February 24
February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days remaining until the end of the year (311 in leap years).
Events
Up to 1900
- 616 - King Ethelbert of Kent
- 1386 – Charles III of Naples and Hungary
- 1563 – Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (b. 1519)
- 1588 - Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist
- 1666 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (b. 1588)
- 1721 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
- 1777 – Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
- 1785 - Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)
- 1799 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (b. 1742)
- 1810 – Henry Cavendish, English physicist (b. 1731)
- 1812 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1725)
- 1815 – Robert Fulton, American inventor (b. 1765)
- 1856 – Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1792)
- 1876 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (b. 1809)
- 1879 - Shiranui Koemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1825)
1901 – 2000
- 1914 - Joshua Chamberlain, American Civil War figure (b. 1828)
- 1925 – Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1860)
- 1929 - André Messager, French composer and conductor (b. 1853)
- 1945 – Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egyptian Premier
- 1953 - Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
- 1970 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
- 1973 - Eugen Rosenstock-Hussey, German-American sociologist and historian (b. 1888)
- 1975 – Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet premier (b. 1895)
- 1982 - Virginia Bruce, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
- 1986 – Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian politician (b. 1904)
- 1988 – Memphis Slim, American blues singer and musician (b. 1915)
- 1990 – Sandro Pertini, President of Italy (b. 1896)
- 1991 - George Gobel, American comedian and actor (b. 1919)
- 1991 - John Charles Daly, American news broadcaster and game show host (b. 1914)
- 1993 – Bobby Moore, English footballer (b. 1941)
- 1994 – Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
- 1994 - Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)
- 1998 – Antonio Prohias, Cuban-born cartoonist (b. 1921)
- 1998 - Clara Fraser, American activist (b. 1923)
From 2001
- 2001 – Claude Shannon, American mathematician and electro technician (b. 1916)
- 2002 - Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1912)
- 2003 – Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951)
- 2003 - Christopher Hill, British historian (b. 1912)
- 2006 – Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924)
- 2007 - Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932)
- 2008 - Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
- 2011 - Anant Pai, Indian educator and comics creator (b. 1929)
- 2012 - Jan Berenstain, American writer (b. 1923)
- 2014 - Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1944)
- 2014 - Franny Beecher, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1921)
- 2014 - Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)
- 2014 - Prokash Karmakar, Indian painter (b. 1932)
- 2015 - Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakhstani politician and diplomat (b. 1962)
- 2015 - Irving Kahn, American financier (b. 1905)
- 2015 - Donald Keough, American businessman (b. 1926)
- 2015 - Maurice Hurley, American television writer and producer (b. 1939)
- 2015 - Bertrice Small, American writer (b. 1937)
- 2016 - Ryszard Bender, Polish politician (b. 1932)
- 2016 - Peter Kenilorea, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
- 2016 - Peter van der Merwe, Dutch footballer (b. 1942)
- 2016 - Rafael Iriondo, Spanish footballer (b. 1918)
- 2016 - Adriana Benetti, Italian actress (b. 1919)
- 2017 - Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1924)
- 2017 - Daryl, American magician (b. 1955)
- 2018 - Shmuel Auerbach, Israeli rabbi (b. 1931)
- 2018 - Bud Luckey, American actor and animator (b. 1934)
- 2018 - Folco Quilici, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- 2018 - Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)
- 2019 - Donald Keene, American and Japanese scholar, writer, translator and Japanese studies expert (b. 1922)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1903 - Vladimir Bartol, Slovene writer (d. 1967)
- 1909 – Max Black, American philosopher (d. 1988)
- 1912 – Jiri Trnka, Czech puppet maker and illustrator (d. 1969)
- 1914 - Weldon Kees, American poet, musician and painter (d. 1955)
- 1914 - Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
- 1914 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (d. 2005)
- 1921 - Ingvar Lidholm, Swedish composer (d. 2017)
- 1921 - Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1921 - Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1922 – Richard Hamilton, British painter and collage artist (d. 2011)
- 1922 – Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1924 - Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician (d. 2008)
- 1925 - Etel Adnan, Lebanese-American writer and artist
- 1926 - Erich Loest, German writer (d. 2013)
- 1927 - Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
- 1927 - Trevor Colbourn, Australian-American professor (d. 2015)
- 1930 - Barbara Lawrence, American actress (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Dominic Chianese, American actor
- 1932 - Michel Legrand, French composer
- 1932 - Zell Miller, former Governor of Georgia
- 1932 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
- 1933 - Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American academic and writer (d. 2014)
- 1934 - Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
- 1934 – Bettino Craxi, Italian politician (d. 2000)
- 1934 – Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi (d. 2012)
- 1934 - George Ryan, former Governor of Illinois
- 1935 - Ryhor Baradulin, Belarussian painter (d. 2014)
- 1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1938 - Phil Knight, American businessman, co-founder of Nike, Inc.
