March 24 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on March 24, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♈︎ Aries
Mar 21 – Apr 19
Birth stone
Aquamarine
Birth flower
Daffodil
How common
#300 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous March 24 birthdays
William Morris · British textile artist, author, and socialist1834
Harry Houdini · Hungarian-born American illusionist1874
Peter Debye · Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist1884
Roscoe Arbuckle · American actor, director and comedian1887
Wilhelm Reich · Austrian-American psychiatrist1897
Adolf Butenandt · German biochemist1903
Joseph Barbera · American animator and cartoonist1911
Dario Fo · Italian actor1926
Steve McQueen · American actor1930
R. Lee Ermey · American actor and soldier1944
Rafael Orozco Maestre · Colombian singer1954
Steve Ballmer · American businessman1956
The Undertaker · American professional wrestler1965
Lara Flynn Boyle · American actress1970
Jim Parsons · American actor1973
Alyson Hannigan · American actress and television presenter1974
Peyton Manning · American football player1976
Jessica Chastain · American actress and producer1977
Chris Bosh · American basketball player1984
Nathalia Dill · Brazilian actress1986
On this day in history
1898The Winton Motor Carriage Company (ad pictured), one of the first American car companies, sold its first unit.
1900Robert Anderson Van Wyck, mayor of New York City, broke ground for a new underground Rapid Transit Railroad that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1934The Tydings–McDuffie Act came into effect, which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from the United States after a period of ten years.
2002At the 74th Academy Awards, Halle Berry became the first African American to win Best Actress, winning for her role as Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball.
1977Morarji Desai becomes the prime minister of India, the first prime minister not to belong to Indian National Congress.
1982Bangladeshi President Abdus Sattar is deposed in a bloodless coup led by Army Chief Lieutenant general Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who suspends the Constitution and imposes martial law.
2006Hannah Montana, starring Miley Cyrus as an actress whose alter ego is the titular character, premiered.
2008Led by Jigme Thinley, the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party won 45 of 47 seats in the country's first National Assembly election.
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