Born on Friday, 24th October – Famous Birthdays
On this day, 315 notable people were born on 24th October — spanning from 51 to 1999. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.
Ilkay Gündogan, the German footballer, and Claudia Fragapane, the English gymnast, were among the notable individuals born on 24th October. Fragapane emerged as a prominent artistic gymnast during her competitive years, whilst Gündogan developed into a midfield talent for club and country. The date has produced numerous accomplished athletes and entertainers across multiple decades and disciplines. Earlier in history, on this date in 1917, Octave Lapize, the French cyclist and pilot, had already passed away, marking the loss of an early aviation pioneer who had also achieved distinction on the bicycle. Similarly, 1932 saw the birth of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, the French physicist who would later receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking discoveries in condensed matter physics.
Friday, 24th October 2025 falls under the Scorpio zodiac sign, whilst the moon is in its waning gibbous phase. The forecast indicates partly cloudy conditions with temperatures around 12 degrees Celsius and a gentle southwesterly breeze. These conditions are typical for late October in the northern hemisphere as autumn progresses.
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24/10/1999
Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player
Amon-Ra Julian Heru John St. Brown is a German-American professional football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans and was selected by the Lions in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft. St. Brown was voted to the Pro Bowl four times from 2022 to 2025, and was a first-team All-Pro in 2023 and 2024. He is the younger brother of Equanimeous St. Brown.
24/10/1998
Daya, American singer
Grace Martine Tandon, known professionally as Daya, is an American singer and songwriter from the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She released her self-titled debut extended play (EP), Daya, on September 4, 2015. The album includes the song "Hide Away," which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. She released her debut studio album Sit Still, Look Pretty on October 7, 2016. She is currently signed to ONErpm. The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down", for which she provided vocals, was a worldwide top-ten song and became one of the best-selling singles of all time.
24/10/1997
Bron Breakker, American wrestler
Bronson Rechsteiner is an American professional wrestler and former football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Bron Breakker, and is a member of The Vision stable.
Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
Claudia Fragapane is a retired British artistic gymnast. She came to prominence at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she was the first English woman to win four gold medals in a single Games since 1930. In 2015, Fragapane was part of the women's gymnastics team that won Great Britain's first-ever team medal, a bronze, at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, before winning an individual world championship bronze on floor two years later, only the second individual female world medalist for Great Britain after Beth Tweddle.
Raye, British singer-songwriter
Rachel Agatha Keen, known professionally as Raye, is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. Lyrically focusing on her own struggles and contemporary issues, Raye's genre-blending music is influenced by jazz and incorporates pop, dance, R&B, and soul.
24/10/1996
Jaylen Brown, American basketball player
Jaylen Marselles Brown is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the California Golden Bears and was named first-team all-conference and Freshman of the Year in the Pac-12 Conference. Declaring for the 2016 NBA draft after his freshman season, Brown was selected by the Celtics with the third overall pick. As a professional, he has split his time between shooting guard and small forward.
Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player
Rafael Devers Calcaño is a Dominican professional baseball infielder and designated hitter for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox.
Océane Dodin, French tennis player
Océane Dodin is a French professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 46 and in doubles of No. 375 in 2017 by the WTA. Dodin has won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2016 Coupe Banque Nationale, and a further 17 ITF Circuit titles. Her best result at a major is reaching the fourth round of the 2024 Australian Open.
Garrison Mathews, American basketball player
Garrison Mathews is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Lipscomb Bisons and was named the ASUN Conference Player of the Year for 2019.
Kyla Ross, American gymnast
Kyla Briana Ross Rittman is an American retired artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles.
24/10/1995
Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
Vincent Leuluai is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the North Sydney Bears. He plays at second-row and prop. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters.
Ashton Sanders, American actor
Ashton Durrand Sanders is an American actor best known for his portrayal of teenage Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight (2016). He has since acted in films such as The Equalizer 2 (2018), All Day and a Night (2020), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). He portrayed Bigger Thomas in Native Son (2019) and Bobby Brown in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022).
24/10/1994
Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
Chrystal Soo Jung, professionally known as Krystal Jung, is an American and South Korean singer and actress. She debuted in 2009 as a member of the South Korean girl group f(x) and has further participated in SM Entertainment's project group SM the Ballad. Aside from group activities, she has also acted in various South Korean drama series such as The Heirs (2013), My Lovely Girl (2014), Prison Playbook (2017), The Bride of Habaek (2017), Player (2018), Search (2020), Police University (2021), and Crazy Love (2022).
Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
Tereza Martincová is a Czech professional tennis player.
Sean O'Malley, American mixed martial artist
Sean Daniel O'Malley is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Bantamweight Champion. As of March 10, 2026, he is #2 in the UFC bantamweight rankings.
Jalen Ramsey, American football player
Jalen Ramsey is an American professional football safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars fifth overall in the 2016 NFL draft.
24/10/1993
R. J. Hunter, American basketball player
Ronald Jordan Hunter is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Tulane Green Wave. He played college basketball for the Georgia State Panthers under the direction of his father and Georgia State head coach, Ron Hunter, being named twice Sun Belt Player of the Year as well as the Sun Belt Conference Male Athlete of the Year. He holds the school record for most career points with a total of 1,819 after just three seasons of play.
24/10/1992
Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
Marrion "Yong" Gopez is a former Filipino television personality, dancer, singer, model and a reality show contestant in the Philippines when he joined Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash of 2010.
Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster
Ding Liren is a Chinese chess grandmaster who was the 17th World Chess Champion from 2023–24. He is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion and was part of the Chinese teams that won the Chess Olympiads in 2014 and 2018. Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and the only Chinese player to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016, with a blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest-rated Blitz player in the world. In July 2023, Ding became the No. 1 ranked Rapid player, with a rating of 2830. He achieved his highest classical rating of 2816 in November 2018 and a peak classical ranking of No. 2 in November 2021 behind Magnus Carlsen.
24/10/1991
Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
Torstein Andersen Aase is a Norwegian football striker who plays for Lyn.
Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player
Bojan Dubljević is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Spanish Liga ACB. He also represents the senior Montenegrin national basketball team in national team competitions. Standing at 2.05 m tall barefoot, he plays at the power forward and center positions.
24/10/1990
Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner
Elijah Greer is an American middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters. Greer was the 800 meters champion running for University of Oregon at the 2013 NCAA D1 Outdoor T&F Championships.
İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
İlkay Gündoğan is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Galatasaray.
Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer
Mohammed Yahya Jahfali is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi First Division League club Al-Faisaly. He was called up to the Saudi Arabia national football team for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer
Danilo Carlo Petrucci is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer who has competed in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York. After losing his KTM ride in MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season, he entered the 2022 Dakar Rally with a Tech3 KTM rally raid 450 cc machine in January 2022.
Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player
Nikola Vučević, nicknamed Vooch, is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans before being drafted 16th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.
24/10/1989
David Castañeda, American actor
David Castañeda Jr. is an American actor. In 2019, Castañeda began portraying Diego Hargreeves in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
Anderson Conceição Benedito, known as Anderson Conceição, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre back for CRB.
Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
Shenae Sonya Grimes-Beech, previously and still commonly credited as Shenae Grimes, is a Canadian actress best known as Annie Wilson on 90210. Prior to that, she had a recurring role on Naturally, Sadie, and was Darcy Edwards on Degrassi: The Next Generation for 4 seasons.
Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
Eric John Hosmer is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs. Internationally, Hosmer represents the United States. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), he helped win Team USA's first gold medal in a WBC tournament and was named to the All-World Baseball Classic Team.
PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber, best known for his gaming videos. Kjellberg's popularity on YouTube and extensive media coverage have made him one of the most noted online personalities and content creators. Media coverage of him has cited him as a figurehead for YouTube, especially in the gaming genre.
Eliza Taylor, Australian actress
Eliza Jane Morley, known professionally as Eliza Taylor, is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Janae Timmins on the Australian soap opera drama television series Neighbours (2005–2008), as Clarke Griffin on the dystopian science fiction series The 100 (2014–2020), and as Hannah Carson in the NBC science fiction series Quantum Leap (2022–2024).
24/10/1988
Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
Mitch Inman is an Australian rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is either centre or wing. He represents the Rebels in Super Rugby.
Christopher Linke, German race walker
Christopher Linke is a German race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in 24th place. In the 20 km event at the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 5th place. He also finished in 5th at the 2017 World Championships in that event. In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He finished in 4th place.
Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
Demont Mitchell is a retired association football player from The Bahamas who had his career cut short by injuries suffered in a car accident.
Tarek Hamed, Egyptian footballer
Tarek Hamed is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
24/10/1987
Jeremy Evans, American basketball player
Jeremy Deshawn Evans is an American professional basketball player for Mykonos of the Greek Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers before being drafted by the Utah Jazz in 2010. During his career, Evans has spent time with the Jazz, the Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, and Khimki Moscow in Russia. In 2012, he was named the NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion.
