History of Today 24 September: Important Events, Births and Deaths

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Last updated on 24 September 2026, 01:02 AM

Important Events on 24 September in History

• 24 Sep 2023: NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth. Read more
• 24 Sep 2015: At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Read more
• 24 Sep 2014: The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt. Read more
• 24 Sep 2013: A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people. Read more
• 24 Sep 2009: The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. Read more
• 24 Sep 2009: South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew. Read more
• 24 Sep 2008: Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa. Read more
• 24 Sep 2007: Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years. Read more
• 24 Sep 2005: Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas. Read more
• 24 Sep 1996: Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king. Read more
• 24 Sep 1975: Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route. Read more
• 24 Sep 1973: Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. Read more
• 24 Sep 1972: Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, overrunning the runway and resulting in 11 injuries. Read more
• 24 Sep 1960: USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. Read more
• 24 Sep 1959: TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people. Read more
• 24 Sep 1957: President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. Read more
• 24 Sep 1954: AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced. Read more
• 24 Sep 1954: The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated. Read more
• 24 Sep 1950: The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada. Read more
• 24 Sep 1948: The Honda Motor Company is founded. Read more
• 24 Sep 1946: Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. Read more
• 24 Sep 1946: The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman. Read more
• 24 Sep 1935: Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights. Read more
• 24 Sep 1932: Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables). Read more
• 24 Sep 1929: Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible. Read more
• 24 Sep 1911: His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness. Read more
• 24 Sep 1906: U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument. Read more
• 24 Sep 1906: Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation. Read more
• 24 Sep 1890: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy. Read more
• 24 Sep 1877: The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion. Read more
• 24 Sep 1875: The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi premieres in Oulu, Finland. Read more
• 24 Sep 1869: Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. Read more
• 24 Sep 1853: Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France. Read more
• 24 Sep 1852: The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes. Read more
• 24 Sep 1846: Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey. Read more
• 24 Sep 1841: The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke. Read more
• 24 Sep 1830: A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium. Read more

Famous Births on 24 September

• 24 Sep 2003: Joe Locke, Manx actor Joseph William Locke is a Manx and British actor. He is known for his lead role as high school student Charlie Spring in the Netflix teen series Heartstopper (2022–2024) and its series finale film Heartstopper Forever (2026), for which he received two Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance nominations, winning on the second nomination in 2025. In 2024, he starred as Billy Maximoff / William Kaplan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries Agatha All Along and as Tobias Ragg in a Broadway revival of the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Read more
• 24 Sep 2002: Gaeul, South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer Kim Ga-eul, known mononymously as Gaeul, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Ive under Starship Entertainment. Read more
• 24 Sep 1998: Nikolas Cruz, American mass murderer Nikolas Jacob Cruz is an American mass shooter who perpetrated the Parkland high school shooting, one of the deadliest school shootings in the United States. On February 14, 2018, Cruz killed seventeen people, including fourteen students and three staff members, while injuring seventeen others, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In November 2022, Cruz was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. It remains the deadliest highschool shooting by a lone shooter in the United States. Read more
• 24 Sep 1997: Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer Oluwatosin Abdul-Nasir Oluwadoyinsolami Adarabioyo, commonly known mononymously as Tosin, is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: Cemre Gümeli, Turkish actress Cemre Gümeli is a Turkish actress. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: Narelle Kheng, Singaporean singer, actress, and former national swimmer Narelle Kheng Song Yi is a Singaporean singer, actress, and former national swimmer. She made her debut in the Singaporean band The Sam Willows in 2012. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: Kateryna Derun, Ukrainian athlete Kateryna Oleksandrivna Derun is a Ukrainian athlete specialising in the javelin throw. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: Liu Shiying, Chinese athlete Liu Shiying is a Chinese athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She is the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in women's javelin throw. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: Jenna Blasman, Canadian snowboarder Jenna Blasman is a Canadian snowboarder. She competes in slopestyle and represented Canada in this event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: Sonya Deville, American athlete Daria Rae Berenato is an American former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she performs under the ring name Daria Rae and is the on-screen Director of Operations. She is best known for her ten-year tenure with WWE, where she performed under the ring name Sonya Deville is a former one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: Ben Platt, American actor, singer, and songwriter Benjamin Schiff Platt is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theater producer Marc Platt and philanthropist Julie Platt, he began his acting career in musical theater as a child and appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in the Broadway coming-of-age musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017). His performance in the latter earned him multiple accolades, including the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, a Daytime Emmy, and a Grammy Award. Platt reprised the role of Evan Hansen in the 2021 film adaptation of the musical, produced by his father. His portrayal of Leo Frank in the 2023 Broadway revival of Parade earned him nominations for a Tony and a Grammy. Read more
• 24 Sep 1991: Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer Oriol Romeu Vidal is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for J1 League club Avispa Fukuoka. Read more
• 24 Sep 1990: Vontaze Burfict, American football player Vontaze DeLeon Burfict Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils, earning first-team All-American honors in 2010. Burfict was a projected top pick in the 2012 NFL draft until an unimpressive NFL Combine performance and character concerns led to him not being selected. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Bengals, where he spent his first seven seasons. In his final season, he was a member of the Oakland Raiders. Read more
• 24 Sep 1989: Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach-Jauncey, is a Filipino-German media personality, actress, host, author, advocate, and beauty queen. She is best known for winning the title of Miss Universe 2015. Previously, Wurtzbach won Binibining Pilipinas in 2015. She became the first Filipina to win in four decades. Read more
• 24 Sep 1988: Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player Karl Alexander Alzner is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the first round, fifth overall, by the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2007 NHL entry draft, and has also played for the Montreal Canadiens. Read more
• 24 Sep 1988: Steven Kampfer, American ice hockey player Steven Allan Kampfer is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was selected by the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the fourth round, 93rd overall, of the 2007 NHL entry draft. He played for the Boston Bruins, Minnesota Wild, Florida Panthers, and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL). Kampfer was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but grew up in Jackson, Michigan. Read more
• 24 Sep 1988: Kyle Sullivan, American actor Kyle Sullivan is an American former child actor, known for appearing on the Nickelodeon TV series All That and the Fox sitcom The War at Home. Read more
• 24 Sep 1987: Spencer Treat Clark, American actor Spencer Treat Clark is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his roles in the 2000 films Gladiator and Unbreakable. He has since appeared in the films Mystic River (2003), The Last House on the Left (2009), Much Ado About Nothing (2012), and the Unbreakable sequel Glass (2019). Read more
• 24 Sep 1987: Matthew Connolly, English footballer Matthew Thomas Martin Connolly is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Read more
• 24 Sep 1987: Grey Damon, American actor Grey Damon is an American actor, known for his roles in Friday Night Lights, The Nine Lives of Chloe King and Station 19. He resides in Los Angeles. Beginning with its premiere in May 2015, Damon co-starred with David Duchovny on the NBC series Aquarius. Read more
• 24 Sep 1986: Max Lercher, Austrian politician Maximilian Lercher is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Upper Styria from October 2019 to October 2024. He was a member of the Landtag Styria from October 2010 to September 2018. Read more
• 24 Sep 1986: Eloise Mumford, American actress Eloise Mumford is an American actress known for her roles on the television series Lone Star, The River, The Right Stuff, and Cross. She appeared as Katherine "Kate" Kavanagh in the Fifty Shades of Grey film series. Read more
• 24 Sep 1985: Jonathan Soriano, Spanish footballer Jonathan Soriano Casas is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Read more
• 24 Sep 1984: Bobby Brown, American basketball player Robert Douglas Brown is an American former professional basketball player who is the director of player development for the Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team. Standing at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), he played the point guard position. Read more
• 24 Sep 1983: Liam Finn, Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist Liam Mullane Finn is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he moved to New Zealand as a child. He is the son of musicians Sharon (Johnson) and Neil Finn. In 2020, he joined his father's band, Crowded House. Read more
• 24 Sep 1983: Randy Foye, American basketball player Randy Foye is an American former professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Villanova University. He was selected seventh overall in the 2006 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, but was immediately traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves where he began his career. Read more
• 24 Sep 1983: Ben Harris, Australian rugby league player Ben Harris is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He became the first player in the history of the sport to have won grand finals in each hemisphere in consecutive seasons. Harris played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, with whom he won the 2004 premiership, and the North Queensland Cowboys. He also played in England for the Bradford Bulls, with whom he won 2005's Super League X. He played primarily as a centre. Read more
• 24 Sep 1982: Morgan Hamm, American gymnast Morgan Carl Hamm is an American retired artistic gymnast and former member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. He is an Olympic silver medalist in the team competition at the 2004 Olympics and a two-time Olympian. He was a member of the silver medal-winning team at the 2003 World Championships. Hamm was named to the 2008 Olympic team but withdrew from it due to injury. Read more
• 24 Sep 1982: Paul Hamm, American gymnast Paul Elbert Hamm is a retired American artistic gymnast and member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. He is the 2004 Olympic all-around champion, a three-time Olympic medalist, and the 2003 World all-around champion. Hamm is the most decorated U.S. male gymnast in history, one of only two American gymnasts to win the all-around title at both the Olympics and the World Championships, and the only male American gymnast to do so. Read more
• 24 Sep 1982: Jeff Karstens, American baseball player Jeffrey Wayne Karstens is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). Karstens pitched for the New York Yankees in 2006 and 2007 and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 2008 to 2012. Read more
• 24 Sep 1981: Ryan Briscoe, Australian race car driver Ryan John Briscoe is an Australian-American professional racing driver from Sydney who has predominantly raced open-wheel and sports cars in Europe and America. Read more
