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March 24 birthdays

307 notable historical figures were born on March 24, and 222 died on this day. Everyone born on March 24 is a Aries.

17% of March 24 birthdays work in Science, more than any other field. More come from United States (85) than any other country.

Born on March 24

• Harry Houdini (1874 to 1926. American escapologist and stuntman (1874–1926))
• Jessica Chastain (born 1977. American actress and producer (born 1977))
• William Morris (1834 to 1896. English textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896))
• Vasily Stalin (1921 to 1962. Son of Joseph Stalin (1921–1962))
• Louie Anderson (1953 to 2022. American stand-up comedian (1953–2022))
• David Suzuki (born 1936. Canadian scientist and environmentalist (born 1936))
• Olivia Chow (born 1957. Canadian politician (born 1957))
• Norman Fell (1924 to 1998. American actor (1924–1998))
• Ranil Wickremesinghe (born 1949. President of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024)
• Albin Kurti (born 1975. Prime Minister of Kosovo (2020; since 2021))
• John Harrison (1693 to 1776. English clockmaker (1693–1776))
• Yue Fei (1103 to 1142. Song dynasty Chinese general (1103–1142))
• Steve McQueen (1930 to 1980. American actor (1930–1980))
• Fanny Crosby (1820 to 1915. American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer (1820–1915))
• Tamás Sulyok (born 1956. President of Hungary since 2024)
• Malcolm Muggeridge (1903 to 1990. British journalist, author, media personality, and satirist (1903–1990))
• John Wesley Powell (1834 to 1902. American geologist and explorer (1834–1902))
• Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837 to 1905. Belgian prince (1837–1905))
• Vojislav Koštunica (born 1944. Serbian politician (born 1944))
• David Dacko (1930 to 2003. President of the Central African Republic (1960–1965, 1979–1981))
• Ilir Meta (born 1969. President of Albania from 2015 to 2022)
• Luigi Einaudi (1874 to 1961. President of Italy from 1948 to 1955)
• Rufus King (1755 to 1827. American Founding Father (1755–1827))
• William MacAskill (born 1987. Scottish philosopher and ethicist (born 1987))
• Öljaitü (1280 to 1316. Ilkhan from 1304 to 1316)
• Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775 to 1835. Composer of Carnatic Music (1776–1835))
• Peter Debye (1884 to 1966. Dutch-American physical chemist (1884–1966))
• Steve Ballmer (born 1956. American businessman and investor (born 1956))
• Ignacio Zaragoza (1829 to 1862. Mexican Army officer and politician (1829–1862))
• Yasser Seirawan (born 1960. American chess grandmaster (born 1960))
• Ernest I (1441 to 1486. Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486)
• Reinhard Genzel (born 1952. German astrophysicist (born 1952))
• Philomena Lee (born 1933. Irish woman described by Martin Sixsmith)
• Joseph Liouville (1809 to 1882. French mathematician (1809–1882))
• Michael Masser (1941 to 2015. American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music (1941–2015))
• Adolf Butenandt (1903 to 1995. German biochemist (1903–1995))
• Olive Schreiner (1855 to 1920. South African author and activist (1855–1920))
• Nzanga Mobutu (born 1970. Congolese politician)
• Celâl Şengör (born 1955. Turkish scientist, geologist)
• The Undertaker (born 1965. American professional wrestler (born 1965))
• Edmond Becquerel (1820 to 1891. French physicist (1820–1891))
• Josef Stefan (1835 to 1893. Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (1835–1893))
• Steve Jones (biologist) (born 1944. British geneticist and biologist (born 1944))
• Diane, Duchess of Württemberg (born 1940. Dowager Duchess of Württemberg)
• John Kendrew (1917 to 1997. English biochemist & crystallographer (1917–1997))
• Joel Barlow (1754 to 1812. American poet, diplomat, politician and businessman (1754–1812))
• Habib Jalib (1928 to 1993. Pakistani poet and political activist (1928–1993))
• Jim Parsons (born 1973. American actor (born 1973))
• Antonio Rosmini (1797 to 1855. Italian Catholic priest and philosopher (1797–1855))
• Robert Heilbroner (1919 to 2005. American economist (1919–2005))
• Walter Baade (1893 to 1960. German astronomer (1893–1960))
• Han Myeong-sook (born 1944. 37th Prime Minister of South Korea)
• Empress Xiaoquancheng (1808 to 1840. Empress of China from 1834 to 1840)
• Dave Douglas (trumpeter) (born 1963. American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator)
• Stewart Home (born 1962. English artist, filmmaker, and writer (born 1962))
• David Irving (born 1938. British author and Holocaust denier (born 1938))
• Sergei Starostin (1953 to 2005. Russian linguist (1953–2005))
• Vladimir Stoychev (1892 to 1990. Bulgarian Army officer (1892–1990))
• Lauris Norstad (1907 to 1988. United States Air Force general (1907–1988))
• Arai Hakuseki (1657 to 1725. Japanese scholar and official (1657–1725))

Died on March 24

• Elizabeth I (1533 to 1603. Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603)
• Johan Cruyff (1947 to 2016. Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016))
• Bernard Montgomery (1887 to 1976. British Army officer (1887–1976))
• Mary of Teck (1867 to 1953. Queen of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 to 1882. American poet and educator (1807–1882))
• Anne Heath Widmark (1914 to 2008. American actor and producer (1914–2008))
• al-Rashīd (766 to 809. 5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809))
• John Harrison (1693 to 1776. English clockmaker (1693–1776))
• Gordon Moore (1929 to 2023. American businessman (1929–2023))
• Pope Nicholas V (1397 to 1455. Head of Catholic Church from 1447 to 1455)
• Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782 to 1866. Queen of the French from 1830 to 1848)
• Sam Jaffe (1891 to 1984. American actor, teacher, musician and engineer (1891-1984))
• James Rudolph Garfield (1865 to 1950. American lawyer and politician (1865–1950))
• Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910 to 1969. 1st President of the Republic of the Congo)
• Jules Verne (1828 to 1905. French writer (1828–1905))
• John Kerr (1914 to 1991. Governor-General of Australia from 1974 to 1977)
• John Millington Synge (1871 to 1909. Irish writer and collector of folklore (1871–1909))
• Nikolai Berdyaev (1874 to 1948. Russian existentialist philosopher and theologian (1874–1948))
• Jacques Hébert (1757 to 1794. French journalist and politician (1757–1794))
• Terrence McNally (1938 to 2020. American playwright (1938–2020))
• Auguste Piccard (1884 to 1962. Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer)
• Joseph Needham (1900 to 1995. British biochemist, historian and sinologist (1900–1995))
• Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770 to 1844. Danish-Icelandic sculptor (1770–1844))
• John W. Davis (1873 to 1955. American politician (1873–1955))
• Mindaugas II (1864 to 1928. German prince, King-elect of Lithuania in 1918 (1864–1928))
• Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779 to 1869. Swiss general and writer on the art of war (1779–1869))
• Hugh III of Cyprus (1235 to 1284. King of Cyprus (1267–1284) and Jerusalem (1268–1284))
• Arne Jacobsen (1902 to 1971. Danish architect (1902–1971))
• Enrique Granados (1867 to 1916. Spanish pianist and composer (1867–1916))
• Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354 to 1394. Castilian-born English noblewoman (1354–1394))

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