Born on Tuesday, 24th February – Famous Birthdays
On this day, 221 notable people were born on 24th February — spanning from 1103 to 2004. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.
Tuesday, 24th February 2026 marks a significant date in the calendar for births across numerous fields. Notable individuals born on this day include Daniel Kaluuya, the English actor, and Samuele Vignato, the Italian football player. Kaluuya has established himself as a respected figure in contemporary cinema, whilst Vignato represents the new generation of Italian footballing talent emerging in recent years.
The historical record for 24th February extends considerably further back, with figures such as Steve Jobs, the American businessman who co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar, and Erna Solberg, the Norwegian politician who served as the 35th Prime Minister of Norway. Jobs transformed the technology industry through innovation and design, whilst Solberg held significant influence over Nordic politics during her tenure in government. The date also witnesses the births of athletes spanning multiple disciplines, from tennis player Jessica Pegula to ice hockey player Tim Erixon, demonstrating the breadth of sporting achievement across generations.
On Tuesday, 24th February 2026, the weather conditions will be worth noting, alongside the waning moon phase and the zodiac sign of Pisces that characterises this period. These astronomical and meteorological factors provide context for understanding the day’s broader characteristics and natural influences.
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24/02/2004
Samuele Vignato, Italian football player
Samuele Vignato is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Rijeka.
Rafael Obrador, Spanish footballer
Rafael Obrador Burguera is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Torino, on loan from Benfica.
24/02/2003
Honey Osrin, British swimmer
Honey Osrin is a British swimmer who competed in swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
24/02/2000
Antony Matheus dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
Antony Matheus dos Santos, known mononymously as Antony, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club Real Betis and the Brazil national team.
Nichika Yamada, Japanese volleyball player
Nichika Yamada is a Japanese volleyball player. She plays for the Japan women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball.
24/02/1997
Đurđina Jauković, Montenegrin handball player
Đurđina Jauković is a Montenegrin handball player for CSM București and the Montenegrin national team.
24/02/1996
Royce Freeman, American football player
Royce Deion Freeman is an American professional football running back. He played college football for the Oregon Ducks, earning third-team All-American honors in 2015.
24/02/1994
Jessica Pegula, American tennis player
Jessica Pegula is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved in October 2022 and in doubles of world No. 1, set in September 2023. Pegula was a finalist at the 2024 US Open and at the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, she reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering with Coco Gauff, and the mixed doubles final of the 2023 US Open with Austin Krajicek.
Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, known professionally as Earl Sweatshirt, is an American rapper and record producer. Kgositsile was originally known by the moniker Sly Tendencies when he began rapping in 2008, but changed his name when Tyler, the Creator invited him to join his alternative hip-hop collective Odd Future in late 2009. He is the son of South African political poet Keorapetse Kgositsile.
24/02/1992
Stefan Ashkovski, Macedonian footballer
Stefan Ashkovski is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Persian Gulf Pro League club Mes Rafsanjan and the North Macedonia national team.
24/02/1991
Tim Erixon, American-Swedish ice hockey player
Tim Carl Erixon is an American-born Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently playing with Timrå IK in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Erixon was selected in the first round—23rd overall—by the Calgary Flames in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Erixon has previously played for Skellefteå AIK in the Elitserien, as well as various NHL teams. As the son of former NHL player Jan Erixon, he has represented Sweden at the World Junior Hockey Championships, winning a silver medal in 2009.
Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
Madison Hubbell is an American former ice dancer. She competed with Zachary Donohue from 2011 to 2022. With him, she is a two-time 2022 Winter Olympics medalist, a four-time World medalist, the 2018 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2014 Four Continents champion, and a three-time U.S. national champion.
O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
O'Shea Jackson Jr. (born February 24, 1991), also known by the stage name OMG, is an American actor, rapper and songwriter. He is the oldest son of Ice Cube and, in his feature film debut, he portrayed his father in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton.
Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
Semih Kaya is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a centre back, most recently for Galatasaray. On 12 August 2022, he announced on his social media accounts that he was leaving football.
Christian Kabasele, Congolese-born Belgian footballer
Christian Kabasele is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Udinese.
24/02/1990
Dwayne Allen, American football player
Dwayne Lamont Allen is an American former professional football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the Clemson Tigers, winning the John Mackey Award as a junior. Allen was selected in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts, where spent his first five seasons. During his final two seasons, Allen played for the New England Patriots, making consecutive Super Bowl appearances in each and winning Super Bowl LIII.
Derek Wolfe, American football player
Derek Wolfe is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft, playing his first eight years with them before signing with the Baltimore Ravens in 2020. Wolfe announced his retirement on July 28, 2022.
24/02/1989
Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Trace Dempsey Cyrus is an American musician. The adopted son of country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus and half-brother of recording artists Miley Cyrus and Noah Cyrus, he was the backing vocalist and guitarist of the band Metro Station. In 2010, he began providing vocals and guitar in the pop rock band Ashland HIGH. He also owned the now defunct clothing company From Backseats to Bedrooms.
Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor. His work encompasses both screen and stage, and his accolades include an Academy Award, two BAFTAs, an Actor Award, and a Golden Globe, in addition to nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award and an Emmy Award. In 2021, he was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
Kosta Koufos, Greek-American basketball player
Konstantine Demetrios "Kostas" Koufos is a Greek-American former professional basketball player. He played one season at Ohio State before being selected by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft.
24/02/1988
Rodrigue Beaubois, French basketball player
Rodrigue Gabriel "Roddy" Beaubois is a French professional basketball player and the vice-captain for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague.
Alexander Koch, American actor
Alexander Koch is an American actor. He played the series regular role of Junior Rennie on the CBS drama series Under the Dome, based on the novel by Stephen King. Alex Koch appears in the fifth season of Lucifer as Ella Lopez's new love interest, Pete Daily. He co-starred in the 2020 meta-thriller Black Bear.
Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka
Connie Ramsay is a Scottish judoka and politician, who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Maksym Radziwill, Polish-Canadian mathematician
Maksym Radziwill is a Polish-Canadian mathematician specializing in number theory. He is currently a professor of mathematics at the New York University.
24/02/1987
Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
Kim Kyu-jong is a South Korean entertainer, actor, and a member of boyband SS501. He made his musical debut in Goong: Musical, playing the lead role of Lee Shin, and debut as a solo artist in September 2011 with his mini album Turn Me On.
Ashley Walker, American-Romanian basketball player
Ashley Walker is an American-Romanian professional basketball player. She plays the forward position for the Reyer Venezia in the Italian Serie A1.
Mario Suárez, Spanish footballer
Mario Suárez Mata is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Christopher Trimmel, Austrian footballer
Christopher Trimmel is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for and captains Bundesliga club Union Berlin.
