History Births on May 24

Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2003)

#Gene_Anthony_Ray

Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)

#Aharon_Lichtenstein

Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1878)

#Princess_Marie_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine_(1874-1878)

Jim Broadbent, English actor

#Jim_Broadbent

Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1993)

#Joe_Abreu

Rich Rodriguez, American football player and coach

#Rich_Rodriguez

Marek Sobieski, Polish noble (d. 1652)

#Marek_Sobieski_(1628-1652)

Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Shirish_Kunder

Tracy McGrady, American basketball player

#Tracy_McGrady

Guy Fletcher, English keyboard player, guitarist, and producer

#Guy_Fletcher

Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (d. 1997)

#Coleman_Young

Billy Gilman, American musician

#Billy_Gilman

Harold Budd, American composer and poet

#Harold_Budd

Mattias Ekholm, Swedish ice hockey player

#Mattias_Ekholm

Shinichir? Watanabe, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

#Shinichir?_Watanabe

Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874)

#Abraham_Geiger

Andrey Borodin, Russian-English economist and businessman

#Andrey_Borodin

Alfred Molina, English actor

#Alfred_Molina

Ricky Craven, American race car driver and sportscaster

#Ricky_Craven

Giannis Goumas, Greek footballer and coach

#Giannis_Goumas

Andrew Jordan, English race car driver

#Andrew_Jordan_(racing_driver)

Guillaume Latendresse, Canadian ice hockey player

#Guillaume_Latendresse

Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player

#Cody_Eakin

Andy Lee, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter

#Andy_Lee_(comedian)

H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956)

#H._B._Reese

Kareem McKenzie, American football player

#Kareem_McKenzie

Rajesh Roshan, Indian composer

#Rajesh_Roshan

Gary Burghoff, American actor

#Gary_Burghoff

Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (d. 1983)

#Jimmy_Demaret

Eric Close, American actor

#Eric_Close

Ichir? Ozawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, Japanese Minister of Home Affairs

#Ichir?_Ozawa

Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor

#Réal_Giguère

Johan Holmqvist, Swedish ice hockey player

#Johan_Holmqvist

Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer (d. 2016)

#Arnold_Wesker

Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago (d. 2014)

#Jane_Byrne

Barry O'Farrell, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales

#Barry_O'Farrell

Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)

#Gian_Gastone_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1971)

#William_F._Albright

Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)

#Cathinka_Buchwieser

Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite (d. 1743)

#Emerentia_von_Düben

Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

#Pat_Verbeek

Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager

#Carlos_Hernández_(catcher)

Tamer Karada?l?, Turkish actor

#Tamer_Karada?l?

John C. Reilly, American actor

#John_C._Reilly

Irena Szewi?ska, Russian-Polish sprinter

#Irena_Szewi?ska

Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator (d. 2008)

#Maryvonne_Dupureur

Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986)

#Siobhán_McKenna

Ivan Capelli, Italian race car driver and sportscaster

#Ivan_Capelli

Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1954)

#Lionel_Conacher

Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)

#Eduardo_De_Filippo

Valerie Taylor, American computer scientist and educator

#Valerie_Taylor_(computer_scientist)

Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby league player

#Anthony_Minichiello

Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman

#Priscilla_Presley

Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

#Mikhail_Sholokhov

Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge (d. 1938)

#Benjamin_N._Cardozo

Patti LaBelle, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Patti_LaBelle

Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Tommy_Chong

Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter (d. 1868)

#Emanuel_Leutze

Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian

#Will_Sasso

Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)

#Mick_Mannock

Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales

#Dominic_Grieve

Lucian Wintrich, American political artist and White House correspondent

#Lucian_Wintrich

Jeet Gannguli, Indian score composer, music director and singer

#Jeet_Gannguli

Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician (d. 1793)

#Jean-Paul_Marat

Jason Babin, American football player

#Jason_Babin

Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1769)

#Daniel_Finch,_8th_Earl_of_Winchilsea

Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman

#Chip_Ganassi

Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)

#Jan_Smuts

Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright (d. 1934)

#Arthur_Wing_Pinero

Lorella Cedroni, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2013)

#Lorella_Cedroni

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736)

#Daniel_Gabriel_Fahrenheit

Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Norwegian actor

#Tarjei_Sandvik_Moe

Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)

#Prince_Buster

Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (d. 1897)

#Alexei_Savrasov

Alain Lemieux, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

#Alain_Lemieux

Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)