Chris Hogan, American football player
Christopher James Hogan is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football for the Monmouth Hawks following three years of college lacrosse with the Penn State Nittany Lions. Hogan was a member of five NFL teams, most notably the New England Patriots.
Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
Anthony Henri Vanden Borre is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for clubs in Belgium, Italy, England, France and the DR Congo. He won 28 caps for the Belgium national team. He is capable of playing as both a right-back and a right winger.
Charlie White, American figure skater
Charles Allen White Jr. is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he is the 2014 Olympic Champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion, five-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2013), three-time Four Continents champion and six-time U.S. national champion (2009–2014). They also won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
24/10/1986
Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
Aubrey Drake Graham is a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor. He is credited with popularizing R&B sensibilities in hip-hop music through rap-singing. Drake first gained recognition as Jimmy Brooks in the CTV teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2008) and began his music career by independently releasing the mixtapes Room for Improvement (2006), Comeback Season (2007), and So Far Gone (2009) before signing with Young Money Entertainment.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen, English actor
Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the Netflix horror television series The Haunting of Hill House (2018) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), as well as for his role as Adrian Griffin in the horror film The Invisible Man. He also had a recurring role in the television series Dracula (2013) and in the miniseries Wilderness (2023).
John Ruddy, English footballer
John Thomas Gordon Ruddy is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Newcastle United.
24/10/1985
Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
Robert Richard Cornthwaite, nicknamed "Cornflakes", is an Australian former soccer player. Alongside Eli Babalj and Sasa Ognenovski, Cornthwaite, at 1.95 m is the joint third tallest player to have represented the Australia national association football team, behind Zeljko Kalac and Harry Souttar.
Tim Pocock, Australian actor
Tim Pocock is an Australian actor and pianist best known for his role as a teenage Scott Summers in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as well as Ethan Karamakov in the ABC television series Dance Academy and NBC's Camp, as Robbie Matthews.
Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (died 2014)
Matthew John Robinson was an Australian Paralympic snowboarder who died as a result of a snowboarding accident at La Molina, Spain.
Wayne Rooney, English footballer
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle.
Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
Oscar Joakim Wendt is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is currently the assistant sporting director of Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg.
24/10/1984
Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter
Maria Lourdes Grace Valdivia Basabas-Alejandro, better known as Lougee, is a Filipino singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Mojofly and was a host of the popular noontime variety show, Eat Bulaga!.
Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
Jonas Gustavsson, also known by his nickname the Monster, is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender. Gustavsson played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers during his National Hockey League (NHL) career.
Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
Kaela Kimura , is a Japanese pop rock singer, lyricist, fashion model and television presenter.
24/10/1983
Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton ; born October 24, 1983) is an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host of the daytime talk show The Real; for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award. From 2022 to 2023, Bailon-Houghton was a co-anchor of the entertainment news show, E! News. She won her first Grammy Award in 2026 with Israel & New Breed for the album Coritos Vol. 1, winning the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category.
Chris Colabello, American baseball player
Christopher Adrian Colabello is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays, after playing seven seasons in independent baseball.
Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
Hernán Pablo Garín is an Italian Argentine footballer who plays for club ASD Ca de Rissi SG.
Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player
Michael Gordon is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s, he played in the National Rugby League (NRL). Gordon was a New South Wales, Origin and Country representative. He played at wing and fullback and was a noted goal-kicker.
Brian Vickers, American race car driver
Brian Lee Vickers is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last drove the No. 14 Chevrolet SS for Stewart–Haas Racing as an interim driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the injured Tony Stewart in 2016. He won the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series championship driving for Hendrick Motorsports. Vickers was also among the first series of full-time drivers for Toyota after the manufacturer first entered the Sprint Cup Series.
24/10/1982
Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
Mohamed Fairuz bin Mohamed Fauzy is a Malaysian former professional race car driver.
Macay McBride, American baseball player
Joseph Macay McBride is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and the Detroit Tigers.
24/10/1981
Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer
Kemal Aslan is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
Sebastián Andrés Bueno is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward.
Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
Fredrik Mikkelsen is a Norwegian musician and composer, playing both the traditional and lap steel guitar, within a series of genres like jazz, blues and folk, living in Copenhagen since 2008.
Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
Nguyễn Thị Thiên Thanh, better known by her stage name Tila Tequila, is an American model, singer, television and social media personality. She has also used the names Tila Nguyen, Miss Tila and Tornado Thien. Born in Singapore and raised in Houston, Texas, Tequila moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to pursue her modeling career. She first gained recognition for her active presence on social networking websites. After being featured as a model in numerous men's magazines, she made her reality television debut on the VH1 show Surviving Nugent (2003). After becoming the most popular person on Myspace, Tequila was offered the opportunity to star in her own reality television series. Her bisexuality-themed dating show, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila (2007), aired for two seasons and became MTV's second-highest-rated series premiere of that year.
Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
Alfredo Paolo Dumlao Vargas III is a Filipino politician, actor, and model serving as a councilor of Quezon City from the 5th district since 2022. He previously served as a city councilor from the 2nd district from 2010 to 2013 and as representative from the 5th district from 2013 to 2022. As an actor, he is known for his portrayal of Aquil and Amarro in the Encantadia franchise.
24/10/1980
Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. From 2002 to 2011 he played for the Ghana national team at international level, scoring 12 goals in 45 matches.
Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey
Kerrin McEvoy is an Australian jockey who is best known for winning three Melbourne Cups. In Europe, McEvoy rode several big winners for Godolphin including Rule of Law in the St Leger Stakes at Doncaster in 2004 and Ibn Khaldun in the Racing Post Trophy, also at Doncaster in 2007.
Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Monica Denise Arnold, best known mononymously as Monica, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and joined a traveling gospel choir by the age of ten. Monica signed with record producer Dallas Austin's label Rowdy Records in 1993, and gained prominence following the release of her debut studio album, Miss Thang (1995). Her follow-up albums were met with continued success; her second, The Boy Is Mine (1998) remains her best-selling album and spawned three Billboard Hot 100-number one singles: "The Boy Is Mine", "The First Night " and "Angel of Mine".
Anna Montañana, Spanish basketball player
Anna Montañana Gimeno is a former professional basketball player, representing Spain. She spent most of her career in Europe, and went to play in the WNBA for the Minnesota Lynx in 2009.
Zac Posen, American fashion designer
Zachary E. Posen is an American fashion designer.
Christian Vander, German footballer
Christian Vander is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was the second-choice goalkeeper at SV Werder Bremen behind Tim Wiese after the departure of veteran Andreas Reinke. Before joining Bremen in August 2005, he played for VfL Bochum and KFC Uerdingen 05. He made his league debut for Uerdingen at the age of 19, playing 90 minutes in a 2. Bundesliga match against SpVgg Unterhaching on 9 May 1999.
Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
Cathryn Rose "Casey" Wilson is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. Originally known for her performances with the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe in New York City, Wilson's first major television appearances came during her two-season stint as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2008 to 2009.
24/10/1979
Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter
Benjamin David Gillies is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of Australian rock band Silverchair from 1992 until the band went on hiatus in 2011. In 2003, Gillies formed Tambalane with Wes Carr, initially as a songwriting project; they released a self-titled album in 2005 and toured Australia but subsequently folded. By June 2011, after Silverchair's disbandment, Gillies was in the final stages of about 12 months of working on his solo album, and he said that it was not a continuation of his earlier work with Tambalane. In 2012, he formed Bento, in which he performs lead vocals, and released the band's debut album Diamond Days.
Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
Marijonas Petravičius is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. He was a member of the Lithuania national team. He mainly played the center position, but he could also play the power forward position.
24/10/1978
Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
Akenhaton Carlos Edwards is a Trinidadian football player and coach who plays as a winger or right-back for Eastern Counties League Premier Division club Lakenheath.
James Hopes, Australian cricketer
James Redfern Hopes is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hopes played domestic cricket for Queensland, and had represented Australia in One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket from 2005 to 2010. Hopes was consistently one of the best bowlers in Australian domestic cricket through his career, and when he retired in 2016 he was the top wicket-taker of the last decade despite never being selected to play in a Test match for Australia.
Ann Christin von Allwörden, German politician
Ann Christin von Allwörden is a German politician serving as a member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2016. From 2000 to 2012, she worked as a police officer.
24/10/1977
Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
Jaime Iván Kaviedes Llorenty is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
24/10/1976
Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
Matteo Mazzantini is an Italian rugby union footballer. His position in the field is as a scrum-half.
Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is one of the most successful long distance marathon swimmers in history. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Stoychev has 11 consecutive titles of a major international open water marathon swimming FINA series since 2001 with more than 60 wins in individual swimming marathons. So far, he has swum over 60,000 km in pools, rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. Petar Stoychev has won 11 consecutive victories at the Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog in Magog, Canada (34 km) and at Lac Saint-Jean in Roberval, Canada (32 km). Also, he has won the Ohrid Lake, North Macedonia swimming marathon 11 consecutive times (30 km). His swimming achievements include swimming around the Manhattan Island in 2010 and winning the extreme Cadiz Freedom Swim in 2011.
24/10/1975
Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
Juan Pablo Ángel Arango is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (died 2013)
Frank Jean Seator was a Liberian professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his football career in Asia.
24/10/1974
Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
Gábor Babos is a Hungarian footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is the goalkeeper coach of NAC Breda.
Kalen DeBoer, American football coach
Kalen Douglas DeBoer is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Alabama, a position he has held since 2024. DeBoer also served as the head football coach at the University of Sioux Falls from 2005 to 2009, California State University, Fresno from 2020 to 2021, and the University of Washington from 2022 to 2023. At Sioux Falls, his teams won three NAIA Football National Championships, in 2006, 2008, and 2009. At Washington, he led the 2023 Washington Huskies football team to a Pac-12 Conference title and an appearance in the College Football Playoff, where Washington defeated Texas in the 2024 Sugar Bowl before losing to Michigan in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.
Corey Dillon, American football player
Corey James Dillon is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots. He played college football for the Washington Huskies, earning third-team All-American and first-team All-Pac-10 honors in 1996, and was selected by the Bengals in the second round of the 1997 NFL draft.
Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout
Wilton Álvaro Guerrero is a Dominican former professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1996–1998), Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds (2001–2002), and Kansas City Royals (2004) of Major League Baseball. He is the older brother of Baseball Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, cousin of Cristian Guerrero, and uncle of Vladimir Guerrero Jr..
Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Jamal David Mayers is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent time playing for the St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, San Jose Sharks and won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013. He is currently an analyst for Sportsnet.
24/10/1973
Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
Meelis Friedenthal is an Estonian academic and writer.
Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
Kurt Kuenne is an American filmmaker and composer. He has directed a number of short and feature films, including Rent-a-Person, the YouTube film Validation, described as "a romantic epic in miniature", and the documentary Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father.
Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
Levi Leipheimer is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was twice US national champion, winning the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007, and is an Olympic medalist. Leipheimer was born and raised in Butte, Montana and resides in Santa Rosa, California. He is the patron of the widely attended King Ridge GranFondo, a mass participation ride in Sonoma County.
Madlib, American DJ, record producer, and rapper
Otis Lee Jackson Jr., known professionally as Madlib, is an American DJ, record producer, and rapper. Critically acclaimed for his eclectic, sample-heavy production style, he is regarded as one of the most influential producers in modern hip-hop. His frequent collaborators include MF Doom, J Dilla, Freddie Gibbs, Talib Kweli, and Erykah Badu.
Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
Jackie McNamara is a Scottish professional football agent, and former player, manager and executive. He won 33 international caps playing for Scotland, and filled a variety of defensive roles in his career.
Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Laura Pauline Veirs is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She is known for her folk and alternative country records and live performances as well as her collaboration with Neko Case and k.d. lang on the case/lang/veirs project. Veirs has written a children's book and hosts a podcast about parenting and performing.
Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
Jeffrey William Wilson is a New Zealand sportsman who has represented his country in both rugby union and cricket – a so-called "Double All Black", an increasingly rare achievement in the professional era. He is also a basketballer, and won national secondary school titles in track and field. With 44 tries in 60 tests, Wilson is ranked sixteenth on the list of highest test try scorers in rugby. Wilson is married to Adine Wilson, former captain of the New Zealand national netball team.
24/10/1972
Pat Williams, American football player and coach
Patrick Williams Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies. He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 1997. Williams also played for the Minnesota Vikings, with whom he was a three-time Pro Bowl selection.
Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
Sir Jeremy Paul Wright is a British lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2018 and as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kenilworth and Southam, previously Rugby and Kenilworth, since the 2005 general election and served as Shadow Attorney General from July to November 2024.
24/10/1971
Aaron Bailey, American football player
Aaron Duane Bailey is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist for five seasons with the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League (NFL). Bailey later played for one season in the XFL (2001) and six seasons in the Arena Football League (2001–2006). He played college football at Louisville.
Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player
Gustavo Martín Jorge is a former Argentine rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a wing.
Zephyr Teachout, American academic
Zephyr Rain Teachout is an American attorney, author, political candidate, and professor specializing in law of democracy and antitrust law at Fordham University.
Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete
Diane Claire Guthrie-Gresham is a retired female track and field athlete from Jamaica, who specialized in the long jump and heptathlon during her career.
Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
Caprice Comfort, known mononymously as Caprice, is an American socialite and media personality. She is known as an original main cast member on the Bravo reality television series Ladies of London (2014).
24/10/1970
Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
Robert Michael Leslie-Carter MICE, MAIPM is a British engineer and project manager with construction consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall. He is a guest lecturer at the Bartlett at UCL and previously at University of New South Wales, and a regular public speaker on leadership, project management, organisational culture, the future of work, and the road to Net Zero. He has published several Academic Papers, and in 2018 he was lead author of 'Future of Project Management'.
Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jeffrey Nye Mangum is an American retired singer, songwriter, and musician. He gained prominence as the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist of Neutral Milk Hotel and as a co-founder of The Elephant 6 Recording Company. Mangum is noted for his complex, lyrically dense songwriting, particularly on the album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
24/10/1969
Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
Emma Donoghue is an Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Room was adapted by Donoghue into a film of the same name. For this, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2025, Donoghue won the coveted Alice B Readers Award given annually to living writers of published works whose careers are distinguished by consistently well-written works about lesbians.
Arthur Rhodes, American baseball player
Arthur Lee Rhodes Jr. is an American former professional baseball left-handed relief pitcher and current pitching coach for the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers, and St. Louis Cardinals.
24/10/1968
Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
Francisco Javier Clavet González de Castejón, known as Pato Clavet, is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won eight singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 1992 Indian Wells Masters and the 1999 Miami Masters, and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 18 in July 1992. He reached No. 16 at the Champions Race, after winning in Scottsdale in 2001.
Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
Mark Daniel Walton is an American storyboard artist and voice actor who has worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Blue Sky Studios, Warner Animation Group, and other companies. He currently works for Illumination, as of 2023. Walton also voiced Rhino the hamster in the 2008 animated film Bolt.
Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
Robert Elliott Wilonsky is an American journalist, and the former host of Higher Definition, an interview program on the cable television network HDNet.
24/10/1967
Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
Ian Raphael Bishop is a Trinidadian cricket commentator and former cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1988 and 1998 in Tests and One Day Internationals. He played as a right-arm fast bowler.
Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
Olo Max Brown is a former rugby union player. Born in Apia, Samoa, he played 56 tests as a prop for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, from 1992 to 1998, missing only two tests in that time.
Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
Jacqueline Susan McKenzie is an Australian film and stage actress.
Esther McVey, English television host and politician
Esther Louise, Lady Davies, styled as Esther McVey, is a British politician and television presenter who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton since 2017 and was the MP for Wirral West from 2010 to 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, she served in cabinet as Minister of State for Employment from 2013 to 2015, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2018, Minister of State for Housing and Planning from 2019 to 2020 and Minister of State without Portfolio from 2023 to 2024.
24/10/1966
Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a Russian business oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club in London, England, and is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse. He has Russian, Portuguese and Israeli citizenship.
Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
Simon Christopher Danczuk is a British author and former Member of Parliament (MP) who represented the constituency of Rochdale between 2010 and 2017. Elected as a member of the Labour Party, he was suspended from the party in 2015 after it emerged he had exchanged explicit messages with a 17-year-old girl. He has co-written two books, Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith (2014) and Scandal at Dolphin Square (2022). Danczuk was the unsuccessful Reform UK candidate at the 2024 Rochdale by-election, which was won by Workers Party of Britain leader George Galloway.
Zahn McClarnon, American actor
Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon is a Native American actor, best known for his television work. He first came to prominence with key supporting roles as tribal police chief Mathias on Longmire (2012–17), Hanzee Dent on the second season of Fargo (2015), Toshaway on The Son (2017–19), and Akecheta on the second season of Westworld (2018). Since 2022, he has played the lead role of Joe Leaphorn in the AMC series Dark Winds, of which he is also an executive producer.
24/10/1965
Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
Kyriakos Iosif Velopoulos is a Greek politician. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2019 and has been president of the Greek Solution political party since its foundation in 2016. Velopoulos is a former parliamentarian for the Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) and former member of New Democracy. He is also a Historian, Archaeologist, Journalist, Author and television personality.
24/10/1964
Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Rosana Arbelo Gopar, known professionally by her mononym Rosana, is a Spanish singer and songwriter.
Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
Paul Bonwick, is a lobbyist and former politician in Canada.
Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
Dmitry Anatolyevich Gorkov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.
Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
Donna Janele Hyer-Spencer is an American attorney and former politician. Hyer-Spencer represented New York's 60th Assembly District, which covers parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn, from 2007 to 2010. She is a Democrat.
Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
Raymond Jude LeBlanc is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played one game in the National Hockey League, with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1991–92 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 2000, was spent in the minor leagues. Internationally LeBlanc played for the American national team at the 1992 Winter Olympics, and at the 1992 World Championships.
Doug Lee, American basketball player
Douglas Edward Lee is an American former professional basketball player.
24/10/1963
Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
Mark Andrew Grant, nicknamed "Mud", is an American former professional pitcher (baseball) and is the color commentator for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).
John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
John Grattan Hendrie is a Scottish former professional footballer who played on the right wing or in attack.
24/10/1962
Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
Yves Bertucci is a French football manager and former player. He is the assistant head coach of Ligue 1 club Nantes.
Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
Ian Dalziel is an English former footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Derby County, Hereford United and Carlisle United. He later played for Gateshead.
Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
Jonathan Davies, is a Welsh former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. A goal-kicking back, he played his club rugby in Wales, England and Australia. Nicknamed 'Jiffy', Davies has since become a television commentator for both codes, in both the Welsh and English languages.
Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter
Deborah Ann Googe is an English musician who achieved international fame as the bassist for My Bloody Valentine. Their albums Isn't Anything (1988) and Loveless (1991) established Googe as a pioneering figure in the shoegaze genre. She has also worked with Snowpony, Primal Scream, and Thurston Moore.
Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
Andrea Lynn Horwath is a Canadian politician who has served as the 58th mayor of Hamilton since 2022. Horwath served as the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2009 to 2022 and as the leader of the Official Opposition from 2018 to 2022.
Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (died 2000)
Biggie Mbasela, better known as Gibby Mbasela was a Zambian footballer who played for Kalulushi Modern Stars, Mufulira Wanderers, Nkana Red Devils, 1. FC Union Berlin of Germany and Tunisian champions Esperance. Renowned for his dribbling skills, Mbasela was voted Zambian Footballer of the Year in 1990.
24/10/1961
Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
Mary Bono Oswald is an American politician, businesswoman, and lobbyist who served Palm Springs and most of central and eastern Riverside County, California, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 2013.
Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
Bruce Lee Castor Jr. is an American lawyer and former Republican politician from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was appointed as the first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania in March 2016, and also first deputy attorney general the following July. Castor became acting attorney general less than a month later. He investigated the Penn State fraternity hazing scandal and led for the defense of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump along with lawyers William J Brennan, David I. Schoen, and Michael T. van der Veen.
24/10/1960
Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
Ian Michael Baker-Finch is an Australian golfer and sports commentator best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991.
Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (died 1999)
Jaime Hernando Garzón Forero was a Colombian comedian, journalist, politician, and peace activist. He was popular on Colombian television during the 1990s for his unique political satire. In addition to his work on television, he also had roles as a peace negotiator during the Colombian conflict, working for the release of FARC guerrillas' hostages.
Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
Joachim Winkelhock is a German motor racing driver. He competed in and won German Formula Three before moving onto Formula One. Winkelhock would compete in the 1989 season of F1 with the Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives where he would fail to qualify for a race before being replaced mid season with driver Yannick Dalmas. After his brief stint in Formula One Winkelhock would later race in Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft until 2003. The height of Winkelhock's career was his 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans win for BMW. Winkelhock is part of a racing family with his late older brother Manfred Winkelhock, his younger brother, Thomas Winkelhock, and his nephew, son of Manfred, Markus Winkelhock all being racing drivers.
BD Wong, American actor
Bradley Darryl Wong is an American actor. Wong won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in M. Butterfly, becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. For his role as Whiterose in the television series Mr. Robot, he was nominated for both a Critic's Choice Television Award and an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
24/10/1959
Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician
Dominique Baert is a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly, representing the Nord department. He is a member of the Socialist Party and works in association with the SRC parliamentary group.
Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
Gunnar Bakke is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as the mayor of Bergen Municipality between 2007 and 2011.
Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
Chihiro Fujioka is a video game designer and composer, as well as rock drummer. He has worked at Xtalsoft, Square, and AlphaDream where he is primarily known for directing Super Mario RPG as well as his involvement in several Mario & Luigi games. He is currently a member of Earthbound Papas, a band led by Nobuo Uematsu.
Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 32nd governor of New Mexico since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Lujan Grisham previously served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2013 to 2019.
Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
Rowland Stuart Howard was an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the post-punk group The Birthday Party and his subsequent solo career.
Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
Denis Troch is a French former professional football player and now manager.
Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs
Annette Lilja Vilhelmsen is a Danish politician who served as chairperson of the Socialist People's Party from 2012 to 2014. She served as Minister for Social Affairs and Integration from August 2013 to February 2014 and Minister for Economic and Business Affairs from 2012 to 2013 in the first cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt. She was a member of Folketing from 2011 to 2015.
24/10/1957
Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
Ronald Clyde Gardenhire is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets from 1981 to 1985. After another year playing in the minor leagues, he served as a manager in the Minnesota Twins farm system for three years, then as a coach for the Twins from 1991 to 2001, and then as the manager from 2002 to 2014, winning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2010. He then coached for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2017 and managed the Detroit Tigers from 2018 through most of 2020, when he retired from baseball.
John Kassir, American actor and voice actor
John Kassir is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as the voice of the Cryptkeeper in HBO's Tales from the Crypt franchise. He also appeared in the role of Ralph in the off-Broadway show Reefer Madness and its 2005 film adaptation. He is also the first voice actor to take over Disney comics character Scrooge McDuck following the death of Alan Young.
24/10/1956
Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician
Jeffrey Alan Merkley is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon. He was first elected to the Senate in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1999 to 2009 as the representative for the 47th district in the Oregon House of Representatives, which covers central Multnomah County on the eastern side of Portland, Oregon; he was the speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the last two years of his tenure.
24/10/1955
Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress
Cheryl Studer is an American dramatic soprano who has sung at many of the world's foremost opera houses. Studer has performed more than eighty roles ranging from the dramatic repertoire to roles more commonly associated with lyric sopranos and coloratura sopranos, and, in her late stage, mezzo-sopranos. She is particularly known for her interpretations of the works of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.
24/10/1954
Doug Davidson, American actor
Douglas Donald Davidson is an American television actor. He has portrayed Paul Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1978 to 2020, making him one of the soaps' longest-serving cast members.
Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
Thomas Joseph Mulcair is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2012 to 2017 and leader of the Official Opposition from 2012 to 2015. He was elected to the House of Commons in 2007 and sat as the member of Parliament (MP) for Outremont until 2018. Before entering federal politics, Mulcair served as the member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Chomedey from 1994 to 2007, sitting as a Quebec Liberal. He was the environment minister of Quebec from 2003 until 2006 in Premier Jean Charest's government.
Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
Jozef "Jožo" Ráž is a Slovak singer–songwriter and bassist from Bratislava known mainly for his work with the group Elán.
Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician
Marion Michael Rounds is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Dakota since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 31st governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011.
Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
Bradley James Sherman is an American accountant and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 32nd congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, he first entered Congress in 1997. Sherman represented California's 24th congressional district for three terms, California's 27th congressional district for five terms, and California's 30th congressional district for five terms. His district includes parts of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County and Simi Valley in Ventura County.
Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian former politician, businessman and barrister who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party from 2008 to 2009 and again from 2015 to 2018, and was the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Wentworth from 2004 to 2018.
24/10/1953
Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager (died 2024)
Christoph Paul Daum was a German professional football manager and player. As a manager, he won eight trophies with clubs from Germany, Turkey and Austria. In 1992, he won the Bundesliga championship with VfB Stuttgart. In the Bundesliga, he also led 1. FC Köln to two and Bayer 04 Leverkusen to three second places. He won further national championships with the Turkish clubs Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe as well as Austria Wien. In 2000, a drug scandal prevented his appointment as German national coach.
24/10/1952
Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician
Keith Leslie Bain is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
Francesco Camaldo is an Italian priest of the Catholic Church.
Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
Ángel Rafael Torres Ruiz was a Dominican Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1977 with the Cincinnati Reds. He batted and threw left-handed. Torres had a 0–0 record, with a 2.16 ERA, in five games, in his one-year career. He was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1971 as an amateur free agent. He was traded along with Bill Greif and Sam Mejías from the Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Tony Scott, Steve Dunning and Pat Scanlon on November 8, 1976. He was then dealt to the Reds early in the 1977 season. Torres died on February 1, 2025, at the age of 72.
24/10/1951
George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
George Tsontakis is an American composer and conductor.
