Did you know
Famous Birthdays on November 24
241 people
1273 – 1998
November 24 has seen 241 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1273 – 1998. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
By thisDay.info Editorial Team · — Wikipedia
1990 — Tom Odell
English singer-songwriter
Did you know
Most recently, he has brought out the album A Wonderful Life (2025).
Did you know
His debut extended play Songs from Another Love was released in 2012, earning him a BRITs Critics' Choice Award
Did you know
His debut studio album, Long Way Down, was released on 24 June 2013, and was followed by his second album, Wrong Crowd, on 10 June 2016
Did you know
Odell went on to release Jubilee Road (2018) and Monsters (2021), both through Columbia Records
1273
1394
1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (died 1473)
John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire KG, KB was an English nobleman, the youngest son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham. In 1461 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath.
Read More
1427
Italian sculptor (died 1528)
Pietro Torrigiano was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, who had to flee the city after breaking Michelangelo's nose. He then worked abroad, and died in prison in Spain. He was important in introducing…
Read More
1472
Spanish poet and painter (died 1641)
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar was a Spanish poet, scholar and painter in the Siglo de Oro.
Read More
1583
English dramatist (died 1640)
Philip Massinger was an English dramatist. His plays, including A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The City Madam, and The Roman Actor, are noted for their satire and realism, and their political and social themes.
Read More
1583
10th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (died 1651)
Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent, known as Lord Ruthin from 1639 to 1643, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and succeeded to the title Earl of Kent in 1643.
Read More
1594
1603
Elector Palatine (died 1690)
Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Elector of the Palatinate from 1685 to 1690. He was the son of Wolfgang Wilhelm,…
Read More
1615
French scholar and academic (died 1718)
Étienne Baluze, known also as Stephanus Baluzius, was a French scholar and historiographer.
Read More
1630
Dutch philosopher and scholar (died 1677)
Baruch (de) Spinoza, also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born and lived in the Dutch Republic. A forerunner of the Age of Enlightenment,…
Read More
1632
Charles XI or Carl was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death in 1697.
Read More
1655
German organist and composer (died 1750)
Charles Theodore Pachelbel was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist of the late Baroque era. He was the son of the more famous Johann Pachelbel, composer of the popular Canon in D. He was one of the first…
Read More
1690
French priest and educator (died 1789)
Charles-Michel de l'Épée was an 18th-century French Catholic priest and philanthropic educator who advocated for sign language as the preferred method of teaching deaf people, and has become known as the "Father of the…
Read More
1712
Tunisian ruler (died 1782)
Ali II ibn Hussein, commonly referred to as Ali II Bey or Ali Pacha Bey II was the fourth leader of the Husainid dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1759 until his death in 1782. He was the son of Al-Husayn I ibn Ali.…
Read More
1712
Spanish priest and missionary (died 1784)
Junípero Serra Ferrer, popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a…
Read More
1713
Irish novelist and clergyman (died 1768)
Laurence Sterne was a British novelist and Anglican cleric. He is best known for his comic novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759–1767) and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768).
Read More
1713
Maria Amalia was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19 June 1738. She was born a…
Read More
1724
Russian field marshal (died 1800)
Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire.
Read More
1729
Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Grand Duchess of Tuscany as the spouse of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Read More
1745
Scottish minister, author, and educator (died 1857)
Reverend Thomas Dick, was a British church minister, science teacher and writer, known for his works on astronomy and practical philosophy, combining science and Christianity, and arguing for a harmony between the two.
Read More
1774
American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (died 1850)
Zachary Taylor was an American military officer and politician who was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to…
Read More
1784
German author and poet (died 1860)
Ludwig Bechstein was a German writer and collector of folk fairy tales.
Read More
1801
English priest, created Rugby football (died 1872)
William Webb Ellis was an English Anglican clergyman who, by tradition, has been credited as the inventor of rugby football while a pupil at Rugby School. According to legend, Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with…
Read More
1806
Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (died 1890)
Johann Ulrich Ochsenbein, colloquially Ulrich Ochsenbein was a Swiss jurist, military officer, politician who most notably served on the Federal Council (Switzerland) from 1848 to 1854. He previously also served on the…
Read More
1811
French geographer and engineer (died 1848)
Ignace Xavier Morand Hommaire de Hell, often known as Xavier Hommaire de Hell, was a French geographer, engineer and traveller who carried out research in Turkey, southern Russia and Iran.
Read More
1812
Italian journalist and author (died 1890)
Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.
Read More
1826
American scientist, telescope maker and educator (died 1920)
John Alfred Brashear was an American astronomer and instrument builder.
Read More
1840
English-American novelist and playwright (died 1924)
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).
Read More
1849
British lawyer (died 1925)
John Indermaur was a British lawyer and legal writer, with his writing focus was on common law. He is known for having written An Epitome of Leading Common Law Cases in 1875, Principles of Common Law in 1876, and The…
Read More
1851
Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter (died 1937)
Miklós Kovács was a Hungarian Slovene cantor and writer.