24/02/1986
Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
Wojciech "Wojtek" Wolski is a Polish-Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals. After leaving the NHL in 2013, Wolski continued his career in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Kunlun Red Star.
24/02/1985
Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer
Nakash Aziz, also known as Nakash, is an Indian singer and assistant composer. He has worked as an assistant to composer A. R. Rahman on films such as Highway, Raanjhanaa, Rockstar, Delhi 6 and I. He is known for playback performances of songs like "Jabra Fan" from Fan, "Sari Ke Fall Sa" and "Gandi Baat" from the film R... Rajkumar (2013) and "Dhating Nach" from film Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (2013).
24/02/1984
Wilson Bethel, American actor
Stephen Wilson Bethel is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Ryder Callahan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2009–2011), Wade Kinsella on Hart of Dixie (2011–2015), Deputy district attorney Mark Callan on the legal drama All Rise (2019–2023), and as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter / Bullseye in the third season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil (2018) and its revival series Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present). He is also the star and creator of the web series Stupid Hype on the CW's online platform CWD.
Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
Matthew Polinsky is an American wrestling color commentator, retired professional wrestler, and university professor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Corey Graves as the color commentator on the Raw brand as well as the English play-by-play commentator in its sister promotion, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. As a former in-ring competitor, he is a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion, and won the WWE 24/7 Champion once even though he had been retired from in-ring competition.
Nani, Indian actor and film producer
Ghanta Naveen Babu, known professionally as Nani, is an Indian actor and producer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the highest-paid and most popular Indian actors, Nani is a recipient of several accolades including two Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and four SIIMA Awards.
24/02/1982
Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
Robert Nicholas Blackburn is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from 2007 to 2012.
Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
Fala Chen is a Chinese-American actress and singer. After winning 1st runner-up in the Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005, Chen made her debut as an actress in the Hong Kong cinema. She rose to prominence for her roles in the drama series Heart of Greed (2007) and its sequel Moonlight Resonance (2008). She won Best Supporting Actress twice at the TVB Anniversary Awards for her performances in the romantic series Steps (2007) and in the period drama series No Regrets (2010), and made her feature film debut in the crime thriller Turning Point (2009), earning a nomination for Best New Performer in the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards. She went on to take lead roles in the crime thriller series Lives of Omission (2011), the drama series Triumph in the Skies II, and the horror film Tales from the Dark 2.
Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
Klára Koukalová is a Czech former tennis player. She was born and still lives in Prague. Having turned professional in 1999, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, on 15 April 2013. In doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of 31, on 19 May 2014. Koukalová won three WTA singles titles and four doubles titles during her career.
Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
Emanuel Alejandro Villa, commonly known as "Tito Villa", is an Argentine former professional footballer. He is a Mexican naturalized citizen.
24/02/1981
Jonas Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player
Jonas Erik Andersson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. Most of his career was spent playing in the SM-liiga, the top league in Finland, though he also briefly played for the Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Andersson played internationally for Sweden at both the junior and senior level, including the 2010 World Championship.
Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
Felipe Abdiel Baloy Ramírez is a Panamanian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He scored Panama’s first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup, against England at the 2018 edition.
Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 80 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2001 and 2002. Hewitt won 30 singles titles and 3 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two singles majors at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships, a doubles major at the 2000 US Open, the 2001 and 2002 Tennis Masters Cups in singles, and led Australia to Davis Cup crowns in 1999 and 2003. On 19 November 2001, Hewitt became the youngest man to reach No. 1 in the ATP singles rankings, at the age of 20 years, 268 days. He was also the runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2005 Australian Open. As of the end of 2025, he remains the most recent Australian man to win a singles major.
Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
Mohammad Sami is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2001 and 2016.
Bob Sanders, American football player
Demond "Bob" Sanders is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2004 NFL draft. He was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2007 and also played for the San Diego Chargers in his final season in 2011.
24/02/1980
Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
Shinsuke Nakamura is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand.
Jorrit Faassen, Dutch businessman
Jorrit Joost Faassen is a Dutch businessman. He was allegedly the husband of Maria Vorontsova and the son-in-law of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
24/02/1977
Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
Jason Dean Akermanis is a former professional Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs.
Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
Bronson Anthony Arroyo is an American former professional baseball pitcher and musician. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 2000 and 2002, the Boston Red Sox from 2003 to 2005, the Cincinnati Reds from 2006 to 2013, the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2014, and the Reds again in 2017. He won the 2004 World Series with Boston.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is an American professional boxer and boxing promoter. He is undefeated at 50–0. Mayweather won 15 major world championships spanning five weight classes from super featherweight to light middleweight. This includes the Ring magazine title in three weight classes. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1996 Olympics, three U.S. Golden Gloves championships, and the U.S. national championship at featherweight. After retiring from professional boxing in August 2017, he transitioned to exhibition boxing.
24/02/1976
Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (died 1995)
Marco Antônio Ferreira Campos was a Brazilian racing driver. He died in an accident in a Formula 3000 race at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, making him the only driver to be fatally injured in the International Formula 3000 series.
Zach Johnson, American golfer
Zachary Harris Johnson is an American professional golfer who has 12 victories on the PGA Tour, including two major championships, the 2007 Masters and the 2015 Open Championship. At the 2023 Ryder Cup, Johnson captained the U.S. squad against Europe in Rome, Italy.
Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
Bradley John McGee is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS). He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France.
24/02/1975
Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at the Juno Awards of 1996, and for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1997. His 1995 album Hi™ How Are You Today? was a double-platinum selling Canadian record. MacIsaac published an autobiography, Fiddling with Disaster in 2003.
24/02/1974
Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
Michael Averett Lowell is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball third baseman. During a 13-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Lowell played for the New York Yankees (1998), Florida Marlins (1999–2005), and the Boston Red Sox (2006–2010). With the Red Sox, he was named MVP of the 2007 World Series. He also starred on the Marlins team that won the 2003 World Series, was a four-time MLB All-Star and won a Silver Slugger Award in 2003 and Gold Glove Award in 2005.
Khadzhimurad Magomedov, Russian freestyle wrestler
Khadzhimurad Magomedov is a Russian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.
Gila Gamliel, Israeli politician and Minister of Science, Technology and Space
Gila Gamliel-Demri is an Israeli politician who currently serves as Minister of Science and Technology and as a member of the Knesset for Likud. She also previously served as Minister for Social Equality, Minister of Environmental Protection and Minister of Intelligence.
24/02/1973
Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
Alexei Vyacheslavovich Kovalev is a Russian professional ice hockey coach, executive and former professional player.
Philipp Rösler, German politician
Philipp Rösler is a German former politician who served as federal minister of health from 2009 to 2011 and federal minister of economics and technology as well as vice-chancellor of Germany from 2011 to 2013.