• 24 Sep 1981: Drew Gooden, American basketball player Andrew Melvin Gooden III is an American former professional basketball player who is currently a broadcaster for Monumental Sports Network. The power forward played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Gooden played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks, where he was a consensus first-team All-American in 2002. He earned NBA All-Rookie First Team honors with the Memphis Grizzlies after they selected him in the first round of the 2002 NBA draft with the fourth overall pick. Read more
• 24 Sep 1980: Daniele Bennati, Italian cyclist Daniele Bennati is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Acqua & Sapone–Cantina Tollo, De Nardi–Colpack, Phonak, Lampre–Fondital, Liquigas–Doimo, RadioShack–Nissan, Tinkoff and Movistar Team squads. Read more
• 24 Sep 1980: Dean Canto, Australian race car driver Dean Justin Canto is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Best noted as a Supercars driver, Canto was the inaugural winner of the second-tier V8 Supercar development series in 2000, and the first to become a multiple-champion five years later. Canto has been a regular in the main Supercars Championship for a variety of teams racing both full-time and as a part-time endurance race co-driver. Read more
• 24 Sep 1980: Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer Petri Pasanen is a Finnish football coach, TV studio presenter and a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was most comfortable as centre-back, but also played right-back and left-back as well. Pasanen began his senior career in his native Finland before moving to Ajax. He spent most of his career at Bundesliga club Werder Bremen which he represented in the UEFA Champions League in multiple seasons, and in the 2009 UEFA Cup Final. At international level, he made 76 appearances for the Finland national team scoring one goal. Read more
• 24 Sep 1980: Victoria Pendleton, English cyclist Victoria Louise Pendleton is a British former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion. She won three Olympic medals—two golds and one silver—during her career. Read more
• 24 Sep 1980: John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer John Arne Semundseth Riise is a Norwegian former professional footballer and coach. Read more
• 24 Sep 1979: Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer Fábio Aurélio Rodrigues is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played for São Paulo, Valencia, Liverpool and Grěmio. He played as either a left-back or left-winger and represented Brazil at under-17 and under-20 levels and at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Read more
• 24 Sep 1979: Kim Jong-min, South Korean singer Kim Jong-min is a South Korean singer, dancer and television personality. He has been a member of the co-ed vocal group Koyote since 2000 and a cast member of the variety show 2 Days & 1 Night since 2007. Read more
• 24 Sep 1978: Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer Wietse Cornelis van Alten is a retired archer from the Netherlands. Van Alten was born in Zaandam, in the municipality of Zaanstad. He has competed in archery since the age of seven. Read more
• 24 Sep 1977: Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer and manager Frank Fahrenhorst is a German former professional footballer, who played as a defender and is currently manager of VfB Stuttgart II. Read more
• 24 Sep 1977: Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, American football player Muhammed-Kabeer Olarewaju Gbajabiamila Sr., nicknamed "KGB", is a Nigerian-American former professional football player who spent his entire nine-year career as a defensive end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs. He was selected by Green Bay in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL draft. He was a Pro Bowl selection in 2003. Read more
• 24 Sep 1977: Casey Rabach, American football player Casey Edward Rabach is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2001 NFL draft, and also played professionally for the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers. Read more
• 24 Sep 1976: Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player Carlos Domingues Bendinha de Almeida is an Angolan professional basketball shooting guard and a member of the Angola national basketball team. He is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) in height and 91 kg in weight. Almeida played for Angola at the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2002 and 2006 basketball world championship as well as the 2005, 2007 Africa championships and 2009 Africa championship. Read more
• 24 Sep 1976: Ian Bohen, American actor Ian Stuart Bohen is an American actor known for his role as Peter Hale in MTV's Teen Wolf and as Ryan in Paramount Network's drama series Yellowstone. Bohen also appeared in a recurring role as Roy Hazelitt in AMC's series Mad Men. Read more
• 24 Sep 1976: Stephanie McMahon, American wrestler and businesswoman Stephanie Marie McMahon Levesque is an American businesswoman and retired professional wrestler. She is known for her various roles within WWE between 1998 and 2023. Read more
• 24 Sep 1976: Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actor and singer (died 2013) Yasuo Saitō , also known by the stage name Yakkun Sakurazuka , was a Japanese comedian, singer, and voice actor. Read more
• 24 Sep 1976: Vahur Vahtramäe, Estonian footballer Vahur Vahtramäe is an Estonian retired football midfielder, who last played for Paide Linnameeskond in the Meistriliiga, the highest division in Estonian football. Read more
• 24 Sep 1974: John McDonald, American baseball player John Joseph McDonald is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim between 1999 and 2014. Primarily a shortstop, he was also a utility infielder, with the ability to also play second base, third base and left field. He also appeared in one extra inning game in 2013 as an emergency pitcher. Known for his defensive ability, he posted a career fielding percentage of .974 in over 6,450 innings. Read more
• 24 Sep 1973: Eddie George, American football player and sportscaster Edward Nathan George Jr. is an American football coach and former running back who is currently the head coach at Bowling Green State University. He previously served as the head coach of the Tennessee State University from 2021 to 2024. George played college football for Ohio State University from 1992 to 1995. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons from 1996 to 2004, primarily for the Tennessee Titans franchise. Read more
• 24 Sep 1973: Gillian Lindsay, Scottish rower Gillian Lindsay is a former Team GB Scottish rower. She won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist, and two-time medal winner in the World Championships, taking silver in the double sculls in 1997 and gold in 1998. Since her retirement in 2001, she has focused on coaching and commentating. Read more
• 24 Sep 1973: Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player and coach Rodrick Rhodes is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Houston Rockets in the first round of the 1997 NBA draft. Read more
• 24 Sep 1972: Conor Burns, British politician Sir Conor Burns is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of State for Trade Policy from 2019 to 2020 and again in 2022 and Minister of State for Northern Ireland from 2021 to 2022. Read more
• 24 Sep 1972: Kate Fleetwood, English actress Kate Fleetwood is an English actress. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, at Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End and Broadway and an Olivier Award nomination in 2012 for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. Her film and television credits include Vanity Fair (2004), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), Macbeth (2010), Philomena (2013), London Road (2015), Harlots (2017–2019), and The Wheel of Time (2021–2025). Read more
• 24 Sep 1971: Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist Michael S. Engel, FLS, FRES is an American paleontologist and entomologist, notable for contributions to insect evolutionary biology and classification. In connection with his studies he has undertaken field expeditions in Central Asia, Asia Minor, the Levant, Arabia, eastern Africa, the high Arctic, and South and North America, and has published more than 925 papers in scientific journals. Some of Engel's research images were included in exhibitions on the aesthetic value of scientific imagery. Read more
• 24 Sep 1971: Mike Michalowicz, American businessman and author Michael Michalowicz is an American business author and entrepreneur. He is the author of nine business books published by Penguin Random House, including All In (2023), Get Different (2021), Profit First (2017), The Pumpkin Plan (2012) and Clockwork Revised & Expanded (2022). Read more
• 24 Sep 1971: Kevin Millar, American baseball player and sportscaster Kevin Charles Millar is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and is a current analyst for MLB Network and NESN. He played in MLB for the Florida Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Toronto Blue Jays from 1998 through 2009. He is currently a host along with Siera Santos and Ryan Dempster on the MLB Network show Intentional Talk, and the show's companion audio podcast Intentional Talk: Caught Listening. Read more
• 24 Sep 1971: Peter Salisbury, English drummer Peter Anthony Salisbury is an English rock drummer, best known as the drummer for The Verve, whom he co-founded in 1990. Read more
• 24 Sep 1970: Mario Cristobal, American college football coach Mario Manuel Cristobal is an American college football coach who is the head football coach for the University of Miami. He previously served as the head football coach at Florida International University (FIU) from 2007 to 2012 and the University of Oregon from 2017 to 2021. He was an all-conference offensive tackle on the Miami Hurricanes football team that won national championships in 1989 and 1991. Read more
• 24 Sep 1970: Marc Guggenheim, American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer, and novelist Marc Guggenheim is an American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer, and novelist. He is best known as the creator of the television series Eli Stone (2008–2009), Arrow (2012–2020), and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022), executive producer of the animated series Tales of Arcadia (2016–2021), as well as the writer of the feature films Green Lantern (2011) and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013). Read more
• 24 Sep 1969: Shawn Crahan, American drummer, songwriter, and producer Michael Shawn Crahan, more commonly known by his stage persona "Clown", is an American musician. He is the co-founder and percussionist of the alternative metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #6. He helped form Slipknot in 1995 alongside bassist Paul Gray and former vocalist Anders Colsefni. Crahan is the longest-serving member of the band, and also has extensive involvement with Slipknot's media production and music videos. Outside Slipknot, Crahan had two side project bands called To My Surprise and Dirty Little Rabbits. Aside from his musical activity, he also directed the 2016 action thriller film Officer Downe. Read more
• 24 Sep 1969: Christopher Pincher, English politician Christopher John Pincher is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamworth from 2010 until his resignation in 2023. Pincher served as Government Deputy Chief Whip, and Treasurer of the Household from 2018 to 2019 and from February to June 2022. Read more
• 24 Sep 1969: Shamim Sarif, English author, director, and screenwriter Shamim Sarif is a British novelist, screenwriter, and film director of Indian South African heritage. Sarif is best known for her work in writing and directing films with themes that often explore issues of identity and cultural diversity. Read more
• 24 Sep 1969: Paul Ray Smith, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2003) Paul Ray Smith was a United States Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. While serving with B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad, his team was attacked by a group of Iraqi soldiers and after a firefight he was killed by Iraqi fire. For his actions during this battle he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Two years later, the medal, along with the newly approved Medal of Honor flag, were presented to his family on behalf of him; specifically to his eleven-year-old son, at a White House ceremony by President George W. Bush. Read more
• 24 Sep 1969: Megan Ward, American actress Megan Ward is an American actress. She is best known for her numerous credits in science fiction and horror movies and television series. In 2007, she joined the cast of the American daytime drama General Hospital as Kate Howard. She also appeared in the 1990s comedies Encino Man, Freaked, PCU, The Brady Bunch Movie, and Joe's Apartment. Read more
• 24 Sep 1967: Noreena Hertz, English economist, author, and academic Noreena Hertz is an English academic, economist and bestselling author, who sits on the boards of Mattel, Warner Music Group and Workhuman. She has been Honorary Professor at University College London since 2014 and is based at The UCL Policy Lab. Read more
• 24 Sep 1966: Christophe Bouchut, French race car driver Christophe Joseph Marie Bouchut is a French professional racing driver. He currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving for Dexwet-df1 Racing and Alex Caffi Motorsport in a part-time effort. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993. He was named as the first driver for the F1 Larrousse team for the 1995 season, but the team withdrew before the first race. Read more
