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Platt reprised the role of Evan Hansen in the 2021 film adaptation of the musical, produced by his father.
Famous Birthdays on September 24
1993 — Ben Platt
American actor, singer, and songwriter
September 24 has 234 recorded notable births across history, from 15 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on September 24
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- 1975 Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route. Source
- 1957 President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. Source
- 2014 The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt. Source
- 1960 USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. Source
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Shawn Crahan is the co-founder, percussionist, and only original member remaining of the alternative metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #6.
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De Witt was elected Grand Pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis de Graeff, he controlled the Dutch political system from around 1650 until the Rampjaar of 1672.
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Supreme Court, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential justices ever to serve.
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Robert Irvine also operated Robert Irvine's Public House at the Tropicana resort in Las Vegas, Nevada from 2017 until the closure of the Tropicana in 2024.
More major people born on September 24
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1969
Shawn Crahan
American drummer, songwriter, and producer
Michael Shawn Crahan, more commonly known by his stage persona "Clown", is an American musician.
1625
Johan de Witt
Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1672)
Johan de Witt was a Dutch statesman and mathematician who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial expansion made the…
1755
John Marshall
American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (died 1835)
John Marshall was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835.
1965
Robert Irvine
English chef and television host
Robert Paul Irvine is an English-American celebrity chef and talk show host who has appeared on and hosted a variety of Food Network programs including Dinner: Impossible, Worst Cooks in America, Restaurant: Impossible,…
1931
Anthony Newley
English singer and actor (died 1999)
Anthony Newley was an English actor, director, comedian, singer, and composer. A "latter-day British Al Jolson", he achieved widespread success in song, and on stage and screen.
1920
Richard Bong
American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)
Richard Ira "Dick" Bong was a United States Army Air Forces officer and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.
1473
Georg von Frundsberg
German Knight and landowner (died 1528)
Georg von Frundsberg was a German Knight, military, and Landsknecht leader in the service of the Holy Roman Empire and Imperial House of Habsburg.
1923
Fats Navarro
American trumpet player and composer (died 1950)
Theodore "Fats" Navarro was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s.
1969
Paul Ray Smith
American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2003)
Paul Ray Smith was a United States Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
1962
Ilgvars Zalāns
Latvian painter
Ilgvars Zalāns is a Latvian painter. He is generally identified as an Expressionist and is one of the most influential contemporary expressionist painters in northern Europe.
1931
Cardiss Collins
American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
Cardiss Hortense Collins was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997.
1945
John Rutter
English composer, conductor, and producer
Sir John Milford Rutter is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music.
1990
Vontaze Burfict
American football player
Vontaze DeLeon Burfict Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals.
1896
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American novelist and short story writer (died 1940)
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, widely known as F. Scott Fitzgerald or simply Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
1883
Lawson Robertson
Scottish-American high jumper and coach (died 1951)
Lawson "Robbie" N. Robertson was considered one of the more accomplished American track coaches of the first half of the twentieth century.
1974
John McDonald
American baseball player
John Joseph McDonald is an American former professional baseball infielder.
1948
Phil Hartman
Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (died 1998)
Philip Edward Hartman was a Canadian and American comedian, actor, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old.
1954
Marco Tardelli
Italian footballer and coach
Marco Tardelli is an Italian former football player and manager.
2003
Joe Locke
Manx actor
Joseph William Locke is a Manx actor. He is known for his lead role as high school student Charlie Spring in the Netflix teen series Heartstopper (2022–2024) and its series finale film Heartstopper Forever (2026), for…