On This Day
This Day in History: (24-May)
Germanicus, Roman general (d. 19)
Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (d. 1349)
Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)
William Gilbert, English physician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1603)
Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier (d. 1635)
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland (d. 1682)
Marek Sobieski, Polish noble (d. 1652)
Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite (d. 1743)
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736)
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1769)
Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician (d. 1793)
William Whewell, English priest and philosopher (d. 1866)
Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (d. 1866)
Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874)
Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter (d. 1868)
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (d. 1897)
Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright (d. 1934)
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1940)
George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic (d. 1956)
Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge (d. 1938)
Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1878)
Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1961)
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972)
H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956)
Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1971)
Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications (d. 1979)
Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938)
Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter (d. 1984)
Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
Sonia Rosemary Keppel, British baroness, grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (d. 1986) [1]
José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 1968)
Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1954)
Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)
Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician (d. 1992)
Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (d. 1983)
Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1993)
Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (d. 1986)
Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (d. 2002)
Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986)
Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter
Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator (d. 2013)
Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director (d. 1994)
Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer (d. 2016)
Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer (d. 2016)
Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago (d. 2014)
Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor
Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)
Joan Micklin Silver, American director and screenwriter
Harold Budd, American composer and poet
Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator (d. 2008)
Archie Shepp, American saxophonist and composer
Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate
Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English academic and politician
Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and manager
Hannu Mikkola, Finnish race car driver
Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, Japanese Minister of Home Affairs
Gary Burghoff, American actor
Patti LaBelle, American singer-songwriter and actress
Dominique Lavanant, French actress
Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
Steven Norris, English engineer and politician
Richard Ottaway, English lieutenant and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman
Tansu Çiller, Turkish economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey
Irena Szewińska, Russian-Polish sprinter
Albert Bouchard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
Mike De Leon, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
Mike Reid, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and retired American football player
Waddy Wachtel, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer
Martin Winterkorn, German businessman
Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
Jim Broadbent, English actor
Alfred Molina, English actor
Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer and songwriter
David Leonard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Rajesh Roshan, Indian composer
R. B. Bernstein, constitutional historian
Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer
Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
Michael Jackson, Irish archbishop
Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman
Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player (d. 1985)
Barry O'Farrell, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales
Guy Fletcher, English keyboard player, guitarist, and producer
Bill Harrigan, Australian rugby league referee and sportscaster
Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
Lorella Cedroni, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2013)
Alain Lemieux, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican-American boxer (d. 2012)
Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2003)
Ivan Capelli, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
Michael Chabon, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
Joe Dumars, American basketball player
Rich Rodriguez, American football player and coach
Valerie Taylor, American computer scientist and educator
Liz McColgan, Scottish educator and runner
Adrian Moorhouse, English swimmer
Isidro Pérez, Mexican boxer (d. 2013)
Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
John C. Reilly, American actor
Shinichirō Watanabe, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
Eric Cantona, French footballer, manager, and actor
Ricky Craven, American race car driver and sportscaster
Tamer Karadağlı, Turkish actor
Andrey Borodin, Russian-English economist and businessman
Eric Close, American actor
Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2011)
Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
Martin McCague, Northern Irish-English cricketer
Jacob Rees-Mogg, English politician
Rich Robinson, American guitarist and songwriter
Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
Bartolo Colón, Dominican-American baseball player
Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer and manager
Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor
Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player and coach
Magnus Manske, German biochemist and computer programmer, developed MediaWiki
Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian
Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater
Giannis Goumas, Greek footballer and coach
Maria Lawson, English singer-songwriter
Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player
Catherine Cox, New Zealand-Australian netball player
Silje Vige, Norwegian singer
Elijah Burke, American wrestler
Johan Holmqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
Brad Penny, American baseball player
Rose, French singer, songwriter and composer
Tracy McGrady, American basketball player
Kareem McKenzie, American football player
Jason Babin, American football player
Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby league player
Andy Lee, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer
Rian Wallace, American football player
Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer
Pedram Javaheri, Iranian-American meteorologist and journalist
Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (d. 2009)
Sarah Hagan, American actress
Dmitri Kruglov, Estonian footballer
Tim Bridgman, English race car driver
Mark Ballas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor
Giannis Kontoes, Greek footballer
Déborah François, Belgian actress
Guillaume Latendresse, Canadian ice hockey player
Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player
Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant
Billy Gilman, American singer-songwriter
Lucian Wintrich, American political artist and White House correspondent
Andrew Jordan, English race car driver
Mattias Ekholm, Swedish ice hockey player
Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower
Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player