• 24 Sep 1966: Rajesh Khattar, Indian voice actor Rajesh Khattar is an Indian actor, voice artist and screenwriter who works in Hindi films. He was married to Neelima Azeem and is the father of actor Ishaan Khattar and step father of Shahid Kapoor. Read more
• 24 Sep 1966: Bernard Gilkey, American baseball player Otis Bernard Gilkey is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, and Atlanta Braves. He is currently a coach for the Palm Beach Cardinals. Read more
• 24 Sep 1966: Stefan Molyneux, Irish-Canadian philosopher, author, and blogger Stefan Basil Molyneux is an Irish-born Canadian white nationalist vlogger and proponent of conspiracy theories, white supremacy, scientific racism, and the men's rights movement. He is the founder of the Freedomain Radio website. Multiple sources describe the Freedomain internet community as a cult, referring to the indoctrination techniques Molyneux has used as its leader. Read more
• 24 Sep 1966: Michael O. Varhola, American journalist and author Michael O. Varhola is an author, publisher, and lecturer. He has written numerous books, games, and articles, and founded game development company and manufacturer Skirmisher Publishing LLC. He also served as the assistant editor of The Hilltop Reporter, a weekly newspaper located in Texas Hill Country. In 1997, he married Diane Varhola. In 2003, he changed his middle name from James to Odysseus, but did not start using it publicly until 2011. Read more
• 24 Sep 1965: Robert Irvine, English chef and television host Robert Paul Irvine is an English-American celebrity chef and talk show host who has appeared on and hosted a variety of Food Network programs including Dinner: Impossible, Worst Cooks in America, Restaurant: Impossible, A Hero's Welcome, Operation Restaurant, All-Star Academy, Guy's Grocery Games, Chopped: Impossible, and Restaurant Express. Irvine currently operates one restaurant, Fresh Kitchen by Robert Irvine, located within The Pentagon. He also operated Robert Irvine's Public House at the Tropicana resort in Las Vegas, Nevada from 2017 until the closure of the Tropicana in 2024. Irvine launched The Robert Irvine Show, a daytime talk show which aired weekdays on The CW between 12 September 2016 and 25 May 2018. Read more
• 24 Sep 1965: Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist and composer Njål Ølnes is a Norwegian jazz musician, composer and jazz educator currently residing in Nesodden Municipality. Read more
• 24 Sep 1965: Sean McNabb, American singer and bass player Sean McNabb is an American actor and bassist. In 2015, he released his first solo music as a lead singer, "Fresh Air" and "America". Both are also featured in the film Rockstory. Read more
• 24 Sep 1965: Janet Weiss, American drummer Janet Lee Weiss is an American rock drummer, a member of Quasi and former member of Sleater-Kinney. She was the drummer for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, leaving after the album Mirror Traffic, and contributed to the Shins' fourth studio album, Port of Morrow (2012). She was also the drummer for the supergroup Wild Flag. Read more
• 24 Sep 1964: Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-American baseball player Rafael Palmeiro Corrales is a Cuban-American former professional baseball first baseman and left fielder. He played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for three teams. Palmeiro was an All-American at Mississippi State University before being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1985. He played for the Cubs (1986–1988), Texas Rangers, and the Baltimore Orioles. Read more
• 24 Sep 1964: Marko Pomerants, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior Marko Pomerants is an Estonian politician. He was the Minister of the Environment from 2015 to 2017. Previously, Pomerants served as the Minister of Social Affairs from 2003 to 2005 and as the Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2012. Pomerants is a member of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union. Read more
• 24 Sep 1964: Ronald van der Kemp, Dutch fashion designer Ronald van der Kemp is a Dutch fashion designer and founder of demi-couture fashion house RVDK Ronald van der Kemp, his namesake label. Read more
• 24 Sep 1963: Michael Potter, Australian rugby player and coach Michael Potter is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who was the head coach of Fiji, and a former professional rugby league footballer. He was previously head coach of Super League clubs, the Catalans Dragons, St Helens, the Bradford Bulls and NRL club the Wests Tigers. As a player, he was a New South Wales State of Origin representative fullback, playing his club football for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the St George Dragons and the Western Reds. He currently works as an assistant coach for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. Read more
• 24 Sep 1963: Ben Preston, English journalist James Ben Preston is a British journalist. He is an executive editor of The Sunday Times and a former editor of the Radio Times. Read more
• 24 Sep 1962: Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer and manager Alistair Murdoch McCoist is a Scottish former footballer who has since worked as a manager and TV pundit. Read more
• 24 Sep 1962: Mike Phelan, English footballer, coach, and manager Michael Christopher Phelan is an English professional football coach and former player who was most recently assistant head coach for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle. Read more
• 24 Sep 1962: Tim Supple, English director and producer Timothy Supple is a British born, award-winning international theatre director. He is the son of the academic Barry Supple. Read more
• 24 Sep 1962: Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. She starred in and wrote the romantic comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), which garnered her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and which went on to spawn a media franchise. Read more
• 24 Sep 1962: Ilgvars Zalāns, Latvian painter Ilgvars Zalāns is a Latvian painter. He is generally identified as an Expressionist and is one of the most influential contemporary expressionist painters in northern Europe. In the course of his career he was influenced by Gutai group, Fluxus movement, and other modern art activists and has turned more to the scene of action-painting. He has stated that his artistic approach is guided by a focus on "images and motifs that are fundamental, archetypal, and universal in human experience, as opposed to those that are socially determined." Since 2007 Ilgvars Zalans had a 33-country world tour with his action-painting performances.
  In the past years he has actively taken the opportunities offered by artist residences, thereby traveling almost half of the world. Read more
• 24 Sep 1961: Christopher L. Eisgruber, American lawyer and academic Christopher Ludwig Eisgruber is an American academic and legal scholar and the 20th president of Princeton University, where he is also the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values. He is also an expert on constitutional law, with an emphasis on separation of church and state and federal judicial appointments. Read more
• 24 Sep 1961: John Logan, American screenwriter and producer John David Logan is an American playwright, screenwriter, and producer. His film work includes Gladiator (2000), The Last Samurai (2003), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Aviator (2004), Hugo (2011), James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), and Michael (2026). He has won a Tony Award, a WGA award and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and three British Academy Film Awards. Read more
• 24 Sep 1961: Luc Picard, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter Luc Picard is a French Canadian actor, director and comedian. Read more
• 24 Sep 1960: Amy Sky, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Amy Sky is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host. Sky started classical music lessons at the age of five, and plays piano, guitar, cello and recorder. She has a degree from the University of Toronto in music theory and composition. In 1983, Sky was signed as a staff songwriter to MCA Music Nashville, and subsequently to Warner-Chappell Music in Los Angeles, EMI Music Los Angeles, and Warner-Chappell Music Germany. As a writer she has penned songs for many artists including Diana Ross, Anne Murray, Olivia Newton-John, Reba McEntire, Belinda Carlisle, Aaron Neville, Heart, Cyndi Lauper, Mark Masri, Roch Voisine, and Sheena Easton. Read more
• 24 Sep 1959: Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman Theodoros Paphitis is a Greek-Cypriot British retail magnate and entrepreneur. He is best known for his appearances on the BBC business programme Dragons' Den and as former chairman of Millwall Football Club. Read more
• 24 Sep 1959: Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer Steven Lawrence Whitmire is an American puppeteer, known primarily for his work with the Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop, and the Muppets Studio. Beginning his involvement with the Muppets in 1978, Whitmire originated the roles of Rizzo the Rat, Lips, Wembley Fraggle, and Bean Bunny. He also inherited the roles of Kermit the Frog and Ernie after Jim Henson's death in 1990; he performed the characters until 2016 and 2014, respectively. In later years, he also performed Statler and Beaker. Read more
• 24 Sep 1958: Kevin Sorbo, American actor and producer Kevin David Sorbo is an American actor, director and producer. He has had starring roles in two television series: as Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and as Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda (2000–2005). Sorbo played his first leading film role in the 1997 fantasy film Kull the Conqueror. Sorbo is also known for acting in Christian films, such as God's Not Dead (2014) and Let There Be Light (2017). Read more
• 24 Sep 1957: Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager Wolfgang Wolf is a German football coach and a former player. Read more
• 24 Sep 1956: Hubie Brooks, American baseball player Hubert Brooks is an American former professional baseball right fielder, third baseman, and shortstop. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1980 to 1994 for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, and Kansas City Royals. Brooks was selected third overall in the 1978 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Mets and went on to play for five different teams over a 15-year career, and was twice named an All-Star. MLB pitcher Donnie Moore was Brooks' cousin. Read more
• 24 Sep 1955: Riccardo Illy, Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia Riccardo Illy is an Italian businessman and former politician. Read more
• 24 Sep 1954: Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach Marco Tardelli is an Italian former football player and manager. At club level, he played as a midfielder for several Italian clubs; he began his career with Pisa, and later played for Como, Juventus, and Inter Milan, before retiring with Swiss club St. Gallen. He enjoyed a highly successful career with Juventus, winning five league titles, as well as multiple Coppa Italia titles, and four major UEFA competitions, becoming one of the first three players ever to win all three major UEFA club competitions, along with Italy and Juventus teammates Antonio Cabrini and Gaetano Scirea. Read more
• 24 Sep 1952: Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer and manager Dieter Hochheimer is a former German football player and manager. Read more
• 24 Sep 1952: Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1999) Mark Sandman was an American singer, songwriter, musical instrument inventor, multi-instrumentalist and comic writer. Sandman possessed a distinctive, deep bass-baritone voice and a mysterious demeanour. He was an indie rock icon and longtime fixture in the Boston/Cambridge music scene, best known as the lead singer and slide bass player of the band Morphine. Sandman was also a member of the blues-rock band Treat Her Right and founder of Hi-n-Dry, a recording studio and independent record label. Read more
• 24 Sep 1951: Douglas Kmiec, American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta Douglas William Kmiec is an American legal scholar, author, and former U.S. ambassador. He is the Caruso Family Chair and Professor of Constitutional Law at Pepperdine University School of Law. Kmiec came to prominence during the 2008 United States presidential election when, although a Republican, he endorsed Democrat Barack Obama. In July 2009, he was nominated by President Obama to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Malta. He was confirmed by the Senate and served for close to two years as ambassador to Malta. He resigned his post effective May 31, 2011. Read more
• 24 Sep 1950: Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj is a former Indian cricketer and cricket analyst. He is the son of Lala Amarnath, the first post-independence captain of India. Mohinder was the vice captain of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, where he was the player of the final. He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket. Read more
• 24 Sep 1950: John Kessel, American author, poet, and playwright John Joseph Vincent Kessel is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of four solo novels, Good News From Outer Space (1989), Corrupting Dr. Nice (1997), The Moon and the Other (2017), and Pride and Prometheus (2018), and one novel, Freedom Beach (1985) in collaboration with his friend James Patrick Kelly. Kessel is married to author Therese Anne Fowler. Read more
• 24 Sep 1950: Harriet Walter, English actress Dame Harriet Mary Walter is an English actor of stage and screen.
