August 24

2024 Calendar

August 24 is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)
1042 – Michael V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1015)
1103 – King Magnus III of Norway (b. 1073)
1217 – Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate
1313 - Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1278)
1540 – Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)
1542 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)
1572 – Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
- Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (b. 1519)
- Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b. 1515)
- Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier
1595 – Thomas Digges, English astronomer (b. 1546)
1617 - Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
1647 – Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
1664 – Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer
1679 – Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
1680 – Thomas Blood, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels (b. 1618)
1683 – John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)
1759 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (b. 1715)
1779 – Kosmas Aitolos, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)
1831 – August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
1832 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
1841 – Theodore Edward Hook, English writer (b. 1788)
1856 - William Buckland, English geologist (b. 1784)
1883 - Henri, Count of Chambord, claimant to the French throne (b. 1820)
1888 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (b. 1822)
1897 - Mutsu Munemitsu, Japanese politician (b. 1844)

1901 – 2000

1921 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)
1940 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German television pioneer (b. 1860)
1943 – Simone Weil, French philosopher and social activist (b. 1909)
1946 – James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862)
1950 - Arturo Alessandri, President of Chile (b. 1868)
1954 – Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (b. 1882)
1956 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese movie director (b. 1898)
1957 - Ronald Knox, British theologian and crime fiction writer (b. 1888)
1961 – Günter Litfin, first shooting victim at the Berlin Wall (b. 1937)
1967 – Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (b. 1882)
1974 - Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American aviator, author and inventor (b. 1894)
1975 – Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (b. 1882)
1978 – Louis Prima, American band leader (b. 1910)
1979 – Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (b. 1912)
1985 – Paul Creston, American composer (b. 1906)
1990 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941)
1991 – Bernard Castro, Italian inventor (b. 1904)
1995 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photographer (b. 1898)
1998 – E.G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
1999 - Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916)
2000 - Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (b. 1964)

From 2001

2001 - Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
2002 – Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (b. 1922)
2003 – Sir Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer (b. 1910)
2004 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926)
2005 – Ambrogio Fogar, Italian sailor, writer, rally driver and all-round adventurer and television presenter (d. 1941)
2007 - Andrée Boucher, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)
2009 – Toni Sailer, Austrian skier (b. 1935)
2012 - Pauli Ellefsen, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936)
2012 - Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1923)
2012 - Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian footballer (b. 1937)
2013 - Julie Harris, American actress (b. 1925)
2013 - Newton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer (b. 1931)
2014 - Richard Attenborough, English actor and movie director (b. 1923)
2014 - Leonid Stadnyk, Ukrainian claimant to world's tallest man title (b. 1970)
2015 - Justin Wilson, English racing driver (b. 1978)
2015 - Cees van Kooten, Dutch footballer (b. 1948)
2015 - Chico Maki, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)
2016 - Henning Voscherau, German politician (b. 1941)
2016 - Walter Scheel, German politician, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (b. 1919)
2016 - Roger Y. Tsien, Chinese-American biologist (b. 1952)
2017 - Cecil D. Andrus, American politician, Governor of Idaho (b. 1931)
2017 - Alan Boswell, English footballer (b. 1943)
2017 - Charlie Robertson, American politician (b. 1934)
2017 - Jay Thomas, American actor (b. 1948)
2017 - Amelyn Veloso, Filipino journalist and broadcaster (b. 1974)
2018 - Lawrence J. DeNardis, American politician (b. 1938)
2018 - Tom Frost, American rock climber (b. 1938)
2018 - Robin Leach, British writer and television host (b. 1941)
2018 - Princeton Lyman, American diplomat (b. 1935)
2018 - Javier Ochoa Palacios, Spanish cyclist (b. 1974)
2018 - Aleksei Paramonov, Soviet-Russian footballer (b. 1925)
2018 - Valentina Rastvorova, Soviet-Russian fencer (b. 1933)
2018 - Ciril Zlobec, Slovenian poet, writer and politician (b. 1925)
2019 - Arun Jaitley, Indian politician (b. 1952)
2019 - Sidney Rittenberg, American journalist and linguist (b. 1921)

