September 24

2024 Calendar

September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

366 - Pope Liberius (b. 352)
768 – Pippin the Younger, King of the Franks (b. 714)
1054 - Hermann von Reichenau, German scholar, mathematician and astronomer (b. 1013)
1120 - Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
1143 - Agnes of Germany (b. 1072)
1143 - Pope Innocent I
1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
1435 - Isabeau of Bavaria (b. 1370)
1494 – Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)
1522 - Tupac Amaru I, Incan ruler
1541 – Paracelsus, Swiss physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer and general occultist (b. 1493)
1732 – Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1742 - Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer (b. 1684)
1802 – Alexander Radishchev, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1749)
1834 – Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)
1877 – Saigo Takamori, Japanese samurai (b. 1828)
1889 - Daniel Harvey Hill, American Confederate general (b. 1821)
1889 - Charles Leroux, American balloonist (b. 1896)
1896 – Louis Gerard De Geer, first Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)

1901 – 2000

1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish doctor, won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)
1920 - Peter Carl Faberge, Russian jeweler (b. 1846)
1929 – Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Thailand (b. 1892)
1930 - William A. MacCorkle, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
1939 - Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer (b. 1867)
1945 - Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)
1950 - Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
1969 – Warren McCulloch, American neuropsychologist (b. 1898)
1973 - Josue de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer and activist (b. 1908)
1978 - Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (b. 1897)
1980 - Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian director, producer and cinematographer (b. 1896)
1981 - Patsy Kelly, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
1982 - Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914)
1991 – Dr. Seuss, American writer (b. 1904)
1991 - Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
1993 - Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
1993 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
1994 - Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (b. 1968)

From 2001

2002 - Tim Rose, American-born English musician (b. 1940)
2004 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935)
2005 - Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)
2008 - Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2009 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian novelist (b. 1975)
2009 – Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
2010 – Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician (b. 1937)
2014 - Greg Mackey, Australian rugby league player (b. 1961)
2014 - Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English Duchess and last-surviving of the Mitford sisters (b. 1920)
2014 - Christopher Hogwood, English conductor (b. 1941)
2014 - Karl Miller, British literary editor (b. 1931)
2014 - Carlotta Ikeda, Japanese dancer (b. 1941)
2014 - Stephen Sykes, English bishop (b. 1939)
2015 - Ellis Kaut, German author (b. 1920)
2016 - Vladimir Kuzmichyov, Russian footballer (b. 1979)
2016 - Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953)
2016 - Bill Mollison, Australian author, physicist and biologist (b. 1928)
2016 - Buckwheat Zydeco, American musician (b. 1947)
2017 - Valery Asapov, Russian army general (b. 1966)
2017 - Washington Benavides, Uruguayan poet, professor and musician (b. 1930)
2017 - Gisèle Casadesus, French actress (b. 1914)
2017 - Joseph M. McDade, American politician (b. 1931)
2017 - Kito Lorenc, German writer and poet (b. 1938)
2017 - Carlos Vidal Layseca, Peruvian physician and politician (b. 1931)
2018 - Norm Breyfogle, American comic book artist (b. 1960)
2018 - Jim Brogan, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
2018 - José María Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean politician (b. 1945)
2018 - Ivar Martinsen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1920)
2018 - Tommy McDonald, American football player (b. 1934)
2019 - Donald L. Tucker, American politician (b. 1935)

Births

Up to 1800

15 – Vitellius, Roman Emperor (died 69)
1301 – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (died 1372)
1473 - Georg von Frundsberg, German soldier (died 1528)
1501 – Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (died 1576)
1534 – Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (died 1581)
1564 – William Adams, English navigator and samurai (died 1620)
1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (died 1634)
1599 - Adam Olearius, German writer and diplomat (died 1671)
1625 – Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (died 1672)
1667 - Jean-Louis Lully, French musician and composer (died 1688)
1705 – Count Leopold Josef von Daun, Austrian field marshal (died 1766)
1714 - Alaungpaya, King of Burma (died 1760)
1717 – Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (died 1797)
1724 – Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (died 1803)
1739 – Grigory Potyomkin, Russian field marshal (died 1791)
1755 – John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (died 1835)
1763 - Ezra Butler, 11th Governor of Vermont (died 1838)
1796 - Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (died 1875)

1801 – 1900

1801 – Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (died 1862)
1802 – Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (died 1868)
1817 – Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (died 1901)
1836 - Pablo Arosemena Alba, 5th President of Panama (died 1920)
1851 - Federico Boyd, 4th President of Panama (died 1924)
1852 - Elizabeth Maria Molteno, South African women's rights activist (died 1927)
1857 – Richard Mansfield, German-born actor (died 1907)
1858 - Eugene Foss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1939)
1859 - S. R. Crockett, Scottish novelist (died 1914)
1861 - Walter Simons, German politician and jurist (died 1937)
1870 - Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer (died 1960)
1871 – Lottie Dod, English tennis player (died 1960)
1872 - Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician (died 1941)
1878 – C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (died 1947)
1880 – Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (died 1999)
1882 - Max Decugis, French tennis player (died 1978)
1883 - Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman (died 1934)
1883 - Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper (died 1951)
1884 – Ismet Inönü, second President of Turkey (died 1973)
1884 – Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (died 1953)
1885 - Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer and educator (died 1963)
1886 - Roberto Maria Ortiz, President of Argentine (died 1942)
1887 - Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish politician and colonial administrator (died 1952)
1890 – A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (died 1971)
1890 - Mike Gonzalez, Cuban baseball player, coach and manager (died 1977)
1892 - Adélard Godbout, 15th Premier of Quebec (died 1956)
1894 – Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer (died 1968)
1894 - Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer and screenwriter (died 1979)
1895 – André Frédéric Cournand, French born physician, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1988)
1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940)
1898 – Howard Walter Florey, Australian-born pharmacologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945 (died 1968)
1898 - Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (died 1990)
1899 – Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (died 1970)