  She is known for her role as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK from 2009 to 2014, and in the Hollywood blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), among other film and television roles. Read more
• 24 Sep 1949: Baleka Mbete, South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa Baleka Mbete is a South African politician who served as the 5th deputy president of South Africa from September 2008 to May 2009. She was also the Speaker of the National Assembly for two non-consecutive terms from 2004 to 2008 and from 2014 to 2019. She also served as Deputy Speaker between 1996 and 2004. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she was first elected to the National Assembly in 1994 and stepped down from her seat in 2019. Read more
• 24 Sep 1949: Anders Arborelius, Swedish cardinal Lars Anders Arborelius is a senior-ranking Swedish Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Stockholm since 1998. Pope Francis made him a cardinal, the first ever from Scandinavia, in 2017. He is a member of the Discalced Carmelites and was considered a candidate in the 2025 papal conclave. Read more
• 24 Sep 1948: Gordon Clapp, American actor Gordon Clapp is an American actor best known for playing Det. Greg Medavoy for all 12 seasons of the television series NYPD Blue, winning an Emmy Award in 1998. Read more
• 24 Sep 1948: Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (died 1998) Philip Edward Hartman was a Canadian and American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old. He completed a BA at California State University, Northridge, and designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. In 1975, Hartman joined the comedy group the Groundlings, where he helped Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse. Read more
• 24 Sep 1948: Garth Porter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer Garth Ivan Richard Porter is a New Zealand-born Australian multi-instrumental musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a member, on keyboards and backing vocals, of the pop group, Sherbet (1970–84), and co-wrote both of their number-one singles, "Summer Love" and "Howzat". Porter is a co-writer and producer for country music singer Lee Kernaghan. Read more
• 24 Sep 1947: Stephen Mueller, American painter (died 2011) Stephen Mueller was an American painter whose color field and Lyrical Abstraction canvases took a turn towards pop. Read more
• 24 Sep 1946: Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer Jerry Donahue is an American-born English guitarist and producer primarily known for his work in the British folk rock scene as a member of Fotheringay and Fairport Convention as well as being a member of the rock guitar trio The Hellecasters. Read more
• 24 Sep 1946: Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor Charles Edward Greene, better known as "Mean" Joe Greene, is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1981. A recipient of two NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards, five first-team All-Pro selections, and ten Pro Bowl appearances, Greene is widely considered to be one of the greatest defensive linemen to play in the NFL. He was noted for his leadership, fierce competitiveness, and intimidating style of play for which he earned his nickname. Read more
• 24 Sep 1946: Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland Lars-Emil Johansen is a Greenlandic politician who served as the second prime minister of Greenland from 1991 to 1997, and Speaker of the Inatsisartut from 2013 to 2018. Read more
• 24 Sep 1946: César Pedroso, Cuban pianist and songwriter (died 2022) César "Pupy" Pedroso was a Cuban pianist who became famous with Orquesta Revé and then as a founding member of Los Van Van. For many years, Pedroso wrote some of Van Van's most important songs such as "Calla Calla", "Tranquilo, Mota", "Seis Semanas", "El buenagente" and many others. In 2001, he founded his own band Pupy y Los que Son, Son. In 2006, he recorded four albums with his band. Read more
• 24 Sep 1946: Pat Pocock, Welsh-English cricketer Patrick Ian Pocock is a Welsh former cricketer, who played in 25 Test matches and one One Day International for the England cricket team between 1968 and 1985. Read more
• 24 Sep 1946: María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer María Teresa Ruiz is a Chilean astronomer who was the first woman to receive Chile's National Prize for Exact Sciences, the first female recipient of a doctorate in astrophysics at Princeton University, and the first woman president of the Chilean Academy of Sciences. She is also known for the discovery of the brown dwarf Kelu-1. Read more
• 24 Sep 1945: Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author (died 2024) Louis Carl Dobbs was an American conservative political commentator, author, and television host who presented Moneyline from 1980 to 2009 and 2011 to 2021. From 2021 until his death, he hosted The Great America Show on iHeartRadio and loudobbs.com. Read more
• 24 Sep 1945: Carson Van Osten, American comics creator and musician (died 2015) Carson Van Osten was an American comics creator and musician. Read more
• 24 Sep 1945: John Rutter, English composer, conductor, and producer Sir John Milford Rutter is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music. He founded the Cambridge Singers who premiered and recorded many of his works for his own label Collegium Records. His compositions, extended pieces for choir and orchestra, such as Requiem and Magnificat, and many choral works including For the beauty of the earth, Christmas Carol and A Clare Benediction, are popular, especially in the UK and the United States. He is known for Christmas carols, in both arrangements of traditional melodies and new compositions, and Carols for Choirs anthology series compiled with David Willcocks. Read more
• 24 Sep 1944: Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic (died 2020) Eavan Aisling Boland was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996. Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history. A number of poems from Boland's poetry career are studied by Irish students who take the Leaving Certificate. She was a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. Read more
• 24 Sep 1944: Sven-Ole Thorsen, Danish bodybuilder and stuntman Sven-Ole Thorsen is a Danish former actor, stuntman, bodybuilder and strongman competitor. Thorsen won Denmark's Strongest Man in 1983. Read more
• 24 Sep 1944: Victoria Vetri, Playboy's 1967 Miss September and 1968 Playmate of the Year. Victoria Cecilia Vetri is an American model and actress. Read more
• 24 Sep 1942: Gerry Marsden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021) Gerard Marsden MBE was an English singer-songwriter, musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers. He was the younger brother of fellow band member Freddie Marsden. Read more
• 24 Sep 1941: John Mackey, American football player (died 2011) John Mackey was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the Baltimore Colts and the San Diego Chargers. He was born in Roosevelt, New York, and attended Syracuse University. He was the first president of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) following the AFL-NFL merger, serving from 1970 to 1973. Mackey was also a major reason the NFLPA created the "88 Plan", which financially supports ex-players who required living assistance in later years. Read more
• 24 Sep 1941: Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (died 1998) Linda Louise, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Wings, which she had formed with her husband Paul McCartney of the Beatles. Read more
• 24 Sep 1940: Yves Navarre, French author (died 1994) Yves Navarre was a French writer. A gay man, most of his work concerned homosexuality and associated issues, such as AIDS. In his romantic works, Navarre was noted for his tendency to emphasize sensuality and "the mystical qualities of love" rather than sexuality or sensationalism. He was awarded the 1980 Prix Goncourt for his novel Le Jardin d'acclimatation. Read more
• 24 Sep 1939: Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (died 2014) Wayne Maurice Henderson was an American jazz fusion and soul jazz trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/jazz fusion group The Jazz Crusaders. Henderson left the group in 1976 to pursue a career in producing, but revived The Jazz Crusaders in 1995. Read more
• 24 Sep 1939: Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (died 2015) Mordechai (Moti) Kirschenbaum was an Israeli media personality and documentarian. Read more
• 24 Sep 1939: Jacques Vallée, French ufologist Jacques Fabrice Vallée is a French Internet pioneer, computer scientist, venture capitalist, author, ufologist and astronomer currently residing in San Francisco, California and Paris, France. Read more
• 24 Sep 1938: Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player, and producer (died 1993) Steven Douglas Kreisman was an American saxophonist and flautist. He was a member of the famed Los Angeles session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew. As a Los Angeles session musician, he worked with Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and Ry Cooder. Read more
• 24 Sep 1936: Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman (died 2013) Sivanthi Adityan was an Indian media proprietor who ran Tamil newspapers Daily Thanthi and Maalaimalar. Sivanthi started the first evening Tamil daily Maalai Murasu at Tirunelveli in 1959. He was an educationist, an industrialist and a philanthropist. Read more
• 24 Sep 1936: Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (died 1990) James Maury Henson was an American puppeteer, creative producer, filmmaker and director who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986), as well as creating the Muppets for Sesame Street (1969–present). Read more
• 24 Sep 1934: Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018) Thomas Cowan Anderson was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a forward, and was noted for his extremely fast pace. Read more
• 24 Sep 1934: John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter (died 1995) John Kilian Houston Brunner was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel and the BSFA Award the same year. The Jagged Orbit won the BSFA Award in 1970. His first novel, Galactic Storm, was written under the pen-name Gill Hunt when he was seventeen. He did not start writing full-time until 1958, some years after his military service. Read more
• 24 Sep 1934: John Kasmin, English art dealer John Kasmin is a British art dealer and collector, also known as "Kas". Read more
• 24 Sep 1934: Bernard Nevill, English painter, designer, and academic (died 2019) Bernard Nevill FRSA FCSD was a British designer and academic, formerly a professor at Saint Martin's School of Art and design director for Liberty of London. Read more
• 24 Sep 1934: Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (died 2013) Robert Lee "Chick" Willis was an American blues singer and guitarist, who performed and recorded from the 1950s to the 2000s. Read more
• 24 Sep 1934: Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (died 1994) Manfred Hermann Wörner was a German politician and diplomat. He served as the defence minister of West Germany between 1982 and 1988. He then served as the seventh secretary general of NATO from 1988 to 1994. His term as Secretary General saw the end of the Cold War and the German reunification. Whilst serving in that position, he was diagnosed with cancer, but, in spite of his illness, continued serving until his final days. Read more
• 24 Sep 1934: Donald Wrye, American director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2015) Donald Wrye was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Read more
• 24 Sep 1933: Raffaele Farina, Italian cardinal Raffaele Farina SDB is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives, Librarian of the Vatican Library, and president of Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica. Farina was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. Read more
• 24 Sep 1933: Mel Taylor, American drummer (died 1996) Mel Taylor was an American musician who was the drummer for the Ventures from 1962 to 1996. He was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, and was the older brother of Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor. Read more
