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February 24 Birthdays in History - February 24 Deaths - February 24 Events
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February 24, 1981 Lleyton Hewitt, Australian Athlete February 24, 1977 Alexis Jose Grullon, New York City, vocalist, Menudo-Cannonball February 24, 1977 Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, featherweight boxer, Oly-br-96 February 24, 1974 Jeremy Laster, Fullerton California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics February 24, 1974 Simeon Rice, defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals February 24, 1974 Chad Hugo, American Musician February 24, 1973 Alexei Kovalev, Moscow Rus, NHL right wing for the New York Rangers February 24, 1973 Harold Morrow, full back for the Minnesota Vikings February 24, 1973 James Michael Kennedy, Boston, rocker, 4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys February 24, 1973 Kavis Reed, CFL defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos February 24, 1973 Oscar de la Hoya, boxer February 24, 1972 Larry Amar, Camarillo California, field hockey midfielder/captain 1996 Olympics February 24, 1972 Manon Rheaume, Lac Beauport Quebec, 1st female NHLer, Tampa Bay February 24, 1972 Patricia Regan Leines, Medford Or, Miss America, Oregon-3rd-1997 February 24, 1972 Ron Davis, NFL cornerback, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 February 24, 1971 Aki Rahunen, Finland, tennis star February 24, 1971 Brian Savage, Sudbury, NHL left wing, Montreal Canadiens February 24, 1970 Jeff Garcia, CFL quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders February 24, 1970 Jonathan Ward, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter February 24, 1970 Wilson Alvarez, Maracaibo Venezuela, pitcher, Chicago White Sox February 24, 1968 John Velddman, soccer player, Sparta February 24, 1968 Kendall Cross, Hardin MT, 125 lbs freestyle wrestler, Oly-g-92, 96 February 24, 1968 Vaughn Booker, NFL defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs February 24, 1968 Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian February 24, 1966 Billy Zane, actor, Orlando, Memphis Belle, Millions, Titanic February 24, 1966 Rene Arocha, Cubans/US baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals February 24, 1965 Paul Gruber, NFL tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers February 24, 1963 Fuad Reveiz, NFL kicker for the Minnesota Vikings February 24, 1963 Matias Carrillo, Mexican/US baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins February 24, 1962 Michelle Shocked, singer/musician February 24, 1962 Chris Chocola, American Politician February 24, 1961 Janice Gibson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, LPGA golfer, 1994 Youngstown-Warren-15th February 24, 1961 Persijn "Dakota" Joling, Dutch rock guitarist/singer, Pilgrims-Red February 24, 1961 Ruud Really, soccer player, Feyenoord February 24, 1959 Beth Broderick, Falmouth, Kentucky, actress, Aunt Zelda-Sabrina February 24, 1959 Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92 February 24, 1958 Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan, Louisiana, country vocalist, Cadillac Style February 24, 1958 Susan Scannell, Lexington Massachusetts, actress, Nicole-Dynasty February 24, 1957 Lan Burden, rocker February 24, 1957 Phil McConkey, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants February 24, 1956 Eddie Murray, born in Los Angeles, California, 1st baseman, Orioles, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians February 24, 1956 Paula Zahn, born in Napperville, Illinois, news anchor, ABC, CBS This Morning February 24, 1955 Bob Abrams, Ohio, rocker, Buckinghams February 24, 1955 Steve Jobs, co-founder, Apple Computer February 24, 1954 Marquess of Normanby February 24, 1952 Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner February 24, 1952 Tom Burleson, USA, basketball, Oly-silv-1972, tallest Olympian-7'4" February 24, 1951 Derek Randall, cricketer, England batsman and animated cover fieldsman February 24, 1951 Helen Shaver, Ontario Canada, actress, WIOU, Praise of Older Women February 24, 1950 Cathy Mant, LPGA golfer February 24, 1950 G J M Gazdar, computational linguist February 24, 1949 John Lever, cricketer, England lefty quick in 21 Tests 1976-81 February 24, 1948 Dennis "Minder" Waterman, born in London, England, actor, Fair Exchange February 24, 1948 Lord Melchett February 24, 1948 Lorri Menconi, playmate, Feb, 1969 February 24, 1948 Walter Smith, Scottish Athlete February 24, 1947 Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor, Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph February 24, 1947 Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra February 24, 1947 Rubert Holmes, Tenafly, New Jersey, vocalist, Pina Colada song February 24, 1946 Anthony