Read More
1857
American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (died 1934)
Cass Gilbert was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas, and West…
Read More
1859
French painter and illustrator (died 1901)
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa, known as Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator. His immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris…
Read More
1864
American pianist and composer (died 1917)
Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the "Maple Leaf…
Read More
1868
Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (died 1951)
António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona was a Portuguese army officer and politician who served as president of Portugal from 1926 until his death in 1951. Before his presidency, he served as prime minister of Portugal from…
Read More
1869
Russian politician (died 1923)
Yuliy Osipovich Tsederbaum, better known as Julius Martov, was a Russian Marxist theorist, revolutionary, and a leader of the Mensheviks, the minority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). A…
Read More
1873
English tennis player (died 1943)
Herbert Roper Barrett, KC was a tennis player from Great Britain.
Read More
1873
Brazilian footballer and referee (died 1953)
Charles William Miller was a Brazilian sportsman, who is considered to be the father of football in Brazil. Miller founded São Paulo Athletic Club (SPAC), one of the oldest sports clubs in Brazil, and founded the Liga…
Read More
1874
American architect and urban planner, designed Canberra (died 1937)
Walter Burley Griffin was an American architect and landscape architect. He designed Canberra, Australia's capital city, the New South Wales towns of Griffith and Leeton, and the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag.
Read More
1876
American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (died 1956)
Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was elected to local…
Read More
1877
Indian police officer (died 1941)
Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara was the first Indian to become the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Mumbai Police in 1928. He was in charge of the Crime Branch division and was noted for his intelligence network. A…
Read More
1877
1879
Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1951)
Charles Herbert Christie and Alfred Ernest Christie were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs.
Read More
1881
Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (died 1968)
Ye Gongchuo was a Chinese politician, calligrapher, poet, and art patron. Born in Panyu County, Guangdong, to the family of a Qing dynasty official, Ye passed the imperial examination and joined the Ministry of Posts…
Read More
1881
Russian politician (died 1938)
Nikolay Mikhailovich Janson was an Estonian revolutionary, Soviet politician and statesman.
Read More
1882
Ukrainian-Israeli historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (died 1963)
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, ethnologist, and Labor Zionist who was the second president of Israel from 1952 until his death in 1963. Ben-Zvi is Israel's longest-serving president.
Read More
1884
Estonian actor, director, and producer (died 1915)
Theodor Altermann was an actor, theatre director and producer in the Russian Empire.
Read More
1885
German SS officer (died 1944)
Christian Wirth was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and leading Holocaust perpetrator who was one of the primary architects of the program to exterminate the Jewish people of Poland, known as Operation Reinhard. His…
Read More
1885
American publisher, founded The Little Review (died 1973)
Margaret Caroline Anderson was the American founder, editor and publisher of the art and literary magazine The Little Review, which published a collection of modern American, English and Irish writers between 1914 and…
Read More
1886
French boxer and rower (died 1960)
Jacques Marie Lucien Raoul Simonpaoli was a French athlete, boxer, wrestler, rower and actor. Aged 12, he served as a coxswain in the French coxed pair and won a bronze medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He competed in…
Read More
1887
German field marshal (died 1973)
Erich von Manstein was a German military officer who served as a Generalfeldmarschall in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was subsequently convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 18 years'…
Read More
1887
American author and educator (died 1955)
Dale Carnegie was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of…
Read More
1888
American cardiologist and author (died 1972)
Dr. Fredrick Arthur Willius was an American cardiologist and medical historian. He earned both his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees from the University of Minnesota before joining the Mayo Clinic in…
Read More
1888
Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1970)
Vasil Gendov was a Bulgarian film and stage actor, film director and screenwriter. Gendov wrote, directed and had a starring role as an actor in the first feature-length film released in Bulgaria; the 1915 silent film…
Read More
1891
American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946)
Charles Francis Hurley was an American attorney and the 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and one of its first Irish-American governors.
Read More
1893
English cricketer and businessman (died 1978)
Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two world wars.…
Read More
1894
American geologist and paleontologist (died 1972)
Esther Applin was an American geologist and paleontologist. She completed her undergraduate degree in 1919 from the University of California, Berkeley. Later, she completed a master's degree which was focused on…
Read More
1895
Italian-American mob boss (died 1962)
Charles "Lucky" Luciano was an Italian gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He started his criminal career in the Five Points Gang and was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate.…
Read More
1897
English tennis player (died 1953)
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron was a tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Read More
1897
American author, playwright, and critic (died 1966)
Ward Morehouse was an American theater critic, newspaper columnist, playwright, and author.
Read More
1899
Canadian captain and surgeon (died 1988)
Albert Ross Tilley, was a Canadian plastic surgeon who pioneered the treatment of burned airmen during the Second World War.