• 24 Sep 1932: Miguel Montuori, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (died 1998) Miguel Ángel Montuori was an Argentine and Italian footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder. He is regarded as one of Fiorentina's greatest players of all time, due to his technique, creativity, eye for goal, and playmaking ability. Despite his talent and success, he was also regarded as an "unfortunate" player, due to his many runner-up medals, and his injuries, which forced him to retire during the prime of his career. Born in Argentina, he played for the Italy national team at international level. Read more
• 24 Sep 1932: Walter Wallmann, German politician, Minister-President of Hesse (died 2013) Walter Wallmann was a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the Mayor of Frankfurt between 1977 and 1986, and as Minister-president of Hesse from 1987 to 1991. Read more
• 24 Sep 1931: Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (died 2021) Dame Elizabeth Violet Blackadder, Mrs Houston, was a Scottish painter and printmaker. She was the first woman to be elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy of Arts. Read more
• 24 Sep 1931: Cardiss Collins, American lawyer and politician (died 2013) Cardiss Hortense Collins was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth African-American woman in Congress and the first to represent the Midwest. Collins was elected to Congress in the June 5, 1973 special election to replace her husband, George, who had died in the December 8, 1972 United Airlines Flight 553 plane crash a month after being elected to a second term. The seat had been renumbered and combined from the 6th district to the 7th, and had been redrawn to include the Loop. She had previously worked as an accountant in various state government positions. Read more
• 24 Sep 1931: Brian Glanville, English journalist and author (died 2025) Brian Lester Glanville was an English football writer and novelist. He was described by The Times as "the doyen of football writers—arguably the finest football writer of his—or any other—generation", and by American journalist Paul Zimmerman as "the greatest football writer of all time." Read more
• 24 Sep 1931: Anthony Newley, English singer and actor (died 1999) Anthony Newley was an English actor, director, comedian, singer, and composer. A "latter-day British Al Jolson", he achieved widespread success in song, and on stage and screen. "One of Broadway's greatest leading men", from 1959 to 1962 he scored a dozen entries on the UK Singles Chart, including two number one hits. Newley won the 1963 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "What Kind of Fool Am I?", sung by Sammy Davis Jr., and wrote "Feeling Good", which became a signature hit for Nina Simone. His songs have been sung by a wide variety of singers including Fiona Apple, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé, and Mariah Carey. Read more
• 24 Sep 1931: Mike Parkes, English race car driver (died 1977) Michael Johnson Parkes was a British racing driver and engineer, who competed in Formula One at six Grands Prix from 1966 to 1967. In endurance racing, Parkes won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1964 with Ferrari. Read more
• 24 Sep 1930: Jack Gaughan, American illustrator (died 1985) John Brian Francis "Jack" Gaughan, pronounced like 'gone', was an American science fiction artist and illustrator and multiple winner of the Hugo Award in the category of Best Professional Artist. Read more
• 24 Sep 1930: Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (died 1998) Józef Krupiński was a Polish poet. He spent the last days of his life in Orzesze, Poland. Prizewinner of the Edward Stachura Award and member of the Association of Polish Writers in Katowice. Read more
• 24 Sep 1930: Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (died 1977) Angelo Muscat was a Maltese-born British character actor. He is primarily remembered for his role as the silent butler in the 1967 television series The Prisoner. Read more
• 24 Sep 1930: Benjamin Romualdez, Filipino politician and diplomat (died 2012) Carlos Benjamin Orestes "Kokoy" Trinidad Romualdez was a Filipino politician who served as Governor of Leyte and later appointed as ambassador to the United States, China and Saudi Arabia. Read more
• 24 Sep 1930: John W. Young, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (died 2018) John Watts Young was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. Read more
• 24 Sep 1929: John Carter, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (died 1991) John Wallace Carter was an American jazz clarinet, saxophone, and flute player. He is noted for the acclaimed Roots and Folklore series, a five-album concept album set inspired by African American life and experiences. Read more
• 24 Sep 1927: Arthur Malet, English-American actor and singer (died 2013) Vivian Arthur Rivers Malet was an English actor. He was known for his films Mary Poppins (1964), Halloween (1978), The Secret of NIMH (1982), and Hook (1991). His last film role was The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998), in which he voiced Mr. Ages. Read more
• 24 Sep 1925: Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and academic (died 2004) Autar Singh Paintal was an Indian medical scientist who made pioneering discoveries in the area of neurosciences and respiratory sciences. He is the first Indian Physiologist to become the Fellow of the Royal Society, London. Read more
• 24 Sep 1924: Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (died 2020) Nina Antonovna Bocharova was a Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, who won four medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics. She was born in Suprunivka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Read more
• 24 Sep 1924: Voula Zouboulaki, Egyptian-Greek actress (died 2015) Paraskevi "Voula" Zouboulaki was an Egyptian-born Greek actress. She was the wife of actor Dimitris Myrat. She attended the Dramatic School of the National Theatre, the School of the National Odeon and the Law School of the University of Athens. Read more
• 24 Sep 1923: Louis Edmonds, American actor (died 2001) Louis Stirling Edmonds was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in Dark Shadows and All My Children. Read more
• 24 Sep 1923: Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (died 1950) Theodore "Fats" Navarro was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. A native of Key West, Florida, he toured with big bands before achieving fame as a bebop trumpeter in New York. Following a series of studio sessions with leading bebop figures including Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Kenny Clarke, he became ill with tuberculosis and died at the age of 26. Despite the short duration of his career, he had a strong stylistic influence on trumpet players who rose to fame in later decades, including Miles Davis, Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan. Read more
• 24 Sep 1923: Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2005) Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous foundational contributions to geometry in its broad sense. He is best known for his Bott periodicity theorem, the Morse–Bott functions which he used in this context, and the Borel–Bott–Weil theorem. Read more
• 24 Sep 1922: Ettore Bastianini, Italian actor and singer (died 1967) Ettore Bastianini was an Italian operatic baritone who was particularly associated with the operas of the bel canto tradition. Read more
• 24 Sep 1922: Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023) Bert Ira Gordon was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and visual effects artist. He is best known for screenwriting and producing and/or directing science fiction and horror B-movies such as King Dinosaur (1955), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Village of the Giants (1965), The Food of the Gods (1976), and Empire of the Ants (1977). Read more
• 24 Sep 1922: Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (died 1998) Theresa Merritt Hines, known professionally as Theresa Merritt, was an American actress. She is known for her role in That's My Mama (1974–1975) and for her film roles in The Wiz (1978) and Billy Madison (1995). Read more
• 24 Sep 1922: John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (died 2012) Albert John Moffatt was an English character actor and playwright, known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio in twenty-five productions and for a wide range of stage roles in the West End from the 1950s to the 1980s. Read more
• 24 Sep 1921: Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist (died 2008) James Kenneth McManus, better known professionally as Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist. Read more
• 24 Sep 1921: Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2014) Sheila Margaret MacRae was an English-born American actress, singer, and dancer. Read more
• 24 Sep 1920: Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945) Richard Ira "Dick" Bong was a United States Army Air Forces officer and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. He died in California while testing a Lockheed P-80 jet fighter shortly before the war ended. Bong was posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1986 and has several commemorative monuments named in his honor around the world, including an airport, two bridges, a theater, a veterans historical center, a recreation area, a neighborhood terrace, and several avenues and streets, including the street leading to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Read more
• 24 Sep 1920: Jan Carew, Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright (died 2012) Jan Rynveld Carew was a Guyana-born novelist, playwright, poet and educator, who lived at various times in The Netherlands, Mexico, the UK, France, Spain, Ghana, Jamaica, Canada and the United States. Read more
• 24 Sep 1920: Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2013) Ovadia Yosef, also known as Maran, was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, hakham, posek, and the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1972 to 1983. Also known as Gadol Yisrael, Yosef is regarded as one of the most influential Sephardic religious authorities of all time. He was also a founder and longtime spiritual leader of Israel's religious Shas party. Yosef's responsa were highly regarded in Haredi circles, particularly among Mizrahi communities, which considered him "the most important living halakhic authority". Read more
• 24 Sep 1918: Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (died 1997) Michael James Steuart Dewar was an American theoretical chemist. Read more
• 24 Sep 1918: Audra Lindley, American actress (died 1997) Audra Lindley was an American actress, most famous for her role as landlady Helen Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off The Ropers. Read more
• 24 Sep 1916: Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and author (died 2004) Ruth Leach Amonette was an American businesswoman, author, and educator. She was appointed as the first female executive and vice president at IBM in 1943, becoming one of only a few women in high-ranking corporate positions in the US at the time. She was renowned nationally for her work in business and as an educator. Read more
• 24 Sep 1914: Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director (died 1970) Esther Eng was an American film director and the first female director to direct Chinese-language films in the United States. Eng made four feature films in America, and five in Hong Kong. She was recognized as a female pioneer who crossed the boundaries of race, language, culture and gender. Read more
• 24 Sep 1914: John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (died 1991) Sir John Robert Kerr was an Australian barrister and judge who served as the 18th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1974 to 1977. He is primarily known for his involvement in the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, which culminated in the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and the appointment of Malcolm Fraser as caretaker prime minister. Read more
• 24 Sep 1914: Andrzej Panufnik, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1991) Sir Andrzej Panufnik was a Polish and British composer and conductor. He became established as one of the leading Polish composers, and as a conductor he was instrumental in the re-establishment of the Warsaw Philharmonic orchestra after World War II. He also served as Principal Conductor of the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra. Read more
• 24 Sep 1913: Herb Jeffries, American singer (died 2014) Herb Jeffries was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice. Read more