Mayer, chief executive, Housing Corporation February 24, 1946 Michael Radford, director, 1984, White Mischief February 24, 1946 Jerry Nachman, American Journalist February 24, 1945 Alain Prost, formula-1 racer, 1985, 86 champ February 24, 1944 Barry Bostwick, San Mateo California, actor, Rocky Horror Show, Megaforce February 24, 1944 Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist, Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver February 24, 1944 Sheila Larkin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Deborah-Storefront Lawyer February 24, 1942 David K Williamson, Australian screenplay/playwright, Removalists February 24, 1942 Joe Lieberman, Sen-D Connecticut February 24, 1942 Paul Jones, England, rocker, Manfried Mann-Mighty Quinn February 24, 1942 Stuart Henry, British disc jockey February 24, 1940 Denis Law, British soccer player February 24, 1940 Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ, 1968-70 February 24, 1940 Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist/architect, Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam February 24, 1939 George Bain, principal, London Business School February 24, 1938 James Farentino, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dead and Buried, Final Countdown February 24, 1938 Kathleen Richardson, president, Methodist Conference February 24, 1938 Philip Knight, American Businessman February 24, 1938 Phil Knight, American Businessman February 24, 1937 Jerry Wiggin, British MP February 24, 1935 Renata Scotto, singer February 24, 1934 Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st socialist premier, 1983-87 February 24, 1934 Flemming Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player 1960 Olympics silver February 24, 1934 Frank Chapot, U.S., equestrian, Olympic-silver-1960, 1972 February 24, 1934 Linda Cristal, Buenos Aires Arg, actress, Victoria-High Chapparal February 24, 1934 Renata Scotto, Savona Italy, soprano, Violetta-La Traviata February 24, 1934 Shuko Mizuno, composer February 24, 1934 George Ryan, American Politician February 24, 1932 Andrew Jacobs, Jr., Rep-D-IN, 1965-73, 75- February 24, 1932 Everard Goodman, English real estate developer, TOPS Estates February 24, 1932 John Vernon, Canada, actor, Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry February 24, 1932 Michel Legrand, composer, Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind February 24, 1932 Zell Miller, American Politician February 24, 1931 Brian Close, cricketer, played for England between 1949 and 1976 February 24, 1931 Inge Bernstein, British judge February 24, 1931 Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov, Russia, cosmonaut February 24, 1931 Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism February 24, 1931 Marta Marzotto, Italy, countess February 24, 1931 Dominic Chianese, American Actor February 24, 1930 Barbara Lawrence, Carnegie, Oklahoma, actress, Joe Dakota February 24, 1929 David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland February 24, 1929 Richard B Shull, Evanston, Illinois, actor, Diana, Holmes and Yoyo February 24, 1928 Al Lettieri, New York City, actor, Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr. Majestyk, Getaway February 24, 1928 Michael Harrington, St. Louis, socialist/author, Fragments of Century February 24, 1928 Paul B Elvstrom, Denmark, yachter, Olympics gold 1948, 52, 56, 60 February 24, 1927 David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician February 24, 1926 Reginald Freeson, British MP February 24, 1926 Jean Alexander, English Actress February 24, 1924 Lionel Dakers, director, Royal School of Church Music February 24, 1924 William Pillar, British admiral February 24, 1922 Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer, batted at MCG in Test for India 1948 February 24, 1922 Richard Hamilton, painter February 24, 1922 Steven Hill, born in Seattle, Washington, actor, Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl, Law and Order February 24, 1921 Abe Vigoda, New York City, actor, Barney Miller, Fish February 24, 1921 Douglass Watson, Jackson Georgia, actor, Satan Murders, Another World February 24, 1921 Ingvar Lidholm, composer February 24, 1921 Ludvig Aschkenazy, writer February 24, 1920 Frank Rogers, CEO, NPA Telegraph February 24, 1919 Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist February 24, 1919 Earl Kitchener of Khartoum February 24, 1917 William Fairbank, Minneapolis, physicist, superconductivity February 24, 1916 Gene Mitchell, museum director February 24, 1915 Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist February 24, 1914 David Langdon, cartoonist/illustrator February 24, 1914 Zachary Scott, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce February 24, 1913 Richard Murphey Goodwin, economist February 24, 1912 Julius Kowalski, composer February 24, 1911 Konrad