Read More
1904
Argentinian actress and singer (died 2000)
Libertad Lamarque Bouza was an Argentine-born Mexican actress and singer, who became one of the most iconic stars of the Golden Age of cinema in both Argentina and Mexico. She achieved fame throughout Latin America, and…
Read More
1908
American football player and coach (died 2009)
Lawrence Edwin Siemering was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of San Francisco and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Redskins in 1935…
Read More
1910
American actor (died 1985)
Kirby Grant, born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was an American actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series Sky King. Between 1949 and 1954, Grant starred in 10…
Read More
1911
American baseball player and manager (died 1975)
Joseph Michael Medwick, nicknamed "Ducky", "Muscles", and "Mickey", was an American professional baseball left fielder. He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers,…
Read More
1911
Dutch philosopher and academic (died 1993)
Bernardus Maria Ignatius "Bernard" Delfgaauw was a Dutch philosopher. He studied Dutch language and (thomistic) philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. In 1947 he earned his doctoral degree on the French…
Read More
1912
American director and screenwriter (died 1999)
Garson Kanin was an American writer, director, actor and musician. He wrote and directed a number of plays and films and was nominated for three Academy Awards and three Tony Awards for his work.
Read More
1912
English actress (died 1992)
Joan Sanderson was an English actress. During a long career on stage and screen, her tall and commanding disposition led to her playing mostly dowagers, spinsters and matrons, as well as intense Shakespearean roles. Her…
Read More
1912
American soldier and illustrator (died 1972)
Charles Schneeman was an American illustrator of science fiction.
Read More
1912
American pianist and educator (died 1986)
Theodore Shaw Wilson was an American jazz pianist. Described by critic Scott Yanow as "the definitive swing pianist", Wilson's piano style was gentle, elegant, and virtuosic. His style was highly influenced by Earl…
Read More
1912
American actor, director, and producer (died 1990)
Howard Green Duff was an American actor. He started in radio during World War II before appearing in many Hollywood features and television programs from 1947 to 1990. He also directed for television. His career was…
Read More
1913
Irish-American actress (died 2005)
Geraldine Mary Wilma Fitzgerald was an Irish American actress. She received the Daytime Emmy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. She was a member of the American…
Read More
1913
English sculptor (died 2003)
Lynn Russell Chadwick, was an English sculptor and artist. Much of his work is semi-abstract sculpture in bronze or steel. His work is in the collections of MoMA in New York, the Tate in London and the Centre Georges…
Read More
1914
American physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist (died 2009)
Bessie Virginia Griffin, better known as Bessie Blount, was an African American writer, nurse, physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist. Blount was known for her groundbreaking work in assistive technologies…
Read More
1914
American soldier and author (died 2008)
Forrest James Ackerman was an American magazine editor; science fiction writer, and literary agent; a founder of science fiction fandom; a leading expert on science fiction, horror, and fantasy films; a prominent…
Read More
1916
English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (died 2010)
Shabtai Rosenne was a Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat. Rosenne was awarded the 1960 Israel Prize for Jurisprudence, the 1999 Manley O. Hudson Medal for International Law and Jurisprudence, the…
Read More
1917
English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)
David Kossoff was a British actor. In 1954 he won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for his appearance as Geza Szobek in The Young Lovers. He played Alf Larkin in TV sitcom The Larkins…
Read More
1919
American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (died 2000)
John Vliet Lindsay was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regular guest host of…
Read More
1921
Baron Moser, German-English statistician and academic (died 2015)
Claus Adolf Moser, Baron Moser, was a British statistician who made major contributions in both academia and the Civil Service. He prided himself rather on being a non-mathematical statistician, and said that the thing…
Read More
1922
American singer (died 2006)
Eileen Barton was an American singer best known for her 1950 hit song, "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake."
Read More
1924
Canadian-American cellist and educator (died 2020)
Lorne Munroe was an American cellist. He was principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1951 to 1964 and principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic from 1964 to 1996. He was a featured soloist more than…
Read More
1924
American publisher and author, founded the National Review (died 2008)
William Frank Buckley Jr. was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, political commentator and novelist.
Read More
1925
Dutch-Swiss physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles,…
Read More
1925
Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Tsung-Dao Lee was a Chinese-American physicist known for his work on parity violation, the Lee–Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton stars. He was a…
Read More
1926
Ivorian-French author and playwright (died 2003)
Ahmadou Kourouma was an Ivorian novelist.
Read More
1927
Spanish tenor (died 1999)
Alfredo Kraus Trujillo was a distinguished Spanish tenor from the Canary Islands, particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles. He was also considered an outstanding interpreter of the title…
Read More
1927
1927
New Zealand rugby player (died 2014)
Kevin Lawrence Skinner was a rugby union player from New Zealand who won 20 full caps for the All Blacks, two of them as captain. He was also a heavyweight boxer, winning the New Zealand championship in 1947.
