April 24 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on April 24, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♉︎ Taurus
Apr 20 – May 20
Birth stone
Diamond
Birth flower
Daisy
How common
#263 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous April 24 birthdays
Carl Spitteler · Swiss writer1845
Philippe Pétain · French military and political leader1856
Gideon Sundback · Swedish-American inventor1880
Benjamin Lee Whorf · American linguist1897
Willem de Kooning · Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist1904
Robert Penn Warren · American poet, novelist, and literary critic1905
Richard Donner · American film director1930
Shirley MacLaine · American actress1934
Sue Grafton · American writer from Kentucky1940
Richard Holbrooke · American diplomat1941
Barbra Streisand · American singer and actress1942
Roger D. Kornberg · American biochemist1947
Josep Borrell · Catalan-Spanish diplomat and politician1947
Bamir Topi · Albanian diplomat and politician1957
Cedric the Entertainer · American actor and comedian1964
Hashim Thaçi · Kosovar politician1968
Sachin Tendulkar · Indian cricket player1973
Kelly Clarkson · American singer-songwriter1982
Jan Vertonghen · Belgian association football player1987
Joe Keery · American actor and musician1992
On this day in history
1913The Woolworth Building in New York City officially opened; at the time, it was the tallest building in the world, with a height of 792 ft (241 m).
1965Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.
2004The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
2011Secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released on WikiLeaks and several independent news organizations.
1932An estimated 400 ramblers committed a wilful mass trespass of Kinder Scout in the Peak District to highlight the denial of access to areas of open country in England.
1933Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
1970The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
1990Gruinard Island in Scotland, the site of biological warfare testing by British scientists, was declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.
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