Births

1901 – 1950

1902 - Fernand Braudel, French historian (d. 1985)
1903 - Karl Hanke, German SS leader (d. 1945)
1904 - Alice White, American actress (d. 1983)
1905 – Arthur Crudup, American blues musician (d. 1976)
1905 – Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
1907 – Bruno Giacometti, Italian sculptor (d. 2012)
1908 - Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (d. 1931)
1915 - James Tiptree, Jr., American writer and psychologist (d. 1987)
1916 - Léo Ferré, French singer, composer and poet (d. 1993)
1916 - Hal Smith, American actor (d. 1994)
1918 - Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (d. 2004)
1918 - Abdallah Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Morocco (d. 2005)
1918 - Avery Dulles, American cardinal (d. 2008)
1919 - Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, President of Ecuador (d. 2004)
1919 - Drs. P, Swiss-Dutch singer-songwriter, poet and writer (d. 2015)
1921 - Ercole Rabitti, Italian footballer (d. 2009)
1922 – René Lévesque, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
1922 – Howard Zinn, American historian (d. 2010)
1924 - Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of Cameroon (d. 1989)
1927 – Harry Markowitz, American economist
1927 - Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (d. 2014)
1927 - Guido Ceronetti, Italian journalist and poet (d. 2018)
1929 – Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Authority (d. 2004)
1932 – Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster and cardinal (d. 2017)
1934 - Kenny Baker, English actor (d. 2016)
1935 - Tsutomu Hata, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2017)
1936 - Kenny Guinn, 27th Governor of Nevada (d. 2010)
1936 - A. S. Byatt, English writer
1939 - Michael E. Phelps, American biophysicist
1940 - Francine Lalonde, Canadian politician (d. 2014)
1941 - Jürgen Eschert, German canoeist
1942 - Max Cleland, American politician (d. 2021)
1943 - John Cipollina, American guitarist (d. 1995)
1943 - Dafydd Iwan, Welsh singer and politician
1944 - Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
1944 – Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1945 – Vince McMahon, American Professional Wrestling promoter
1945 - Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)
1945 - Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
1946 - Vic Akers, English football coach
1946 - Rick Loomis, American game designer (d. 2019)
1946 - Manfred Zapf, German footballer
1947 – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian writer
1947 – Joe Manchin, American politician, former Governor of West Virginia
1947 - Steve Pearce, American politician
1947 - Anne Archer, American actress
1947 – Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
1948 – Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
1948 – Alexander McCall Smith, Scottish writer and professor
1948 - Sauli Niinistö, 12th President of Finland
1949 - Stephen Paulus, American composer (d. 2014)

1951 – 1975

1951 - Oscar Hijuelos, American writer (d. 2013)
1951 - Orson Scott Card, American writer
1952 - Bob Corker, American politician, United States Senator for Tennessee
1952 - Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican poet
1953 – Sam Torrance, Scottish golfer
1955 – Mike Huckabee, American politician, former Governor of Arkansas and Presidential candidate
1956 - John Culberson, American politician
1956 - Gerry Cooney, American boxer
1957 – Stephen Fry, English actor, comedian, presenter and writer
1957 - Marcel Vanthilt, Belgian singer and television host
1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor
1959 - Meg Munn, English politician
1960 - Takashi Miike, Japanese director, producer, writer and actor
1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
1960 - Steven Lindsey, American astronaut
1961 – Jared Harris, English actor
1963 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game creator
1963 - Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Icelandic writer
1964 - Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
1964 - Salizhan Sharipov, Kyrgyz cosmonaut
1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress
1965 - Reggie Miller, American basketball player
1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1968 - James Toney, American boxer
1969 - Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
1972 - Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
1973 - Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Dave Chappelle, American comedian and actor
1973 - Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor and musician
1974 - Takuya Yamada, Japanese footballer
1975 - Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer

From 1976

1976 - Yang Yang (A), Chinese short-track speed skater
1976 - Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor
1977 – Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper (d. 2009)^[1]
1977 – Jürgen Macho, Austrian football goalkeeper
1977 – Denilson, Brazilian footballer
1979 – Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
1979 - Kaki King, American guitarist and composer
1979 - Yelena Chernykh, Russian theatre actress (d. 2011)
1981 - Jiro Wang, Taiwanese singer and actor
1981 - Chad Michael Murray, American actor
1982 - José Bosingwa, Portuguese footballer
1982 – Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer
1984 - Charlie Villanueva, Dominican-American basketball player
1986 - Fabiano Santacroce, Brazilian-Italian footballer
1986 - Joseph Akpala, Nigerian footballer
1986 - Stewart McDonald, Scottish politician
1987 - Daichi Miura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer and choreographer
1987 - Jon Scheyer, American basketball player
1988 – Rupert Grint, British actor
1988 - Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer
1989 - Richie Gray, Scottish rugby union player
1997 - Alan Walker, English-Norwegian music producer
1998 - Robin, Finnish singer
2003 – Alexandre Coste, son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Deaths

Observances

National Day of Ukraine
Christian Feast Day of Saint Bartholomew
Night of Nostalgia, Eve of Independence Day (Uruguay)

References

↑ "Famous Birthdays on 24th August". History Orb. 2009-08-04.

[1] "Famous Birthdays on 24th August". History Orb. 2009-08-04.

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