Read More
1927
Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist (died 2021)
Franciszek Kokot was a Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist. He was known as a pioneer of nephrology in Eastern Europe. Kokot was a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, having previously served as its…
Read More
1929
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (died 1978)
George Richard Moscone was an American attorney and politician who served as the 37th mayor of San Francisco from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978.
Read More
1929
English cricketer (died 1981)
Kenneth Frank Barrington, was an English international cricketer who played for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin…
Read More
1930
American baseball player and politician (died 2019)
Robert Bartmess Friend was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between 1951 and 1966, most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A four-time…
Read More
1930
American guitarist (died 2017)
Thomas Douglas Allsup was an American country music, rockabilly and Western swing musician. He was an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.
Read More
1931
South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (died 2012)
Arthur Chaskalson SCOB, was President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 2001 to 2005. Chaskalson was a member of the defence team in the Rivonia Trial…
Read More
1931
Chilean psychiatrist (died 2019)
Claudio Benjamín Naranjo Cohen was a Chilean psychiatrist who is considered a pioneer in integrating psychotherapy and the spiritual traditions. He was one of the three successors named by Fritz Perls, a student of…
Read More
1932
English cricketer and coach (died 2011)
Frederick John Titmus was an English cricketer, whose first-class career, mostly for Middlesex with a short stint for Surrey, spanned five decades. He was the fourth man after W.G. Grace, Wilfred Rhodes and George Hirst…
Read More
1932
English rugby player and coach (died 2012)
John Sheridan was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Lock Lane ARLFC, and Castleford (captain), as a…
Read More
1933
German-Russian journalist and composer (died 1998)
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Soviet and Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was…
Read More
1934
Bahraini politician, Prime Minister of Bahrain (died 2020)
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa was a Bahraini royal and politician who served as the prime minister of Bahrain from 10 January 1970 until his death in 2020. He took office over a year before Bahrain's independence on 15…
Read More
1935
American soldier and politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland (died 2018)
Ronald Vernie Dellums was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th…
Read More
1935
American author, illustrator, and director (died 2019)
Mordicai Gerstein was an American artist, writer, and film director, best known for illustrating and writing children's books. He illustrated the comic mystery fiction series Something Queer is Going On.
Read More
1935
Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO
Willem Werner Hubert Claes is a Belgian politician who served as the eighth secretary general of NATO, from 1994 to 1995. Claes was forced to resign from his NATO position after he was found guilty of corruption, which…
Read More
1938
American basketball player and sportscaster
Oscar Palmer Robertson, nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a 12-time…
Read More
1938
American spree killer (died 1959)
Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming between November 1957 and January 1958, when he was nineteen years old. He killed ten of his victims between…
Read More
1938
American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer (died 2013)
Marshall Howard Berman was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer. He was a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the City College of New York and at the Graduate Center of the City University of…
Read More
1940
American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of the National Football League (died 2025)
Paul John Tagliabue was an American lawyer who was the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL). He took the position in 1989 and served until September 1, 2006. He had previously served as a lawyer for the…
Read More
1940
Canadian author and educator
Eric Hamilton Wilson is a Canadian author of young adult fiction. His detective novels follow the adventures of Tom and Liz Austen, young sleuths in Canada. Wilson has taught elementary and secondary school in White…
Read More
1940
1941
American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2012)
Donald "Duck" Dunn was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records. At…
Read More
1941
American trumpeter (died 2016)
Wayne Lamar Jackson was an American soul and R&B musician, playing the trumpet in The Mar-Keys, in the house band at Stax Records and later as one of The Memphis Horns, described as "arguably the greatest soul horn…
Read More
1941
Scottish comedian and actor
Sir William Connolly is a Scottish actor, musician, television presenter, artist and retired stand-up comedian. He is sometimes known by the Scots nickname the Big Yin. Known for his idiosyncratic and often improvised…
Read More
1942
American soldier and journalist, 17th White House Press Secretary
Max Marlin Fitzwater is an American writer-journalist who served as White House Press Secretary for six years under U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, making him one of the longest-serving press…
Read More
1942
1942
English minister and politician (died 2024)
Robert Andrew Stunell, Baron Stunell, was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove from 1997 until he stood down in 2015, and then as a member of the House of Lords from…
Read More
1942
1943
American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 1993)
Richard Edward Tee was an American jazz fusion pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger. Tee had several hundred studio credits and played on such hits as "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow " (1967), "Until You Come Back To…
Read More
1943
American chemist and academic
Margaret Ellen Mayo Tolbert is a biochemist who worked as a professor and director of the Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee University, and was an administrative chemist at British Petroleum.
From 1996 to 2002 she…
Read More
1943
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Robin Duncan Harry Williamson is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and storyteller who was a founding member of the Incredible String Band, as well as having a solo career.