24/02/1972
Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
Teodor Currentzis is a Greek and Russian conductor, musician and actor. He is artistic director of the ensembles MusicAeterna and Utopia and was chief conductor of the SWR Symphonieorchester from 2018 to 2024.
Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Manon Rhéaume is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. An Olympic silver medalist, she achieved a number of historic firsts during her career, including becoming the first woman to play in an exhibition game in any of the major North American pro-sports leagues.
24/02/1971
Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
Pedro Martínez de la Rosa is a Spanish former racing driver, motorsport executive and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One between 1999 and 2012. In Japanese motorsport, de la Rosa won the Formula Nippon Championship and the All-Japan GT Championship, both in 1997.
Gillian Flynn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
Gillian Schieber Flynn is an American author, screenwriter, and producer, best known for her thriller and mystery novels Sharp Objects (2006), Dark Places (2009), and Gone Girl (2012). Her works have been translated into 40 languages, and by 2016, Gone Girl had sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
Brian Arthur Savage is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers.
24/02/1970
Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
Jeffrey Jason Garcia is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). After attending high school and junior college in Gilroy, California, Garcia played college football for the San Jose State Spartans.
Neil Sullivan, Scottish footballer and coach
Neil Sullivan is a professional football player and coach. He played as a goalkeeper from 1988 until 2013, playing in the Premier League for Wimbledon, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, and represented Scotland internationally.
Jonathan Ward, American actor
Jonathan Ward is an American retired actor. He has starred mostly in television series and television films, but has also appeared in a small number of feature films, including the critically maligned 1988 cult film Mac and Me. His acting debut was on Broadway as Michael in Peter Pan.
24/02/1969
Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
Kim Seung-woo is a South Korean actor and talk show host.
24/02/1968
Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (died 2005)
Mitchell Lee Hedberg was an American stand-up comedian and filmmaker known for his surreal humor and deadpan delivery. His comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes mixed with absurd elements and non sequiturs.
24/02/1967
Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Brian Paul Schmidt is an American Australian astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2016 to January 2024. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He previously held a Federation Fellowship and a Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2012. Schmidt shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
24/02/1966
Billy Zane, American actor and producer
William George Zane Jr. is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the Australian film Dead Calm (1989), a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor. He has since appeared in numerous films and television series, and starred as the main antagonist Caledon Hockley in the epic film Titanic (1997), for which he and the rest of the ensemble cast were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Katie Allen, Australian politician and medical researcher
Katrina Jane Allen was an Australian medical researcher and politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022, representing the seat of Higgins in Victoria for the Liberal Party. Prior to her political career she was a paediatric allergist and gastroenterologist at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and served as director of the Centre of Food and Allergy Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.
24/02/1965
Paul Gruber, American football player
Paul Blake Gruber is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers. He was selected by the Buccaneers with the fourth overall pick in the 1988 NFL draft.
Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
Jane Maria Swift is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and, concurrently, as acting governor from April 2001 to January 2003. She was the first woman to perform the duties of governor of Massachusetts. At the time she became acting governor, Swift was 36 years old, making her the youngest female governor in U.S. history.
24/02/1964
Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
Russell Peter Ingall is a former full-time Australian V8 Supercar driver. He won his V8 Supercars title in 2005, and finished second in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2004. Ingall has also won the Bathurst 1000, in 1995 and 1997. His particular driving style earned him the nickname "Enforcer".
Elizabeth Wilson, American politician
Elizabeth Wilson is an American politician and small business owner who has represented the 73rd district of the Iowa House of Representatives since January 2023, which consists of parts of central Linn County, including most of Marion. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
24/02/1963
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian filmmaker and composer
Sanjay Navin Bhansali, professionally known as Sanjay Leela Bhansali, is an Indian filmmaker and music composer, who works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several awards, including seven National Film Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards, in addition to a BAFTA Award nomination. In 2015, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award. Bhansali is best known for his use of aesthetics and musical vision, particularly in period dramas.
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro is one of two claimants to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
Michael Vernon is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks and Florida Panthers.
Mateu Alemany, Spanish lawyer, football director of FC Barcelona
Mateu Alemany Font is a Spanish executive and former president of Mallorca during two tenures. Between 2017 and November 2019 was the general director at Valencia. Between March 2021 and September 2023 he was a football director at FC Barcelona. Since October 2025 he is a football director at Atletico Madrid.
24/02/1962
Kelly Craft, American businesswoman and diplomat
Kelly Dawn Craft is an American businesswoman, politician, and former diplomat who served as the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. She was confirmed as the US ambassador to the United Nations by the US Senate by a vote of 56–34, and was officially sworn in September 2019.
Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter
Michelle Shocked is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has entered the Billboard Hot 100, been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and received an award for Folk Album of the Year at the CMJ New Music Awards.
24/02/1961
Emilio Rivera, American actor
Emilio Rivera is an American film and television actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for his portrayal of Marcus Álvarez in Sons of Anarchy and its spin-off, Mayans M.C. He is also known for his depiction of criminals and law enforcement officers.
Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Norway
Erna Solberg is a Norwegian politician and was the Leader of the Opposition from 2021 to 2025. She served as the prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and as the leader of the Conservative Party from 2004 to 2026.
John Grogan, British politician
John Timothy Grogan is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Selby between 1997 and 2010 and for Keighley between 2017 and 2019. He is currently chair of the Mongolian–British Chamber of Commerce (MBCC).
24/02/1959
Beth Broderick, American actress and director
Elizabeth Alice Broderick is an American actress. She portrayed Zelda Spellman in the ABC/WB television sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003). She also had recurring roles as Diane Janssen in the ABC mystery drama series Lost (2005–2008) and as Rose Twitchell in the CBS science fiction drama series Under the Dome (2013).
Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
Michael Roy Whitney is a retired Australian former cricketer, who played in 12 Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals between 1981 and 1993.
Abhishek Singhvi, Indian politician
Abhishek Manu Singhvi is an Indian senior advocate and politician. As politician, he is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and a member of the Parliament of India representing Telangana in the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament, since August 2024. He is also a spokesperson for the INC. He is one of the senior advocates of the Supreme Court of India.
François Villeroy de Galhau, 30th Governor of the Bank of France
François Villeroy de Galhau is a French senior civil servant and banker who has served as Governor of the Bank of France and ex officio President of the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority since 2015. He announced his resignation for June 2026.
24/02/1958
Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Samuel Paul Cashat, known professionally as Sammy Kershaw, is an American country music singer. He has released 16 studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications among them. More than 25 singles have entered the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including his only number one hit "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and 10 more Top 10 hits: "Cadillac Style", "Anywhere but Here", "Haunted Heart", "Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer", "I Can't Reach Her Anymore", "National Working Woman's Holiday", "Third Rate Romance", "Meant to Be", "Vidalia", and "Love of My Life".