1901 – 1950

1902 - Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (died 1989)
1905 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish–born biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1993)
1908 - Saizo Saito, Japanese footballer (died 2004)
1909 – Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect and historian of gardens (died 1966)
1910 - Jean Servais, Belgian actor (died 1976)
1911 – Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (died 1985)
1911 - Jimmy Smith, Scottish footballer (died 2005)
1912 – Don Porter, American actor (died 1997)
1913 - Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (died 2014)
1914 – John Kerr, Governor-General of Australia (died 1991)
1914 - Andrzej Panufnik, Polish composer, pianist and conductor (died 1991)
1917 - Otto Günsche, German SS officer (died 2003)
1918 – Audra Lindley, American actress (died 1997)
1919 – Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (died 2004)
1921 - Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer and dancer (died 2004)
1922 - Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer and screenwriter
1923 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (died 2001)
1924 - Hidemaro Watanabe, Japanese footballer (died 2011)
1924 - Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast
1924 – Theresa Merritt, American actress (died 1998)
1925 - Geoffrey Burbidge, English astronomer (died 2010)
1925 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (died 2004)
1928 - René Lavand, Argentine illusionist (died 2015)
1930 – John Young, American astronaut (died 2018)
1931 - Gilberto Aceves Navarro, Mexican artist (died 2019)
1931 – Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (died 1999)
1931 - Tom Adams, Prime Minister of Barbados (d. 1985)
1931 - Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter
1931 - Brian Glanville, English author
1931 - Leopoldo Verona, Argentine actor (died 2014)
1932 - Miguel Montuori, Italian-Argentine footballer (died 1998)
1933 - Raffaele Farina, Italian cardinal
1934 – Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat (died 1994)
1934 - John-Roger Hinkins, American author, public speaker and religious leader (died 2014)
1934 - Donald Wrye, American director, actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer (died 1990)
1939 - Wayne Henderson, American musician (died 2014)
1939 - Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli television personality (died 2015)
1941 – Linda McCartney, American singer and activist (died 1998)
1942 – Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen, Finnish singer
1942 – Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
1943 - Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer (died 2012)
1945 - John Rutter, English composer
1945 – Lou Dobbs, American journalist
1946 – "Mean" Joe Greene, American football player
1946 – Lars Emil Johansen, former Prime Minister of Greenland
1948 – Gordon Clapp, American actor
1948 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (died 1998)
1949 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish movie director
1950 - Alan Colmes, American talk show host
1950 - Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach and sportscaster
1950 - Harriet Walter, English actress

1951 – 1975

1952 – Mark Sandman, American musician (died 1999)
1954 – Patrick Kelly, American fashion designer (died 1990)
1954 - Helen Lederer, English comedienne, writer and actress
1954 – Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer
1955 – Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
1955 - Sophie Dessus, French politician (died 2016)
1956 – Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
1956 - Ilona Slupianek, German athlete
1957 - Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager
1957 - Brad Bird, American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and writer
1958 - Murdo MacLeod, Scottish footballer
1958 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor
1959 - Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-British businessman
1959 – Steve Whitmire, American voice actor
1961 - Fiona Corke, Australian actress
1961 - Jack Dee, English comedian
1961 - Luc Picard, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter
1962 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress, writer, and comedienne
1962 – Mike Phelan, English footballer
1962 – Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer
1964 - J. Michael Mendel, American television producer (died 2019)
1964 - Osamu Taninaka, Japanese footballer
1964 – Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player
1966 – Michael J. Varhola, American writer, editor, publisher, and game designer.
1966 - Stefan Molyneux, Irish-Canadian blogger and author
1968 - Michael Obiku, Nigerian footballer
1969 – Shawn Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
1969 – Donald DeGrate, Jr., American music producer
1969 - Goya Toledo, Spanish actress
1970 – Karen Forkel, German athlete
1970 - Gary McSwegan, Scottish footballer
1971 - Craig Burley, Scottish footballer
1972 - Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese politician
1972 - Kate Fleetwood, English actress
1974 - Kati Wolf, Hungarian singer

From 1976

1976 – Stephanie McMahon, American business person and writer (World Wrestling Entertainment)
1978 – Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
1979 – Casey Johnson, American socialite and heiress (died 2010)
1980 – Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
1980 – John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
1980 - Victoria Pendleton, British cyclist
1981 - Drew Gooden, American basketball player
1982 – Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
1982 – Paul Hamm, American gymnast
1982 - Cristian Daniel Ledesma, Argentine-Italian footballer
1985 - Eleanor Catton, Canadian-New Zealand writer
1985 – Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress
1986 - Leah Dizon, American-Japanese singer and model
1987 - Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
1987 - Gürhan Gürsoy, Turkish footballer
1988 - Birgit Oigemeel, Estonian singer
1988 – Kyle Sullivan, American actor
1989 - Pia Wurtzbach, German-Filipina actress and model
1991 - Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
1992 - Jack Sock, American tennis player
1997 - Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer

Deaths

Observances

Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau
Heritage Day in South Africa
Mahidol Day in Thailand
New Caledonia Day
Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago
Armed Forces Day (Peru)