Who are famous people born on August 24?

Famous people born on August 24 include William Wilberforce (1759), Jorge Luis Borges (1899), Fernand Braudel (1902), Paulo Coelho (1947), Rupert Grint (1988).

What star sign is someone born on August 24?

Someone born on August 24 is a Virgo.

What is the birthstone for August 24?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 24?

In the US, August 24 is the No. 102 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,658 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 24

Famous people born on August 24, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♍ Star sign
Virgo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 102 of 366

Born on August 24

August 24 in history

2023Japan officially begins discharging treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean, sparking international concerns and condemnation.
2012Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention.
2006The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
1991Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1963Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
1944World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
1936The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
1911Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn in as the first President of Portugal.
1820Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
1781American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
1643A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of Valdivia in southern Chile.
1217An English fleet defeats a French fleet in the battle of Sandwich, cutting off Prince Louis of France from supplies and diminishing his hopes to gain the English throne during the First Barons' War.
367Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Aurea of Ostia
Christian feast day: Bartholomew the Apostle (Roman Catholic, Anglican)
Christian feast day: Edward Klinik
Christian feast day: Emily de Vialar
Christian feast day: Jeanne-Antide Thouret
Christian feast day: Maria Micaela Desmaisieres
Christian feast day: Massa Candida (Martyrs of Utica)
Christian feast day: Owen (Audoin)
Christian feast day: August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Flag Day (Liberia)

August 24 in every year

Pick a year to see the world on that exact day: the news, the No. 1 song and who else was born.

Questions about August 24 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 24?: Famous people born on August 24 include William Wilberforce (1759), Jorge Luis Borges (1899), Fernand Braudel (1902), Paulo Coelho (1947), Rupert Grint (1988).
What star sign is someone born on August 24?: Someone born on August 24 is a Virgo.
What is the birthstone for August 24?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 24?: In the US, August 24 is the No. 102 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,658 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).