Read More
1943
1944
American model and actress (died 1974)
Candy Darling was an American actress. Best known as a Warhol superstar, she was a pioneer for transgender visibility.
Read More
1944
Nigerian academic and diplomat, 9th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR ; born 24 November 1944), is a Nigerian academic and diplomat who served as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria from 2020 to 2023.
Read More
1944
American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture
Daniel Robert Glickman is an American politician, lawyer, lobbyist, and nonprofit leader. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001 in the Bill Clinton administration. He previously…
Read More
1944
Somali novelist
Nuruddin Farah is a Somali novelist. His first novel, From a Crooked Rib, was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East African literature today". Farah has also written plays…
Read More
1945
American singer-songwriter and musician
Lee Eugene Michaels is an American rock musician who sings and accompanies himself on organ, piano, or guitar. He is best known for his 1971 Top 10 US hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean". In 1988 he founded the Marina…
Read More
1945
1946
English guitarist and songwriter (died 2024)
Anthony Michael Clarkin was an English musician, best known as the guitarist of the rock band Magnum. He was the sole songwriter throughout Magnum's history, writing all of the material on their 23 studio albums as well…
Read More
1946
English author (died 2011)
Penelope Halsall was a prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny Jordan and historical romances as Annie…
Read More
1946
Peruvian footballer (died 2024)
Roberto Carlos Chale Olarte was a Peruvian footballer, recognized as one of Peru's most important midfielders.
Read More
1946
American actor
William Dwight Schultz is an American television, film and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action series The A-Team and as Reginald Barclay in the Star Trek franchise.
Read More
1947
English keyboard player
David Sinclair is a British keyboardist associated with the psychedelic/progressive rock Canterbury Scene since the late 1960s. He became famous with the band Caravan and was responsible as a songwriter for creating…
Read More
1947
American-Canadian author and critic
Spider Robinson is an American-Canadian science fiction author. He has won a number of awards for his hard science fiction and humorous stories, including the Hugo Award 1977 and 1983, and another Hugo with his…
Read More
1948
American basketball player and coach
Rudolph Tomjanovich Jr. is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He won two NBA Championships with the Houston Rockets and coached Team USA to the gold medal in men's basketball at the 2000 Summer…
Read More
1948
American baseball player and coach
Stephen Wayne Yeager is an American former professional baseball catcher. Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career, from 1972 through 1985, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His last year, 1986,…
Read More
1948
American basketball player and coach
Charles Henry Bibby is an American former professional basketball player who played for the New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and San Diego Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He…
Read More
1949
Australian comedian, actor, and television host
Shane Jerome Bourne is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and television host.
Read More
1949
Baron Cameron of Dillington, English politician
Ewen James Hanning Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, is a British farmer, landowner and life peer who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Read More
1949
English hematologist and academic
Dame Sally Claire Davies is a British physician. She was the Chief Medical Officer from 2010 to 2019 and Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Health from 2004 to 2016. She worked as a clinician specialising in…
Read More
1949
1950
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Stanley Bernard Livingston is an American actor.
Read More
1950
Greek author and politician
Dimitris (Mimis) Androulakis is a Greek author and politician.
Read More
1951
American businessman and politician
Thomas Chester Edwards is an American politician who was a United States representative from Texas, representing a district based in Waco, from 1991 to 2011. Previously, he served in the Texas Senate from 1983 to 1990.…
Read More
1951
Northern Irish-British lawyer and businesswoman
Margaret Rose Mountford is a British lawyer, businesswoman, academic and television personality from Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, best known for her role in the BBC reality TV series The Apprentice.
Read More
1951
Egyptian-Welsh rugby player
Graham Price MBE is a former Welsh rugby union player, who was a member of the famous Pontypool RFC front row known as the "Viet Gwent". He won 41 caps for Wales, and a record 12 for the British and Irish Lions as a…
Read More
1951
American actress
Rachel Chagall is an American actress, best known for roles as Gaby in the film Gaby: A True Story (1987), for which she was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and as Val Toriello…
Read More
1952
German journalist and businessman
Norbert Friedrich Haug is a German journalist and the former vice president of Mercedes-Benz motorsport activity, including Formula One, Formula 3 and DTM. Under his direction, Mercedes-Benz enjoyed considerable success…
Read More
1952
French actor, producer, and screenwriter
Thierry Michel Lhermitte is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier,…
Read More
1952
Pakistani Urdu poet (died 1994)
Parveen Shakir was a Pakistani poet and civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature.
Read More
1952
Scottish politician (died 2022)
James Sheridan was a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, formerly Renfrewshire West, from 2001 to 2015.
Read More
1952
Australian rugby league player (died 2022)
Ken Wilson, nicknamed Squeaker, was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.
