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After the group disbanded in 1977, LaBelle began a solo career, achieving mainstream success in the 1980s with singles including "If Only You Knew", "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up".
Famous Birthdays on May 24
1944 — Patti LaBelle
American singer-songwriter and actress
May 24 has 194 recorded notable births across history, from 15 BC to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1961 American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus. Source
- 1944 Congress of Përmet occurs which establishes a provisional government in Albania in areas under partisan control, the first independent Albanian government since 1939. In honor of this the national emblem of Albania inscribed this date from 1946 until 1992. Source
- 1813 South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator"). Source
- 1607 Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America, is founded. Source
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Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential cinematographers in cinema history, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography.
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Germanicus Julius Caesar was a Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns against Arminius in Germania.
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Fahrenheit is also credited with producing the first successful mercury-in-glass thermometers, which were more accurate than the spirit-filled thermometers of his time and of a generally superior design.
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Lenglen won six Wimbledon singles titles, including five in a row from 1919 to 1923, and was the champion in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at the first two open French Championships in 1925 and 1926.
More major people born on May 24
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1949
Roger Deakins
English cinematographer
Sir Roger Alexander Deakins ASC, BSC is an English cinematographer.
-15
Germanicus
Roman general (died 19)
Germanicus Julius Caesar was a Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns against Arminius in Germania.
1686
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (died 1736)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker. He was born in Poland to a family of German origin, although he spent much of his life in the Dutch Republic.
1899
Suzanne Lenglen
French tennis player (died 1938)
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total.
1958
Chip Ganassi
American race car driver, team owner and businessman
Floyd "Chip" Ganassi Jr. is an American businessman, former racing driver, current team owner and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
1980
Anthony Minichiello
Australian rugby league player
Anthony Minichiello is a former professional rugby league footballer who captained the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, and retired having set records for most games and most tries in the club's history.
1973
Rodrigo
Argentinian singer-songwriter (died 2000)
Rodrigo Alejandro Bueno, also known by his stage name Rodrigo or his nickname "El Potro", was an Argentine singer of cuarteto music.
1991
Aled Davies
Welsh discus thrower
Aled Siôn Davies is a British Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category F42 throwing events.
1959
Barry O'Farrell
Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales
Barry Robert O'Farrell is an Australian former politician who was Australia's High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan from February 2020 to 30 June 2023.
1899
Henri Michaux
Belgian-French poet and painter (died 1984)
Henri Michaux was a Belgian-born French experimental poet, writer and painter.
1902
Lionel Conacher
Canadian football player and politician (died 1954)
Lionel Pretoria Conacher, nicknamed "the Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports.
1891
William F. Albright
American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar (died 1971)
William Foxwell Albright was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics.
1969
Jacob Rees-Mogg
English politician
Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg is a British politician, businessman and broadcaster who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for North East Somerset from 2010 to 2024.
1945
Steven Norris
English engineer and politician
Steven John Norris is a British former politician and businessman. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford East from 1983 to 1987.
1886
Paul Paray
French organist, composer, and conductor (died 1979)
Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer.
1988
Artem Anisimov
Russian ice hockey player
Artem Alekseevich Anisimov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player.
1988
Billy Gilman
American musician
William Wendell Gilman III is an American country music singer.
1967
Heavy D
Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (died 2011)
Dwight Arrington Myers, known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-American rapper, record producer, and actor.
1887
Mick Mannock
Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1918)
Edward Corringham "Mick" Mannock was a British-Irish flying ace who served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War. Mannock was a pioneer of fighter aircraft tactics in aerial warfare.