipino army general (1888–1944))
• Barbara Lawrence (1930 to 2013. American writer and real-estate businessperson, and retired actress and model)
• David J. Wineland (born 1944. American physicist)
• Johan Christian Dahl (1788 to 1857. Danish-Norwegian artist (1788–1857))
• Floyd Mayweather (born 1977. American boxer and boxing promoter (born 1977))
• Emperor Toba (1103 to 1156. Emperor of Japan from 1107 to 1123)
• Telford Taylor (1908 to 1998. American lawyer (1908–1998))
• Ivica Račan (1944 to 2007. Croatian politician (1944–2007))
• Grigory Margulis (born 1946. Russian mathematician)
• Andre Gunder Frank (1929 to 2005. German-American sociologist (1929–2005))
• Jacques de Vaucanson (1709 to 1782. French inventor and artist (1709–1782))
• Pembayun, Princess Mangkubumi (born 1972. Crown Princess of Yogyakarta)
• Teófilo Braga (1843 to 1924. Portuguese president (1843–1924))
• Ali Mazrui (1933 to 2014. Kenyan academic (1933–2014))
• Jiří Trnka (1912 to 1969. Czech animator and illustrator (1912–1969))
• Arrigo Boito (1842 to 1918. Italian librettist and composer (1842–1918))
• Judah Folkman (1933 to 2008. American surgeon and research biologist (1933–2008))
• Alain Mabanckou (born 1966. Congolese writer (born 1966))
• Mattia Preti (1613 to 1699. Italian painter (1613–1699))
• Isa Gambar (born 1957. Azerbaijani politician (born 1957))
• Julius Vogel (1835 to 1899. Premier of New Zealand (1873–1875, 1876))

Died on February 24

• Katherine Johnson (1918 to 2020. American mathematician (1918–2020))
• Harold Ramis (1944 to 2014. American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014))
• Octavia E. Butler (1947 to 2006. American science fiction writer (1947–2006))
• Claude Shannon (1916 to 2001. American mathematician (1916–2001))
• Dennis Weaver (1924 to 2006. American actor (1924–2006))
• Anton Drexler (1884 to 1942. German far-right politician (1884–1942))
• Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886 to 1967. Last ruler of Hyderabad, India (1886–1967))
• Henry Cavendish (1731 to 1810. English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810))
• Robert Fulton (1765 to 1815. American engineer and inventor (1765–1815))
• Carlo Buonaparte (1746 to 1785. Father of Napoleon Bonaparte (1746–1785))
• Sandro Pertini (1896 to 1990. President of Italy from 1978 to 1985)
• Sridevi (1963 to 2018. Indian actress (1963–2018))
• Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809 to 1876. 1st and 7th president of Liberia (1848–56, 1872–76))
• Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 to 1799. German scientist and satirist (1742–1799))
• Charles of Durazzo (1345 to 1386. King of Naples (1382–1386) and Hungary (1385–1386))
• Diana Serra Cary (1918 to 2020. American child film actress and film historian (1918–2020))
• Francis, Duke of Guise (1519 to 1563. French soldier and politician (1519–1563))
• Osman Hamdi Bey (1842 to 1910. Ottoman administrator, intellectual and artist (1842–1910))
• Grand Duke Friedrich August II (1852 to 1931. Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1900 to 1918)
• Franz Waxman (1906 to 1967. German film composer (1906–1967))
• Robert M. La Follette Jr. (1895 to 1953. American politician (1895–1953))
• Hjalmar Branting (1860 to 1925. Swedish politician (1860–1925))
• Antoine Gizenga (1925 to 2019. Prime minister of DR Congo (2006–2008))
• Leo Ornstein (1893 to 2002. American composer and pianist (1895–2002))
• Ghulam Ahmed Pervez (1903 to 1985. Pakistani Islamic scholar (1903–1985))
• Ennin (793 to 864. 9th century Japanese monk known for travels in China)
• Frank G. Wisner (1938 to 2025. American diplomat and politician (1938–2025))
• Leroy Jenkins (musician) (1932 to 2007. American composer and violinist (1932–2007))
• Jacob Brown (general) (1775 to 1828. 18/19th-century American army officer)
• Sergei Winogradsky (1856 to 1953. Ukrainian and Russian microbiologist (1856–1953))

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