December 24 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on December 24, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Dec 22 – Jan 19
Birth stone
Turquoise
Birth flower
Narcissus
How common
#364 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous December 24 birthdays
James Prescott Joule · English physicist and brewer1818
Matthew Arnold · British poet and cultural critic1822
Empress Elisabeth of Austria · Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from 1854 to 18981837
George I of Greece · King of Greece1845
Emanuel Lasker · Greman chess player, World Chess champion1868
Fritz Leiber · American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction1910
Ava Gardner · American actress1922
Stjepan Mesić · 2nd President of the Republic of Croatia1934
Anthony Fauci · 5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious1940
Tarja Halonen · President of Finland from 2000 to 20121943
Lemmy · British rock musician1945
Jeff Sessions · American politician and lawyer1946
Hamid Karzai · President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 20141957
Ilham Aliyev · President of Azerbaijan since 20031961
Ed Miliband · British politician1969
Ricky Martin · Puerto Rican singer1971
Stephenie Meyer · American author1973
Maria Zakharova · Russian foreign ministry spokesperson since 20151975
Dima Bilan · Russian pop singer1981
Louis Tomlinson · English singer and songwriter1991
On this day in history
1814The United Kingdom and the United States signed a peace treaty in Ghent, present-day Belgium, ending the War of 1812.
1865Six Confederate veterans of the American Civil War founded a social club they named the Ku Klux Klan, which later became a white supremacist group.
1973The U.S. Congress granted home rule to Washington, D.C., allowing the residents to elect their own mayor and a city council.
1979The Soviet government deployed troops in Afghanistan, starting the Soviet–Afghan War.
1925Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story in the London Evening News.
1929A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.
1943World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord.
1968Piloted by Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 became the first human spaceflight to reach and orbit the Moon (Earthrise pictured).
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