Read More
1952
American drummer (died 2025)
Clement Anthony Burke was an American musician best known as the drummer for the band Blondie. He joined the band shortly after its formation in 1975 and remained with Blondie throughout the band's entire career until…
Read More
1954
Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter
Emir Kusturica is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. Kusturica has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s.
Read More
1954
English psychologist and academic
Margaret Wetherell is a prominent academic in the area of discourse analysis.
Read More
1954
English cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster
Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017, and a charity fundraiser. A genuine…
Read More
1955
American golfer
Scott Mabon Hoch is an American professional golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.
Read More
1955
Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Culture
Lena Elisabeth Adelsohn Liljeroth is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Culture and Sports from 2006 to 2014. A member of the Moderate Party, she was an MP of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2014.
Read More
1955
Lebanese businessman and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Lebanon
Najib Azmi Mikati is a Lebanese politician and businessman who served as the 52nd prime minister of Lebanon from 2021 to 2025. He also served in this post as the 48th and 45th prime minister from 2011 to 2014 and in…
Read More
1955
Japanese lawyer and author
Takashi Yuasa is a Japanese lawyer and television personality. He belongs to the Horipro talent agency.
Read More
1955
American musician, producer, and songwriter
James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B/pop songwriting and record production team. Their productions have received commercial success since the 1980s with various artists, most…
Read More
1956
American actor, playwright, and director
Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. In 1996 he won a Tony Award for his performance in Seven Guitars. He is best known…
Read More
1956
American actress and producer
Denise Michelle Crosby is an American actress and model known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar mainly in season one of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Yar's daughter, the half-Romulan Commander Sela, in…
Read More
1957
English journalist and author
Edward John Ivo Stourton is a British broadcaster and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme Sunday, and was a frequent contributor to the Today programme, where for ten years he was one of the main presenters. He is…
Read More
1957
Scottish footballer and manager
Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken is a Scottish former football player and manager. He made over 480 league appearances for Celtic, and later played for Newcastle United, St Mirren and Aberdeen. Aitken also made 57 international…
Read More
1958
Scottish academic and politician
Margaret Patricia Curran, Baroness Curran, is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She served in the House of Commons as the member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 and 2015, and was Shadow Secretary of…
Read More
1958
British photographer
Nicholas David Gordon Knight is a British fashion photographer and founder and director of SHOWstudio.com. He is an honorary professor at University of the Arts London and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the same…
Read More
1958
Canadian skier and sportscaster
Todd Brooker is a former alpine ski racer member Crazy Canucks and a ski commentator on television.
Read More
1959
American bassist and composer
Edgar Meyer is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won seven Grammy Awards and been nominated ten times.
Read More
1960
Spanish lawyer and politician
Carlos Carnero González is a Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1994. On 7 December 2006, he was appointed a…
Read More
1961
Indian writer and activist
Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.…
Read More
1961
English author and illustrator
John Kovalic is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
Read More
1962
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jonathan Thomas Squire is an English musician, songwriter and painter. He was the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with singer Ian Brown. Squire has been described…
Read More
1962
German-Welsh rugby player and manager
Paul Thorburn (born 24 November 1962 in Rheindahlen, West Germany) is a former Neath RFC and international Wales rugby union player who played at full back and also featured in the Welsh international team.
Read More
1962
Greek footballer and manager
Ioannis Topalidis is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
Read More
1962
Australian swimmer
Tracey Lee Wickham is an Australian former middle distance swimmer. Wickham was the World Champion for the 400 m and 800 m freestyle in 1978, and won gold in both events at the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games. She is a…
Read More
1962
Scottish footballer (died 2018)
Neale James Cooper was a Scottish football player and coach. He played as a midfielder during the 1980s and 1990s, most prominently for the Aberdeen team managed by Alex Ferguson, and later played for Aston Villa,…
Read More
1963
American actor
Garret Lee Dillahunt is an American actor. He is best known for his work in television, including the roles Burt Chance on the Fox sitcom Raising Hope, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award…
Read More
1964
Northern Irish actor
Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill is a Northern Irish actor. He has performed on stage in productions in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the US. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards and received two Tony Award…
Read More
1964
American actor and game show host
Bradley Sherwood is an American actor, singer, comedian, game show host and writer. He is best known for his work on the British and American versions of comedy improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
Read More
1964
Scottish actress
Shirley Henderson is a Scottish actress. Henderson's film roles include Gail in Trainspotting (1996) and its 2017 sequel, Jude in the Bridget Jones films (2001–2025), and Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber…
Read More
1965
English tenor and actor
Russell Watson is an English crossover and popular singer, almost in the tenor range, who has released singles and albums of both quasi-operatic-style and pop songs.
Read More
1966
Danish singer-songwriter
Henrik Brockmann is a Danish heavy metal singer. He started singing at the age of 13 in local school bands. He released his first album 1992 with the Danish band Royal Hunt and was replaced 1994 by DC Cooper.
