August 24 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on August 24, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo
Aug 23 – Sep 22
Birth stone
Peridot
Birth flower
Gladiolus
How common
#102 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous August 24 birthdays
Jorge Luis Borges · Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator1899
Fernand Braudel · French historian and leader of the Annales School1902
Howard Zinn · American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker1922
Harry Markowitz · American economist1927
Karen Uhlenbeck · American mathematician1942
Vince McMahon · American professional wrestling promoter1945
Marsha P. Johnson · Black American queer liberation activist1945
Paulo Coelho · Brazilian lyricist and novelist1947
Anne Archer · American actress1947
Sauli Niinistö · Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland1948
Jean-Michel Jarre · French composer, performer and record producer1948
Anna Lee Fisher · American astronaut1949
Orson Scott Card · American science fiction novelist1951
Marlee Matlin · American actress1965
Reggie Miller · American basketball player1965
Dave Chappelle · American comedian and actor1973
John Green · American author and vlogger1977
Chad Michael Murray · American actor1981
Rupert Grint · English actor1988
Alan Walker · Norwegian electronic dance music producer1997
On this day in history
1814War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various U.S. government buildings, including the White House.
1857The New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. collapsed following widespread embezzlement, leading to a severe recession that caused about 5,000 businesses to fail.
1992Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida.
2006The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf planet.
1933The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
1950Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
1954The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.
1966Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang, the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.
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