Famous people born in 1924

The best-known people born in 1924, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
October 1 · d. 2024
Photo: Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center, Public domain
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
June 12 · d. 2018
Photo: David Valdez, Public domain
Marlon Brando
American actor (1924–2004)
April 3 · d. 2004
Photo: None visible/Paramount Pictures, Public domain
Robert Mugabe
2nd President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
February 21 · d. 2019
Photo: Government of Zimbabwe, taken by Joseph Nyadzayo as Presidential Photographer, Public domain
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 (1924–2015)
August 1 · d. 2015
Photo: Cherie A. Thurlby, Public domain
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
September 30 · d. 1984
Photo: Jack Mitchell, CC BY-SA 4.0
Lauren Bacall
American actress (1924–2014)
September 16 · d. 2014
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
May 22 · d. 2018
Photo: Mariusz Kubik, CC BY 3.0
Marcello Mastroianni
Italian actor (1924–1996)
September 28 · d. 1996
Photo: Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kim Dae-jung
8th President of the Republic of Korea (1924–2009)
January 6 · d. 2009
Photo: 대한민국 국가기록원, KOGL Type 1
Süleyman Demirel
9th President of the Republic of Turkey (1924-2015)
November 1 · d. 2015
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Benoit Mandelbrot
Polish-born, French and American mathematician (1924–2010)
November 20 · d. 2010
Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
Georges Charpak
French physicist (1924-2010)
August 1 · d. 2010
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
August 2 · d. 1987
Photo: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0
Raj Kapoor
Indian actor and filmmaker (1924–1988)
December 14 · d. 1988
Photo: Artem Abd, Public domain
Kenneth Kaunda
First president of Zambia (1924–2021)
April 28 · d. 2021
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
March 7 · d. 1993
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Antony Hewish
English physicist and radio astronomer (1924–2021)
May 11 · d. 2021
Photo: Willy Pragher, CC BY 3.0 de
Sidney Lumet
American director, producer and screenwriter (1924–2011)
June 25 · d. 2011
Photo: gdcgraphics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdcgraphics/, CC BY-SA 2.0
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
President of Pakistan from 1978 to 1988, of Saudi origin
August 12 · d. 1988
Photo: Series: Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989 Collection: White House Photographic C, Public domain
Willard Boyle
Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011)
August 19 · d. 2011
Photo: Prolineserver, CC BY-SA 3.0
Lee Marvin
American actor (1924–1987)
February 19 · d. 1987
Photo: NBC Television Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Robert Solow
American economist (1924–2023)
August 23 · d. 2023
Photo: Olaf Storbeck from Düsseldorf, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (1924-1998)
August 10 · d. 1998
Photo: Bracha L. Ettinger, retouched by AM, CC BY-SA 2.0
Allan McLeod Cormack
American physicist (1924-1998)
February 23 · d. 1998
Photo: Willy Pragher, CC BY 3.0 de
Maurice Jarre
French composer and conductor (1924-2009)
September 13 · d. 2009
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Mário Soares
President of Portugal (1924–2017)
December 7 · d. 2017
Photo: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0
Daniel arap Moi
Kenyan President (2nd) (1924-2020)
September 2 · d. 2020
Photo: Croes, Rob C. / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
Shirley Chisholm
first black woman elected to the United States Congress (1924-2005)
November 30 · d. 2005
Photo: Adam Cuerden, Public domain
James Black
Scottish doctor and pharmacologist (1924–2010)
June 14 · d. 2010
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 4.0

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Month by month

January

January 9 · Sergei Parajanov, Soviet Armenian and Georgian film director (1924-1990)
January 11 · Roger Guillemin, French-American neuroscientist (1924–2024)
January 13 · Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher of science
January 21 · Benny Hill, British comedian and actor (1924–1992)
January 27 · Rauf Denktaş, Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)
January 30 · Dorothy Malone, American actress (1924-2018)

February

February 3 · E. P. Thompson, British historian & peace activist (1924-1993)
February 6 · Billy Wright, English footballer (1924-1994)
February 8 · Khamtai Siphandone, former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1924–2025)
February 19 · David Bronstein, Soviet chess grandmaster
February 23 · Claude Sautet, French film director and screenwriter (1924–2000)
February 26 · Noboru Takeshita, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (1924-2000)