Read More
1967
1967
Turkish footballer and manager
Bülent Korkmaz, colloquially known by his given nicknames "Büyük Kaptan" and "Cengaver", is a Turkish football coach and former professional player.
Read More
1968
American actor and comedian
Scott Krinsky is an American actor and comic best known for his role as Jeffrey "Jeff" Barnes on the hit TV series Chuck and his role as Darryl on The O.C.
Read More
1968
American singer and actress
Dawn Sherrese Robinson is an American singer and actress best known as a founding member of the R&B/pop group En Vogue, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. Following her departure from En Vogue,…
Read More
1968
Nauruan lawyer and politician
David Ranibok Waiau Adeang is a Nauruan politician, currently serving as President of Nauru. Adeang is the former Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, and Nauru's Minister of Finance and Justice, as well as the Minister…
Read More
1969
Sri Lankan cricketer
Deshabandu Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who represented the Sri Lanka national cricket team from 1990 to 2004. He was a key member and wicketkeeper for the 1996 Cricket World Cup winning…
Read More
1969
American bass player and songwriter
Rob Nicholson also known as Blasko, is an American bassist, musician and manager. He is the bassist and backing vocalist of Rob Zombie and former bassist for Ozzy Osbourne, and is also a manager for Black Veil Brides.…
Read More
1969
American football player
Douglas Robert Zachariah Brien is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears…
Read More
1970
American-Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Julieta Venegas Percevault is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer who specializes in pop-rock-indie music in Spanish. She embarked on her musical journey by joining several bands, including the…
Read More
1970
English footballer and businessman
Ashley Ward is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre forward.
Read More
1970
American actress
Lola Glaudini is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Elle Greenaway on CBS's Criminal Minds and for her role as Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup on HBO's The Sopranos.
Read More
1971
Kenyan runner
Cosmas Ndeti is a three-time winner of the Boston Marathon. He was the winner of the 1993, 1994, and 1995 races. He set the course record in 1994 with a time of 2:07:15, which was also the best marathon performance in…
Read More
1971
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
Keith David Primeau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers.
Read More
1971
1972
Estonian footballer
Marek Lemsalu is an Estonian former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back for Pärnu KEK, Sport Tallinn, Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK, Flora, Mainz 05, Kuressaare, Strømsgodset, Tulevik, Start, Bryne and Levadia.
Read More
1972
1973
American actress
Danielle Nicolet is an American actress known for roles on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), Second Time Around (2004–05), The Starter Wife (2008), Family Tools (2013), Born Again Virgin (2015–16), and The Flash…
Read More
1973
American boxing ring announcer and model
Amy Hayes is an American ring announcer and model. She is a regular aunnancer on Fox Sports Net, and in 2001 was the exclusive ring announcer on Fox Sport's networks "Sunday Night Fights" series under promoter Dan…
Read More
1974
English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Stephen James Merchant is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office (2001–2003), and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both…
Read More
1974
Trinidadian singer-songwriter and producer
Machel Montano is a Trinidadian singer, songwriter and record producer. He is widely regarded for globalising and pioneering the Soca music genre. Renowned for his high-energy, fast-paced, and often unpredictable…
Read More
1974
Japanese actor and politician
Tarō Yamamoto is a Japanese politician and former actor, who is the founder and current leader of the anti-establishment political party Reiwa Shinsengumi. Yamamoto served in the House of Councillors representing Tokyo…
Read More
1974
1975
British-American pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate
Mona Hanna, formerly known as Mona Hanna-Attisha, is a pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate whose research exposed the Flint water crisis. She is the author of the 2018 book What the Eyes Don't See, which…
Read More
1976
Canadian ice hockey player
Christian Lucien Laflamme is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played parts of eight seasons in the National Hockey League between 1996 and 2004.
Read More
1976
1976
American actor
Colin Lewes Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Gus Grimly on the FX crime series Fargo (2014–2015), which earned him nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award,…
Read More
1977
1977
American actress and producer
Katherine Heigl is an American actress and model. She portrayed Dr. Izzie Stevens on the ABC television medical drama Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, a role that brought her recognition and accolades, including the…
Read More
1978
Spanish footballer
Joseba Llorente Etxarri is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.
Read More
1979
American sprinter "fastest woman alive".
Carmelita Jeter is a retired American sprinter, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. For over a decade, between 2009 and 2021, Jeter was called the "Fastest woman alive" after running a 100 m personal best of…
Read More
1979
Mexican-American baseball player
Horacio Ramírez is a Mexican-American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and in…
Read More
1979
1980
American basketball player (died 2023)
Brandon Hunter was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Read More
1980
American wrestler
Elizabeth Copeland, better known as Beth Phoenix, is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she is a former WWE Divas Champion and a three-time WWE Women's Champion.
