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February 24 in recent years

February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 310 days remain until the end of the year (311 in leap years).

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1604 – Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)
  • 1619Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
  • 1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
  • 1709Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
  • 1721 – John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)
  • 1723John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)
  • 1736 – Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)
  • 1743Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)
  • 1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
  • 1767 – Rama II of Siam (d. 1824)
  • 1774Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
  • 1786 – Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
  • 1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)
  • 1788 – Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
  • 1827Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)
  • 1831Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
  • 1835 – Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)
  • 1836Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)
  • 1837Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
  • 1842Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
  • 1848 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
  • 1852George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
  • 1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
  • 1869Zara DuPont, American suffragist (d. 1946)
  • 1874Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
  • 1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
  • 1877 – Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)
  • 1885Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
  • 1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
  • 1890Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
  • 1896 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
  • 1898Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
  • 1900 – Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981)

1901–present

  • 1903 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)
  • 1908 – Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
  • 1909 – August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
  • 1914 – Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)
  • 1914 – Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
  • 1915Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (d. 1986)
  • 1919 – John Carl Warnecke, American architect (d. 2010)
  • 1921Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
  • 1922Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)
  • 1922 – Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)
  • 1924 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
  • 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
  • 1925 – Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
  • 1926 – Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952)
  • 1927Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
  • 1929 – Kintarō Ōki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
  • 1930Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)
  • 1931Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
  • 1931 – Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
  • 1932Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
  • 1932 – Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (d. 2018)
  • 1932 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
  • 1933Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)
  • 1933 – Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1933 – David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)
  • 1934Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
  • 1934 – Johnny Hills, English footballer (d. 2021)
  • 1934 – Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (d. 2023)
  • 1935Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)
  • 1936 – Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (d. 2020)
  • 1936 – Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (d. 2011)
  • 1938James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
  • 1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
  • 1939 – Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)
  • 1940 – Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
  • 1940 – Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
  • 1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
  • 1941 – Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
  • 1942 – Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
  • 1942 – Celia Kaye, American actress
  • 1942 – Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
  • 1942 – Jenny O'Hara, American actress
  • 1942 – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
  • 1943 – Kent Haruf, American novelist (d. 2014)
  • 1943 – Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (d. 1967)
  • 1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
  • 1944Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (d. 1994)
  • 1944 – Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
  • 1945Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
  • 1946Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
  • 1947Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
  • 1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
  • 1948Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2016)
  • 1948 – Dennis Waterman, English actor (d. 2022)
  • 1950George Thorogood, American musician
  • 1951David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
  • 1951 – Derek Randall, English cricketer
  • 1951 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
  • 1951 – Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
  • 1951 – Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
  • 1952 – Tommy Burleson, American basketball player
  • 1953 – Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (d. 1974)
  • 1954 – Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1954 – Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican author (d. 2016)
  • 1954 – Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
  • 1954 – Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
  • 1955Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (d. 2011)
  • 1955 – Eddie Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2020)
  • 1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
  • 1956Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
  • 1956 – Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
  • 1956 – Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
  • 1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1958 – Mark Moses, American actor
  • 1959Beth Broderick, American actress and director
  • 1959 – Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
  • 1961 – Emilio Rivera, American actor
  • 1961 – Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Norway
  • 1962Kelly Craft, American businesswoman and diplomat
  • 1962 – Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter
  • 1963Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian filmmaker and composer
  • 1963 – Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
  • 1963 – Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1964Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
  • 1965 – Paul Gruber, American football player
  • 1965 – Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
  • 1966Billy Zane, American actor and producer
  • 1967Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1968Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
  • 1969 – Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
  • 1970Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
  • 1970 – Neil Sullivan, Scottish footballer and coach
  • 1970 – Jonathan Ward, American actor
  • 1971Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
  • 1971 – Gillian Flynn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
  • 1971 – Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1972 – Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
  • 1972 – Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1973Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
  • 1974 – Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 1974 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress
  • 1975 – Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
  • 1976Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1995)
  • 1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer
  • 1976 – Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
  • 1977 – Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1977 – Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
  • 1977 – Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer
  • 1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
  • 1981 – Jonas Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1981 – Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
  • 1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
  • 1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1981 – Bob Sanders, American football player
  • 1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
  • 1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
  • 1982 – Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
  • 1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
  • 1984 – Wilson Bethel, American actor
  • 1984 – Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
  • 1985Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer
  • 1986 – Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1987 – Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
  • 1987 – Ashley Walker, American-Romanian basketball player
  • 1988 – Rodrigue Beaubois, French basketball player
  • 1988 – Alexander Koch, American actor
  • 1988 – Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka
  • 1989Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1989 – Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
  • 1989 – Kosta Koufos, Greek-American basketball player
  • 1990 – Dwayne Allen, American football player
  • 1990 – Derek Wolfe, American football player
  • 1991 – Tim Erixon, American-Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
  • 1991 – O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
  • 1991 – Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
  • 1994Jessica Pegula, American tennis player
  • 1994 – Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
  • 1996 – Royce Freeman, American football player

