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May 24 birthdays

278 notable historical figures were born on May 24, and 158 died on this day. Everyone born on May 24 is a Gemini.

19% of May 24 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (62) than any other country.

Born on May 24

• Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901. Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901)
• Bob Dylan (born 1941. American singer-songwriter (born 1941))
• George III (1738 to 1820. King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820)
• Jacob Rees-Mogg (born 1969. British politician (born 1969))
• Maia Sandu (born 1972. President of Moldova since 2020)
• Jean-Paul Marat (1743 to 1793. French political theorist (1743–1793))
• Jan Smuts (1870 to 1950. South African statesman and military officer (1870–1950))
• Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899 to 1976. Bengali poet, writer and musician (1899–1976))
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 to 1978. Soviet Armenian composer (1903–1978))
• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686 to 1736. Physicist and engineer (1686–1736))
• Inga Ruginienė (born 1981. Prime Minister of Lithuania since 2025)
• Eric Cantona (born 1966. French actor and footballer (born 1966))
• Ne Win (1911 to 2002. Leader of Burma (1958–1960; 1962–1988))
• Greg Berlanti (born 1972. American television writer and producer (born 1972))
• Cynthia Plaster Caster (1947 to 2022. American artist (1947–2022))
• Rich Rodriguez (born 1963. American football player and coach (born 1963))
• Myint Swe (1951 to 2025. Acting President of Myanmar (2018; 2021–2025))
• Tansu Çiller (born 1946. Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996)
• Paul Joseph Watson (born 1982. English YouTuber, radio host, and conspiracy theorist (born 1982))
• Emily Austin (born 2001. American influencer (born 2001))
• Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870 to 1938. US Supreme Court justice from 1932 to 1938)
• Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803 to 1857. French biologist and art collector (1803–1857))
• Pontormo (1494 to 1556. Florentine Mannerist painter)
• Abdulla Aripov (born 1961. Prime Minister of Uzbekistan since 2016)
• Helen B. Taussig (1898 to 1986. American cardiologist (1898–1986))
• William Gilbert (physicist) (1544 to 1603. English physician and natural philosopher)
• Harold Budd (1936 to 2020. American avant-garde composer and poet (1936–2020))
• William Whewell (1794 to 1866. English polymath (1794–1866))
• Dominic Grieve (born 1956. British barrister and politician (born 1956))
• Kartar Singh Sarabha (1896 to 1915. Indian revolutionary (1896–1915))
• Sonia Rosemary Keppel (1900 to 1986. British socialite and aristocrat (1900–1986))
• Fraser Stoddart (1942 to 2024. Scottish chemist (1942–2024))
• Henri Michaux (1899 to 1984. Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter)
• Mišo Broz (born 1941. Croatian diplomat)
• Arnold Wesker (1932 to 2016. British dramatist (1932–2016))
• Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany (1872 to 1942. Austro-Hungarian Archduke and military commander)
• Princess Margaretha of Saxony (1840 to 1858. Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria)
• Hans Ulrich Obrist (born 1968. Swiss art curator, critic and historian (born 24/5/1968))
• Piersanti Mattarella (1935 to 1980. Italian politician (1935–1980))
• Robert Bateman (painter) (born 1930. Canadian naturalist and painter (born 1930))
• Charles Emmanuel IV (1751 to 1819. King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802)
• Paschal Baylón (1540 to 1592. Spanish Catholic lay brother (1540–1592))
• Moudud Ahmed (1940 to 2021. Bangladeshi politician (1940–2021))
• John King Fairbank (1907 to 1991. American sinologist (1907–1991))
• Alex Lacamoire (born 1975. American composer)
• Ivan Aguéli (1869 to 1917. Sufi master and painter (1869–1917))
• John C. Reilly (born 1965. American actor (born 1965))
• Marcel Janco (1895 to 1984. Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist)
• Nathacha Appanah (born 1973. Mauritian-French author (born 1973))
• Charlie Taylor (mechanic) (1868 to 1956. American mechanic (1868–1956))
• Manuel Pinto da Fonseca (1681 to 1773. Portuguese nobleman)
• Premendra Mitra (1904 to 1988. Indian writer and film director (1904–1988))
• Princess Louise of Prussia (1770–1836) (1770 to 1836. Princess Radziwiłł)
• Lady Florence Dixie (1855 to 1905. Scottish writer (1855–1905))
• Emina Ilhamy (1858 to 1931. Wife of Khedive Tewfik Pasha and mother of Abbas II (1858-1931))
• Margaret of Bohemia (1335 to 1349. Queen consort of Hungary)
• Driss Jettou (born 1945. Prime Minister of Morocco from 2002 to 2007)
• Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland (1861 to 1940. Maltese-British politician (1861–1940))
• Marian Engel (1933 to 1985. Canadian writer)
• Marga Prohens (born 1982. Spanish politician (born 1982))

Died on May 24

• Tina Turner (1939 to 2023. Singer-songwriter and actress (1939–2023))
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 to 1543. Mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543))
• Harold Wilson (1916 to 1995. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964–1970, 1974–1976))
• Duke Ellington (1899 to 1974. American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974))
• Xi Zhongxun (1913 to 2002. Chinese politician (1913–2002))
• David I of Scotland (1084 to 1153. King of Alba from 1124 to 1153)
• Murray Gell-Mann (1929 to 2019. American theoretical physicist (1929–2019))
• Taejo of Joseon (1335 to 1408. King of Joseon from 1392 to 1398)
• Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883 to 1950. British field marshal (1883–1950))
• Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563 to 1612. English government minister (1563–1612))
• Kim Jae-gyu (1926 to 1980. Assassin of South Korean president Park Chung Hee (1926–1980))
• Heraclius Constantine (612 to 641. Byzantine emperor in 641)
• Algirdas (1296 to 1377. Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377)
• Joseph Bau (1920 to 2002. Polish and Israeli graphic artist and poet (1920–2002))
• Jaime Roldós Aguilera (1940 to 1981. 33rd President of Ecuador (1979–1981))
• George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1719 to 1792. Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator (1718–1792))
• Alexey Shchusev (1873 to 1949. Russian architect (1873–1949))
• Cyrille Adoula (1921 to 1978. Congolese Prime Minister from 1961 to 1964)
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 to 1848. German composer and writer (1797–1848))
• William Van Alen (1883 to 1954. American architect)
• Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823 to 1901. English novelist and churchwoman (1823–1901))
• Khazʽal Ibn Jabir (1863 to 1936. Sheikh of Mohammerah (1863–1936))
• Theobald III of Champagne (1179 to 1201. Count of Champagne from 1197 to 1201)
• Inigo Campioni (1878 to 1944. Italian admiral)
• Walter Stewart, Master of Fife (1362 to 1425. Scottish nobleman (1362–1425))
• Hiratsuka Raichō (1886 to 1971. Japanese anarchist and feminist writer (1886–1971))
• Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446 to 1472. Duke of Berry, Normandy, and Aquitaine)
• Yan Huiqing (1877 to 1950. Chinese diplomat and politician)
• Dagmar of Bohemia (1186 to 1212. Queen of Denmark from 1205 to 1212)
• Laurens de Graaf (1653 to 1704. Dutch pirate)

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