Did you know
Mayer, William Fox, and the Warner Brothers, was part of the group of Eastern European immigrant Jews that founded the movie industry in Hollywood, California, in the first decades of the 20th century.
Notable Deaths on September 24
1939 — Carl Laemmle
German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (born 1867)
September 24 has 102 recorded notable deaths across history, from 366 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
102 source records
366 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on September 24
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 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
Did you know
Pharoah Sanders released more than thirty albums as a leader and collaborated extensively with vocalist Leon Thomas and pianist Alice Coltrane, among many others.
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Erik of Pomerania ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439.
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Jones was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup.
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Pope Innocent II's election as pope was controversial, and the first eight years of his reign were marked by a struggle for recognition against the supporters of Anacletus II.
More major people who died on September 24
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2022
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)
Pharoah Sanders was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", Sanders played a prominent role in the…
1459
Eric of Pomerania
King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (born 1382)
Erik of Pomerania ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439. He was initially co-ruler with his great-aunt Margaret I until her death in 1412.
2020
Dean Jones
Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (born 1961)
Dean Mervyn Jones was an Australian cricket player, coach and commentator who played Tests and One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia.
1143
Pope Innocent II
Pope Innocent II, born Gregorio Papareschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 February 1130 to his death in 1143.
1933
Mike Donlin
American baseball player and actor (born 1878)
Michael Joseph Donlin was an American professional baseball outfielder and actor.
2013
Paul Dietzel
American football player and coach (born 1924)
Paul Franklin Dietzel was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator.
1218
Robert of Knaresborough (born 1160)
Robert of Knaresborough was a British hermit and saint who lived in a cave by the river Nidd at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
1929
Mahidol Adulyadej
Thai prince (born 1892)
Mahitala Dhibesra Adulyadej Vikrom, the Prince Father, formerly Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla or Mahidol Songkla, was the father of King Ananda Mahidol and King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, and the…
2010
Gennady Yanayev
Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (born 1937)
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev was a Soviet politician and disputed President of the Soviet Union for three days.
2013
Margaret Feilman
Australian architect and urban planner (born 1921)
Margaret Anne Feilman was an Australian architect and Perth's first female town planner. She practiced as an architect and landscape designer.
366
Pope Liberius
Pope Liberius was the bishop of Rome from 17 May 352 until his death on 24 September 366. According to the Catalogus Liberianus, he was consecrated on 22 May as the successor to Julius I.
2002
Mike Webster
American football player (born 1952)
Michael Lewis Webster was an American professional football center in the National Football League (NFL) from 1974 to 1990 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs.
2012
Pedro Vázquez Colmenares
Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (born 1934)
Pedro Vázquez Colmenares was a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Oaxaca from 1980 to 1985.
1435
Isabeau of Bavaria (born 1370)
Isabeau of Bavaria was Queen of France as the wife of King Charles VI from 1385 to 1422.
1994
Barry Bishop
American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (born 1932)
Barry Chapman Bishop was an American mountaineer, scientist, photographer and scholar.
1054
Hermann of Reichenau
German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1013)
Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple, also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar.
1996
Zeki Müren
Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1931)
Zeki Müren was a Turkish classical music artist, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music.
1896
Louis Gerhard De Geer
Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1818)
Baron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång was a Swedish statesman, lawyer, and writer who served twice as Prime Minister for Justice from 1858 to 1870 and from 1875 to 1876; in 1876, he became the first Prime Minister of…
1984
Neil Hamilton
American actor (born 1899)
James Neil Hamilton was an American stage, film and television actor, best remembered for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series of the 1960s.