Mark Moses, American actor
Mark Moses is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Paul Young in the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives (2004–2011) and as Herman "Duck" Phillips in the AMC period drama Mad Men (2007–2015).
24/02/1956
Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
Judith Butler is an American feminist, queer philosopher, and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, psychoanalysis, and the fields of feminist and queer theory, academic freedom, and literary theory.
Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
Eddie Clarence Murray, nicknamed "Steady Eddie", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman, designated hitter, and coach. He spent most of his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles, and ranks fourth in team history in games played and hits. Though Murray never won a Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, he finished in the top ten in MVP voting eight times. Murray has more RBIs than any other MLB switch-hitter; his 996 runs batted in in the 1980s were more than any other player.
Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
Paula Ann Zahn is an American journalist and newscaster who has been an anchor at ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN. She currently produces and hosts the true crime documentary series On the Case with Paula Zahn on the Investigation Discovery channel.
24/02/1955
Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (died 2011)
Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his early business partner Steve Wozniak in 1976. After the company's board of directors fired him in 1985, he founded NeXT the same year and purchased Pixar in 1986, becoming its chairman and majority shareholder until 2007. Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 as CEO, where he was closely involved with the creation and promotion of many of the company's most influential products until his resignation in 2011.
Eddie Johnson, American basketball player (died 2020)
Edward Lee Johnson Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He played 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) – mainly as a member of the Atlanta Hawks – from 1977 to 1987. Johnson was a two-time NBA-All-Star with the Hawks in 1980 and 1981, and earned two nominations to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 1979 and 1980. He was nicknamed "Fast Eddie" for his speed and quickness on the court.
Alain Prost, French race car driver
Alain Marie Pascal Prost is a French former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1993. Nicknamed "the Professor", Prost won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the records for most wins (51), fastest laps (41), and podium finishes (106).
24/02/1954
Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
Roger François Jouret, better known as Plastic Bertrand, is a Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1977 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi".
Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican author (died 2016)
Judith Ortiz Cofer was a Puerto Rican author. Her critically acclaimed and award-winning work spans a range of literary genres including poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and young-adult fiction. Ortiz Cofer was the Emeritus Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia, where she taught undergraduate and graduate creative writing workshops for 26 years. In 2010, Ortiz Cofer was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and in 2013, she won the university's 2014 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award.
Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
Sidney K. Meier is an American businessman and computer programmer. A programmer, designer, and producer of many strategy and simulation video games, including the Civilization series, Meier co-founded MicroProse in 1982 with Bill Stealey and is the Director of Creative Development of Firaxis Games, which he co-founded with Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds in 1996. For his contributions to the video game industry, Meier was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
Mike Pickering, is an English musician, DJ, songwriter, A&R Executive from Manchester, UK.
Željko Glasnović, Croatian politician and general
Željko Glasnović is a far-right politician and former Croatian military officer. He was a member of Croatian Parliament's club called Independents for Croatia.
Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, British peer, writer, and entrepreneur
Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, is a British peer, novelist, poet, and entrepreneur.
24/02/1953
Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (died 1974)
Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin was a Soviet football player. He died in a freak accident: he was stuck in an elevator, but was able to open the elevator doors; as he tried to climb out, the elevator started moving again and crushed him to death.
24/02/1952
Tommy Burleson, American basketball player
Tom Loren Burleson is an American former professional basketball player. A 7′2″ center, Burleson played for North Carolina State University's 1974 NCAA national championship team.
24/02/1951
David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
David Ford is a former Northern Irish politician, who was leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from October 2001 until October 2016 and was Northern Ireland Minister of Justice from April 2010 until May 2016. He was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 1998 to 2018.
Derek Randall, English cricketer
Derek William Randall is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and Tests and ODIs for England in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was a part of the English squad that finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
Debra Jo Rupp is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Kitty Forman in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show (1998–2006) and its Netflix sequel series That '90s Show (2023–2024). Rupp also had roles in the NBC sitcom Friends (1997–1998), the ABC animated series Teacher's Pet (2000–2002) and its 2004 sequel film, the ABC sitcom Better with You (2010–2011), and the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021) and its spin-off Agatha All Along (2024).
Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
Helen Shaver is a Canadian actress and film and television director. After appearing in a number of Canadian movies, she received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama In Praise of Older Women (1978). She later appeared in the films The Amityville Horror (1979), The Osterman Weekend (1983), Desert Hearts (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Believers (1987), The Craft (1996), Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) and Down River (2013). She received another Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress nomination for the 1986 drama film Lost!, and won a Best Supporting Actress for We All Fall Down (2000). Shaver also starred in some short-lived television series, including United States (1980) and Jessica Novak (1981), and from 1996 to 1999 starred in the Showtime horror series, Poltergeist: The Legacy, for which she received a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television nomination.
Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
Laimdota Straujuma is a Latvian economist who was the prime minister of Latvia from January 2014 to February 2016. Before her tenure as prime minister, she served as the minister of Agriculture from 2011 to 2014. She was the first woman to serve as the head of government of the country. After her resignation on 7 December 2015, she announced her intention to resume a seat in the Saeima.
Andrew Leung, Hong Kong politician, 3rd President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen is a Hong Kong politician who was the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong between 2016 and 2025.
24/02/1950
George Thorogood, American musician
George Lawrence Thorogood is an American musician, singer and songwriter. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s US rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Alone". He has also helped to popularize older songs by American icons, such as "Move It on Over", "Who Do You Love?", and "House Rent Blues/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer".
24/02/1949
John Lever, English Test cricketer
John Kenneth Lever is an English former international cricketer who played Test and One Day International cricket for England. Lever was a left-arm fast-medium bowler who predominantly swung the ball into right-handed batsmen.
24/02/1948
Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 2016)
Jayaram Jayalalithaa, popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016 for six terms. She served as chief minister until her death and became the first female chief minister to die in office in the Republic of India. She was the longest-serving and former general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a Dravidian party founded by her mentor and the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.). Jayalalithaa is regarded as one of the most influential politicians of post-independence India. Apart from politics, as a film personality, she won the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.
Dennis Waterman, English actor (died 2022)
Dennis Waterman was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks, singing the theme tunes of the latter two.
GM Quader, Bangladeshi politician
Ghulam Muhammad Quader is a Bangladeshi politician and the 2nd chairman of Jatiya Party and was the Opposition Leader of Bangladesh Parliament. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Lalmonirhat-3 constituency. He served as the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism from 2009 to 2014.
24/02/1947
Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
Rupert Holmes is a British-born American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape " (1979) and "Him" (1980). He is also known for his musicals The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which earned him two Tony Awards, and Curtains, his television series Remember WENN, and his novel Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide.
Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
Edward James Olmos is a Mexican-American actor and director. He is best known for his roles as Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), high school math teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), Montoya Santana in American Me (1992), and William Adama in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009).
24/02/1946
Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
Grigory Aleksandrovich Margulis is a Russian-American mathematician known for his work on lattices in Lie groups, and the introduction of methods from ergodic theory into diophantine approximation. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1978, a Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2005, and an Abel Prize in 2020, becoming the fifth mathematician to receive the three prizes. In 1991, he joined the faculty of Yale University, where he is currently the Erastus L. De Forest Professor of Mathematics.
24/02/1945
Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
Barry Knapp Bostwick is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City (1996–2002). Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in The Robber Bridegroom and performing the role of Danny Zuko in the original Broadway production of Grease.
24/02/1944
Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (died 1994)
Nicholas Christian Hopkins was an English pianist and organist. He performed on many British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, including on songs recorded by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, Rod Stewart, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, the Hollies, Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel, Badfinger, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Donovan. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest studio pianists in the history of popular rock music.
Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (died 2007)
Ivica Račan was a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments.
David Wineland, American physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
David Jeffery Wineland is an American physicist at the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His most notable contributions include the laser cooling of trapped ions and the use of ions for quantum-computing operations. He received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Serge Haroche, for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems."
24/02/1943
Kent Haruf, American novelist (died 2014)
Alan Kent Haruf was an American writer born and raised in the US state of Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains, mostly in the fictional town of Holt.
Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (died 1967)
Luigi "Gigi" Meroni was an Italian professional footballer who played as a winger.
Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
Pablo Milanés Arias was a Cuban guitar player and singer. He was one of the founders of the Cuban nueva trova, along with Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola. His music, originating in the Trova, Son and other traditional styles of early 20th Century Cuban music, set him apart from the style of Silvio Rodríguez.
24/02/1942
Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
Paul Jones is an English singer, actor, harmonicist, radio personality and television presenter. He first came to prominence as the original lead singer and harmonicist of the rock band Manfred Mann (1962–66) with whom he had several hit records including "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and "Pretty Flamingo".
Celia Kaye, American actress
Celia Kaye is an American actress. She starred in the 1964 film adaptation of Island of the Blue Dolphins which won her a Golden Globe award.
Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician (died 2024)
Joseph Isadore Lieberman was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's vice presidential nominee in the 2000 presidential election. During his final term in office, he was officially listed as an Independent Democrat and caucused with and chaired committees for the Democratic Party.
Jenny O'Hara, American actress
Jenny O'Hara is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for Dixie in My Sister Sam (1986–1988), Janet Heffernan in The King of Queens (2001–2007), and Nita in Big Love (2006–2009).
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Bengali pronunciation: [gaĕ͜ot̪ːɾi tʃɔ̜kːɾo.boɾ. t̪i]; is an Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic. She is a University Professor at Columbia University and a founding member of the establishment's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society.
24/02/1941
Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
Joanie Sommers is an American singer and actress. Her career has focused on jazz, standards and popular song. Early in her career she was billed as "the Voice of the Sixties"; she also collaborated with prominent arrangers, songwriters and producers. Her most recognized song is "Johnny Get Angry", which although atypical of her work became a popular success.
24/02/1940
Pete Duel, American actor (died 1971)
Peter Ellstrom Deuel, known professionally as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television, and film actor, who starred as outlaw Hannibal Heyes in the television series Alias Smith and Jones.
Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (died 2014)
James Albert Ellis was an American professional boxer. He won the vacant WBA heavyweight title in 1968 by defeating Jerry Quarry, making one successful title defense in the same year against Floyd Patterson, before losing to Joe Frazier in 1970.
Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster (died 2025)
Denis Law was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of £55,000, which set a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer involving a British player. Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000.
24/02/1939
Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (died 2013)
Jamal Nazrul Islam FRAS was a Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist. He was a professor at University of Chittagong, served as a member of the advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and member of the syndicate at Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology until his death. He also served as the director of the Research Center for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (RCMPS) at the University of Chittagong. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2000 by the Government of Bangladesh.
24/02/1938
James Farentino, American actor (died 2012)
James Farentino was an American actor. He appeared in television, film, and on stage, including The Final Countdown, Jesus of Nazareth, and Dynasty.
Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
Philip Hampson Knight is an American billionaire businessman who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO. As of October 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$35.4 billion. He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika. Knight is a graduate of the University of Oregon and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was part of the track and field club under coach Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon with whom he would later co-found Nike.
Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British life peer
Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, is a British Methodist minister who was the first woman to serve as president of the Methodist Conference. Created a life peer in 1998, she served as a crossbench member of the House of Lords until 2018.
24/02/1936
Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (died 2020)
Carol D'Onofrio was an American public health researcher who was Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. Her career focused on improving the health of underserved communities, in particular through curtailing the use of tobacco and alcohol.
Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (died 2011)
Guillermo Alberto O'Donnell Ure was a prominent Argentine political scientist who specialized in comparative politics and Latin American politics. He spent most of his career working in Argentina and the United States, and who made lasting contributions to theorizing on authoritarianism and democratization, democracy and the state, and the politics of Latin America. His brother is Pacho O'Donnell.
24/02/1935
Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (died 2014)
Ryhor Janavič Baradulin was a Belarusian poet, essayist and translator.
24/02/1934
Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (died 2000)
Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi was an Italian politician and statesman, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987. He was the first PSI member to become prime minister and the second from a socialist party to hold the office. He led the fourth-longest government in the Italian Republic and he is considered one of the most influential politicians of the First Italian Republic.
Johnny Hills, English footballer (died 2021)
John Raymond Hills was an English professional footballer who played for Gravesend & Northfleet, Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol Rovers.
George Ryan, American politician, 39th Governor of Illinois (died 2025)
George Homer Ryan was an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Secretary of State of Illinois from 1991 to 1999 and as lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1991. He was later convicted of federal racketeering, bribery, extortion, money laundering, and tax fraud stemming from his time in office.
Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (died 2023)
Renata Scotto was an Italian soprano, opera director, and voice teacher. Recognised for her sense of style, her musicality, and as a remarkable singer-actress, Scotto is considered to have been one of the preeminent opera singers of her generation.
24/02/1933
Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (died 2008)
Moses Judah Folkman was an American biologist and pediatric surgeon best known for his research on tumor angiogenesis, the process by which a tumor attracts blood vessels to nourish itself and sustain its existence. He founded the field of angiogenesis research, which has led to the discovery of a number of therapies based on inhibiting or stimulating neovascularization.
Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 2014)
Ali Al'amin Mazrui, was a Kenyan-born American academic, professor, and political writer on African and Islamic studies, and North-South relations. He was born in Mombasa, Kenya. His positions included Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and Director of the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan. He produced the 1980s television documentary series The Africans: A Triple Heritage.
David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (died 2009)
David "Fathead" Newman was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by Ray Charles.
24/02/1932
Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
Michel Jean Legrand was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written more than 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and additional Oscars for Summer of '42 (1971) and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983).
Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (died 2018)
Zell Bryan Miller was an American politician who served as the 79th governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999 and as a United States senator representing the state from 2000 to 2005. He was a member of the Democratic Party and before 2021 was the last Democratic senator from Georgia. He is also the last Democrat as of 2026 to be elected twice as Governor of Georgia.
John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (died 2005)
John Keith Vernon was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood films after achieving initial television stardom in Canada, and was known for his roles as villainous authority figures.
24/02/1931
Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
Dominic Chianese is an American actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007), Johnny Ola in The Godfather Part II (1974), and Leander Whitlock in Boardwalk Empire (2011–2013).
Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (died 2015)
Dennis Brian Close, was an English first-class cricketer. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, captaining them seven times to six wins and one drawn test. Close also captained Yorkshire to four county championship titles – the main domestic trophy in English cricket. He later went on to captain Somerset, where he is widely credited with developing the county into a hard-playing team, and helping to mould Viv Richards and Ian Botham into the successful players they became.
24/02/1930
Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (died 2013)
Barbara Jo Lawrence was an American model, and actress.
24/02/1929
Kintarō Ōki, South Korean wrestler (died 2006)
Kim Tae-sik was a South Korean professional wrestler and ssireum player, better known by the ring names Kintarō Ōki and Kim Il. His professional wrestling career spanned from the late-1950s to the early-1980s.
24/02/1927
Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (died 2017)
Emmanuelle Riva was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and Amour (2012).
24/02/1926
Dave Sands, Australian boxer (died 1952)
Dave Sands was an Australian professional boxer.
24/02/1925
Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2013)
George Everette "Bud" Day was a United States Air Force officer, aviator, and veteran of World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. He was also a prisoner of war, and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. As of 2025, he is the only person to be awarded both the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. He was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general effective March 27, 2018, as directed by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.
24/02/1924
Hal Herring, American football player and coach (died 2014)
Harold Moreland Herring was an American professional football player and coach. He played college football at Auburn University and professionally as a center and linebacker for the Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL). He later was a defensive coach at Auburn and for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and San Diego Chargers.
Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2008)
Erik Hersholt Nielsen was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon, and was Leader of the Opposition and the third deputy prime minister of Canada. He was the elder brother of actor Leslie Nielsen.
F. G. Bailey, British-American anthropologist (died 2020)
Frederick George Bailey, who published professionally as F. G. Bailey, was a British social anthropologist who spent the second half of his career in the United States at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He received his Ph.D. in social anthropology from Manchester University, working under Max Gluckman, and is closely associated with the Manchester School of social anthropology. A prolific writer of some sixteen books in anthropology, he is probably best known for his studies of local and organizational politics. He conducted fieldwork in Bisipāra, Odisha, India, and has also written on political functions, particularly the ways that social structure arises out of and is used by the interactions of individuals.
24/02/1922
Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (died 2011)
Richard William Hamilton was an English painter and collage artist. His 1955 exhibition Man, Machine and Motion and his 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?, produced for the This Is Tomorrow exhibition of the Independent Group in London, are considered by critics and historians to be among the earliest works of pop art. A major retrospective of his work was at Tate Modern in 2014.
Steven Hill, American actor (died 2016)
Steven Hill, also known as Steve Hill, was an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as district attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC television drama series Law & Order (1990–2000) and Dan Briggs on the CBS action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1967). For the former, he received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
24/02/1921
Abe Vigoda, American actor (died 2016)
Abraham Vigoda was an American actor, known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972) and Phil Fish in both Barney Miller and Fish (1977–1978). His career as an actor began in 1947 performing with the American Theatre Wing and continued in Broadway productions throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
24/02/1919
John Carl Warnecke, American architect (died 2010)
John Carl "Jack" Warnecke was an American architect based in who designed numerous monuments and structures in the Modernist, Bauhaus, and other similar styles. He was an early proponent of contextual architecture. Among his more notable buildings and projects are the Hawaii State Capitol building, the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame memorial gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery, and the master plan for Lafayette Square.
24/02/1915
Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (died 1986)
James Bennett Elliott Ferrier was an Australian professional golfer. After compiling a fine record as an amateur golfer in Australia during the 1930s, he moved to the United States in 1940, turned professional in 1941, and joined the PGA Tour. He won the 1947 PGA Championship among his 18 tour titles and was the first Australian to win a major championship.
24/02/1914
Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (died 2005)
Ralph Erskine ARIBA was a British architect and planner who lived and worked in Sweden for most of his life.
Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (died 1955)
Harry Weldon Kees was an American poet, librarian, painter, literary critic, novelist, playwright, jazz pianist, short story writer, and filmmaker. Despite his brief career, Kees is considered an important mid-twentieth-century poet of the Beat generation, and peer of John Berryman, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Lowell. His work has been immensely influential on subsequent generations of poets writing in English and other languages and his collected poems have been included in many anthologies. Harold Bloom lists the publication of Kees's first book The Last Man (1943) as an important event in the chronology of his textbook Modern American Poetry as well as a book worthy of his Western Canon.
24/02/1909
August Derleth, American anthologist and author (died 1971)
August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. He was the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. He made contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the cosmic horror genre and helped found Arkham House, a publishing company which did much to introduce hardcover prints of United Kingdom supernatural fiction works to the United States. Derleth was also a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography. Notably, he created the fictional detective Solar Pons, a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
24/02/1908
Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (died 1998)
Telford Taylor was an American lawyer and professor. Taylor was known for his role as lead counsel in the prosecution of war criminals after World War II, his opposition to McCarthyism in the 1950s, and his outspoken criticism of American actions during the Vietnam War.
24/02/1903
Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (died 1967)
Vladimir Bartol was a writer from the Slovene minority in Italy. He is best known for his 1938 novel Alamut, the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world, which has been translated into numerous languages.
24/02/1900
Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (died 1981)
Irmgard Bartenieff was a German-born American dance theorist, dancer, choreographer, physical therapist, and a leading pioneer of dance therapy. A student of Rudolf Laban, she pursued cross-cultural dance analysis, and generated a new vision of possibilities for human movement and movement training. From her experiences applying Laban’s concepts of dynamism, three-dimensional movement and mobilization to the rehabilitation of people affected by polio in the 1940s, she went on to develop her own set of movement methods and exercises, known as Bartenieff Fundamentals.