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 616 – Æthelberht of Kent
  • 951 – Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
  • 1018 – Borrell, bishop of Vic
  • 1114 – Thomas, archbishop of York
  • 1386 – Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)
  • 1496 – Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1445)
  • 1525 – Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (b. 1470)
  • 1525 – Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (b. c. 1488)
  • 1525 – Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (b. 1480)
  • 1530Properzia de' Rossi, Italian Renaissance sculptor
  • 1563 – Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)
  • 1580 – Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (b. 1511)
  • 1588 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1910 – Osman Hamdi Bey, Turkish archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
  • 1914Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
  • 1925Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
  • 1927 – Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
  • 1929 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
  • 1930 – Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
  • 1953 – Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
  • 1953 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
  • 1967Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
  • 1970Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
  • 1974 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
  • 1975 – Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
  • 1975 – Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
  • 1978Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
  • 1982Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
  • 1986 – Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
  • 1986 – Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
  • 1990 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
  • 1990 – Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
  • 1990 – Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
  • 1990 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
  • 1991 – John Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
  • 1991 – George Gobel, American actor (b. 1919)
  • 1991 – Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
  • 1993 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)
  • 1993 – Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
  • 1994 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)
  • 1994 – Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
  • 1998Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)
  • 1998 – Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)
  • 1999 – Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936)
  • 2001 – Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912)
  • 2001 – Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916)
  • 2002Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)
  • 2004John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
  • 2005 – Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927)
  • 2006Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)
  • 2006 – Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
  • 2006 – John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)
  • 2006 – Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
  • 2007 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)
  • 2007 – Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
  • 2008Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
  • 2010Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969)
  • 2011 – Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
  • 2012 – Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)
  • 2012 – Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)
  • 2013 – Virgil Johnson, American singer (b. 1935)
  • 2013 – Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)
  • 2014Franny Beecher, American guitarist (b. 1921)
  • 2014 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)
  • 2014 – Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
  • 2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
  • 2015 – Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949)
  • 2015 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962)
  • 2016Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
  • 2016 – Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
  • 2016 – George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (b. 1927)
  • 2018Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)
  • 2018 – Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (b. 1986)
  • 2020Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1918)
  • 2021 – Ronald Pickup, English actor (b. 1940)
  • 2023 – Edith Roger, Norwegian dancer and choreographer (b. 1922)

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
    • Blessed Ascensión Nicol y Goñi
    • Lindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki (Anglican Church of Canada)
    • Modest (bishop of Trier)
    • Sergius of Cappadocia
    • February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Dragobete (Romania)
  • Engineer's Day (Iran)
  • Flag Day in Mexico
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918; the Soviet period is considered to have been an illegal annexation.
  • National Artist Day (Thailand)
  • Sweden Finns' Day (Sweden)

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