Lechner, composer February 24, 1910 Lord Hazlerigg February 24, 1909 August William Derleth, Sauk City Wisconsin, writer, Judge Peck Mysteries February 24, 1909 Jean Yves Morvan Marin, broadcaster February 24, 1909 Max Black, Dutch/British/US philosopher, analytical philosophy February 24, 1909 Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, orientalist February 24, 1909 Mary Antin, Russian Activist February 24, 1906 Alexis Curvers, Belgian author, Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond February 24, 1905 E Boyland, biochemist February 24, 1905 Guillaume Landre, composer February 24, 1899 Jacob Presser, Dutch historian and writer, Down-fall February 24, 1898 Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer February 24, 1890 Antonio Massana, composer February 24, 1890 Marjorie Main, [Tomlinson], Action, Indiana, actress, Another Thin Man February 24, 1887 Mary Ellen Chase, U.S. linguistic/author, White Gate February 24, 1885 Bert Lytell, New York City, actor, Henry-One Man's Family February 24, 1885 Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral, commanded Pacific fleet in WW II February 24, 1885 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset, 1949-59 February 24, 1885 Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist, Black Wings February 24, 1885 Chester W. Nimitz, American Soldier February 24, 1879 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer, Sun February 24, 1877 Rudolf Ganz, composer February 24, 1876 Jean Poveigh, composer February 24, 1876 Victor Moore, Hammonton, New Jersey, comedian, Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch February 24, 1874 Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17 February 24, 1872 John Jarvis, England, swimmer, won 108 titles February 24, 1866 Arthur Pearson, Wookey Somerset England, newspaper proprietor February 24, 1860 Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer, Printing Types February 24, 1858 Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician February 24, 1854 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter, Golden Rain February 24, 1852 George A. Moore, Ireland, painter/novelist, Esther Waters February 24, 1848 C Grant B Allen, Canadian writer, Woman Who Did February 24, 1848 Johanna C P Barbiers, actress, Voddenraper of Paris February 24, 1846 Luigi Denza, composer February 24, 1843 [Joaquim] Theofilo F Braga, Portuguese poet/author/politician February 24, 1842 Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer February 24, 1842 Arrigo Boito, Italian Poet February 24, 1838 Thomas Benton Smith, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1923 February 24, 1836 Winslow Homer, U.S., painter, Gulfstream February 24, 1833 Eduard earl von Taaffe, Austrian premier, 1868..93 February 24, 1831 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia February 24, 1827 Charles Davis Jameson, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1862 February 24, 1824 John Crawford Vaughn, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1875 February 24, 1824 George William Curtis, American Author February 24, 1811 Daniel A. Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church February 24, 1811 Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1861 February 24, 1809 Albert Schaffle, German sociologist, Abriss der Soziologie February 24, 1809 Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy, Elzas-Lutherian February 24, 1797 Samuel Lover, composer February 24, 1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales February 24, 1771 Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher February 24, 1766 Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist, Exultate Deo February 24, 1750 Miklos Revai, Hungarian linguistic/poet February 24, 1717 Bernhard Hupfeld, composer February 24, 1704 Hubert Renotte, composer February 24, 1697 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist February 24, 1684 Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia February 24, 1679 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer February 24, 1619 Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer, Chancellor Seguier February 24, 1597 Vincent Voiture, French Poet February 24, 1595 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet February 24, 1557 Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor, 1612-19 February 24, 1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland February 24, 1536 Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope, 1592-1605 February 24, 1501 Sixt, us, Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer, Suzanna February 24, 1500 Carlos V, King of Spain, 1516-56, /Holy Roman Emperor February 24, 1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist February 24, 1304 Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer, Travels in Asia and Africa |