24/02/1898
Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (died 1983)
Kurt Waldemar Tank was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II, including the Fw 190 fighter aircraft, the Ta 152 fighter-interceptor and the Fw 200 Condor airliner. After the war, Tank spent two decades designing aircraft abroad, working first in Argentina and then in India, before returning to West Germany in the late 1960s to work as a consultant for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB).
24/02/1896
Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (died 1991)
Richard Thorpe was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
24/02/1895
Şehzade Osman Fuad, Ottoman prince (died 1973)
Şehzade Osman Fuad Efendi was an Ottoman prince, the son of Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, and the grandson of Sultan Murad V, who reigned briefly in 1876. He was the 39th head of the Imperial House of Osman from 1954 to 1973.
24/02/1890
Marjorie Main, American actress (died 1975)
Mary Tomlinson, professionally known as Marjorie Main, was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and 1950s, and for her role as Ma Kettle in 10 Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Main started her career in vaudeville and theatre, and appeared in film classics, such as Dead End (1937), The Women (1939), Dark Command (1940), The Shepherd of the Hills (1941), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), and Friendly Persuasion (1956). Main, best known for playing "raucous, rough, and cantankerous women" on-screen, was characterized as "soft-spoken, shy," and "dignified" off-screen.
24/02/1885
Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (died 1966)
Chester William Nimitz was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (died 1939)
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer active before World War I and during the interwar period.
24/02/1881
Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan, Sultan of Morocco (died 1943)
Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan was sultan of Morocco from 9 June 1894 to 21 August 1908, as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was proclaimed sultan at the age of sixteen after the death of his father Hassan I.
24/02/1877
Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
Rudolph Ganz was a Swiss-American pianist, conductor, composer, and teacher.
Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (died 1936)
Ettie Annie Rout was a Tasmanian-born New Zealander whose work among servicemen in Paris and the Somme during World War I made her a war hero among the French, yet through the same events she became persona non grata in New Zealand. She married Frederick Hornibrook on 3 May 1920, after which she was Ettie Hornibrook. They had no children and later separated. She died in 1936, and was buried in the Cook Islands.
24/02/1874
Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1955)
Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner was an American professional baseball shortstop who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1897 to 1917, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage, Wagner was a prototypical five-tool player, known for being a versatile defender who could combine a strong throwing arm with the ability to play almost any defensive position as well as being capable of hitting for average and for power. He is widely regarded as the greatest shortstop of all time. In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members.
24/02/1869
Zara DuPont, American suffragist (died 1946)
Zara "Zadie" DuPont (1869–1946) was an American suffragist, serving as the first Vice President of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association.
24/02/1868
Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (died 1949)
Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, also known as Baron Édouard de Rothschild was an aristocrat, French financier and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.
24/02/1857
Emma Ann Browne, British-born Australian philanthropist (died 1941)
Emma Ann Browne, née Elmes, was a British-born Australian philanthropist.
24/02/1852
George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1933)
George Augustus Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a landed family of Catholics who lived at Moore Hall in Carra, County Mayo. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
24/02/1848
Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1907)
Andrew Inglis Clark was an Australian founding father and co-author of the Australian Constitution; he was also an engineer, barrister, politician, electoral reformer and jurist. He initially qualified as an engineer, but he re-trained as a barrister to effectively fight for social causes which deeply concerned him. After a long political career, mostly spent as Attorney-General and briefly as Opposition Leader, he was appointed a Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Despite being acknowledged as the leading expert on the Australian Constitution, he was never appointed to the High Court of Australia.
24/02/1842
Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (died 1918)
Arrigo Boito was an Italian librettist, composer, poet and critic whose only completed opera was Mefistofele. Among the operas for which he wrote the libretti are Giuseppe Verdi's monumental last two operas Otello and Falstaff as well as Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda.
24/02/1837
Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (died 1885)
María Rosalía Rita de Castro, was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Widely regarded as the greatest Galician cultural icon, she was a leading figure in the emergence of the literary Galician language. Through her work, she projected multiple emotions, including the yearning for the celebration of Galician identity and culture, and female empowerment. She is credited with challenging the traditional female writer archetype.
24/02/1836
Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (died 1910)
Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art in general.
24/02/1835
Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1899)
Sir Julius Vogel was the eighth premier of New Zealand. His administration is best remembered for the issuing of bonds to fund railway construction and other public works. He was the first Jewish prime minister of New Zealand. Historian Warwick R. Armstrong assesses Vogel's strengths and weaknesses:Vogel's politics were like his nature, imaginative – and occasionally brilliant – but reckless and speculative. He was an excellent policymaker but he needed a strong leader to restrain him....Yet Vogel had vision. He saw New Zealand as a potential 'Britain of the South Seas', strong both in agriculture and in industry, and inhabited by a large and flourishing population.
24/02/1831
Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1899)
Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprara de Montecuccoli was a German general and statesman. He served as the imperial chancellor of the German Empire from March 1890 to October 1894, succeeding longtime chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
24/02/1830
Karolina Světlá, Czech female author
Karolina Světlá was a Czech writer and feminist. She is among the most important Czech female writers of the 19th century.
24/02/1829
Friedrich Spielhagen, German novelist, literary theorist and translator
Friedrich Spielhagen was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.
24/02/1827
Lydia Becker, English-French activist (died 1890)
Lydia Ernestine Becker was a leader in the early British suffrage movement, as well as an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. She established Manchester as a centre for the suffrage movement and with Richard Pankhurst she arranged for the first woman to vote in a British election and a court case was unsuccessfully brought to exploit the precedent. Becker is also remembered for founding and publishing the Women's Suffrage Journal between 1870 and 1890.
24/02/1797
Samuel Lover, Irish composer, writer and painter (died 1868)
Samuel Lover, also known as "Ben Trovato", was an Irish songwriter, composer and novelist, and a portrait painter, chiefly in miniatures. He was the grandfather of Victor Herbert.
24/02/1788
Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (died 1857)
Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, often known as J. C. Dahl or I. C. Dahl, was a Danish-Norwegian artist who is considered the first great romantic painter in Norway, the founder of the "golden age" of Norwegian painting. He is often described as "the father of Norwegian landscape painting" and is regarded as the first Norwegian painter to reach a level of artistic accomplishment comparable to that attained by the greatest European artists of his day. He was also the first to acquire genuine fame and cultural renown abroad. As one critic has put it, "J.C. Dahl occupies a central position in Norwegian artistic life of the first half of the 19th century.
24/02/1786
Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (died 1869)
Martin Waltham Bates was a lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, and then the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (died 1859)
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, philologist and anthropologist. He was the younger brother of Jacob Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm.
24/02/1774
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (died 1850)
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge was the tenth child and seventh son of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 1801 until his death. From 1816 to 1837, he served as Viceroy of the Kingdom of Hanover on behalf of his elder brothers King George IV and King William IV.
