May 24
May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 641 - Constantine III, Eastern Roman Emperor (b. 612)
- 1153 – David I of Scotland (b. 1084)
- 1201 - Theobald III, Count of Champagne (b. 1179)
- 1351 – Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. 1297)
- 1377 - Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1296)
- 1408 – Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
- 1543 – Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer (b. 1473)
- 1612 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1734 – Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- 1806 - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal (b. 1723)
- 1848 - Annette von Droste-Huelshoff, German writer and composer (b. 1797)
- 1861 - Elmer G. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
- 1876 - Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1843)
- 1879 - William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist and publisher (b. 1805)
- 1881 - Samuel Palmer, English painter (b. 1805)
1901 – 2000
- 1901 - Charlotte Mary Yonge, English novelist (b. 1823)
- 1908 – Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)
- 1909 - Georg von Neumayer, German geophysicist and polar scientist (b. 1826)
- 1919 - Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (b. 1870)
- 1948 - Jacques Feyder, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1885)
- 1949 - Alkesey Shchusev, Russian architect (b. 1873)
- 1950 - Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, British field marshal (b. 1883)
- 1959 – John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
- 1960 - Avraham Arnon, Israeli educator (b. 1887)
- 1972 - Ismail Yasin, Egyptian actor (b. 1915)
- 1972 - Asta Nielsen, Danish actress (b. 1881)
- 1974 – Duke Ellington, American jazz musician (b. 1899)
- 1979 - Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer and educator (b. 1890)
- 1981 – Jaime Roldos Aguilera, President of Ecuador (b. 1940)
- 1984 - Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman (b. 1914)
- 1991 - Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1944)
- 1992 - Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (b. 1965)
- 1993 - Juan Jesus Posadas, Mexican cardinal (b. 1926)
- 1995 – Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
From 2001
- 2003 – Rachel Kempson, British actress (b. 1910)
- 2004 – Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (b. 1900)
- 2005 – Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)
- 2005 - Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
- 2008 – Rob Knox, British actor (b. 1989)
- 2008 - Jimmy McGriff, American jazz musician and bandleader (b. 1936)
- 2010 – Paul Gray, American musician (Slipknot) (b. 1972)
- 2010 – Anneliese Rothenberger, German opera singer (b. 1926)
- 2013 - Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian movie director, screenwriter and cinematographer (b. 1925)
- 2013 - Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (b. 1925)
- 2013 - Ed Shaughnessy, American drummer (b. 1929)
- 2014 - John Vasconcellos, American politician (b. 1932)
- 2015 - Marcus Belgrave, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1936)
- 2015 - Tanith Lee, British writer (b. 1947)
- 2015 - Bharat Raj Upreti, Nepalese judge (b. 1950)
- 2016 - Burt Kwouk, Chinese-English actor (b. 1930)
- 2016 - Lewis Fiander, Australian actor (b. 1938)
- 2016 - Buck Kartalian, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2016 - Mell Lazarus, American cartoonist (b. 1927)
- 2016 - Berend Jan Udink, Dutch politician (b. 1926)
- 2017 - Ezekiel Anisi, Papua New Guinean politician (b. 1988)
- 2017 - Juliana Koo, Chinese-American diplomat (b. 1905)
- 2017 - Jared Martin, American actor (b. 1941)
- 2017 - Pierre Seron, Belgian comic book artist (b. 1942)
- 2017 - Denis Johnson, American writer (b. 1949)
- 2017 - Tom Gilbey, British fashion designer (b. 1938)
- 2017 - William Duborgh Jensen, Norwegian fashion designer (b. 1935)
- 2017 - Noel Kinsey, Welsh footballer (b. 1925)
- 2017 - Sonny West, American actor and stunt performer (b. 1937)
- 2018 - Cliff Jackson, English footballer (b. 1941)
- 2018 - Roblimo, American journalist and author (b. 1952)
- 2018 - TotalBiscuit, British gaming critic and commentator (b. 1984)
- 2018 - Gudrun Burwitz, German Nazi militant (b. 1929)
- 2018 - Jerry Maren, American actor (b. 1920)
- 2019 - Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist (b. 1929)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)
- 1902 - Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)
- 1903 - Milo Burcham, American pilot (d. 1944)
- 1903 - Wladyslaw Orlicz, Polish mathematician (d. 1990)
- 1905 – Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer (d. 1984)
- 1910 - Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (d. 1983)
- 1911 - Ne Win, Burmese officer and politician (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Lilli Palmer, German actress (d. 1986)
- 1914 - George Tabori, Hungarian-German writer, screenwriter and dramatist (d. 2007)
- 1914 - Giuseppe Valdengo, Italian baritone (d. 2007)
- 1916 - Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat (d. 2002)
- 1921 - Maria Michi, Italian actress (d. 1980)