24/10/1950
Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Ignacio Tuason Arroyo Jr., also known as Iggy Arroyo, was a Filipino politician. He was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the Fifth District of Negros Occidental from 2004 until 2012. He is the brother of former First Gentleman, Jose Miguel Arroyo.
Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Pablove Black is a Jamaican reggae musician, arranger, composer, bandleader, vocalist and producer.
Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
Miguel Ángel Pichetto is an Argentine lawyer and conservative Peronist politician. He is Auditor General of the Nation. He was National Senator for Río Negro Province for eighteen years and was the vice-presidential candidate of Juntos por el Cambio in the 2019 general election.
Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
Miroslav Sládek is a Czech politician, and the founder and chairman of the right-wing populist Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (SPR-RSČ). Founded in 1990, the party was disbanded in 2001, and re-established in 2016.
Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
Gabriella Sica is an Italian poet.
Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
Maria Teschler-Nicola is an Austrian human biologist, anthropologist and ethnologist. The Pallister–Killian syndrome is also called Teschler-Nicola syndrome after her.
24/10/1949
John Markoff, American journalist and author
John Gregory Markoff is a journalist best known for his work covering technology at The New York Times for 28 years until his retirement in 2016, and a book and series of articles about the 1990s pursuit and capture of hacker Kevin Mitnick.
Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Keith Christopher Rowley is a Trinidadian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2025. He was the leader the People's National Movement (PNM) from 2010 to 2025 and was Leader of the Opposition from 2010 to 2015. He also served as the Member of the House of Representatives for Diego Martin West from 1991 to 2025. He is a volcanologist by profession, holding a doctorate in geology, specializing in geochemistry.
24/10/1948
Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (died 2022)
Philip Bennett was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a fly-half for Llanelli RFC and the Wales national team. He began his career in 1966, and a year later he had taken over from Barry John as Llanelli's first-choice fly-half. He made 414 appearances for the Scarlets over the course of a 15-year career he scored 131 tries, 43 drop goals, 293 pens and 523 conversions. He made his Wales debut in 1969, but it was not until John's retirement from rugby in 1972 that Bennett became a regular starter for his country. He led Wales to the Five Nations Championship title, including the Grand Slam in 1978, which culminated with his retirement from Wales duty.
Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
Kweisi Mfume is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, Mfume first left his seat to become the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a position he held from 1996 to 2004. In 2006, he ran for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes, losing the Democratic primary to the eventual winner, Ben Cardin. Mfume returned to his former House seat in 2020 after it was left vacant by the death of Elijah Cummings.
24/10/1947
Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
Kevin Delaney Kline is an American actor. In a career spanning over five decades, he has become a prominent leading man across both stage and screen. His accolades include an Academy Award and three Tony Awards, along with nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. In 2003, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
24/10/1946
Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (died 1993)
Gerald Michael Edmonton was a Canadian musician who was the drummer and secondary lead vocalist for the rock band Steppenwolf.
24/10/1945
Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
Gérald Larose is a Canadian activist, professor, and former President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux labour union. Between 2003 and 2013, he was president of the Organisations unies pour l'indépendance, a Quebec independence organization. He was succeeded by Gilbert Paquette.
24/10/1944
Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2007)
Viktor Prokopenko was a Ukrainian football player and coach who played for the Soviet occupational forces in East Germany and the Ukrainian SSR including teams of the Soviet Top League and later worked as a coach in Russia and Ukraine.
Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
Bettye Swann, also known as Betty Barton, is an American soul singer. She is best known for her 1967 hit song "Make Me Yours".
24/10/1943
Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
William Cruickshanks is an Australian retired professional wrestler and author better known by his ring name Bill Dundee. Cruickshanks is the father of Jamie Dundee and was the father-in-law of wrestler Bobby Eaton.
Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (died 1994)
Phillip Francis Hawthorne was an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer – a dual-code international. He represented the Wallabies in twenty-one Tests and the Kangaroos in three Tests. He captained Australia in rugby league the 3rd Test of the 1970 Ashes series. His mother was killed in a car accident in Newcastle when he was 14.
24/10/1942
Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
Sir Stephen Robert Bloom FRS is a British Professor of Medicine at Imperial College London where he leads the Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism division.
Maggie Blye, American actress (died 2016)
Margaret Jane Blye was an American actress, also sometimes billed as Margaret Bly. She was best known for playing Michael Caine's character Charlie's girlfriend Lorna in The Italian Job (1969).
Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (died 2017)
Francis James Joseph Raphael Delaney was an Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He was the author of The New York Times best-seller Ireland, the non-fiction book Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea and many other works of fiction, non-fiction and collections.
Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (died 2004)
Rafael Cordero Santiago, better known as "Churumba", was the Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1989 to 2004. Many considered him as a synonym of Ponce, being baptized as "El León Mayor", an allusion to the city's official symbol, the lion. Mayor Cordero was a firm believer in the government decentralization process.
Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
Fernando Vallejo Rendón is a Colombian-born novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He obtained Mexican citizenship in 2007.
24/10/1941
William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (died 2004)
Dr. Bill Dobelle was a biomedical researcher who developed experimental technologies that restored limited sight to blind patients, and also known for the impact he and his company had on the breathing pacemaker industry with the development of the only FDA approved device for phrenic nerve pacing. He was the former director of the Division of Artificial Organs at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (died 2020)
Peter Takeo Okada was a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tokyo from 2000 to 2017.
Merle Woo, Asian American activist
Merle Woo is an American academic, poet and activist who has been described as "a leading member of the Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party". Her essay "Letter to Ma" was selected for inclusion in the 1981 feminist anthology This Bridge Called My Back.
24/10/1940
Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
Martin Campbell is a New Zealand film and television director and producer, long based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his works in the action and thriller film genres, including the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and Casino Royale (2006), The Mask of Zorro (1998) and its sequel The Legend of Zorro (2005), Vertical Limit (2000), and The Foreigner (2017).
Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (died 2012)
Rafał Maciej Piszcz was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972. He was born and died in Poznań.
David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville is a British politician, businessman and philanthropist. From 1992 to 1997, he served as chairman of Sainsbury's, the supermarket chain established by his great-grandfather John James Sainsbury in 1869.
Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (died 2015)
Yossi Sarid was an Israeli politician and news commentator. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment, Ratz and Meretz between 1974 and 2006. A former Minister of Education and Minister of the Environment, he led Meretz between 1996 and 2003 and served as Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. Known for his determined moral stance and his willingness to pay the political price for that determination, Sarid was often referred to as Israel's moral compass.
24/10/1939
F. Murray Abraham, American actor
F. Murray Abraham is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award, four Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He came to prominence for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984) for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
24/10/1938
Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (died 2013)
Stephen Alvin Resnick was an American Marxist economist. He was well known for his work on Marxian economics, economic methodology, and class analysis. His work, along with that of Wolff, is especially associated with a post-Althusserian perspective on political economy.
24/10/1937
Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (died 2016)
Miguel Ángel Coria Varela was a Spanish composer of classical music. His early work showed affinities to the music of Anton Webern, but he became increasingly influenced by Impressionism. From 1973 he entered his post-modern period where his compositions were marked by "attempts to evoke the spirit of the music of the past, but without literal allusions". In addition to his instrumental music, he also composed an opera, Belisa, which premiered at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in 1992. Coria served as the Administrative Director of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the 1980s and was a co-founder of ALEA, Spain's first laboratory for electronic music.
Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter
Santo & Johnny were an American rock and roll instrumental duo of Italian descent from Brooklyn, New York, composed of brothers Santo Farina and Johnny Farina.
John Goetz, American baseball player (died 2008)
John Hardy Goetz was an American professional baseball player. Despite being left handed, he was a right-handed pitcher. He appeared in four games for the 1960 Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball, but had an 11-year career in minor league baseball. A native of Goetzville, Michigan, he stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, weighed 185 pounds (84 kg) and attended Western Michigan University.
Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
Heribert Offermanns was a German chemist who was a member of the board of the Degussa AG.
M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
Maria Rosaria Piomelli is an Italian architect. She became the first woman to hold the position of dean at any architectural school in the United States when she was appointed dean of the CCNY School of Architecture in 1980.
Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (died 2018)
Petar Stipetić was a Croatian general who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Croatia from 2000 until 2002.
24/10/1936
Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter (died 2022)
Jüri Arrak was an Estonian painter, whose works with distinguished and recognizable style have won acclaim around the world.
Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
James Henry “Jimmy” Dawkins was an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. He is generally considered to have been a practitioner of the "West Side sound" of Chicago blues.
David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (died 2011)
David Oswald Nelson was an American actor. He was the older brother of musician Ricky Nelson.
Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
William George Wyman is an English musician who was the bassist of the rock band the Rolling Stones from 1962 to 1993. Wyman was part of the band's first stable line-up and performed on their first 19 studio albums. Following his departure, he occasionally took part in live performances with the Rolling Stones and recorded with them in 2023. He also performed as the backing vocalist and bassist for the blues rock band Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings from 1997 to 2018. Wyman was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Rolling Stones in 1989.
