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Lionel Messi's records include most goals in a calendar year (91), most goals for a single club, most goals in La Liga (474), most assists in the FIFA World Cup (12), and most assists in international football (65).
Famous Birthdays on June 24
1987 — Lionel Messi
Argentine footballer
June 24 has 283 recorded notable births across history, from 1210 to 2008. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on June 24
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- 1717 The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England). Source
- 1713 The treaty of Adrianople ends the Russo-Turkish War of 1710–1713, which restores territory to the Ottomans while allowing the Russians to focus on their war against the Swedes. Source
- 1954 First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. Source
- 1940 World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company. Source
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Kelly is one of few actresses who portrayed First Lady of the U.
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Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil film series (2004–2016) and as Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019).
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A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction.
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Garrett has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards for co-writing "Love You I Do" for the 2006 musical film Dreamgirls.
More major people born on June 24
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1980
Minka Kelly
American actress
Minka Dumont Kelly is an American actress. She received wide recognition for her role as Lyla Garrity on the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2009).
1961
Iain Glen
Scottish actor
Iain Alan Sutherland Glen is a Scottish actor. He has appeared as Dr.
1842
Ambrose Bierce
American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (died 1914)
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American author, journalist, and poet.
1960
Siedah Garrett
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Siedah Garrett is an American singer, songwriter, and composer who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, Wang Chung, the Pointer…
1945
Colin Blunstone
English singer-songwriter
Colin Edward Michael Blunstone is an English singer and songwriter.
1960
Elish Angiolini
Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
Lady Elish Frances Margaret Angiolini is a Scottish lawyer currently serving as Lord Clerk Register, the first woman to hold the role since its creation in the 13th century.
1898
Karl Selter
Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (died 1958)
Karl Selter was an Estonian politician and a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. He served as Minister of Economic Affairs from 1933 to 1938 and as minister of Foreign affairs from 1938 to 1939.
1846
Samuel Johnson
Nigerian priest and historian (died 1901)
The Rev. Samuel Johnson was an Anglican priest, diplomat, and historian, as well as the great-grandson of Alaafin Abiodun, a powerful king of the Oyo Empire.
1909
Jean Deslauriers
Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1978)
Jean Deslauriers was a Canadian conductor, violinist, and composer.
1973
Jere Lehtinen
Finnish ice hockey player
Jere Kalervo Lehtinen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. A right winger, he was drafted in the third round, 88th overall, in the 1992 NHL entry draft by the Minnesota North Stars.
1964
Gary Suter
American ice hockey player and scout
Gary Lee Suter is an American former professional ice hockey player. As a defenseman, he played over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1985 and 2002.
1904
Phil Harris
American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1995)
Wonga Philip "Phil" Harris was an American actor, comedian, bandleader, and musician.
1941
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, semiotician, psychoanalyst, feminist, and novelist who has lived in France since the mid-1960s.
1900
Wilhelm Cauer
German mathematician and engineer (died 1945)
Wilhelm Cauer was a German mathematician and scientist. He is most noted for his work on the analysis and synthesis of electrical filters and his work marked the beginning of the field of network synthesis.
1958
John Tortorella
American ice hockey player and coach
John Tortorella is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1933
Rosalie Sorrels
American traditional folk singer-songwriter (died 2017)
Rosalie Sorrels was an American folk singer-songwriter. She began her public career as a singer and collector of traditional folksongs in the late 1950s.
1933
Sam Jones
American basketball player and coach (died 2021)
Samuel Jones was an American professional basketball player who was a shooting guard for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A five-time NBA All-Star, he was nicknamed "Mr.
1978
Ariel Pink
American singer-songwriter
Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, professionally known as Ariel Pink, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter whose work draws heavily from the popular music of the 1960s–1980s.
1838
Jan Matejko
Polish painter (died 1893)
Jan Alojzy Matejko was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history.