Read More
1980
Slovak ice hockey player
Branko Radivojevič is a Slovak former professional ice hockey forward who began and finished his career playing for HK Dukla Trenčín of the Slovak Extraliga. He also played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the…
Read More
1980
American football player
Ryan Joseph Fitzpatrick is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He started at quarterback for nine teams, the most in league history.…
Read More
1982
English rugby player
Sean O'Loughlin is an English professional rugby league coach who is an assistant coach at the Wigan Warriors in the Super League and former professional rugby league footballer.
Read More
1982
English footballer
Dean Ashton is an English former professional footballer. He made over 240 appearances as a forward in the Football League and Premier League for Crewe Alexandra, Norwich City and West Ham United, and was capped by…
Read More
1983
German rugby player
Lars Eckert is a German international rugby union player, playing for the SC Neuenheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
Read More
1983
German footballer
André Laurito is a German footballer who plays for Bayernliga club SV Donaustauf.
Read More
1983
Welsh actor
Gwilym Lee is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Midsomer Murders (2013–2016), A Song for Jenny (2015), Jamestown (2017), Top End Wedding (2019), The Great (2020–2023), and for playing guitarist Brian…
Read More
1983
Venezuelan baseball player
José Celestino López Echevarria is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder. López played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, Cleveland Indians, and…
Read More
1983
American basketball player
Ronald Shavlik Randolph is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils after a decorated high school career. After going undrafted in the 2005 NBA draft,…
Read More
1983
Canadian actress and producer
Karine Vanasse is a Canadian actress, who had roles in the films Polytechnique, Séraphin: Heart of Stone , Switch and Set Me Free (Emporte-moi). Internationally she is best known for her roles as Colette Valois in Pan…
Read More
1983
American ice hockey player
David Jonathan Booth is an American professional ice hockey player. He is a forward currently playing for the Fife Flyers of the Elite Ice Hockey League.
Read More
1984
German skier
Maria Höfl-Riesch is a German former alpine ski racer. She is a three-time Olympic champion, two-time World champion, an overall World Cup champion and five-time World junior champion.
Read More
1984
Greek model, actress, and singer
Julia Alexandratou is a Greek socialite, media personality, glamour model, singer, actress, and pornographic actress. In 2002, at age 16, she won the beauty pageant title "Miss Young" in Greece. Four years later,…
Read More
1985
British comedian and actor
Asim Chaudhry is a British comedian, writer, director, rapper and actor best known for playing Chabud "Chabuddy G" Gul in the BBC mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing, which he co-created. For this role, he won a…
Read More
1986
American football player
Jimmy Graham is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played only one year of college football for the Miami Hurricanes after playing four years of…
Read More
1986
Spanish footballer
Pedro León Sánchez Gil, known as León, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Real Murcia.
Read More
1986
American baseball player
Jarrod Parker is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 9th overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft from Norwell High School in Ossian, Indiana.…
Read More
1988
Spanish footballer
Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
Read More
1990
American actress
Sarah Jane Hyland is an American actress and singer. Born in Manhattan, she attended the Professional Performing Arts School before having minor roles in the films Private Parts (1997), Annie (1999) and Blind Date…
Read More
1990
Australian rugby league player
Michael Oldfield is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who last played as a winger and centre for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.
Read More
1990
Ukrainian figure skater (died 2023)
Sergei Kulbach was a Ukrainian pair skater. He won national titles with former partners Elizaveta Usmantseva and Natalja Zabijako. With Zabijako, he also competed at the 2011 World Championships, placing 16th.
Read More
1992
Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter
Ivi Adamou is a Greek Cypriot singer. Born and raised in Agia Napa, she rose to recognition in Greece and Cyprus following her participation in the second season of the Greek version of The X Factor, where she was under…
Read More
1993
English footballer
Joseph David Wozencroft Pigott is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Folkestone Invicta.
Read More
1993
Algerian footballer
Nabil Bentaleb is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
Read More
1994
Australian footballer
Marcus Bontempelli is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as Western Bulldogs captain since the 2020 season, and was…
Read More
1995
American ice hockey player
Jeremy Rion Swayman, nicknamed "Sway" or "Bulldog", is an American professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins selected him in the fourth…
Read More
1998
Advertisement
Famous birthdays
Who was born on November 24?
Tom Odell — British singer-songwriter (born 1990)
FeaturedTom Odell
Birth year1990
Known forHis debut extended play Songs from Another Love was released in 2012, earning him a BRITs Critics' Choice Award
Birthdays on this date241 (1273 – 1998)
Explore November 24
Jump between the main pages for this date to compare events, people, and the daily quiz.
Also on November 24 in History
2023
Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds. Wikipedia →
2022
Five days after the general elections which resulted in a hung parliament, opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is officially named as the 10th prime minister of Malaysia. Wikipedia →
2017
See all events on November 24
A terrorist attack on a Mosque in Al-Rawda, North Sinai, Egypt kills 311 people and injures 128. Wikipedia →
Advertisement