24/10/1935
Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
Malcolm Bilson is an American pianist and musicologist specializing in 18th- and 19th-century music. He is the Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music in Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Bilson is one of the foremost players and teachers of the fortepiano; this is the ancestor of the modern piano and was the instrument used in Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven's time.
Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (died 2013)
Antonino Calderone was a Sicilian Mafioso who turned state witness (pentito) in 1987 after his arrest in 1986.
Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
Sir William Mark Tully was a British journalist and the bureau chief of the BBC in New Delhi, a position he held for 20 years. He worked with the BBC for 30 years before resigning in July 1994. He also wrote and published several books.
24/10/1934
John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
John Gleason Cramer Jr. is a professor emeritus of physics at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, known for his development of the transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics. He has been an active participant with the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the particle accelerator at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
Orin Glenn Troutman, known professionally as Glen Glenn, was an American rockabilly singer, whose career began in the early 1950s and continued for several decades.
Margie Masters, Australian golfer (died 2022)
Margaret Ann Masters was an Australian professional golfer. She won one title on the LPGA Tour in 1967, having been named Rookie of the Year two years earlier.
Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009)
Sam Patrello was an American nightclub and movie comedian best known as a Jerry Lewis imitator.
Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (died 2019)
Sanger D. Shafer, better known as Whitey Shafer, was an American country songwriter and musician. He wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, and George Strait. He was also a recording artist. His highest single "You Are a Liar", under the name Whitey Shafer, reached No. 48 on the Billboard country chart, in 1981.
24/10/1933
Reginald Kray, English gangster (died 2000)
Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray were English identical twin brothers from Haggerston who were heavily involved in organised crime from the late 1950s until their arrest in 1968.
Ronald Kray, English gangster (died 1995)
Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray were English identical twin brothers from Haggerston who were heavily involved in organised crime from the late 1950s until their arrest in 1968.
Norman Rush, American author and educator
Norman Rush is an American writer most of whose introspective novels and short stories are set in Botswana in the 1980s. He won the U.S. National Book Award and the 1992 Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize for his novel Mating.
24/10/1932
Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012)
Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University (USU) at the time of his death.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2008)
Adrian Mitchell FRSL was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. A former journalist, he became a noted figure on the British left. For almost half a century he was the foremost poet of the country's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament movement. His best-known poem, "To Whom It May Concern", was his bitterly sarcastic reaction to the televised horrors of the Vietnam War. Mitchell's poems ranged from anarchistic anti-war satire, through love poetry, to stories and poems for children. He also wrote librettos. In 2002, he was nominated, semi-seriously, as Britain's "Shadow Poet Laureate".
Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
Robert Alexander Mundell was a Canadian economist who was a professor of economics at Columbia University, McGill University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1999 for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas.
24/10/1931
Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (died 2025)
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works. Her output has been described as exploring the tensions between Western and Eastern music, and has been characterised by "innovative use of microtonality and chromaticism, rhythm over form and use of contrasting tonalities.
Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (died 2014)
Ken Utsui was a Japanese actor who worked on stage, film, and television from the 1950s to the 2010s.
24/10/1930
Jack Angel, American voice actor (died 2021)
Jack Angel was an American voice actor and radio personality. Angel voiced characters in shows by Hasbro and Hanna-Barbera such as Super Friends, The Transformers and G.I. Joe and was involved in numerous productions by Disney and Pixar. Before becoming involved with voiceover work, Angel was a disc jockey for California radio stations KMPC and KFI.
The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big Bopper, was an American musician and disc jockey. His best-known compositions include "Chantilly Lace", "Running Bear", and "White Lightning", the last of which became George Jones's first number-one hit in 1959.
Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (died 2019)
Elaine Feinstein FRSL was an English poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator. She joined the Council of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007.
Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (died 2024)
Johan Vincent Galtung was a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and was its first director until 1970. He also established the Journal of Peace Research in 1964.
James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (died 1969)
Sir James Louis Fitzroy Scott Douglas, 6th Baronet was a British racing driver and a baronet.
Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019)
Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah was Sultan of Pahang from 1974 until his abdication in 2019, and the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, from 1979 to 1984. His abdication as sultan was decided by the Royal Council at an extraordinary meeting on 11 January 2019. A special amendment was made to the state constitution that gave the body more power for this decision, citing the Sultan's incapability to rule due to his failing health. The abdication was announced the next day which was retroactively effective on the day of the Royal Council meeting, paving the way to his son, Abdullah to succeed him as sultan immediately, and subsequently be elected as the next Yang di-Pertuan Agong later the same month.
24/10/1929
Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (died 1977)
Hubert Aquin was a Quebec writer, filmmaker and intellectual. He is particularly known for his novel Next Episode. He is also an important figure in the history of the Quebec independence movement, to which he contributed both as an activist and as an essayist. Tempted by suicide for a great part of his existence, he ended his life in 1977 in the gardens of Villa Maria College.
George Crumb, American composer and educator (died 2022)
George Henry Crumb Jr. was an American composer of avant-garde contemporary classical music. Early in his life he rejected the widespread modernist usage of serialism, developing a highly personal musical language which "range[s] in mood from peaceful to nightmarish". Crumb's compositions are known for pushing the limits of technical prowess by way of frequent use of extended techniques. The unusual timbres he employs evoke a surrealist atmosphere which portray emotions of considerable intensity with vast and sometimes haunting soundscapes. His few large-scale works include Echoes of Time and the River (1967), which won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music, and Star-Child (1977), which won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition; however, his output consists of mostly music for chamber ensembles or solo instrumentalists. Among his best known compositions are Black Angels (1970), a striking commentary on the Vietnam War for electric string quartet; Ancient Voices of Children (1970) for a mixed chamber ensemble; and Vox Balaenae (1971), a musical evocation of the humpback whale, for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano.
Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (died 2012)
Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre was an English peer.
Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (died 2004)
Yordan Dimitrov Radichkov was a Bulgarian writer and playwright.
Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (died 2013)
Sos Artashesi Sargsyan was a prominent Armenian actor, director and writer.
24/10/1928
George Bullard, American baseball player (died 2002)
George Donald Bullard was an American professional baseball player. The native of Lynn, Massachusetts, was a shortstop and outfielder during a nine-season (1950–1958) career. He played 891 games in minor league baseball and received a four-game, end-of-season trial in the Major Leagues with the 1954 Detroit Tigers. He batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).
24/10/1927
Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2001)
François Gilbert Léopold Silly, known professionally as Gilbert Bécaud, was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are "Nathalie" and "Et maintenant", a 1961 release that became an English language hit as "What Now My Love". He remained a popular artist for nearly fifty years, identifiable in his dark blue suits, with a white shirt and "lucky tie"; blue with white polka dots. When asked to explain his gift he said, "A flower doesn't understand botany." His favourite venue was the Paris Olympia under the management of Bruno Coquatrix. He debuted there in 1954 and headlined in 1955, attracting 6,000 on his first night, three times the capacity. On 13 November 1997, Bécaud was present for the re-opening of the venue after its reconstruction.
Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (died 1992)
Jean-Claude Villeminot, better known as Jean-Claude Pascal, was a French comedian, actor, singer and writer.
Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (died 2013)
Barbara Jean Robinson was an American author and writer of the children's books The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994).
24/10/1926
Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (died 2008)
Rafael Azcona Fernández was a Spanish screenwriter and novelist who worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998.
Y. A. Tittle, American football player (died 2017)
Yelberton Abraham Tittle Jr. was an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants; he also played for the original Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) until the franchise folded a year after joining the NFL. Known for his competitiveness and leadership, Tittle was the centerpiece of several prolific offenses throughout his 17-year professional career from 1948 to 1964.
24/10/1925
Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (died 2003)
Luciano Berio was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work, and for his pioneering work in electronic music. His early work was influenced by Igor Stravinsky and experiments with serial and electronic techniques, while his later works explore indeterminacy and the use of spoken texts as the basic material for composition.
Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (died 2014)
Albert Bernard Feldstein was an American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satirical magazine Mad. After retiring from Mad, Feldstein concentrated on American paintings of Western wildlife.
Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1985)
Willie James Mabon was an American R&B singer, songwriter, pianist, and harmonica player. He had two number one hits on the Billboard R&B chart, "I Don't Know" in 1952 and "I'm Mad" in 1953.
Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (died 1982)
Kenneth Donald "Slasher" Mackay was an Australian cricketer who played in 37 Test matches between 1956 and 1963.
Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (died 2013)
Ieng Sary was the co-founder and a senior member of the Khmer Rouge and one of the main architects of the Cambodian genocide. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea led by Pol Pot and served in the 1975–79 government of Democratic Kampuchea as foreign minister and deputy prime minister. He was known as "Brother Number Three", as he was third in command after Pol Pot and Nuon Chea. His wife, Ieng Thirith, served in the Khmer Rouge government as social affairs minister. Ieng Sary was arrested in 2007 and was charged with crimes against humanity but died of heart failure before the case against him could be brought to a verdict.
Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (died 2014)
Paul William Vaughan was a British journalist, radio presenter throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and a narrator of many BBC Television science documentaries, among them Horizon. He was also a semi-professional jazz and classical musician.
24/10/1924
John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (died 2008)
John Brereton Barlow was a world-renowned South African cardiologist. He qualified as a doctor in 1951, gained experience as a registrar in Hammersmith Hospital and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London. In the late 1950s he returned to South Africa to Johannesburg Hospital where he became Professor of Cardiology in the research unit and carried out significant studies on cardiac disorders as well as discovering the cause of a well known mitral valve disorder.
Mary Lee, American actress and singer (died 1996)
Mary Lee was a big band singer and B movie actress from the late 1930s into the 1940s, appearing mostly in Westerns. She did not make any screen appearances after 1944.
Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (died 2018)
Fuat Sezgin was a Turkish scholar and researcher who specialized in the history of Science in the medieval Islamic world. He was professor emeritus of the History of Natural Science at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany and the founder and honorary director of the Institute of the History of the Arab Islamic Sciences there. He also created museums in Frankfurt and Istanbul with replicas of historical Arabic-Islamic scientific instruments, tools and maps. His best known publication is the 17-volume Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums, a standard reference in the field.
24/10/1923
Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (died 2000)
Sir Robin Day was an English political journalist and television and radio broadcaster.
Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997)
Priscilla Denise Levertov was a British-born naturalised American poet. She was heavily influenced by the Black Mountain poets and by the political context of the Vietnam War, which she explored in her poetry book The Freeing of the Dust. She was a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.
24/10/1922
George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (died 2014)
George Miller was an American politician who served as the mayor of Tucson, Arizona from 1991 until December 6, 1999. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He received both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in political science from the University of Arizona.
24/10/1921
Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (died 2005)
Edwin George Ditchburn was an English professional football goalkeeper who played for Northfleet United, Tottenham Hotspur, Romford, Brentwood Town and represented England on six occasions at international level.
R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (died 2015)
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in The Times of India, which started in 1951.
24/10/1920
Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (died 1996)
Marcel-Paul "Marco" Schützenberger was a French mathematician and Doctor of Medicine. He worked in the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory. In addition to his formal results in mathematics, he was "deeply involved in [a] struggle against the votaries of [neo-]Darwinism", a stance which has resulted in some mixed reactions from his peers and from critics of his stance on evolution. Several notable theorems and objects in mathematics as well as computer science bear his name. Paul Schützenberger was his great-grandfather.
24/10/1919
Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (died 2008)
Frank Piasecki was an American engineer and helicopter aviation pioneer. Piasecki pioneered tandem rotor helicopter designs and created the compound helicopter concept of vectored thrust using a ducted propeller.
24/10/1918
Doreen Tovey, English author (died 2008)
Doreen Tovey was an English writer. She was the author of more than a dozen books about the life she and her husband 'Charles' shared with their Siamese cats and other animals in Somerset, England. The books have sold more than 150,000 copies in eight countries.
24/10/1917
Marie Foster, American activist (died 2003)
Marie Priscilla Martin Foster was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. during the 1960s. Her successful voter registration in Dallas County, Alabama fueled her to become an activist, and she began teaching adult classes to help people pass the required literacy tests. She was a member of the Dallas County Voters League, the Alabama foot soldier that convinced Martin Luther King Jr. to come to Selma, Alabama and helped organize the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965. Her dedication gave her the moniker "The Mother of the Voting Rights Movement," which was shortened to Mother Foster.
24/10/1916
Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (died 2011)
Anne Sharp was a Scottish coloratura soprano particularly associated with the operas of Benjamin Britten.
24/10/1915
Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (died 1998)
Robert Kane was an American comic book writer, animator, and artist who co-created Batman and many other early related characters for DC Comics. He was inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993 and into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996.
Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (died 1988)
Marghanita Laski was an English journalist, radio panellist and novelist. She also wrote literary biography, plays and short stories, and contributed about 250,000 additions to the Oxford English Dictionary.
24/10/1914
Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (died 1992)
Charles Craig Cannon was a United States Army officer who served as Aide-de-camp to General Dwight D. Eisenhower following the conclusion of World War II.
František Čapek, Czech canoeist (died 2008)
František Čapek was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (died 2012)
Lakshmi Sahgal was an Indian politician and activist. She was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Lakshmi is commonly referred to in India as Captain Lakshmi, a reference to her rank when taken prisoner in Burma during the Second World War.
24/10/1913
Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (died 1984)
Tito Gobbi was an Italian operatic baritone with an international reputation.
24/10/1912
Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (died 1992)
Silviu Bindea was a Romanian football player and coach.
Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (died 2004)
Peter Gellhorn was a German conductor, composer, pianist, and teacher. In 1935, he settled in England, where he continued his career thereafter.
Murray Golden, American television director (died 1991)
Murray Golden was an American television director. He directed for television programs including The Fugitive, Bonanza, The Rifleman, Mannix, Trapper John, M.D., Rawhide, The Time Tunnel, Burke's Law, Get Smart and Star Trek: The Original Series. Golden died in August 1991 of complications from a stroke in Encino, California, at the age of 78.
24/10/1911
Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (died 1993)
Paul Grégoire, was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1968 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988.
Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (died 1986)
Saunders Terrell, known as Sonny Terry, was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.
24/10/1910
Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002)
Stella Brooks was an American jazz vocalist.
Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (died 1998)
Gunter d'Alquen was chief editor of the weekly Das Schwarze Korps, the official newspaper of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and commander of the SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers.
Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (died 1984)
Joseph Landon Evins was an American lawyer and politician who served 15 terms as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1947 to 1977.
James K. Woolnough, American general (died 1996)
James Karrick Woolnough was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commanding General of the United States Continental Army Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia. In this capacity he was responsible for the command and control of all active and reserve forces in the Six Armies of the Continental United States from 1967 to 1970.
Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (died 1982)
Yoel Zussman also spelled Yoel Sussman was an Israeli jurist and the fourth President of the Supreme Court of Israel, from 1976 to 1980.
24/10/1909
Bill Carr, American runner (died 1966)
William Arthur Carr was an American athlete and double Olympic champion in 1932. Called the "Arkansas flyer," Carr never lost a race during his college and Olympic career.
Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (died 1996)
Vice Admiral Thomas Francis Connolly Jr. was a three-star rank admiral in the United States Navy, aviator, and gymnast. As a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team, he won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
24/10/1908
John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (died 1993)
John Tuzo Wilson was a Canadian geophysicist, geologist and professor at the University of Toronto who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics. He added the concept of hot spots, a volcanic region hotter than the surrounding mantle. He also conceived of the transform fault, a major plate boundary where two plates move past each other horizontally.
24/10/1907
Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (died 1986)
Patricia Griffin was a nurse and volunteer social worker from Montserrat. In addition to providing nursing services, she founded the Old People's Welfare Association, was instrumental in developing the pre-school program and established a consumer protection association on the island. An educational scholarship is granted in her name and she was honoured by a stamp depicting her likeness.
24/10/1906
Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (died 1968)
Alexander Osipovich Gelfond was a Soviet mathematician. Gelfond's theorem, also known as the Gelfond–Schneider theorem, is named after him.
24/10/1905
Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (died 1988)
Fran Zwitter was a Slovenian historian. Together with Milko Kos, Bogo Grafenauer, and Vasilij Melik, he is considered the co-founder of the Ljubljana School of Historiography.
24/10/1904
Moss Hart, American director and playwright (died 1961)
Moss Hart was an American playwright, librettist, and theater director.
A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (died 1932)
A. K. Golam Jilani was a Bengali revolutionary of the Indian independence movement from the Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka in present-day Bangladesh.
24/10/1903
Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (died 1960)
Melvin Horace Purvis II was an FBI agent who was instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. In his later military career, he was directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann Göring, and the Nuremberg Trials.
24/10/1901
Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1959)
Gilda Gray was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions.
24/10/1899
Teikō Shiotani, Japanese photographer (died 1988)
Teikō Shiotani was a Japanese photographer whose work in the late 1920s and early 1930s in and near Tottori, where he lived, made him a major figure in Japanese pictorialism.
24/10/1898
Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (died 1974)
Peng Dehuai was a Chinese general and politician who was the Minister of National Defense from 1954 to 1959.
24/10/1896
Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (died 1994)
Marjorie Joyner was an American businesswoman, hair care entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator, and activist. Joyner is noted for being the first African-American woman to create and patent a permanent hair-wave machine. In addition to her career in hair care, Joyner was highly visible in the African-American community in Chicago, once serving as head of the Chicago Defender Charity network, helping organize the Bud Billiken Day Parade and fundraiser for various schools.