- 1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer
- 1940 - Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
- 1940 - James Sloyan, American actor
- 1942 – Paul Jones, English singer
- 1942 – Joe Lieberman, American politician
- 1942 - Colin Bond, Australian racing driver
- 1942 - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher and theorist
- 1943 - Terry Semel, former CEO of Yahoo
- 1943 - Catherine Cesarky, French astronomer
- 1944 - David J. Wineland, American physicist
- 1944 - Ivica Racan, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
- 1946 - Don Spiegelman, former Governor of Alabama
- 1946 - Ratomir Dujkovic, Serbian football manager
- 1947 - Mike Fratello, American basketball player
- 1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
- 1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish football manager
- 1948 – Dennis Waterman, English actor
- 1948 - François Lacombe, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1948 - Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2016)
- 1950 - George Thorogood, American singer and guitarist
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
- 1951 - Helen Shaver, Canadian actress
- 1951 - Laimdota Straujuma, former Prime Minister of Latvia
- 1951 - David Ford, Northern Irish politician and former leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- 1952 - Bruno Zuppiger, Swiss politician (d. 2016)
- 1954 - Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer and musician
- 1954 - Sid Meier, Canadian-American computer programmer
- 1955 – Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer, CEO of Apple Inc. (d. 2011)
- 1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
- 1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher
- 1956 - Paula Zahn, American journalist
- 1958 - Sammy Kershaw, American musician
- 1958 - Mark Moses, American actor
- 1959 - Beth Broderick, American actress
- 1961 - Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway
- 1963 - Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 - Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
- 1965 – Hansi Flick, German football coach
- 1965 - Kristin Davis, American actress
- 1965 - Jane Swift, former Governor of Massachusetts
- 1966 – Billy Zane, American actor
- 1966 – Ben Miller, British comedian, actor and director
- 1967 – Brian Schmidt, American-Australian astrophysicist, 2011 Nobel Prize winner
- 1967 - Fernando Tejero, Spanish actor
- 1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005)
- 1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish racing driver
- 1971 - Josh Bernstein, American explorer and TV host
- 1971 - Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971 - Leda Battisti, Italian singer
- 1972 - Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Chris Fehn, American musician (Slipknot)
- 1973 - Yordan Yovchev, Bulgarian gymnast
- 1973 - Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer
- 1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician
- 1974 - Bonnie Somerville, American actress
- 1975 - Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
From 1976
- 1976 – Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist
- 1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer
- 1977 – Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
- 1977 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer
- 1979 – Claire Cooper, English actress
- 1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
- 1981 – Mauro Rosales, Argentine footballer
- 1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese actress and model
- 1983 – Matt McGinley, American musician
- 1984 – Marina Timofeieva, Estonian ice dancer
- 1985 – William Kvist, Danish footballer
- 1986 – Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress
- 1989 – Trace Cyrus, American musician
- 1989 – Daniel Kaluuya, British actor and writer
- 1989 – Kostas Koufas, Greek-American basketball player
- 1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
- 1994 – Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
- 2001 – Ramona Marquez, English actress