• 24 Sep 1912: Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (died 1998) Robert Lewis Taylor was an American writer who won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. His writing has been adapted into a television series, film, and musical. Read more
• 24 Sep 1911: Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and de facto leader of the USSR (died 1985) Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was a Soviet politician who served as the de jure leader of the Soviet Union from February 1984 until his death in March 1985. Read more
• 24 Sep 1910: Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor (died 1976) Jean Servais was a Belgian film and stage actor. He acted in many 20th century French cinema productions, from the 1930s through the early 1970s. Read more
• 24 Sep 1909: Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish historian and architect (died 1966) Gerard Ciołek was a Polish architect, as well as a leading historian of parks and gardens. Read more
• 24 Sep 1907: Ben Oakland, American pianist, composer, and songwriter (died 1979) Ben Oakland was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist, most active from the 1920s through the 1940s. He composed mainly for Broadway and vaudeville, though he also worked on several Hollywood scores including the score for the film My Little Chickadee. Read more
• 24 Sep 1906: Leonard Marsh, Canadian sociologist and academic (died 1982) Leonard Charles Marsh was a Canadian social scientist and professor. Read more
• 24 Sep 1906: Józef Nawrot, Polish footballer (died 1982) Józef Nawrot was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. He was one of the top scorers in the Polish top division with over 100 goals. During his career, he played for WKS 1 PP Leg Wilno, Cracovia, Legia Warsaw and Polonia Warsaw. He appeared 19 times for his country, scoring 16 goals. Read more
• 24 Sep 1905: Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993) Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)". Read more
• 24 Sep 1901: Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (died 2001) Alexandra Adler was an Austrian-born neurologist and the daughter of psychoanalyst Alfred Adler and Raissa Adler. She has been described as one of the "leading systematizers and interpreters" of Adlerian psychology. Her sister was socialist activist Valentine Adler. Alexandra Adler's husband was Halfdan Gregersen. Read more
• 24 Sep 1900: Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (died 1955) Hammond Edward "Ham" Fisher was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist. He is best known for his long, popular run on Joe Palooka, which was launched in 1930 and ranked as one of the top five newspaper comics strips for several years. Read more
• 24 Sep 1899: William Dobell, Australian painter (died 1970) Sir William Dobell was an Australian portrait and landscape artist of the 20th century. Dobell won the Archibald Prize, Australia's premier award for portrait artists on three occasions. The Dobell Prize is named in his honour. Read more
• 24 Sep 1899: Bessie Braddock, British politician (died 1970) Elizabeth Margaret Braddock was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Liverpool Exchange division from 1945 to 1970. She was a member of Liverpool County Borough Council from 1930 to 1961. Although she never held office in government, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns in connection with housing, public health and other social issues. Read more
• 24 Sep 1898: Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968) Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases". Read more
• 24 Sep 1898: Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (died 1990) Charlotte Emma Moore Sitterly was an American astronomer. She is known for her extensive spectroscopic studies of the Sun and chemical elements. Her data tables are known for their reliability and are still used regularly. Read more
• 24 Sep 1896: F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (died 1940) Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, widely known as F. Scott Fitzgerald or simply Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is most notable for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term that he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. He published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories. He achieved transient success and fortune in the 1920s, but did not receive critical acclaim until after his death. He is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Read more
• 24 Sep 1895: André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988) André Frédéric Cournand was a French-American physician and physiologist. Read more
• 24 Sep 1894: Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (died 1968) Thomas Dickson Armour was a Scottish-born golfer who played primarily in the United States. He was nicknamed The Silver Scot. He was the winner of three of golf's major championships: 1927 U.S. Open, 1930 PGA, and 1931 Open Championship. Armour popularized the term yips, the colloquial term for a sudden and unexplained loss of skills in experienced athletes. Read more
• 24 Sep 1894: Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1979) William "Billy" Bletcher was an American actor. He was known for his prolific voice acting career for cartoons during the golden age of American animation, most notably Pete in Walt Disney Productions' Mickey Mouse short films and the Big Bad Wolf in Three Little Pigs. He also voiced various miscellaneous characters in cartoons from other studios, as well as Spike in various Tom and Jerry shorts. Read more
• 24 Sep 1893: Blind Lemon Jefferson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1929) Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the most popular and successful blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the "Father of the Texas blues". Read more
• 24 Sep 1892: Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (died 1956) Joseph-Adélard Godbout was a Canadian agronomist and politician. He served briefly as the 15th premier of Quebec in 1936 and again from 1939 to 1944. He was also leader of the Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ) from 1936 to 1949. Read more
• 24 Sep 1890: Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1977) Miguel Ángel González Cordero was a Cuban catcher, coach and interim manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the first half of the 20th century. Along with Adolfo Luque, González was one of the first Cubans or Latin Americans to have a long career in the American major leagues. Read more
• 24 Sep 1890: A. P. Herbert, English author and playwright (died 1971) Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH, was an English humorist, novelist, playwright, law reformist, and, from 1935 to 1950, an independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University. Read more
• 24 Sep 1885: Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1963) Artur Lemba was an Estonian composer and piano teacher, and one of the most important figures in Estonian classical music. Artur and his older brother Theodor (1876–1962) were the first professional pianists in Estonia to give concerts abroad. Artur's 1905 opera Sabina was the first opera composed by an Estonian. His Symphony No. 1 in 1908 was the first symphony composed by an Estonian. Read more
• 24 Sep 1884: Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (died 1963) Cyprien Gustave Garrigou was one of the best professional racing cyclists of his era. He rode the Tour de France eight times and won once. Of 117 stages, he won eight, came in the top ten 96 times and finished 65 times in the first five. Read more
• 24 Sep 1884: İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (died 1973) Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the president of Turkey from 1938 to 1950, and as its prime minister three times: from 1923 to 1924, 1925 to 1937, and 1961 to 1965. Read more
• 24 Sep 1884: Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer and engineer (died 1953) Hugo Schmeisser was a German firearm developer. Read more
• 24 Sep 1883: Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (died 1934) Franklin Clarence Mars was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars Inc., which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar and founded the Ethel M Chocolate Factory. Read more
• 24 Sep 1883: Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper and coach (died 1951) Lawson "Robbie" N. Robertson was considered one of the more accomplished American track coaches of the first half of the twentieth century. From 1904-1936, he was with the American team at every Olympics with the exception of 1916 when the Olympics were cancelled due to WWI. He coached Track and Field for the Irish-American Athletic Club in Queens, New York from 1909–16, and then for the University of Pennsylvania from 1916-47. He was U.S. Olympic Assistant Track coach in 1912 and 1920 and was head coach for the American Track and Field Team in four Olympics from 1924-36. Read more
• 24 Sep 1882: Max Decugis, French tennis player (died 1978) Maxime Omer Mathieu Décugis, sometimes spellt Decugis was a French tennis player. He won the French Championships eight times. He also won three Olympic medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics and the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, with a gold medal in the mixed doubles partnering Suzanne Lenglen. Read more
• 24 Sep 1880: Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (died 1999) Sarah DeRemer Knauss was an American supercentenarian. She is the oldest person ever from the United States and, on April 16, 1998, became the world's oldest living person. She is the third-oldest verified person ever, living to the age of 119 years and 97 days. Her birthdate has been independently verified through numerous census and other records. Read more
• 24 Sep 1878: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (died 1947) Charles Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer. Read more
• 24 Sep 1873: María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui, Cuban pianist and composer (died 1957) María Emma de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui was a Cuban pianist and composer who lived and worked in Spain. She was born in Camagüey, Cuba, and moved to Spain with her family when she was nine years old. She studied with Joaquin Zuazagoitia in Santiago de Compostela and continued her studies in the Conservatorio Real in Madrid. She studied with Louis Diemer and Jules Massenet in Paris and with Vincent d'Indy. Read more
• 24 Sep 1872: Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (died 1941) Jaan Teemant was an Estonian lawyer and politician. Read more
• 24 Sep 1871: Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (died 1960) Charlotte Dod was an English multi-sport athlete, best known as a tennis player. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first one when she was only 15 in the summer of 1887. She remains the youngest ladies' singles champion. Read more
• 24 Sep 1870: Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (died 1960) Georges Claude was a French engineer and inventor. He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialization of neon lighting, and for a large experiment on generating energy by pumping cold seawater up from the depths. He has been considered by some to be "the Edison of France". The Claude process for manufacturing ammonia was named for him. Read more
• 24 Sep 1861: Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist (died 1936) Bhikhaiji Rustom Cama, also known as Madam Cama, was one of the prominent figures in the Indian independence movement. She unfurled one of the earliest versions of the flag of independent India on August 22, 1907, and she was the first person to hoist an Indian flag in a foreign nation, at the International Socialist Conference at Stuttgart. Read more
• 24 Sep 1859: Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer (died 1933) Julius Klengel was a German cellist who is most famous for his études and solo pieces written for the instrument. He was the brother of Paul Klengel. A member of the Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig at fifteen, he toured extensively throughout Europe as cellist and soloist of the Gewandhaus Quartet. His pupils include Guilhermina Suggia, Emanuel Feuermann, Gregor Piatigorsky and Alexandre Barjansky. See: List of music students by teacher: K to M#Julius Klengel. Read more
