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November 24 birthdays

309 notable historical figures were born on November 24, and 186 died on this day. Everyone born on November 24 is a Sagittarius.

21% of November 24 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (82) than any other country.

Born on November 24

• Katherine Heigl (born 1978. American actress (born 1978))
• Zachary Taylor (1784 to 1850. President of the United States from 1849 to 1850)
• Baruch Spinoza (1632 to 1677. Portuguese-Dutch philosopher (1632–1677))
• Arundhati Roy (born 1961. Indian author and activist (born 1961))
• William F. Buckley Jr. (1925 to 2008. American conservative author and commentator (1925–2008))
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 to 1901. French painter and illustrator (1864–1901))
• Anura Kumara Dissanayake (born 1968. President of Sri Lanka since 2024)
• Liu Shaoqi (1898 to 1969. President of China from 1959 to 1968)
• Ted Bundy (1946 to 1989. American serial killer (1946–1989))
• Charles XI (1655 to 1697. King of Sweden from 1660 to 1697)
• Tsung-Dao Lee (1926 to 2024. Chinese-American physicist (1926–2024))
• Najib Mikati (born 1955. Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1955))
• Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784 to 1817. Swiss traveller and writer (1784–1817))
• Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884 to 1963. President of Israel from 1952 to 1963)
• Lindsay Ellis (born 1984. American author and film critic (born 1984))
• David Adeang (born 1969. President of Nauru since 2023)
• Maria Luisa of Spain (1745 to 1792. Holy Roman Empress from 1790 to 1792)
• Alfred Schnittke (1934 to 1998. Soviet-born Russian composer (1934–1998))
• Marlon James (novelist) (born 1970. Jamaican novelist (born 1970))
• Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724 to 1760. Queen of Spain from 1759 to 1760)
• Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 1983. Emirati politician (born 1983))
• Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1935 to 2020. Bahraini royal, prime minister from 1970 to 2020)
• Parveen Shakir (1952 to 1994. Pakistani poet (1952–1994))
• Jean Ping (born 1942. Gabonese diplomat and politician (born 1942))
• Lachit Borphukan (1622 to 1671. Ahom commander (1622–1672))
• Nobuyuki Abe (1875 to 1953. Japanese general and prime minister (1875–1953))
• Alphonso, Earl of Chester (1273 to 1284. Heir apparent to Edward I of England (1273–1284))
• Philip William of Neuburg (1615 to 1690. Elector Palatine from 1685 to 1690)
• Walter Burley Griffin (1876 to 1937. American architect and landscape architect (1876–1937))
• Óscar Carmona (1869 to 1951. President of Portugal from 1926 to 1951)
• Omar Pasha (1806 to 1871. Ottoman general and governor)
• Anna Louise Strong (1885 to 1970. American journalist (1885–1970))
• Merav Michaeli (born 1966. Israeli politician (born 1966))
• Pierre Buyoya (1949 to 2020. President of Burundi (1987–1993; 1996–2003))
• Awie (born 1968. Malaysian singer, musician, actor and comedian (born 1968))
• Agostino Casaroli (1914 to 1998. Catholic cardinal and diplomat)
• Billy Connolly (born 1942. Scottish actor and comedian (born 1942))
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia (born 1943. Indian economist and civil servant)
• Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (born 1946. Political scientist (born 1946))
• Nuruddin Farah (born 1945. Somali novelist (born 1945))
• Jagatjit Singh (1872 to 1949. Last ruling Maharaja of Kapurthala from 1877–1947)
• Abdelkader Bensalah (1941 to 2021. Algerian politician (1941–2021))
• Octavio Lepage (1923 to 2017. President of Venezuela from May to June 1993)
• Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya (1880 to 1959. Indian politician (1880–1959))
• Sylvie Kinigi (born 1952. Burundian politician and economist)
• Clarence R. Huebner (1888 to 1972. United States Army general)
• Willy Claes (born 1938. Belgian politician)
• Salabat Jung (1718 to 1763. Nizam of Hyderabad from 1751 to 1762)
• Charles Henri Hector, Count of Estaing (1729 to 1794. French military officer and writer)
• Marie Wilcox (1933 to 2021. Wukchumni speaker and teacher (1933–2021))
• Ali M. Ansari (born 1967. British professor)
• Simon van der Meer (1925 to 2011. Dutch physicist (1925–2011))
• Erich von Manstein (1887 to 1973. German field marshal (1887–1973))
• Joe Medwick (1911 to 1975. American baseball player (1911–1975))
• Percy Sutton (1920 to 2009. American politician (1920–2009))
• Mariano Ospina Pérez (1891 to 1976. President of Colombia from 1946 to 1950)
• Edward Stourton (journalist) (born 1957. British broadcaster and journalist, born 1957)
• Barbara Bray (1924 to 2010. English translator and critic (1924–2010))
• Pietro Torrigiano (1472 to 1528. Italian sculptor)
• Bessie Blount Griffin (1914 to 2009. American physical therapist and forensic scientist)

Died on November 24

• Freddie Mercury (1946 to 1991. British rock musician (1946–1991))
• William Lamb (1779 to 1848. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834; 1835–1841))
• John Rawls (1921 to 2002. American political philosopher (1921–2002))
• Georges Clemenceau (1841 to 1929. President of the Council of France (1906–1909, 1917–1920))
• Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941 to 1989. Palestinian Islamic scholar and jihadist (1941–1989))
• Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882 to 1960. Grand Duchess of Russia (1882-1960))
• Hugh Despenser the Younger (1287 to 1326. English peer and favourite of Edward II (c.1287/1289–1326))
• Vannozza dei Cattanei (1442 to 1518. Italian noble (1442–1518))
• Princess Ulrika Eleonora (1688 to 1741. Queen of Sweden from 1718 to 1741)
• Clive James (1939 to 2019. Australian writer and broadcaster (1939–2019))
• Barbara Taylor Bradford (1933 to 2024. British novelist (1933–2024))
• Ismail II (1533 to 1577. Safavid Shah of Iran from 1576 to 1577)
• Breyten Breytenbach (1939 to 2024. South African writer and painter (1939–2024))
• Lee Harvey Oswald (1939 to 1963. Assassin of John F. Kennedy (1939–1963))
• Comte de Lautréamont (1846 to 1870. Uruguayan-born French author (1846–1870))
• William O'Dwyer (1890 to 1964. Irish-American politician and diplomat (1890–1964))
• Jean de Dunois (1402 to 1468. 15th-century French noble (1402–1468))
• Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864 to 1958. British lawyer, politician and diplomat (1864–1958))
• Isma'il ibn Ahmad (849 to 907. Amir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907)
• Supayalat (1859 to 1925. Chief queen of Burma from 1879 to 1885)
• Emperor Kōtoku (596 to 654. Great King of Yamato)
• Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926 to 2003. Syrian military leader (1926–2003))
• Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1895 to 1965. Ruler of Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 1950 to 1965)
• Samak Sundaravej (1935 to 2009. Prime Minister of Thailand in 2008)
• James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871 to 1940. Northern Irish Unionist politician (1871–1940))
• Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636 to 1715. Queen of Sweden from 1654 to 1660)
• Keiji Nishitani (1900 to 1990. Japanese philosopher (1900–1990))
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929 to 2022. German writer and editor (1929–2022))
• Sidney Sonnino (1847 to 1922. Italian politician (1847–1922))
• Mamadou Tandja (1938 to 2020. President of Niger from 1999 to 2010)

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