March

March 1 · Deke Slayton, American astronaut (1924–1993)
March 3 · Lys Assia, Swiss singer (1924-2018)
March 3 · Tomiichi Murayama, 81st Prime Minister of Japan (1924–2025)
March 8 · Anthony Caro, English abstract sculptor (1924-2013)
March 12 · Harry Harrison, American science fiction author (1925–2012)
March 27 · Sarah Vaughan, American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)

April

April 12 · Raymond Barre, 85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007)
April 13 · Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer (1924-2019)
April 15 · Neville Marriner, British conductor and violinist (1924–2016)
April 16 · Henry Mancini, American film composer (1924–1994)
April 20 · Leslie Phillips, British actor (1924–2022)
April 20 · Nina Foch, American actress (1924–2008)

May

May 3 · Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (1924-2000)
May 7 · Marjorie Boulton, British writer (1924–2017)
May 9 · Bulat Okudzhava, Soviet and Russian writer and singer (1924–1997)
May 12 · Claribel Alegría, Nicaraguan writer (1924-2018)
May 16 · Dawda Kairaba Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (1924-2019)
May 23 · Karlheinz Deschner, German writer and activist (1924-2014)

June

June 2 · Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor (1925–1971)
June 3 · Torsten Nils Wiesel, Swedish neuroscientist
June 15 · Ezer Weizman, Israeli politician, 7th president of Israel (1993–2000)
June 18 · George Mikan, American basketball player, coach, commissioner
June 19 · Vasil Bykaŭ, Belarusian writer (1924–2003)
June 20 · Chet Atkins, American guitarist (1924–2001)

July

July 1 · Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer (1924–2013)
July 3 · S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (1924–2016)
July 4 · Eva Marie Saint, American actress (1924–2026)
July 4 · Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician (1924 - 2010)
July 19 · Pat Hingle, American actor (1924–2009)
July 21 · Don Knotts, American actor and stand-up comedian (1924-2006)

August

August 3 · Leon Uris, American author (1924–2003)
August 14 · Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect (1924-2009)
August 15 · Phyllis Schlafly, American conservative activist (1924-2016)
August 24 · Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of Cameroon (1924-1989)
August 29 · Dinah Washington, American singer (1924-1963)
August 31 · Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (1924–2003)

September

September 7 · Daniel Inouye, United States Senator from Hawaii (1924–2012)
September 11 · Rudolf Vrba, Slovak-Jewish Auschwitz escapee, Canadian biochemist (1924–2006)
September 12 · Amílcar Cabral, Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean politician (1924-1973)
September 21 · Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (1924-1957)
September 27 · Bud Powell, American jazz pianist and composer (1924–1966)
September 27 · Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian writer and publisher (1924-2012)

October

October 1 · William Rehnquist, chief justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005 (1924–2005)
October 10 · Ed Wood, American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and film editor
October 15 · Lee Iacocca, American businessman (1924–2019)
October 19 · Lubomír Štrougal, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia; (1924–2023)
October 29 · Zbigniew Herbert, Polish writer and poet (1924–1998)
October 29 · Danielle Mitterrand, wife of François Mitterrand (1924-2011)

November

November 6 · William Auld, Scottish poet, author, translator (1924–2006)
November 8 · Dmitry Yazov, Soviet minister of defence (1924-2020)
November 21 · Christopher Tolkien, literary scholar, writer, and editor (1924–2020)
November 21 · Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician (1924–2010)
November 22 · Geraldine Page, American actress (1924–1987)
November 25 · Ante Marković, last Prime minister of Yugoslavia (1924-2011)

December

December 2 · Alexander Haig, former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Army general (1924-2010)
December 3 · John Backus, American computer scientist (1924–2007)
December 19 · Cicely Tyson, American actress (1924–2021)
December 19 · Michel Tournier, French writer (1924–2016)
December 24 · Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (1924–1980)
December 28 · Girma Wolde-Giorgis, former Ethiopian President (1924-2018)

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