October 24 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on October 24, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♏︎ Scorpio
Oct 23 – Nov 21
Birth stone
Opal
Birth flower
Marigold
How common
#88 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous October 24 birthdays
James S. Sherman · American politician and Vice President of the United States from 19091855
Sergo Ordzhonikidze · Soviet politician1886
Rafael Trujillo · President of the Dominican Republic1891
Bob Kane · American comic book artist, the co-creator of Batman1915
Sofia Gubaidulina · Soviet and Russian composer1931
Stephen Covey · American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker1932
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes · French physicist1932
Robert Mundell · Canadian economist1932
F. Murray Abraham · American actor1939
Kevin Kline · American actor1947
Malcolm Turnbull · Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 20181954
Iliana Iotova · President of Bulgaria since 20261964
Roman Abramovich · Russian-Israeli oligarch and politician1966
Mallika Sherawat · Indian actress1976
Wayne Rooney · English footballer and manager1985
Drake · Canadian and American rapper, singer, and actor1986
PewDiePie · Swedish YouTuber1989
İlkay Gündoğan · German footballer1990
Ding Liren · Chinese grandmaster and former World Chess Champion1992
Naomichi Ueda · Japanese association football player1994
On this day in history
1930The Pacification Junta deposed Brazillian president Washington Luís, ending the Brazilian Revolution of 1930.
1931The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey, and today the world's busiest motor-vehicle bridge, was dedicated.
1944World War II: The Japanese battleship Musashi, one of the heaviest and most powerfully armed ever constructed, was sunk by American aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1949The cornerstone of the United Nations headquarters was laid in New York City.
1929On "Black Thursday", the New York Stock Exchange lost 11 percent of its value at the opening bell on very heavy trading, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
1992The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
2003The inaugural Afro-Asian Games opened in Hyderabad, with 2,040 athletes from 96 nations competing.
2004English football club Manchester United defeated rivals Arsenal 2–0 in the Battle of the Buffet, ending the latter's record-breaking unbeaten run.
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