• 24 Sep 1858: Eugene Foss, American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1939) Eugene Noble Foss was an American politician and manufacturer from Massachusetts. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor of Massachusetts. Read more
• 24 Sep 1845: Nikolai Anderson, Estonian philologist and author (died 1905) Nikolai Karl Adolf Anderson was a Baltic German philologist who lived in the Russian Empire. He specialized in comparative linguistics of Finno-Ugric languages. Read more
• 24 Sep 1829: Charles S. West, American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (died 1885) Charles Shannon West was an American jurist and politician in the state of Texas, serving as a state representative, the Texas Secretary of State, and an Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Read more
• 24 Sep 1817: Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (died 1901) Ramón María de las Mercedes Pérez de Campoamor y Campoosorio, known as Ramón de Campoamor, was a Spanish realist poet and philosopher. Read more
• 24 Sep 1812: Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores (died 1845) Mary Ann Browne was a prolific 19th-century English poet and writer of musical scores. She began publishing her verses at the age of fifteen, and her works include collections such as The Coronal and Sacred Poetry. In 1842, she married James Gray, a nephew of James Hogg. She was remembered for her piety and charitable nature. Read more
• 24 Sep 1802: Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (died 1868) Étienne Jules Adolphe Desmier de Saint-Simon, Vicomte d'Archiac was a French geologist and paleontologist. Read more
• 24 Sep 1801: Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1862) Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky, also known as Mykhailo Vasyliovych Ostrohradskyi, was a Russian Imperial mathematician, mechanician, and physicist of Ukrainian Cossack ancestry. Ostrogradsky was a student of Timofei Osipovsky and is considered to be a disciple of Leonhard Euler, who was known as one of the leading mathematicians of Imperial Russia. Read more

Notable Deaths on 24 September

• 24 Sep 2025: Sara Jane Moore, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1930) Sara Jane Moore was an American accountant and FBI informant who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in 1975. Read more
• 24 Sep 2022: Pharoah Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (born 1940) Pharoah Sanders was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", Sanders played a prominent role in the development of free jazz and spiritual jazz through his work as a member of John Coltrane's groups in the mid-1960s, and later through his solo work. He released more than thirty albums as a leader and collaborated extensively with vocalist Leon Thomas and pianist Alice Coltrane, among many others. Fellow saxophonist Ornette Coleman once described him as "probably the best tenor player in the world". Read more
• 24 Sep 2020: Dean Jones, Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (born 1961) Dean Mervyn Jones was an Australian cricket player, coach and commentator who played Tests and One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia. He had an excellent record in Test cricket and is best remembered for revolutionising the ODI format. Jones was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup. Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was recognised as among the best ODI batsmen in the world, a view which has been validated in the retrospective ICC Player Rankings. His batting was often characterised by his agile footwork against both pace and spin, aggressive running between wickets, and willingness to take risks and intimidate bowlers. In 2019, Jones was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. Read more
• 24 Sep 2016: Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (born 1935) Melvyn Charles was a Welsh international footballer. Charles played as both a centre-half and centre-forward, with his preferred position being at right-half. Read more
• 24 Sep 2016: Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (born 1928) Bruce Charles "Bill" Mollison was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher and biologist. In 1981, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for developing and promoting the theory and practice of permaculture". Read more
• 24 Sep 2016: Bill Nunn, American actor (born 1953) William Goldwyn Nunn III was an American actor. He was known for his collaborations with director Spike Lee, notably as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing (1989). He also portrayed Daily Bugle editor Robbie Robertson in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–07), and co-starred in the sitcoms The Job (2001–02) and Sirens (2014–15). Read more
• 24 Sep 2016: Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (born 1947) Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success. His music group was formally billed as Buckwheat Zydeco and Ils Sont Partis Band, but they often performed as merely Buckwheat Zydeco. Read more
• 24 Sep 2015: Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (born 1914) Alan Moore was an Australian war artist during World War II. He is best known for his images of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and the Australian War Memorial holds many of his works. Read more
• 24 Sep 2015: Wang Zhongshu, Chinese archaeologist and academic (born 1925) Wang Zhongshu was a Chinese archaeologist who helped to establish and develop the field of archaeology in China. One of the most prominent Asian archaeologists, he was awarded the Grand Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 1996 by the Japanese city of Fukuoka. Wang specialized in the archaeology of China's Han and Tang dynasties, as well as Japanese archaeology. He is noted for his achievements in the study of ancient Sino-Japanese relations. Read more
• 24 Sep 2014: Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (born 1920) Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist, and socialite. She was the youngest and last surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of British society in the 1930s and 1940s. She played a key role in the renovation of Chatsworth House in the second half of the 20th Century. Read more
• 24 Sep 2014: Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (born 1941) Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood was an English conductor, harpsichordist, and musicologist. Founder of the early music ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music, he was an authority on historically informed performance and a leading figure in the early music revival of the late 20th century. Read more
• 24 Sep 2014: Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1929) Madis Kõiv was an Estonian physicist, philosopher and writer. Read more
• 24 Sep 2013: Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (born 1924) Paul Franklin Dietzel was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Louisiana State University (1955–1961), the United States Military Academy (1962–1965), and the University of South Carolina (1966–1974), compiling a career head coaching record of 109–95–5. Dietzel's 1958 LSU team concluded an 11–0 season with a win over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl and was a consensus national champion. For his efforts that year, Dietzel was named the National Coach of the Year by both the American Football Coaches Association and the Football Writers Association of America. Dietzel also served as the athletic director at South Carolina (1966–1974), Indiana University Bloomington (1977–1978), LSU (1978–1982), and Samford University (1985–1987). Read more
• 24 Sep 2013: Margaret Feilman, Australian architect and urban planner (born 1921) Margaret Anne Feilman was an Australian architect and Perth's first female town planner. She practiced as an architect and landscape designer. A founding member of the Western Australian Town Planning Institute in 1950, she engaged in substantial public speaking as a means of "educating the public as a whole on the need for better planning". Her most notable contribution to town planning was the design and implementation of the Kwinana new town. She also worked for the Commonwealth Government in the 1940s rebuilding Darwin and Guinea following the war. Read more
• 24 Sep 2013: Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (born 1931) Boris Dmitrievich Karvasarsky was a Russian psychiatrist, a disciple of V. N. Myasishchev. Read more
• 24 Sep 2013: Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and author (born 1912) Anthony John Lawrence, OBE was a British journalist. His most high-profile role was that of chief Far East correspondent for BBC Radio during the Vietnam War. He died in Hong Kong on 24 September 2013. Read more
• 24 Sep 2013: Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and politician (born 1924) Sagadat Kozhakhmetovich Nurmagambetov was a Soviet and Kazakh general who served as Chairman of Kazakhstan's State Defense Committee in 1991-1992 and Kazakhstan's first Minister of Defense following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, holding the office of Defense Minister from May 1992 to November 1995. He was an adviser to Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1995–1996. Read more
• 24 Sep 2013: Paul Oliver, American football player (born 1984) Paul J. Oliver was an American professional football safety of the National Football League (NFL) who was selected in the fourth round of the 2007 Supplemental NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers. He was also briefly a member of the New Orleans Saints. Read more
• 24 Sep 2012: Pierre Adam, French cyclist (born 1924) Pierre Louis Eugène Adam was a French cyclist. He was born in Paris. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, together with Fernand Decanali, Charles Coste and Serge Blusson. Read more
• 24 Sep 2012: Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1923) Bruno Bobak, was a Polish-born Canadian Official war artist and art teacher. His main medium was watercolour painting but he also produced woodcuts. Read more
• 24 Sep 2012: Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (born 1934) Pedro Vázquez Colmenares was a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Oaxaca from 1980 to 1985. He left the Oaxacan governor's office in 1985, before the expiration of his term, when Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid appointed him as the director general of the Center for Research and National Security (CISEN), Mexico's intelligence agency. He served as the director general of CISEN from 1985 to 1988. Vazquez then became the Mexican Ambassador to Guatemala from 1989 to 1985. Read more
• 24 Sep 2010: Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (born 1937) Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev was a Soviet politician and disputed President of the Soviet Union for three days during the August 1991 coup d'état attempt. He was ultimately arrested for his role in the coup and later pardoned. He spent the rest of his life working in the Russian tourism administration until his death on 24 September 2010. Read more
• 24 Sep 2009: Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (born 1975) Nelly Arcan was a Canadian novelist. Arcan was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Read more
• 24 Sep 2008: Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (born 1917) Oliver Crawford was an American screenwriter and author who overcame the Hollywood blacklist during the McCarthy Era of the 1950s to become one of the entertainment industry's most successful television writers, for shows including Star Trek, Bonanza, Quincy, M.E., Perry Mason, and the Kraft Television Theatre. Read more
• 24 Sep 2008: Irene Dailey, American actress (born 1920) Irene Dailey was an American stage, film, and television actress. Read more
• 24 Sep 2008: Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (born 1918) James Barton "Mickey" Vernon was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox (1956–1957), Milwaukee Braves (1959), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1960). He also was the first manager in the history of the expansion edition of the Senators, serving from 1961 through May 21, 1963, and was a coach for four MLB teams between 1960 and 1982. Read more
• 24 Sep 2006: Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (born 1953) Michael Ferguson was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for West Belfast from 2003 until 2006.
