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June 24 birthdays

320 notable historical figures were born on June 24, and 148 died on this day. Everyone born on June 24 is a Cancer.

16% of June 24 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (78) than any other country.

Born on June 24

• Lionel Messi (born 1987. Argentine footballer (born 1987))
• Claudia Sheinbaum (born 1962. President of Mexico since 2024)
• Francis of Assisi (1182 to 1226. Italian Catholic saint (c. 1181–1226))
• Robert Reich (born 1946. American former labor secretary and political commentator (born 1946))
• John of Gaunt (1340 to 1399. English prince and regent (1340–1399))
• Joan Clarke (1917 to 1996. English cryptanalyst (1917–1996))
• John of the Cross (1542 to 1591. Spanish Catholic priest and Christian mystic (1542–1591))
• Mustafa I (1591 to 1639. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1617–1618, 1622–1623))
• Hamish Harding (1964 to 2023. British businessman (1964–2023))
• Philippa of Hainault (1310 to 1369. Queen of England from 1328 to 1369)
• Ezio Auditore da Firenze (1459 to 1524. Assassin's Creed character)
• Julia Kristeva (born 1941. Bulgarian philosopher (born 1941))
• Prince George of Greece (1869 to 1957. Greek prince (1869–1957))
• Jan Matejko (1838 to 1893. Polish painter (1838–1893))
• Henry Ward Beecher (1813 to 1887. American clergyman and abolitionist (1813–1887))
• Terry Riley (born 1935. American composer and performing musician (born 1935))
• Abulfaz Elchibey (1938 to 2000. President of Azerbaijan from 1992 to 1993)
• Christopher Steele (born 1964. British intelligence officer, author of Steele dossier)
• Kannadasan (1927 to 1981. Tamil poet and lyricist (1927–1981))
• Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942. President of Chile from 1994 to 2000)
• Harry Partch (1901 to 1974. American composer (1901–1974))
• Urraca of León (1081 to 1126. Queen of León, Castile, and Galicia from 1109 to 1126)
• Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535 to 1573. Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Portugal)
• Ernesto Sabato (1911 to 2011. Argentine writer and physicist (1911–2011))
• Petra Němcová (born 1979. Czech model, television host, and philanthropist)
• Lawrence Block (born 1938. American writer of crime fiction (born 1938))
• Mercedes Lackey (born 1950. American writer of fantasy novels (born 1950))
• John Ross (Royal Navy officer) (1777 to 1856. British naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856))
• Gerrit Rietveld (1888 to 1964. Dutch furniture designer and architect)
• Theodore Beza (1519 to 1605. French Calvinist theologian, reformer and scholar (1519–1605))
• Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825 to 1844. Princess Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel)
• Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818 to 1901. German grand duke (1818–1901))
• Master Tara Singh (1885 to 1967. Indian Sikh political and religious leader (1885–1967))
• William Hull (1753 to 1825. American military officer and politician)
• Juan María Fernández y Krohn (born 1949. Attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II (born c. 1948))
• Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929 to 2021. American astronomer (1929–2021))
• Stuyvesant Fish (1851 to 1923. American businessman (1851–1923))
• Beatrice of England (1242 to 1275. 13th century English princess and duchess of Brittany)
• Mum Jokmok (born 1965. Thai actor, comedian and film director (born 1965))
• David Alaba (born 1992. Austrian footballer (born 1992))
• Jeff Beck (1944 to 2023. English guitarist (1944–2023))
• Anacharsis Cloots (1755 to 1794. Prussian nobleman (1755–1794))
• Marcela Agoncillo (1859 to 1946. Seamstress of the first flag of the Philippines)
• Joan of Valois (1343 to 1373. Queen of Navarre from 1352 to 1373)
• Martin Lewis Perl (1927 to 2014. American scientist)
• Juan Ignacio Molina (1740 to 1829. Chilean priest, historian, and naturalist)
• John Ciardi (1916 to 1986. American poet, professor, translator (1916–1986))
• Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322 to 1406. Duchess of Brabant (1322–1406))
• Charles Cousin-Montauban (1796 to 1878. French general and statesman (1796–1878))
• Ion Gigurtu (1886 to 1959. Romanian politician (1886–1959))
• Ashley Jackson (historian) (born 1971. British historian)
• William E. Moerner (born 1953. Nobel prize winning American chemical physicist (born 1953))
• James Bradford DeLong (born 1960. American economist (born 1960))
• Victor Hess (1883 to 1964. Austrian–American experimental physicist (1883–1964))
• Gustav von Schmoller (1838 to 1917. German economist (1838–1917))
• J. Gordon Edwards (1867 to 1925. Canadian born American film and stage director, producer, stage actor and writer)
• Sükhbaataryn Batbold (born 1963. Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2009 to 2012)
• Martin van Meytens (1695 to 1770. Swedish-Austrian painter (1695–1770))
• Darwin Núñez (born 1999. Uruguayan footballer (born 1999))
• Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 to 1995. Argentine racing driver (1911–1995))

Died on June 24

• Grover Cleveland (1837 to 1908. President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897))
• Lucrezia Borgia (1480 to 1519. Spanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1480–1519))
• Benigno Aquino III (1960 to 2021. President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016)
• Hongwu Emperor (1328 to 1398. Emperor of China from 1368 to 1398)
• Maria Leszczynska of Poland-Lithuania (1703 to 1768. Queen of France from 1725 to 1768)
• Paul Winchell (1922 to 2005. American ventriloquist and actor (1922–2005))
• King of Westphalia (1784 to 1860. King of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813)
• Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550 to 1604. English peer and courtier (1550–1604))
• Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742 to 1798. Duchess of Teschen from 1766 to 1798)
• Rani Durgavati (1524 to 1564. Queen Regent of Gondwana (1524:-1564))
• Thomas McKean (1734 to 1817. American Founding Father and politician (1734–1817))
• Ivan Asen II (1190 to 1241. Emperor of Bulgaria from 1218 to 1241)
• Waris Shah (1722 to 1798. Punjabi Sufi Poet (1722–1798))
• Maham Anga (Foster mother of the Mughal emperor Akbar)
• Ramón José Velásquez (1916 to 2014. President of Venezuela from 1993 to 1994)
• Rigas Feraios (1757 to 1798. Greek writer, political thinker and revolutionary (1757–1798))
• Willy Ley (1906 to 1969. German and American writer (1906–1969))
• Carlos Lacoste (1929 to 2004. 45th President of Argentina)
• Jean II Le Maingre (1366 to 1421. French knight, marshal and crusader (1366–1421))
• Joseph Meister (1876 to 1940. First person to be inoculated against rabies (1885))
• Edith Södergran (1892 to 1923. Finnish poet (1892–1923))
• Frederick of the Empty Pockets (1382 to 1439. Duke of Austria)
• Charles Phelps Taft II (1897 to 1983. American politician (1897–1983))
• Charles Lee (Attorney General) (1758 to 1815. American lawyer and politician (1758–1813))
• Joachim Raff (1822 to 1882. German-Swiss composer and pianist (1822–1882))
• Ahmad al-Ghashmi (1941 to 1978. President of North Yemen from 1977 to 1978)
• Maria Laskarina (1206 to 1270. Queen consort of Hungary (c. 1206 – 1270))
• Jackie Gleason (1916 to 1987. American comedian and actor (1916–1987))
• Emilio Colombo (1920 to 2013. Italian politician (1920–2013))
• Germán Suárez Flamerich (1907 to 1990. President of Venezuela (1950-1952))

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