- 1924 - Mike Bongiorno, Italian-American television presenter (d. 2009)
- 1924 - Aleksander Arulaid, Estonian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)
- 1925 – Mai Zetterling, Swedish entertainer (d. 1994)
- 1925 - Carmine Infantino, American illustrator (d. 2013)
- 1925 - Carlo Annovazzi, Italian footballer (d. 1980)
- 1926 – Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor
- 1928 - Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (d. 2015)
- 1928 - Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican lawyer and journalist (d. 2015)
- 1928 - Kurt Weber, Polish cinematographer (d. 2015)
- 1930 - Matthew Meselson, American geneticist and molecular biologist
- 1931 - Michael Lonsdale, French actor
- 1932 – Arnold Wesker, British dramatist (d. 2016)
- 1933 - Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi (d. 2015)
- 1934 – Jane Byrne, 50th Mayor of Chicago (d. 2014)
- 1936 - Harold Budd, American composer and poet
- 1937 - Dick Balharry, Scottish conservationist (d. 2015)
- 1937 – Roger Peterson, American pilot (d. 1959)
- 1938 - Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
- 1940 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian poet (d. 1996)
- 1941 – Bob Dylan, American musician
- 1942 – Ichiro Ozawa, Japanese politician
- 1942 - Hannu Mikkola, Finnish rally driver
- 1942 - Fraser Stoddart, Scottish-American chemist
- 1944 - Susana Baca, Peruvian singer
- 1944 – Patti LaBelle, American singer
- 1945 – Priscilla Presley, American actress and wife of Elvis Presley
- 1945 - Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
- 1945 - Driss Jetou, former Prime Minister of Morocco
- 1946 - Tansu Ciller, former Prime Minister of Turkey
- 1946 - Irena Szewinska, Polish athlete
- 1946 - Thomas Nordahl, Swedish footballer
- 1947 - Waddy Wachtel, American composer, musician, bandleader and producer
- 1947 - Martin Winterkorn, German businessman
- 1948 - Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter
- 1949 – Jim Broadbent, British actor
- 1949 - Hubert Birkenmeier, German-American soccer player and coach
1951 – 1975
- 1953 – Alfred Molina, British actor
- 1955 – Rosanne Cash, American musician
- 1955 - Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer-songwriter
- 1956 - Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin
- 1956 - Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer and actor
- 1956 - Dominic Grieve, English politician
- 1957 – Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer
- 1959 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1985)
- 1960 – Guy Fletcher, British musician (Dire Straits)
- 1960 – Kristin Scott Thomas, British actress
- 1961 - Alain Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 - Massimo Mauro, Italian footballer
- 1962 - Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer (d. 2012)
- 1964 – Liz McColgan, Scottish athlete
- 1964 – Adrian Moorhouse, English swimmer
- 1964 – Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Jens Becker, German musician
- 1965 - John C. Reilly, American actor, singer, producer and screenwriter
- 1965 - Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter
- 1966 – Eric Cantona, French footballer and actor
- 1966 - Ella Guru, American painter and musician
- 1967 – Heavy D, American rapper (d. 2011)
- 1967 - Dana Ashbrook, American actor
- 1967 - Andrey Borodin, Russian economist and businessman
- 1967 - Eric Close, American actor
- 1969 – Richard Lochhead, Scottish politician
- 1969 - Jacob Rees-Mogg, English politician
- 1972 - Greg Berlanti, American director, producer and screenwriter
- 1972 - Jim McIntyre, Scottish footballer and coach
- 1973 – Ruslana, Ukrainian singer
- 1973 - Jill Johnson, Swedish singer
- 1973 – Dermot O'Leary, British television presenter
- 1973 – Vladimir Smicer, Czech footballer
- 1973 - Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer and screenwriter
- 1974 - Magnus Manske, German biochemist and computer programmer
- 1974 - Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
- 1975 - Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater
- 1975 - Giannis Goumas, Greek footballer
From 1976
- 1976 – Alessandro Cortini, Italian musician
- 1976 – Catherine Cox, Australian netball player
- 1978 - Johan Holmqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1978 - Jo Joyner, English actress
- 1978 – Brian Ching, American soccer player
- 1982 – DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player
- 1982 - Roberto Colautti, Argentine-Israeli footballer
- 1985 - Björgvin Páll Gústavsson, Icelandic handball player
- 1986 – Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
- 1987 - Déborah François, Belgian actress
- 1987 - Fabio Fognini, Italian tennis player
- 1988 - Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1989 – Mohammed Fellah, Norwegian footballer
- 1989 – Adel Taarabt, Moroccan footballer
- 1990 - Yuya Matsushita, Japanese singer and actor
- 1991 – Erika Umeda, Japanese singer
- 1992 - Rachel Victoria, Canadian actress
- 1994 - Cayden Boyd, American actor
- 1994 - Daiya Seto, Japanese swimmer
- 1995 – Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
- 2007 - Maru the cat, famous cat and internet celebrity