  Ferguson also served as a Lisburn City Councillor for Dunmurry Cross from 1989 to 2006. Read more
• 24 Sep 2006: Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (born 1909) Philippe Latulippe, better known as Phil Latulippe, C.M., C.Q., M.M.M., C.D., was a Canadian soldier, athlete and philanthropist. Read more
• 24 Sep 2004: Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (born 1935) Françoise Sagan was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters. Her best-known novel was her first, Bonjour Tristesse (1954), which was written when she was a teenager. Read more
• 24 Sep 2003: Rosalie Allen, American singer and radio host (born 1924) Rosalie Allen was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, columnist and television and radio host who was noted for her yodeling. She was known as the Queen of Yodeling and was the first woman inducted into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame. Read more
• 24 Sep 2003: Lyle Bettger, American actor (born 1915) Lyle Stathem Bettger was an American character actor who had roles in Hollywood films and television from the 1950s onward, often portraying villains. One such role was the wrathfully jealous elephant handler Klaus from the Oscar-winning film The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). Read more
• 24 Sep 2002: Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (born 1953) Youssouf Togoïmi was a Chadian politician who served in the government under President Idriss Déby but subsequently led a rebel group, the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT), against Déby. Read more
• 24 Sep 2002: Mike Webster, American football player (born 1952) Michael Lewis Webster was an American professional football center in the National Football League (NFL) from 1974 to 1990 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, class of 1997. Nicknamed "Iron Mike", due to his durability and longevity, Webster anchored the Steelers' offensive line during much of their run of four Super Bowl victories from 1974 to 1979, and is considered by many the greatest center in NFL history. Read more
• 24 Sep 1998: Jeff Moss, American composer and screenwriter (born 1942) Jeff Moss was an American composer, lyricist, playwright and television writer, best known for his award-winning work on the children's television series Sesame Street. Read more
• 24 Sep 1996: Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1931) Zeki Müren was a Turkish classical music artist, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music. Due to his contributions to the art industry, he was named a "State Artist" in 1991. He was the first singer to receive a gold certification in Turkey and throughout his career recorded and released hundreds of songs on cassettes and phonograph records. Read more
• 24 Sep 1994: Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (born 1932) Barry Chapman Bishop was an American mountaineer, scientist, photographer and scholar. With teammates Jim Whittaker, Lute Jerstad, Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein, he was a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, the first American team to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 1963. He reached the summit of Mount Everest by the South Col route on May 22, 1963 with fellow American Lute Jerstad, sharing the honor of becoming the second and third Americans to stand on Everest's summit. Prior to his Everest summit, Bishop participated in several other notable first ascents; the West Buttress route on Denali in 1951, and the South West ridge route on 6,170 meter Himalayan peak Ama Dablam in 1961. He worked for the National Geographic Society for most of his life, beginning as a picture editor in 1959 and serving as a photographer, writer, and scientist with the society until his retirement in 1994. He was killed in an automobile accident near Pocatello, Idaho later that year. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1957) Ian Stuart Donaldson, more commonly known as Ian Stuart, was an English neo-Nazi musician. He was best known as the front-man of Skrewdriver, originally a punk band which, from 1983 onwards, he rebranded as a Rock Against Communism white power skinhead band. He raised money through white power concerts with his Blood & Honour network. Read more
• 24 Sep 1993: Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (born 1913) Bruno Pontecorvo was an Italian–Russian nuclear physicist, an early assistant of Enrico Fermi and the author of numerous studies in high energy physics, especially on neutrinos. A convinced communist, he defected to the Soviet Union in 1950, where he continued his research on the decay of the muon and on neutrinos. The prestigious Pontecorvo Prize was instituted in his memory in 1995. Read more
• 24 Sep 1991: Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (born 1904) Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death. Read more
• 24 Sep 1984: Neil Hamilton, American actor (born 1899) James Neil Hamilton was an American stage, film and television actor, best remembered for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series of the 1960s. During his motion picture career, which spanned more than a half century, Hamilton performed in over 260 productions. He was a prominent leading man to actresses such as Clara Bow and Joan Crawford in silent and early sound films during the 1920s and early 1930s. Read more
• 24 Sep 1982: Sarah Churchill, English actress (born 1914) Sarah Millicent Hermione Touchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley, was an English actress and dancer and a daughter of Winston Churchill. Read more
• 24 Sep 1982: Józef Nawrot, Polish-English footballer (born 1906) Józef Nawrot was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. He was one of the top scorers in the Polish top division with over 100 goals. During his career, he played for WKS 1 PP Leg Wilno, Cracovia, Legia Warsaw and Polonia Warsaw. He appeared 19 times for his country, scoring 16 goals. Read more
• 24 Sep 1981: Patsy Kelly, American actress and dancer (born 1910) Patsy Kelly was an American actress. She is known for her role as the brash, wisecracking sidekick to Thelma Todd in a series of comedy shorts produced by Hal Roach in the 1930s. Kelly continued to appear in similar roles after Todd's death in 1935. Read more
• 24 Sep 1980: Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1896) Theodor Luts was an Estonian film director and cinematographer, brother of classic writer Oskar Luts. Theodor Luts was the first major figure of Estonian cinematography Read more
• 24 Sep 1978: James Bassett, American journalist and author (born 1912) James Elias Bassett Jr. was an American newspaper editor and author, most notably of the best-selling novel Harm's Way, which was later adapted into the motion picture In Harm's Way. Read more
• 24 Sep 1978: Ida Noddack, German chemist and physicist (born 1896) Ida Noddack, née Tacke, was a German chemist and physicist. In 1934 she was the first to mention the idea later named nuclear fission. With her husband Walter Noddack, and Otto Berg, she discovered element 75, rhenium. She was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more
• 24 Sep 1978: Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (born 1897) Hasso Eccard Freiherr von Manteuffel was a German baron born to the Prussian noble von Manteuffel family and was a general during World War II who commanded the 5th Panzer Army in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds of Nazi Germany. Read more
• 24 Sep 1976: Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (born 1904) Philip Comi Gbeho was a Ghanaian musician, composer and teacher. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Arts Council of Ghana and was a director of music and conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Ghana. However, he is probably best known as the composer of the musical arrangement for Ghana's National Anthem. Read more
• 24 Sep 1975: Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1906) Earle Cabell was an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Dallas from 1961 to 1964. Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and was later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a conservative Democrat. Read more
• 24 Sep 1973: August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (born 1887) August Johannes Kippasto was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Read more
• 24 Sep 1973: Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (born 1908) Josué de Castro, born Josué Apolônio de Castro, was a Brazilian physician, nutritionist, geographer, writer, public administrator, and activist against world hunger. Read more
• 24 Sep 1962: Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887) Charles Francis Reisner was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Read more
• 24 Sep 1950: Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1863) Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Princess Louis of Battenberg and then Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. Read more
• 24 Sep 1948: Warren William, American actor (born 1894) Warren William Krech was an American stage and screen actor, who achieved Hollywood stardom during the early 1930s. Later earning the nickname the "King of Pre-Code", he typified the cunning, often-amoral leading men of early sound cinema. According to one critic, "no other actor embodied the classy mix of charm and sleaze that epitomized pre-Code Hollywood." He was also the first actor to portray fictional lawyer Perry Mason. Read more
• 24 Sep 1947: Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (born 1861) Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin was an American historian known as an authority on U.S. Constitutional history. Read more
• 24 Sep 1945: Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (born 1882) Johannes "Hans" Wilhelm Geiger was a German experimental physicist. He is known as the inventor of the Geiger counter, a device used to detect ionizing radiation, and for carrying out the Rutherford scattering experiments, which led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus. He also performed the Bothe–Geiger coincidence experiment, which confirmed the conservation of energy in light-particle interactions. Read more
• 24 Sep 1939: Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (born 1867) Carl Lammle Sr. was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, William Fox, and the Warner Brothers, was part of the group of Eastern European immigrant Jews that founded the movie industry in Hollywood, California, in the first decades of the 20th century. Laemmle produced or worked on more than 400 films. Laemmle received the Academy Award for Outstanding Production for All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), produced by his heir Carl Laemmle Jr. Read more
• 24 Sep 1939: Charles Tatham, American fencer (born 1854) Charles T. Tatham was an American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in New York City and worked for his father's lead manufacturing company in Philadelphia. In 1891, Tatham was one of the founders of the AFLA/USFA. Read more
• 24 Sep 1938: Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (born 1900) Lev Genrikhovich Schnirelmann was a Soviet mathematician who worked on number theory, topology and differential geometry. Read more
• 24 Sep 1936: József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (born 1879) József Klekl Jr. was a Slovene writer, journalist, and Roman Catholic priest in Hungary, later in Prekmurje. Read more
• 24 Sep 1933: Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (born 1878) Michael Joseph Donlin was an American professional baseball outfielder and actor. His Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned from 1899 to 1914 in which he played mainly in the National League for seven teams over 12 seasons. His most notable time was with the New York Giants, where he starred in the outfield for John McGraw's 1904 pennant winners and 1905 World Series champions. One of the finest hitters of the dead-ball era, his .333 career batting average ranks 28th all time and he finished in the top three in batting five times. In each of those same seasons, he also finished in the top ten in the league in on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and home runs. Read more
• 24 Sep 1933: Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (born 1869) Alice Muriel Williamson, who published chiefly under names the C. N. and A. M. Williamson and Mrs. C. N. Williamson, was an American-English author. Read more
• 24 Sep 1930: William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (born 1857) William Alexander MacCorkle, was an American teacher, lawyer, prosecutor, the ninth governor of West Virginia and state legislator of West Virginia, and financier. His residence in Charleston, known as Sunrise, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Read more
• 24 Sep 1929: Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (born 1892) Mahitala Dhibesra Adulyadej Vikrom, the Prince Father, formerly Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla or Mahidol Songkla, was the father of King Ananda Mahidol and King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, and the paternal grandfather of King Vajiralongkorn. He was also regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health in Thailand. He also founded the House of Mahidol or the present Royal Family of Thailand. His two sons reigned for more than eight decades, longer than the Ibn Saud siblings of Saudi Arabia, and the Nahyan siblings of Abu Dhabi. Read more
• 24 Sep 1904: Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860) Niels Ryberg Finsen was a physician and scientist. In 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science." Read more
• 24 Sep 1896: Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1818) Baron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång was a Swedish statesman, lawyer, and writer who served twice as Prime Minister for Justice from 1858 to 1870 and from 1875 to 1876; in 1876, he became the first Prime Minister of Sweden, serving until 1880. De Geer was the principal architect of the 1863–66 representation reform, replacing the Riksdag of the Estates with a bicameral parliament and playing a pivotal role in modernizing Swedish politics. Read more
• 24 Sep 1892: Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (born 1829) Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore was an Irish-born American composer and military bandmaster who lived and worked in the United States after 1848. While serving in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, Gilmore wrote the lyrics to the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". This was published under the pseudonym Louis Lambert in September 1863. Read more
• 24 Sep 1889: D. H. Hill, American general and academic (born 1821) Daniel Harvey Hill, commonly known as D. H. Hill, was a Confederate general who commanded infantry in the eastern and western theaters of the American Civil War. Read more
• 24 Sep 1889: Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (born 1856) Charles Leroux was an American balloonist and parachutist. Read more
• 24 Sep 1863: William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (born 1794) William Debenham was the founder of Debenhams, once one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom. Read more
• 24 Sep 1848: Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (born 1817) Patrick Branwell Brontë was an English poet and artist. He was the only son of the Brontë literary family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Read more
• 24 Sep 1834: Pedro I of Brazil (born 1798) Dom Pedro I, known in Brazil and in Portugal as "the Liberator" or "the Soldier King" in Portugal, was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1831 and King of Portugal in 1826. Read more
• 24 Sep 1802: Alexander Radishchev, Russian author and critic (born 1749) Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great. He brought the tradition of radicalism in Russian literature to prominence with his 1790 work Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow. His depiction of socio-economic conditions in Russia resulted in his exile to Siberia until 1797. He was the grandfather of painter Alexey Bogolyubov. Read more

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