History Births on February 24

John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)

#John_McKinly

Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster

#Corey_Graves

John of Austria (d. 1578)

#John_of_Austria

Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)

#Jacques_de_Vaucanson

Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)

#Kurt_Tank

Dennis Waterman, English actor

#Dennis_Waterman

Eddie Johnson, American basketball player

#Eddie_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1955)

Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

#Denis_Law

Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician

#Joe_Lieberman

Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer

#Dominic_Chianese

Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer

#Emanuel_Villa

Mark Moses, American actor

#Mark_Moses

Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)

#Johan_Christian_Dahl

Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)

#Charles_Frederick_Horn

Chris Fehn, American drummer

#Chris_Fehn

Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)

#Steven_Hill

Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican American award-winning author (d. 2016)

#Judith_Ortiz_Cofer

Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer

#Teodor_Currentzis

Nick Blackburn, American baseball player

#Nick_Blackburn

Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d. 2011)

#Steve_Jobs

Bonnie Somerville, American actress

#Bonnie_Somerville

Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)

#Joseph_Banks

Debra Jo Rupp, American actress

#Debra_Jo_Rupp

August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)

#August_Derleth

Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster

#Russell_Ingall

Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer

#Semih_Kaya

Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)

#Leo_von_Caprivi

Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer

#Mohammad_Sami

Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series

#Sid_Meier

Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player

#Mike_Vernon_(ice_hockey)

David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician

#David_Ford

Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)

#Rosalía_de_Castro

Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)

#Bud_Day

Matt Skiba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Matt_Skiba

Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)

#Honus_Wagner

Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)

#Winslow_Homer

Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer

#Felipe_Baloy

Johan Friis, Danish statesman (d. 1570)

#Johan_Friis

Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver

#Pedro_de_la_Rosa

Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer

#Fala_Chen

Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)

#Richard_Hamilton_(artist)

Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)

#Rudolph_Ganz

Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)

#Martin_W._Bates

Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)

#Lydia_Becker

Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress

#Joanie_Sommers

Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic

#Grigory_Margulis

John Carl Warnecke, American architect (d. 2010)

#John_Carl_Warnecke

Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer

#Mauro_Rosales

Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.

#Phil_Knight

DeWayne Wise, American baseball player

#DeWayne_Wise

Beth Broderick, American actress and director

#Beth_Broderick

Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Sammy_Kershaw

George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)

#George_Moore_(novelist)

Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)

#Johannes_Clauberg

Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts

#Jane_Swift

Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)

#Pete_Duel

Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (d. 1615)

#Cherubino_Alberti

Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor

#Kim_Kyu-jong

Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)

#Julius_Vogel

Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)

#Chester_W._Nimitz

Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)

#Wilhelm_Grimm

Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro

#Prince_Carlo,_Duke_of_Castro

Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)

#Kintaro_Ohki

Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach

#Eddie_Murray

Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)

#Telford_Taylor

Alain Prost, French race car driver

#Alain_Prost

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)

#Matthias,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)

#Arrigo_Boito

Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Trace_Cyrus

Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer

#Madison_Hubbell

Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Pablo_Milanés

Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)

#Vladimir_Bartol

Zach Johnson, American golfer

#Zach_Johnson

Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)

#Barbara_Lawrence

Mike Lowell, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Mike_Lowell

Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach

#Jason_Akermanis

Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (d. 1700)

#Rajaram_I

Renata Scotto, Italian soprano

#Renata_Scotto

Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (d. 1967)

#Gigi_Meroni

Stanis?aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)

#Stanis?aw_Ignacy_Witkiewicz

Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot

#Alexei_Kovalev

Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach

#Jeff_Garcia

Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer

#Barry_Bostwick

David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)

#David_"Fathead"_Newman

Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Michelle_Shocked

Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)

#Richard_Thorpe

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic

#Gayatri_Chakravorty_Spivak

Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)

#Abe_Vigoda

Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)

#Bettino_Craxi

Gary, South Korean rapper and producer

#Gary_(rapper)

Leon Constantine, English footballer

#Leon_Constantine

Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)

#Brian_Close

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)

#Prince_Adolphus,_Duke_of_Cambridge

Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player

#Lleyton_Hewitt

Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach

#Stubby_Clapp

Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (d. 2018)

#Zell_Miller

Ivica Ra?an, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)

#Ivica_Ra?an

Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)

#Jamal_Nazrul_Islam

Pope Clement VIII (d. 1605)

#Pope_Clement_VIII

John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)

#John_Burgoyne

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (d. 1625)

#Henry_de_Vere,_18th_Earl_of_Oxford

Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach

#Bradley_McGee

Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)

#Emperor_Toba

Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player

#Klára_Koukalová

Colin Bond, Australian race car driver

#Colin_Bond

Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)

#Michel_Legrand

Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981)

#Irmgard_Bartenieff

Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Manon_Rhéaume

Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player and singer

#Bronson_Arroyo

Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)

#Ralph_Erskine_(architect)

Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and music composer

#Nakash_Aziz

Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Brian_Savage

Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)

#Ryhor_Baradulin

Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler

#Ashley_MacIsaac

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)

#Giovanni_Pico_della_Mirandola

Chad Hugo, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Chad_Hugo

Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)

#Charles_Le_Brun

Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)

#Édouard_Alphonse_James_de_Rothschild

Terry Semel, American businessman

#Terry_Semel

George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#George_Thorogood

Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author

#Judith_Butler

Edward James Olmos, American actor and director

#Edward_James_Olmos

Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)

#Ettie_Rout

John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_Nolan_(musician)

Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist

#Steve_McCurry

Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer

#Paula_Zahn

Derek Randall, English cricketer

#Derek_Randall

Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Brian_Schmidt

Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia

#Laimdota_Straujuma

Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)

#Emmanuelle_Riva

James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)

#James_Farentino

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)

#Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor

#Paul_Jones_(singer)

Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)

#Andrew_Inglis_Clark

Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)

#Jimmy_Ellis_(boxer)

Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Mike_Fratello

Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (d. 1994)

#Nicky_Hopkins

Billy Zane, American actor and producer

#Billy_Zane

Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

#Shinsuke_Nakamura

Mathieu Baudry, French footballer

Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter

Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer

Marco Campos, Brazilian Formula 3000 race car driver (d. 1995)

Crista Flanagan, American actress and screenwriter

Josh Bernstein, American anthropologist, explorer, and author

Jonathan Ward, American film actor

Neil Sullivan, English-Scottish footballer and coach

Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor

Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)

Paul Gruber, American football player

Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host

Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist

Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer

Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (d. 1974)

Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director

Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist

Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager

Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2016)

Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright

Kent Haruf, American novelist (d. 2014)

Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (d. 2011)

Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)

Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)

John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)

Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)

Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)

Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (d. 1986)

Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)

Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)

Rama II of Siam (d. 1824)

Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)

Arcangela Tarabotti, born Elena Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640)

Louis, Duke of Savoy (d. 1465)