#Pontormo

Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

#Joseph_Brodsky

Rich Robinson, American guitarist and songwriter

#Rich_Robinson

Michael Jackson, Irish archbishop

#Michael_Jackson_(bishop)

Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972)

#Lillian_Moller_Gilbreth

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)

#Queen_Victoria

Joe Dumars, American basketball player

#Joe_Dumars

Dmitri Kruglov, Estonian footballer

#Dmitri_Kruglov

Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player and coach

#Masahide_Kobayashi

Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate

#Bob_Dylan

John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland (d. 1682)

#John_Maitland,_1st_Duke_of_Lauderdale

Jesualdo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer and manager

#Jesualdo_Ferreira

Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician (d. 1992)

#Wilbur_Mills

Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player

#Alessandro_Cortini

Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress

#Kristin_Scott_Thomas

Brad Penny, American baseball player

#Brad_Penny

John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)

#John_Jewel

Richard Ottaway, English lieutenant and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

#Richard_Ottaway

Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Greg_Berlanti

George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect (d. 1990)

#George_Nakashima

Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1961)

#Robert_Garrett

Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican-American boxer (d. 2012)

#Héctor_Camacho

Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier (d. 1635)

#Elizabeth_Carey,_Lady_Berkeley

Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

#Kris_Draper

Jacob Rees-Mogg, English politician

#Jacob_Rees-Mogg

Steven Norris, English engineer and politician

#Steven_Norris

Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer and manager

#Vladimír_Šmicer

Mark Ballas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor

#Mark_Ballas

Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator (d. 2013)

#Carmine_Infantino

George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)

#George_Grey_Barnard

Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (d. 1866)

#Alexander_von_Nordmann

Magnus Manske, German biochemist and computer programmer, developed MediaWiki

#Magnus_Manske

Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer

#Custódio_Castro

Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (d. 1986)

#Lilli_Palmer

Giannis Kontoes, Greek footballer

#Giannis_Kontoes

Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Rosanne_Cash

Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (d. 2002)

#Roden_Cutler

Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant

#Monica_Lin_Brown

José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 1968)

#José_Nasazzi

Tansu Çiller, Turkish economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey

#Tansu_Çiller

Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower

#Aled_Davies_(field_athlete)

Rose, French singer, songwriter and composer

#Rose_(French_singer)

Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1940)

#Gerald_Strickland,_1st_Baron_Strickland

Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic (d. 1956)

#Charlie_Taylor_(mechanic)

Bartolo Colón, Dominican-American baseball player

#Bartolo_Colón

Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)

#Rodrigo_(musician)

Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938)

#Suzanne_Lenglen

William Whewell, English priest and philosopher (d. 1866)

#William_Whewell

Archie Shepp, American saxophonist and composer

#Archie_Shepp

Martin Winterkorn, German businessman

#Martin_Winterkorn

Germanicus, Roman general (d. 19)

#Germanicus

Michael Chabon, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter

#Michael_Chabon

Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English academic and politician

#Patricia_Hollis,_Baroness_Hollis_of_Heigham

Roger Deakins , English cinematographer

#Roger_Deakins

Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)

#Terry_Callier

Waddy Wachtel, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer

#Waddy_Wachtel

Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player

#Artem_Anisimov

Tim Bridgman, English race car driver

Sarah Hagan, American actress

Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (d. 2009)

Pedram Javaheri, Iranian-American meteorologist and journalist

Rian Wallace, American football player

Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer

Elijah Burke, American wrestler

Silje Vige, Norwegian singer

Catherine Cox, New Zealand-Australian netball player

Maria Lawson, English singer-songwriter

Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater

Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor

Martin McCague, Northern Irish-English cricketer

Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2011)

Éric Cantona, French footballer, manager, and actor

Isidro Pérez, Mexican boxer (d. 2013)

Adrian Moorhouse, English swimmer

Liz McColgan, Scottish educator and runner

Bill Harrigan, Australian rugby league referee and sportscaster

Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player (d. 1985)

Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer

R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian

Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer and songwriter

Diego Cugia, Italian writer, journalist and author

Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (d. 2004)

Mike Reid, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and retired American football player

Mike De Leon, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer

Albert Bouchard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer

Dominique Lavanant, French actress

Hannu Mikkola, Finnish race car driver

Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and manager

Joan Micklin Silver, American director and screenwriter

William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer (d. 2016)

Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter

Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director (d. 1994)

Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter

Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (d. 2013)

Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)

Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter (d. 1984)

Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications (d. 1979)

Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)

William Gilbert, English physician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1603)

Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (d. 1349)