24/10/1895
Jack Warner, English actor and singer (died 1981)
Jack Warner was a British actor. He is closely associated with the role of PC George Dixon, which he played in the 1950 film The Blue Lamp and later in the television series Dixon of Dock Green from 1955 until 1976, but he was also for some years one of Britain's most popular film stars. He also periodically released novelty records - comic songs or collections related to his Dixon role - for example his 1958 release "An Ordinary Copper" which was released by Oriole Records - and reissued twice afterward.
24/10/1894
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay was an Indian Bengali language author.
24/10/1891
Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (died 1961)
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed "El Jefe", was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He was the 36th and 39th president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952. He also served as the first generalissimo, the de facto most powerful position in the country at the time from 1930 until his assassination. Under that position, Trujillo served under figurehead presidents.
Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (died 1985)
Brenda Ueland was an American journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing. She is best known for her book If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit.
24/10/1887
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (died 1969)
Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg, commonly known as Ena, was Queen of Spain as the wife of King Alfonso XIII from their marriage on 31 May 1906 until 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (died 1917)
Octave Lapize was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.
24/10/1885
Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (died 1969)
Alice Jacqueline Perry was one of the first women in Europe to graduate with a degree in engineering.
24/10/1884
Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (died 1944)
Emil Fjellström was a Swedish stage and film actor.
24/10/1882
Sybil Thorndike, English actress (died 1976)
Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson, was an English actress whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969.
24/10/1879
B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (died 1956)
Benjamin Albert Rolfe was an American musician known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder" who went on to be a bandleader, recording artist, radio personality, and film producer.
24/10/1876
Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (died 1931)
Saya San, born with the name Yar Kyaw, was a Burmese physician and monk who led the Saya San Rebellion (1930–1932) against British colonial rule in Burma. Saya San launched a peasant revolt, proclaiming himself the king and organizing the "Galon Army". The colonial government suppressed the rebellion and Saya San fled to the Shan Hills, but he was captured in August 1931 and executed on 28 November 1931. This uprising is regarded as a pivotal anti-colonial movement in Southeast Asia. Saya San and the rebellion continue to be important subjects of academic study, especially within Asian historical research.
24/10/1875
Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (died 1958)
Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon was a Russian painter and theatre designer associated with Mir Iskusstva. Later, he co-founded the Union of Russian Artists and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia.
24/10/1873
E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (died 1956)
Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker was a British mathematician, physicist, and historian of science. Whittaker was a leading mathematical scholar of the early 20th century who contributed widely to applied mathematics and was renowned for his research in mathematical physics and numerical analysis, including the theory of special functions, along with his contributions to astronomy, celestial mechanics, the history of physics, and digital signal processing.
24/10/1872
Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (died 1957)
Peter O'Connor was an Irish track and field athlete who set a long-standing world record for the long jump and won two Olympic medals in the 1906 Intercalated Games.
24/10/1868
Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969)
Alexandra David-Néel was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden to foreigners. David-Néel wrote over 30 books about Eastern religion, philosophy, and her travels, including Magic and Mystery in Tibet, which was published in 1929. Her teachings influenced the beat writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, the popularisers of Eastern philosophy Alan Watts and Ram Dass, and the esotericist Benjamin Creme.
24/10/1857
Ned Williamson, American baseball player (died 1894)
Edward Nagle Williamson was an American professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for three teams: the Indianapolis Blues of the National League (NL) for one season, the Chicago White Stockings (NL) for 11 seasons, and the Chicago Pirates of the Players' League for one season.
24/10/1855
James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (died 1912)
James Schoolcraft Sherman was the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft. A member of the Republican Party, Sherman was previously a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909. He was a member of the interrelated Baldwin, Hoar, and Sherman families, prominent lawyers and politicians of New England and New York.
24/10/1854
Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (died 1907)
Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom was a Dutch chemist who studied phase behaviour in physical chemistry.
24/10/1838
Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (died 1921)
Annie Edson Taylor was an American schoolteacher who, on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Her motives were financial but she never made much money from her adventure. She died penniless and her funeral was paid for by public donations.
24/10/1830
Marianne North, English biologist and painter (died 1890)
Marianne North was an English biologist and botanical artist, known for her plant and landscape paintings, her extensive foreign travels, her writings, her plant discoveries and the creation of her gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She was born in Hastings, England, on 24 October 1830.
24/10/1811
Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1885)
Ferdinand (von) Hiller was a German composer, conductor, pianist, writer and music director.
Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (died 1852)
Georg August Wallin, also known as Abd al-Wali, was a Finland Swede orientalist, explorer and professor at the University of Helsinki, remembered for his journeys across the Arabian Peninsula in the 1840s. He was the first Western scholar to study spoken Arabic systematically, the first European to record Bedouin poetry and dialects in the field, and among the first Europeans to reach several locations in northern Arabia. Internationally he has been ranked among the most capable European explorers of Arabia, and was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1851.
24/10/1804
Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (died 1891)
Wilhelm Eduard Weber was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph.
24/10/1798
Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (died 1866)
Massimo Taparelli, Marquess of Azeglio, commonly called Massimo d'Azeglio, was a Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist, and painter. He was Prime Minister of Sardinia for almost three years until succeeded by his rival Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour. A moderate liberal and member of the Moderate Party associated with the Historical Right, d'Azeglio hoped for a federal union between Italian states.
24/10/1788
Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (died 1879)
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book. She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the American Thanksgiving holiday and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.
24/10/1784
Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (died 1885)
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, was a British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London. Born to an Italian Sephardic Jewish family based in London, after he achieved success he donated large sums of money to promote industry, business, economic development, education and health among the Jewish community in the Levant. He founded Mishkenot Sha'ananim in 1860, the first Jewish settlement outside the Old City of Jerusalem.
24/10/1763
Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (died 1839)
Dorothea Friederike von Schlegel was a German novelist and translator.
24/10/1713
Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (died 1794)
Marie Fel was a French opera singer and a daughter of the organist Henri Fel.
24/10/1675
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1749)
Field Marshal Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, was a British army officer and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer under William III during the Williamite War in Ireland and during the Nine Years' War, he fought under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession. During the War of the Quadruple Alliance Temple led a force of 4,000 troops on a raid on the Spanish coastline which captured Vigo and Pontevedra for ten days. In Parliament he generally supported the Whigs but fell out with Sir Robert Walpole in 1733. He was known for his ownership of and modifications to the estate at Stowe House and for serving as a political mentor to the young William Pitt.
24/10/1650
Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (died 1704)
Steven Blankaart Latinized as Stephanus Blancardus was a Dutch physician, iatrochemist, and entomologist, who worked on the same field as Jan Swammerdam. Blankaart proved the existence of a capillary system, as had been suggested by Leonardo da Vinci, by spouting up blood vessels, though he failed to realize the true significance of his findings. He is known for his development of injection techniques for this study and for writing the first Dutch book on child medicine. Blankaart translated works of John Mayow.
24/10/1637
Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (died 1712)
Lorenzo Magalotti was an Italian philosopher, writer, diplomat and poet.
24/10/1632
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723)
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch art, science and technology. A largely self-taught man in science, he is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists and microbiologists. Van Leeuwenhoek is best known for his pioneering work in microscopy and for his contributions toward the establishment of microbiology as a scientific discipline.
24/10/1561
Anthony Babington, English conspirator (Babington Plot) (died 1586)
Anthony Babington was an English gentleman convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England and conspiring with the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots, for which he was hanged, drawn and quartered. The "Babington Plot" and Mary's involvement in it were the basis of the treason charges against her which led to her execution. He was a member of the Babington family.
24/10/1503
Isabella of Portugal (died 1539)
Isabella of Portugal was the empress consort of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Burgundy. She was Queen of Spain and Germany, and Lady of the Netherlands from 10 March 1526 until her death in 1539, and became Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Italy in February 1530. She acted as regent of Spain during her husband's long absences.
24/10/1378
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir to the throne of Scotland (died 1402)
David Stewart was the eldest son of Robert III of Scotland and his wife, Annabella Drummond. The heir apparent to the Scottish throne from 1390 until his death, David held the titles of Prince of Scotland, Duke of Rothesay, and Earl of Carrick. David was named by a general council to rule Scotland as regent, on behalf of his infirm and politically ineffective father, in 1399. He was responsible for the defense of Scotland during the English invasion in 1400. After coming into conflict with his uncle, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, David was arrested and removed from power in late 1401. He died in mysterious circumstances at Falkland Palace shortly afterwards. David's younger brother, James, eventually succeeded their father as King of Scots.
24/10/0051
Domitian, Roman emperor (died 96)
AD 51 (LI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Scipio. The denomination AD 51 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.