24/02/1767
Rama II of Siam (died 1824)
Phutthaloetla Naphalai, also known by his regnal name Rama II, was the second King of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, ruling from 1809 to 1824. In 1809, as Prince Itsarasunthon, he succeeded his father Rama I, the founder of the Chakri dynasty, to become Loetlanaphalai, King of Siam. His reign was largely peaceful, devoid of major conflicts. His reign was known as the "Golden Age of Rattanakosin Literature" as Loetlanaphalai was patron to a number of poets in his court, and the King himself was a renowned poet and artist. The most notable poet in his employ was the illustrious Sunthorn Phu, the author of Phra Aphai Mani. The rapid growth of the number of his descendants was outstanding: he is believed to have had over 240 grandchildren.
24/02/1762
Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (died 1830)
Charles Frederick Horn was an English musician and composer. Born in the Holy Roman Empire, he emigrated to London with few possessions and no knowledge of the English language, yet rose to become a music teacher in the Royal Household. As an editor and arranger, he helped introduce the music of Johann Sebastian Bach to England.
24/02/1743
Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (died 1820)
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.
24/02/1736
Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1806)
Christian Frederick Charles Alexander was the last margrave of the two Franconian principalities, Bayreuth and Ansbach, which he sold to the King of Prussia, a fellow member of the House of Hohenzollern.
24/02/1723
John Burgoyne, English general and politician (died 1792)
General John Burgoyne was a British Army officer, playwright and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, most notably during the Spanish invasion of Portugal in 1762.
24/02/1721
John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (died 1796)
John McKinly was an American physician and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of the French and Indian War, served in the Delaware General Assembly, was the first elected president of Delaware, and for a time was a member of the Federalist Party.
24/02/1709
Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (died 1782)
Jacques de Vaucanson was a French inventor and artist who built the first all-metal lathe. This invention was crucial for the Industrial Revolution. The lathe is known as the mother of machine tools, as it was the first machine tool that led to the invention of other machine tools. He was responsible for the creation of impressive and innovative automata. He also was the first person to design an automatic loom.
24/02/1622
Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (died 1665)
Johannes Clauberg was a German philosopher and theologian. Clauberg was the founding Rector of the first University of Duisburg, where he taught from 1655 to 1665. He is known as a "scholastic cartesian".
24/02/1619
Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (died 1690)
Charles Le Brun was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. He served as a court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of all time". Le Brun was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art and was influenced by Nicolas Poussin.
24/02/1604
Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (died 1652)
Arcangela Tarabotti was a Venetian nun and Early Modern Italian writer. Tarabotti wrote texts and corresponded with cultural and political figures for most of her adult life, centering on the issues of forced enclosure, and what she saw as other symptoms and systems of patriarchy and misogyny in her works and discussions. Tarabotti wrote at least seven works, though only five were published during her lifetime. Because of the politics of Tarabotti’s works, many scholars consider her “a protofeminist writer as well as an early political theorist.”
24/02/1595
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (died 1640)
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, was a Polish poet. He is considered Europe's most prominent Latin poet of the 17th century, and a renowned theoretician of poetics.
24/02/1593
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (died 1625)
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford KB was an English nobleman, courtier, and soldier. He inherited one of England’s oldest earldoms in 1604, joining a prominent aristocratic family with centuries of influence in English politics and society. De Vere served at the court of King James I, participating in ceremonial events, military campaigns, and diplomatic missions, reflecting the close connection between noble and royal service in early modern England. He was created a Knight of the Bath (KB) and married Lady Diana Cecil, though the couple had no children. Upon his death in 1625, the earldom passed to his second cousin, Robert de Vere, as the 19th Earl of Oxford.
24/02/1557
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1619)
Matthias was Holy Roman Emperor from 1612 to 1619, Archduke of Austria from 1608 to 1619, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 to 1618 and King of Bohemia from 1611 to 1617. His personal motto was Concordia lumine maior.
24/02/1553
Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (died 1615)
Cherubino Alberti (1553–1615), also called Borghegiano, was an Italian engraver and painter. He is most often remembered for the Roman frescoes completed with his brother Giovanni Alberti during the papacy of Clement VIII. He was most prolific as an engraver of copper plates.
24/02/1545
John of Austria (died 1578)
John of Austria was the illegitimate son of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Charles V recognized him in a codicil to his will. John became a military leader in the service of his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain, Charles V's heir, and was addressed as a Don. He is best known for his role as the admiral of the Holy League fleet at the Battle of Lepanto and as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands.
24/02/1536
Pope Clement VIII (died 1605)
Pope Clement VIII, born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 January 1592 to his death in March 1605.
24/02/1500
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)
Charles V was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516 to 1554, and also Lord of the Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg. His dominions in Europe included the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Germany to northern Italy with rule over the Austrian hereditary lands and Burgundian Low Countries, and Spain with its possessions of the southern Italian kingdoms of Sicily, Naples, and Sardinia. In the Americas, he oversaw the continuation of Spanish colonization and a short-lived German colonization. The personal union of the European and American territories he ruled was the first collection of realms labelled "the empire on which the sun never sets".
24/02/1494
Johan Friis, Danish statesman (died 1570)
Johan Friis was a Danish statesman. He served as Chancellor under King Christian III of Denmark.
24/02/1463
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494)
Giovanni Pico dei conti della Mirandola e della Concordia, known as Pico della Mirandola, was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher. He is famed for the events of 1486, when, at the age of 23, he proposed to defend 900 theses on religion, philosophy, natural philosophy, and magic against all comers, for which he wrote the Oration on the Dignity of Man, which has been called the "Manifesto of the Renaissance", and a key text of Renaissance humanism and of what has been called the "Hermetic Reformation". He was the founder of the tradition of Christian Kabbalah, a key tenet of early modern Western esotericism. The 900 Theses was the first printed book to be universally banned by the Church. Pico is sometimes seen as a proto-Protestant, because his 900 theses anticipated many Protestant views.
24/02/1413
Louis, Duke of Savoy (died 1465)
Louis I was Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465.
24/02/1360
Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy
Amadeus VII, known as the Red Count, was Count of Savoy from 1383 to 1391.
24/02/1304
Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer
Ibn Battuta was a Maghrebi Muslim traveller, explorer and scholar. Over a period of 30 years from 1325 to 1354, he visited much of Africa, Asia, and the Iberian Peninsula. Near the end of his life, Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his journeys, titled A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling, commonly known as The Rihla. Ibn Battuta travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, totalling around 117,000 km (73,000 mi), surpassing Zheng He with about 50,000 km (31,000 mi) and Marco Polo with 24,000 km (15,000 mi).
24/02/1103
Emperor Toba of Japan (died 1156)
Emperor Toba was the 74th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.